Recent articles by Matthew Carr

Gen Petraeus and the torture units: the other story of the Iraq Surge

First Post Thu 7 Mar, AT 16:01

James Steele, veteran of US dirty wars in South America, also implicated in treatment of Sunnis

Lest we forget: anti-Iraq war protesters were in the right

Point of View Thu 14 Feb, AT 10:49

It’s 10 years since day of protest when public instinct should have been trusted over political expediency

Beyond parody: Mandelson compares himself to Lincoln

Talking Point Wed 30 Jan, AT 16:16

Mandy and Abe – two men who paid the price for their beliefs. Can this movie promo be serious?

Pussy Riot: Russia needs more superheroes to stand up to Putin

Point of View Thu 9 Aug, AT 07:56

Punk performance challenged the rise of Russian Orthodoxy and its links to the far right

Miners strike in Asturias

Spain bailout: miners of Asturias rise up against austerity

Point of View Tue 12 Jun, AT 12:18

The miners of Asturias began the struggle against Franco. Now they are leading a militant protest against Spanish austerity

anarchists in Greece

Anarchy in the EU: the black flag flutters as Europe protests

First Post Thu 31 May, AT 07:58

Anarchist groups promise violence and mayhem amid the chaos of the financial crisis

Diane Abbott was careless but she didn't deserve the sharkfest

Point of View Fri 6 Jan, AT 13:48

White people are not a minority. They are not stopped and searched on the basis of their skin colour

Anders Behring Breivik

Far right blames BBC for ignoring Breivik’s beliefs

News Wed 3 Aug, AT 08:07

First theydismissed the Norway killer as a lonemadman, now they sayhe was disenfranchised

Jeremy Clarkson and Melanie Phillips

What made Anders Breivik quote from the Daily Mail

News Mon 25 Jul, AT 16:51

So hysterical is the immigration debate thatMelanie Phillips and Jeremy Clarkson are cited in the killer's manifesto

Osama bin Laden

Bin Laden’s secrets die with him - how convenient

News Tue 3 May, AT 13:50

Now we may never learn the truth about his role in 9/11 and his relations with Pakistan

African migrants in a Libyan refugee camp

How Libya kept migrants out of EU - at any cost

News Tue 5 Apr, AT 08:36

Britain was happy to turn a blind eye to Gaddafi’s brutal and inhuman treatment of migrants detained in camps

Brad Manning

Why persecuting Bradley Manning is a futile gesture

News Mon 7 Mar, AT 07:20

Whistleblowers have an important part to play in democratic societies - as Obama himself has said

Iraq war

Blair’s legacy: an Iraq shattered by invasion

News Fri 29 Jan, AT 12:37

Matthew Carr: Why the Chilcot inquiry should apportion blame

US soldier in Afghanistan

Revolution in Military Affairs: the reason we're in Afghanistan

News Fri 24 Jul, AT 18:43

An intellectual’s theory of warfare means the US is using its military supremacy while it lasts to crush its enemies

Omagh bombing

Why suing terrorists like the Real IRA is not the answer

News Tue 9 Jun, AT 18:27

Suing militants on the basis of their terrorist status is fraught with dangers - not least the prevailing political climate

‘Political policing’ of G20 protests could lead to riots

News Wed 25 Mar, AT 12:36

Police warnings that protests against next week’s G20 summit in London could turn violent are provocative and likely to be self-fulfilling

The US is relying on an army of drones to fight the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Pakistan

News Fri 13 Mar, AT 13:09

America's Army of the Grand Robotic is taking centre stage in the War on Terror

Palestinians missing out on a £2bn energy fortune

News Mon 16 Feb, AT 15:30

Gaza could have been a ‘Dubai on the Mediterranean’ with its huge gas reserves if Hamas had not been frozen out of a deal

Civil unrest is a shot across the bows for the ruling class

News Fri 30 Jan, AT 00:00

European governments are finding that bail-outs for bankers and the rich are provoking social discontent among the population as a whole

Tony Blair’s accolade for human rights defies satire

News Tue 13 Jan, AT 00:00

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