Tag: militarism

On Thursday 27 July, Israeli troops killed a 14-year-old Palestinian child during yet another overnight raid in the occupied West Bank. ...

A poster in France in solidarity with pro-Palestine activists

Palestine and its supporters were the subject of a day of international protest

by Steve Topple

24 July 2023

People have taken action in the UK, Canada, and France over the imprisonment of UK pro-Palestine activists. It came after ...

Militaries and arms companies can reduce emissions, but you can’t greenwash an industry of mass murder and destruction

by Hannah Sharland

21 July 2023

The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) could soon become a corporate partner with one of the world’s leading professional bodies for ...

Ukraine justifies massive nukes and Western ‘way of war’ spending increase, military claims

20 July 2023

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Ukraine highlights the need for nuclear weapons and affirms the 'western way of war', a new report claims. This report ...

Artists pull out of Latitude Festival over its sponsorship from apartheid-supporting Barclays

by Steve Topple

20 July 2023

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The Latitude Festival announced Barclaycard as its headline sponsor this year. A quick browse of its website shows the company's ...

Nuclear weapons firm AWE latest corporate criminal to seek membership of prominent sustainability body

by Hannah Sharland

19 July 2023

The UK’s main manufacturer of nuclear warheads could soon become a corporate partner to a leading global sustainability organisation. The ...

Turkish F-16 jets deal seem to be at heart of Erdoğan's strategy with Sweden, the US, and NATO

Sweden’s membership hinging on a row over fighter jets is peak NATO

14 July 2023

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Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the US are embroiled in a row over fighter jets. It's not unusual for ...

The UK is a weaponry ‘Amazon’ for Ukraine and a Supermarket Sweep for dictators.

14 July 2023

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UK defence secretary Ben Wallace has railed against the idea that the UK is an Amazon shopping service for weaponry. ...

Roger Waters calls for the release of activists who shut down an arms manufacturer

by The Canary

10 July 2023

A group of nearly 80 public figures have issued a statement in support of activists for disrupting the UK operations ...

Kenyan government to launch inquiry into alleged murder of Agnes Wanjiru by British troops

10 July 2023

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Kenyan politicians have approved an inquiry into the alleged murder of a Kenyan woman by British troops. Agnes Wanjiru's body ...

SAS members must be named in Afghanistan war crimes inquiry

7 July 2023

SAS soldiers implicated in war crimes should be named, a lawyer for alleged victims has said. In the opening session ...

Israeli attack on Jenin Israel West Bank

Palestinian organisation calls for sanctions on Israel over Jenin attack

4 July 2023

Israel's military has launched its biggest attack on a city in the West Bank since the second Palestinian uprising (or ...

Settlements being built in the West Bank

Israel has approved a massive new colonisation of the West Bank

27 June 2023

The Israeli state approved the construction of over 5,623 new housing units in the West Bank this week, in an ...

Yusra Darwish, assassinated by a Turkish drone strike

Calls for solidarity, as Turkish drones assassinate members of the Kurdish women’s movement

23 June 2023

The Turkish military assassinated Yusra Darwish, the co-chair of Qamişlo canton council in Northeast Syria, on 20th June. Missiles fired ...

Israeli Apache helicopter fires on Jenin West Bank

Israeli military uses Apaches in Jenin, as far-right minister calls for more air attacks on West Bank cities

20 June 2023

On Monday 19 June, Israeli forces deployed Apache helicopter gunships and carried out airstrikes on the West Bank city of ...

refugees boats on open water, discussion on military treatment of children

Two sides of one coin: UK slammed for child migrant and military child recruitment policies

9 June 2023