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The US renews its offensive against Iraq and Syria
By Paul Roberts
On Wednesday President Obama made a nationally televised address to the US population to confirm the resumption of prolonged military activity in Iraq and its extension to Syria, albeit without the deployment of regular ground troops.
US prepares its war against Syria
By Paul Roberts
Whilst President Obama tries to tie down support this week in advance of forthcoming Congressional votes, the US military is preparing an immense assault on Syria. US imperialism does not make idle threats, so it intends that the attack will proceed. Members of Congress are being told that a ‘no-vote’ next week, against air-strikes, would catastrophically weaken the US for years to come.
It is the imperialist powers and their allies who use chemical weapons
By Tom Castle
Propaganda in this country and by the other imperialist powers has sought to portray the use of chemical weapons as a uniquely barbarous act. Nick Clegg speaking in the Commons debate where the government lost in its initial efforts to authorise air strikes claimed they had not been used in a hundred years. More circumspectly, Foreign Secretary William Hague claimed they had not been used in this century.
Both are completely wrong and in trying to create a pretext for attacking Syria attempt to hide the role that the imperialist powers themselves have played in the use of chemical weapons. Chemical weapons are created by industrial processes. The most advanced industrialised countries, until recently solely the imperialist powers, have access to the most sophisticated chemical weapons, either for their own use or for sale to the reliable allies.
No attack on Syria – National Demonstration: Saturday 31 August
Assemble 12 noon, Embankment, London Further details from Stop the War Coalition Tweet
Emergency protest: No attack on Syria 28 August London
Emergency protest: No attack on Syria Downing Street, 5—7pm, Wednesday 28 August Following the victory of the counter-revolution in Egypt, imperialism is now moving on to eliminate its next target in the Middle [Read more]