Chronology of British Foreign Policy by Mark Curtis 1947 Foreign Office describes Middle East oil in secret document as ‘a vital prize for any power interested in world influence or domination’. 1948 Britain declares ‘emergency’ in Malaya and begins 12-year war to defeat rebels, who are mainly marginalised Chinese. Britain secretly describes war as ‘in defence of [the] rubber industry’ and […]
Several groups of peace activists have demonstrated in New York to generate a public uprising across the United States against the government’s use of assassination drones by PressTV The protesters rallied in New York on Wednesday to call for an immediate halt to US assassination drone attacks in other countries and to voice their opposition to any use of drones […]
Alastair Stewart’s Tongue Stuck up the Duchess of Camdridge’s Arse! Whence think’st thou kings and parasites arose? Whence that unnatural line of drones. who heap Toil and unvanquishable penury On those who build their palaces, and bring Their daily bread? – From vice, black loathsome vice From rapine, madness, treachery and wrong From all that ‘genders misery, and makes […]
A war crimes tribunal in Malaysia offers a devastating critique of international criminal law institutions today by Richard Falk In Kuala Lumpur, after two years of investigation by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission (KLWCC), a tribunal (the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal, or KLWCT) consisting of five judges with judicial and academic backgrounds reached a unanimous verdict that found […]
A War Crimes Tribunal in Malaysia has found former US President George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair guilty of war crimes for their roles in the Iraq war by PressTV The five-panel Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal decided that Bush and Blair committed genocide and crimes against humanity by leading the invasion of Iraq in 2003, […]
