September 2010
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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
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Music Review: Paul Hanmer’s ‘Accused No 1 – Nelson Mandela’ By William Bowles
Paul Hamner represents perhaps the best synthesis of what it is to be a South African musician today, with the mix of African, American, European, Asian, Caribbean and Latin American musical traditions, all coming together in Paul’s capable hands, assisted by an equally talented cross section of South African musicians. Continue reading
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In Memoriam Bheki Mseleku
6 September 2010 This video is a poem in memory of Bheki Mseleku, the brilliant South African musician who died on the 9th of September 2008. Bheki was Eugene Skeef’s closest friend, with whom he left South Africa to come into exile. The music on the film is entitled All Rivers Flow To The Sea, Continue reading
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Bheki Mseleku ‘Love Joe’
The sadly missed Bheki Mseleku who died in 2008, another South African musical genius. Drums – Elvin Jones Saxophone – Ravi Coltrane Cornet – Graham Haynes Bass – Michael Bowie Piano – Bheki Mseleku From the album Beauty of Sunrise. Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Paul Hanmer – Hymn for the Ballies
Live session, but unfortunately, incomplete. Nevertheless, it’s enough to give the listener a sense of what Paul’s music is all about. Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 September, 2010: Israeli says not guilty of ‘largest human trafficking case in U.S. history’
5 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Egypt To Host Second Round Of Talks IMEMC – 5 Sep 2010 – Monday September 06, 2010 – 02:04, Spokesperson of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Husam Zaki, stated Sunday that Cairo will be hosting the second round of peace talks between Israel and the Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 3 September, 2010: VIDEO – The Great Book Robbery
3 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 250 thousand Palestinians pray in Jerusalem this Friday IMEMC – 3 Sep 2010 – Friday September 03, 2010 – 20:35, At least 250 thousand Palestinians prayed in the Aqsa Mosque and the surrounding yards on the last Friday of the Muslim Holy month of Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 2 September, 2010: Behind the Israeli Wall: A Lesson in Reality
2 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 150 Israeli academics pledge to boycott settlements IMEMC – 2 Sep 2010 – Thursday September 02, 2010 – 23:59, In a move that could cost them their jobs, 150 professors, researchers and other academic professionals decided this week to follow the lead of their Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 1 September, 2010: Mitchell’s Quick-fix Fake Peace
1 September, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinian Authority claims arrests of 300 Hamas members in response to killing of settlers IMEMC – 1 Sep 2010 – Wednesday September 01, 2010 – 17:30, In the largest arrest campaign since it took power in 1994, the Palestinian Authority, run by the Fateh Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 31 August, 2010: Abbas is a man in exile, even among his own
31 August, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinian fighters open fire on settlers near Hebron, killing four IMEMC – 31 Aug 2010 – Wednesday September 01, 2010 – 01:23, On Tuesday night, four Israeli settlers were killed just outside Kiryat Arba settlement near Hebron, in the southern West Bank, when Palestinian Continue reading
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Tony Blair Book Signing Protest, 8 September, 2010
TONY BLIAR TO DO BOOK SIGNING FOR STOP THE WAR When Tony Blair holds a signing of his memoirs on Wednesday 8 September at Waterstone’s Piccadilly, there will no photos with Blair and no personal dedications allowed, and all bags, backpacks and briefcases must be handed over, along with cameras and mobile phones. Following objections Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 5 September, 2010: Labour Day Weekend Edition – The true cost of the Iraq war: $3 trillion and beyond
5 September, 2010 — Information Clearing House Nuclear Hypocrisy UN Atomic Agency Curtails Probe of Israel’s Nuclear Capability By Jonathan Tirone Countries including Canada, the U.K. and U.S. opposed the probe, saying that the inquiry risked turning the IAEA into a political battleground, according to the documents. Others, including China, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Continue reading
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Down Under Radio interviews with Joe Bageant on his new book ‘Rainbow Pie – A Memoir of Redneck America’
4 September, 2010 Joe Bageant is on a two-week tour of Australia and New Zealand where he is talking about his new book, Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir, a new release by Scribe Publications. Listen to the interview. I will be publishing a review of the book shortly. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 3 September, 2010: Tony Blair: military intervention in rogue regimes 'more necessary than ever'
3 September, 2010 — Information Clearing House British Military in Iraq A Shocking Legacy. By Felicity Arbuthnot The British, of course, having come in flying the St George’s flag on their vehicles (the Crusaders’ flag) slithered out of Basra city, under cover of darkness, to hunker down at the fortified airport, some distance outside the Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 2 September, 2010: Flying the Flag, Faking the News
2 September, 2010 — Information Clearing House Obama’s Iraq Speech An Exercise in Cowardice and Deceit By Bill Van Auken The most chilling passage came at the end of the 19-minute speech, when Obama declared, “Our troops are the steel in our ship of state,” adding, “And though our nation may be traveling through rough Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 1 September, 2010: Murdering Civilians: Pakistan raid kills 45 “militants” and their families
1 September, 2010 — Information Clearing House War Criminal Tony Blair: ‘I Cried for Iraq War Victims’ By JILL LAWLESS Tony Blair regrets banning fox hunting, but not invading Iraq. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26281.htm Oval Office Lovefest By Mike Whitney Barack Obama kicked off campaign season in grand style last night with a celebratory “The Iraq War is Continue reading
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