Classic live session emulating the amazing Jazz at the Philharmonic sessions produced by Norman Granz.
Charlie Parker – Saxophone, Coleman Hawkins – Tenor saxophone, Hank Jones – Piano, Ray Brown – Double bass, Buddy Rich – Drums, Bill Harris – Trombone, Lester Young – Tenor saxophone, Harry Edison – Trumpet, Flip Phillips – Tenor saxophone, Ella Fitzgerald – Vocals, Scatting
30 November, 2010 — Housmans
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1. Loyalty cards and events charging
2. The Spirit Level
IN-STORE EVENTS
3. ‘John Lennon’s Poetry and Politics’ with Tim Biancalana
4. ‘Hobson’s Imperialism’ presented by Jeremy Corbyn MP, Alex Callinicos and Nathaniel Mehr
5. ‘Restless Revolutionaries’ with Clive Bloom
6. ‘Ecology & Anarchism’ with Brian Morris
28 November, 2010 — Index of Censorship
Index on Censorship has obtained copies of correspondence between whistleblowing website Wikileaks and the US embassy in the United Kingdom, which took place between Friday and Sunday. They reveal Wikileaks editor in chiefs last-minute attempt to seek the cooperation of the United States government in redacting information from the latest controversial release of documents.
Mark Stephens of Finers Stephens Innocent, who represents Julian Assange in the UK, is a trustee of Index of Censorship.
26 November
Julian Assange, Editor in Chief, WikiLeaks
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US Ambassador to London, Louis Susman
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Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Adviser, United States Department of State
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Julian Assange, Editor in Chief, WikiLeaks
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Julian Assange, Editor in Chief, WikiLeaks
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US Ambassador to London, Louis Susman
30 November, 2010 — creative-i.info
30 November, 2010 — Global Research
The Wikileaks disclosure this week of confidential cables from United States embassies has been debated chiefly in terms either of the damage to Washington’s reputation or of the questions it raises about national security and freedom of the press.
The headlines aside, most of the information so far revealed from the 250,000 documents is hardly earth-shattering, even if it often runs starkly counter to the official narrative of the US as the benevolent global policeman, trying to maintain order amid an often unruly rabble of underlings.
30 November, 2010 — Information Clearing House
US Cable Confirms US Killed Women and Children In Yemen
By Michael Isikoff
The U.S. media paid scant attention in June when Amnesty International released a report charging that U.S. cruise missiles carrying cluster bombs had struck the village of al Majalah in southern Yemen on Dec. 17, 2009, killing 41 civilians, including 14 women and 21 children.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26949.htm
Leaked Cable Reveals US-Israeli Strategy for Regime Change in Iran
By Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane
According to a diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks, in August 2007 the head of Israel’s intelligence agency urged US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, R. Nicholas Burns, to join with Israel in carrying out a five-part strategy to implement regime change in Iran.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26950.htm
29 November, 2010 — Information Clearing House
Israel’s Mossad Behind Killing of Iranian Nuclear Scientist: Report
By Al Bawaba
An Iranian nuclear scientist was killed on Monday and another university professor and his wife were hurt in two separate car blasts in Tehran.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26939.htm
America Considering Military Options Against Iran
By Agence France Presse
“We’ve actually been thinking about military options for a significant period of time,” Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff said in an interview with CNN.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26938.htm
November 29, 2010 — The Guardian
The British government failed to prevent publication of Spycatcher, by former MI5 officer Peter Wright, using the Official Secrets Act. The US embassy cables released by Wikileaks is another nail in the coffin for the Act.
It will still be used to control individuals, but these leaks expose the Act’s weaknesses.
It might be thought the deluge of classified US state department information placed on the worldwide web is yet another – possibly fatal – nail in the coffin of the Official Secrets Act (OSA), as well as that uniquely British institution the Defence Advisory Committee, which operates a system of voluntary self-censorship in cooperation with the media.
