October 2009
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Lest we forget? By William Bowles
9 October, 2009 There is something ironic—if not downright obscene—about the fact that in the UK the Poppy is used as the symbol of remembrance for all those who have died in the UK’s countless imperial wars, a symbol that is being used to punt the latest ‘adventure’, Afghanistan, home of the opium poppy. The Continue reading
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The Real News Network – Beneath the hype: Is Iran close to nukes? Part 1
Video: Retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern speaks on disinformation, Iran, and “faith-based intelligence” Continue reading
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Media Lens Alert: The Westminster Conspiracy
Last month, Greg Dyke, who was the BBC’s director general from 2000-2004, described the BBC as part of a “conspiracy” preventing the “radical changes” needed to UK democracy. “The evidence that our democracy is failing is overwhelming and yet those with the biggest interest in sustaining the current system – the Westminster village, the media… Continue reading
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CUBA 50 event – CULTURA Y CUBANIA festival of music, dance, photography, film, discussion
Cultura y Cubania, coinciding with Black History Month, will be a week-long cultural event celebrating the richness of Cuban culture. Taking place in prestigious London venues such as, Canning House, Bolivar Hall and Conway Hall, it showcases the work of some of the best Cuban Artists living in the UK today as well as that… Continue reading
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‘Through Women’s Eyes: A PCHR Report on the Gender-Specific Impact and Consequences of Operation Cast Lead’
The Israeli offensive claimed the lives of 118 women, and injured at least 825 more. However, although the numbers of victims and casualties illustrate the appalling human toll of this conflict, the true extent of the suffering lies in the day-to-day reality of life in the Gaza Strip following Operation Cast Lead, as civilians struggle… Continue reading
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Judge rules police at Lieberman protest acted unlawfully
A Jewish peace activist was today found not guilty of using threatening and abusive words and behaviour and of assaulting a police officer. About 15 mainly Jewish protesters, between the ages of 25 and 70, had gathered outside a house in a residential street in South Hampstead where Lieberman was due to attend a garden… Continue reading
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Video: Catastrophe in the Making
Video: A just-released book describes the most dangerous project built by the US Army Corps of Engineers in regional New Orleans. Catastrophe in the Making describes how the MRGO (Mississippi River Gulf Outlet) put New Orleans and nearby St. Bernard Parish in harm’s way by allowing salt water intrusion that killed protective cypress forests and… Continue reading
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Coups, UNASUR, and the U.S. By Noam Chomsky
The last time I had the opportunity to speak in Caracas — at long-distance that time — was about a year ago, right after the UNASUR (Union of South American Nations) meeting in Santiago in September 2008. That meeting was called “with the purpose of considering the situation in the Republic of Bolivia,” after an… Continue reading
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A MEDIA FAILURE COMPOUNDS THE FINANCIAL FAILURE: The Press Is Still Missing The Story Of Fraud and Economic Decline Ahead By Danny Schechter
We know that Wall Street has not learned much from the crash it helped instigate. We know that our government, whatever its stated desire to clean up the markets and reform the financial behemoths, lacks the willingness and perhaps the clout to rein in the real power centers. We are not sure if they have… Continue reading
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Evo Morales at the UN: The cause of the crisis is capitalism
Mother Earth gives life, water, natural resources, oxygen and everything that supports the well being of our people. If we talk, work and fight for the well being of our people we first have to guarantee the well being of Mother Earth; otherwise it will be impossible to guarantee the well being of our citizens.… Continue reading
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D’Escoto: “The UN has failed” Part 1
Video: As he leaves the office of the President of the UN General Assembly, Father Miguel d’Escoto gave Real News Senior Editor Paul Jay a no holds barred interview on the issues plaguing the United Nations. D’Escoto held the democratization of the UN as a key pillar of his Presidency, but along the way he… Continue reading
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61 arrested in protest at White House – What Happened to the First Amendment?
Video: 61 arrested in protest at White House – What Happened to the First Amendment? Continue reading
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Rising from the East: A day to explore communities, culture and politics in London’s East End
Rising from the East: A day to explore communities, culture and politics in London’s East End Continue reading
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Video: Walled Horizons – Narrated by Roger Waters (Pink Floyd founding member)
Walled Horizons is narrated by and features Roger Waters (founding member of the rock band Pink Floyd), who visits the Wall in the Palestinian territories and comments on his observations as a musician and a songwriter who has written on walls. The film explores how Palestinians in urban and rural areas have been impacted by Continue reading
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Israel: Manufacturing Right
For years, Israel dismissed the legal applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention to the West Bank and Gaza, claiming that they were and are not under occupation but rather “liberated” or at least “disputed” territories. For the most part, this verbal/legal sleight-of-hand did not and has not convinced world civil society. But it joined other… Continue reading
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Rich Countries Sabotaging Climate Talks By John Vidal
The US and other developed countries are attempting to ‘fundamentally sabotage’ the Kyoto protocol and all-important international negotiations over its next phase, according to coordinated statements by China and 130 developing countries at UN climate talks in Bangkok today. Continue reading
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Tiptoeing between lawsuits: Senior officials stay in Israel
Will someone try to arrest them? Three Israeli lawyers against 1,000 lawsuits from around the world that put senior officials at legal risk for Israel’s defense activities. Such is the situation facing senior Israeli officials traveling abroad recently, from government ministers all the way to IDF officers. Continue reading
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Free Mohammad Othman Now! Rally outside the Israeli Embassy
Israeli occupation forces detained Mohammad Othman on the 22nd of September, 2009. Mohammad was detained while trying to return to the West Bank over the border from Jordan. Mohammad has spent the summer touring Europe, and was returning from his latest trip to Norway. Continue reading
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‘New’ Labour on the rocks? The last of the lackeys jump ship By Solomon Hughes
I got a sense of the complete exhaustion of the new Labour project when Will Hutton launched a crushing attack on 12 wasted years at a fringe meeting at the party’s conference. Hutton was speaking at a Policy Network fringe meeting…. Policy Network is an “international progressive think tank” founded by Blair in 2000 with… Continue reading
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Wikileaks: Investigative journalists, pressure groups top new threats to national security
This significant, previously unpublished document (classified “RESTRICTED”, 2389 pages), is the UK military protocol for all security and counter-intelligence operations. The document includes instructions on dealing with leaks, investigative journalists, Parliamentarians, foreign agents, terrorists & criminals, sexual entrapments in Russia and China, diplomatic pouches, allies, classified documents & codewords, compromising radio and audio emissions, computer… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 