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Aaronovitch Apologises for Libellous Accusation of anti-Semitism

30-11-2007 14:32

On July 6th this year, a particularly unpleasant Zionist activist who goes by the name of Mikey Mikey aka Michael Ezra posted a comment on David Aaronovitch’s Times-on-line blog asserting that Tony Greenstein spent his time ‘harassing Jews’ and for the past 30 years had been intimidating Jewish students at NUS Conference.

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Distorting Fascism to Demonize Iran

30-11-2007 00:31

In their frantic drive to pave the way for a military strike against Iran, leading figures in the neoconservative pro-Israel lobby have embarked on a vicious campaign of demonizing that country by comparing it with the early years of Nazi Germany and its President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with Hitler.

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Campaign launched to save Al Masrah' villagers.

29-11-2007 19:30

A Brighton group has launched a campaign to free five villagers from Al Masrah' in Occupied Palestine, held on remand after protesting against the theft of their land.

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When the Roadmap is a One Way Street

29-11-2007 15:53

This would be impossible without the tacit support of foreign Governments and the media. The silence and Apathy of the people, however, allows THEM to get away with this.

The Israeli Government, as the documentary "Lessons in Hate" demonstrate, indoctrinate Israel's children with Revisionist history lessons, which ultimately leads to misunderstanding.

This has to change, if the Palestinians are ever to receive the justice they, like all other people, so deserve.

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The real issues in the Oxford Union “free speech” debate

28-11-2007 22:07

The latest attempt to justify dissemination of right-wing views with the claim that it represents a commitment to “freedom of speech” is amongst the most cynical.

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Demo agenst extream right at Oxford Union

27-11-2007 08:52

Protesters blocked the gate
100's of demonstrators disrupted a talk by Nick Griffin and other extream right wingers at the Oxford Union.

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Anti-fascist action on the streets of Oxford

27-11-2007 02:32

Defend free speech: fight fascism!
To demonstrate about the presence of BNP Nick Griffin and holocaust denier David Irving being invited to one of the most prestigious 'debating' institutions in the country, in the world's most famous university.

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Facts Surrounding Israel's Collective Punishment of Gaza

26-11-2007 16:39

When Israel assured the world last week that there would be "no humanitarian problems" regarding these impending fuel cuts, its government spokespeople were simply lying through their collective teeth.

Those assurances were simply crafted for the consumption of the international community, and have absolutely no relationship to the even further suffering Gazans will begin to experience starting next weekend.

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Race, racism and ethnic surrogacy are highly lucrative trade brands for the UK

26-11-2007 11:09

Did the ‘Muslim Lib Dem MEP’, who has just defected to the David Ca-moron tent, exist as anything political withiest using the Lib Dems as a platform? The 'news' is 'neatly' timed to coincide with the very-hyped 'debate' being staged by the business promoters for the brand name of Oxford today !

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"fascists4free speech" are like homicidal peadophiles for childcare,oxymoronic

25-11-2007 16:57

If Nazis got into power they would abuse debate, then kill it
Why is the Oxford Union legitimizing,giving a platform& trying to make nazi apologisers champions of free speech?
If they dont want to extol Nazis views why did they invite 2 nazi apologisers to discuss free speech instead of Zapatistas,anarchists, activists from China or other popular activists with less access to mass media outlets?

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Gypsies in Italy: a New Holocaust

25-11-2007 16:22

Racism in Italy against Gypsy People kills many children, women and innocent men. Write me to subscribe the Campaign against the persecution of the Gypsies in Italy:  roberto.malini@annesdoor.com

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Ken Loach & NoBorders in Crawley Tuesday 27th November

25-11-2007 13:09

On Tuesday 27th November, renowned filmmaker Ken Loach (The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Sweet Sixteen, Kes) is coming to Crawley to show and talk about his new film "It's a Free World...". This film is a drama about a single mother and depicts the reality of living and working in the UK as a so-called illegal immigrant.

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Anti-Fascist Memorial Rally.

25-11-2007 10:41

(c) Marc Vallée, 2007.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 24.11.07. Anti-fascist protesters congregate for a Memorial Rally at the International Brigade Memorial Statue in Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank. Carlos Javier Palomino, a 16-year old anti-racism campaigner was stabbed to death during violent clashes with neo-Nazis in the Spanish capital Madrid two weeks ago and protesters gathered to mark his death. (Photos by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2007.)

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Carlos Presente Memorial Rally pictures

25-11-2007 10:12

Jubilee Gardens, 24 Nov 2007. (C) 2007, Peter Marshall
Pictures from the London Memorial Rally in Jubilee Gardens, 24 Nov 2007, organised by Antifa Britain with the Anarchist Federation - IFA.

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Dialect - Today's Stop The War Rally in Bristol and Northern Rock

24-11-2007 21:00

Audio
Today's show is ten minutes longer than usual to accommodate live interviews with Stop the War rally speakers at the rally.

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Islam in Venezuela?

24-11-2007 20:16

Greetings, I’m sending you this to clarify what the Wayuu + Islam is. The Wayus have for years been sharing and having interaction with the people originating from the Middle East. Evidently, the fact is that human beings can modify common impressions – what people are saying -- and transform them into convictions.

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Help needed for this family

24-11-2007 18:11

Please help Humaira Qudoos HO Ref Q1043430 - Due to be forcibly removed at 5pm on Sunday evening.
URGENT!
At 5.15pm on Friday evening Humaira Qudoos' old lawyer received a fax from the Home Office informing him that fresh removal directions had been set for 5pm on Sunday evening.
Humaira and her three daughters are due to be taken from Heathrow to Karachi in Pakistan on Pakistan International Airlines flight PK788 at 17.00 hours on Sunday 25 November.


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Germany: Neo-Nazis carved swastika into girl's leg

24-11-2007 14:26

Four grown neo-Nazi men wrestled a 17-year-old girl to the ground and carved a swastika into her thigh when she stopped them bullying a six-year old foreign girl in a small east German town. This is reported on the German IndyMedia site at  http://de.indymedia.org/2007/11/200381.shtml and confirmed by mainstream media.

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Meltem Avcil, 14, released from detention

24-11-2007 14:10

Thanks to a very energetic campign from SOAS detainee support group and Positive Action in Housing. And especially thanks to the courage and determination of Meltem herself, who resisted deportation by every mean at her disposal.

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Janipher Maseko, yet another asylum horror story

24-11-2007 14:03

Janipher Maseko fled Uganda after her mother died and she was raped by armed rebels. She was 13 when she arrived in the UK. She was looking for a place of safety. This is what she found.