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Listing countries where elections have been mixed with violence and repression, Human Rights Watch said western powers, especially the United States and European Union, have accepted elections in countries that don’t respect human rights, for political reasons and benefit. Liste des pays où les élections ont été mélangés à de la violence et de répression, a déclaré Human Rights Watch puissances occidentales, notamment les États-Unis et l'Union européenne, ont accepté d'élections dans les pays qui ne respectent pas les droits de l'homme, pour des raisons politiques et de prestations. The group said the west has continued to prop up fragile democracies, or those that purport to be, such as Kenya, where waves of killings have followed a disputed election, and Pakistan, where elections are coming up after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Le groupe dit de l'ouest a continué à soutenir les démocraties fragiles, ou ceux qui prétendent être, comme le Kenya, où des vagues d'assassinats ont suivi une élection contestée, et le Pakistan, où des élections sont à venir après l'assassinat du leader de l'opposition Benazir Bhutto . The group also said that countries including Bahrain, Jordan, Nigeria, Russia and Thailand have taken on the belief that elections are equal to democracy. Le groupe a également dit que les pays y compris le Bahreïn, la Jordanie, le Nigéria, la Russie et la Thaïlande ont pris sur la conviction que les élections sont égaux à la démocratie. In its annual report, the group said that Washington, Brussels and European capitals “play along” with the notion that a country can have democracy simply by holding elections. Dans son rapport annuel, le groupe a déclaré que Washington, Bruxelles et les capitales européennes "jouer avec" avec la notion selon laquelle un pays peut avoir tout simplement la démocratie par la tenue d'élections. “It’s now easy for autocrats to get away with mounting a sham democracy,” said Kenneth Roth, the group’s executive director. "Il est maintenant facile pour les autocrates de s'enfuir avec le montage d'un simulacre de démocratie", a déclaré Kenneth Roth, directeur exécutif du groupe. “That’s because too many Western governments insist on elections and leave it at that.” “They don’t press governments on the key human rights issues that make democracy function - a free press, peaceful assembly, and a functioning civil society that can really challenge power,” Roth said. «C'est parce que trop de gouvernements occidentaux insistent sur les élections et en rester là." "Ils ne sont pas les gouvernements sur les principales questions relatives aux droits humains qui font fonctionner la démocratie - la liberté de la presse, de réunion pacifique et d'un fonctionnement de la société civile que peut réellement défier le pouvoir ", a déclaré Roth. The report said grave human rights abuses have fueled humanitarian crises in Somalia and the Ogaden region in Eastern Ethiopia, where millions of people are suffering. Le rapport dit de graves violations des droits humains ont alimenté les crises humanitaires en Somalie et dans l'Ogaden, région de l'Est de l'Ethiopie, où des millions de personnes souffrent. The report documented manipulations of elections. Le rapport faisait état de la manipulation des élections. It said Chad, Kazakhstan, Nigeria and Uzbekistan committed “outright fraud,” while governments controlled the electoral machinery in Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Malaysia, Thailand and Zimbabwe. Il a dit au Tchad, le Kazakhstan, le Nigeria et l'Ouzbékistan commis "fraude", tandis que les gouvernements contrôlaient la machine électorale en Azerbaïdjan, Bahreïn, la Malaisie, la Thaïlande et le Zimbabwe. Belarus, Egypt, Cuba, Iran and Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories blocked or discouraged opposition candidates. Belarus, Égypte, Cuba, l'Iran et Israël dans les territoires palestiniens occupés ou bloqués découragé les candidats de l'opposition. Russia and Tunisia were cited for stifling the media, and China and Pakistan undermined the rule of law, the report said. La Russie et la Tunisie ont été cités pour étouffer les médias, et de la Chine et le Pakistan à l'État de droit, affirme le rapport. “Many of these tactics are illegal under domestic and international law, but rarely do outside powers call governments to account for it,” the report said. «Bon nombre de ces tactiques sont illégales au regard du droit national et international, mais rarement en dehors de pouvoir appeler les gouvernements à rendre compte de cela», dit le rapport. “Established democracies are often unwilling to do so for fear of losing access to resources or commercial opportunities, or because of the perceived requirements of fighting terrorism.” “It seems Washington and European governments will accept even the most dubious election so long as the ‘victor’ is a strategic or commercial ally,” it said. "Démocraties établies sont souvent peu disposés à le faire par crainte de perdre l'accès aux ressources ou des opportunités commerciales, ou en raison de la perception des exigences de la lutte contre le terrorisme". "Il semble que Washington et les gouvernements européens acceptent même les plus douteux des élections tant que les' vainqueur 'est un allié stratégique ou commercial ", il a dit. In Kenya, rival political sides halted talks over disputed elections and vicious ethnic clashes after the killing of an opposition legislator, but said they would keep talking while would keep killing each other. Au Kenya, les parties politiques rivaux arrêté discussions sur des élections et vicieux des affrontements après l'assassinat du législateur de l'opposition, mais ont dit qu'ils continuer de parler alors que l'assassinat de tenir les uns les autres. The country remained tense and volatile and violence continued to reign while political parties have battled for more than a month over who won the presidential elections. Le pays demeure tendue et instable et la violence continue de régner alors que les partis politiques ont lutté pendant plus d'un mois de plus qui a gagné les élections présidentielles. Nasser Ega-Musa, a United Nations spokesman, said both parties had “a general desire to continue the negotiations and a willingness not to be distracted and derailed,” by the shooting death of David Too. Nasser Ega-Musa, un porte-parole des Nations Unies, a déclaré que les deux parties ont "une volonté générale de poursuivre les négociations et une volonté de ne pas être distrait et a déraillé," par la fusillade mort de David Too. The human rights report also said China has clamped down on the media as it is preparing to hold the Summer Olympics Games in August. Le rapport sur les droits de l'homme en Chine a également déclaré le holà à la presse comme il se prépare à tenir les Jeux Olympiques d'été en août. Foreign journalists who were given the right to interview Chinese have been harassed, detained or intimidated to prevent them from doing reports on the country’s poor human rights records. Les journalistes étrangers qui ont obtenu le droit d'interroger les Chinois ont été harcelés, intimidés ou détenus pour les empêcher de faire des rapports sur les pays pauvres des droits de l'homme. It said the construction boom to prepare for the Olympic Games has involved an estimated one million construction workers under harsh and unsafe labour conditions, but that trade with China is more important to the US and the EU than human rights. Il dit que le boom de la construction à préparer pour les Jeux Olympiques a impliqué environ un million de travailleurs de la construction en vertu de dures conditions de travail et dangereux, mais que le commerce avec la Chine est plus important aux États-Unis et l'Union européenne que les droits de l'homme. Have Your Say: EU and US said to favour elections over human rights Have Your Say: l'UE et les États-Unis a déclaré à la faveur d'élections au cours des droits de l'homme Please read our S'il vous plaît lire notre posting guidelines before posting l'affichage des lignes directrices avant de poster . Alternatively Alternativement you can discuss this report here vous pouvez discuter de ce rapport ici . Rallies to protest Gaza bombing Des rassemblements pour protester contre les bombardements de Gaza Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 Samedi, 3 Janvier 2009
