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Seven Myths About the Iraq War: How BBC Newsnight failed journalism on the 10 year anniversary of the invasion.

February 27th 2013 Author: Dr Nafeez Ahmed An abridged version of this article appears at the HUFFINGTON POST As a participant in BBC Newsnight special, “Iraq – 10 Years On”, I found myself feeling slightly miffed at the lack of real debate on the crucial issues. On the one hand, ...
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URGENT – Assault on Right to Protest in London (Part 1)

Rikki from London Indymedia discusses the critical impact of the new Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act on full-time protests such as Occupy and those in Parliament Square, and explains what steps you can take to try and stop ...
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Occupy Planet Earth: Resisting the Militarisation of State Power

The widespread Occupy Movement is a clear sign that many are disenchanted with current Western socio-political and economic systems, and are demanding alternatives. Nafeez Ahmed examines these systems' reaction to such resistance and how change needs to ...
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Film Clip: Civil Contingencies Act

An exclusive "Civil Contingencies Act" clip taken from the upcoming film, The Crisis of ...
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Burning Britain: Riot Fever as a Symptom of Systemic Failure

Over the course of a week in the summer of 2011, British cities experienced some of the worst rioting in decades. Nafeez Ahmed places this unrest into a wider context and examines the possible impact of these events on ...
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Twenty Years of Depleted Uranium Contamination Dumped on MoD’s Doorstep

Lucca Benney discusses the continued use of depleted uranium in weaponry by the British Ministry of Defence, and gets a first-hand look at the attempts being made by various campaigning organisations to stop this. ...
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Reforming Our Understanding of Violence

Toufic Machnouk explains how and why violence goes beyond simple physical force, the effects of such structural violence, and what can be done to start changing this situation for the ...
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Tear Gas: Do Not Fire Directly At Person(s). Severe Injury Or Death May Result.

Dean Puckett introduces a piece of vintage police tear gas training footage from the Prelinger Archive, and looks at how and why US-made tear gas is being used against demonstrators by police forces in the Middle ...
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