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Keter Plastics targeted for complicity in occupation and apartheid

28-01-2012 16:10 | Anti-militarism | Palestine | South Coast | World

This morning a group of BDS activists visited B&Q on the Lewes Road in Brighton to speak to them about their sale of Keter Plastic products.

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Censorship: Britain bans Press TV

For the first time, British government censors have banned a 24-hour news channel from British viewers. As of the afternoon, UK-time, 20th January 2012, viewers of Press TV, an avowedly anti-imperialist TV channel headquartered in Tehran, saw the words “Channel Unavailable” when tapping their clicker. And so the war on Iran by Britain, Israel and the U.S. continues using propaganda, proxy militants and asymmetric warfare.

Media cover-up: Police attack on the Parliament Square Peace Campaign

Around 8pm on Monday 16th January , Metropolitan Police arrived en masse in Parliament Square, and ....unleashed upon our campaign, hour upon hour, of horror, in Parliament Square.

The World War on Democracy

Lisette Talate died the other day. I remember a wiry, fiercely intelligent woman who masked her grief with a determination that was a presence. She was the embodiment of people's resistance to the war on democracy. I first glimpsed her in a 1950s Colonial Office film about the Chagos islanders, a tiny creole nation located midway between Africa and Asia in the Indian Ocean.

Trials of one per cent to begin at Occupy Justice

10-4pm tomorrow (Thursday) at the Court of Public Opinion, Occupy Justice, 350 Old Street Magistrates Court:

Inquiry into war crimes committed by Tony Blair and the British government in Iraq.

Brighton book launch for Target Israeli Apartheid: A BDS handbook

Time for action: Target Israeli Apartheid

Talk and discussion to launch the new Corporate Watch book Targeting Israeli Apartheid: A Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Handbook

7.30pm Thurs 19th January, Friends Meeting House, Brighton

Why is President Obama sending 12,000 U.S. troops to Libya?

15-01-2012 21:27 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Terror War | World

It is with great disappointment that I receive the news from foreign media publications and Libyan sources that our President now has 12,000 U.S. troops stationed in Malta and they are about to make their descent into Libya.

British Army Psychological Warfare techniques sold to the highest bidder

15-01-2012 01:33 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

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We Remember: Tom Hurndall

13-01-2012 20:19 | Anti-militarism | Palestine | World

Tom was 21 years old when he was shot. A photography student, he had left the UK to volunteer as a ‘human shield’ in Iraq. Here he heard about the ISM, one of whose volunteers, Rachel Corrie, had just been killed by a bulldozer whilst protesting house demolitions in Rafah. He headed there himself, arriving on the 6th April.

On the day of his shooting, Tom was with other ISM activists walking through Rafah when Israeli sniper fire started. Almost everyone ran for safety, but Tom noticed that three children, aged between four and seven, had remained motionless, paralysed with fear. Tom went back for them. He got the little boy to safety, and then went back for the two girls. He was wearing a fluorescent vest, and was clearly unarmed. An Israeli sniper shot him in the head.

There was a two hour delay at the border of the Gaza Strip before an ambulance was able to take him to a hospital in Be’er Sheva. In a coma, he was transferred to a hospital in the UK, where he died the following year.

We demand the truth about British involvement in torture

13-01-2012 17:30 | Guantánamo | Anti-militarism | World

The announcement by the CPS and Scotland Yard regarding the decision not to pursue certain individuals from British intelligence in relation to allegations of complicity in torture may, on the face of it, seem to have brought the matter to a close. That, however, is not quite it.

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Largest ever Gitmo protest demands Gitmo be closed

13-01-2012 13:17 | Guantánamo | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

On the 10th anniversary of the opening of Guantanimo Bay, the largest protest ever held in the US against this hellhole demanded that it be closed. Cold rain could not deter this protest, as unlike Guantanimo Bay nobody had to worry about being waterboarded. It is being estimated that 800 people may have been in the march to the Supreme Court

Video: The march to the Supreme Court and the speakers there -

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=080_1326337321

37 anti-Guantanamo activists arrested outside White House

WASHINGTON - Thirty-seven members of Witness Against Torture, a grassroots organization calling for the closure of the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were arrested in front of the White House around three o'clock this afternoon. Dressed in the iconic Guantanamo orange jumpsuits and black hoods and accompanied by a cage representing indefinite detention, the activists were warned to clear the sidewalk by National Park Police or risk arrest. After occupying the sidewalk for more than three hours, they were arrested one by one.

Eire: Guantanamo Protest at US Embassy In Ballsbridge on 10th Anniversary

13-01-2012 12:15 | Guantánamo | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

One Guantanamo suit, a letter to Ambassador Dan Rooney, a few acknowledgements, and in far away Guantanamo a hunger strike protesting a monstrous outrage against justice

Phase three of the 'war on terror'

13-01-2012 01:38 | Anti-Nuclear | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Phase three in the "war on terror" now looks closer than ever. An attack on Iran.

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Military refers all charges against Bradley Manning to court martial

12-01-2012 22:33 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | World

Despite Clear Evidence of Bias, ‘Show Trial’ of Accused WikiLeaks Whistle-blower Set to Proceed

http://www.bradleymanning.org/news/military-refers-all-charges-against-bradley-manning-to-court-martial

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Audio from Guantanamo Remembered: 10 Years meeting

11-01-2012 21:52 | Guantánamo | Anti-militarism | World

This audio was recorded at the 10th Anniversary remembrance, in honour of those still incarcerated at Guantanamo. The meeting was jointly organised by Cage Prisoners, Reprieve and the Islamic Human Rights Commission.

The meeting in London's Conway Hall began with a recording of a song and a live chant from the Koran, both by former detainees. The meeting and speakers were introduced by Victoria Britain.

Guantánamo Prisoners Stage Peaceful Protest and Hunger Strike to mark 10 years

Today, prisoners at Guantánamo will embark on a peaceful protest, involving sit-ins and hunger strikes, to protest about their continued detention, and the continued existence of the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, three years after President Obama came to office promising to close it within a year, and to show their appreciation of the protests being mounted on their behalf by US citizens, who are gathering in Washington D.C. on Wednesday to stage a rally and march to urge the President to fulfill his broken promise.