UK Other Press Newswire Archive
Bin Laden: Still Dead After all these Years
08-09-2007 10:22
It hardly comes as a surprise… Osama plans to release “a new video recording … on or before next week’s sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States,” reports the Voice of America, the propaganda unit established by the Office of War Information.Perverse Preston Development Direction
07-09-2007 23:41
Why does Preston City Council say NO to Brownfield city centre housing developments but YES to housing in our beautiful greenbelt floodplain areas by the precious River Ribble?Any suggestions?
English Wikinews publishes 10000th article
07-09-2007 19:37
The English Wikinews, a collaborative citizen journalism site, published its 10,000th news stories today at around 06:56, 7 September 2007 UTC.Gagged! #19 - South Wales Anarchist Newsletter
07-09-2007 10:53
Read the PDF here:
https://lists.riseup.net/www/d_read/gagged/gagged19.pdf audio to follow in the next few days
An appeal/a request to the world media.
07-09-2007 05:22
Please ; Save the life of Innocent Canadian Khalid Awan , now he is facing hardships in MDC without any ticket in USA.Class Is Still the Issue
06-09-2007 23:54
A state of parallel worlds determines almost everything we do and how we do it, everything we know and how we know it. The word that once described it, class, is unmentionable, just as imperialism used to be. Thanks to George W Bush, the latter is back in the lexicon in Britain, if not at the BBC.Middle East Madness
06-09-2007 22:52
Then there's Congress on both sides of the aisle and presidential candidates hawkishly posturing for whatever they imagine it gains them. The public overwhelmingly opposes more war and wants the Iraq one ended. But those ideas are nowhere in sight on the campaign trail or Capitol Hill where the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007 will likely pass easily now that Congress is reconvened. It cleared the House Foreign Affairs Committee 37 to 1 June 28 and after passing both Houses will become effective January 1, 2008. It hardens the existing Iran Sanctions Act by closing loopholes in it with the intent to thwart all foreign investment in Iran and strangle the country economically.Spanish authorities have prosecuted a child for terrorism! Incredible but true!
02-09-2007 19:14
14-year-old Èric Bertran e-mailed companies requesting labeling in Catalan language, using the "Phoenix" monicker from the Harry Potter books.Behind Bush's Latest Anti-Iranian Threats
02-09-2007 10:22
In a final paragraph entitled "General Understandings," the document asserts five points which must have sent Bush ballistic. Since it is absurd to imagine that the establishment press will give the public any insight into what is going on here between the IAEA and Iran, it is worth quoting the points in fullIAEA confirms the "peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear activities"
01-09-2007 13:21
The mainstream media has failed to report the agreement reached between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Iranian government in regards to the Iranian nuclear energy program. An understanding has been reached between the two. The IAEA has given Iran's nuclear program a clean bill of health.Hospital refuses transfer of Palestinian girl
30-08-2007 20:05
Maria was paralyzed from the neck down when the car she was traveling in was caught in a missile attack on a leader of the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza in May last year. Her mother, grandmother and older brother were killed.How the police estimate crowd sizes
29-08-2007 18:16
Interesting article on the BBC about how the police lie about crowd sizes on demos. Prompted by the 60,000 / 10,000 disparity between organisers and police estimates for the size of the Stop the War demo in Feb, the beeb asked the Met how they came up with their figure.Public Key Infrastructure Book
27-08-2007 16:27
"Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right" - Ani Difranco
Hot on the heels of wikiscanner there is a new tool that is much more useful to activists. This is double-edged sword of course so some of you at IM may want to review your own security - that's a 'heads-up' warning not a threat.
Harvey Nicks Leeds Remove Fur
27-08-2007 11:22
Harvey Nichols in Leeds had a number of white Prada jackets which were trimmed with mink fur as part of their autumn stockBBC Lies and Obfuscations in Salford
27-08-2007 10:28
BBC North West runs an article which states blatant lies and obfuscations regarding the sale of properties meant for demolition.Case Pegah Emambakhsh, Italy asks Britain not to deport Iranian lesbian
25-08-2007 19:51
The British government was today under mounting pressure from Italy not to expel an Iranian lesbian who, campaigners say, faces death by stoning if forced to return to her own country.The case of Pegah Emambakhsh, 40, has become front-page news in Italy while going almost unreported in Britain. Today, a leading member of the rightwing opposition, led by Silvio Berlusconi, joined a government minister in proposing Ms Emambakhsh should be given asylum in Italy if Britain insisted that she had to leave.
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Conspiraloons, Ravers and Peace Activists
25-08-2007 13:35
With the possible exception of John Pilger, no world renowned journalist can take as much credit for consistently and credibly opposing US imperialist war-mongering as Robert Fisk. Today in the Independent he talks of his doubts about the official 911 story.IRAQ REFUGEES: Children's camp in need of assistance
25-08-2007 12:27
Please help Iraqi refugees by circulating information and by contacting your MP's or the media and pushing for greater assistance!Bush: The First Permanent President of America?
24-08-2007 21:57
"Caesar pacified Gaul by mass slaughter; he then used his successful army to crush all political opposition at home and establish himself as permanent ruler of ancient Rome. This brilliant action not only ended the personal threat to Caesar, but ended the civil chaos that was threatening anarchy in ancient Rome – thus marking the start of the ancient Roman Empire that gave peace and prosperity to the known world.
If President Bush copied Julius Caesar by ordering his army to empty Iraq of Arabs and repopulate the country with Americans, he would achieve immediate results: popularity with his military; enrichment of America by converting an Arabian Iraq into an American Iraq (therefore turning it from a liability to an asset); and boost American prestige while terrifying American enemies.
He could then follow Caesar's example and use his newfound popularity with the military to wield military power to become the first permanent president of America, and end the civil chaos caused by the continually squabbling Congress and the out-of-control Supreme Court.
President Bush can fail in his duty to himself, his country, and his God, by becoming “ex-president” Bush or he can become “President-for-Life” Bush: the conqueror of Iraq, who brings sense to the Congress and sanity to the Supreme Court. Then who would be able to stop Bush from emulating Augustus Caesar and becoming ruler of the world? For only an America united under one ruler has the power to save humanity from the threat of a new Dark Age wrought by terrorists armed with nuclear weapons."
CIA 911 “accountability” report released: A whitewash that raises more questions
24-08-2007 20:26
Preaching accountability to the CIA is like preaching fairness to Wall Street or honesty to the White House. It’s not merely futile, it’s counterproductive. The effort itself reinforces illusions in institutions that by their very nature are committed to double-dealing, fraud and lies.