New SQUALL material!
SQUALL | 11.11.2002 11:13
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radical journalism, photography and culture
Lots of new well written eye witness material from the West Bank and some juicy in depth investigative features on a variety of topical issues...
Here's the highlights........
FLOGGING HACKNEY (Investigation into privatisation of local government)
In one of Britains poorest boroughs, massive council debt is dramatically accelerating the process of public service privatisation. Andy Robertson investigates how covert strategies imposed by central government are leading to community asset stripping on a massive scale.
http://www.squall.co.uk/squall.cfm?sq=2002102401&ct=2
THE REVOLUTION WAS NOT TELEVISED (report on the role of TV soap operas in Venezuelan coup attempt)
Whilst coups and counter coups raged in the streets of Caracas during the recent attempt to overthrow a president Hugo Chavez, big business-owned TV stations in Venezuela broadcast a relentless stream of soap operas and game shows. Jon Beasely-Murray witnessed the surreal disparity between the streets and the TV sets.
http://www.squall.co.uk/squall.cfm?sq=2002092801&ct=2
BRAZILIAN LANDSLIDE
Brazilian worker becomes president
http://www.squall.co.uk/squall.cfm?sq=2002102801&ct=1
THE ANATOMY OF A ROCKET ATTACK - Tobas. 3 Sept 02
In her second dispatch to SQUALL from the West Bank, Ewa Jasiewicz reveals the reality behind a rocket attack on a car north of Nablus.....
http://www.squall.co.uk/squall.cfm?sq=2002090901&ct=9
UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON ISRAEL
These provide a revealing parallel with US insistence that Iraq must comply with UN resolutions or face a massive military assault. Did Israel comply with any of these resolutions? Can anyone identify a resolution about which the UN took action in order to bring Israeli policy into accord with the international community?
http://www.squall.co.uk/squall.cfm?sq=2002091702&ct=6
BLOBBIES ON THE BEAT
British police get told to eat at McDonalds
http://www.squall.co.uk/squall.cfm?sq=2002092001&ct=1
THE DAY BAHA TOOK THE BULLET Nablus - 22 Sept 02
Fourteen year old Baha was a committed friend and guide to international peace activists on the West Bank. And then one Israeli bullet ended his life. In her third dispatch to SQUALL, Ewa Jasiewicz describes the day she felt a bullet whizz by and end the life of her new found teenage colleague.
http://www.squall.co.uk/squall.cfm?sq=2002092601&ct=9
Radioactive pollution in Wales
June Bacon, Rhondda Valley, Wales
http://www.squall.co.uk/squall.cfm?sq=2002100201&ct=7
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