UK Newswire Archive
Settlements: A User Guide
18-05-2003 09:13
"The first battalion, thrown into action once a settlement has been decided, is composed of bureaucrats - mapmakers, hydrologists, civil engineers, lawyers, judges, and apparatchiks. Their job is to figure out which land can be confiscated from Palestinians, and how best to disrupt the civil ecology of the target .."The truth about Lockheed Martin the company targetted on Mayday
18-05-2003 08:29
Lockheed are one of the only arms manufacturers still to offer a nice line in anti-personnel land mines, with a life span of up to one hundred years, which they flog for as little as £2 each - surely it can’t be good business to make them so they last that long? Across the world, landmines claim a new victim every twenty minutes, that’s more than 26,000, mostly civilian, deaths and injuries each year.USUK Invasion Commits War Crimes .....
18-05-2003 05:36
War in Iraq and the Right to Water; US/UK Invasion Commits War Crimes when Depriving Civilians of Safe Water2003-05-12 | Water is essential for human life. No one can survive without sufficient water for drinking, cooking, washing and general hygiene. The human right to water is recognized in international law and must be defended during times of war.
Anti-capitalism, war and the limits of dis-organisation
17-05-2003 21:20
What do others think about the idea of an anti-authoritarian stop the war type of umbrella organisation?URGENT NEWS AD EXPOSING CRIMINAL BUSH GOVT WASHINGTON POST HELP US!
17-05-2003 20:56
Dear British friends this is urgent! Please notify your local media editors and refer to this ad. The very brave persons who placed this ad did it at their own risk to get it out to the public. Your co-operation is needed now more than ever! Thank you!Poor call by Palestine Solidarity Campaign
17-05-2003 16:08
Whilst most speakers referred to the ISM activists, and offered support, a request to speak by a newly returned ISMer who was deported this week, and had witnessed the brutal attacks on Rachel Corrie was refused.%% P i n k and S i l v e r in EVIAN %%
17-05-2003 14:54
Hey all.So this is the call to action for the
Pink and Silver bloc in Laussane, for
the Evian Summit.
New Foundation Hospitals and mental Health
17-05-2003 14:05
New Foundation Hospitals We need a more public debate on this issue.Mr Blair has hijacked popular support for nurses to obscure the reality of these movesWestcountry IMC proposed
17-05-2003 13:22
DALIT NEWS SERVICE LAUNCHED
17-05-2003 11:35
The world's first web-based news service dedicated to Dalit issues was launched this week.Palestinian Prisoner of War News
17-05-2003 06:44
Mahmoud Sulleiman Al Saadi is to be deported to Gaza because of his brother was a military head in Islamic Jihad. Israel's policy of collective punishment rides again...Iraqi PoWs tell Amnesty they were tortured
17-05-2003 05:20
Former Iraqi prisoners of war have accused British and American troops of torturing them in custody, blindfolding them before kicking and beating them with weapons for long periods.did we all do a clare short?
17-05-2003 04:15
how can we comdemn a war while supporting the troops?Ken Loach on the Iraq War - bBoadband Video
17-05-2003 02:42
Ken Loach and John Rees talking about the Iraq war, and the witch-hunt against Galloway, at the Galloway meeting in Manchester, 9th May 2003.BUSH TELLS UN: IRAQ IS OURS
17-05-2003 01:21
While everyone was expecting this resolution to deal with the lifting of the sanctions, so that the U.S. government, and ultimately U.S. corporations, could get their hands on the $13 billion in the sanctions fund, Washington went way beyond simply asking for the removal of sanctions. It asked the Security Council to ratify its openly declaredcolonial authority in Iraq.
Rabid US rightist tabloid targets China
17-05-2003 00:43
Dear Tony, Can you head them off at the pass?
Is this the next target to breed fear and terror in the hearts of abused US citizens ?
"As incredible as it may be to believe, three years before the Sept. 11 bombing of the World Trade Center a Chinese military manual titled Unrestricted Warfare touted such an attack – suggesting it would be difficult for the U.S. military to cope with." (sic)
Monday's bike/walk tour of USAF Fairford
17-05-2003 00:05
Visit USAF Fairford without the B52s, see the protest sites, bomb convoy routes and the best observation vantage points. Meet other Peacewatchers and enjoy and afternoon in beautiful undisturbed Gloucestershire.