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Interview with Moazzam Begg

06-03-2007 20:41 | Repression | Terror War | Birmingham | World

British national Moazzam Begg was a prisoner of the United States for over three years, first at Bagram and Kandahar in Afghanistan, and then at Guantanamo Bay. He was also one of the first six men designated as eligible to be tried by military commissions. He was abruptly released two years ago, and the British authorities cleared him of any involvement in terrorism related activities within hours. He lives with his family in Birmingham, England, and is currently the spokesperson for the activist website Cage Prisoners. Mr. Begg is the author of “Enemy Combatant: My Imprisonment at Guantanamo, Bagram and Kandahar”. On March 1, 2007, I had the privilege of interviewing Mr. Begg by telephone.

http://freedan.co.uk/

06-03-2007 10:59 | World

http://freedan.co.uk/ Man in prison unfairly unjust read more at the website

Wall Street drools over prospect of capturing Iraq oil wealth

06-03-2007 09:17 | Analysis | Iraq | Terror War | World

The Iraqi cabinet’s adoption last week of a law creating the legal framework for turning over the country’s oil wealth to American corporations has touched off a chorus of salutes from the Bush administration, congressional Democrats and the corporate-controlled American media.

Berlin: Rigaer Straße Fights Back

06-03-2007 03:07 | Free Spaces | Social Struggles | World

Berlin 2007: People's everyday life is increasingly dominated by fear, stress, and sorrow. Workplaces and social structures are being reduced, the cost of living is growing, at the same time incomes decline and jobs become more insecure. Unemployed people are being demonised as "parasites" and rents are getting higher,
even though thousands of houses are empty and slowly rotting. To be concise: the situation is becoming more and more impossible, especially for those who do not accept this logic and competion.

THE POLITICS OF CRIME IN AUSTRALIA TODAY

06-03-2007 02:13 | Analysis | Repression | Terror War | World

How is it that Prime Minister John Howard can accuse other people of some crime or lies? No, you do not need to be clairvoyant or have any special supernatural talents to meet up with or to see one of the more see-through inhabitants of politics in Australia today. You just need a strong heart and an eager mind. While other people, who are being accused, belittled, tainted or desecrated by numerous criminal politicians and their media allies. Politicians who don't lead us by any form of example and who break their own morals, principals, values, and ethics. Politicians who break their own laws in order to deceive us and to suit their own political ends.

US Congress remains in a state of mental paralysis

06-03-2007 01:43 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Is this U.S. Congress a modern-day version of the German Reichstag, the governing body that watched in silence and total submission as a powerful war machine was assembled and then launched those preemptive attacks that led to the horror of World War II?

Timor-Leste: Bungle in the Jungle

05-03-2007 22:29 | Analysis | Globalisation | Other Press | World

Prior to the leadership of John Howard and his defence minister, Brendan (studs) Nelson, the Australian Defence Forces always did Australia proud. The reputation of the ADF preceded them in any theatre of war. Aussie fighters were once considered highly specialised and skilled, so it is with a sad heart and severe disappointment that I report the raid on Alfredo Reinado’s hide-out resulted in the needless deaths of four Timorese and a ‘rebel leader’ who easily escaped to the mountains. No one is actually sure Reinado was present at the time of the attack!

Time for a Revolution

05-03-2007 21:20 | Ecology | World

This is the time for a revolution, not for half-hearted actions, said retiring French president Jacques Chirac.. Despite higher prices, energy still has an aura of inexhaustibility.. Renewable energy has an 18% share in worldwide electricity production.

Uprisings in China :

05-03-2007 18:29 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

link to a film on youtube and is recommended you visit the webpage too to watch the other videos and read the story.

Beat Up but Upbeat- Reflections on Cops Payout Over S11 WEF 2000/Melbourne

05-03-2007 17:02 | Repression | World

At 1am this morning I was called by an Australian journalist to comment on mainstream media reporting a payout from the Victorian government to some of us assaulted at the World Economic Forum 2000 in Melbourne.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,21322057-661,....html

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,2132....html

On The Ground, Ireland: Video/Report - Pushme-Pullyou on the picket line

Today, the first of March in this year of our corporate lord Shell E and P Ireland, the violence slowly started to sneak in again after nearly two weeks of daily peaceful pickets.

The voice of dissent at Gothenburg’s motor show

05-03-2007 13:07 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Free Spaces | World

A successful action to offset the tanker loads of greenwash in Gothenburg, Sweden, the home of the Volvo.

