UK
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Britain’s Failed Intel Operation in Libya: Her Majesty’s Bungling “Secret Intelligence Service” By Felicity Arbuthnot
Even by the standards of a near bankcrupt island off Europe, run currently, largely, by a bunch of seemingly gung-ho, out of touch millionaires, the gun boat diplomacy of Messrs Cameron, Fox and Hague (Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Foreign Minister respectively) was a monumental farce of historic proportions. Continue reading
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Stop Murdoch — Round Two
Murdoch’s friends in government have given him approval to buy out our media. Avaaz is launching an all out campaign to stop the Murdoch deal during the 10 day consultation period, with a national opinion poll, hard hitting ads and legal challenges. Small donations from 5,000 of us will make it happen: Continue reading
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Books: The Return of the Public (space) By Dan Hind
With the destruction of our traditional forms of political expression, we have no collective voice, no public space that we can call our own. Instead, at best we have ‘single issues’ but no sense of the collective. ‘The Return of the Public’ explains how this came to be and offers a way out. Important and… Continue reading
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What the Sky Decision Tells Us About Media Reform By Dan Hind
The purchase by Murdoch of the shares in Sky currently owned by Pearson and others won’t mean that a viable media system will become the plaything of unaccountable interests. The media system won’t suddenly turn into a conduit for commercial propaganda, an instrument of state manipulation. It won’t become a fatally unreliable source of information… Continue reading
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Stop Rupert Murdoch – incredible response!
In 24 hours, nearly half our commercial media could be owned by Rupert Murdoch. Continue reading
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J7 Update: The final week of 7/7 Inquests hearings
Today saw the start of the last week of the 7 July Inquests hearings. For anyone following proceedings at the inquests in detail it’s been a tough 20 weeks. Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR’S 10 YEARS: THE BOOK AND THE MOVIE
STOP THE WAR COALITION Newsletter No.1188 14 February 2011 Stop the War will be 10 years old this September. We will be producing a graphic history book of the work of the Coalition and a film of Stop the War’s history is also in development by the Islam Channel. Over the 10 years we have… Continue reading
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Election 2011 By Dan Hind
In May of this year the Coalition will hold a referendum to decide on a new voting system. The British have never been much concerned about voting reform, for good and bad reasons. There are good reasons not to care much about what is currently on offer. Continue reading
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Britain’s Prime Minister Whips Up Anti-Muslim Sentiment By Julie Hyland
The Tory leader’s remarks were profoundly anti-democratic. They gave notice that he intends to march in lockstep with the right-wing, anti-Muslim campaign being led by governments across Europe, as they seek to divide the working class in the face of social devastation and imperialist war. Continue reading
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Yes to Fairer Votes: Will you be #15,000?
Just over 10,000 people have co-signed our letter to the BBC complaining about their ludicrous decision to stop describing electoral reform as “electoral reform.” Continue reading
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Are We Heading for an Italian Moment? By Dan Hind
We have here a wide-ranging and exhaustively documented conspiracy that seems to embrace elements from the main political parties and the police as well as large transnational corporations. Police officers have recently taken to spraying CS gas in the faces of UK Uncut protesters. Continue reading
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STUDENTS OCCUPY PALESTINIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON
We urge all Palestinians at this critical moment to join our call for representation, and to take up our historic responsibility in the struggle for liberation, only on the basis of popular sovereignty. Continue reading
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The Palestine Papers reveal Britain’s sordid involvement in the ‘peace process’
Amongst the 1,600 internal negotiations documents released this week, the most recent give a shocking insight into Britain’s involvement. It has been reported that MI6 were involved in planning secret security operations as well as training personnel to carry out detention and torture of opponents of the PA. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 21 January 2011: UK: Statewatch analysis: Six months on: An update on the UK coalition government’s commitment to civil liberties
Statewatch publishes a follow-up to its June 2010 analysis of the coalition government’s commitment to civil liberties: Within weeks of its formation in May 2010, the coalition government announced with much fanfare its intention ‘to restore the rights of individuals in the face of encroaching state power.’ Continue reading
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BLAIR APPEARS A DAY EARLY AT THE IRAQ INQUIRY
Tony Blair appeared a day early to mock the Chilcot Committee, when the iconic picture of him photographing himself — with Iraq in flames in the background — was projected onto the building opposite the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. Continue reading
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Labour victory in Oldham – the bigger picture By Luna 17
Labour has increased its majority in Oldham East and Saddleworth. Yesterday’s by-election saw the party comfortably see off the Lib Dem challenge, taking 14,718 votes compared to the Lib Dem candidate’s 11,160 votes. This can safely be interpreted as what pundits call ‘a bloody nose’ for the coalition government. It has happened at a time… Continue reading
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Retirement no golden age in UK as pensions drop while costs rise — RT
British pensioners are going bankrupt faster than any other group in the UK, and the country’s Insolvency Service findings highlight how seriously those over 65 are struggling to keep their homes running, as costs rise. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 