US troops are on their way to Uganda. More go soon to South Sudan, Congo and Central African Republic. John Pilger tells the real story behind Obama's latest extension of the 'war on terror'.

America's military efforts in Iraq aren’t coming to an end, they are entering a new phase. The Obama administration hopes that you won’t be so rude as to call it "war."

"The last American soldier will cross the border out of Iraq with their head held high, proud over their success," says Obama, supposing you can call one million dead, 4 million refugees and a country in ruins a "success".

Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama now sends out a missile-equipped drone an average of once every four days, while his predecessor, George W. Bush, did so only once every 47 days.

Far from the west conquering all, it is deep in the mire of war. The gloating over Gadaffi should not become an excuse for further interventions that will only spread the carnage further.

In just a few weeks the Occupy movement has helped bust open the political class veto on the scale of change demanded by the crisis – and now that opportunity needs to be seized.

Rap artist and political activist takes on the arms dealers in Hands On Your Gun, a track from his latest album titled Soundtrack of the Struggle.
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Hetty Bower is unique. Born in 1905, she is still active in the anti-war movement 106 years later. This is a video of her speech on 8 October to the Anti-war Assembly in Trafalgar Square, which brought a tear to more than a few eyes. See video...

Is the legalisation of rape in marriage, the death of one in 11 women in pregnancy or childbirth, and the malnourishment of 39% of Afghan children what liberation in Afghanistan is meant to look like?