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Mediablackout: Were Afghan Children Executed by US-led Forces?

Ignoring or downplaying Western crimes is a standard feature of the corporate Western media. On rare occasions when a broadcaster or newspaper breaks ranks and reports ‘our’ crimes honestly, it is instructive to observe the response from the rest of the media. Do they follow suit, perhaps digging deeper for details, devoting space to profiles of the victims and interviews with grieving relatives, humanising all concerned? Do they put the crimes in perspective as the inevitable consequence of rapacious Western power? Or do they look away?

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Petition Against Body Scanners

11-01-2010 10:55 | Health | Technology | Terror War | World

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to halt the installment of body scanners in airports.

Happy 8TH Birthday Guantánamo?!

11-01-2010 08:37 | Guantánamo | Repression | Terror War | World

A round up of news and events happening today in the UK to mark the eighth anniversary of Guantánamo Bay...why is it still open?!

06/02/2010 - Worldwide Revolution

Time to show the Banks and Governments who is in charge ... There will be NO New World Order ...

saving the green space in shirehampton

10-01-2010 21:21 | Ecology | Free Spaces | World

We are organising a peaceful protest and wassailling event for sunday 17th January at 2pm on shirehampton green with a peaceful march to the daisy field a green field under threat of building (yet another) the council are stripping away green areas and selling them off but not going ahead with building because they 'have no money'. We have lost the allotments, the horse field and now they are starting on the daisy field. The decision about this field which is next to the station has been moved forward to june which co incides with the local elections. We want the community to use it as a community open space or develop it into a community orchard or field site or apply to the countryside agency and make it into a doorstep green. Peaceful protesters are welcome to the event.

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Using Facebook for organising?

10-01-2010 01:21 | Analysis | Technology | World

This information was introduced in a "newsletter for users" but it provides food for thought for all.

Who Would Benefit Politically from a Terrorist Incident on American Soil?

09-01-2010 20:25 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

"That doesn't square" Ranstorp elaborated, "because the American Department for Homeland Security has pretty stringent data-mining capability. I don't understand how he had a valid visa if he was known on the terror watch list."

Good question, Dr. Ranstorp. Perhaps because someone wanted him on that plane. The question is, who?

One would have thought, given the "special treatment" afforded antiwar activists by TSA at airports, that a warning about Abdul Mutallab's possible involvement with terrorists, by his own father no less, a former top official in a government friendly to Washington, numerous NSA intercepts, a CIA dossier and MI5 reports would have raised at least one red flag!

In the suspect's case, there were so many red flags flying you'd have thought the Red Army was parading through Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport!

Then again, perhaps Abdul Mutallab was on that plane because, as journalist Daniel Hopsicker was told by a former aviation executive during his investigation of the 9/11 attacks: "Sometimes when things don't make business sense ... its because they do make sense...just in some other way."

PMOI Press Conference, Downing Street, London - pictures.

08-01-2010 18:14 | Globalisation | Repression | Terror War | World

On January 7th 2010, representatives of the PMOI (Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran) gather outside Downing Street in London to hear a range of cross-party MP's and peers call upon the British Government to suspend all ties with the Mollah regime of Iran.

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Help to mother earth: sabotage system

08-01-2010 15:09 | Analysis | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

Mother earth sabotage capitalism. Time for us to help to our mother earth. Climate summit is over, it is time to act.

Letter of thanks from Aminatou Haidar

08-01-2010 13:44 | World

Aminatou Haidar, the Nobel Peace Price nominee who staged a 32-day hunger strike last month to raise awareness of the plight of the Saharawi people of Western Sahara, write a note of thanks to all those who helped her in her victorious return to her home.

Danger! Bayer genetic modified rice! (by Latuff)

08-01-2010 13:14 | Bio-technology | Ecology | Health | World

Free reproduction artwork for Coalition against BAYER-Dangers:

http://www.cbgnetwork.org/

U.S. - Venezuelan Relations: Imperialism and Revolution

08-01-2010 12:45 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

"The relation between past imperial successes in securing harmonious hegemonic collaborating rulers in the 1990’s and the profound political changes resulting from the crises of and breakdown of neo-liberalism, led Washington to totally misread the new realities. The resulting policy failures (for example Latin America’s rejection of the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas) and isolation and defeat of US policy toward Venezuela, Cuba and Honduras reflects what we conceptualize as “romantic reaction”, a failure of political realism: nostalgia for the imperial “golden age” of hegemony and pillage of the 1990’s. The repeated failure by both the Bush and Obama regime to recognize regime changes, ideological shifts and the new development models and trade patterns has lead to mindless threats and diplomatic incapacity to develop any new bridges to the centrist regimes in the key countries of South America, especially toward Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay).
The gap between past (1975 – 2000) dominance and present declining hegemony, in Latin America establishes the parameters for understanding US-Venezuelan relations and in particular the ten years of political confrontation and the incapacity of Washington to restore its client elites to power, despite repeated efforts. Likewise despite Venezuela’s dependence on single product exports (petrol) and bureaucratic inefficiencies and corruption, its external policies have gotten around selected US boycotts and hostile diplomatic moves, while expanding regional ties and forging new trade and investment networks."

