UK Newswire Archive
Urban Explorers Denounce Sheffield City Council:
22-02-2009 12:06
Worthing Freedom March Kicks Off
22-02-2009 11:46
A REBELLIOUS 'Freedom Picnic' in Worthing, West Sussex, on Sunday (March 1) will kick off a month-long festival of liberty-related events in the seaside town.Publicity for the 2pm event in Liverpool Gardens calls on people to "defy the drink ban" and "irritate the town wardens", while bringing "food, drink and smoking substances to share".
It forms part of Freedom March, an eclectic mix of activities, including folk singing and photography as well as more traditional meetings, which is aimed at mobilising local opinion on the topical issue of freedom coming attack from the authorities.
Four days after the picnic, Freedom for Palestine will be on the agenda when a member of the International Solidarity Movement will be speaking at a Freedom March event staged at The Grand Victorian Hotel opposite Worthing station at 8pm.
The month will also include a talk by former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Desghayes at the Labour Hall in Lyndhurst Road at 2pm on Sunday March 29 and a protest against surveillance and 'police state' powers meeting outside the town hall in Chapel Road on Saturday March 14 at 2pm.
Election Results: Towards Fascist Rule in Israel
22-02-2009 11:00
Obama compared to a chimp (by Latuff)
22-02-2009 06:03
Australian Sovereignty: Who wants to be King and Queen of Australia?
22-02-2009 05:52
You will note that the British Empire and High Court Australia declared the continent terra nullis, meaning that white settlers settled and NOT invaded a continent. The problem now is that they didnt set up the Constitution properly, and anyone can come invade and declare sovereignty, since its still terra nullis ;)
For historical buffs and legal afficiandos ;)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12725319/Invalid-Australian-Constitution-empowers-crooked-High-Court-Judges-to-violate-Common-Law-rights-for-ALL-Australians http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/invalid-australian-constitution-empowers-crooked-high-court-judges-violate-common-law-rights-a NB. Its a banana republic though
Iraqi ‘Shoe-Throwing’ Journalist’s Trial Delayed Yet Again
22-02-2009 02:29
Muntadar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who made headlines worldwide for throwing his shoes at then-President George W. Bush, has had an interesting two months: he went from obscure journalist to international folk-hero, spent time in the hospital for injuries suffered during his arrest, was reportedly tortured, and was held completely incommunicado for nearly a month.But mostly he’s waited… waited to see his family, waited to find out what he would be charged with, waited for his trial to begin.
Academic politics and overcoming zioism
22-02-2009 02:26
Professor Joel Kovel—an outspoken critic of Israel and author of the book Overcoming Zionism—has been dismissed from his position as the Alger Hiss Chair in Social Studies at Bard College in New York state.Social Capital and the Obama Administration
22-02-2009 02:22
In the late 1990s, while he was a member of the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama was also a member of the Saguaro Seminar -- a brainstorming group organized by Robert Putnam on how to remedy the decline in social capital in the United States. Social capital refers to the collective value of social networks: when people are embedded in networks and can draw upon the norms of cooperation and reciprocity the networks embody there are a variety of measurable benefits both to them and to the community as a whole. These benefits can include more effective government, faster economic growth, improved health, and increased happiness.Fascist Jewish Rule Enshrined In Israeli Law
22-02-2009 02:09
On February 10, Israel held parliamentary elections for 120 seats in its 18th Knesset. The process repeats every four years unless the body calls an earlier election by majority vote. The prime minister may also ask the president to request one early that will proceed unless the Knesset blocks it. Parliamentary terms may be extended beyond four years by special majority vote. Israel has no constitution. Under Article 4 of its Basic Law: The Knesset:
"The Knesset shall be elected by general, national, direct, equal, secret and proportional elections, in accordance with the Knesset Elections Law." Every Israeli citizen 18 or older may vote, including Arabs who are nominally enfranchised, may serve in the parliament, but can't govern or in any way influence policy.