Tens of thousands of protesters are due to voice their anger at the Gaza bombing blitz in a series of rallies across the UK. Des dizaines de milliers de manifestants sont dus à la voix de leur colère lors de la campagne-éclair des bombardements de Gaza dans une série de rassemblements à travers le Royaume-Uni. Up to 20,000 people - including the singer Annie Lennox and Respect MP George Galloway - are expected to march along the Embankment in London before walking to Trafalgar Square to call for an immediate end to the Israeli attacks. Jusqu'à 20.000 personnes - dont la chanteuse Annie Lennox et le respect député George Galloway - sont attendus au mois de mars le long du remblai avant de marcher à Londres à Trafalgar Square à appeler à une fin immédiate aux attaques israéliennes. The demonstration is the biggest of at least 18 organised across the country. La démonstration est la plus grande d'au moins 18 organisée à travers le pays. Former model Bianca Jagger and singer Lennox have backed the protests, calling on American President-elect Barack Obama to speak up against the bombardment. Ancien modèle Bianca Jagger et chanteur Lennox ont soutenu les protestations, appelant le président américain élu, Barack Obama à prendre la parole contre les bombardements. Other rallies will take place at Blytheswood Square, Glasgow; Bedford Square, Exeter; Princes Street, Edinburgh; Bristol city centre; Bold Street, Liverpool; Norwich Forum; Portsmouth’s Guildhall Square; Queen Victoria Square, Hull; Tunbridge Wells town centre; Leeds Art Gallery; All Saints Park, Manchester; Grey’s Monument, Newcastle; Castle Square, Swansea; St Sampson’s Square, York; Morrisons, Caernarfon; Bradford city centre; and Sheffield town hall. D'autres rassemblements auront lieu à Blytheswood Square, Glasgow, Bedford Square, Exeter, Princes Street, Edimbourg, Bristol city centre; Bold Street, Liverpool, Norwich Forum; Portsmouth's Guildhall Square, Queen Square Victoria, Hull, centre-ville de Tunbridge Wells; Leeds Art Gallery; All Saints Park, Manchester; Grey's Monument, Newcastle, Castle Square, Swansea, St Sampson, Place York; Morrisons, Caernarfon, centre-ville de Bradford et Sheffield mairie. Former mayor of London Ken Livingstone and comedian Alexei Sayle also added their support to the campaign to end the violence. Ancien maire de Londres Ken Livingstone et le comédien a aussi ajouté Alexei Sayle leur soutien à la campagne pour mettre fin à la violence. Speaking at a press conference in central London, Ms Jagger said: “I would like to make an appeal to President-elect Obama to speak up. S'exprimant lors d'une conférence de presse au centre de Londres, Mme Jagger a dit: "Je voudrais lancer un appel au Président élu Obama à parler. “People throughout the world were hopeful when he was elected and we must appeal to him to ask for the immediate cessation of the bombardment of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip.” «Les gens à travers le monde ont été d'espoir quand il a été élu et nous devons nous en remettre à lui pour demander la cessation immédiate des bombardements de la population civile dans la bande de Gaza." Lennox spoke of her shock at watching scenes of the bombing on television. Lennox parle de son choc à regarder des scènes de l'attentat à la bombe à la télévision. She said: “A few days after Christmas I came downstairs, put the television on, and saw smoke pyres coming from buildings and I was shocked to the core because I was thinking as a mother and as a human being.” Elle a dit: "A quelques jours après Noël, je suis arrivé en bas, placez le sur la télévision, et a vu la fumée des bûchers en provenance des bâtiments, et j'ai été choqué à la base parce que je pensais en tant que mère et en tant qu'être humain." Comedian Sayle said he was speaking out because it was important for Jewish voices to be heard. Comique Sayle a dit qu'il parlait, car il est important de juifs se faire entendre. He said: “I want to feel proud of Israel, I want to be proud of my people but I am ashamed.” Il a dit: «Je veux être fier d'Israël, je veux être fier de mon peuple, mais j'ai honte." Have Your Say: Rallies to protest Gaza bombing Have Your Say: rassemblements pour protester contre les bombardements de Gaza Please read our S'il vous plaît lire notre posting guidelines before posting l'affichage des lignes directrices avant de poster . Alternatively Alternativement you can discuss this report here vous pouvez discuter de ce rapport ici . Guantanamo intake unacceptable, says Malcolm Turnbull Guantanamo apport inacceptable, dit Malcolm Turnbull Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 Samedi, 3 Janvier 2009
KEVIN Rudd should immediately reverse a decision to allow former Guantanamo Bay inmates to resettle in Australia, the Opposition said today. Kevin Rudd devrait immédiatement revenir sur une décision de permettre à d'anciens détenus de Guantanamo Bay à se réinstaller en Australie, l'opposition a dit aujourd'hui. Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard has confirmed that Australia, along with a number of other countries, has been approached to consider resettling detainees from Guantanamo Bay. Premier ministre Julia Gillard a confirmé que l'Australie, avec un certain nombre d'autres pays, a été sollicité pour étudier la réinstallation des détenus de Guantanamo Bay. “Any determination for an individual to come to Australia would be made on a case-by-case basis,” she said. "Toute décision d'une personne à venir en France serait prise au cas par cas", dit-elle. “For anyone to be accepted they would have to meet Australia’s strict legal requirement and go through normal rigorous assessment processes.” "Pour toute personne à être acceptée, ils auraient à répondre de l'Australie stricte obligation légale et sont soumis à une évaluation rigoureuse des processus normal." But Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull said on Macquarie Radio the situation was unacceptable. Mais le chef de l'Opposition a déclaré Malcolm Turnbull sur Radio Macquarie, la situation était inacceptable. “It’s only in this morning’s «C'est seulement ce matin report in The Australian Le rapport en Australie that the Rudd government has made clear that it will accept these inmates of Guantanamo Bay,” he said. Rudd, que le gouvernement a clairement indiqué qu'il accepterait ces détenus de Guantanamo ", at-il dit. “One of the things that is most troubling … is whether the Government would do so, accept former inmates from Guantanamo Bay, without disclosing that they have done so. "Une des choses qui est plus troublant ... est de savoir si le gouvernement le faire, accepter les anciens détenus de Guantanamo Bay, sans divulguer qu'ils l'ont fait. “This is why we need Mr Rudd to immediately and categorically reverse this decision to accept inmates of Guantanamo Bay for