Jailed Soldier Has Support of Resisters New York Times
By AARON GLANTZ The small office of Courage to Resist, a nonprofit group in
Oakland, is full of items featuring the smiling face of Pfc. Bradley
Manning, … http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/us/26bcmanning.html?src=twrhp
I’ve not really followed the story of Tommy Sheridan of the Scottish Socialist Party and him being found guilty of perjury. Instead, if you can be bothered, check out Tommy Sheridan Around the Blogs where there is an attempt to present the issues, kind of, largely by giving us loads of links to a batch of other posts where they do take sides. Frankly, it’s all indicative of the parlous state of what passes for the left in this benighted land. I mean who really cares how many babes Sheridan bonked and whether or not he lied about it? What has it got to do with the current state of affairs? Nothing.
The final para of the piece by Phil of A Very Public Sociologist says,
“The recriminations and the arguments will see the left nicely into the new year. But hopefully people will soon start looking beyond the case. As Bella Caledonia notes, “The time for raking over one individuals life is thankfully over and the new task is to work out how the future looks for the left in Scotland – where energy can go and where alliances can be made. 2011 should be the year when the agenda is reclaimed by those more interested in the opening future than the inglorious past.”"
The armed forces announced their intention to employ against Adnan Gheith, a political and community activist and a resident of Silwan the extreme and draconian mean of restricting him from his community, home, family and livelihood for the duration of four months, due to his participation in the democratic protest against the Jewish settlement enterprise in Silwan.
Since the killing of Silwan resident Samer Sarhan by a security guard of the right-wing association Elad, the Israeli authorities and armed forces have stepped up their campaign of repression in Silwan, employing ever harsher means. The last step taken against Gheith is meant to break down the legitimate and non violent protest taking place in the village against the settlements and house demolitions.
Gheith is a member of the Al-Bustan Neighbourhood Committee, a neighbourhood whose houses the municipality want to demolish in favour of another compound the will serve Jewish settlement in the village. Gheith and his comrades have been leading for the past two years the non violent struggle against these intentions, and put up the protest tent in the neighbourhood. Gheith’s restriction is a warning sign for us all. Residents of Silwan and maybe any resident of East Jerusalem, who dare to speak up against the brutal settlements enterprise, may find themselves arrested or restricted. Last Friday Gheith and his comrades from Silwan joined the vigil in Sheikh Jarrah and invited to join them this Friday in Silwan.
At today’s demonstration, a number of Bil’in’s citizens as well as a local journalist were wounded, in addition to the dozens of people who suffered choking from inhaling poison gas.
These events come during a week of international solidarity with the Palestinian people as well as the occasion of Christmas. The demonstration, organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and settlement of Bil’in, began after Friday prayers from the centre of the village and marched towards the Apartheid Wall where the soldiers were already waiting. Dozens of international activists and Israelis marched alongside the people of Bil’in with a number of protestors dressed in Santa Claus outfits shaking bells and distributing sweets as they marched. Participants chanted slogans calling for national unity and the ending of the occupation, as well as the destruction of the wall. They raised Palestinian flags and banners of the various factions and slogans calling for the liberation and national unity.
On reaching the wall, the protestors were met with a shower of tear gas, sound bombs and rubber bullets. The soldiers advanced towards the village, creating a bottleneck which trapped dozens of participants who were bombarded with the poison gas. The protestors continued confrontation with the Israeli soldiers for hours
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Now Making $86k/year CBS News
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is now making about $86000 a year on a
salary drawn from donations to his organization. WikiLeaks’ main financial
arm, … http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20026597-503543.html
They’re “slow-torturing” Bradley Manning right under our noses ThisCantBeHappening!
On December 18, David House, an MIT researcher, visited Bradley Manning at
the Quantico, Virginia, military prison where he is being held in solitary
… http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/367
Supporters liken Manning’s detention to torture Al Jazeera
Supporters of US soldier Bradley Manning say his treatment in jail amounts
to torture, and are calling on the United Nations to investigate. … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iougDCH-wJ8
Army Carries Out Three Air Strikes In Gaza
IMEMC – 24 Dec 2010 – Saturday December 25, 2010 – 04:51, The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Friday night after midnight, three air strikes targeting several areas in in central and southern Gaza; three Palestinians were wounded.
Bradley Manning, the 23-year-old Army private accused of leaking classified information to Wikileaks, has been held in the brig at Quantico Marine Corp Base for five months in inhumane conditions, with severe restrictions on his ability to exercise, communicate, or even sleep. Manning has not been convicted of any crime. Nor is there a date certain for any court hearing.
Bradley Manning, the 23-year-old Army private accused of leaking classified information to Wikileaks, has been held in the brig at Quantico Marine Corp Base for five months in inhumane conditions, with severe restrictions on his ability to exercise, communicate, or even sleep. Manning has not been convicted of any crime. Nor is there a date certain for any court hearing.
Bradley Manning An “Ethical Giant” Manning Speaks About His Conditions
By David House
Bradley Manning confidant David House reports on the alleged whistle-blower’s confinement. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27123.htm
Netanyahu Accuses the Palestinians Of Obstructing Peace
IMEMC – 23 Dec 2010 – Friday December 24, 2010 – 04:38, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed that the International Community understands that the Palestinians, not Israel, are responsible for obstruction the efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.
“By working primarily with media organizations from NATO countries, Wikileaks has chosen to submit its leaks to one single ‘worldview’, that of the West.” — Who’s Who at Wikileaks? By Julie Lévesque
It’s all so predictable isn’t it and how quick the media was to brand the leaks as the opening shots of a ‘Cyber-War’, a designation that fed back into the government’s propaganda almost immediately. To paraphrase, the media really is the message not just the messenger.
‘Prepare for all-out cyber war’
Government sites braced for attack by pro-WikiLeaks ‘hacktivists’
Whitehall is preparing for a crippling attack on government websites as evidence mounts that the backlash against the arrest of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is rapidly growing into a mass movement that aims to cause widespread disruption on the internet. — ‘Prepare for all-out cyber war‘ By Cahal Milmo and Nigel Morris, The Independent, 14 December 2010
Re the Hariri ‘cable’ that I included in this article: There is no doubt that it’s a fake. There are only two cables in those released so far that have the same date and source (23 December, 2009 US Embassy, Tel Aviv) and the Hariri ‘cable’ ain’t one of them. The question has to be asked: where is it from and why is the Website ‘TBR’ the only site to carry it? The next question is: what is TBR? I’ve left a message on the TBR site but so far no response.
Re the Hariri ‘cable’ that I included in this article: There is no doubt that it’s a fake. There are only two cables in those released so far that have the same date and source (23 December, 2009 US Embassy, Tel Aviv) and the Hariri ‘cable’ ain’t one of them. The question has to be asked: where is it from and why is the Website ‘TBR’ the only site to carry it? The next question is: what is TBR? I’ve left a message on the TBR site but so far no response.