UK Anti-militarism Newswire Archive
Bush visits Middle East to intensify Iraq war
29-11-2006 07:42
The thrust of today’s talks in Jordan between George Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is clear in advance. Bush, accompanied by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, will insist that the Iraqi leader bow down to US demands for a bloody crackdown against the largest faction in his own government, the anti-occupation Sadrist movement headed by cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and its Mahdi Army militia. An unnamed senior US official bluntly told the New York Times: “It’s decision time and everybody knows it.”Brighton blockade for peace
28-11-2006 17:25
This weekend, from Sunday over to Monday, saw a large group of students from Sussex University travel to Scotland to play their part in the audacious civil resistance initiative, 'Faslane 365', which began on October the first 2006 to apply critical public pressure for the disarmament of Britain's nuclear weapons. Groups from all over Scotland, England, and Wales and beyond have been invitied to come down and shut the base for a period of time suitable to them.The Downside of ‘Liberation Democracy’
28-11-2006 16:06
A recent study highlighting the rapid expansion of organised criminal activity in those areas where NATO and the U.S. have engaged in aggressive military intervention offers further evidence of the lasting negative social consequences of foreign occupation by neo-colonial powers. As corporate driven America attempts to assert its dominance over weaker nations, organised crime, quick to exploit traumatised societies, becomes the principal beneficiary in the 'war against terror' and the spread of ‘democracy, liberty’ and free market capitalism – what is good for capitalist America is even better for a crime boss!No oil no War
28-11-2006 16:04
Alternative energies are now obligatory. This is the true emergencyMarch 19th 2007 - A Global Day of Action for Iraq and Beyond
28-11-2006 12:51
The common call to action to make March 19th 2007 a global day of action against the war on terror, marking the 4th anniversary of the invasion, followed by a proposed response. Please circulate widely."DISARM NOT REARM:" NORTH EASTERNERS DISRUPT TRIDENT WEAPONS BASE
28-11-2006 12:50
home, after spending 27 hours in police cells in Scotland. The
campaigners, ranging in age from 16 to 73 and from Berwick to County
Durham, lay or sat in the road in front of the main gate of Faslane
naval base.
Debating "War and Peace" behind Closed Doors: NATO'S Riga Security Conference
28-11-2006 02:57
From a US standpoint, this meeting will be used to build a European consensus on America's "long war". The purpose of the meeting is to rally support for the US led military adventure in the Middle East and Central Asia, which is intimately related, from a strategic standpoint, to the battle for oil and oil pipeline corridors.The US-NATO military build-up in the Persian Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean as well as Washington's "New Middle East" will be on the agenda.
The QUICKTIME REPORT 28 /11/06 - SEE GLOBALLY!
28-11-2006 01:47
Antiwar activist arrested for throwing firecrackers
27-11-2006 20:51
Estonian antiwar activist Kalev Rebane was arrested today for throwing firecrackers in front of the US Embassy in Tallinn, Estonia. The incident took place just hours before the arrival of US President George W. Bush.World’s largest weapons inspection as Blair pushes for new N-Bomb
27-11-2006 11:53
Hundreds of people from across Britain are thismorning marching on the Atomic Weapons Establishment
at Aldermaston in Berkshire. They are converging in
large groups from all directions - by bus, train,
bicycle and on foot - determined to carry out the
world’s largest ever inspection of a nuclear weapons
factory. A big police presence of several hundred
officers is protecting the site.
Brize Norton National Demo 2 Dec: Details of Oxford Coaches
27-11-2006 09:53
.The Geopolitics behind the Rwandan Genocide: Paul Kagame accused of War Crimes
26-11-2006 22:27
Paul Mugabe's testimony regarding the shooting down of Habyarimana's plane ordered by Kagame is corroborated by intelligence documents and information presented to the French parliamentary inquiry. Major General Paul Kagame was an instrument of Washington. The loss of African lives did not matter. The civil war in Rwanda and the ethnic massacres were an integral part of US foreign policy, carefully staged in accordance with precise strategic and economic objectives.Full article | 1 addition | 1 comment
Israeli Export Company Refuses to prosecute blockaders for the Second Time
26-11-2006 19:35
The blockaders braved torrential rain for nearly six hours completely stopping all deliveries to and from the depot. A structure was erects from metal fence panels completely blocking Agrexco’s main gate. Two activists locked-on to the company’s vehicle access gate, inside the company grounds while another two secured the second gate.Carmel-Agrexco in Hayes is the main UK depot of Israel’s 50% state owned export company. Agrexco is responsible for exporting the majority of fruit and veg from illegal settlements in the West Bank to the UK. The UK is a large part of the market for settlement produce making up 60% of Agrexco’s total exports.
Don’t Impeach Bush - Impeach the President
26-11-2006 17:00
Impeachment is not about vindication, but rather a validation that the principles of the balance of power will remain secure.Michael Moore Statement on Iraq
26-11-2006 14:49
Michael Moore makes a powerful comment and a call for forgiveness on IraqBolton Busy Framing Syria for Gemayel Assassination
26-11-2006 12:50
Naturally, prior to the assassination of Pierre Gemayel, nobody heard of this shadowy terrorist group, and a Google search returns precisely four results, all connected to the assassination.Obviously, the Mossad and the Pentagon, the latter through P2OG operations, are as busy in Lebanon as they are in Iraq.
Hezbollah versus the CIA’s Cedar Revolution
26-11-2006 12:14
"As the engineered sectarian melt-down in Lebanon crawls forward, it is interesting to read the neocon columnists as they bewail the erosion of the “Cedar Revolution,” that is to say the neocon-neolib subversion of Lebanese politics.""But what of this so-called Cedar Revolution? Is it purely a Lebanese political phenomenon, having risen out of the anger and opposition to the presence of Syria in the country?"
US exploits Kurdish Elements against Iran
26-11-2006 12:05
Now the Kurds and other groups are being used once again to further Anglo-American foreign policy in the Middle East. History may be doomed to repeat itself.Full article | 1 addition | 2 comments
Israeli Company Blockaded This Morning for the Third Time
26-11-2006 06:41
Company Carmel Agrexco’s UK headquarters.