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Hoon contradicts his Hutton evidence and invites a host of questions

09-02-2004 10:22

When Geoff Hoon was interviewed on Radio 4's Today programme on 5th February
2004, he claimed that not only was the Prime Minister unaware before 18th
March 2004 of the precise nature of the 'WMD' claimed to be deployable
within 45 minutes, but also that he himself was unaware until after the
publication of the dossier in September 2004.

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munich noNATO overview + links to videos

08-02-2004 23:35

It is the 40th time in sequence that Ministers of Defense, war strategists, arms manufacturers and other important or powerful people, somehow interested in making war, meet - as last year - in the hotel Bayerischer Hof, to think about the wars of the future.
+links to videos and short english descriptions

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Democratic Stop the War Coalition???

08-02-2004 14:41

Looks like hackney STWC are trying to make the national organisation more open and democratic. I don't fancy their chances much, but good on them for trying! I wonder if Cambridge Stop the War 'Coalition' will be supporting this resolution (see below). I look forward to their consultation with all the Cambridge peace and anti-capitalist groups before the national conference on the 28th of Feb ;-)

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Anti-Nato Protests in Munich: Timetable

07-02-2004 22:53

the streets of munich today.
Time-Line Saturday Feb 7th and more

Time line of the protests against the Security Conference on saturday, Feb 7th in Munich

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MUNICH: SATURDAY TIMELINE

07-02-2004 17:56

TODAY`S MAIN DEMO IN MUNICH HAS PASSED OFF TOTALLY PEACEFULLY. HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN SOME SHOCKING POLICE BRUTALITY ON THE MARIENPLATZ TOWARDS THE EARLY EVENING. AROUND 20-30 ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND MANY PEOPLE WERE BADLY BEATEN.

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World's Biggest Peace Music Festival in UK - Press Release

06-02-2004 19:24

- PRESS RELEASE 2nd February 2004 -

UK ARTS FESTIVAL FOR PEACE
WORLD'S BIGGEST FEBRUARY 15th EVENT
AS BLAIR DROPS FROM THE CHARTS

Four night music & arts Festival, Thursday 12th - Sunday 15th February, Hackney Ocean, London & Peace Not War CD: Volumes 2,3,4,5

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POLICE RIOT: MAYHEM IN MUNICH

06-02-2004 19:14

TODAY`S DEMO IN MUNICH HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY ATTACKED BY THE RIOT COPS. MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.

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Peace Activist in Court over Bridge Protest.

06-02-2004 12:58

A Cambridge peace activist pleaded not guilty to a public
order offense today, 5 February 2004, at the Cambridge Magistrates
court. He was arrested on the 11th November 2003 after hanging a
banner displaying "Stop Bush" and informing commuters of the
President's visit from the top of the footpath bridge, next to the
Cambridge rail station, a week before Bush's visit to Britain. Despite
his protest being peaceful and polite he was finally charged with
"threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior or disorderly
behavior". In the next few weeks he will be putting up a defense based
on his freedom of expression and peaceful protest.

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US and UK support brutal dictators

06-02-2004 06:28

For foreign policy, there should be a single, universal standard of justice that is applied to all cases. When "leaders" apply different standards depending on their own short-term political gain, few people are fooled, no one is impressed, and no actual leadership takes place.

Why is it so hard for people such as Bush and Blair to show leadership? Instead of applying a single criterion of judgement on Saddam Hussein and all other national figures, they oppose some while supporting others. That is precisely how the U.S. nurtured previous dictators such as Manuel Noriega, Ferdinand Marcos, and Saddam Hussein himself. Give us consistent morality, not double standards!

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Harsh Sentences for Sydney Opera House NO WAR Graffiti Crew

05-02-2004 22:34

no war sydney
Harsh sentences for two amazing folks who did one amazing action - painting a massive "NO WAR" on the top of the Sydney Opera House in March last year.

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Wolves to the Slaughter

05-02-2004 19:22

Geoff Hoon is caught lying. America no longer wishes to pull out of Iraq by the deadline. The Iraqi Resistance are, allegedly, claiming they want to take control of cities once the US vacates...

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Israel's Guantanamo

05-02-2004 11:06

In the "only democracy" in the Middle East, something even worse than Guantanamo...

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Bushitler Daily news.. Get Yours Now !

05-02-2004 08:07

Prescott Bush handled the "German work" for Brown Brothers
in the 1930s, raking in a fortune by rearming Hitler's Germany....

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Solidarity with whitewashers from hecklers

04-02-2004 23:47

Oxford citizens for truth want to express their solidarity and admiration for the group (judges for justice) that whitewashed downing street today.

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The Mercenary Position

04-02-2004 22:33

Mercenary armies, the new Iraqi secret police, and how Pepsi got into Baghdad...

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HECKLE PRIME MINISTER

04-02-2004 16:01

Nine members of the public decided to use Prime Minister's Question Time today to question directly Tony Blair on the important issues of the occupation of Iraq, and the real reasons that the United Kingdom went to war. Refusing to be silent on hearing the Prime Minister's evasions on these important issues, each stood up and made one simple demand: "No more whitewashes, Tony!"

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An Anti-War Musical Parody - mp3 file

04-02-2004 14:44

Audio
This is a parody of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire".

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Blair's speech to Parliament disrupted, Downing street whitewashed.

04-02-2004 13:29

Tony Blair's speech to Parliament about the Hutton enquiry was repeatedly disrupted by activists shouting from the public gallery, easily audible on the live TV broadcast. The speaker suspended the debate and ordered the public gallery to be cleared.

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Tom Hurndall Investigation Expanded (Press Release)

04-02-2004 10:16

Investigation by the Metropolitan Police is now being expanded to cover the James Miller with a broader remit of exploring the systemic nature of the killings.

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March against a new generation of nuclear weapons - March to Aldermaston 2004

03-02-2004 23:00

March against a new generation of nuclear weapons - March to Aldermaston 2004

Oxford to Aldermaston Youth March, 10th - 12th April 2004
All welcome!