24 February 2016 — Housmans
NEWS
1. Housmans Fundraising for Refugees Quiz Night
IN-STORE EVENTS
2. ‘Consequences’ with Elizabeth J. Lister and ‘Kissyface’ with Elsa Wallace
3. ‘Being Red: a Politics for the Future’ with Ken Livingstone
4. ‘Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming’ with Andreas Malm and Mika Minio-Paluello
5. ‘Remembering Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners’ with Mike Jackson
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21 February 2016 — Global Research
Washington has requested Moscow not to bomb areas of Northern Syria where US Special Forces are being deployed. These areas are under the jurisdiction of so-called “moderate opposition” rebels who are supported by the US and its allies.
The areas in question pertain to pockets of Northern Syria in which various US-NATO supported jihadist groups including the Islamic State (ISIS) and Al Nusrah are fighting Syrian government forces (SAA) and their allies. These terrorist pockets are protected by the US-led coalition and Turkey:
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27 February 2016 — Liberty
A couple of weeks ago we called for the Government to ‘pause, take stock and redraft’ their new surveillance plans following the mauling the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill received at the hands of campaigners, security experts, the tech industry and three cross-party parliamentary committees. We have now heard that the Government plans to publish the IP Bill next week. Which means they will have taken all of 3 weeks to incorporate over 120 recommendations into a landmark piece of legislation that will affect each and every one of us.
23 February 2016 — FAIR
New York Times illustration (by Mike McQuade) depicts drone strikes literally as pinpoint attacks.
Retired Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, former director of both the NSA and CIA, began his New York Times op-ed (2/21/16) with 24 paragraphs of dialogue illustrating how carefully the US government chooses drone targets so as not to put the innocent at risk:
The decision maker asks if there are civilians nearby.
“The family is in the main building. The guys we want are in the big guesthouse here.”
“They’re not very far apart.”
“Far enough.”…
He asks the probability of killing the targets if they use a GBU-12, a powerful 500-pound, laser-guided bomb.
“These guys are sure dead,” comes the reply. “We think the family’s OK.”
“You think they’re OK?”
“They should be.” But the analyst confesses it is impossible to be sure.
22 February 2016 — Statewatch
NGOs and volunteers helping refugees in Greece to be placed under state control:
View as pdf: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2016/feb/greece-state-control-ngos.pdf
– only in the Soviet Union and under the STASI in East Germany were NGOs expected to hand over lists and personal details of all their members/volunteers
– “In particular there should be no attempts by public authorities to make NGOs effectively agencies working under their control..”
(Council of Europe)
– “the registration of volunteers has no place in a democracy” (Director of Statewatch)
13 February 2016 — Global Research
Washington’s strategy consists in spearheading a broader regional war by inciting Turkey, Saudi Arabia as well as Israel to do the “dirty work for us”.
10 February 2016 — Coldtype
COLDTYPE Issue 112 Mid-February 2016 – is now on line
Download and read it – free of charge at www.coldtype.net
GO TO HELL! Does political correctness trump free speech? John W. Whitehead says not, and explains why society needs to be more tolerant of hateful words and bullying. Other top stories include Felicity Arbuthnot on drone strikes and government lies, Aviva Chomsky on the politics of newspaper delivery, Jonathan Cook on Julian Assange and the UN, George Monbiot on the rigging of oil markets, and Edward S. Herman on terrorism. We’ve also got photo stories on England’s ‘Decent Paparazzo,’ and the brilliant photographer who died in poverty. And much more great reading . . . Continue reading
The New Dark Age 