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G8 2005 Indy Reporter Josh Wolf Freed after 226 Days in Jail

05-04-2007 11:24 | G8 Germany 2007 | G8 Russia 2006 | Repression | World

Reporter Josh Wolf Freed - Thanks to all who campaigned on this one....

Sharing of Unedited Video and Minor Grand Jury Cooperation Leads to Release

On April 3rd, independent reporter Josh Wolf was freed from federal custody after spending 7 1/2 months in prison for failing to turn over video footage to a federal grand jury. The unedited video was the target of the federal grand jury subpoena that caused him to be held at the federal holding facility, in Dublin, CA for over 226 days, a record amount of time for any journalist in U.S. history.

That morning, Josh wrote on his blog, "During the course of this saga I have repeatedly offered to allow a judge to be the arbiter over whether or not my video material has any evidentiary value. Today, you the public have the opportunity to be the judge and I am confident you will see, as I do, that there is nothing of value in this unpublished footage."

Full Story at

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/03/18388445.php

Iran’s release of sailors: A humiliating episode for Britain

05-04-2007 11:19 | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Iran’s release of the 15 British naval personnel captured in the Gulf is the dénouement of a humiliating episode for the Blair government and for British imperialism.

Coward Of Oz Bans Bilal Philips And Yvonne Ridley

05-04-2007 11:15 | Anti-racism | Repression | Terror War | World

Ridley, who was a senior reporter for Britian's Sunday Express, converted to Islam three years after she was captured by the Taliban while on an undercover assignment for the newspaper in 2001.

Arab Perspective: Playing US Politics with Iraqi Blood for Oil

05-04-2007 08:48 | Analysis | World

US Democrats in opposition and the ruling Republicans have embroiled the American public in a political crisis over deadlines for combat operations in Iraq that could develop into a constitutional showdown, but for Arabs and Iraqis it is merely playing electoral politics with Iraqi blood for oil because the Democratic Alternative, when scrutinized, promises them no fundamental change.

AUSTRALIA:GetUp! delivers 65,000 protest letters for David Hicks

05-04-2007 04:42 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The group says Australians have now lost faith that the Government will come to their aid if they are treated unjustly overseas.

Shell Poisoning Erris Water Supply: Don’t Mention The Water, Part Two

The second short movie (a work-in-progress cut of the feature movie Policing The Pollution).
This film documents the visible pollution leaving the Shell Corrib Gas Project construction site.

AUSTRALIA: Villawood detainee hospitalised after hunger strike

04-04-2007 22:11 | Migration | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The Refugee Action Coalition says 35 asylum seekers are taking part, but a spokeswoman for the department says she only knows of eight asylum seekers.

NCPA: Corporate Profits - Supercede Cancer Care Needs

04-04-2007 22:11 | Education | Health | World

In the current system of drug development, if a promising compound can't be patented, it is highly unlikely ever to make it to market — no matter how well it performs in the laboratory.
The development of new cancer drugs is crippled as a result, says columnist Ralph W. Moss.

Shell Poisoning Erris Water Supply: Don’t Mention The Water, Part One

The first of a two part short film (from an in-progress feature movie called Policing The Pollution) investigating the pollution of Carrowmore Lake, the water supply for over 10,000 Erris people in County Mayo. The polluter – Shell. Local resident John Monaghan and myself look over the water tests and confront Mayo County Council.

MG articles nominated for European award

European Commission commends articles defending human rights and democracy for Muslims

Media Alert: A Menace To Us All - Max Hastings and Iran

04-04-2007 15:46 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Terror War | World

When the big fish of British journalism enter the much bigger pond of the American prestige press, they understand that success requires a willingness to massage elite American prejudices.

Imperial Sunset? - Threats to US Hegemony

04-04-2007 14:07 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | World

The Iraq and Lebanon wars have shown up the limits of the latest in military technology. Relatively small militias, armed with rudimentary weapons, fought the U.S. and Israeli armies to a standstill; one withdrew hastily, the other doesn't even know how to retreat or even avoid slow attrition. This imposes severe limits on U.S. capabilities and projects for seeking military solutions to political problems. If the U.S. repeats in Iran the folly it committed in Iraq, the myth of its military prowess shall be in full ruin.

On the other side of the globe are the mass movements of Latin America. They are neither "terrorists", nor "rogue states"; hence not even fictitious targets for invasions. Not even a spectre of communism. Just millions of the poor on the march for equality, justice, and redistribution of wealth. Not a cauldron of religious millenarianism, sectarian strife and ethnic divisions, as in so much of the Muslim world. But a direct revolt against neoliberalism and imperialism as such.

Palestine: The Political Ecology of Disaster

04-04-2007 11:54 | Palestine | World

On Monday, March 26, 2007 in Northern Gaza, a river of raw sewage and debris overflowed from a collapsed earth embankment into a refugee camp driving 3,000 Palestinians from their homes. Five residents drowned, 25 were injured and scores of houses were destroyed.

