Oil, grain and famine: how Somalia’s destiny is tied to the Ukraine war
The US Senate approved £40bn in aid to Ukraine on Thursday 19th May. The Financial Times say this will be ...
Tag: war
George W. Bush’s gaffe shows war crimes are a parlour joke for the ruling class
Nineteen years on, the Iraq War has become a parlour joke for rich Western audiences, a parlour joke cracked by ...
Japan is becoming more militarist – and the US is driving it
Plans to double Japan's defence budget to around £86bn may mark the final winding down of the country's anti-militarist posture. ...
Finland will join NATO, but some question where it will lead
Finland will apply to join NATO, the country's leadership has announced. Sweden is expected to follow suit. Both nations have ...
Outrage at Shell’s £7bn profits amid war and cost of living crisis
Amid war and a cost of living crisis, the oil firm Shell are making a killing. At over £7bn, the ...
The Liz Truss foreign policy speech showcased her intricate grasp of very little
Britain has always hated bullies. China must do what Britain says. Russia squandered a chance to reform when the Soviet ...
Energy, food and and fertiliser: Ukraine war exposes fragility of capitalism
Energy, food, and fertiliser supplies are all under threat from the war in Ukraine. A new Chatham House report details ...
Sustainable warfare: new ‘green’ Elbit drones are a masterclass in military weirdness
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) is no stranger to a bad idea. Nobody who has spent more than five ...
We owe it to the victims of conflict to tell the unsanitised truth about war
Warning: this article includes graphic descriptions and images of injury and death Almost every day we see reports of horrific ...
The Daily Mail goes into defence mode over PM’s partygate fine
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, amongst others, have been given fixed-penalty notices for breaking lockdown laws. Both Keir Starmer and ...
Arming Ukraine is one thing – but we need to think about where the weapons will end up
The UK is considering supplying more military equipment to Ukraine. This time it is armoured vehicles, as the war moves ...
War in Ukraine could increase global hunger and worsen other humanitarian crises
Global hunger could get even worse because of the war in Ukraine. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has ...
It’s time to end the hostile environment and welcome ALL refugees with humanity and respect
The government is not doing enough for refugees. After showing reluctance to allow any refugees fleeing Ukraine to come to ...
Thermobaric weapons are truly terrible, says the UK. But it also uses them.
Thermobaric weapons have been used by Russian forces in Ukraine, the UK military has reported. A short Twitter video correctly ...
War is a racket: the arms firms turning a profit from the conflict in Ukraine
"War is a racket". The words of major general Smedley Butler, a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and ...
Racist rhetoric about which refugees deserve help needs to stop now
There are "two species" of refugee in Europe, philosopher Slavoj Žižek has warned. He was talking about a tweet - ...
Picking NATO over Russia, or vice versa, is a fool’s game. Choose people, not power.
Less than 48 hours into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and so much remains unclear. Will Russia occupy? Will NATO respond ...
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