September 2011
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Labouring under an illusion By William Bowles
Allegedly attacking the institutions that the Labour government wholeheartedly embraced–principally the financial sector and their “fast buck” culture–Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour Party, which even more than Thatcher created the conditions for today’s economic meltdown, now expects us to forget thirteen years of neoliberal, imperial rule under the ‘party of labour’ with exhortations by… Continue reading
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Video: ‘NATO need to be brought to justice’ for killing civilians
‘Clearly, they are not protecting civilians when they are bombing cities that are considered to be pro-Gaddafi, when they are killing people, not because they’ve done something wrong, but because their own political beliefs are contrary to what NATO wants in terms of the kind of government they want for Libya’ Continue reading
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Video: ‘NATO need to be brought to justice’ for killing civilians
‘Clearly, they are not protecting civilians when they are bombing cities that are considered to be pro-Gaddafi, when they are killing people, not because they’ve done something wrong, but because their own political beliefs are contrary to what NATO wants in terms of the kind of government they want for Libya’ Continue reading
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Libya and the Big Lie: Using Human Rights Organizations to Launch Wars By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
False claims about African mercenary armies in Libya and about jet attacks on civilians were also used in a broad media campaign against Libya. These two claims have been sidelined and have become more and more murky. The massacre claims, however, were used in a legal, diplomatic, and military framework to justify NATO’s war on… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: September 30, 2011
30 September 2011 — Stop NATO NATO: Afghan Civilian Deaths Caused By Air Strikes Up 19 Percent Afghan War: NATO 2011 Death Toll Continues To Rise Pakistani Parties Show Rare Unity In Opposition To U.S. Threats Obama, Uzbek President Discuss Afghan War Supply Routes Czech Republic: 225,000 Attend 18-Nation ‘NATO Days’ Estonia Pursues ‘Total Defense’ Continue reading
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Video: Nobody Can Predict The Moment Of Revolution (Occupy Wall Street)
Now in the 12th day of occupation the video gives us a real sense of the strength of feeling, mostly by young people. Continue reading
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Mass killing and humanitarian disaster in NATO siege of Sirte By Bill Van Auken
Refugees from the Libyan coastal city of Sirte report that thousands have died as a result of relentless NATO bombardment and shelling by the the Western-backed ‘rebels.’ Continue reading
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Video: Ibn Sina Hospital, Sirte: doctor speaks, overwhelmed, over corpses of children killed by NATO
27 September 2011 — empire strikes black English translation of the doctoress’ words, from Ibn Sina Hospital, in Sirte, Libya, following a NATO bombing on 23/09: “Same date, 23 September … We are on Friday, a day of celebration for Muslims. A Muslim holy day … people pray on Fridays, and NATO kills children …. Continue reading
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Marcus Miller 'Run for cover'
This video was filmed live in Japan in 1991 with Marcus Miller on bass, Everette Harp sax, and Poogie Bells drums. Continue reading
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Final timetable out now – Europe Against Austerity Conference
29 September 2011 Saturday 1 October 10am-5pm, Camden Centre, London, WC1H 9AU On Saturday hundreds of activists, trade unionists and left politicians from across the continent are gathering in London for a conference to discuss the crisis and co-ordinate resistance. Greek strikers, activists from the Spanish ‘Indignant’ movement, leaders of the French New Anticapitalist Continue reading
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Speeches from Statewatching Europe: Civil Liberties, the State and the EU
Statewatchs 20th anniversary conference was held at Conway Hall in London on Saturday 25th June 2011. More than 220 people from 18 EU countries registered and over 30 NGOs attended the conference. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 28 September 2011 (24/11)
28 September 2011 Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org EU: Statewatch Analysis: Court of Justice:The NS and ME Opinions -The Death of ‘Mutual Trust’? INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS: ’10 years after 9/11, Journalism in the Shadow of Terror Laws’ EU: MANDATORY DATA RETENTION: Letter to the European Commission signed by 34 NGOs including Statewatch Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: September 29, 2011
29 September 2011 — Stop NATO Libya: NATO Air Strikes Destroy Central Sirte NATO Continues To Bombard Sirte, Though Resistance Holds Out U.S. Warplanes In Iraq Till 2020; $3 Billion F-16 Deal Signed Video And Text: NATO Provoking New Balkans, European, World Conflict – Russian Envoy Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: September 28, 2011
28 September 2011 — Stop NATO NATO To Remain In ‘Fluid’ Libya Indefinitely NATO Decision: Polish President Signs Martial Law Bill Into Law Russia Urges NATO To Abide By UN Resolution On Kosovo NATO Troops Fire On Serbs, Seven Wounded Continue reading
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In the belly of the beast By William Bowles
In case you hadn’t noticed, especially if you get your news from the MSM, there is the mother of all capitalist crises unfolding around us. A crisis that appears to be far deeper even than the Crash of ’29 and given the global nature of corporate capitalism, nobody (except the rich) can escape its awful… Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: September 27, 2011
27 September 2011 — Stop NATO Canada Extends Libyan War Mission To End Of Year Afghan Officials: NATO Forces Kill 19 Civilians Afghan War: NATO Triples Size Of Air Base Near Iranian Border Pentagon Deploying 800 More Trainers To Afghanistan Pakistan Warns U.S. Against Unilateral Actions Continue reading
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Update on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: September 26, 2011
26 September 2011 — Stop NATO NATO Bombers ‘Soften Up’ Libyan Cities For Ground Assaults Did NATO Attack Libya Because Of Oil? Report: Russia, China, Iran Plan Counterweight To NATO Missile Shield Missile Targets Afghan President’s Palace, Shooting At CIA Compound Top U.S. Senator: Consider Military Action Against Pakistan Continue reading
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Palestine Self-Determination: UN Bid Heralds Death of Palestine’s Old Guard By Jonathan Cook
Amid the enthusiastic applause in New York and the celebrations in Ramallah, it was easy to believe — if only a for minute — that, after decades of obstruction by Israel and the United States, a Palestinian state might finally be pulled out of the United Nations hat. Will the world’s conscience be midwife to… Continue reading
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