UK Iraq Newswire Archive
Sussex Uni students vote to oust military from students union
14-11-2008 19:38
Yesterday, students at the students union agm voted to support a motion to withdraw support for all military funded bodies.Prosecuting Bush and Blair for Genocide (21st November)
14-11-2008 01:45
Free important public meetingUncommon Common Sense
13-11-2008 18:00
This is the first part of a 4 part series detailing 8 questionable unquestionables- social paradigms that pass without question in mainstream discourse, but which are so utterly false that it only requires an inch of extra perspective to notice this. This is what I would call “uncommon common sense”.Barack Obama- War Criminal in Waiting
12-11-2008 16:35
One astute observation made by a friend surrounding the US elections is that not voting for/being excited about Obama would be like not celebrating/being excited about Christmas. The analogy was actually more profound than intended, since not only are both events extravaganzas that bring people together, happen rarely, and make people feel good, they are also events whose founding principles have zero fundamental substance.Lakenheath 8 go to trial over 2 years later..
11-11-2008 16:44
On the 2nd October 2006, 8 people cut the fence ran into the US military base and locked themselves to the gate of the Special Munitions Store at RAF Lakenheath in order to stop the use of those weapons and in order to secure evidence of War Crimes.
CACI Torturers in Scots Census Rehearsal
11-11-2008 16:05
The Scottish census of 2011 has been awarded to CACI. CACI interrogators, Mr. Steven Stephanowicz and Mr. John Israel, were key to the torture and abuse in Abu Ghraib, and were condemned by each report into Abu Ghraib, including the Fay report and the US militarys own investigation, the Taguba Report.The first hurdle for the census is imminent and is ripe for dissent.
Anti-arms Campaigners remember War Victims outside EDO/ITT for Remembrance Day
11-11-2008 12:43
On the 11th of November a group of Sussex students and local activists gathered outside the gates of Brighton’s local bomb factory, laden with flowers and wreaths. 25-30 demonstrators placed the flowers outside the open gates at 11am and held a 2 minute silence to remember all those who have died because of war.NYCLAW ANTIWAR DIGEST -- 11.08.08
09-11-2008 00:28
Tens of millions of people want a new direction. The question is whether they can be organized to fight for it.UN First Committee Overwhelmingly Backs New Uranium Weapons Resoluti
07-11-2008 11:34
127 states have backed a second resolution highlighting health concerns over the use of uranium in conventional weapons. Several key states including Norway, Iceland, the Netherlands and Finland changed their positions to back the resolution.For the full report please visit:
http://www.bandepleteduranium.org/en/a/204.html
Iraqi History: For Whom the Bell Tolls
06-11-2008 12:53
“You may rely upon one thing — I'll never engage in creating kings again" - Gertrude BellSmash EDO Press Release - CPS discontinue oppressive prosecution
06-11-2008 10:40
Smash EDO Press Release6/11/2008
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Raytheon in Bristol Blockaded
05-11-2008 11:31
Sheffield activists keep up the pressure on the military
04-11-2008 18:09
Alongside activists from No Sweat and Animal Friends, members of the newly formed Kick 'Em Off Campus network visited the Yorkshire Autumn Graduate Careers fair to let military recruiters and arms dealers know exactly how welcome they are at our university.U.S. presidential election (by Latuff)
02-11-2008 20:50
NYCLAW Antiwar Digest (11.02.08)
02-11-2008 20:41
"There is one agenda, and whoever holds the [president's] chair will continue the other's job."The Second Peace Procession and Peace Plan, London - Pictures.
02-11-2008 19:53
Obama in Iraq
02-11-2008 15:31
The following article, posted to Red Pepper's 'Change We Can Believe In?' blog on Obama might be of interest to Indymedia.org.uk readers. It's by Ewa Jasiewicz and on what an Obama/Biden presidency might mean for Iraq.Smash EDO Fundraising Sunday Roast - Nov 2nd
29-10-2008 15:41
www.smashedo.org.ukBristol Uni Death Fair
29-10-2008 10:48
