UK Newswire Archive
Occupiers Must Leave!
11-04-2007 17:28
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis demanded the immediate withdrawal of the US-led occupation forces.. The US invasion is blamed for the continuing chaos and escalating violence in Iraq.Squeezing Palestinians into Impossible Mission
11-04-2007 16:09
The Israeli 40-year old military occupation and the more than a year old economic siege are eroding the national existence of Palestinians and squeezing the Palestinian leadership into an almost impossible mission of securing law and order by practically renewing an old plan thwarted because, in the end, it could not secure individual safety in the absence of national safeguards."Remember each eleventh" campaign. . . .(11/4/7) Peace is possible 2
11-04-2007 16:02
Todays 11/4/7 "remember each eleventh" campaign includes street theatre actions in London amongst other places, that masquerade as different things - to get past the communication blockerbollocks, so keep your eyes open, keep it up, etcVanunu Freedom Ride in Sheffield on Saturday April 14th 2007
11-04-2007 15:05
The ride demands complete freedom for Vanunu, for his vision of a nuclear free Middle East to be fulfilled and for an end to nuclear weapons world wide. The Freedom ride also supports, as Vanunu does, freedom and justice for the Palestininian people.
http://www.vanunufreedomride.org.uk/ Boycott days of action: We will be having a monthly event to promote the Boycott Israeli Goods campaign and opposition to the occupation. Next Boycott day, outside the Sheffield Town Hall: Saturday April 14th; 3.30 til 5pm To coincide with the Vanunu ride arrival between 4.30 and 5pm. Please come along and join our action and leafletting.
Dayschool on class, capitalism and women's liberation, 21 April
11-04-2007 15:04
Come and discuss the politics of socialist feminism at this dayschool on Saturday 21 April.The UK and the USA, the torture states
11-04-2007 15:04
While the Blair Bullshiting Corporation runs with the headline 'US denies Iranian torture claim' like a faithfull puppy dog, the rest of the world has been shown pictures of the Iranian diplomat who was tortured after being kidnapped by the US in Iraq.Deportations by charter flights February 2007
11-04-2007 13:21
Figures obtained by the National Colaition of Anti Deportation Campaigns under the Freedon of Information Act.Oaxaca film night on Thursday 12th April 7.30pm
11-04-2007 12:51
@RampART creative centre15 Rampart St London E1
(off Commercial Road, nearest tube Whitechapel)
http://rampart.xploiting.org/wiki/doku.php/how_to_find_us Screening of two documentaries to be followed by a discussion.
NINE DEMONSTRATIONS 12th APRIL 2007 NO MORE DEPORTATIONS TO DR CONGO
11-04-2007 12:41
On 12th April 2007, there will be a "directions hearing"for the CountryGuidance tribunal on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). After this the date for the full hearing will be established. We need to be out in force on 12th April, and on any
subsequent tribunal dates, to show our solidarity with the legal team
defending the cause of Congolese asylum seekers and to protest against
further deportations to DRC.
Empire as a Way of Life, Part 5
11-04-2007 12:41
The current imperial slaughter in the Middle East, justified by the "Global War on Terror", that has resulted in at least 600,000 deaths in Iraq, is nothing new — the U.S. Empire has a long and sordid history of genocidal mass murder.
The history of the U.S. imperialism and Empire is the subject of a series of ten monthly seminars from Dr John Marciano, "Empire as a Way of Life". Attached is a recording of the fifth of these seminars and the text upon which it was based. The first 7 of these seminars have taken place and the intention is to have the whole series published on this site; the last 3 will take place between now and June.
This seminar, recorded on 16th January 2007 by the L.A. Sound Posse, runs for 38 minutes and includes the discussion following. It has been made available under a Creative Commons license. If this recording is broadcast please let the L.A. Sound Posse know. This recording was originally made available on the A-Infos Radio Project site.
The following text has been reproduced here with the kind permission of Dr John Marciano and he can be contacted at johnmarciano@mac.com. He introduced this series of seminars in the following way:
A fundamental purpose of our meetings is to understand the systemic nature of the U.S. Empire and the economic and military imperialism that is its lifeblood. The historian William Appleman Williams argues that empire became "a way of life" in the U.S., a "combination of patterns of thought and action that, as it becomes habitual and institutionalized, defines the thrust and character of a culture and society." This "way of life" has convinced many U.S. "Americans" they have a right or "manifest destiny" to impose their political and economic policies upon others.
Dr John Marciano is Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Cortland, where he taught courses on social and historical foundations of education and class, gender and race.
Previous parts of this series:
Anti-fascists - Counter National Front Demo This Sunday in Newcastle
11-04-2007 10:10
This Sunday the 15th of April - 10.30 AMWho really ended slavery?
11-04-2007 08:34
200 years since the abolition of the slave tradeWho really ended slavery?
Speakers Paul Gilroy, Weyman Bennett
The 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade has rightly initiated a discussion not simply about the wrongs that slavery brought on millions of Black people, but also about its economic role and how it was abolished.
Birmingham, like many other cities, has both its heroes and villains. The supply of the manacles to the trade is a horrific memory, while those who campaigned against it are to be celebrated.
This public meeting will look at 2 critical elements.
Firstly the role that the slave trade played in financing, and providing the stimulus for, the industrial revolution. Many of the great industrialists of the time were financed by money coming directly from the slave trade.
Secondly, and an element that is far too often forgotten, the role of the slaves themselves in destroying slavery. The rebellion of the slaves in Haiti was the beginning of the end for slavery. The British dominion of Jamaica saw its own uprising by slaves. In Britain freed slaves played an important part in the campaign to abolish the trade, alongside the likes of William Wilberforce MP.
Meeting details:
Wednesday 11th April 7pm
Afro-Caribbean Millennium Centre, 339 Dudley Rd , Winson Green
Urgent Help needed for victim of trafficking and child prostitution
11-04-2007 08:19
Nottingham Spring into Action :: Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station 2
11-04-2007 01:05
Nottingham Spring into Action :: Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station 1
11-04-2007 00:54
Getting the tension right - fingering out the knitting
11-04-2007 00:15
Nuke Free State Established at Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment
Under siege, Iran ups the ante
10-04-2007 23:16
For all their apparent grandstanding, the Iranians have been rather astute in defending their legitimate right to a civilian nuclear programme and fuel cycle. By upping the ante every time they come under unreasonable pressure, they have managed to create new facts on the ground. In turn, these facts make it more difficult for Washington to achieve its goals through "peaceful" coercion such as arm-twisting Iran's negotiating partners or imposing sanctions. It is as if, having correctly read America's aggressive military intentions, Iran has decided not to give the Pentagon the luxury of choosing a time for attack best suited to itself. By inducing a premature delivery, Iran hopes the war the U.S. is planning will be stillborn.Manchester No2ID Events, April 2007
10-04-2007 22:43
McDonalds vegan protest picnic
10-04-2007 22:36
Animal Rights protesters in Cambridge eat vegan food at local McDonalds outlet.