March 2010
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) welcomes landmark EU court ruling, calls for intensifying grassroots BDS
According to the Fourth Geneva Convention, all Israeli colonies are illegal and constitute war crimes. The BNC calls on all 27 member states of the European Union to implement the court’s findings in full and without delay, as a first step towards a full ban on Israeli colonies’ products. We also urge the citizens and… Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 1145 15 March 2010: THE ANTI-WAR MAJORITY IGNORED BY POLITICIANS
The British Army is taking casualties at a level not seen since the 1950s, with six British soldiers killed in as many days earlier this month. The United Nations reported recently that Afghan civilian deaths doubled in 2009. Two thirds of the British public believe the war is unwinnable and all the troops should be… Continue reading
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Russell Tribunal on Palestine-What’s next?
The Barcelona session focused on EU obligations and failings. The London session will focus on corporations profiting from the occupation but also on labour rights in Palestine-Israel and the role third party States play in letting those violations take place. Continue reading
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Len Aldis Interview on Agent Orange
15 March, 2010 — Len Aldis Continue reading
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The Decline of Israel: Interview with Jonathan Cook
In a wide-ranging interview with the New Left Project, Nazareth-based journalist Jonathan Cook describes the increasingly repressive nature of Israeli society and the prospects for a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict Continue reading
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Israeli assassination procedure
Targeted Killing is a procedure that allows the IDF to kill suspects in Terror without trial if the IDF has reasons to believe the killing will prevent future terror attacks and that an arrest it not possible. Continue reading
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Sending a laptop to Gaza Ahmed Moor writing from al-Arish, Egypt
A friend in Cairo mentioned that he had a laptop and some CDs that were intended for a friend of his in Palestinian Rafah. He knew that I planned to go to al-Arish, and if I could make it past the checkpoints, to Egyptian Rafah, and asked if I could arrange to have the items… Continue reading
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The Tonton Macoutes: The Central Nervous System of Haiti’s Reign of Terror
Few countries in the hemisphere have suffered through such an extensive run of unqualified repressive regimes and military dictatorships as Haiti. The nearly thirty years of harsh rule under François ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier, and his son, Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier that ended in 1986, are likely the most infamous epoch in the painful history of… Continue reading
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AFRICOM’s First War: U.S. Directs Large-Scale Offensive In Somalia By Rick Rozoff
In a feature titled “East Africa is next hot oil zone,” the news agency disclosed that “East Africa is emerging as the next oil boom following a big strike in Uganda’s Lake Albert Basin. Other oil and natural gas reserves have been found in Tanzania and Mozambique and exploration is under way in Ethiopia and… Continue reading
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Capitalism cut adrift – Part 2: Looking Sideways By William Bowles
Television has become the major propaganda weapon of capital, serving not only to ‘entertain’ but to transform our understanding of where we came from and crucially, how we got here. Continue reading
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NO2ID Supporters’ Newsletter No. 144 – 11th March 2010: Fight for health records heats up
UK ranked 6 in global list of repressive regimes Continue reading
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Decade Of The Drone: America’s Aerial Assassins By Rick Rozoff
2010 is the tenth and deadliest year in Washingtons use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for targeted assassinations and untargeted collateral damage. Originally designed for battlefield surveillance and reconnaissance, albeit often to call in lethal military strikes, drones have been employed by the U.S. since 2001 to identify and kill human targets. Continue reading
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US-NATO versus Russia: Towards a Regional War in the Caucasus? By Eric Walberg
Georgia is eager for another war, but there are other fires there which refuse to die — Russia’s battles with terrorism and separatists and Azerbaijans bleeding wound in ethnic Armenian Nagorno Karabakh. Continue reading
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Pambazuka Africa News Digest, Vol 120, Issue 1 – 11 March, 2010
The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Continue reading
The New Dark Age 