30 November, 2010
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1. EU: Amnesty International: Open Secret: Mounting Evidence of Europe’s complicity in rendition and secret detention
2. EU: European Data Protection Supervisor: Data protection reform strategy
3. EU: European Commission: Taking on the Data Retention Directive – a discussion paper
4. EU: Article 29 Working Party on data protection: Data protection authorities critical on sharing passengers? data
5. UK: Joint Human Rights Committee report: Legislative Scrutiny: Terrorist Asset- Freezing
6. EU: Statewatch Analysis: First thoughts on the EU?s Internal Security Strategy
7. UK: Surveillance Society Network: Information Commissioner?s report to Parliament on the state of surveillance
8. EU: European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS): European Protection Order and the European Investigation Order
9. EU-USA: European Parliament: Hearing Data Protection in a transatlantic perspective
10. EU: European Commission: 6th report on visa requirements
12. EURODAC: Ten EU governments want law enforcement agencies to have access to the EURODAC database
13. POLAND: Data retention and population surveillance
14. FRANCE: Statewatch Analysis: France Collective expulsions of Roma people undermines EU?s founding principles
15. EU: European Court of Justice: A person can be excluded from refugee status
16. EU: European Commission: Report: 2010 progress review of the EU Drugs Action Plan (2009-2012)
17. EU: Council of the European Union: Common European Asylum System – State of Play
18. EU: Quaker Council for European Affairs: Briefing Paper: Security Co-operation between the EU and Israel
19. Italy: Extension of soldiers’ deployment in cities
20. European Commission: A comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union
21. UK-FRANCE: Coalition government signs Declaration on “illegal” immigration
22. EU: European Parliament study: Readmission policy in the EU
23. EU: Council of the European Union: Proposal for a Directive on the right to information in criminal proceedings
24. EU: Marie Diop: Unaccompanied Minors? Rights within the European Union
30 November, 2010
Home page: www.statewatch.org/
e-mail: office@statewatch.org
1. EUROPE: Border Monitoring Project Ukraine: Access to Protection Denied
2. ECCHR: Blacklisted: Targeted Sanctions, Pre-emptive Security and Fundamental Rights
3. EU: Commission: Study on the feasilibty of establishing a mechanism for the beneficiaries of international protection
4. EU-USA TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA: European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee to Council
5. EU: European Commission: Internal Security Strategy
6. EU: Council of the European Union: EU Action Plan on combating terrorism
7. EU: Council: Draft Council conclusions on the role of the police and civil society in combating violent radicalisation
8. EU: CoE: New recommendation on judges’ independence, efficiency and responsibilities
9. Russell Tribunal on Palestine: European Union R&D subsidises for Israeli security actors
10. EU-USA AGREEMENT: Article 29 Working Party on data protection
11. EU: European Arrest Warrants (EAW): Replies to questionnaire
12. EU-UK: Statewatch Analysis: The UK’s European Union Bill by Professor Steve Peers
13. EU: Final version: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
14. Italy: State offers Aldrovandi family compensation
15. EU: Migreurop annual report: European borders: controls, detention and deportations
16. UK: FITWATCH shut down: Met closes down anti-police blog
17. EU: Commission: list of travel documents entitling the holder to cross the external borders
18. Euro-Drones update: more funding from FP7, FRONTEX and EDA
24 November, 2010 — Global Research
The UN Security Council on June 9 2010 adopted the imposition of a fourth round of sweeping sanctions against The Islamic Republic of Iran. UNSC Resolution 1929 includes an expanded arms embargo as well as “tougher financial controls”:
“[Resolution 1929 (June 9, 2010)] Decides that all States shall prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer to Iran, from or through their territories or by their nationals or individuals subject to their jurisdiction, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in their territories, of any battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large calibre artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems …. , decides further that all States shall prevent the provision to Iran by their nationals or from or through their territories of technical training, financial resources or services, advice, other services or assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer, provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of such arms and related materiel, and, in this context, calls upon all States to exercise vigilance and restraint over the supply, sale, transfer, provision, manufacture and use of all other arms and related materiel;” (Security Council Imposes Additional Sanctions on Iran, Voting 12 in Favour to 2 Against, with 1 Abstention, Includes complete text of UNSC Resolution 1929, UN News, June 9, 2010, emphasis added, )
Both the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China caved in to US pressures and voted in favor of UNSC Resolution 1929. In November, following a decree issued by president Dmitry Medvedev, Moscow announced the cancellation of its military cooperation agreement with Iran pertaining to the S300 air defense system.
