UK Other Press Newswire Archive
September 30 Target Practice for Compostables.
24-08-2007 12:46
Old Fruit and veg overflowing from your compost bin? Overwhelmed with flour and eggs? The redoubtable Evening Post informs us of s olution to your problems...Giving the Climate Camp a Good Telling Off!
23-08-2007 14:47
Guardian Environment Editor Lambasts the Heathrow Climate Camp’s “Media Mismanagement”
Last week’s peaceful protests at the Heathrow Camp for Climate Action (http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/) were a heartening sign of sanity in response to the huge climate threat facing us. Activists drew attention to the role of aviation in global warming, conducted seminars on climate science and undertook a series of nonviolent demonstrations. A mass siege even temporarily shut down the national headquarters of British Airports Authority (BAA), owners of Heathrow airport.
Remember the quagmiristas: todays odd "mainstream" media spin :the war on peace
23-08-2007 13:33
commentary about a few strange logic jumps in the recent middle east coverage22nd + today, aug 07
Polymer Chemist Smashes Environmental Apathy
23-08-2007 06:29
Hi, I wrote a summary report of my view from inside the camp, outside the camp, and on the email list. Don't feel pressured to read it all!Imperialism, 'Anti-Imperialism', and the Continuing Relevance of Rosa Luxemburg
22-08-2007 23:14
The liquidity crisis currently wiping billions off global stock markets is just the tip of a very big iceberg. Beneath the credit crunch and incipient insolvency crisis lie the economic and political crisis of the USA’s global reign, claims Loren Goldner. But will this mean global depression, wars and intensified authoritarianism, or a renewed opportunity for communism? Goldner returns to the theories of Marx and Luxemburg to examine today's financial and military imperialism, and its left wing ‘anti-imperialist’ mirror11th hour - movie references obscure
22-08-2007 12:08
The new USA "save the world" movie "11th hour", with all its celeb backing, seems almost to obscure the things it tries to explain, but include "blindspots" - or "logic jumps" - that have the - perhaps unintentional - effect of distracting the people watching it from - in these days of "subprimedebtboombustcrashes" is as hard to miss as a Flood.Palestine: When the Occupation Gets Really Filthy
22-08-2007 08:54
Following is an article by Nora Barrows-Friedman, who is in Bethlehem, about how the occupation forces are using sewage as a weapon for the destruction of land and communities and ultimately, ethnic cleansing.She was on yesterdays Flashpoints talking about this subject:
http://aud1.kpfa.org/data/20070821-Tue1700.mp3 and is due on todays show later: http://aud1.kpfa.org/data/20070822-Wed1700.mp3 (link won't be active till late - 6:30pm Berkeley, California) http://flashpoints.net/
A New Tactical Twist in the Coming War on Iran
18-08-2007 11:28
In addition to advancing the demonization required for the larger strategy of violent regime change in Iran, it also aids what is now emerging as an important tactical move: a smaller-scale strike "at suspected training camps in Iraq run by the Quds force, a special unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps," McClatchy reports. This is what Cheney is now calling for, putting red, bloody meat on the bones of Bush's vaguely menacing statements.The initial, small-scale raid would then itself become a justification for further action against Iran: "Did you see that bombing in the Green Zone yesterday? Of course it was the Iranians! It was obviously a revenge attack for the Quds raid. Now we have to retaliate for the tragic loss of our personnel in this cowardly terrorist action." And so on and so on, ratcheting up the level of military response – and public support – with each new iteration of the cycle.
Thus a small-scale raid would actually be a masterstroke in the Administration's psy-ops scheme to build support for a larger action to destroy the Iranian regime.
A Policy of Genocide
18-08-2007 00:42
The demon of greed never seems to get enough. Over 1 million dead Iraqis – with Dick Cheney’s old company KBR/Halliburton being the prime benefactor of theft, Dick Cheney now has his eyes on Iran. More bodies, dead ones, are needed for the task. Once again, his old company, KBR/Halliburton, not only comes to the rescue, but benefits from the deal.The 'Second Lebanon War', A Year Later
17-08-2007 22:48
It never ceases to amaze me how often Israeli Extremists falsely accuse their opponents of doing exactly what they, themselves, are guilty of doing. It's called Projecting, and our resident Plant does this with regularity.Of course, the media most often parrots the Israeli allegations, then fails to correct the misperception when Israel is shown to have LIED.
Guantánamo detainee details years of torture
15-08-2007 17:25
A British resident, Omar Deghayes, detained at Guantánamo Bay as an alleged terrorist, reports that he has suffered years of torture, sexual abuse and death threats. Last week, Omar’s family released a dossier documenting his terrible ordeal, which he dictated to a lawyer visiting the United States-run military prison.West Urged to Abandon Maliki
15-08-2007 12:05
"The U.S. administration should rectify its position in Iraq and stop depending on puppets... who have proven their failure,"Plane Stupid barking up the wrong tree?
15-08-2007 10:07
Plane Stupid or just misguided? An essential piece of perspective from TheIndependent regarding the real causes of the global carbon problem.
Unruly militias as British recede
14-08-2007 21:09
Hameed Hussain who fled the city recently says the Iraqi police and army are not in control of the city. "Practically, the militias have the city under their sway."Anarchy At The Seaside - Conflict Live In Margate
14-08-2007 17:46
Middle England judges the Climate Camp protesters
14-08-2007 15:58
Middle England, reflected by the readers of the Daily Mail have spoken. According to these greatly educated and insightful observers, the Climate Camp protesters are typically louts, scroungers, and law breakers who should be dealt with by force, intimidation and benefits assessments.Map of Nuclear Destruction in Portland, Oregon, USA Discovered
14-08-2007 03:17
http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/BCSIA_content/documents/DayAfterWorkshopReport_May2007.pdf Map on Page 9
Independent climate camp week info line
12-08-2007 16:17
A temporary and experimental phone service has been launched especially for the week of the Camp For Climate Action. It provides easy access to news taken from the indymedia newswire and info from the climate camp web site for people who are visually impaired or unable to read a computer display for other reasons.0207 043 3783
Cheney Antsy to Kill Iranian Toddlers and Grandmothers
11-08-2007 10:04
Of course the neocons want “military action against Iran” and if and when this occurs there will be nothing “limited” about it, although such moderation—or what passes for moderation in Bushzarro world—is a key selling point, sort of like a spanking new paint job on a rusted used car.NUJ takes tough line on review of police powers
11-08-2007 08:42
The NUJ has argued strongly in its submission to the current review of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) that there must be no further erosion of the position of journalists.
In its response to the consultation, the union has stressed the importance of the freedom of the press to report and to photograph in their crucial role as the eyes and ears of the public, as recognised in the European Convention on Human Rights.