resettlement in Australia.” "C'est pourquoi nous avons besoin de M. Rudd immédiatement et catégoriquement d'inverser cette décision d'accepter des détenus de Guantanamo en vue de leur réinstallation en Australie." Mr Turnbull said the inmates could arrive in Australia as refugees through existing migration processes. M. Turnbull a déclaré que le détenu pourrait arriver en Australie en tant que réfugiés par le biais des processus de migration. “They cannot be accepted on the basis that they go into custody, because they haven’t committed any crime under Australian law,” he said. «Ils ne peuvent pas être acceptées sur la base d'aller en garde à vue, parce qu'ils n'ont pas commis de crime en vertu du droit australien", at-il dit. “So what (Mr Rudd) has agreed to, with the Americans, is to accept Guantanamo Bay inmates for resettlement in Australia in our community as migrants and that is completely and utterly unacceptable to the Australian people and it’s certainly unacceptable to the Coalition.” "Alors, que (M. Rudd) a convenu, avec les Américains, est d'accepter des détenus de Guantanamo Bay pour la réinstallation en Australie au sein de notre communauté que les migrants et qui est complètement et totalement inacceptable pour le peuple australien et il est certainement inacceptable pour la Coalition ». Have Your Say: Guantanamo intake unacceptable, says Malcolm Turnbull Have Your Say: Guantanamo apport inacceptable, dit Malcolm Turnbull Please read our S'il vous plaît lire notre posting guidelines before posting l'affichage des lignes directrices avant de poster . Alternatively Alternativement you can discuss this report here vous pouvez discuter de ce rapport ici . An Israeli War Crimes Tribunal Un tribunal des crimes de guerre israéliens Friday, January 2nd, 2009 Vendredi, Janvier 2, 2009
By Francis A. Boyle Par Francis A. Boyle The United Nations General Assembly must immediately establish an International Criminal Tribunal for Israel (ICTI) as a “subsidiary organ” under UN Charter Article 22. L'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies doit immédiatement établir un Tribunal pénal international pour Israël (CITI) comme un "organe subsidiaire" Charte des Nations Unies en vertu de l'article 22. The ICTI would be organized along the lines of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY), which was established by the Security Council. L'ICTI serait organisé sur le modèle du Tribunal pénal international pour l'ex-Yougoslavie (TPIY), qui a été créé par le Conseil de sécurité. The purpose of the ICTI would be to investigate and prosecute Israeli war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against the Peoples of Lebanon and Palestine–just as the ICTY did for the victims of international crimes committed by Serbia and the Milosevic Regime throughout the Balkans. Le but de l'ICTI serait d'enquêter et de poursuivre les crimes de guerre israéliens, les crimes contre l'humanité et de génocide contre les peuples du Liban et de Palestine, de même que le TPIY avait fait pour les victimes de crimes internationaux commis par la Serbie et le régime de Milosevic dans les Balkans. The establishment of ICTI would provide some small degree of justice to the victims of Israeli war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against the Peoples of Lebanon and Palestine–just as the ICTY has done in the Balkans. La création de ICTI se donner quelques petits degrés de la justice pour les victimes israéliennes de crimes de guerre, crimes contre l'humanité et de génocide contre les peuples du Liban et de Palestine, de même que le TPIY l'a fait dans les Balkans. Furthermore, the establishment of ICTI by the UN General Assembly would serve as a deterrent effect upon Israeli leaders such as Prime Minister Olmert, Foreign Minister Livni, Defense Minister Barak , Chief of Staff Ashkenazi and Israel’s other top generals that they will be prosecuted for their further infliction of international crimes upon the Lebanese and the Palestinians. En outre, la mise en place d'ICTI par l'Assemblée générale aurait un effet dissuasif sur les dirigeants israéliens tels que le Premier Ministre Olmert, le ministre des Affaires étrangères Livni, ministre de la Défense, Ehoud Barak, chef d'état-major ashkénaze d'Israël et d'autres hauts généraux qu'ils seront poursuivis la poursuite de leur infliger des crimes internationaux sur les Libanais et les Palestiniens. Without such a deterrent, Israel might be emboldened to attack Syria with the full support of the Likhudnik Bush Jr. Neoconservatives, who have always viewed Syria as “low-hanging fruit” ready to be taken out by means of their joint aggression. Sans une telle dissuasion, Israël serait peut-être l'audace d'attaquer la Syrie, avec le plein appui de la Likhudnik Bush Jr. néoconservateurs, qui ont toujours considéré la Syrie comme des «fruits mûrs" prêt à être prises au moyen de leur conjoint agression. If Israel attacks Syria as it did when it invaded Lebanon in 1982, Iran has vowed to come to Syria’s defense. Si Israël attaque la Syrie comme il l'a fait quand il a envahi le Liban en 1982, l'Iran a promis de venir à la défense de la Syrie. And of course Israel and the Bush Jr administration very much want a pretext to attack Iran. Et bien sûr, Israël et l'administration Bush Jr beaucoup veulent un prétexte pour attaquer l'Iran. This scenario could readily degenerate into World War III Ce scénario pourrait facilement dégénérer en guerre mondiale III For the UN General Assembly to establish ICTI could stop the further development of this momentum towards a regional if not global catastrophe. Pour l'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies à établir ICTI pourrait mettre fin à la poursuite du développement de cet élan vers une région si elle n'est pas une catastrophe mondiale. Have Your Say: An Israeli War Crimes Tribunal Have Your Say: An Israeli War Crimes Tribunal Please read our S'il vous plaît lire notre posting guidelines before posting l'affichage des lignes directrices avant de poster . Alternatively Alternativement you can discuss this report here vous pouvez discuter de ce rapport ici . Amy Goodman: Voices of Resistance Sing On Amy Goodman: La voix de la Résistance Le Sing Friday, January 2nd, 2009 Vendredi, Janvier 2, 2009
Strong voices for peace have left us this year, people who used their art for social change, often at a high personal price. Forte voix de la paix nous ont quittés cette année, les personnes qui utilisent leur art pour le changement social, souvent à un prix personnel élevé. Odetta was a legendary folk singer of the civil rights movement. Odetta est un légendaire chanteur folk du mouvement des droits civils. Considered the “Queen of American Folk Music,” Odetta introduced audiences worldwide to African-American folk, blues and gospel music. Considéré comme le "Queen of American Folk Music", Odetta présenté au public dans le monde afro-américain de folk, blues et gospel. New Year’s Eve was her birthday. New Year's Eve était son anniversaire. She would have been 78. Elle aurait été 78. When Rosa Parks was asked which songs meant the most to her, she replied, “All of the songs Odetta sings.” Quand Rosa Parks a été demandé des chansons qui signifie le plus pour elle, elle a répondu: «Toutes les chansons Odetta chante." Odetta sang “Oh, Freedom,” an African-American slave spiritual, at the 1963 March on Washington. Odetta chante "Oh, Freedom", une esclave afro-américaine spirituel, de 1963 à Mars sur Washington. Early on, she attracted the interest of Harry Belafonte and Pete Seeger. Dès le début, elle a suscité l'intérêt de Harry Belafonte