UK Anti-militarism Newswire Archive
Drone Protest Camp established today at RAF Waddington
03-09-2011 15:34
The Drone Protest Camp at RAF Waddington near Lincoln has been successfully established today, exactly 30 years after Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was set up to protest Cruise Missiles.Visitors and campers welcome.
BAE Systems waging war on tenants & neighbours at Filton Aerodrome, Bristol
03-09-2011 11:05
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Gaza blockade must stop
02-09-2011 21:28
Force used by Israel was 'excessive' even if legal.A way to end the blockade and is suggested
Talk- Mexico: Resisting the Drug War. 7th September 7.30pm Brighton Cowley Club
02-09-2011 17:17
In the five years since the Mexican government declared the “War on Drug Trafficking” at least 40,000 people have been killed, countless tens of thousands have been kidnapped and entire towns and neighbourhoods have been depopulated. Mexico's conflict is the deadliest in the Western Hemisphere, and is the most dangerous place in the world for journalists.You only believe the official 9/11 story because you don't know what it is
02-09-2011 15:57
As is the case with so many issues, people tend to stand strong and argue a position or voice an opinion about an event like 9/11. But, when questioned about the many details surrounding that event they have no answers. They are clueless. And they are, in the end, dumbfounded.
The term "conspiracy theorist", perhaps the most misapplied description in our vernacular, is often used to describe 9/11 truthers. Perhaps that term does apply to a segment of the 9/11 truth movement. But in most cases a more accurate description of 9/11 truthers is probably "expert", or "scholar", or "researcher."
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Protest against the bankers and bombers
02-09-2011 14:54
Are you a banker or arms dealer hoping to profit from repression in the Middle East? Then this is the event for you!"MIDDLE EAST: A VAST MARKET FOR UK DEFENCE AND SECURITY COMPANIES"
http://www.londonchamber.co.uk/DocImages/9245.pdf "With the government’s increased focus on exports, UK defence and security companies are urged to look at international emerging markets to increase their business potential. The Middle East is one of the regions with the greatest number of opportunities for UK defence and security companies."
Alternatively, don your finest pinstripes and join us outside the venue at 2.30pm on Thursday 8th September for an action to say This is NOT OK.
Catholic Workers Head to GCHQ on eve of 10th Anniversary of the Wars
02-09-2011 12:13
New round of genocide and ethnic cleansing in the apartheid state of Sudan
31-08-2011 14:43
This time it's in the South Kordofan mountainous region where the Sudanese air force is bombing defenceless civiliansEGYPT: Update: Imprisoned pacifist blogger on hunger and thirst strike
30-08-2011 13:18
Maikel Nabil Sanad, the imprisoned pacifist blogger and conscientious objector sentenced to three years' imprisonment for "insulting the military" on 10 April 2011 (see co-alert, 11 April 2011), began a hunger strike in protest against his continued imprisonment on Tuesday, 23 August 2011 (see co-alert, 24 August 2011). He was moved to solitary confinement on 25 August 2011, but the prison authorities refuse to transfer him to the prison hospital (see co-alert, 25 August 2011). Since today, 30 August, he is also refusing to drink, therefore escalating the hunger strike to a hunger and thirst strike.The ongoing bombing and shelling of Kurdistan region
29-08-2011 23:10
http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/3886.html LIBYA: NATO massacre at Sirte
29-08-2011 22:38
The British left spreads misinformation about Libya
29-08-2011 07:20
Can we trust the left over Libya?NATO's rape of Libya: Never forgive, never forget
28-08-2011 18:50
Lies on Libya
28-08-2011 10:02
Are we living in an Orwellian world in regard to Libya. Below is an extract from a UN human rights report on Libya that was published on January 2011. If Gaddafi was a brutal dictator, you'd have though they would have noticed it.NATO's Libya war: A Nuremberg level crime
26-08-2011 19:08
Campaign of the Month: Military Embargo on Israel Now !
26-08-2011 11:38
On July 9, 2011 the BNC (BDS National Committee), the largest Palestinian civil society coalition, launched a call for a mandatory, comprehensive military embargo on Israel.War Profiteer of the Month: Clarion Events
26-08-2011 11:35
DSEi, the world's biggest arms fair, opens in east London on September 13, 2011. But arms fairs don't organise themselves - a lot of work goes into inviting the right mix of despots and dealers. So who makes DSEi happen?Western colonialism must be stopped from within
25-08-2011 16:04
Libya is just the latest act of Western corporate/colonial terror.Who is next? Syria? Iran?When does the western terror parade finally end and who will end it?
EGYPT: Imprisoned blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad on hunger strike moved to solitary
25-08-2011 14:44
Maikel Nabil Sanad, the imprisoned pacifist blogger and conscientious objector sentenced to three years' imprisonment for "insulting the military" on 10 April 2011 (see co-alert, 11 April 2011), began a hunger strike in protest against his continued imprisonment on Tuesday, 23 August 2011 (see co-alert, 24 August 2011). In a new development, he has now been moved to solitary confinement, but the prison authorities refuse to transfer him to the prison hospital.Ground the Drones: Join the Waddington Peace Camp
24-08-2011 22:26
Join us at the new peace camp at RAF Waddington near Lincoln, LN5 9NB from September 3, (anniversary of the start of World War 2)Take banners, whistles. Be visible, vocal. Make our opposition loud and clear.