August 10, 2011
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Libyans claim that scores died in NATO raid
Foreign journalists have been taken to see several destroyed buildings in a village near the town of Zlitan which Libyan officials said were hit by NATO airstrikes. They claim at least 85 civilians were killed in the worst non-combatant death toll since NATO began its campaign. Continue reading
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Things fall apart By William Bowles
It’s fashionable to call them the ‘underclass’ that the state has buried away, out of sight–out of mind on ‘sink estates’ or trapped in the poorest neighborhoods of our cities. Demonized and/or sentimentalized by the state/corporate media (‘Shameless’ and ‘East Enders’ for example), just as with our Victorian counterparts, an entire section of the working… Continue reading
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Clegg Predicting Riots
In the run up to the 2010 General Election Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg warned of riots if the Tories were elected, stating that, ‘There is danger that having any government of any composition led by a party which doesn’t have a popular mandate across the country trying to push through really difficult decisions. I… Continue reading
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Video: NATO Missiles Target Libyan Hospital, Kill 50 Children
On August 5, 2011, NATO air missiles targeted a children’s hospital in Zlitan, Libya, killing 50 children. This event clearly reveals NATO war crimes and shows that civilians are being targeted during the bombing campaigns. Continue reading
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Leaked Plan of Western Governments for “Post-Gaddafi Libya” By Tom Coghlan
Western governments have helped prepare a blueprint for a post-Gaddafi Libya that would retain much of the regime’s security infrastructure to avoid an Iraq-style collapse into anarchy. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter August 9, 2011: "I Don't Call it Rioting, I Call it an Insurrection"
9 August 2011 — Information Clearing House U.S. Debt Crisis Sidelines an Emergency Attack on Iran By Amir Oren The American trigger finger is itchy. Itchy, but flinching – the wallet is emptier than the magazine. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28801.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 August, 2011: Senior Israeli archaeologist casts doubt on Jewish heritage of Jerusalem
9 August , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli Army Re-opens Road from Nablus IMEMC – Tuesday August 09, 2011 – 17:34, Israeli soldiers opened a Nablus thoroughfare for the first time in 9 years according to Maan News Agency. Continue reading
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July Days Again in Britain — This Time in August By S. Artesian
The sun never sets on the poverty of British capitalism. In its wretchedness Britain represents the pinnacle of bourgeois society. In its decline Britain is a monument to the market, to private property, to progress. Continue reading
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Monday, Monday By S. Artesian
Anyway, now that Standard and Poor’s has pointed out that the standard for credit-worthiness is making almost everybody poorer, Monday should be a very interesting day. Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 10, 2011
10 August 2011 — Stop NATO Gruesome Trophies: Britain Brings ‘Civilization’ To Afghanistan Again They Died in Vain; Deal With It Finland’s Defense Minister: Savings Lead To NATO Membership Russia Warns NATO On Missile Shield U.S. Troops In Europe ‘Closer To Current Battlefields, Future Fights’ Pakistan: Another NATO Oil Tanker Set Ablaze NATO Planning Military Continue reading
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Monday night in Peckham By Kate Belgrave
I thought if there was going to be trouble, it would start outside the bus, not in it – so I was watching the streets and footpaths as the 436 bus went along Camberwell New Road, across Camberwell junction and into Peckham Road last night. Continue reading
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Hackney Burned and Smashed Sean Gittins*
Thuggery this may be, but watching people hurtle rocks at windows and cops with scant regard for their future and the consequences lays bare a complete hatred of the system these rioters have come to know. Cameron’s warning to ‘these people’ that they are ‘potentially wrecking their own life too’ will have been as comical… Continue reading
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Back to the future By William Bowles
Exactly thirty years ago Brixton exploded with rage against the de facto occupation of Brixton by the Met police. And, as I write this, all kinds of madness is going down in various parts of London and elsewhere. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 