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Craig Murray on the death of Robin Cook

08-08-2005 12:07

Blair arranged Robin Cook’s defeat at Cabinet when Cook wanted to stop the export of British Aerospace Hawk jets to the Suharto regime of Indonesia, which has a strong history of vicious repression of its disparate peoples. I was told by a Cabinet Minister who sided with Cook, that Blair managed Cook’s cabinet defeat in as confrontational and humiliating a manner as possible.

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Repeating border conflicts between Russia

08-08-2005 06:57

Russia’s has been testing their watertight air defence and Finnish border control by committing several border violations in Finland and Russia border zone. Russia Air Force has been insulting Finland’s air space frequently, 11 times between
Sebtember 2004 and May 2005. Last border violation took place last Friday, August 5 2005 in front of Porvoo.

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Remembering the ESF

08-08-2005 00:39

Good article from a person who's eyes were opened to the dark side of left/reformism social change.

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Ambient Green Picnic – July 2005

06-08-2005 21:05

The Ambient Green Picnic was held in Guildford on Sunday 31 July 2005.

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Al-Qaida's Terrorism Rooted In Anarchism

06-08-2005 09:02

"For although it founds its ideology on religious references and speaks a language overwhelmed by religious symbols, al-Qaida falls largely within the modern tradition of revolutionary anarchists..."
writes Soumayya Ghannoushi, a researcher in the history of ideas at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, in an opinion piece for Aljazeera.

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Summer Simultaneous Policy newsletter published

05-08-2005 18:55

International Simultaneous Policy Organisation newsletter now available on-line at  http://www.simpol.org.uk/campaign_newsletters.php

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The Multicultural Straw Man

05-08-2005 16:29

"The multicultural experiment has failed" started off as a BNP mantra; now it's entered the mainstream as a fashionable thing to say on Radio 4. But what do people really mean by "multiculturalism", and what would the alternative be?

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Folkestone to be home to Uk's Immigration & Nationality Service.

05-08-2005 15:41

The Home Office has announced that Folkestone (Tory leader Michael Howard's constituency) is to become the new home of the UK's Imm' & Nationality Service from 2007.
(Trains from London Charing Cross-Folkestone Central -1h40mins- for anyone wanting to demo here from 2007)

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P2OG AMERICA'S 'HOLY' WARRIORS

05-08-2005 14:38

The US Defense Science Board has recommended that a covert counterterrorist force be established. The Proactive, Preemptive Operation Group will 'stimulate' reactions from terror groups prodding them into action so that they can be attacked. A classic application of the Hegelian Dialectic.

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Two Million Imprisoned = Too Many

05-08-2005 01:51

Civil rights march on Washington
On August 13, thousands of people are expected to march in D.C. against rising mass imprisonment in the U.S.

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Latest Corporate Watch news out now!

04-08-2005 15:46

Corporate Watch is a small independent research co-op, publishing info on corporations to help resistance to corporate power. We publish newsletters every two month and emailnews updates every two weeks. To subscribe to either visit www.corporatewatch.org.uk

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Jan Benvie reports from Baghdad

04-08-2005 14:08

Jan Benvie is in the middle of the group of 5.
This is an 800 word report from Jan Benvie who is currently in Baghdad with Christian Peacemakers. One photo which features Jan is attached.

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Video Letter to Tony Blair from Loackleaze Day Centre, Bristol

04-08-2005 12:34

Video Some of the participants in the video letter
A short video letter (7mins 23 secs) to Tony Blair from the users of Lockleaze Day Centre, in Bristol. Elderly ad disabled people describe the effects of the Governments new F.A.C.S (Fair Access to Care) scheme is having on their lives.

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Starvation in Niger: where we come in

04-08-2005 07:56

What has been in the west's involvement in the starvation crisis in Niger, and what can we do to help?

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The Silent Victims of July 7

03-08-2005 20:36

According to Scotland Yard figures, hate crimes in Britain have soared by 600 per cent; 269 religious hate crimes, motivated by animosity towards Muslims since July, happened as a direct outcome of the two bomb attacks on London Transport system

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The Silent Victims of Sept. 11

03-08-2005 20:31

After the terrorist strikes, millions of Arab-and Muslim Americans became targets for random hate and violence. They became the latest ethnic group to be singled out in an American time of crisis

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The Silent Victims of July 7

03-08-2005 20:21

Burning mosques and assaulting Muslim women will not bring back the victims of those horrendous terrorist attacks”, Elaasar, the foremost authority on hate crimes, said.

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"The Decline and Fall of the American Empire" [audio link]

03-08-2005 15:11

JOHAN GALTUNG ,founder and Director of TRANSCEND and professor of Peace Studies
A talk given at UC Santa Barbara, Nov. 23, 2004
"The Decline and Fall of the American Empire"

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US court files reveal Italian link to Indymedia server grab

03-08-2005 13:13

New article on "The Register" on the UK Indymedia server seizure case. Register coverage of this case has been very good so far. Read on...

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World Health Assembly takes action against baby food companies

02-08-2005 21:57

Baby Milk Action's latest newsletter highlights the latest resolution from the World Health Assembly addressing baby food marketing. After years of campaigning, action has been taken on health claims used in marketing, contamination of formula and commercial sponsorship of research. Plus other news.