Red Pepper, Anticapitalist Initiative and IOPS invite you to an evening of discussion on the future of radical political organisation

5 March 2013

An open forum on 6 March 2013, 7:30pm with contributions from Preeti Paul (IOPS), Tom Walker (ex Socialist Worker journalist), James O’Nions (editor, Red Pepper magazine), Luke Cooper (Anticapitalist Initiative), and Laura Schwartz (Feminist Fightback). 

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Media Lens: BBC Newsnight, Iraq And The Export Of Democracy By David Cromwell

5 March 2013 — Media Lens

It is a prerequisite for corporate journalists that they respect the ideological conventions of their paymasters and of state power – a vital source of ‘news‘ and ‘informed’ comment, after all. At the same time, the corporate journalist likes to project a self-serving image as a valiant investigator, a champion of democracy, and a facilitator of fair and balanced debate. All too often, of course, the public can see through the charade.

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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 4 March 2013: Israel opens Palestinian-only bus lines in West Bank

4 March 2013 — VTJP

News

International Middle East Media Center

Detainees In Galboa’ Prison Hold One Day Strike, Warn Escalation
IMEMC – Monday March 4, 2013, Palestinian Minister of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that the Palestinian detainees in the Galboa’ Israeli prison, are holding a one-day hunger strike, as an initial step, part of activities in support of hunger striking detainees, and to protest the ongoing Israeli violations. …

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ICH 4 March 2013: UN Demands Prosecution of Bush-era CIA Crimes

4 March 2013 — Information Clearing House


Why We Must Resist Netanyahu and the Hawks’ Reckless Push for War on Iran

By Murtaza Hussain

Netanyahu‘s push for war is clearly counter to the views of his own military and intelligence communities. That exposes the risk of handing the most gravely consequential of geopolitical decisions over to the calculations of ideologically-driven political leaders.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34164.htm

 

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Bradley Manning Nobel Peace Prize Nomination 2013 By Birgitta Jónsdóttir

4 March 2013 —  Global Research News

February 1st 2013 the entire parliamentary group of The Movement in the Icelandic Parliament, the Pirates of the EU; representatives from the Swedish Pirate Party, the former Secretary of State in Tunisia for Sport & Youth nominated Private Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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