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PN columnist takes on Afghan torture

Allegations of British complicity in the torture and abuse of detainees in Afghanistan are being scrutinised at a judicial review in the high court, as PN goes to press. ...

Opinion polls, civil war and self-deception

“Rubbish!” cried a man in the audience. The scene was a public meeting against the war in Afghanistan. ...

Norman G Finkelstein, 'This Time We Went Too Far”: Truth and Consequences of the Gaza Invasion'

OR Books, 2010; ISBN 978-0-984-295-03-6; 204pp; £12 hdbk / £6 ebook / £16 hdbk & ebook; only available from www.orbooks.com

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Afghanistan negotiations "inevitable" says US – but not yet

Despite “a growing recognition in Washington… that some form of power-sharing deal [between the Afghan government and the Taliban] may be the only way to end the war” (Financial Times, 22 January), ...

Arrest Blair!

Tony Blair may be sleeping a little less soundly in his bed following the launch of ArrestBlair.org. ...

British press buries death squad killings

A recent alleged massacre by US-led forces in Afghanistan has been greeted with near-total silence on the part of the British press. ...

"Out of harm's way"?

The British Government is considering plans to redeploy British troops in Afghanistan from the more dangerous, northern areas of Helmand province to its quieter central districts, in an at ...

Spreading the word

Readers who have attended recent national events such as Stop the War’s march against the war in Afghanistan, the Great Climate Swoop in Nottingham, or the Raise Your Banners music festiva ...

Northwood Die-in Six "guilty"

On 5 November, six of us – Katrina Alton and Steve Barnes of the London Catholic Worker, PN columnist Maya Evans, PN co-editor Milan Rai, Trident Ploughshares co-founder Angie Zelter, and ...

Joe Sacco, 'Footnotes in Gaza'

Jonathan Cape, 2009; ISBN 978-0224071093; 432pp; £20

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