March 25, 2010
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Civil War Certain as “Afghan National Army” Now Over 60% Tajik By Craig Murray
There has been a consistent parroting by the Western media of the line that NATO troops operate ‘in support of’ the Afghan National Army, and that this is a genuine force reflecting the whole nation. This propaganda has gone as far as releasing falsified figures of the ethnic composition of the Afghan National Army. Continue reading
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Climate Justice Newsletter 24 March, 2010
The COP15 process has been and gone. Grassroots pressure came up against an ineffective process as well as resistance by governments and corporations to basic parameters of social justice in dealing with the climate crisis. Since then many things have been happening in the networks built during the lead up to Copenhagen. Attached you will… Continue reading
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Occupation Refusenik Shir Regev
My name is Shir Regev and I have been a deserter since 1/12/09. I believe it is my personal duty to refuse and defect from an army whose main purpose is to serve as an occupation police for maintaining “Israeli order” and imposing it on defenseless Palestinians who are denied citizenship. Continue reading
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Dear Kibbutz: Can You Give Us Our Land Back?
I have come to ask you to return my family’s land. I am a descendant of the Hussein and Ayad families who, together, inhabited the village of Malkiya before it was stolen from them by Zionist colonists in 1948. All of our fields, homes, and property were lost, and you and your families are currently… Continue reading
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UK: Sign petition to DEFEND THE GAZA PROTESTORS
More than 20 of the 78 people charged have been sent to prison in an unprecedented campaign by the police. Almost all of those charged are Muslims. The campaign to defend the protestors has resulted in some good press coverage, and one of the first defendants to plead not guilty was acquitted last week. Continue reading
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10 Lessons for the Climate Movement By Damien Lawson
Last year we got comprehensively rolled. While it was important and correct that we opposed the polluter-friendly carbon trading scheme (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme – CPRS), we failed to successfully communicate why we opposed something that most people didn’t understand in the first place. Continue reading
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HLLN 24 March, 2010: Haiti's Great White Hope? by JOHN MAXWELL | What's Clinton's empty apology worth to Haiti?
History is littered with treachery. In the noisome Slough of Dishonour are mired thousands of reputations, most of those who betrayed their own countries, like Pierre Laval, Vidkun Quisling, Jonas Savimbi and Augusto Pinochet. Continue reading
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Haiti’s Yawning Leadership Vacuum: René Préval Runs his Crisis of Confidence Quietly, if at all
In the aftermath of his nation’s tragedy, President Préval repeatedly was criticized for failing to show leadership in a time of awesome catastrophe. According to Amy Wilentz, at the University of California at Irvine, ‘President René Préval of Haiti is odd…his reaction to the destruction of his country is to walk around with his shoulders… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 