et Pete Seeger. Her voice, her talent with the guitar and the natural style in which she maintained her hair—later to be dubbed “afro”—set her as an icon of the civil rights movement. Sa voix, son talent à la guitare et le style naturel dans lequel elle a maintenu ses cheveux plus tard pour être baptisé "afro"-set comme une icône du mouvement des droits civils. She told an interviewer in 2003: Elle a dit à un enquêteur en 2003: “When I first started, I would sing these prison songs … it got to a point where doing the music actually healed me … it was music from those who went before. "Quand j'ai commencé, je voudrais chanter ces chansons prison ... il a reçu à un point où faire de la musique réellement guéris-moi ... il a été la musique de ceux qui les ont précédés. The music gave them strength, and the music gave us strength to carry it on.” La musique leur a donné la force et la musique nous a donné la force à exercer sur elle. " She inspired Bernice Johnson Reagon, an early member of the SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) Freedom Singers. Elle a inspiré Bernice Johnson Reagon, un des premiers membres de la SNCC (Student Nonviolent le Comité de coordination) Freedom Singers. She had been suspended from college in Albany, Ga., for civil rights protests, then went on to Spelman College, where historian Howard Zinn and his wife, Roz, took her to folk music concerts by Joan Baez and Odetta. Elle avait été suspendu de l'université d'Albany, en Géorgie, des manifestations pour les droits civils, est ensuite passé à Spelman College, où l'historien Howard Zinn, et son épouse, Roz, l'a emmenée à des concerts de musique folk de Joan Baez et Odetta. Reagon recalls the first time she heard Odetta: Reagon rappelle la première fois, elle a entendu Odetta: “In Georgia, where I grew up in the country, the roads were built by chain-gang labor. "En Géorgie, où j'ai grandi dans le pays, les routes ont été construits par les gangs de la chaîne de travail. I knew the sound, because as the men worked, they sang. Je savais que le son, parce que les hommes travaillaient, ils ont chanté. But I never thought I’d hear it coming from a concert stage … when she sang prison songs or work songs. Mais je n'ai jamais pensé que je l'entendre venant d'un concert ... quand elle a chanté des chansons de prison ou des chants de travail. … She was just what I needed to begin my life as a freedom fighter and as a Freedom Singer.” ... Elle était exactement ce dont j'avais besoin pour commencer ma vie comme un combattant de la liberté et de la liberté Singer. " Reagon later went on to found the women’sa cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock. Reagon a plus tard pour fonder le groupe women'sa cappella Sweet Honey dans le Rock. Another great liberation singer we lost this year was Miriam Makeba of South Africa, known as “Mama Afrika.” She sang against apartheid, then went into exile for decades. Un autre grand chanteur de libération, nous avons perdu cette année a été Miriam Makeba de l'Afrique du Sud, connue sous le nom de «Mama Afrika». Elle a chanté contre l'apartheid, puis est parti en exil depuis des décennies. Belafonte helped her, too, gain recognition. Belafonte a aidée, elle aussi, obtenir la reconnaissance. In 1968, she married SNCC-leader-turned-Black-Panther Stokely Carmichael, for which she was blacklisted in the US until the 1980s. En 1968, elle a épousé SNCC-leader-turned-Black-Panther Stokely Carmichael, pour lequel elle a été la liste noire des États-Unis avant les années 1980. Soon after her death, I asked the Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu about Makeba. Peu de temps après sa mort, j'ai demandé à la lauréate du prix Nobel de la paix Desmond Tutu sur Makeba. The South African archbishop smiled: “Her singing, her voice, helped many people to know a little bit more about the vicious apartheid system. L'archevêque sud-africain a souri: «Son chant, sa voix, a aidé de nombreuses personnes d'en savoir un peu plus sur le système d'apartheid vicieux. She was just a tremendous human being, a great loss to us and to Africa.” Elle est juste un formidable être humain, une grande perte pour nous et pour l'Afrique ». Also blacklisted in 1968 was singer and actress Eartha Kitt, who died at age 81 on Christmas Day. Aussi la liste noire en 1968 a été l'actrice et chanteuse Eartha Kitt, qui est décédé à 81 ans le jour de Noël. In 1968, she was invited to a celebrity luncheon at the White House by Lady Bird Johnson, who asked Kitt about urban poverty. En 1968, elle a été invitée à un déjeuner de la célébrité à la Maison Blanche par Lady Bird Johnson, qui a demandé Kitt sur la pauvreté urbaine. Kitt replied: “You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. Kitt a répondu: "Vous envoyez le meilleur de ce pays qui doit être abattu et mutilés. They rebel in the street. Ils rebelles dans la rue. They don’t want to go to school because they’re going to be snatched off from their mothers to be shot in Vietnam.” The first lady reportedly burst into tears. Ils ne veulent pas aller à l'école parce qu'ils vont être enlevés au large de leurs mères pour être tourné au Vietnam. "La première dame aurait éclaté en sanglots. For years afterward, Kitt performed almost exclusively overseas and was investigated by the FBI and CIA. Pendant des années après, Kitt presque exclusivement outre-mer et a été examiné par le FBI et la CIA. Born out of the Deep South and South Africa, these women’s voices sang out, from concert halls to protest rallies. Né de la profondeur du Sud et l'Afrique du Sud, ces femmes ont chanté à la voix, de salles de concert à des rassemblements de protestation. Another voice we just lost sang out from the written page. Une autre voix, nous avons juste perdu du sang à la page écrite. Harold Pinter died on Christmas Eve in London. Harold Pinter est décédé la veille de Noël à Londres. Though too sick to travel to Stockholm to collect his Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005, he sent a video address: “The majority of politicians … are interested not in truth but in power. Bien trop malade pour Voyage à Stockholm pour chercher son prix Nobel de littérature en 2005, il a envoyé une vidéo l'adresse: "La majorité des hommes politiques ... sont intéressés, mais pas dans la vérité au pouvoir. … To maintain that power it is essential that people remain in ignorance. ... Pour maintenir ce pouvoir il est essentiel que les gens demeurent dans l'ignorance. … What surrounds us therefore is a vast tapestry of lies.” Pinter was referring to US policy from Guantanamo to Iraq. ... Qu'est-ce qui nous entoure est donc un vaste tissu de mensonges. "Pinter faisait allusion à la politique américaine de Guantanamo à l'Irak. As these icons are laid to rest, their voices continue to inspire millions. Comme ces icônes sont définies au repos, leurs voix continuent à inspirer des millions de personnes. Barack Obama will soon take the reins of the most powerful nation on Earth, promising change. Barack Obama prendra bientôt les rênes de la nation la plus puissante sur terre, en promettant le changement. But it will now take the actions of those millions, heeding these echoes of the past and transforming them into their own voices, to effect real change. Mais il va maintenant prendre les mesures de ces millions, en tenant compte de ces échos du passé et de les transformer en leur propre voix, d'un réel changement. Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column. Denis Moynihan recherche a contribué à cette colonne. Have Your Say: Amy Goodman: Voices of Resistance Sing On Have Your Say: Amy Goodman: La voix de la Résistance Le Sing Please read our S'il vous plaît lire notre posting guidelines before posting l'affichage des lignes directrices avant de poster . Alternatively Alternativement you can discuss this report here vous pouvez discuter de ce rapport ici . Private firm may track all email and calls Entreprise privée mai suivi de tous les courriels et les appels Friday, January 2nd, 2009 Vendredi, Janvier 2, 2009