A Bogus “Hostage Crisis”

04-04-2007 11:52 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Terror War | World

On March 31, the President of the United States made a statement pertaining to the 15 British sailors and marines unfortunately detailed in Iran: “The Iranians must give back the hostages. They’re innocent. The Iranians took these people out of Iraqi waters. It’s inexcusable behavior.”

Open Letter To Middle East Scholar Daniel Pipes

04-04-2007 05:33 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

In response to article posted on Danielpipes.org titled: "Recruiting Soldiers Against Radical Islam" at:

http://www.danielpipes.org/article/4410

Silence Broken David Hicks tells all - Afghanistan, Guantanamo, politics, guilt.

04-04-2007 04:06 | Analysis | Repression | Terror War | World

1. Why I made a guilty plea 2. The guilty plea: how I advised David 3. My island home: first weeks at Guantanamo 4. Ten torture techniques in 12 months 5. Solitary confinement was one thing, just don't get me started on the food 6. I never met a DFAT official I didn't like. Come to think of it, I never met a DFAT official

Embattled Historian Abandons Israel For Britain

04-04-2007 03:49 | Anti-racism | World

The Zionists' Brownshirts have succeeded in driving away another Academic who dares to speak the truth about Israel's history. It's sad that so many Israelis of consience have chosen to leave the country, rather than stay and fight for the change that is vitally needed. This only ensures that those who remain are left defenseless against an increasingly-radical, ill-informed, violent majority.

Seized explosives 'four times bigger' than Bali bomb Megablast in 2002?

04-04-2007 01:16 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

It seems the CIA, Indonesian and Australian authorities are trying to cover their tracks with propaganda. Now they say that they have found explosives 'four times bigger' than the Bali bombs in 2002. But that is not possible because the biggest blast was a [mini nuke] Megablast. And there is ample evidence of it from eyewitness accounts.

The Long history of British and American covert provocation and action in Iran

03-04-2007 22:54 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | History | World

Britain and the US have a long history of covert action against and provocation of Iran in their bid to aggressively control the region. Our governments have continually violated Iranian territory covertly for decades and then covered up the fact.

Nothing has changed. These facts and past precedents are exactly the reason why we should be questioning our own governments on the authenticity of the current seizure of the British marines by Iran. It seems that we are once again witnessing the unfolding of ongoing covert military action by our governments against (whether you agree with it or not) a democratically elected foreign government in Iran.

War on Iran and Responsibilities of a People

03-04-2007 20:09 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

I wrote this as the Introduction chapter to my book "Prisoners of the Cave" in 2003 - almost exactly 4 years ago as the bombing of Iraq was underway and the American peoples were mesmerized by the "shock and awe" of a defenseless civilization on their television screens. Is another one about to commence on another defenseless nation - Iran? How relevant is this introduction today after all that has been disclosed over the past 4 years? Are the voices that are actually heard in the American mainstream only to be of those wearing the distinguished garb of "scholarship" lining the streets of Washington DC and the well walked hallways of the Ivys? When will the voices of the ordinary peoples themselves be allowed to inform the ordinary peoples? After all, it is us who are the ultimate enablers of "shock and awe", and also us who pay the heavy price. It is indeed only our profound complicity through our uncourageous silence and inaction that bestows the unspeakable power on the minority of opinion makers and the handful of hectoring hegemons which in turn enables them to send America's sons and daughters to new heights of barbarism while visiting the munificence of their high-tech "shock and awe" upon defenseless human beings. How can a civilization claiming to be a "populist democracy" permit such "imperial mobilizations"? Did "Good Germans" only live in Germany? How about the public living in the rest of the "civilized world" in Western nations hoisting their "democratic" ideals on the rest of humanity? Of the 6 billion peoples on the planet, at least 2 billion live in these "democracies". Where are their voices? Shame!

World Newswire Archive

G8 2005 Indy Reporter Josh Wolf Freed after 226 Days in Jail

Iran’s release of sailors: A humiliating episode for Britain

Coward Of Oz Bans Bilal Philips And Yvonne Ridley

Arab Perspective: Playing US Politics with Iraqi Blood for Oil

AUSTRALIA:GetUp! delivers 65,000 protest letters for David Hicks

Shell Poisoning Erris Water Supply: Don’t Mention The Water, Part Two

AUSTRALIA: Villawood detainee hospitalised after hunger strike

NCPA: Corporate Profits - Supercede Cancer Care Needs

Shell Poisoning Erris Water Supply: Don’t Mention The Water, Part One

MG articles nominated for European award

Media Alert: A Menace To Us All - Max Hastings and Iran

Imperial Sunset? - Threats to US Hegemony

Palestine: The Political Ecology of Disaster

A Bogus “Hostage Crisis”

Open Letter To Middle East Scholar Daniel Pipes

Silence Broken David Hicks tells all - Afghanistan, Guantanamo, politics, guilt.

Embattled Historian Abandons Israel For Britain

Seized explosives 'four times bigger' than Bali bomb Megablast in 2002?

The Long history of British and American covert provocation and action in Iran

War on Iran and Responsibilities of a People

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