November 2008
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Campaign Against the Booze Bans
We believe public space should be exactly that – a place where we can come together as a public – to argue and campaign, to pursue our common goals, to chat with friends and socialise. It is a space in which we, the public, should set the rules. Continue reading
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Jonathan Cook: Mamilla Cemetery – A Travesty Of Tolerance On Display
The Israeli Supreme Court’s approval last week of the building of a Jewish Museum of Tolerance over an ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem is the latest in a series of legal and physical assaults on Islamic holy places since Israel’s founding in 1948. Continue reading
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THE ALTERNATIVE CONSULTATION ON EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS POLICY
Please take a few moments to complete the survey and have your say on EU justice and home affairs policy: Continue reading
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UK plans to use internet ‘black boxes’ to monitor emails
Home Office officials have told senior figures from the internet and telecommunications industries that black box technology could automatically store raw data before transferring it to a giant government-controlled database, according to the Independent. Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Dignitaries on the DIGNITY
6 November, 2008 For Immediate Release Larnaca: Tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 pm, the DIGNITY leaves for the third time for the shores of Gaza. This time, eleven past and current members of the European Parliament are on board, along with journalists from Al Jazeera English and The Independent. These dignitaries were among the 53 Parliamentarians Continue reading
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COHA: Bolivia’s Military: It’s a Difficult Life, but Certainly There Is No Sign of a Pending Military Coup
Last September, Rear Admiral Landelino Bandeiras was sworn in as interim governor of the Bolivian province of Pando. His election came after its civilian governor was arrested by the military, and charged with orchestrating the murder of more than 18 Bolivian peasant supporters of President Morales, in the town of Porvenir. Continue reading
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The Election Results by Age, First Time and Race
5 November 2008 See William Bowles: ‘Obama and the Left’s Dilemma?’ Continue reading
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GazaFriends On the Sea Again
On Friday, November 7, the SS DIGNITY leaves at 5:00 pm from Larnaca to Gaza. This time, thirteen members of the European Parliament from the England, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, Wales, Switzerland, and Scotland are on board. Continue reading
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Message to the Media on Obama and McCain – Council on Hemispheric Affairs
COHA has been compiling and sorting out a good deal of information and analyses on the policies and personalities likely to be embraced in the eventuality of either a McCain or Obama victory in tomorrow’s presidential contest. Among the themes being assessed, and assuming an Obama victory, there follows a cluster of issues that COHA’s Continue reading
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Media Lens: CHILDREN IN THE CROSSHAIRS
3 November, 2008 Media Silent On Evidence Of Israeli Targeting Of Youngsters <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media On the afternoon of Thursday 28 February, 2008, a group of <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Palestinian boys were playing football on some open ground near their homes in the <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Gaza Strip. At around Continue reading
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Blair says Muslim “extremists” are all “the same forces”
Blair: No, no, I don’t say that. But I do say, whether you look at Hezbollah in Lebanon, or Hamas in Palestine, or the militia and the al-Qaeda in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is actually the same forces that you’re fighting. Continue reading
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Ramzy Baroud – A Third Palestinian Intifada in the Making
A ‘third Intifada’ would imply that the second has already ended. But has it? Or did it simply lose momentum, sense of focus and direction, or were its energies squandered – as a popular uprising – on factional disputes and internal division? Continue reading
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Studs Terkel: The Passing of An Icon
Studs Terkel was for the little guy. Our voice of America. Against war and “in-bed-with” journalists. To reign in the kind of abuses now rampant. Hold the powerful accountable. Support the public interest. Continue reading
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Sarah Palin gets pranked by a comedy team
Global Research have made transcription available. The True Face of Sarah Palin The Prank: The “Fake Sarkozy”- Sarah Palin Telephone Conversation By Michel Chossudovsky Continue reading
The New Dark Age 