Never Mind the Facts, let’s have a war...

08-01-2010 09:54 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Other Press | World

A missile test-fired by Iran last week was reported on the BBC World Service as being “capable of striking Israel”. The choice of words was not unusual. The well-worn phrase is so reliably heard in these news bulletins that its use betrays a coded script.

The not-too subliminal implications are that Iran is: a) a hostile state; b) doing something illegal in test-firing a long-range missile; and c) gearing up to deliver on its alleged threat to wipe out the state of Israel.

This is a propaganda system at work: the choice of words and framework of logic designed to condition people into accepting certain options. In this case, the pre-determined option is a unilateral military strike on Iran either by the US or Israel.

Immigration Control [Is there a whiff of fascism in the air?]

08-01-2010 08:30 | Migration | Workers' Movements | World

Immigration Control [Is there a whiff of fascism in the air?]
A very disturbing debate took place in the house of commons on Wednesday of this week. It follows the publication of a 'Declaration on Immigration' by the 'unbalanced' [as in mentally unbalanced] UK Parliamentary cross-party group on 'balanced' migration, who are calling for a very severe restriction on all immigration to the UK. Lord Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury is one of the group!
Full debate: House of Commons / 6 Jan 2010 : Column 100WH

http://tinyurl.com/yearz8c

Declaration on Immigration '70 million is too many'

http://www.balancedmigration.com/pressreleases/PressrelDeclarationonImmigration(Rev2).pdf

Police in Turkey attacks people who opposes US military bases

07-01-2010 20:25 | Anti-militarism | Free Spaces | World

Police in Turkey attacks people who opposes US military bases
Urgent action needed . Please send protest messages to officials

Eviction and Resistance strategys in local hoods

07-01-2010 19:48 | Analysis | Free Spaces | Repression | World

In Hamburg a debate has started about a possible eviction oh 'our' main Squat 'Rote Flora' and we shall depick the solidarity in communication and metaphysical forces:

The International Brigades continues in post-fascist Europe!

Movement #3 - No Borders newsletter

For full details of the contents of issue three check out:

http://noborderswales.org.uk/2010/01/07/movement-3/

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Lappersfort Callout For Eviction

07-01-2010 15:27 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Free Spaces | World

This morning (Thursday 7th), the police snipped open part of our fence and broke their way in to the forest

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Demo:8th Anniversary of Guantánamo Bay:11 January:12.30-2pm: US Embassy

Demonstration to mark the 8th anniversary of Guantánamo Bay and call for liberty and justice for prisoners held there

Sleeping with the Enemy: TCKTCKTCK in bed with EDF, world’s leading nuclear corp

http://canadianclimateaction.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/eyes-wide-shut-tck-tck-tck-expose-from-activist-insider/

EYES WIDE SHUT | TckTckTck exposé from activist insider

The mainstream environmental movement no longer inspires nor leads society to an enlightened existence – it simply bows down to the status quo.

Who Really Deserves the Fossil Fool Award? TckTckTck or us?

The largest climate change campaign in the world is in bed with the world’s most powerful corporations.

World Newswire Archive

Mediablackout: Were Afghan Children Executed by US-led Forces?

Petition Against Body Scanners

Happy 8TH Birthday Guantánamo?!

06/02/2010 - Worldwide Revolution

saving the green space in shirehampton

Using Facebook for organising?

Who Would Benefit Politically from a Terrorist Incident on American Soil?

PMOI Press Conference, Downing Street, London - pictures.

Help to mother earth: sabotage system

Letter of thanks from Aminatou Haidar

Danger! Bayer genetic modified rice! (by Latuff)

U.S. - Venezuelan Relations: Imperialism and Revolution

Never Mind the Facts, let’s have a war...

Immigration Control [Is there a whiff of fascism in the air?]

Police in Turkey attacks people who opposes US military bases

Eviction and Resistance strategys in local hoods

Movement #3 - No Borders newsletter

Lappersfort Callout For Eviction

Demo:8th Anniversary of Guantánamo Bay:11 January:12.30-2pm: US Embassy

Sleeping with the Enemy: TCKTCKTCK in bed with EDF, world’s leading nuclear corp

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