World Anti-militarism Newswire Archive

The London Bombings: Time for Blair to Wake Up or Resign

The US & UK’s oil & war-hungry foreign-policies look set to see London and other major western cities facing years, perhaps decades, of terrorist guerrilla warfare. Could our elected representatives be doing more to speak out against the illegal wars that have precipitated these barbaric acts?

Stattfor prime suspect in London Bombing

In the long tradition of news leaks, the latest results of my investigation of the London bombings as I work backwards in time to get a positive ID lock on an exact asshole

Zarqawi: Everywhere and nowhere

Afghanistan, but that he doesn't believe he is in Iraq. Along with others in the neighborhood, he is convinced that Zarqawi was killed in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan during the US bombings that resulted from the attacks of September 11.

More than 33 dead in London blasts

07-07-2005 14:32 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | London | World

Police announce 33 confirmed fatalities, more to follow.

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Gay Turk hunger striker wins concessions

International solidarity campaign gets results
OutRage! backs call for Mehmet Tarhan's release
Write him letters of support, urges OutRage!

Geldof asked for too little. Support Alternative G8 Edinburgh Declaration

Geldof compromised - asked for too little. The Protestors know that his failing to include militarism, human rights violations, environmental destruction ...contributes to the problem.

Here is an Alternative G8 Declaration that is more inclusive.

Joan Russow (PhD)
Global Compliance Research Project
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ALTERNATIVE G8 EDINBURGH DECLARATION OF COMMON SECURITY
G8 EDINBURGH DECLARATION OF COMMON SECURITY
OPEN FOR SIGNATURES

VIDEO: Anarchist Action Palo Alto, U$A: March Against War, Empire and Capitalism

On the evening of June 25, several hundred people took to the streets of downtown Palo Alto to march against war, empire and capitalism.

Video is 15:31 minutes

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Confessing Christ in a World of Violence

04-07-2005 14:56 | Anti-militarism | World

"A theology of war starts from the highest circles of the American government.. Political idolatry is strengthened today by a politics of fear.. We reject the false doctrine that a war against terrorism has a priority over ethical and legal norms.. No nation or state may replace God."

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Report of `Make Poverty History` march in Edinburgh with 12 photos

This is a 2,200 word report from the `Make Poverty History` march and rallies of Saturday 2nd July 2005. 12 labelled photos are attached.

EDO Admit Legal Liability For War Crimes

03-07-2005 16:53 | Anti-militarism | Repression | South Coast | World

Interstering quote AND MORE interesting titbits (with added editorial comments marked *with stars*) gleaned from EDOs 2004 annual report that may be of interest to campaigners..

Have you booked your transport to Faslane yet?

03-07-2005 15:21 | G8 2005 | Anti-militarism | World

Final preparations are underway for the blockade at Faslane tomorrow, which will begin at 7am at the naval base 30 miles west of Glasgow, which is the home port for Trident - and the largest military base in Scotland.

Britain taught Uzbek killers "marksmanship" two months before Andijan massacre

British military advisers trained Uzbek troops in "marksmanship" shortly before a massacre in which hundreds of people were killed. The training was part of a larger programme funded by Britain despite concerns expressed by the Foreign Office at the time over the Uzbekistan government's human rights record.

UK-based airline running guns to Congo killers - Amnesty calls for inquiry

REBEL groups terrorising civilians in eastern Congo, where a devastating war marked by widespread atrocities has killed nearly 4m people, are doing so with weapons and ammunition flown to Africa by a British-based airline.

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U.S. Disinformation War Continues

01-07-2005 05:51 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

"It is difficult to fathom that this individual, working under the auspices of the U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, will not be promoting a pro-US agenda. As evidenced in recently declassified documents from the FBI regarding the Luis Posada Carriles case, it was the FBI officer in Venezuela that maintained contact with Posada Carriles during his years in Venezuela apparently as the liaison between the Cuban terrorist and the U.S. intelligence community."

Downing Street Memo Protest in Washington DC

30-06-2005 13:07 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | London | World

Activists protest one of America's leading newspapers for failure to cover the Downing Street Memos

Speculations about Future US Policy

29-06-2005 09:24 | Anti-militarism | World

"Without making any perceptible concessions, Condoleezza Rice signalled that the gulfs could be bridged and coopera-tion with Europe promoted. Her cold sneer seemed to say: cooperation on our conditions.. Many factors will stop the `arrogance of power' (Senator Fulbright)."

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Searching for resistance in Afghanistan

27-06-2005 01:00 | Anti-militarism | London | World

After the assassination plot against U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad was revealed to Kabul officials, spokesman Jawed Ludin said, "Our people are dying, our schools are getting burned, our mosques are getting blown up, and our clergy are getting assassinated."

ID card database infomation in exchange for Trident

Under the arrangements that Britain has with the US that allow us access to their nuclear technology in the Trident programme, America has long insisted that it should have access to all our intelligence material. That means the ID database will be automatically available to it.

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Howard off to US, UK - part 5

25-06-2005 07:54 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | London | World

But what does it matter the first time or the second time "since the illegal and degrading war on Iraq"? Incidentally, a war, that killed, maimed and injured over 100,000 innocent men, women and children? It only matters I suppose to get the second part of the paragraph into this article.

Reactionary terror continues in Lebanon

25-06-2005 00:21 | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Bombings and assassinations continue in Lebanon. The latest victim of this wave of terror was the 67-year old George Hawi, who was killed when a bomb detonated in his car; the former leader of the Lebanese Communist Party lost his life on June 21st, only a day after the so-called “anti-Syrian bloc” claimed victory in the parliamentary elections.