the state
-
Statewatch News Online, 26 March 2012 Launch of Frontex Observatory
Established in 2006 by Regulation 2004/2007, Frontex is the European Agency for the Management of the External Borders of the European Union. It coordinates and organises with Member States high-tech border control operations at sea, land and air external borders of the EU, and carries out joint return flights of irregular migrants. Its mandate was… Continue reading
-
Why / Who Died? By David Grossman
All said and done it is merely a minor story about an illegal alien who stole a car, was injured in an accident, then released from hospital to have cops dump him, still injured to die the by the roadside. What are the building blocks that lead to such an atrocity? Continue reading
-
America's Credit and Housing Crisis: New State Bank Bills By Ellen Brown
Seventeen states have now introduced bills for state-owned banks, and others are in the works. Hawaii’s innovative state bank bill addresses the foreclosure mess. County-owned banks are being proposed that would tackle the housing crisis by exercising the right of eminent domain on abandoned and foreclosed properties. Arizona has a bill that would do this… Continue reading
-
Statewatch News 2 March 2012: Counter-terrorism, “policy laundering” and the FATF – legalising surveillance, regulating civil society
A new report published today by the Transnational Institute and Statewatch: examines the global framework for countering-terrorist financing developed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and other international law enforcement bodies. The 68 page report includes a thorough examination of the impact of FATF’s ‘Special Recommendation VIII’ on countering the threat of terrorist financing… Continue reading
-
Video: Israel’s “New West Bank”
In recent years, the government has adopted the so-called Prawer Plan, reversing several earlier decisions to recognize unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev Desert. The new plan, explained by Association for Civil Rights in Israel lawyer Rawia Abu Rabia, will relocate 40,000 Bedouins in southern Israel for the establishment of 10 Jewish villages in their… Continue reading
-
Video: Israel's "New West Bank"
In recent years, the government has adopted the so-called Prawer Plan, reversing several earlier decisions to recognize unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev Desert. The new plan, explained by Association for Civil Rights in Israel lawyer Rawia Abu Rabia, will relocate 40,000 Bedouins in southern Israel for the establishment of 10 Jewish villages in their… Continue reading
-
Call for Proposals: ‘Real Democracy and the Revolutions of our Time’
Not since the 1960s has there been such global interest in the prospects and possibilities of revolution. From the Middle East to the metropolises of Europe, South Asia, and the Americas, large number of people have taken to the streets in protest against the economic and political corruption that has become increasingly visible in the… Continue reading
-
8 February 2012: Statewatch launches online historical archive of EU Justice and Home Affairs documents
Statewatch today launches a unique online archive of over 4,500 official documents (rising to over 6,500 by the end of 2012) that chart the development of EU justice and home affairs policy over three decades. Continue reading
-
Structural Reform: The Case for Public State Banks By Ryan Holeywell
Try to find a bank president that’s beloved by supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement. It’s not impossible. You’ll just have to travel to North Dakota. Continue reading
-
Palestinians in a ‘Jewish state’ By Ben White
Israel’s crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories – like the settlements, the killing of civilians and the demolition of homes – are openly condemned in the West by human rights groups and others like never before. But as the peace process remains stuck, and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu forces the issue of Israel as a… Continue reading
-
Israel has 101 different types of permits governing Palestinian movement By Chaim Levinson
Israel’s Civil Administration issues 101 different types of permits to govern the movement of Palestinians, whether within the West Bank, between the West Bank and Israel or beyond the borders of the state, according to an agency document of which Haaretz obtained a copy. Continue reading
-
STATEWATCH GIVEN LIBERTY HUMAN RIGHTS “LONG WALK” AWARD 2011 for its work over the past 20 years
“For dedication to openness, democracy and informed debate about European institutions, keeping us reliably informed and suitably engaged for the last 20 years. Their network of independent volunteers has become one of the most respected and reliable sources of investigative journalism and critical research in the fields of the state, justice, home affairs and civil… Continue reading
-
Video: Why Syria Matters: Interview with Aijaz Ahmad By Prabir Purkayastha
Syria is the last remaining representative of Arab nationalism as it used to be understood historically. It still calls itself socialist. Even though it has implemented a great deal of neoliberal reform, the state sector is still dominant. It bans, literally bans, religion from politics. It will not recognize the existence of religious political parties.… Continue reading
-
Portugal: General Strike 24 November 2011
Following the agreement signed with the IMF/EU/ECB Troika, Portugal is confronted with a new and more severe austerity programme, unprecedented since the inauguration of democracy. Continue reading
-
The Negev’s Hot Wind Blowing By Jonathan Cook
The al-Turis are determined to stay on their ancestral lands to maintain their traditional pastoral way of life; Israel wants the land for a forestation program, to beautify the Negev and attract more Jews to settle there. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 