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Mideast talks a cover for US war preparations

The opening round of talks between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has made it clear that Washington’s real aim is to legitimise the support of the Arab states for a future military onslaught against Iran.

Pastor Terry Jones and Qur'an burning (by Latuff)

10-09-2010 06:14 | World

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

Polish democracy is gone. Time for illiberal façade.

09-09-2010 20:47 | Migration | World

Many Poles are moving to settle in Britain. Why? Some year ago Slawomir Sierakowski, Polish left-wing activist, described in the weekly "Przekroj" our Polish political system as "concrete-fenced" for new entrants. The 4 dominant parties receive state subsidies that allow them for large-scale political campaigns. Their opponents are nearly not visible, or glue their posters illegaly, facing penalties.

Who pays for the loss of life in Iran?

Since the victory of Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979 which toppled the U.S.-backed regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iran has been facing with devastating and agonizing financial sanctions of the United States and its European allies. The most inequitable and unreasonable sanctions against Iran were those which would were endorsed in 1995 and disallowed the aviation companies around the world to sell aircrafts and repair parts to the Iranian airlines directly. Iran has experienced several deadly air accidents in which hundreds of innocent civilians lost their lives. The United States has failed to dictate its political will to Iran and resorts to this failure as a pretext for punishing its people.

U.S. Aim in "Peace Process": Liquidation of Palestinian struggle

09-09-2010 20:13 | Analysis | Palestine | Social Struggles | World

"In his opening speech, Obama again called the current situation unsustainable. U.S. leaders urgently want to reach some kind of settlement, not due to any concern for the plight of the Palestinian people, but because they recognize that the current situation is intensifying anger in the entire region against the U.S.

The real aim of Washington in these talks remains what it has been since the U.S. first openly entered into negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1991: the liquidation of the Palestinian struggle as part of a drive to pacify and dominate the Middle East as a whole."

Palestine Today 09 09 2010

09-09-2010 15:43 | Indymedia | Other Press | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org, for Thursday September 9th 2010

The EDL, Cash & Zionism

09-09-2010 12:01 | Anti-racism | Manchester | World

Crivvens, all is not well at the house of the EDL what with the poor show at Bradford, the division over tactics and politics, the continued attendance of fascists at demos and the behaviour of unrepentant hooligans and ‘chav scrotes.’

Solidarity needed for Russian anarchist forest defenders

09-09-2010 08:14 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Repression | World

The Russian movement to defend the Khimki forest is a movement defending all forests. If corporations and politicians working in the interest of a global neoliberal and environmentally destructive model is able to exploit the Khimki forest and continue repressing the activists in spite of a historically broad and strong movement in Russia defending the forest, than it can be done anywhere.

Around the Campaigns Thursday 9th September 2010

09-09-2010 07:12 | Migration | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Patrick Masengo, has left the UK
The last message from Patrick was on Saturday at 5:50 am to say that he was handcuffed and had 12 security officers controlling him. Attempts to contact Patrick since then have failed. Many thanks to all who tried to prevent the removal.
Keep Patrick Masengo in the UK, no removals to DR Congo

http://www.freemovement.org.uk/Media-2/PatrickMasengo.html

Pentagon's Half-Billion-Dollar PR Budget to Sell Afghan War

$547 million. That’s the Pentagon’s P.R. budget. They’re using it to spread mistruths and misplaced hope in ‘progress’ with one goal in mind: to extend the brutal, costly Afghanistan War.

General Petraeus' media blitz is only the tip of the iceberg in the Pentagon's effort to sell war to the American people. The Defense Department has a budget of more than $500 million for public relations efforts directed at U.S. citizens, a slice of a much larger information operations effort to influence public opinion. But no matter how much they spend on P.R. and information operations, the facts on the ground show that the Afghanistan War isn't making us safer, and it's not worth the costs.

Join us as we fight back against the spin.

More info:

http://facebook.com/RethinkAfghanistan

Has UK Animal Rights Lost It's Edge?

Has police repression worked? Has some of the AR militant edge been crushed? An open and frank discussion on the UK AR scene.

