Police attempts to 'prohibit' the al-Nakba protest resulted in a bigger and more defiant gathering on May 15.

Conservatives, and most liberals, tell us that Anzac Day stands above politics. That’s true, in a fashion. But the event’s not apolitical so much as anti-political.

PM Julia Gillard's statement announcing that Australia is partially withdrawing troops – bringing it belatedly into line with the US – is welcome. But it is not enough. All troops must leave, and war reparations paid.

Joint statement by United National Antiwar Coalition (US) and Stop the War Coalition (UK)

One thing crystal clear in secretive US-Afghan 'strategic partnership agreement': the occupation is not even close to ending

'You do not honor the dead through mindless flag waving, rewriting history or promoting new wars... If you are serious about honoring the [veterans'] memory, learn about the real reasons they were sent to war, pledge to stop this from happening again ...'

Joint statement by United National Antiwar Coalition (US) and Stop the War Coalition (UK)

Hundreds of Israelis marched in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest against a possible unilateral Israeli military strike on Iran, as more Israeli citizens begin to reach out to Iranians. Facebook is being used by pro-peace Israelis to talk with Iranians, and cultural events are happening in Israel against the war drive of the Netanyahu government.

War clouds have been gathering over the Strait of Hormuz, with Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi warning that Tehran would block the strait and create havoc in international oil markets if the West placed new economic sanctions on his country.

Joint statement by United National Antiwar Coalition (US) and Stop the War Coalition (UK)

A Greek choir of the "disgusted" and the "outraged" predictably greeted BRICS members Russia and China double veto to the United Nations Security Council resolution imposing regime change in Syria. But with "friends" like the US, Britain, France, Israel and GCC members Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the Syrian people certainly don't need enemies.

There is evidence of gross media manipulation and falsification from the outset of the protest movement in southern Syria on March 17th. The Western media has presented the events in Syria as part of the broader Arab pro-democracy protest movement, spreading spontaneously from Tunisia, to Egypt, and from Libya to Syria. Media coverage has focussed on the Syrian police and armed forces, which are accused of indiscriminately shooting and killing unarmed "pro-democracy" demonstrators. While these police shootings did indeed occur, what the media failed to mention is that among the demonstrators there were armed gunmen as well as snipers who were shooting at both the security forces and the protesters.

Joint statement by United National Antiwar Coalition (US) and Stop the War Coalition (UK)

Two weeks after an American soldier in Afghanistan allegedly went on a rampage killing 17 Afghan civilians, American confidence in the war is at an all-time low, a new CBS News/New York Times poll suggests.

In Afghanistan, "victory" came early - with the U.S. invasion of 2001. Only then did the trouble begin. Nick Turse writes that the U.S. military continues to build in Afghanistan as if limited success was a reality, and outlines the Pentagon’s Afghan basing plans for prisons, drones, and Black Ops.

Noam Chomsky writes that the US's presumed right to impose its will on the world, by force if necessary, has not changed. But its capacity to do so has.

Whether desolate airstrips or sophisticated command and control centers, American drone bases are the backbone of a new robotic way of war and the latest remote-controlled arm of the United States' power projection. Most of the 60 or so facilities that increasingly dot the planet according to "evolving mission needs" have remained uncounted and remarkably anonymous - until now.

What was it about the relationship with Murdoch that made Tony Blair feel it was appropriate to take a phone call from a newspaper proprietor just hours prior to the most momentous decision a prime minister can make: ordering the country's armed forces to war?

After Assange's appeal judgement is handed down, join snap protests at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

London-based human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson speaks at Wikileaks, Assange and Democracy forum, on 17th February 2012. Over 400 people attended.

Socialist historian Humphrey McQueens speaks at Wikileaks, Assange and Democracy forum, on 17th February 2012. Over 400 people attended.