The refusal by Australia’s foreign ministry to honor the UN’s declaration that Julian Assange is the victim of “arbitrary detention” is a shameful breach of the letter and spirit of international law, says John Pilger. […]
By Agence France-Presse Global spending on defence rose by four percent in 2019, the largest growth in 10 years, led by big increases from the US and China, a study said Friday. Beijing’s military modernization program […]
By Media Lens Global Research, On the face of it, the task seems almost hopeless. As Tolstoy wrote: ‘The power of the government is maintained by public opinion, and with this power the government, by means […]
By Mark Curtis Global Research, UK governments routinely claim to uphold national and international law. But the reality of British policies is quite different, especially when it comes to foreign policy and so-called ‘national security’. This […]
The legacy left by the trade unions, Ramsay MacDonald, Nye Bevan, Tony Benn, Dennis Skinner, Chris Williamson and Jeremy Corbyn has been squandered away to appease the right wing, apologists for Israel. By Sam Bentley […]
By 5Pillars A Birmingham Islamic school has mounted a legal challenge against education watchdog Ofsted after it was failed following the discovery in the library of a 25-year-old leaflet about an Islamic conference promoting Khilafa. Ofsted rated Birchfield Independent Girls’ School in Aston […]
Brian Cathcart Why has the government binned the key recommendation of its own report on the future of journalism? Because it was only ever meant as a distraction Two years ago, when the government was […]
and Johnson by RICHARD D. WOLFF Photograph Source: The White House – Public Domain For the last half-century, US and UK capitalisms led the way in undoing the parallel legacies of the New Deal and Europe’s […]
Brian Cathcart There’s a lot of evidence about Morgan and hacking, but how much has he already admitted? More than you might think… By his own admission Piers Morgan knew about illegal voicemail hacking years […]
Kissing international law goodbye to satisfy Israeli greed By Stuart Littlewood “Passionate Zionist” Boris Johnson and his lieutenants speak with forked tongue on Palestinian rights and sovereignty. And the small matter of justice simply isn’t in […]