Ungdomshuset - demolition work has started

05-03-2007 12:39 | Free Spaces | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The new owners of Ungdomshuset, the Copenhagen 'Youth House', have started its demolition.

The demolition began on Monday morning (5 March) at 8 in the morning. Workmen wore masks and the company names on their vehicles were blacked out, apparently as a precaution against any reprisals.

Mass murder of Afghan women & children

05-03-2007 09:22 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Gender | World

It is clear that passive killing, passive mass murder, passive holocaust-commission and passive genocide involve the same moral culpability as the corresponding active processes. Indeed you can be the judge of to what extent what is clearly an Afghan Holocaust, the Mass Avoidable Death (MAD) of Afghans, constitutes Genocide (albeit a Passive Genocide that nevertheless involves the same moral culpability as Active Genocide) by simply considering the precise wording of the relevant parts of the UN Genocide Convention.

AUSTRALIA: NSW committal for terrorism scapegoats begins at Penrith Court

05-03-2007 04:32 | Repression | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

In reality this is just a waste of taxpayer's money. The rules of evidence and standards have been reduced to compliment the draconian laws that go along with it. This is just a show trial for political purposes and all Australians should bow their heads in disgrace that the war criminal John Howard has stooped so low in order to continue his fear mongering and resource wars in the middle east.

Kurdish issue: Turkey to the negotiation table, Iran to the front!

05-03-2007 02:32 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

There is no question that neither Turkey nor Iran is willing to engage in a conflict with the Kurds. But, the fact that the negotiation process in Turkey has been, by and large, led by the USA, means that there is less hope for a healthy solution. US policy of bringing Turkey to the negotiation table while engaging Iran in a conflict will lead to tension between Turkey and Iran. As long as the USA and the UK hold the Kurdish trump card, PKK trump card, PJAK trump card, terror trump card, they will destabilise all the countries in the region.

Israel and the Duty to Obey Conscience

04-03-2007 23:10 | Iraq | Palestine | Terror War | World

The Anglo-Irish politician and philosopher Edmund Burke is frequently cited as the source for the quotation: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” However, this quotation is probably apocryphal. [1] The general sentiment, though, is fine when viewed in reverse paraphrase: that goodness reigns by struggling against evil.

The Return of the Original AfricaTown Folk Festival

04-03-2007 22:46 | Culture | World

AFRICATOWN, USA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO
ROBERT BATTLE
PLAYS HOST TO 14 WEST AFRICAN DELEGATES
& AWARD WINNING AUTHOR
SYLVIANE DIOUF
MARCH 16, 17 & 18 2007

Jamii-Africa Chairman Constantine David-Gnahoui Special Envoy at Africatown, USA

04-03-2007 22:41 | Culture | World

CONSTANTINE DAVID-GNAHOUI
CHAIRMAN OF JAMII-AFRICA
TO MEET
WITH WEST AFRICAN DELEGATION
&
RENOWNED AUTHOR SYLVIANE DIOUF
AT AFRICATOWN CULTURAL & EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

Honours inquiry police: Downing St/BBC leak "an attempt to wreck investigation"

04-03-2007 21:19 | Analysis | Other Press | World

DETECTIVES involved in the cash-for-honours inquiry believe Downing Street is trying to wreck their investigation by leaking top secret evidence.

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Interview with Moazzam Begg

http://freedan.co.uk/

Wall Street drools over prospect of capturing Iraq oil wealth

Berlin: Rigaer Straße Fights Back

THE POLITICS OF CRIME IN AUSTRALIA TODAY

US Congress remains in a state of mental paralysis

Timor-Leste: Bungle in the Jungle

Time for a Revolution

Uprisings in China :

Beat Up but Upbeat- Reflections on Cops Payout Over S11 WEF 2000/Melbourne

On The Ground, Ireland: Video/Report - Pushme-Pullyou on the picket line

The voice of dissent at Gothenburg’s motor show

Ungdomshuset - demolition work has started

Mass murder of Afghan women & children

AUSTRALIA: NSW committal for terrorism scapegoats begins at Penrith Court

Kurdish issue: Turkey to the negotiation table, Iran to the front!

Israel and the Duty to Obey Conscience

The Return of the Original AfricaTown Folk Festival

Jamii-Africa Chairman Constantine David-Gnahoui Special Envoy at Africatown, USA

Honours inquiry police: Downing St/BBC leak "an attempt to wreck investigation"

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