March 2009
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Ramzy Baroud – Durban II: Politicising Racism
Many countries are set to participate in the Conference against Racism, scheduled to be held in Geneva, April 20-25. But the highly touted international meet is already marred with disagreement after Israel, the United States and other countries decided not to participate Continue reading
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PCHR: Confirmed figures reveal the true extent of the destruction inflicted upon the Gaza Strip; Israel’s offensive resulted in 1,434 dead, including 960 civilians, 239 police officers, and 235 fighters
The Israeli offensive launched on the Gaza Strip between 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009 resulted in extensive death, injury and destruction throughout the Gaza Strip. Only now is the true extent of the devastation becoming apparent. Continue reading
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ISRAEL-OPT: Gaza fishing industry reeling following Israeli assault
A combination of damage to fishing resources caused by the Israeli offensive, and a restriction on the zone in which Gazans are allowed to fish is reducing catches and adversely affecting people’s diets in Gaza, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Continue reading
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Elias Akleh – Arming Terrorist Israel
Arms exported to Israel are in violation of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports under Criterion 2, which states that member states are supposed to “deny an export license if there is a clear risk that the proposed export might be used for internal repression or be used in the commission of serious… Continue reading
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Conference: After the university occupations – Campaigning for Palestine
Across Britain over 30 universities have organised occupations in response, with many winning scholarships for Palestinian students, pledges from universities to send academic resources to Gaza and commitments to divest in arms companies. Continue reading
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Climate: ‘We are facing the worst case scenario’
Surging global greenhouse gas emissions mean the world now faces likely temperature rises of up to 5-6C this century, according to the scientist leading the international Climate Congress in Copenhagen this week. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina Email Alert: THE ‘ANGELS’ ARE IN TOWN
Today Gaza is in celebration, you can see for the first time in a long while a smile on the faces of traumatised young children who cannot fathom what is going on around them. Continue reading
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The Martyrdom Of Mordechai Vanunu By Eileen Fleming
I am asking the committee to remove my name from the nominations…I cannot be part of a list of laureates that includes Simon Peres…Peres established and developed the atomic weapon program in Dimona in Israel…Peres was the man who ordered [my] kidnapping…he continues to oppose my freedom and release…WHAT I WANT IS FREEDOM AND ONLY… Continue reading
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PSC News Update 9 March, 2009: Viva Palestina arrives in Gaza
It is yet another example of the growing support here in Britain for justice for the Palestinians despite our government’s cowardly acquiescence in the relentless Israeli propaganda which justifies its war crimes and illegal occupation. Continue reading
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“I Am a European Roma Woman” (Directed by Farkas Csaba, Bársony Katalin, and Kohut Péter)
This campaign film by Amnesty International and Mundi Romani drawing attention to the importance of women and the complexity of the Roma identity Continue reading
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Video: FINALLY, AFTER 35-YEARS IN EXILE FTA IS BACK!
AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 24 EXCLUSIVELY ON DVD FROM DISPLACED FILMS AND NEW VIDEO/ DOCURAMA 1971, a massive GI Movement to end the Vietnam war was sweeping through troops, wreaking havoc on the U.S. military. Into that mix came the FTA Show, a caustic, electrifying, sharply antiwar comedy… http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.2195431 FTA: Ultra-Rare! F.T.A. (aka FREE THE ARMY aka Continue reading
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US Continues Military Encirclement Of Russia Recent Words Aside By Rick Rozoff
Prominent Washington officials have repeated their intention to reset, reboot and so forth relations with Russia but have, starting with Biden at Munich, not relented in any substantive manner on any of the behaviors and projects that have antagonized Moscow. Continue reading
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UK Revealed: police databank on thousands of protesters Paul Lewis and Marc Vallée
Films and details of campaigners and journalists may breach Human Rights Act http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.2187361 Shocking footage shot by police, accompanied by their own critical commentary, shows how their officers monitored campaigners and the media – and demanded personal information – at last August’s climate camp demonstration in Kent Continue reading
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Socialist Green Coalition Launched in South Africa
The formation of the Socialist Green Coalition in South Africa is a challenge to the parties supporting the status quo, in the general elections to be held in April. Continue reading
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Was Hamas the Work of the Israeli Mossad? By Ramzy Baroud
While various Western governments are struggling to define a possible relationship with the Palestinian movement Hamas, some progressive and leftist circles are also uneasy regarding their own perception of the Islamic movement. Continue reading
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Sami Jamil Jadallah – The Hell with Israel, Open the Sea Port of Gaza!
The Gaza Reconstruction Conference in its closing statement called on Israel to open with immediate effect all crossings for all humanitarian aids and for conareuction materials needed for the massive work ahead. Somehow everyone forgot the geography of Gaza and that Gaza has some 50 km of shoreline and has a sea port. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 