London Analysis Newswire Archive

05-07-2004 19:25

Mauritius withdrawing from the Commonwealth to sue the British Government

If the Government were really sincere in fighting for the rights of the Chagossians and for our sovereign rights, which according to our PM is priceless, they would take the case to the International Court of Justice immediately, and at the same time fight within the Commonwealth to shame the British Government! Read more >>

04-07-2004 15:39

KERRY: an 'ISRAELI' PRESIDENT FOR THE US ?

QUOTE: US SENATOR KERRY: ''MY PRO-ISRAEL VOTING RECORD IS SECOND TO NONE." In the policy paper, which has not been released publicly, Kerry outlines clear, strongly worded positions on several issues important to the American Jewish community. Read more >>

02-07-2004 15:06

No, We Shouldn't Bomb Darfur Either.

David Clark argues in today's Guardian that the "international community" ought to threaten the use of force against the Sudanese government if it fails to curtail the human rights abuses currently taking place in the south-west of the country... Read more >>

02-07-2004 13:52

zapatista night - chiapas reality check and discussion

information, discussion and film night around the zapatista hystory - 20- and where this movement for the indigenous right and demand to "rule" themselves is heading to at the moment - 10-. how can we in the northern city learn from the reality indigenous people are building in their rural,town and city autonomous comunities in chiapas and in mexico. what is autonomy? why? Read more >>

28-06-2004 23:04

Against "Human Rights"

The Kosovo war was fought "not for territory but for values" according to Tony Blair. The bombing of Afghanistan in 2001 was conducted to help "the oppressed people of Afghanistan", according to George W. Bush, so that they may know "the generosity of America and our allies". Meanwhile, according to Jack Straw, stopping the bombing "would only prolong the suffering of the Afghan people". Pro-war adepts could easily adduce similar comforting thoughts about the war waged on Iraq in March 2003. The ideology of human rights is not only unversalist, but also universally accepted. Human rights organisations now regularly call for "humanitarian intervention" and decry the lack of attention to such crisis spots as the Democratic Republic of Congo. David Rieff notes that humanitarian organisations are now "among the most fervent interventionists". From a politics of fence-sitting to one of active political engagement, the ‘human rights’ movement has conducted a rapid and striking volte-face in the past decade, a paradigm-shift of shocking proportions. It is as if Ptolemy and Aristotle had given way to Copernicus and Descartes in ten, instead of 200, years. And David Chandler, for one, would like to know why...
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27-06-2004 18:05

First Hearing of the Diaz Trial.

Yesterday saw the preliminary opening of The Diaz/Bolzaneto Trial at the main Genoa Tribunal. The first Group of 29 police officers from the diaz raid, are to be tried first. The 44 police plus three doctors from bolzaneto are to be tried as the Diaz case finishes. Read more >>

17-06-2004 05:48

Loyalty to Imperialism is Treason to Humanity

Sympathy for class traitors has never shown itself to be an effective winning strategy in the class war (make no mistake, the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan are but different fronts in the class war). Read more >>

15-06-2004 14:57

Debord's paranoia and "Comments on the Society of the Spectacle"

new historical annotations to Guy Debord's 1988 book Read more >>

14-06-2004 05:28

Torture Incorporated: Oliver North Joins the Party

Many more US defense contractors, placement firms involved in recruiting and placing paramilitary interrogators. Read more >>

13-06-2004 09:45

The Nazification of Israel

Israel perpetrates the kind of crimes that the Jewish state claims as the raison d'etre of its own creation in 1948. Read more >>

11-06-2004 09:56

Our Islamic Fifth Column

Most recently, in response to a column I write for an Indian paper, in which I confessed to having met a few terrorists in my time and attempted to analyze their limited grasp of the world, I received a lot of hate mail. Read more >>

10-06-2004 17:39

I'll Piss On His Grave

With the death of Ronald Reagan the world will now face a weeklong orgy of grandiloquent of US military power and American Imperialism. Reagan was a cold-blooded murderer, a union busting parasite, con artist, and a good liar. Reagan was evil personified, he can rot in hell. Read more >>

10-06-2004 15:50

May London Calling

monthly bulletin of london class war Read more >>

09-06-2004 16:36

Man wins damages over al-Qaida claim

Tuesday, June 8, 2004 · Last updated 5:22 a.m. PT

Man wins damages over al-Qaida claim

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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08-06-2004 13:10

On Terrorism and the State

25 years after its publication, Gianfranco Sanguinetti's "On Terrorism and the State" is finally available on-line
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07-06-2004 20:10

BBC London Boots Reverend Billy

Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, an NYC street theater troup, are visiting London and will perform at Conway Hall on Wednesday evening. Today Vanessa Feltz and her producers booted them from her show for stating the true costs of Ronald Reagan's policies and Starbucks' anti-labor practices. Read more >>

07-06-2004 18:46

D DAY or Hiding from Reality

Much ado about nothing? Read more >>

04-06-2004 17:47

White House Aides Fear Bush has become Mentally Unbalanced

We all used to joke about Bush being a paranoid schizophrenic and unfit for his job.... but now, according to those closest to him, it looks like the joke isn't so funny afterall - he IS mentally ill! Read more >>

03-06-2004 13:34

Bilderberg: The ultimate conspiracy theory

From the BBC News website:

The Bilderberg group, an elite coterie of Western thinkers and power-brokers, has been accused of fixing the fate of the world behind closed doors. As the organisation marks its 50th anniversary, rumours are more rife than ever. Read more >>

03-06-2004 13:28

Moore's 9/11 trailer goes online

From the BBC News website:

The trailer for Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 has made its debut on the movie's official website. Read more >>