War
Ukraine and anti-imperialism: thoughts for the British left
26 April 2022 David Wearing discusses the geopolitical interests at stake and how the left in Britain can meaningfully engage in anti-imperialist struggle today
The future of boycotts after Ukraine
16 April 2022 Calls for state and civil action against Russia are an important shift in Western political discourse, writes Ben Jamal
The hopeful refusenik: An interview with Joe Glenton
10 April 2022 Daniel Baker sits down with Joe Glenton to discuss class, veteranhood, and the radical potential for organising within Britain's armed forces
Russian feminist anti-war resistance
5 April 2022 Activist Asya Maruket highlights the variety of ways in which Russian women are resisting Russia’s ‘special operation’ in Ukraine
Building peaceful solidarities
15 March 2022 As Russia continues to wage war in Ukraine, CND's Kate Hudson tells Hilary Wainwright how the campaign is building grassroots links with the Russian peace movement
Putin, NATO, and the nuclear threat
14 March 2022 As Russia continues to wage war in Ukraine, Bruce Kent tells Hilary Wainwright about the culpability of NATO - and how different countries should be responding
Why we need to unite for peace and human rights across the old divides
1 March 2022 Dmitri Makarov and Mary Kaldor call for solidarity and dialogue between anti-war movements across the divides of the Cold War
The war on the Uyghurs
17 February 2022 Moazzam Begg joins the dots between his own experience of the ‘war on terror’ and the repression of the Uyghur people at the hands of the Chinese state
Rejecting the new cold war
6 February 2022 Western leftists must avoid short-sighted or ignorant support for the Chinese Communist Party, which is a far cry from a socialist regime, writes Brian Hioe
Liverpool mobilises against the AOC Europe arms fair
27 September 2021 After two decades of war in Afghanistan, there is no option but to protest a conference for companies complicit in human rights violations, writes Kaya Purchase
A short, sordid history of brands and warfare
12 September 2021 Burger King's foray into recent conflict in Azerbaijan is part of a historical trend of corporations weighing in – and benefitting from – conflict, writes Tommy Hodgson
Drawing a line in Afghanistan
5 August 2021 The legacy of colonialism is still very real along borders arbitrarily drawn by the British and brutally contested to this day, writes Suchitra Vijayan
Rojava’s everyday democracy
4 June 2021 Drawing on first-hand experience in Rojava, Ramazan Mendanlioglu explores how radical decentralisation and self-administration look in practice
Sacrificing sovereignty: Sikhs and Covid-19
12 May 2020 Against a backdrop of militaristic rhetoric, Shuranjeet Singh interrogates why some Sikhs are being forced to choose between their faith and their patients
The spoils of playing war
28 April 2020 Video games play a key role in sustaining the global military-industrial complex, writes Marzena Zukowska
‘Confronting imperialism means winning back the power to imagine alternatives’. An interview with Vijay Prashad
15 October 2018 Vijay Prashad talks to Daniel Whittall about socialism, anti-imperialism and the new global research network Tricontinental.
The deadly dangers of the ‘special relationship’
12 July 2018 The ties which bind the 'special relationship' between the UK and the US are a toxic mix of militarism and free trade. By Andrew Smith
We went to an arms company AGM. Here’s how they justify profiting from war.
16 May 2018 BAE Systems weapons have been involved in countless atrocities - and we saw board members doing rhetorical backflips to avoid accountability, writes Andrew Smith from Campaign Against Arms Trade.
Six things you need to know about the UK arms trade
15 January 2018 Andrew Smith from Campaign Against the Arms Trade gives the run-down on one of the UK's most profitable - and most deadly - industries.
Why is the Labour Party dragging its heels on nuclear disarmament?
13 December 2017 Corbyn just won a prize for peace activism - so why is the Labour Party still committed to renewing trident? Lily Sheehan investigates.
Art the Arms Fair: making art not war
13 September 2017 Amy Corcoran on organising artistic resistance to the weapons dealers’ London showcase
Fighting for Peace: the battles that inspired generations of anti-war campaigners
22 August 2017 Now the threat of nuclear war looms nearer again, we share the experience of eighty-year-old activist Ernest Rodker, whose work is displayed at The Imperial War Museum. With Jane Shallice and Jenny Nelson he discussed a recent history of the anti-war movement.
Empire en vogue
24 June 2017 Nadine El-Enany examines the imperial pretensions of Britain's post-Brexit foreign affairs and trade strategy
Chilcot inquiry: don’t mention the oil
18 August 2016 The Chilcot inquiry kept the oil industry and private interests free from scrutiny. Greg Muttitt and David Whyte report
Are nuclear weapons being transported through your town?
