September 8, 2010
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URGENT: BLAIR RUNS AWAY AGAIN FROM DEMOCRATIC PROTEST
Tony Blair’s decision to cancel his party at Tate Modern gallery today, following him pulling out of a book-signing at Waterstone’s, is another victory for the anti war movement and for the overwhelming majority in Britain who oppose his wars. Continue reading
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Book review of ‘Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir’ by Joe Bageant – So different yet so familiar By William Bowles
What Joe calls the white underclass, some forty-plus million Americans, who struggle to survive out of sight and out of mind of the urban middle class who not only manage capitalism but who also shape the kind of self-image people end up having of themselves. They are Marx’ surplus labour writ big, real big. They… Continue reading
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Haiti: Partners in Health Works for Justice and Rights By Beverly Bell
Partners in Health is widely recognized as changing the potential for health for low-income people and countries throughout the world. Partners in Health’s extraordinary success comes from its philosophies regarding health and justice, which include a belief in the power and dignity of the patient; a commitment to health care as a human right; and… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 September, 2010: Report: Rights groups plan ‘Mother of all flotillas’
7 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Settler Open Fire At Palestinian Cars, Soldiers Arrest Civilians IMEMC – 7 Sep 2010 – Tuesday September 07, 2010 – 18:15, An Israeli settler opened fire on Tuesday at Palestinian cars driving near the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Three dying Israelis saved Continue reading
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Media Lens: Beyond Hiroshima – The Non-Reporting Of Fallujah’s Cancer Catastrophe
Whereas the story of the maltreated cat received heavy coverage for almost one week across the UK media, we (and activist friends in the United States) can find exactly one mention of the Fallujah cancer and infant mortality study in the entire UK and US national press – Patrick Cockburn’s article in the Independent. The… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 