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URGENT ACTION ALERT: Tell your MP that war criminals should be prosecuted not welcomed!
4 November, 2010 — Palestine Solidarity Campaign Yesterday, the Foreign Secretary William Hague reiterated the government’s commitment to urgently resolve the “unacceptable situation” with regard to universal jurisdiction during his visit to Israel. The coalition government want to change the current legislation to give the Director of Public Prosecutions power over issuing arrest warrants against… Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books, London Newsletter of events November 2010
2 November, 2010 — Housmans NEWS 1. Loyalty cards and events charging 2. Coalition of Resistance National Organising Conference 3. Housmans Plastic Bag Free Zone EVENTS 4. ‘Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory’ with Debora M. Withers 5. ‘Politics & Song’ with Leon Rosselson 6. ‘Class in British Cinema’ with Carl Neville 7. ‘Electric Eden:… Continue reading
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Gilad Atzmon: Julie Sabbath Goy Burchill
In her desperate attempt to smear Lauren Booth, Independent writer Julie Burchill, a devout Zionist, proves how deceiving British multiculturalism is. Indeed the Zionification of this Kingdom has left this country in a disastrous ethical limbo. Continue reading
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J7: 7/7 Inquests Blog: The Strange Account of Ross Mallinson
28 October, 2010 — J7: 7/7 Inquests Blog Examining and documenting the proceedings of the Coroner’s Inquest into the London Bombings of 7 July 2005, including analysis of the hearing transcripts and the evidence presented. In J7’s submission to the 7/7 Inquests, amongst the many questions we posed in relation to the events at Aldgate,… Continue reading
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A ‘Commonwealth of World Republics’ By William Gladys
In view of the outrageously prejudicial and iniquitous cuts that the Coalition government of the UK, – British Isles, is introducing, it is high time that the profligate, pampered, privileged royals and the highly undemocratic institution Monarchy of which they, at the tax-payers expense seek to sustain must be abolished. Removal would quickly usher in… Continue reading
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26 October, 2010 Following the leak by w…
Following the leak by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks of almost 400,000 secret US army field reports from the Iraq war between 2004 and 2009. Join Julian Assange at the Frontline Club this evening in conversation with one of the most famous whistle blowers in history, Daniel Ellsberg who was responsible for the leak of the Pentagon… Continue reading
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Cuba50 Celebrating Cuban Culture
Welcome to the Cuba50 newsletter – for Cuban cultural events in the UK. Cuba’s National Day of Culture / Cuban TV soap opera / Dia de la Cultura Cubana / Creole Choir of Cuba / Chucho Valdes & The Afro-Cuban Messengers / The legendary ‘lost’ project that became Buena Vista Social Club Continue reading
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Iraq War Logs: Secret Files Show How US Ignored Torture
A grim picture of the US and Britain’s legacy in Iraq has been revealed in a massive leak of American military documents that detail torture, summary executions and war crimes. Continue reading
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British passengers of Gaza flotilla seek to testify in Israeli probe By Danna Harman
Most of the 33 British passengers on May’s aid flotilla to Gaza have asked to give oral testimony to Turkel committee investigating the botched IDF raid on the ships, a lawyer acting on their behalf said yesterday. The group say they are resisting what they see as efforts by the commission to belittle their evidence… Continue reading
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You cut me deep! UK loses global ambition with job & budget slashing
21 October, 2010 1st collector for You cut me deep! UK loses global ambition with …Follow my videos on vodpod The UK government has announced its largest cuts in public spending since World War Two. The new austerity plans will have the budget slashed by 83 BLN pounds and cut of around half a million… Continue reading
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Sainsburys and the Occupation of Palestine
Throughout the onslaught on Gaza and even after the murders of the Convoy aid workers, Sainsbury’s have continued to trade with Israeli companies complicit in the occupation. Continue reading
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Their multiple crisis and our solutions: an ecosocialist transitional programme : Socialist Resistance: Fourth International in Britain
Britain has experienced the deepest crisis among the advanced capitalist countries and it is far from over. The recovery in services and manufacturing has slowed; there are jobs cuts in construction. With the slowdown in the US and Europe, the export miracle hoped for by the Con-Dems is also not happening. In summer 2010 Britain… Continue reading
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Announcing the new J7: 7/7 Inquests Blog
As you might expect, J7: The July 7th Truth Campaign is keeping a close eye on 7/7 Inquests that are taking place at the Royal Courts of Justice under the auspices of Lady Justice Hallett. The Inquests are expected to last at least five months and will see the release of evidence that has previously… Continue reading
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Invitation: THERE IS A FIELD, Sun, Oct 17 Sunday 6:30 pm, Tricycle Theatre
There is a field is a play about the life and death of 17-year old Aseel Asleh. Aseel was wearing his Seeds of Peace t-shirt at the time Israeli forces shot him at point blank 10 years ago and he was buried in it. Continue reading
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Ahava BDS Campaign
Latest in the series of two weekly protest demos outside the Ahava shop in London, which markets so called “Israeli” goods which are in fact goods made in an illegal settlement on stolen Palestinian land with chemicals stolen from the Palestinian territory at the north western corner of the Dead Sea. Continue reading
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Universal Jurisdiction: Israeli war criminals not welcome – Take two minutes to send an email to your MP
Following the successful issuing of an arrest warrant for Tzipi Livni last December for committing war crimes during Operation Cast Lead, the Conservative government made an election pledge to change the law on Universal Jurisdiction. Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION Newsletter No.1172 14 October 2010
The situation in Afghanistan, for both its people and the invading Nato armies, continues to deteriorate. 2010 is already the worst year for death tolls and violence since the war began. Continue reading
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“Blood on British Hands”: The Fate of Guantanamo Detainee 239 British National Shaker Aamer by Felicity Arbuthnot
So Shaker, now nearing nine years on, remains in helpless, voiceless, limbo. “The only time I have seen him emotional was over his family. I was able to get photographs of his youngest child into him, but that was very heartbreaking for him, in a way he didn’t want to see it. I saw him… Continue reading
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Creating a Public Sphere By Dan Hind interviewed by Samuel Grove
At present the content of public opinion largely derives from the products of state-owned and commercial institutions. Our knowledge of the world, and our knowledge of others’ opinions – our knowledge of ourselves, even – all comes from institutions that have been demonstrably unreliable in recent years. And this unreliability stems from their structure; it… Continue reading
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The ‘Big Society’ and the strong state
12 October, 2010 — Lenin’s Tomb What is the ‘Big Society’ for? Is there any evidence that it is a response to popular sentiments, that it actually resonates with any underlying political feeling, for example? The polling would suggest not. Most people have not heard of it, and most don’t know what it means. There… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 