June 16, 2010
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Urban Zulu R.I.P. Busi Mhlongo
16 June, 2010 Sadly, an untimely death for the one and only Busi Mhlongo, a unique African voice who stuck to her musical roots. Saw her live only once at the old MegaMusic Warehouse in Joberg and more well known in Europe than she was in South Africa. Go figure. Hamba Khahle Busi Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: BROTHERS-IN-ARMS: CAPITALISM AND CORPORATE JOURNALISM
An essential role of corporate journalism is to shore up public confidence in an unjust, crisis-riven financial and economic system. Although plenty of gloom and doom is permitted, especially in the face of obvious crisis, the legitimacy of the system is rarely questioned. Continue reading
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As "Temporary" Camps Linger, Tensions Rise with Haitian Landowners By Ansel Herz
Thousands of victims of the January earthquake in Haiti are at risk of being displaced for a second time as private landowners throughout the nation’s capital city grow impatient with makeshift tent camps on their properties. At a camp in the dirt parking lot of central Port-au- Prince’s Palais de L’Art events centre, fear and… Continue reading
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Co-Author of Universal Declaration of Human Rights endorses BDS
Israel’s illegal and immoral attack on the Freedom Flotilla humanitarian aid convoy, which left at least nine dead and dozens injured, has rightfully stunned the world. The all-civilian convoy of 6 ships carried over 10,000 tons of critically-needed humanitarian aid and nearly 700 citizens from 40 countries. The Flotilla was an ambitious attempt to break… Continue reading
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LPHR PRESENTS SETTLEMENT GOODS AND THE LAW 16 June 2010 6.30pm – 8pm
This workshop is an opportunity for activists, NGO workers, academics, students or anyone interested or engaged in these campaigns to discuss the legal questions provoked by the trade in settlement goods. Is it legal to sell settlement goods in the UK? To what extent does the sale of settlement goods breach consumer and customs law?… Continue reading
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Marshall Eddie Conway talks about COINTELPRO and the Black Panthers By Michael Richardson
Marshall Eddie Conway, former Minister of Defense for the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panthers, is one of the longest imprisoned targets of Operation COINTELPRO. Jailed forty years for the 1970 murder of a Baltimore policeman. Conway called Red Emma’s bookstore in Baltimore from his cellblock to talk about his new book, The Greatest Threat. Continue reading
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There Is a Method to Israel’s Madness By Pepe Escobar
A new Middle East is being born – and there seems to be only one place for Israel: isolation. With that comes an inevitable, somewhat crazed approach to diplomacy. Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Who Will Speak for the Palestinian Prisoners? Who will speak for the Children?
As survivors of Israel’s brutal attack in international waters begin their testimonies of murder and mayhem on the sea, every one of them reminds us that, although they were imprisoned and brutalized for three days, Palestinian prisoners have no voice, no public forum to tell their stories. Continue reading
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Project for Pitiless Centuries By Felicity Arbuthnot
In 1990, in arguably some of the most chilling lines written in recent history, Gary Clyde Hufbauer, et al., wrote, regarding embargoes, in an advisory document for the George H.W. Bush Administration: ‘ … we present our short list of ‘do’s and don’ts’ for the architects of a sanctions policy designed to change the politics… Continue reading
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The US-NATO “Arc of War” Stretches From Afghanistan to the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus By Rick Rozoff
With Turkey increasingly adopting an independent foreign policy orientation not to Washington’s liking; with the nearly nine-year-old war in Afghanistan reaching its apex; with the U.S. and its NATO allies ramping up pressure on Iran in Azerbaijan’s rough neighborhood; and with the U.S. pursuing global interceptor missile plans that may include evicting the Russian military… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks is asking for urgent help By David Heath
Following the arrest of the person suspected of leaking the ‘Collateral Murder’ video, WikiLeaks feels that it is under attack and is seeking urgent support. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 