UK Newswire Archive
Colombia claims founder of FARC is dead. - disinfo alert.
24-05-2008 18:23
Pedro Antonio Marín a.k.a. Manuel Marulanda Vélez codename "Tirofijo" (English: Sureshot) (born 12 May 1930 Genova, Colombia - is reported by Colombia to have died of a heart attack on the 22nd of March 2008)The release of this news this afternoon is calculated to distract from the court order issued in the last 14 hours on Senator Piedad Córdoba the champion indiginous and womens' rights in Colombia and most outspoken critic of the Uribe regime. Already facing charges of treason for describing Colombia as a "Narcostate" and Uribe as being the centre of a Mafia and Terrorist regime, Piedad Cordoba's case ought take full consideration today.
Tirofijo the founder of FARC was believed to be the oldest "guerilla" alive. His death in March would have followed three weeks after the March 1st assassination of Raul Reyes who proposed a peace process in 2005, a process which Senator Cordoba was international recognised as working for in a role of interlocutor, opposed to paramilitarism and to the purpose of conflict resolution. Indeed Raul Reyes was married to one of Tirofijo's daughters Olga Marín.
Notts Uni detainee innocent but still facing deportation
24-05-2008 16:41
Hicham Yezza, a popular, respected and valued former PhD student and current employee of the University of Nottingham faces deportation to Algeria on Sunday 1st June. This follows his unjust arrest under the Terrorism Act 2000 on Wednesday 14th May alongside Rizwaan Sabir and their release without charge six days later.Child taken from mother on false accusation
24-05-2008 15:41
A child was taken away from its mother and placed in care with the bjz company because of a false accusation.The following text is a litterate translation.
The Many Faces of Paul Dodds: Pride & Promiscuity
24-05-2008 13:22
This is the third episode in a series about a dangerous con artist, namely Paul Harvey Dick, of Portland, Oregon, USA. Dick, in addition to being an accomplished lady/man killer and confidence trickster, has stolen the identity of Paul G. Dodds, Esquire.An invitation for all to travel to Finland this summer: IANF 2008
24-05-2008 10:49
Nailing Plod - Phase 2 of smashing the cult of Scientology begins
24-05-2008 07:30
Now lest you wet your pants or panties, combats or overalls about this, it's advisable to consider what we want in the longer run. We want our popular culture back. We want a generation's brains unwashed by Hubbard's drivel. We want to ensure the core of Scientology don't morph into another cult. Today's "Guardian" has followed up the plod angle with a yummy article entitled "Intergalactic tyrants beware: the boys in blue are after you" by Ms M. Hyde ( no relation to Mrs float in a tank Jeckyll who used to write for the Daily Mail).
Pakistan May Turn Over U.S. Terrorists to Iran
24-05-2008 04:12
Curioser and curiouser.Full article | 2 additions | 11 comments
How 'Flat Earth' News is Killing Journalism
24-05-2008 03:39
An interesting analysis of why the media 'sucks'.Zimbabwe's political opposition deploys its own WMD claim
24-05-2008 02:30
ZIMBABWE'S political opposition and its Western-sponsored civil society allies are concocting stories of an impending genocide to call for Western intervention to oust the economic nationalist Zanu-PF government of Robert Mugabe.Yet they themselves have used threats of violence to destabilize the country to pursue an agenda shaped by and conducive to the interests of Western corporations and investors and the white settler community.
Bombing Iran: The Extremists' Mad Clamor Persists
24-05-2008 01:02
Why are these whack-jobs still able to make such decisions, when we ALL know who poses the real threat?Iran Mosque Blast Plotters Admit Israeli, US Links
24-05-2008 00:59
Or, if they were from any other country, "TERRORISTS" ...This comes only days after Iran announced it had uncovered one of the CIA rings operating in Iran. For more, see Seymour Hersh's excellent (and virtually ignored) work on the Covert Operations being carried out in Iran by the US from Afghanistan.
FBI files indict Bush, Cheney and Co. as war criminals
24-05-2008 00:15
The most stunning revelation in a 370-page Justice US Department Inspector General’s report released this week was that agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation had formally opened a “War Crimes” file, documenting torture they had witnessed at the Guantánamo Bay US prison camp, before being ordered by the administration to stop writing their reports.
Towards climate action in Copenhagen 2009
23-05-2008 22:39
We invite you to join the 1st international planning meeting in Copenhagen from the 13-14th of September 2008. The meeting aims at preparing a large mobilisation for direct action against the root causes of climate change in Copenhagen and throughout the world during the UN Climate Conference (30 Nov-11 Dec 2009).Second Global Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes
23-05-2008 22:21
Your Invitation to the Second Global Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes. Feel free to forward/post/publish to all appropriate people and places/sites.Activists arrested for robbery of a chicken from sun valley have case dropped
23-05-2008 21:47
Two activists that where arrested in connection with the theft of a live chicken from the Sun Valley Foods slaughterhouse in Hereford were today told the police would be taking no further action against them.Memories of “Popular Power” in Venezuela’s economy
23-05-2008 21:43
64 percent of Israelis demand dialogue with Hamas
23-05-2008 21:15
A poll taken by Israel's Haaretz newspaper, and just leaking through the wires, shows that two-thirds of Israelis polled favoured a ceasefire, and demanded direct talks with Hamas.Direct Action, Liberation & Solidarity for Political Prisoners
23-05-2008 19:55
CALF RESCUED FROM PADDOCK OF HORRORS (New Zealand)
TWO TARGETS HIT IN PARIS (France)
FUR SHOP PAINTED IN SOLIDARITY WITH IMPRISONED ACTIVISTS (Mexico)
80 HENS AND ONE ROOSTER LIBERATED (Sweden)
"The Ballot or the Bullet Revisited" - LIVE coverage of African Liberation Day
23-05-2008 19:43
Tune in to UhuruRadio.com for the LIVE broadcast of African Liberation Day, Sunday, 9-5 U.S. Eastern Time. Hear from representatives of today's most dynamic organizations working for African rights worldwide. They will answer the question, "Is Barack Obama Black Power?"