By Par Alan Travis Travis Alan and et Richard Norton-Taylor Richard Norton-Taylor | The private sector will be asked to manage and run a communications database that will keep track of everyone’s calls, emails, texts and internet use under a key option contained in a consultation paper to be published next month by Jacqui Smith, the home secretary. Le secteur privé sera appelé à gérer et à exécuter un plan de communication de base de données qui gardera la trace de tous les appels, des courriels, des textes et l'utilisation d'Internet dans le cadre d'une option clé contenue dans un document de consultation qui sera publié le mois prochain par Jacqui Smith, secrétaire de la maison . A cabinet decision to put the management of the multibillion pound database of all UK communications traffic into private hands would be accompanied by tougher legal safeguards to guarantee against leaks and accidental data losses. Une décision du Conseil des ministres pour mettre la gestion de la base de données de plusieurs livres de toutes les communications Royaume-Uni, le trafic dans des mains privées serait accompagnée par des garanties juridiques plus strictes à la garantie contre les fuites et les pertes de données accidentelles. But in his strongest criticism yet of the superdatabase, Sir Ken Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions, who has firsthand experience of working with intelligence and law enforcement agencies, told the Guardian such assurances would prove worthless in the long run and warned it would prove a “hellhouse” of personal private information. Mais dans sa critique la plus forte encore de la superdatabase, Sir Ken Macdonald, l'ancien directeur du ministère public, qui a l'expérience de travail avec intelligence et application de la loi, a dit le Guardian ces assurances serait inutile dans le long terme et il a mis en garde prouver un "hellhouse" des informations privées. “Authorisations for access might be written into statute. «Les autorisations d'accès peut être écrite dans la loi. The most senior ministers and officials might be designated as scrutineers. La plupart des ministres et hauts fonctionnaires pourraient être désignés comme scrutateurs. But none of this means anything,” said Macdonald. Mais rien de tout cela signifie quelque chose ", a déclaré Macdonald. “All history tells us that reassurances like these are worthless in the long run. "Toute l'histoire nous dit que les assurances de ce genre sont sans valeur à long terme. In the first security crisis the locks would loosen.” Dans la première crise de la sécurité de desserrer les verrous. The home secretary postponed the introduction of legislation to set up the superdatabase in October and instead said she would publish a consultation paper in the new year setting out the proposal and the safeguards needed to protect Le secrétaire de la maison a reporté l'introduction de la législation à mettre en place les superdatabase lieu en Octobre et a indiqué qu'elle publiera un document de consultation de la nouvelle année la création de la proposition et les garanties nécessaires pour protéger civil liberties les libertés civiles . She has emphasised that communications data, which gives the police the identity and location of the caller, texter or web surfer but not the content, has been used as important evidence in 95% of serious crime cases and almost all security service operations since 2004 including the Soham and 21/7 bombing cases. Elle a souligné que les communications de données, qui donne à la police l'identité et la localisation de l'appelant, ou Texter internaute, mais pas le contenu, a été utilisé comme une preuve importante dans 95% des cas graves de criminalité et de la quasi-totalité des services de sécurité depuis 2004, y compris les opérations de la Soham et 21 / 7 cas de bombardement. Until now most communications traffic data has been held by phone companies and internet service providers for billing purposes but the growth of broadband phone services, chatrooms and anonymous online identities mean that is no longer the case. Jusqu'à présent, la plupart des données relatives au trafic des communications a été détenu par les compagnies de téléphone et les fournisseurs de services Internet à des fins de facturation, mais la croissance de la large bande, services de téléphone, de chatrooms et de l'anonymat en ligne signifie que l'identité n'est plus le cas. The Home Office’s interception modernisation programme, which is working on the superdatabase proposal, argues that it is no longer good enough for communications companies to be left to retrieve such data when requested by the police and intelligence services. Le Home Office du programme de modernisation de l'interception, qui travaille sur la proposition superdatabase, fait valoir qu'il n'est plus assez bonne pour les sociétés de communications à gauche pour récupérer ces données à la demande de la police et des services de renseignement. A Home Office spokeswoman said last night the changes were needed so law enforcement agencies could maintain their ability to tackle serious crime and terrorism. Un porte-parole du Home Office a déclaré hier soir, les changements ont été nécessaires pour l'application de la loi pourraient maintenir leur capacité à lutter contre la grande criminalité et le terrorisme. Senior Whitehall officials responsible for planning for a new database say there is a significant difference between having access to “communications data” - names and addresses of emails or telephone numbers, for example - and the actual contents of the communications. Whitehall hauts fonctionnaires chargés de la planification d'une nouvelle base de données-dire il ya une différence significative entre le fait d'avoir accès aux "données de communication" - les noms et adresses de courriers électroniques ou des numéros de téléphone, par exemple - et le contenu des communications. “We have been very clear that there are no plans for a database containing any content of emails, texts or conversations,” the spokeswoman said. "Nous avons été très clair qu'il n'y a pas de plans pour une base de données contenant tous les contenus des courriels, des textes ou des conversations", a déclaré la porte-parole. External estimates of the cost of the superdatabase have been put as high as £12bn, twice the cost of the ID cards scheme, and the consultation paper, to be published towards the end of next month, will include an option of putting it into the hands of the private sector in an effort to cut costs. Autres estimations du coût de la superdatabase ont été aussi élevé que £ 12bn, deux fois le coût du système de cartes d'identité, et le document de consultation, qui sera publié vers la fin du mois prochain, comportera une option de la mettre dans le mains du secteur privé dans un effort visant à réduire les coûts. But such a decision is likely to fuel civil liberties concerns over data losses and leaks. Mais une telle décision est susceptible d'alimenter les libertés civiles des préoccupations sur les pertes et les fuites de données. Macdonald, who left his post as DPP in October, told the Guardian: “The tendency of the state to seek ever more powers of surveillance over its