political analyst chris bambery speaking with us from london thank you.campaigners for online freedom are out in force in sweden to protest against a new copyright treaty signed by governments across europe the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement or has been yet to be has yet to be ratified by the european parliament and that's what activists are trying to prevent saying the new law would in danger free speech and net privacy artie's tom barton reports from stockholm. this is the frontline in the most modern of political battles over internet freedom these crowds have gathered in central stockholm in sweden feel riginal home of the pirate parties that have sprung up all over europe and beyond here it's a protest against actor the anti counterfeiting trade agreements it all revolves around anti-piracy laws that are trying to be pushed through in many countries this agreement tries to standardize the enforcement of those laws in the e.u. and in america and further around the world these people say it's not an innocent agreement it's not simple it's assault

action to discuss the events unraveling in and around the region i'm joined live from london by chris bambery political analyst with the international socialist group so what do you make of today's reports that iran is looking to cut oil supplies to six nations and how likely do you think to iran is to carry out this threat. well the first thing to see is the deal we've also seen in europe and america for the tightening sanctions financial sanctions on tehran and the aim is to drive iran out of the international oil markets and to cripple their economy and iran's response is twofold is on the one hand the hard response by threatening to cut off oil supplies to these five countries the five poorest countries of europe or mentions and offering to talk to the european union and america over the whole new career issue and incidentally. iran has also offered to talk to america after hillary clinton delivered the. message that shot in the straits of hormuz the red line for the united states so on iran is responding to is it saying look we're going to play hardball if you if you do this but at the s

states it's tehran's response to that use oil embargo that was set to come into force in july chris bambery from the international socialist group says there are also plenty of other reasons for tehran to try and retaliate. i think they're listening to what's the rhetoric from london paris and washington and understands that that rhetoric is being hyped up all the time we've had queens this week the u.s. defense secretary that there was going to be in a reunion a terror attack inside the united states although he also said there was no evidence they could produce the evidence for that today elsewhere in tel aviv i read a supposedly respectful commentators saying the arrears had missiles which he could file could hit the united states of america that claim is just simply posterous but we are seeing a ratcheting up of the right and tyranny and rhetoric in the west at the same telling there really is must be very very nervous about the american build up inside the gulf inside the persian gulf if you look at the map of iraq and it is surrounded by american military bases incidentally bases whic

waging a psychological war that some fear is paving the way for military action political analyst chris bambery explains what he thinks israel is up to. and i think what they're really trying to do is trying to up the ante so the americans will do something they aren't capable of taking out around nuclear program they don't have the means to do it best they could memorize a hit and run and run attack i think actually behind the rhetoric about nuclear weapons the reality is what they are worried about is the increase of increase of iran's influence in the in the region during years of constantly said that they're not going to me nuclear weapons international atomic energy inspectors have just been tyrannical came back seems a good visit they're going back to iran they're getting cooperation you wouldn't know this from reports in the western media so i think there is a ratcheting up of my opinion is the ratcheting up is not by the iranians it is by the israelis and by the americans and i think there is a lot of hypocrisy about iran's nuclear program. well closely following the situation in iran l

now as political analyst chris bambery now preventing iran from getting nuclear weapons isn't the realdriving force for the u.s. and its allies says anti-war activist brian backer. the united states government has created an artificial crisis that's first and foremost it's a manufactured crisis iran is complying with the. iran does not have a nuclear weapon iran is not threaten its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear weapons and unlike the run refuses to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty does not allow. inspectors into its country so there's not really a nuclear menace or a nuclear danger from iran and so what is the cause of the artificial crisis the real goal is the united states government has embarked on a course of extreme economic aggression against iran with the hope that by creating economic suffering economic isolation economic misery that part of the population will rise up or become disenfranchised with the government so that the u.s. can do as it has in history carry out regime change. you ca

waging a psychological war that many fear may pave the way for military action political analyst chris bambery explains why he thinks israel is acting as it is. i have to take israel's claim that iran is behind the attacks on its diplomats in georgia and india with a pinch of salt forcefully should be said israel has a long record of using assassination as the tool i think it might be better of original to turn around and say in response to those there is going to stop its assassination policy and with other nations like iran to reciprocate but i don't think israel's going to do that because use assassination so often i think what it is really are trying to do is trying to up the ante and so the americans will do something they aren't capable of taking out iran's nuclear program they don't have the means to do it at best they could memorize a hit and run and run attack i think it actually behind the rhetoric about nuclear weapons the reality is what they are worried about is the increase of increase of iran's influence in the in the region rainier's of constantly said they're not going to me n

secretary leon panetta said israel could strike iran as soon as april british based political analyst chris bambery says the u.s. and israel are building up a false pretext for war. we've had claims this week the u.s. defense secretary that there was going to be the rainy terror attacks inside the united states although he also said there was no evidence they could produce the evidence for that elsewhere in tel aviv i read that supposedly respectful commentators saying the release had missiles which he could file could hit the united states of america that claim is just simply of course truth but we are seeing a ratcheting up of the right and tyranny and rhetoric in the west at the same time there is going to be very very nervous about the american build up inside the inside the persian gulf if you look at the map of iran it is surrounded by american military bases incidentally bases which are also in that russia and china so i think in some ways the pressure must be all inside the right to think we should bear we got a retaliation in first. top economy china has promised to consider pumping its ca