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Assange’s health could drastically worsen in embassy – lawyer
Assange WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could suffer serious health problems if he stays in London’s Ecuadorian embassy, warned his lawyer. The whistleblower faces immediate arrest and extradition to Sweden should he leave the building. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 27 October 2012: WikiLeaks reveals US detainee policies: Camp Delta
27 October 2012 Ecuador’s President suggests Assange be questioned at EmbassyVoice of Russia, News Today at 00:44 Sweden may send a representative of its prosecutor’s office to Ecuador’s Embassy in the UK to question Wikileaks founder Julian Assange . This was stated by the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, who cited instances when representatives of Continue reading
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UK Pathology Labs Suffer In Quality Under Serco Management
The privatisation of pathology services in two London hospitals has led to increased clinical problems and financial instability, an investigation by Corporate Watch, revealed in the Guardian today, has found. Continue reading
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Video: Big London Protests Against Austerity
Protest brings tens of thousands into the streets, but are such mobilizations enough to stop the cuts? Continue reading
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Video: Most Greeks Look to Left for Solutions, but Far Right Gaining Strength
Costas Lapavitsas Pt.2: Left party Syriza leads polls but conditions for fascism also developing as crisis deepens Continue reading
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Video: Britain's Unions Bring London to a Standstill
100 thousand workers march on the capital as unions warn austerity isn’t working and threaten a general strike for the first time since 1926 Continue reading
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Video: Britain’s Unions Bring London to a Standstill
100 thousand workers march on the capital as unions warn austerity isn’t working and threaten a general strike for the first time since 1926 Continue reading
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London: Parasites’ Paradise (Or the Best Criminal Sanctuary Money Can Buy) By Prof. James Petras
Whenever financial swindlers prosper at the expense of investors or bank jiggers interest rates to bugger their competitors or tax evaders flee fiscal crises or rent gouging petrol monarchies recycle profits or oligarchs pillage economies and drive millions to drink, drugs and destitution they find a suitable secure sanctuary in London. Continue reading
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20th October demo & Europe Against Austerity conference
Coalition of Resistance has produced thousands of No Cuts placards and a ‘demo special’ broadsheet which includes statements from Tony Benn, Len McCluskey from Unite, Frances O’Grady the new General Secretary of the TUC and Natalie Bennett the new Green Party leader. Continue reading
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HOUSMANS PEACE DIARY 2013 & HOUSMANS ONLINE BOOKSHOP RECOMMENDATIONS
The following list includes some of the most popular books from our online shop in 2012, and also has details of this year’s Peace Diary. Our online shop is fully stocked, so if it’s in print you should be able to find it there. Continue reading
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Child starves to death in Westminster By Rory MacKinnon
The 10-month-old boy was discovered dead in the family’s flat in north-west London in March, with a leaked post-mortem report showing ‘no food in his gut at all and so [he] had not eaten for several days at least’ – with evidence of ‘a long period of malnourishment.’ Continue reading
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EU sides with Monsanto in ‘GMO Cancer Corn’ word war
The European Food Safety Authority has rejected a controversial study by French scientists linking GM corn to cancer. Many in Europe are already calling for stricter controls on GMOs, as farmers weigh the lucrative crops against health concerns. Continue reading
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Banned in London: Freedom under threat
You are in danger of unwittingly committing an offence if you stray into one of 435 special zones in London. The boundaries of these zones are often unmarked and within them many everyday activities are either banned or restricted. Continue reading
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Video: Pressure Put on Manning to Implicate Assange
Michael Ratner: As Wikileaks Founder Nears 100 Days in Ecuadorian Embassy Sweden’s refusal to interview Assange in London suggests they are working with US towards extradition Continue reading
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Housmans Books, London: Newsletter of Events September 2012
28 August 2012 — Housmans NEWS1. The Fuse Book Club at Housmans2. Help save Hackney’s black bookshop, Centerprise IN-STORE EVENTS – London’s Burning Season3. ‘Riot City: Protest and Rebellion in the Capital’ with Clive Bloom4. ‘King’s Cross: a sense of place’ with Angela Inglis and local campaigners5. ‘The Art of Wandering’ with Merlin Coverley6. ‘Baron’s Court, all Continue reading
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The British Siege of the Ecuadorian Embassy: Déjà Vu: Anglo-American disregard for International Law by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The United States and Soviet Union never violated the diplomatic sanctity and extraterritoriality of one another’s diplomatic missions by storming them with their state security forces, even during the tensest periods of the Cold War. Embassies were consistently and securely used to relocate spies, defectors, and dissidents around the world. Continue reading
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Julian Assange arrest plan revealed accidentally
Plans to seize Julian Assange “under all circumstances” the moment he leaves the Ecuadorean embassy in London have accidentally been revealed by a police officer displaying restricted documents outside the embassy. Continue reading
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Strategic Culture Foundation 19-25 August 2012: Turkmenistan / USA / APEC / Ecuador-Assange / Syria / Kosovo
25 August 2012 — Strategic Culture Foundation <h1 style="font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-family: ‘Times New Roman’, Times, serif; color: #0054a6;”>A Road Show for Turkmen Gas 25.08.2012 | 00:00 | Melkulangara BHADRAKUMARThe Turkmenistan – Afghanistan – Pakistan – India gas pipeline project [TAPI] is being taken out of its Continue reading
The New Dark Age 