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UK unions and greens demand one million climate jobs
The economic crisis threatens to destroy the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers. Already, in towns and cities across Britain there are too few available jobs for those looking for work…This jobs – in renewable energy, refitting buildings, public transport, industry and education are the key to drastically reducing emissions of Greenhouse gases and… Continue reading
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Music and Tones Rise for Gaza By Lauren Booth
9 October 2010 — Pal Telegraph Until now, it’ been a real source of pride amongst Israel’s support network that big name musicians have felt ‘safe’ to appear at Zionist fund raisers. Even whilst Israel commits ever more stomach churning war crimes in Palestine and -as we saw in May with the attack on the… Continue reading
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J7 PRESS RELEASE 7 October, 2010: 7/7 INQUESTS BEGIN
Over five years on from the events of 7th July 2005 and, finally, the inquests into 52 of the deaths that occurred that day are about to commence in earnest. In a preliminary Inquest hearing on 23 June 2010 the coroner, Lady Justice Hallett, stated that she would accept submissions suggesting questions and lines of… Continue reading
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Resist the cuts!
Almost 200 people packed a Tower Hamlets meeting to resist the cuts. Continue reading
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Tony Blair ‘knew of torture claims eight years ago’: His handwritten note was on secret letter By Jack Doyle
Tony Blair knew about allegations that British nationals held in U.S. custody were being tortured just months into the War on Terror, it was claimed last night. A previously secret document carries notes apparently in Mr Blair’s handwriting which refer to claims that detainees were being ill-treated. Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: “VEILED THREATS” OF “INDUSTRIAL CHAOS”
On 19 September, the Sunday Times ran a major interview with Brendan Barber, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (Andrew Davidson, ‘King of compromise alone on a tightrope’, Sunday Times, business section, 19 September, 2010; online article is hidden behind a pay wall). The bias was clear even from the text immediately following the… Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books London, Events Newsletter for October 2010
28 September, 2010 — Housmans NEWS 1. Peace Diary 2011 – coming very soon! EVENTS 2. ‘Afrocolombians for the land and against militarism’ with Jota Ramos 3. ‘The struggle for West Papuan’s indigenous rights’ with Rosa Moiwend 4. Mouvement Communiste present: ‘Workers’ Struggle in China’ 5. ‘Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy’ with Matthew Alford 6.… Continue reading
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The fight is not over
Over the past year we have achieved some major victories. We annihilated the BNP in Barking & Dagenham and Stoke-on-Trent. We defeated 26 of its 28 councillors up for re-election, removing the BNP from council chambers across the country. More recently, in seeing off an English Defence League march in Bradford, we built such a… Continue reading
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Save the Arts in the UK – sign the petition and watch the video!
If you are interested in the arts in the UK then you might be interested in signing this petition to the Government to try and prevent radical cuts to current levels of arts funding, which will decimate what has been one of the UK’s chief success stories over the past 20 years. The Prime Minister… Continue reading
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Artists for Gaza is Jazza
As a response to the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Palestine, a group of artists have for some months been planning a festival that will bring together luminaries from all areas of music to raise awareness, support and funds for the people of Gaza. As with the devastation that besets Palestine, the JAZZA Festival will not… Continue reading
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URGENT: BLAIR RUNS AWAY AGAIN FROM DEMOCRATIC PROTEST
Tony Blair’s decision to cancel his party at Tate Modern gallery today, following him pulling out of a book-signing at Waterstone’s, is another victory for the anti war movement and for the overwhelming majority in Britain who oppose his wars. Continue reading
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Tony Blair Book Signing Protest, 8 September, 2010
TONY BLIAR TO DO BOOK SIGNING FOR STOP THE WAR When Tony Blair holds a signing of his memoirs on Wednesday 8 September at Waterstone’s Piccadilly, there will no photos with Blair and no personal dedications allowed, and all bags, backpacks and briefcases must be handed over, along with cameras and mobile phones. Following objections… Continue reading
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More back-door privatization of the National Health Service proposed
NHS Direct, perhaps the only effective addition to the Health Service the Labour government contributed, is to be axed under new proposals being put forward by the Tory/Lib-Dem government in spite of all the pre-election promises to ‘ring-fence’ the NHS. Continue reading
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John Pilger – For Britons, the party game is over
The game of parliamentary politics is over for so many Britons, especially the young. In 2005, a bent system allowed Blair to win with fewer popular votes than the Tories in their electoral catastrophe of 1997. New Labour’s greatest achievement is the lowest turnouts since universal voting began. Today, voters watch Brown give billions of… Continue reading
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Revised: ‘Death on the Med’ – taking your complaint to the BBC further
Following feedback from members to our email ‘Death on the Med – The Next Steps’; we encourage you to write back to the BBC and go through the three stages mentioned below. (Ofcom has written to members saying it is unable to hold the BBC accountable on issues of ‘accuracy and impartiality’). Continue reading
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Together we are one
Thanks to the support of thousands of people across the country and many, many more in Bradford we’ve been able to persuade the West Yorkshire Police to ban the English Defence League’s dangerous and violent march through the town. And I’ve just been told that the Home Secretary is prepared to sign it. Continue reading
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Experts demand a full Kelly inquest
Dr Richard Spertzel claimed Dr Kelly was on a ‘hitlist’ in the final years of his life. The former head of the UN Biological Section, who worked closely with Dr Kelly in Iraq in the 1990s, has written to Attorney General Dominic Grieve about the ‘mysterious circumstances’ surrounding the death. Continue reading
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“When cuts reach Brits, coalition popularity will drop”– expert
‘We now in this country face the real prospect of a double-dip recession which is a direct consequence of the huge cutbacks that in part Nick Clegg is responsible for, and as I say when these cuts really start to kick in, really start to hurt people, then we are going to have a hugely… Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION Newsletter No.1167, 18 August 2010: £4.6 MILLION CAN’T WASH TONY BLAIR’S HANDS CLEAN
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: 1) £4.6 MILLION CAN’T WASH TONY BLAIR’S HANDS CLEAN 2) MPs INUNDATED BY AFGHANISTAN E-LOBBY 3) BUILD NATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: TIME TO GO DEMONSTRATION 4) ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO SUPPORT STOP THE WAR 5) NEW LOCAL STOP THE WAR GROUPS 6) REALITY RADIO LAUNCHED 1) £4.6 MILLION CAN’T WASH TONY BLAIR’S… Continue reading
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Cuba Update, Tuesday 17 August 2010
Cuba Update, Tuesday 17 August 2010 1. CHOMSKY ARTICLE IN FULL 2. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES OBAMA NOT TO EXTEND BLOCKADE LAW 3. CUBA HAS TRAINED OVER 8,000 DOCTORS FROM 54 NATIONS 4. CUBA SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN JOB VACANCIES 5. MIAMI 5 VIGIL AND OTHER FORTHCOMING EVENTS … 1. CHOMSKY ARTICLE IN FULL Folowing it’s publication in… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 