citizens may be driven by protective zeal. Macdonald, qui a quitté son poste de DPP en Octobre, a dit le Guardian: «La tendance de l'État à rechercher toujours plus de pouvoirs de surveillance sur les citoyens mai être entraînée par le zèle de protection. But the notion of total security is a paranoid fantasy which would destroy everything that makes living worthwhile. Mais la notion de sécurité totale est un fantasme paranoïaque qui détruirait tout ce qui rend la vie vaut la peine. We must avoid surrendering our freedom as autonomous human beings to such an ugly future. Nous devons éviter de céder notre liberté de façon autonome des êtres humains à un tel avenir laid. We should make judgments that are compatible with our status as free people.” Nous devrions faire de jugements qui sont compatibles avec notre statut de peuple libre. " Maintaining the capacity to intercept suspicious communications was critical in an increasingly complex world, he said. Maintenir la capacité d'intercepter les communications suspectes a été critique dans un monde toujours plus complexe, dit-il. “It is a process which can save lives and bring criminals to justice. "C'est un processus qui peut sauver des vies et mettre les criminels en justice. But no other country is considering such a drastic step. Mais aucun autre pays envisage une telle mesure radicale. This database would be an unimaginable hell-house of personal private information,” he said. Cette base de données serait un enfer inimaginable maison personnelle de l'information privée ", at-il dit. “It would be a complete readout of every citizen’s life in the most intimate and demeaning detail. «Ce serait une lecture complète de chaque citoyen dans la vie la plus intime et dégradante de détails. No government of any colour is to be trusted with such a roadmap to our souls.” Aucun gouvernement, de n'importe quelle couleur est de faire confiance à une telle feuille de route pour nos âmes. " The moment there was a security crisis the temptation for more commonplace access would be irresistible, he said. Le moment où il y avait une crise de la sécurité à la tentation pour les plus courantes accès serait irrésistible, dit-il. Other critics of the plan point to the problems of keeping the database secure, both from the point of view of the technology and of deliberate leaks. D'autres critiques du régime point sur les problèmes de maintien de la base de données sécurisée, à la fois du point de vue de la technologie et de fuites délibérées. The problem would be compounded if private companies manage the system. Le problème pourrait être aggravé si les entreprises privées de gérer le système. “If there is a breach of security in that database it would be utterly devastating,” one said. "S'il ya une violation de la sécurité dans cette base de données, il serait absolument catastrophique", a déclaré un. Have Your Say: Private firm may track all email and calls Have Your Say: Private entreprise mai suivi de tous les courriels et les appels Please read our S'il vous plaît lire notre posting guidelines before posting l'affichage des lignes directrices avant de poster . Alternatively Alternativement you can discuss this report here vous pouvez discuter de ce rapport ici . Why You Should Delete Your MySpace Account Pourquoi devriez-vous supprimer votre compte MySpace Thursday, January 1st, 2009 Jeudi 1er Janvier 2009
Today I am deleting all the content from my Myspace account and leaving only this notice. Aujourd'hui, je suis de supprimer tout le contenu de mon compte MySpace et ne laissant que le présent avis. I’ve been inspired by the J'ai été inspiré par le Franklin Street Statement Déclaration de la rue Franklin and et Identi.ca and I realize that a free/libre/open source internet is still possible, but it will require us to stop supporting corporate websites such as myspace. et je me rends compte que le gratuit / libre / open source internet est encore possible, mais elle nous obligera à cesser de soutenir les sites Web tels que myspace. Here are some good reasons to delete your Myspace page, and support alternatives not run by corporations. Voici quelques bonnes raisons de supprimer votre page MySpace, et le soutien des alternatives non gérés par les sociétés. 1. I’m tired of being free labor for the Fox corporation. Je suis fatigué d'être libre du travail pour la société Fox. The right wing Fox news corporation owns myspace, and I’m not going to support them any longer by giving them my content, my writing and images and information about who my friends are, for free. L'aile droite, Fox News Corporation est propriétaire de MySpace, et je ne vais pas soutenir plus longtemps en leur donnant mon contenu, mon écriture et les images et informations sur la personne qui sont mes amis, gratuitement. I don’t support war, the way the Fox corporation has, and I don’t want to provide them with more money to spread more pro-war propaganda. Je ne soutiens pas la guerre, la manière dont la société a Fox, et je ne veux pas leur donner plus d'argent pour la propagation de propagande pro-guerre. According to their license, Myspace has full rights to use my content things like advertisements for Myspace. Selon leur licence, Myspace a pleinement le droit d'utiliser mon contenu des annonces publicitaires pour des choses comme Myspace. 2. I actually care about my friends, and don’t want to screw them over my making them a “friend” on Myspace. En fait, je garde sur mes amis, et ne veulent pas les vis au-dessus de ma faire un "ami" sur Myspace. By using myspace, I’m forcing my friends to sign up for a corporate owned, ad ridden, heteronormative web service if they want to stay in touch with me. En utilisant le myspace, je suis obliger de mes amis à s'inscrire à une société appartenant, ad proie, hétéronormateur service Web si elles veulent rester en contact avec moi. The way that we don’t want to delete our accounts because we want to stay in touch with friends or fans of our bands just shows how dependent we already are on Myspace’s corporate controlled environment. Le chemin que nous ne voulons pas supprimer nos comptes, car nous voulons rester en contact avec des amis ou de nos fans de bandes montre comment nous sommes déjà dépendants sur le Myspace de l'entreprise environnement contrôlé. We’re forced into a compulsory relationship we don’t want because we want to “keep in touch” with our friends? Nous sommes contraints à une relation obligatoire, nous ne voulons pas parce que nous voulons "rester en contact" avec nos amis? 3. I’m tired up updating so many websites because Myspace refuses to be interoperable with other websites. Je suis fatigué de tant de mise à jour de sites Web, car Myspace refuse d'être interopérable avec d'autres sites Web. Myspace and sites like it do not allow you to download your data or automatically send it to other social networking sites because they want to force you into the jail of their website. Et des sites comme Myspace, il ne vous permettent pas de télécharger automatiquement vos données ou l'envoyer à d'autres sites de réseaux sociaux parce qu'ils veulent vous forcer dans la prison de leur site Internet. Why? Pourquoi? Why don’t we demand open social networking standards and the ability to download our own content? Pourquoi ne pas ouvrir la demande de réseaux sociaux et normes de la possibilité de télécharger notre contenu? 