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Israeli Officials and History Affirm the Power of BDS
Are boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) proving effective at isolating Israel as a form of pressure to end its violations of Palestinian rights? We at the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation think so, but you don’t have to take our word for it. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 11 April, 2011: The American Dream As We Know It Is Obsolete
11 April, 2011 — Information Clearing House Gaddafi Figures Prominently on the Roadmap for Peace By Simon Tisdall The idea that ‘brother leader’ Gaddafi must be forced out in Libya has scant support beyond London, Washington and Benghazi. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27861.htm Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 9 April, 2011 – Weekend Edition: UK: Special Forces scandal as officers are held 'for trying to leak secrets'
9 April, 2011 — Information Clearing House To Libya With God On Our Side By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes Grabbing other people’s land and interfering in their affairs became as American as apple pie before the annexation of Texas, and “Manifest Destiny” as the engine of U.S. foreign policy. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27853.htm Continue reading
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Media Lens: Yemen’s Useful Tyranny – The Forgotten History of Britain’s ‘Dirty War’: Part 2
Using declassified government files, historian Mark Curtis has exposed Britain’s ‘dirty war’ in Yemen in the 1960s, which he describes as one of the ‘least known aspects of recent British history’. The war lasted almost a decade under both Tory and Labour governments, and cost around 200,000 lives. Continue reading
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Libya Mostly Mainstream Media Newslinks for 2 March 2011
2 March 2011 — creative-i.info N. Africa, Mideast protests: 4 killed in fighting in al-Brega, Libya CNN (blog) Libyan rebels in the city of Ajdibaya get ready for a fight after a government jet flies over them Wednesday. [LIBYA, 10:11 am ET, 5:11 pm] At least four people have been killed and 23 have been Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks for 7 February, 2011
7 February, 2011 — creative-i.info Defend democratic rights, free Assange Eastern Echo The concerns of Assange are well-founded given the current treatment of Army Pvt. Bradley Manning. Accused of having leaked classified information to … www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/1607 Continue reading
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Prof Richard Falk: Israel Prepares Major Offensive against Gaza: Hopes of Gaza Cast in Lead
It is dismaying that during this dark anniversary period two years after the launch of the deadly attacks on the people of Gaza – code-named Operation Cast Lead by the Israelis – that there should be warnings of a new massive attack on the beleaguered people of Gaza. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks News Roundup 11 December, 2010
11 December, 2010 — creative-i.info 11 December, 2010 Former WikiLeaks Staff Open New Whistle-Blower Leak Service `OpenLeaks` A conspiracy to silence? By William Bowles Wikileaks Cablegate: Israel let off the hook on nuclear weapons, Arabs fooled WikiLeaks demos planned in Spain and Latin America If We Lose our Internet Freedoms Because of Wikileaks, You Should Continue reading
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Media Lens: Too Toxic to Handle? Follow-up Alert on Israel’s Policy of Near-Starvation for Gaza
On November 17, we sent out a media alert that highlighted the corporate media’s lack of interest in official documents revealing Israel’s deliberate policy of near-starvation for Gaza. We, and many of our readers, emailed broadcasters and newspapers asking why the release of these documents was not reported in October. Were journalists simply unaware of… Continue reading
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Media Lens: “Put the Palestinians on a Diet”
Israel has been forced to reveal what Palestinians and other observers on the ground have known for a long time: that the blockade of Gaza is state policy intended to inflict collective punishment, not to bolster Israeli “security”. Continue reading
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NATO must be ready to intervene anywhere: experts’ report
NATO must be ready to intervene externally, experts said Monday, proposing a new doctrine for the alliance, as well as ensure the security of its 28 member states internally, as it has done since 1949. Continue reading
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38 Degrees | Harriet – Debate The Digital Economy Bill
The Digital Economy Bill has suffered from huge manipulation by lobbyists, including insertion of entire new clauses at the behest of music lobbyists the BPI, and accusations that Lords amended the Bill without declaring their interests. Continue reading
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Community and Popular Radio in Haiti Today By Beverly Bell
I ask Sony to tell me about the importance of community radio in Haiti, the first priorities for rebuilding it, and the role it can play in reconstructing a just Haiti. First, he clarifies my terminology. SAKS works with community radio, but views itself as part of the network of popular radio, which he defines… Continue reading
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The Cuban Five: A Starkly Controversial Case
Human rights groups such as Amnesty International have criticized the U.S. government’s policy regarding the Cuban Five and have accused it of perpetrating human rights violations against the group. Beginning with their arrest and subsequent trial three months later, the five Cuban defendants have been held without bail for a period of thirty-three months. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 