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ATTEMPT TO BAN PROTEST OUTSIDE BLAIR INQUIRY
Negotiations between the police and Stop the War broke down today when it became clear that the government is trying to hide our legitimate peaceful protest from Tony Blair when he gives evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry on Friday. Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Bring the boys back home
The United Kingdom should stop fighting distant wars and meddling in global military matters. That’s the view of Kim Howells, who until last year was the minister responsible for Afghanistan. He says the recent succession of deaths there have been a turning point. They show it’s time for the UK to stop engaging at the… Continue reading
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DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST ON BLAIR INQUIRY DAY
The police are aiming to keep protesters out of sight this Friday when Tony Blair appears at the Iraq Inquiry. This contradicts a statement by Scotland Yard yesterday that they aim to “facilitate the protest as best we can”. Continue reading
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Boys from Bullingdon are bad for Britain By George Anthony
The boys from Bullingdon had a bit of a shock when they opened the Sunday papers of November 29th for the Ipso MORI survey put the Tories on 37% and Labour on 31%, with the Lib-Dems on 17%. This means-on the present parliamentary line up with a Labour bias in the distribution of voters per… Continue reading
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The problem with politics By Jim Jepps
As a class [politicians have] not helped themselves. When the previous speaker of the house resigned it was not simply because he had failed to tackle the expenses regime – he was making vigorous use of it and was taken down in the very scandal he should have prevented in possibly one of the first… Continue reading
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Iraq inquiry: Blair deal on regime change?
UK former ambassador to Washington tells Iraq inquiry he was excluded from Blair and Bush talks in 2002 Continue reading
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Iraq inquiry hears regime change claim
British Iraq inquiry hears Bush admin. discussed toppling Saddam two years before the 2003 Iraq invasion Continue reading
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Long-awaited UK Iraq war inquiry to start – 24 Nov 09
A long-awaited inquiry into Britain’s role in the Iraq war will begin in London on Tuesday Military chiefs, diplomats and government ministers are all expected to testify. Proceedings are expected to culminate with Tony Blair, the former UK prime minister, taking the stand. The inquiry’s chairman has said he is confident of producing a “full… Continue reading
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New Evidence: Jack Straw Guilty On Torture – A Smoking Gun By Craig Murray
Finally I have indisputable documentary evidence that the British government had a positive policy of using intelligence from torture in the War on Terror, and that the policy was personally directed by Jack Straw. Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 1125 11 November 2009 ANTI-WAR SOLDIER ARRESTED: PROTEST NOW
Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, the soldier who faces desertion charges for refusing to return to Afghanistan, has been arrested and charged with five further offences for leading Stop the War’s demonstration in London on 24 October and forexpressing his opposition to the media in defiance of orders. Continue reading
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UK: Sign the petition to bring the troops home from Afghanistan
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to bring the troops home from Afghanistan. Noting the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, and the destabilisation of Pakistan arising from the NATO military intervention in the region, and believing that only the Afghan people themselves can generate a political solution to their country’s problems, we therefore demand that… Continue reading
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UK: Action stations over Afghanistan
The war effort in Afghanistan is starting to fall apart at the seams. We will shortly reach the hundredth British soldier’s death this year, and there is talk in military circles of withdrawing British troops from the frontline. Continue reading
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My Cancer: The Waiting Game by Sarah Meyer – Index Research
The language applied to cancer sounds like Obama’s wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. We hear about “battles” – “Fighting the Enemy” and the “War on Cancer.” Constructively discussing the actual process of life and death can often be a no-go zone. Even the word ‘death’ is replaced by the awful term, “passing away.” Continue reading
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Negative spacemen By Alan Simpson MP
Nick Griffin has become Labour’s negative space. He occupies the political ground that Labour has abandoned and fills it with a different emptiness. Continue reading
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UK/USA made use of Uzbek torture Craig Murray
Former Brit ambassador Craig Murray says UK and USA sent prisoners to Uzbek to be tortured http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.3780714 Watch Part 2 Here more about “UK/USA made use of Uzbek torture“, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Are you listening yet, Mr Crozier? By Paul Haste on the picket line
Standing in solidarity with striking post workers on the picket line at central London’s huge Mount Pleasant mail centre, Mr Ward explained that ‘post workers have already lost 60,000 jobs and another 60,000 are at risk, while the remaining full-time workers fear being forced to accept part-time positions.’ Continue reading
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Olive Morris: Forgotten activist hero By Lizzie Cocker
In an age when xenophobia and Islamophobia are being stoked by illegal wars and immigration myths, the need to wrench hidden realities from history in order to see today’s truths has never been more urgent. And thanks to the Remembering Olive Collective (ROC) founded by artist Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre in 2007, a… Continue reading
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Bring ALL British Troops Home By William Gladys
Although Prince Harry failed to march with the Anti-War Majority on the streets of London recently, a fearless Peace Seeking Lance Corporal bravely hoisted a Flag of Peace to the mast for the entire world to see. To observe a serving soldier marching in opposition to the Queen’s foreign policy in the Middle-East was heartening… Continue reading
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A Postal Strike In Britain Is The War At Home By John Pilger
The postal workers’ struggle is as vital for democracy as any national event in recent years. The campaign against them is part of a historic shift from the last vestiges of political democracy in Britain to a corporate world of insecurity and war. If the privateers running the Post Office are allowed to win, the… Continue reading
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“Royal Mail secret plot with ‘the Shareholder’ (ie. the Labour government)
17 October, 2009 — Red Postie BBC Newsnight on Thursday revealed a leaked confidential document spilling the beans on a Royal Mail plan to impose cuts, provoke a strike and smash the union. This blows a hole in their spin over the past couple of weeks about an uncooperative union! The document, marked ‘in strictest… Continue reading
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