Knesset seats are assigned proportionally to each party's percentage of the total vote. A minimum total is required to win any seats. Jewish parties alone are empowered. Arab parliamentarians have no decision-making authority. They're also constrained by the 1992 Law of Political Parties and section 7A(1) of the Basic Law that prohibits candidates from denying "the existence of the State of Israel as the state of the Jewish people."
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Victory for student movement: Strathclyde University to end complicity with Gaza
22-02-2009 01:26
Students at Strathclyde University won the vote on Thursday to cut the university’s ties with arms manufacturer BAe Systems which supplied components used by the Israeli military in the recent massacre of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.The revolution delayed: 10 years of Hugo Chávez’s rule
21-02-2009 23:53
Political economy of immigration
21-02-2009 22:02
aturday, February 14, 2009Political Economy of Immigration
(Here's an excerpt from a feature article in the current issue of Dollars & Sense, which is now available online here:
http://dollarsandsense.org/archives/2009/0109barry.html ) The same story all over the wealthy world.....
Direct Action; Estonia, Mexico, Germany, France, UK & USA
21-02-2009 21:25
FUR STORE COVERED IN RED PAINT (Estonia)
FREEDOM FOR TWO HENS (Mexico)
DIRECT ACTION AGAINST THE FUR TRADE (Germany)
TELMEX PHONES GLUED SHUT (Mexico)
GRAFITTI IN SUPPORT OF DAN WADHAM (France)
HOME VISIT FOR ANALYST AT HLS INVESTOR (UK)
FAST FOOD RESTAURANT LOCKS GLUED (USA)
BOOBY-TRAPPED LETTERS SENT TO VIVISECTORS (USA)
Climate Change is too important to be left to the polititians
21-02-2009 18:41
As the same tired responses and apparently ludicrous solutions keep on being advocated for climate change, I keep thinking, 'I'm just an amateur, what do I know? It may look wrong to me, but surely there's something those in power know that I don't'. I mean, they wouldn't carry on with these schemes and saying these untrue things otherwise, right? If I've got such a point in fields like medicine and architecture, whenever I dig deep I tend to find that yes, there is indeed some serious thing I was unaware of that disabuses me of my opinion.Israeli student jailed for refusing to serve in army tours UK, 5-14 March
21-02-2009 17:12
Tamar Katz, a 19 year old Israeli war-refuser jailed for 51 days last year, will be doing a speaker tour of Britain between 5 and 14 March 2009.Libertarian Block on fees demo Weds Feb 25th
21-02-2009 17:03
all welcome not just students
Earth Day 2009
21-02-2009 16:45
I want you to forget about April 22, 2009. Just do whatever you normally do on that day; don’t write anything in your diary; don’t put a circle round the date on your calendar; don’t make a special effort to talk about the environment. Why should you? If you are not a hypocrite then Earth Day will mean nothing special to you because like all other days it will just be sustainable living as usual.Hamas human rights violations in Gaza are unacceptable
21-02-2009 16:36
However illegal and criminal the Israeli occupation and war-crimes in the Palestinian territories, it is evident, that the principles of human rights have to be followed by all parties to the conflict, also the Palestinian resistance-organisations
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Nuked By Friend And Foe
21-02-2009 16:18
An unsentimental appraisal of our energy choices doesn’t boost your popularity. One of my favourite environmental writers, my friend Merrick Godhaven, is taking shots at me and Mark Lynas - http://bristlingbadger.blogspot.com/2009/01/nuke-mark-lynas.html. It concerns that most divisive of green topics: nuclear power. Merrick argues that if you express even qualified support for new nukes, it takes the pressure off governments to invest in renewables and reduce energy consumption. He also exposes the contradictions in the positions Mark and I have taken over the years. Top Terrorist Threat to Planet Earth
21-02-2009 16:13
The word "persecuted" springs to mind in this article by editor of total liberation and animal rights. Associate professor of philosophy at UTEP, award-winning writer, noted speaker, public intellectual, and seasoned activist. Steven Best engages the issues of the day such as animal rights, ecological crisis, biotechnology, liberation politics, terrorism, mass media, globalization, and capitalist domination.