How Did We Get Into This Mess?

Many of our current crises are the long-term results of a meeting which took place 60 years agoBy George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 28th August 2007For the first time, the United Kingdom’s consumer debt now exceeds our gross national product: a new report shows that we owe £1.35 trillion(1). Inspectors in the United States [...]

The Middle East has had a secretive nuclear power in its midst for years

hen will the US and the UK tell the truth about Israeli weapons? Iran isn’t starting an atomic arms race, it’s joining one George MonbiotTuesday November 20, 2007The Guardian George Bush and Gordon Brown are right: there should be no nuclear weapons in the Middle East. The risk of a nuclear conflagration could be greater there than [...]

Israel, unlike Iran, poses no threat to its neighbours

We’re committed to making the Middle East a nuclear-free zone, but peace has to come first, says Ron Prosor Friday November 30, 2007The Guardian George Monbiot claims that Israel is opposed to the notion of the Middle East becoming a nuclear-free zone and that “Israel has also exempted itself from the biological and chemical weapons conventions” (The [...]

US spies give shock verdict on Iran threat

US intelligence agencies undercut the White House yesterday by disclosing for the first time that Iran has not been pursuing a nuclear weapons development programme for the past four years. The secret report, which was declassified yesterday and published, marked a significant shift from previous estimates. “Tehran’s decision to halt its nuclear weapons programme suggests [...]