Comment, analysis, news

High ideals: VE Day, Covid and an anti-militarist future

08/05/2020
On the 75th anniversary of VE Day, we reflect on what happened to the ideas and hopes that flourished after the Second World War, and what we can learn from this for a post-COVID world. This article was first published in Peace News.

Militarising the crisis?

04/05/2020
We need to tackle coronavirus with a strategy for health, care and solidarity. While military support is useful, there is little place for its approaches and culture during the UK’s Covid-19 response. Yet echoes of the military are starting to sound quite loudly as it seeks to maintain relevance.

Covid-19 and the UK Military

26/03/2020
What is the UK military's involvement in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic so far?

Army dreaming

14/02/2020
The Army are exploiting adolescent vulnerabilities and utilising crude stereotypes in order to attract record numbers of young recruits. We should be concerned about the gap between the dream sold by these advertising campaigns and the reality of military life.

Book Review: Keenie Meenie: The British Mercenaries Who Got Away with War Crimes

29/01/2020
Joe Glenton reviews this explosive account of a secret group of mercenaries based on newly declassified documents.

#GE2019: security & defence

04/12/2019
Featured Video Play Icon A potted analysis of existing positions and manifesto pledges of Labour, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, the major nationalist parties and the Greens.

More military ethos in schools

18/10/2019Schools Week
Schools Week report on the government's continuing attempts to instill more military ethos in schools.

Could you take a seat for the next generation?

17/09/2019
Our Peaceworker, Jen Harrison, writes about attending the DSEI arms fair and how arms companies target young people as future employees and supporters.

Facts or Anecdotes? The battle for the truth over the outcomes of military service

13/09/2019
We look at recent reports on the levels of abuse in the armed forces and growing ackowledgement of the systemic failures in how complaints are handled.