4. I have a good Free/Libre/Open Source alternative, my own blog. J'ai une bonne Free / Libre / Open Source alternative, mon propre blog. You can read about what I’m up to at Vous pouvez vous renseigner sur ce que je suis au http://technotrannyslut.com , free of ads for bad movies and music, free of binary gender choices and heteronormative options for your relationships. , Sans les annonces de mauvais films et de musique, libre de choix binaire entre les sexes et hétéro options pour vos relations. Sites like Identi.ca provide ethical, non-corporate controlled alternatives to sites like Twitter. Sites comme Identi.ca fournir éthique, non-contrôlée des entreprises de substitution à des sites comme Twitter. You can keep up with my status on Identi.ca, and sign up for your own microblog, here: Vous pouvez suivre mon statut sur Identi.ca, et inscrivez-vous pour votre propre microblog, ici: http://identi.ca/djlotu5 Help create a well known list of alternatives like Identi.ca/Twitter , Opensim/Secondlife, if you now of any, by Aide pour créer une liste bien connue des solutions de rechange comme Identi.ca / Twitter, Opensim / Secondlife, si vous maintenant de tout, par posting a comment here poster un commentaire ici : Actually, even better than deleting your account, just delete all the content and post a notice like this one. En fait, même mieux que de supprimer votre compte, il suffit de supprimer tout le contenu et afficher un avis comme celui-ci. This is just the beginning, I’m planning on getting off of Facebook and other web services as well, and I hope you do too. Ce n'est que le début, je suis sur la planification jusqu'à l'arrêt de Facebook et d'autres services Web, ainsi, et j'espère que vous aussi. We can have an internet that is Free/Libre/Open Source, but only if we stop supporting the corporate, locked down options we’ve been using all of these years. Nous pouvons avoir un site Internet qui est Free / Libre / Open Source, mais seulement si nous cessons de soutenir l'entreprise, verrouillé options, nous avons eu recours à toutes ces années. As these services become more a part of our lives and get into our phones and our everyday communications, it is critical that we fight for our freedom. Comme ces services deviennent de plus une partie de nos vies et dans nos téléphones et nos communications de tous les jours, il est essentiel que nous nous battons pour notre liberté. The Free/Libre/Open Source movement needs to expand from just writing software, into creating networks of servers and services, like Indymedia has done for so many years. The Free / Libre / Open Source mouvement a besoin de développer à partir de l'écriture de logiciel, en créant des réseaux de serveurs et de services, comme Indymedia a fait pendant tant d'années. Software alone is not enough in a networked service ecology, where servers, cables, wireless networks, infrastructure that we all control is essential if we want freedom. Logiciels seule ne suffit pas dans un service de l'écologie en réseau, où les serveurs, les câbles, les réseaux sans fil, de l'infrastructure que nous avons tous est essentiel si nous voulons la liberté. I hope to see you back on the Free/Libre/Open Source internet. J'espère vous voir de retour sur la Free / Libre / Open Source Internet. Bye. Au revoir. Via techno tranny slut techno trans salope Have Your Say: Why You Should Delete Your MySpace Account Have Your Say: Pourquoi vous devez supprimer votre compte MySpace Please read our S'il vous plaît lire notre posting guidelines before posting l'affichage des lignes directrices avant de poster . Alternatively Alternativement you can discuss this report here vous pouvez discuter de ce rapport ici . Government considers Wales as ID card guinea pigs Gouvernement considère que la carte d'identité du pays de Galles cobayes Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Mercredi, Décembre 31, 2008
By Par Hywel Trewyn Hywel Trewyn CALLS to put Welsh on new ID cards are at last to be considered by the Government. De mettre sur Welsh nouvelles cartes d'identité sont au dernier à être examiné par le gouvernement. The U-turn follows pressure from language campaigners who say it would be an insult if English-only cards were issued in Wales. Le demi-tour de la langue suit la pression des militants qui disent que ce serait une insulte en anglais seulement, si les cartes ont été délivrées dans le pays de Galles. The Welsh Language Board yesterday welcomed an announcement that UK Border Agency officials will at least review the idea of producing bilingual cards available for Wales. Le Welsh Language Board hier, s'est félicité de l'annonce que l'Agence des frontières du Royaume-Uni au moins, l'examen de l'idée de produire des cartes bilingues disponibles pour le pays de Galles. It is a reversal on policy from earlier this year, when the Home Office said it had “no intention to include Welsh on identity cards”, arguing the language “was not an official language of the EU.” Il s'agit d'un renversement de la politique de cette année, lorsque le Home Office a déclaré qu'il n'avait "pas l'intention d'inclure le gallois sur les cartes d'identité", en faisant valoir la langue »n'est pas une langue officielle de l'UE." But the WLB has always argued including Welsh on cards issued in Wales was essential – the same as for driving licences and passports. Mais la WLB a toujours soutenu, y compris sur les cartes émises gallois au Pays de Galles était essentiel - la même que pour les permis de conduire et les passeports. And they are sending a clear message to the Government that Welsh people would see it as an insult if a Welsh option was excluded from the cards, which will eventually be distributed to every British citizen. Et ils sont l'envoi d'un message clair au gouvernement que le peuple gallois se voir comme une insulte si une option Welsh a été exclu de la carte, qui sera distribuée à chaque citoyen britannique. WLB chair Meri Huws said: “If the Welsh language does not appear on Identity Cards, I don’t believe they will reflect the true identity of the people of Wales, and their linguistic identity in particular. WLB Huws président Meri a dit: «Si la langue galloise ne figure pas sur les cartes d'identité, je ne pense pas qu'ils vont tenir compte de la véritable identité de la population du pays de Galles, et de leur identité linguistique en particulier. “Therefore it is essential that all ID cards issued in Wales are fully bilingual, as is the case with driving licences. "Par conséquent, il est essentiel que toutes les cartes d'identité délivrées au pays de Galles sont parfaitement bilingues, comme c'est le cas avec le permis de conduire. “I welcome the fact that the Home Office is now considering how to include the language on cards issued in the future, and look forward to hearing a statement on this issue soon.” "Je me réjouis du fait que le Home Office est en train d'examiner la façon d'inclure la langue sur les cartes délivrées à l'avenir, et nous attendons avec impatience d'entendre une déclaration sur cette question bientôt." And the WLB stance was supported by Caernarfon Plaid Cymru MP Hywel Williams: “The first drafts of the proposed ID cards had the Union Jack on them. Et la WLB position a été appuyée par Caernarfon Plaid Cymru MP Hywel Williams: "Les premières ébauches du projet de cartes d'identité a eu l'Union Jack sur eux. This would have been wholly unacceptable to people living in Wales. Cela aurait été tout à fait inacceptable pour les personnes vivant dans le pays de Galles. I understand now there’s not going to be the Union flag.” Je comprends maintenant, il ne va pas être de l'Union flag. " Mr Williams has tabled a number of questions asking the Government what steps have they taken to provide bilingual ID cards in Wales and the rest of the UK and for Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy about which steps he has taken