January 2009
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Amnesty International: Israel must disclose all weapons used in Gaza
Amnesty International is calling on the Israeli regime to disclose all weapons and munitions that were used in its latest slaughter of more than 1,300 Palestinians in Gaza amid concern that they include new secret US bombs that cause horrific injuries. Continue reading
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Alternative Information Centre: Absolutely Not! Not in Their Names, Not in Ours
Ehud Barak, Tzipi Livni, Gabi Ashkenazi and Ehud Olmert–don’t you dare show your faces at any memorial ceremony for the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto, Lublin, Vilna or Kishinev. Continue reading
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Gaza: The Facts Are Insufficiently Impartial
The BBC says that its decision was prompted by concerns that broadcasting such an appeal would call its impartiality into question. I have to confess, I have absolutely no idea what this can mean. Continue reading
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Media Lens Rapid Response Media Alert: The BBC Refuses To Broadcast Gaza Charity Appeal
Despite this carnage, despite the fact that 89% of Gaza’s 1.5 million residents have received no humanitarian aid since Israel began its assault, the Guardian notes that the BBC has refused to broadcast a national humanitarian appeal for Gaza Continue reading
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BBC BLOCKS AID TO GAZA: PROTEST 24 JANUARY BRING DOLLS TO LAY OUTSIDE THE BBC BRING SHOES WITH A MESSAGE FOR GORDON BROWN
If the BBC was not tarnished enough by its coverage of Israel’s attack on Gaza — in the words of Tony Benn, “often looking like a propaganda wing of the Zionist lobby” — its decision yesterday to block an appeal for emergency aid to Gaza would be reason enough for making the BBC a focus… Continue reading
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No to the database state! Spam Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one day!
A Facebook protest against the government’s planned £12 billion ‘super database’ of electronic communications has called on people to forward all their emails to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one day. Continue reading
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The Crisis in Gaza: An Interview with Gilbert Achcar
I wish very much that some Palestinian left-wing force could emerge as a real major player on the scene. Continue reading
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PCHR: A Heartfelt Message of Thanks to All Our Friends & Supporters
[I thought I would pass on this email I got today from PCHR as I’m sure many of you have been following events in Gaza and reading their informative press releases. The Ed] Palestinian Centre for Human Rights LTD (non profit) Press Release Dear Friends and Supporters, Greetings from the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Centre Continue reading
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Global Energy War: Washington's New Kissinger African Plans
It is here that then EUCOM and NATO top military commander Jones arranged the foundation of the future AFRICOM. Continue reading
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PCHR: IOF Offensive on the Gaza Strip Makes it Like Earthquake Zone and Claims Civilian Lives and Property
The offensive launched by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on the Gaza Strip, between 27 December and 18 January 2009, has caused total destruction in many parts of the Gaza Strip, making these parts look like earthquake zones. Continue reading
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British Capitalism – the Worm Ouroboros By William Bowles
British capitalism has degenerated into that of a ‘middleman’, creaming profits off the global circuit of capital without contributing anything to real wealth creation and once the inevitable speculative bubble burst, as per usual, it’s the working class that pays the bill. Continue reading
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The Gaza Bombshell By David Rose
After failing to anticipate Hamas’s victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs. Continue reading
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Israel's Message to Iran By Shourideh C. Molavi
But Israel’s military attack does not only affect the ‘Palestinian problem’ but has widespread regional implications for any future political or military engagement with Iran. Continue reading
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Bolivia: Evo Morales Moves to Centre Stage for Historic January 25th Referendum
Often delayed constitutional referendum now scheduled for Sunday, January 25th, with government projected to win comfortably. President Evo Morales takes to a last-minute offensive with anti-opposition rhetoric and arrests, and with plans to establish new state-owned newspaper along with another TV network. Despite optimistic government expectations surrounding referendum, 2009 likely to be characterised more by Continue reading
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Petition for the Creation of a Special Tribunal to try Israeli War Criminals
Petition for the Creation of a Special Tribunal to try Israeli War Criminals Continue reading
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VIDEO: Gaza’s destruction revealed
The cessation of fighting in Gaza has allowed the true scale of destruction there to be revealed. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 