War

February 15, 2003: The day the world said no to war February 2013
Phyllis Bennis argues that while the day of mass protest did not stop the war, it did change history

That Cuba feeling October 2012
Fifty years ago this month the world came close to nuclear Armageddon. Paul Anderson looks back at the Cuban missile crisis and anti-nuclear campaigning since

Iran in the crosshairs again March 2012
Sabre rattling against Iran is nothing new, but that doesn’t mean the threat of war isn’t real. Phyllis Bennis analyses the situation in the wider Middle East

Breaking the silence October 2011
Michael Pooler discovers how former IDF soldiers are opening up about life in the occupied territories.

‘War is a racket’: Lessons of 9/11 September 2011
Ross Eventon discusses the shortcomings of media comment on the last decade of US empire

Libya: Here we go again June 2011
John Hilary questions Nato’s claims of ‘humanitarian intervention’ in Libya

A vicarious potency April 2011
In the case of Libya, liberal interventionists ignore the history of imperialism and the realities of power, writes Mike Marqusee

Libyan Developments: interview with Gilbert Achcar March 2011
Gilbert Archar interviewed by Stephen R. Shalom about the situation in Libya.

Libya: war is not the answer March 2011
Phyllis Bennis argues that foreign military intervention in Libya has little to do with humanitarian concerns, and protracted militarization could threaten the country's chance for real democratic development.

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about militarism August 2010
As a young boy, I was an avid militarist, partly because I thought we were still at war with Germany for most of the 1960s

Breaking rank January 2010
Tim Hunt speaks to Clare Glenton, wife of Joe Glenton, the British soldier facing court martial for refusing to return to Afghanistan

A farewell to arms exports November 2009
The arms industry has changed dramatically since the end of the cold war. But British government policy, including subsidies and promotion of arms exports, hasn't. Nicholas Gilby looks at the changes and the state of the arms industry today, and considers the implications for campaigners

Direct action not inaction October 2009
Andrew Beckett of Smash EDO says Milan Rai's criticism of direct action campaigns misses the point

Disarming the arms makers October 2009
Milan Rai looks at the growth of local campaigns against arms manufacturers

Basically… December 2008
Jaimie Grant meets with veteran peace campaigner Lindis Percy to discuss the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases It was announced at the end of June that the last of America’s nuclear missiles had finally been removed from the UK, the end of a 54-year-old arsenal. But the US military retains a major presence [...]

Why won’t Nato die? November 2008
The US never misses a chance to wheel out Nato and revive the old cold war narrative in modern form – the Russian intervention in Georgia after the attack on South Ossetia was only the latest excuse. Jonathan Steele explains why we are still lumbered with a wasteful and dangerous military alliance A few weeks [...]

Attack Iran? Yes they can August 2008
With US threats, Israeli military exercises and Iranian missile tests, it seems like a carefully choreographed build up to the next Middle East conflagration is under way. But can the US really risk a strike on Iran? Phyllis Bennis weighs up the evidence in conversation with Oscar Reyes

Waiting for the barbarians April 2008
The so-called War on Terror has created a global bonanza for the world of commercial military suppliers, writes Solomon Hughes in this exclusive extract from his new book War on Terror, Inc

School’s out for troops out March 2008
Five years on from the invasion of Iraq, Lena de Casparis sounds out the views of some of those who were at school at the time - some who joined the big anti-war protests and some who didn't

Anti-imperialism: what’s in a name? January 2008
Anti-war activists have not always embraced the rhetoric of anti-imperialism. Richard Phillips examines the many meanings of that slippery term and asks whether it is still relevant in describing today's unequal and often violent world

Rapture-ready? March 2007
Dear Auntie, I keep having dreams about impending nuclear holocaust. I know Hull would be an unlikely first strike target, but who knows which way the fallout might drift? Now I've just read on a US religious website that nuclear war in the Middle East is foretold in the bible. Should I be worried? Shaky Steve, Hull

Nukes for all November 2006
Is the world on the brink of a new nuclear arms race, with North Korea's atomic bomb test marking the end of non-proliferation? John Gittings reports

Silence of the hawks February 2004
Nigel Chamberlain and Ian Davis decry the absence of debate over the government's decision to sign Britain up to George W Bush's missile defence programme

Space cowboys February 2004
If the missile defence programme goes to plan, the US will be free to act wherever and whenever it wants, writes Paul Rogers

Who rules space, rules earth February 2004
Dave Webb explains the rationale of star wars.

Warming up for a new arms race February 2004
Nicola Butler launches Red Pepper's focus on the "special military relationship" by spelling out the significance of the highly sexed-down and soon to be renewed Mutual Defence Agreement

Keeping alive this historic opportunity for peace January 2004
The protests against the Bush state visit proved the anti-war movement is still massively popular and that the tactics and identity of those involved are as diverse as ever. Here, Red Pepper prints a selection of the views of those who demonstrated in November 2003.

What now for Stop the War? November 2003
On a busy Saturday afternoon in September in the small town of Carmarthen, West Wales, Dyfed Powys police were alerted to a suspicious looking package in a shop doorway. They quickly called in the bomb squad, who evacuated a part of the town centre for four hours to carry out a controlled explosion.

British State Terror July 2003
The idea that Britain promotes terrorism would be an oxymoron in the mainstream political culture. Yet state-sponsored terrorism is responsible for more deaths in more countries than the "private" terrorism practised by groups like al-Qaeda.