UK Other Press Newswire Archive
Iran-Contra Criminal Gates Gets WarmTreatment in Senate and Media
07-12-2006 18:24
“Brushing aside questions about Robert Gates’ past involvement in the Iran-Contra debacle, and ignoring his role in the funneling of intelligence to Saddam during the Iraq/Iran war, and overcoming their own hesitance 15 years ago to advance him to the position of CIA director, the Senate Armed Forces Committee voted unanimously for the former analyst to replace the primary architect of every aspect of Bush’s military muckraking abroad and assume responsibility for Rumsfeld’s war against Iraq, effective with the anticipated vote of the full Senate later this week,” writes Ron Fullwood.New powers for baliffs if Government inittative gets its way:
07-12-2006 14:40
Citizens Advice launches campaign to tackle unfair bailiff practices25-09-2006
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/pressoffice/press_index/citizens_advice_launches_campaign_to_tackle_unfair_bailiff_practices.htm see the paragraph about 'Draft Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill,'
Con Coughlin, the Daily Telegraph & the ongoing business of conning the British
06-12-2006 23:26
On the 13th November, the British Prime Minister made a series of remarks aimed at wooing Iran and Syria to help the Middle East Peace Process and solve the Iraqi crisis. The following day, in response, the right wing and conservative British newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, ran two different but related stories.Asylum From Rape Bulletin October/November 2006
06-12-2006 16:31
Our Asylum from Rape Project provides self-help support services to rape survivors seeking asylum. We offer help and referrals, welcome volunteers and provide guidance to organisations on how to meet women’s needs.Brad Will's murderers freed for lack of evidence- Reporter San Frontiers
06-12-2006 13:01
Two suspects in cameraman Brad Will's murder freed for lack of evidence.Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage today on learning of the release of Abel Santiago Zárate, the official in charge of public security in Santa Lucia del Camino (in Oaxaca state), and his bodyguard, Orlando Manuel Aguilar Coello, who had been arrested on suspicion of firing the shots that killed Indymedia cameraman Brad Will during a protest against Oaxaca's governor on 27 October.
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Police seize journalists phone records
06-12-2006 11:25
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Death toll continues to rise as Iraq war grinds on
06-12-2006 07:00
The End of the Bush Dynasty
05-12-2006 20:36
An account of how the arrogant son destroyed the power of a political dynasty.Full article | 2 additions | 2 comments
BeyondTV International Film Festival 2006
04-12-2006 17:51
BeyondTV 2005, an international film festival organised by Undercurrents, took place in Swansea 26 November - 2 December 2006.This Weeks SchNEWS - Get Me Out Of Here
04-12-2006 12:08
The Dirty War of Oaxaca
04-12-2006 10:41
Amongst flames of resistance comes death, torture, and a movement forced into hidingUS seeks Shiite collaboration in attack on Moqtada al-Sadr
04-12-2006 10:17
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and the main Shiite political rival of the anti-occupation cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, is in the US today for personal discussions with George Bush. Coming just days after the meeting between Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Hakim’s visit is another sign of preparations for an armed confrontation with the Sadrist Mahdi Army militia in its Baghdad stronghold and an attempt by the US to refashion its puppet regime in Iraq.New Porkbolter hits streets of Worthing
04-12-2006 09:56
"CORRUPT politicians will never save the world" is the headline in the latest issue of The Porkbolter, Worthing's radical local newsletter.Afghanistan and liberal blindness.
03-12-2006 21:42
On Iraq, there is some dissent, some unease, some sense that there might be other purposes involved than 'liberation', but when it comes to Afghanistan there is at most a sense that the damned place may be beyond repair, despite our best efforts to create a thriving democracy with equal rights for women there. There is an almost foolproof way to establish that this is indeed the effort underway: you demand proof that anything else is the case, and when it is presented, you dismiss it as a conspiracy theory.Manchester protest at JJB sacking
03-12-2006 14:19
Last night a dozen or so supporters protested outside the JJB Sports shops on Market Street, Manchester during the evening rush. The response from the public was fantastic - the vast majority of customers turned away.Shop management didn't seem too chuffed, the manager was buzzing between the shops watching in dismay. They took photos of the protesters (if you're reading this, can you send a copy so we can post it here?). Don't worry, you aren't going to need photos to remember what protests look like if the sacked union rep isn't reinstated quickly!
The Spirit of Resistance in Mexico City
02-12-2006 19:05
Opposition in Mexico City streets against electoral fraud and decades of abuse and injusticeMass Demonstrations against US backed Lebanese Government
02-12-2006 09:59
The Western media, which often downplays the size of public rallies and anti-war demonstrations, confirms that "hundreds of thousands" of people from all sectors of Lebanese society gathered in Beirut in anti-government demonstrations, demanding the resignation of the US-Israeli supported government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE U.S. PEACE MOVEMENT
01-12-2006 15:50
Neither the impending report from the congressionally authorized Iraq Study Group nor the new Democratic-controlled Congress are about to call for an end to the Iraq war.Iraq: Long history of multi-faith co-existence in jeopardy
01-12-2006 15:18
The term "Turkmen" means little to most western people, even those here who think they are up on Iraq ethnography. This is because Turkmens have not figured in media reports for reasons that will become clear. But watch for it. Iraqi Turkmen will soon demand world attention.Iraq, for outside observers is increasingly a land of ethnic and death statistics, usually in the context of the current conflict. More and more, Iraq is debated in terms of the Sunni-Shia-Kurd formula, as if Kurd were not themselves populated by sunni and shia devotees. Forgotten are the once romanticized Marsh Arabs of the south. (For the most part, they have moved to the cities.) Christians are also set aside, as are Iraqi Jews. Iraq's Christians represent probably the earliest Christian community anywhere, and along with Iraqi Jews, demonstrate the long history of multi-faith co-existence in this part of the world. Iraqis had rightly been proud of that.
In the Running for a Third Victory?
01-12-2006 14:19
Presidential elections 2006: Manuel Rosales vs. Hugo Chavez. Venezuela between past and future