Palestine Today 09 08 2010

08-09-2010 15:59 | Indymedia | Other Press | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org, for Tuesday September 8th, 2010

GFEST: 2010 line-up will show a range of diversity from the gay ART PRIDE event

08-09-2010 11:21 | Anti-racism | Gender | Social Struggles | World

In it’s fourth year now, GFEST will present its 2010 programme on :

http://www.gaywisefestival.org.uk The festival promises to present cutting edges of Proud and Loud Performances (from 18 to 20 Nov) at Cochrane Theatre, ‘Moving’ glbt Short Films at Rich Mix (from 11 to 13 Nov), Vibrant Rainbow Colours of Visual Arts in two Exhibitions (from 8 to 20 Nov) and a number of exciting events, debates, talks and parties (from 8 to 21 Nov) in venues across London.

Imperial anatomy of Al-Qaeda:CIA’s drug-running terrorists & the “Arc of Crisis”

As the 9th anniversary of 9/11 nears, and the war on terror continues to be waged and grows in ferocity and geography, it seems all the more imperative to return to the events of that fateful September morning and re-examine the reasons for war and the nature of the stated culprit, Al-Qaeda.

A Call Out for Dam Sleeping Action 25.09.10- Amsterdam

07-09-2010 23:29 | Free Spaces | Repression | Social Struggles | World

To squatters, ex squatters, sympathizers, people that are using or have used squats in the past and were inspired by them and so empathize our call.

New IAEA Report on Iran Says Little, Sparks Flurry of New Speculation

07-09-2010 12:58 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | World

"The IAEA’s latest report on Iran, leaked today to a number of media outlets, has sparked a wild array of stories and speculation, though it appears to say very little. CNN’s headline “IAEA: Iran still enriching uranium” perhaps says it all, as there was no one who actually thought they had stopped."

Chronicles of a summer of revolts in Italian detention centres

07-09-2010 11:34 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression | World

After last year, 2010 brought another fiery summer in Italy’s detention centres for migrants (C.I.E.), where people are detained waiting to be deported. At the beginning of the summer the length of time of detention increased to 6 months, thanks to new “Security Package” approved by the government. Also, the Italian government has made a special agreements with Algeria and Tunisia to speed up the deportations of migrants coming from those countries. In many CIE’s Tunisians especially have been on the front line of revolts. Here follows a brief and incomplete chronicle of the past few months:

"The Militarization of Hollywood": Unlocking "The Hurt Locker"

Why did "The Hurt Locker," a well-acted, tension-filled but otherwise undistinguished Hollywood war movie focusing on a military bomb-disposal team in Iraq, win the 2010 Academy Award for Best Picture?

West Cumbria Revolt Begins over High Level Nuke Dump.

Campaign group Radiation Free Lakeland have written to all Allerdale Councillors urging them to support Councillor Joe Sandwith's proposal that they should withdraw from the dodgy process designed to force Cumbria into "geological disposal" of nuclear waste.

Lewes Road Community Garden Evicted - Meeting 7pm Tonight

07-09-2010 08:31 | Free Spaces | Social Struggles | South Coast | World

The Lewes Road Community Garden was evicted at 2am on Tuesday September 7. Bailiffs acting on behalf of land-owners, Belfast-based Alburn Minos Ltd and partners-in-crime Tesco came in mob-handed (eight-12 plus line of police outside) without a proper eviction notice and took possession of the land and the legally squatted adjacent building.

World Newswire Archive

Mideast talks a cover for US war preparations

Pastor Terry Jones and Qur'an burning (by Latuff)

Polish democracy is gone. Time for illiberal façade.

Who pays for the loss of life in Iran?

U.S. Aim in "Peace Process": Liquidation of Palestinian struggle

Palestine Today 09 09 2010

The EDL, Cash & Zionism

Solidarity needed for Russian anarchist forest defenders

Around the Campaigns Thursday 9th September 2010

Pentagon's Half-Billion-Dollar PR Budget to Sell Afghan War

Has UK Animal Rights Lost It's Edge?

Palestine Today 09 08 2010

GFEST: 2010 line-up will show a range of diversity from the gay ART PRIDE event

Imperial anatomy of Al-Qaeda:CIA’s drug-running terrorists & the “Arc of Crisis”

A Call Out for Dam Sleeping Action 25.09.10- Amsterdam

New IAEA Report on Iran Says Little, Sparks Flurry of New Speculation

Chronicles of a summer of revolts in Italian detention centres

"The Militarization of Hollywood": Unlocking "The Hurt Locker"

West Cumbria Revolt Begins over High Level Nuke Dump.

Lewes Road Community Garden Evicted - Meeting 7pm Tonight

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