UK Anti-racism Newswire Archive
The US’s War In Darfur
23-11-2007 19:23
The Darfur region of Sudan possesses the third largest copper and the fourth largest uranium deposits on the planet, in addition to strategic location and significant oil resources of its own. Is the US-based “Save Darfur” movement snowing the US public on the fundamental nature of the conflict in Sudan? Are “Save Darfur” and the prevention of genocide the covers of convenience for the next round of US oil and resource wars on the African continent?UK press launch of Loose Change Final Cut
23-11-2007 00:47
The film is the third and final version of the most downloaded and watched movie in Internet history.Film "The Price of Sugar" Documents Haitian Workers in Bateyes
22-11-2007 12:20
Hartley is a Spanish priest who came to the Dominican Republic in 1997 and wound up advocating for the cane cutters in his parish. The film gives him plenty of time to voice a thorough, articulate critique of the system which exploits the Haitians. Hartley names the superrich Vicini family as controlling the bateyes; the Vicinis have taken legal action against the film to prevent it from being screened.
Suicide Bombers Likely Sane, Paper Says
22-11-2007 04:06
University of Toronto professor argues that political retaliation is the key motivator - not religious zealOlmert's Latest Excuse for Rejecting Peace
22-11-2007 02:12
The hypocrisy and contradiction is mind-boggling.Where is the media???
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Reminder: Memorial rally for Carlos, Saturday 24th Noon
22-11-2007 00:35
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Anti-fascist demo - 26th Nov - Oxford 'Remember Carlo!'
21-11-2007 22:46
CALLING ALL ANTI FASCISTS!!!The International Call to Stop The Gaza Siege Now
21-11-2007 03:37
Please take one minute to SIGN the petition: "The International Call to Stop The Gaza Siege Now"
http://www.petitiononline.com/etgs1/petition.html But first, read the following "Open Letter to Sir John Holmes" about the genocidal siege on the 1.4 million people in Gaza, Occupied Palestine.
Be Good Victims.
21-11-2007 01:38
First it was called a "conference", then a "summit" and the latest preferred terminology is "meeting". But whatever you call it, the Annapolis Conference/Summit/Meeting planned for November 27 is not being taken seriously. Just over a week away and there have been no invitations sent out, no joint declaration – not even a consensus on which countries will actually participate.Asylum applications, deportations and detention
20-11-2007 18:19
Home Office latest figures.Detention cetres full at 95% capacity
Two vigils demanding the release of Meltem Avcil from Yarl's Wood
20-11-2007 18:11
Two vigils demanding the release of 14-year-old Meltem Avcil from Yarl's Wood removal centre. Meltem’s birthday is tomorrow Wednesday 21 November 2007.
Officials Admit Plot Against Gaza to Begin After Annapolis
20-11-2007 01:43
The Olmert Extremists have sold out the citizens of Israel, plotting to use a supposed 'peace summit' as an excuse for further conflict, which will endanger Israel's civilian and military population alike.Lobby of Parliament and Public Meeting against the Counter-Terrorism Bill
19-11-2007 21:57
Oppose yet more ‘anti-terror’ powers! No to a permanent state of emergency! - parliamentary lobby and public meeting against the Counter-Terrorism Bill and extension of detention without charge on Thursday 29 NovemberPlease write a letter to your MP against the Counter Terrorism Bill 2007
19-11-2007 21:52
We would appreciate if you could write a letter to your MP opposing the government seeking draconian police powers such as the extension of pre-charge detention from 28 to 56 days. You can find all the arguments against these measures and resources including a draft letter on our website www.campacc.org.uk21st Century Malcolm X - Anthony Thomas
19-11-2007 16:31
'The civil rights generation black politics is dead'
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Memorial for Carlos, antifascist killed by a nazi in Spain.
19-11-2007 00:03
Next Saturday 24th noon at Southbank, by the monument to the international brigades in Jubilee Gardens, we´ll gather to honour the memory of Carlos, an antifascist who was killed two weeks ago by a nazi in Madrid.Nott's group go to BNP Conferance
18-11-2007 22:27
Mazuz OKs Cuts to Gaza's Electricity
17-11-2007 23:04
Remember, everything Hitler did was 'legal' too. This is intended to provoke a violent response, which can then be used to 'justify' the massive Aggression Israel plans to undertake following Annapolis.Israel's Demands Threaten Annapolis
17-11-2007 22:59
ALERT: Annapolis a Charade: Olmert Plotting Massive AggressionIn Germany, according to historian Richard Evans, in 1931-1932, if enough Germans of conscience had begun to say No -- history would have had an entirely diferent outcome.
If we go any further down this road the tears will be those of conservatives as well as progressives. They will be (Israeli) tears.
The time for weeping has to stop; the time for confronting must begin.
Adapted from "American Tears"
www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/american-tears_b_68141.html
The timing is interesting, given the upcoming "Annapolis Conference", which serves to be about PR alone, as Olmert has already ruled out any Negotiations or Compromise in the name of peace.
If you follow the events surrounding Israel's "Disengagement" from Gaza, you will quickly understand that this was the plan all along. While Israel was making a public spectacle of "forcing Jews to leave their homes", it was quietly surrounding the Strip with artillery emplacements, in an operation ominously named "First Rain".
Under this operation, Gaza basically became a "Free-Fire Zone", and several artillery and gunship strikes killed a high number of civilians. Finally, when one of these batteries fired upon and murdered a Palestinian family - picnicking on a beach that had been Segregated "Jews Only" only weeks before, Hamas finally decided to call an end to its unilateral, two-year cease-fire.
(In essence, they took Israel's bait. After all, you can't excuse your Aggression and label it "defense" if you're not being intermittently attacked. Never mind the hypocrisy underlying the entire media's framing of that whole debate ...)
When the Palestinians responded by electing Hamas to power (yes, elected), Israeli Extremists and their Ideological, bought foreign co-conspirators imposed unilateral sanctions on Gaza, a bit of Collective Punishment which increased the hardship of those stuck in the world's largest Concentration Camp.
When they felt Gaza had been substantially weakened, the US and Israel undertook a Coup attempt, using corrupt elements within the Fatah Party, provoking a violent response by Hamas, which expelled the group. Most of the world's media ignored the events leading to this "crisis", and instead only repeated the Propaganda emanating from the US and Israel, which used this to further increase sanctions against Gaza.
Most recently, Israel stepped up its Collective Punishment, except that human rights groups and legal advisors to the Government halted some of its approved measures, because they run contrary to International Humanitarian Law.
This was sold as another "response to rocket attacks" (again highlighting the hypocrisy of the debate's Framing - are the Palestinians allowed to defend themselves from strikes which actually KILL people ... ?), even though high-ranking officials said that this was NOT, in fact, a response to these attacks, but a way to "distance Israel from Gaza's infrastructure".
The real reason for this whole episode, of course, has been to "soften up" the Gaza Strip for a long-planned military attack, a way to undermine the resolve, and hopefully rid this territory of Palestinians altogether.
Olmert signalled long ago that he would not entertain any serious discussions at this summit, essentially selling out the Israeli public's desire for peace.
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?8076S
Eucharia and Timeyi Jakpa granted asylum!
17-11-2007 20:52
After over two years of campaigning, on 5 November 2007, Eucharia Jakpa received a letter confirming her's and her 7-year-old son Timeyi's right to stay in Britain.