This account of the build-up to the Iraq war by Robert Kelley is a superb succinct summary. Still, to this day, no one has been held accountable for this devastating illegal invasion. Instead, as Kelley says, it’s passed off as ‘a story of faulty and inadequate intelligence, rather than robust and reliable intelligence information ignored.’ … Continue reading Iraq: Ignoring the Expert Weapons Inspectors Proved to Be a Fatal Mistake
TPNS at XR’S THE BIG ONE
Friday 21st April was an amazing day of XR organised activity. Day one of four days was dedicated to pickets of every major government department. Under the banner Unite to Survive more than 200 organisations came together to form a ‘movement of movements’. The demand was for elected representatives do all and everything necessary to … Continue reading TPNS at XR’S THE BIG ONE
IPCC – We need to talk about the military
The IPCC final synthesis report of this AR6 cycle tells us we are overshooting 1.5 degrees. Governments know what this means. Our home planet is nearing 2 degrees of warming. From there, all bets are off. When people and planet desperately need urgent 21st century answers to a 20th century made catastrophe, with Code Red warnings … Continue reading IPCC – We need to talk about the military
WE ARE MANY – MORE THAN EVER
Deborah Burton and Ho-Chih Lin have co-written a blog with Amir Amirani, director of We Are Many to mark 15 February 2023 – the 20th anniversary of the unprecedented global anti-war protest against the US-led coalition invasion of Iraq.
UNFCCC Global Stocktake Submission
The Global Stocktake is a new UNFCCC process to gather information on GHG emissions. With seven other research and advocacy groups (Europe & USA), TPNS has made a joint submission for military emissions. Download 'Submission to the UNFCCC Global Stocktake: Military and Conflict Emissions' [PDF] GST Submission MILITARY EMISSIONSDownload
Transform defence for sustainable human safety 