1 June 2016 Ahead of a series of public meetings, Matt Hawkins calls on local communities to join the disarmament movement
Arms fair protesters put weapons industry on trial
28 April 2016 The protesters who blockaded the DSEI arms fair should never have been on trial, writes Lisa Butler – it's the weapons trade that is in the wrong
If I had a hammer…
14 April 2016 In 1996, ten women peace activists faced ten years in prison for taking hammers to Hawk jets – but were found not guilty after arguing their crime was necessary to prevent a greater one. One of the women, Andrea Needham, tells their story in this extract from her new book
Jeremy Hardy thinks… about Trident
20 February 2016 'Nuclear weapons cannot be seen purely as a source of jobs'
Rebuilding Kobanê
11 January 2016 Tom Anderson and Eliza Egret report from the war-torn city of Kobanê and meet those trying to rebuild what Daesh and US bombs have destroyed
Paris attacks and the climate summit: we can and must become stronger from this
23 November 2015 Untimely acts of war have a long history of destroying blossoming social movements. We must make the links, argues Kara Moses: oil is the common factor between terrorism and climate change
The one thing that won’t stop terror is more war
14 November 2015 Provoking retaliation is a key part of the jihadists' strategy, writes Alex Nunns – we need a different approach
Before you go to Calais… How to make your help for refugees effective
11 September 2015 Lots of people now want to help the refugees in Calais – but turning up unannounced with a van-load of stuff can do more harm than good. Kate Bradley looks at the best ways to make a difference
Retelling Alice’s story: how an anti-war feminist was framed for murder
25 August 2015 Kitty Webster talks to author Sheila Rowbotham about a new edition of her play on the anti-war feminist Alice Wheeldon
Disarming DSEI
25 August 2015 Andrew Smith writes about the campaign against London’s biennial arms fair and ending the worldwide arms trade
A tiny nation’s big challenge to Trident
21 April 2015 The Marshall Islands – with a population of a mere 70,000 – is taking a stand that could force a change in UK policy and ultimately benefit the whole world, writes Dan Barron
Militarising Communities: The Armed Forces Community Covenant
24 August 2014 Vron Ware reports on how the Armed Forced Community Covenant is a crucial part of the creeping militarisation of UK society
We can’t just tweet in the face of genocide
5 August 2014 Ewa Jasiewicz, activist with London Palestine Action, explains how you can join the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel's massacre and occupation
Resisting the UK’s political and military support for Israel
3 August 2014 Andrew Smith, from Campaigns Against Arms Trade, explains how the UK are arming Israel
Guerrilla woolfare
15 July 2014 As knitter-activists plan to stretch a seven‑mile scarf between two atomic weapons plants, Cynthia Cockburn considers how women worldwide bring feminism to the fight against militarism
Our lives are militarised
11 June 2014 The PR strategy of placing soldiers at civil society events is examined by Sam Walton in a new Quaker Peace & Social Witness briefing.
Summer antiwar events and exhibitions
9 June 2014 The radical centenary of the first world war will include actions, films and workshops
Putting the arms industry on trial
6 June 2014 Sean Douglas and other activists are prosecuting two companies that promoted torture equipment in the UK
Shirkers and conchies: how governments tried to silence WWI resisters
6 June 2014 Peace activists faced enemy treatment but left a legacy of perserverance, writes Tim Gee
The path of peace
1 June 2014 More than a tactic, nonviolence is a philosophy for transformation, writes Satish Kumar
Lest we forget
1 June 2014 Thousands of Britons opposed and struggled against the first world war. Adam Hochschild celebrates their memory
Drone wars
16 November 2013 Michelle Zellers spoke with Medea Benjamin, author of Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control and founder of the US-based anti-war group Codepink, who was arrested in May for interrupting Barack Obama’s speech on his drone programme
Jeremy Hardy thinks… about war
15 November 2013 'The thing we should know by now is that unpicking their motives doesn’t really help to demolish their case'
Syria: The Physio
8 August 2013 Graphic reportage from the Syrian border, by Jon Sack
North Korea: War games gone wrong
18 June 2013 Tim Beal examines the US ‘playbook’ miscalculations that underlie the current US-North Korea crisis
February 15, 2003: The day the world said no to war
15 February 2013 Phyllis Bennis argues that while the day of mass protest did not stop the war, it did change history