24 November, 2010 — Global Research
The UN Security Council on June 9 2010 adopted the imposition of a fourth round of sweeping sanctions against The Islamic Republic of Iran. UNSC Resolution 1929 includes an expanded arms embargo as well as “tougher financial controls”:
“[Resolution 1929 (June 9, 2010)] Decides that all States shall prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer to Iran, from or through their territories or by their nationals or individuals subject to their jurisdiction, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in their territories, of any battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large calibre artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems …. , decides further that all States shall prevent the provision to Iran by their nationals or from or through their territories of technical training, financial resources or services, advice, other services or assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer, provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of such arms and related materiel, and, in this context, calls upon all States to exercise vigilance and restraint over the supply, sale, transfer, provision, manufacture and use of all other arms and related materiel;” (Security Council Imposes Additional Sanctions on Iran, Voting 12 in Favour to 2 Against, with 1 Abstention, Includes complete text of UNSC Resolution 1929, UN News, June 9, 2010, emphasis added, )
Both the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China caved in to US pressures and voted in favor of UNSC Resolution 1929. In November, following a decree issued by president Dmitry Medvedev, Moscow announced the cancellation of its military cooperation agreement with Iran pertaining to the S300 air defense system.
30 November, 2010 — MRZine – FAIR
WikiLeaks document dumps are largely what media want to make of them. There’s one conventional response, which goes something like this: “There’s nothing new here, but WikiLeaks is dangerous!” But there’s another option: “There’s nothing here, except for the part that confirms a storyline we’ve been pushing.” In those cases, WikiLeaks is deemed very, very useful.
That was the case with the last batch of WikiLeaks documents, when the New York Times wrote a long piece about what the documents alleged about Iran’s involvement in the Iraq War. Journalist Ali Gharib wrote about that issue (and talked to CounterSpin about it too). You get a similar feel from the Times‘ treatment of Iranian weapons in today’s edition (11/29/10).
29 November, 2010 — Democracy Now
U.S. Facing Global Diplomatic Crisis Following Massive WikiLeaks Release of Secret Diplomatic Cables
The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has begun releasing a giant trove of confidential U.S. diplomatic cables that is sending shockwaves through the global diplomatic establishment. Among the findings: Arab leaders are urging the United States to attack Iran; Washington and Yemen agreed to cover up the use of U.S. warplanes to bomb Yemen; the United States is using its embassies around the world as part of a global spy network and asking diplomats to gather intelligence; and much more. We host a roundtable discussion with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg; Greg Mitchell, who writes the Media Fix blog at The Nation; Carne Ross, a British diplomat for 15 years who resigned before the Iraq war; and As’ad AbuKhalil, a professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus.
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29 November, 2010 — CounterCurrents – WSWS.org
The batch of 250,000 US classified documents released by WikiLeaks to several news outlets, some of whose content was made public Sunday, sheds new light on the sordid nature of American imperialist intrigue and conspiracy around the globe.
The WSWS will analyze the documents more thoroughly in a subsequent article, but ‘highlights’ published by the Guardian and the New York Times are revealing.
The leaked material consists of classified cables from US embassies, some dispatched as recently as early 2010. The cables, most of which date from 2007-2010, contain US officials’ comments on foreign governments and leaders and speculation about the activities and maneuvers of the latter, as well as details about American foreign policy operations.
