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Why Israel won't survive

19-01-2009 23:49

The merciless Israeli bombardment of Gaza has stopped -- for now -- but the death toll keeps rising as more bodies are pulled from carpet- bombed neighborhoods.

What Israel perpetrated in Gaza, starting at 11:30am on 27 December 2008, will remain forever engraved in history and memory. Tel al-Hawa, Hayy al-Zeitoun, Khuzaa and other sites of Israeli massacres will join a long mournful list that includes Deir Yasin, Qibya, Kufr Qasim, Sabra and Shatila, Qana, and Jenin.

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Norman Finkelstein's comparison of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians to the behaviour Nazis

19-01-2009 21:20

The following images and text were posted on Professor Norman Finkelstein's web site -- however at the moment his ISP appears to have suspended his site. An interview with him published today contains his justification to publishing these images:

turkishny.com: On your Web site, there is an argument that the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors are doing to the Palestinians exactly what was done to them by the Nazis. Do you agree with that?

Norman Finkelstein: I think Israel, as a number of commentators pointed out, is becoming an insane state. And we have to be honest about that. While the rest of the world wants peace, Europe wants peace, the US wants peace, but this state wants war, war and war. In the first week of the massacres, there were reports in the Israeli press that Israel did not want to put all its ground forces in Gaza because it was preparing attacks on Iran. Then there were reports it was planning attacks on Lebanon. It is a lunatic state.

turkishny.com: But do you agree with the characterization?

Norman Finkelstein: Look at the pictures and decide for yourself. I am not going to tell people what they should think about it. But what I say is they should look at the pictures and decide for themselves. (For the pictures go to:

http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=2510 )

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No one is illegal in Moscow - action against pro-Kremlin xenophobes

19-01-2009 17:32

Today "Molodaya Gvardiya Edinoy Rossii" (Young Guard of United Russia - one of the several, competing pro-Kremlin youth organizations) attempted to organize an action "Our money to our people". Concept was to meet a train from Central Asia 2:10 PM in Kazan railway station of Moscow with anti-migrant placates, with text such as "Work legally!", "Illegal = thief!" and "Want to work? Pay taxes!". Action was protected by a plenty of OMON riot police and own security of Young Guard.

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STOP DEPORTATIONS: Shut Down BMI Airlines 20/1

19-01-2009 00:31

No Borders South Wales call for the fourth monthly day of action against BMI Airlines on Tuesday January 20th

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Lee Kaplan solicits murder of ISMers on his blog after his site gets pulled

19-01-2009 00:29

A few days ago a site called

http://www.stoptheism.com/ hosted in Canada and run by a Lee Kaplan of San Francisco was downed.

The site contained an offer of a bounty for precise locations of named ISMers in Gaza with the explicit intention to pass their details on to the IDF and have them killed.

Does Lee know it is a felony to solicit murder in the USA?

I know some people who do about that kind of thing:

http://sanfrancisco.fbi.gov/sfcontact.htm

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Audio - Two Sides, One Story - Cageprisoners National Tour - LONDON

18-01-2009 16:01

Audio from the January 11th London leg of a 21 date national tour to mark seven years of unlawful detention, abuse and torture

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Photos from protest outside Lloyds TSB in Edinburgh.

18-01-2009 10:45

Here are 8 photos from the demo outside Lloyds TSB in Edinburgh on Saturday 17th January 2009. There are links to reports of protests around the country.

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Sheffield: Row over "No To IDF No To Hamas" Placard

18-01-2009 00:15

A placard held by Alliance for Workers Liberty (AWL) supporters at the protest against the imperial genocide in Gaza in Sheffield on 17th January 2009, which read, "No To IDF No To Hamas" was taken down by the Chair of the Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

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Ex-officer in BART shooting pleads not guilty

17-01-2009 12:35

The former BART police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man early New Year’s Day pleaded not guilty Thursday to a murder charge during a brief but tense court hearing, at which his attorney said he planned to seek a bail reduction that could allow his client to be released from jail before trial.

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Open letter to Israeli Ambassador to Britain Ron Prosor about the Gaza crisis

17-01-2009 08:29

This is a short letter that I have sent to the Israeli ambassador in London, his excellency Ron Prosor concerning the current situation in Gaza.

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BNP member on NCH Disabled Person's panel

16-01-2009 01:46

Nottingham City Homes disability forum has BNP activist as its vice chair

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UK Libertarian Party: ex-BNP members in disguise?

13-01-2009 12:48

It's a year since the creation of the "UK Libertarian Party", a falsely titled group if there ever was one!

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American Indian activist: Breaking the silence on Obama

13-01-2009 10:48

American Indian activist Russell Means said President-elect Obama was selected by the colonial powers as president to improve the US image globally in the aftermath of George Bush. On Indian lands, the only people who get ahead are those who sell out to the colonial system.

“Every policy the Palestinians are now enduring was practiced on the American Indian,” added Means.

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Israeli far-right group demo @ Iranian embassy Thursday 15th 7:30

13-01-2009 02:54

Beitar, the Revisionist Zionist group founded by Jabotinsky, whose early members trained alongside Mussolini's blackshirts in Citavecchia, will be airing their extremist views at the Iranian embassy on Thursday.

It's only a short walk from the Israeli embassy, so confrontation seems inevitable, after Beitar members attacked people leaving the End the Massacre in Gaza demo last Wednesday.

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BNP uses 10th Jan London Israeli embassy riots to garner support

12-01-2009 00:01

"Mass Third World immigration has turned London into a Middle East battleground, with an estimated 50,000 Muslims and a handful of extremist Communists violently attacking police and looting shops yesterday." (according to the BNP).

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Stop the biggest neo-nazi march in Europe!(Dresden)

11-01-2009 21:13

Come to Dresden on 14 February 2009

On 14 February 2009, right-wing extremists from all over Europe will once again gather for their annual 'mourning march' in Dresden (D) - UNITED and the local platform Geh Denken calls for your help to stop the largest meeting of the European right-wing extremist movement!

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Report of all Scotland protest against the current Israeli attack on Gaza.

11-01-2009 09:36

This is a detailed report with 20 photos of the all Scotland demonstration against the Israeli attack on Gaza. There is also a round up of a number of protests around the world.

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fotos from thessaloniki 9/1/09

10-01-2009 22:31

fotos from thessaloniki 9/1/09

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Open letter to Foreign Secretary David Miliband re the carnage in Gaza

10-01-2009 00:53

This is a short letter to British Foreign Secretary David Miliband about the failure of the British government to condemn Israel's actions and Israel's continued defiance of the United Nations and International Law.

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Report: Militant Picket of M&S in Newcastle 08.01.09

09-01-2009 01:07

Tonight over 30 people took part in a noisy and angry picket of Marks and Spencer, Britain's biggest corporate sponsor of Israel. A banner was held across the main entrance and information was distributed to passers-by. Many members of the public took the opportunity to join the picket and express their anger at Israel's actions in Gaza and Britain's continuing complicity.