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John Bolton, the man who falsely claimed that Saddam Hussein sought to procure uranium from Niger, is literally the last person on earth I would trust to give an accurate assessment of Iran's actions. Once again, he wants war, regardless of the evidence theguardian.com/us-news/2019/m…
Before I tried to conduct a citizen's arrest of John Bolton in 2008, for his complicity in a crime of aggression (the Iraq War), I compiled this charge sheet. monbiot.com/2008/05/27/arr…
I suspect that, for people like Bolton, seeking to provoke war is a form of self-assurance: if I'm the author of a real war, with bombs and everything, I must be one of the big boys, right?
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They did it in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Now the US government wants to overthrow democracy in Britain.
Still waiting for a UK government spokesperson to express their outrage.
Hello???
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Powerful people, in and out of Parliament, claim to be defending the UK's sovereignty by taking us out of Europe.
But when the US Secretary of State directly and openly threatens our sovereignty, they stay silent.
19 years ago, I argued that the real agenda of Eurosceptics was not to defend our sovereignty, but to remove us from the EU in order to align us more closely with the US. It’s beginning to look that way. monbiot.com/2000/09/07/vot…
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I dream of a country in which journalists read the reports they write about.
I dream on.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7…
It's all of a piece in the billionaire press, and all complete bollocks. Of course. express.co.uk/news/uk/113589…
This too. When the billionaire press says "middle class", it means the ultra-rich. When it says "homes and gardens" it means huge property portfolios hed by speculative investors.
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Today we launch a report that should - and could - change the face of Britain. It's our report to the Labour Party on the most neleglcted issue in politics - Land. Here's my column explaining it. #landforthemany theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
You can read the report here. It took us the best part of a year to write. It's a radical but practical guide to changing everything - from the price of housing to the defence of the living world. landforthemany.uk
The control and ownership of land affects almost every aspect of our lives. It determines whether houses are affordable, cities are liveable and nations meet the needs of their people. But we scarcely talk about it. Why? Because to do so is to meet power head-on. #landforthemany
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