29 November, 2010 — Unredacted
The five news organizations that Wikikeaks provided the documents to under embargo did a good job synthesizing and reporting the 251,287 cables leaked by someone with access to that information. That said, document hounds (including historians, IR/polisci people, and concerned citizens) know that to really understand the contents and significance of the records you need to get your hands dirty–perusing them and reading them with your own eyes.
Here is a guide to reading Department of State documents. Here is a good list of common acronyms found in the documents.
Basically what I’m doing is starting at the highest level (cables to or from the SecState or with high clearances) and reading haphazardly, looking for other cables referenced and sometimes using tags.) As of now, only 243 cables are available on the wikileaks site. [update: 278 have now been released] If you find any good ones, leave them in the comments!! Without further ado:
07STATE152317 North Korea shipped ballistic missile parts to Iran via China.
09PARIS1254 ‘The French observed that some in Russia have concluded their interests are served by keeping the west ‘tied down in an Afghanistan quagmire’ and by sustaining the status quo in Iran.
09BAGHDAD1103 ‘IRGC-QF [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Quds Force] leadership took advantage of the vacuum which surrounded the fall of Saddam Hussein and the entry of Coalition Forces into Iraq in 2003, using the opportunity to send operatives to Iraq when little attention was focused on Iran.’
09STATE47326 Washington intrigued by the government of Iran’s decision ‘to remove anti-American slogans and art from Tehran’s buildings.’
10STATE15856 US is concerned a Turkish firm may be selling US-made grenade launchers to Iran.
10STATE17263 ‘In their [Russia’s] analysis, the missile programs of Iran and the DPRK are not sufficiently developed, and their intentions to use missiles against the U.S. or Russia are nonexistent, thus not constituting a ‘threat’ requiring the deployment of missile defenses.’
09MANAMA642 Soft power? ‘King Hamad asked General Petraeus for his help in encouraging U.S. aircraft manufacturers to participate in the inaugural Bahrain Air Show.’
09STATE119085 In from the cold?
09TRIPOLI771 Already widely reported, but ‘SUBJECT: A GLIMPSE INTO LIBYAN LEADER QADHAFI’S ECCENTRICITIES’ is a classic.
Just a smattering, I’ll add more as I come across them (and so can you!)
30 November, 2010 — RT.com
Over 250,000 classified document sent from American embassies to Washington have been leaked on the Internet, in spite of warnings from the Obama administration.
The watchdog website WikiLeaks published the files and sent them to specific international newspapers; including the New York Times, Der Spiegel, Le Monde and The Guardian.
The US government insists the leaks could put lives at risk and threatens US national security. In the wake of the release, US President Barack Obama has ordered a review of the government’s classified data procedures and the Justice Department is pursuing a criminal investigation into WikiLeaks and possibly its founder, Julian Assange. US Congressman Peter King (R-NY) has even called on the US State Department to designate WikiLeaks a terrorist organization.
29 November, 2010 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Israel Tries to Improve Its International Image
IMEMC – 29 Nov 2010 – Monday November 29, 2010 – 17:47, The Israeli foreign ministry has called on 10 of its embassies in Europe to begin an advocacy campaign for Israel, starting with recruiting 1,000 public members. The new policy comes in response to the boycott campaigns against Israel that are gaining support in Europe.
A Palestinian Boy Arrested Near Hebron
IMEMC – 29 Nov 2010 – Monday November 29, 2010 – 16:17, On Sunday night, Israeli troops arrested a 17-year-old Palestinian boy in the village of Sair, near Hebron, after inspecting his house.
Nina Simone at Ronnie Scott’s in London. No date.
29 November, 2010 — Source: Amped Status
A collection of videos all related to the latest Crisis of Capital (now coming to a town near you), courtesy Glen Greenwald over at Amped Status. Click here to see the original piece complete with texts.
Fourteen more follow:
The New Dark Age 
