UK Anti-militarism Newswire Archive
Honduras coup (by Latuff)
24-09-2009 01:20
Goriletti (by Latuff)
23-09-2009 16:49
The One-Sided War on the Streets of Honduras
23-09-2009 13:53
“We will continue the struggle for democracy,” said Zelaya, as the crowd voiced their desire for a new constitution. “This time I won’t be caught napping,” joked Zelaya, referring to the episode on June 28, when the military accosted him in his pajamas.Later, when the lights were cut, there were fears the authorities might storm the gates at any moment, and side arms were handed out to security guards. The lights soon returned courtesy of the compound’s generator (and gas supplied by La Resistencia). The expected attack didn’t come until dawn, when police launched tear gas shells into the courtyard, and forcibly occupied neighboring buildings."
End torture in Western Sahara campaigners demand
22-09-2009 22:48
Western Sahara Campaigners mark International Peace Day with a demand for the immediate end to tortureThe President Has Returned: All Hell Breaks Loose in Honduras!
22-09-2009 16:52
"This is a textbook example of what we've referred to before as "dilemma actions." It puts the coup regime on the horns of a dilemma, in which it has no good options. It can leave Zelaya to put together his government again from the Brazilian embassy with the active support of so many sectors of Honduran civil society, or it can try to arrest the President, provoking a nonviolent insurrection from the people of the kind that has toppled many a regime throughout history. Minute by minute, hour by hour, and, soon, day by day, the coup regime is losing its grip. At some point it will have to choose either to unleash a terrible violent wave of state terrorism upon the country's own people - which will provoke all out insurrection in response (guaranteed by Article 3 of the Honduran Constitution) - or Micheletti and his Simian Council can start packing their bags and seeking asylum someplace like Panama."Free gigs in North East Wales for Peace Day
21-09-2009 22:40
http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/ Obama and Vietghanistan (by Latuff)
21-09-2009 08:37
http://www.thesovnews.com
peace not war - pass it on
21-09-2009 00:14
please pass on to peace movement peeps...Photos from Palestine stall in Edinburgh on Saturday 19th September 2009
20-09-2009 17:14
The Twilight of the Warlords
20-09-2009 12:35
The Afghan War: what is behind this madness?Obama: Bush was right that Iran’s ballistic missile program is a serious threat
19-09-2009 16:02
In early October, these nuclear powers will hold the “much-anticipated” talks with Iran in Turkey; the neighbouring country that hosts the largest US nuclear arsenal outside the USA.
Barclays cash machines sabotaged
16-09-2009 13:47
3 barclays cashpoints in Brighton were superglued last nightCampaign Against Arms Trade Launches University Wiki
16-09-2009 12:13
CAAT launches new Universities Wiki to assist with campus campaigning.Last Tuesday's Protests Against DSEi Arms Fair
15-09-2009 20:38
US Military Mental Health Crisis
15-09-2009 18:39
In January 2009 more US troops committed suicide than were killed in action in Iraq & Afghanistan. In recent years suicide rates in the military have more than doubled, mental health entry standards for new recruits appear to have been lowered and the resulting problems are being medicated with a dangerous cocktail of psychotropic drugs despite manufacturers warning labels.UN Report Finds War Crimes In Operation Cast Lead
15-09-2009 16:55
UNITED NATIONSPress Release
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xxxxxxxxxx UN Fact Finding Mission finds strong evidence
of war crimes and crimes against humanity
committed during the Gaza conflict;
calls for end to impunity
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15 September 2009
Money talks in U.S. policy toward Honduran putsch regime
14-09-2009 17:10
"So, in effect, since the earliest days of the coup regime in Honduras, the U.S. has done little more than repackage and rebroadcast the same aid cuts to appease the media and to compliment its rhetorical position of being against the coup. But behind the scenes, the economic effect of the aid cuts has been little more than symbolic posturing.""Henry Kissinger was brutally honest about the U.S. diplomatic reality in Latin America, when commenting decades ago on the government of democratically elected President Salvador Allende of Chile — who was overthrown in a 1973 U.S.-backed coup that led to Allende’s assassination and a subsequent reign of terror by the dictator General Augusto Pinochet.
I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves." Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon
Under Secretary of State Clinton, that fundamentally anti-democratic foreign policy appears to continue to be the status quo for Latin America — absent a much more hands-on effort to change that course by the president of the United States.
BT’s £59 Million Investment in Arms
13-09-2009 22:55
"A witness at the BT building said: “They came running in and jumped over the security barriers, smashing glasses and telephones.
“Some of them went up to two floors above, having a look round and writing graffiti.
“It could have been really frightening but when they started shouting about BT being involved in the arms trade I knew that they didn’t know what they were going on about. Then they must have got bored and left.”
The Standard leaves it at that, but we thought you might be interested to know more about BT’s investments in the arms trade.
Charlie Sheen Challenges President Obama to Re-Open 9/11 Investigations
13-09-2009 22:30
Report and 4 photos from Palestine Solidarity stall
12-09-2009 22:38