to guarantee that Welsh will be on the cards. M. Williams a présenté un certain nombre de questions demandant au gouvernement quelles mesures ont-elles prises pour fournir des cartes d'identité bilingues au Pays de Galles et dans le reste du Royaume-Uni et aux Pays de Galles Secrétaire Paul Murphy sur les mesures qu'il a prises pour garantir que les Gallois seront sur les cartes . Now, following a consultation period, it seems there is a glimmer of hope that they will be bilingual. Maintenant, après une période de consultation, il semble qu'il y ait une lueur d'espoir qu'ils soient bilingues. A UK Border Agency spokesperson said: “There will be no Welsh headings on the first wave of identity cards to be issued to workers in critical locations in Manchester and London City airports. Un porte-parole de l'Agence des frontières du Royaume-Uni a déclaré: "Il n'y aura pas de Welsh rubriques de la première vague de cartes d'identité qui sera délivré aux travailleurs dans des endroits de Londres et de Manchester City aéroports. International Civil Aviation Organisation rules state that travel documents must have headings written in English and French. Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale, les règles stipulent que les documents doivent avoir Voyage rubriques écrites en anglais et en français. “As we roll out ID cards across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, we will review the inclusion of Welsh on the cards.” "Comme nous le déploiement de cartes d'identité à travers l'Angleterre, le Pays de Galles, Ecosse et Irlande du Nord, nous allons examiner l'inclusion des gallois sur les cartes." A previous linguistic battle was won after the census was forced to include a Welsh tick box for Welsh people. Un précédent linguistique bataille a été gagnée après le recensement a été obligé d'inclure une case pour les Gallois Gallois. The first identity cards were distributed to foreign residents living in the UK last month and will then be distributed to the general population of the UK in stages, dependent upon status, over the next three years. Les premières cartes d'identité ont été distribués à des étrangers résidant au Royaume-Uni le mois dernier et sera ensuite distribué à l'ensemble de la population du Royaume-Uni, par étapes, dépendant de l'état, au cours des trois prochaines années. People working in “sensitive” jobs like at airport employees will be given the cards first, then young people who want them from 2010 and from 2011 they will be available to everyone. Les personnes travaillant dans les "sensibles" comme l'emploi des employés à l'aéroport sera donnée les cartes d'abord, puis les jeunes qui le souhaitent à partir de 2010 et de 2011, ils seront à la disposition de tous. Have Your Say: Government considers Wales as ID card guinea pigs Have Your Say: Le gouvernement estime que la carte d'identité du pays de Galles cobayes Please read our S'il vous plaît lire notre posting guidelines before posting l'affichage des lignes directrices avant de poster . Alternatively Alternativement you can discuss this report here vous pouvez discuter de ce rapport ici . 1978: Labour opposed ID cards to curb illegal immigration 1978: Travail opposition des cartes d'identité pour freiner l'immigration clandestine Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Mercredi, Décembre 31, 2008
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The comments were in a draft statement due to be given to the Commons by Merlyn Rees, the Home Secretary, who wrote that the introduction of identity cards “would require major changes in practices and powers reaching far beyond immigration control”. Les commentaires ont été dans un projet de déclaration qui doit être donnée à la Chambre des communes par Merlyn Rees, le Home Secretary, qui a écrit que l'introduction de cartes d'identité ", il faudrait des changements majeurs dans les pratiques et les pouvoirs bien au-delà du contrôle de l'immigration". He added: “In the past such changes have been contemplated only in war: the Government does not believe they could be justified on immigration grounds alone.” Il a ajouté: "Dans le passé, de telles modifications ont été envisagées seulement en temps de guerre: le gouvernement ne pense pas qu'ils puissent être justifiées par des motifs d'immigration seul." The comments were later edited out of the final speech he delivered to the House, as a struggling Labour Government tried to resist the calls from Opposition leader Margaret Thatcher for more draconian measures to tackle illegal immigration. Les commentaires ont ensuite été supprimés de la version finale du discours qu'il a prononcé à la Chambre, comme une lutte du gouvernement travailliste a tenté de résister à la demande du chef de l'opposition de Margaret Thatcher pour plus de mesures draconiennes pour lutter contre l'immigration clandestine. In a secret discussion between Prime Minister Callaghan and the Whips on March 8 1978, a Downing Street aide wrote: “It was claimed that many Asian immigrants were very frightened. Dans une discussion secrète entre le Premier ministre et les whips Callaghan le 8 Mars 1978, une aide de Downing Street a écrit: "Il a été affirmé que de nombreux immigrants asiatiques ont été très peur. “There was bitter opposition to the tactics adopted by Mrs Thatcher… and that resentment should be exploited by the Government.” "Il était amer opposition à la tactique adoptée par Mme Thatcher ... et que le ressentiment doivent être exploités par le gouvernement." Ministers stuck by their pledge not to introduce quotas on immigration as they did not want the “objectionable” measure of requiring everyone to carry identification papers. Les ministres ont bloqué par leur engagement à ne pas introduire des quotas sur l'immigration comme ils ne voulaient pas que le "inacceptable" mesure de demander à chacun d'effectuer des papiers d'identité. The confidential Government documents also discussed ways to expose “the fraudulent nature of Mrs Thatcher’s approach”, although a personal note written by Mr Callaghan warned that the Government’s response to Select Committee recommendations was too lacklustre. Les documents confidentiels du gouvernement a également examiné les moyens de dénoncer "la nature frauduleuse de l'approche de Mme Thatcher», même si une note personnelle écrite de M. Callaghan a prévenu que la réponse du gouvernement aux recommandations du Comité de Sélection est trop molle. He said: “We seemed to be accepting few recommendations – mostly ones to do nothing.” Il a déclaré: "Nous nous semble être d'accepter quelques recommandations - surtout ceux qui ne font rien." Have Your Say: 1978: Labour opposed ID cards to curb illegal immigration Have Your Say: 1978: Labour opposition des cartes d'identité pour freiner l'immigration clandestine Please read our S'il vous plaît lire notre posting guidelines before posting l'affichage des lignes directrices avant de poster . Alternatively Alternativement you can discuss this report here vous pouvez discuter de ce rapport ici . US, Japanese Researchers Mix Samples of 1918 Flu Pandemic to Recreate Deadly Code États-Unis, des chercheurs japonais Mix échantillons de 1918 en cas de pandémie de grippe Recreate Deadly Code Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 Mardi 30 Décembre 2008
Lori Price Lori Prix Researchers recreate 1918 flu pandemic virus 1918 chercheurs de recréer le virus de la grippe pandémique – Why? - Pourquoi? And, why is no one *asking* why? 29 Dec 2008 Researchers have found out what made the 1918 flu pandemic so deadly — a group of three genes that lets the virus invade the lungs and cause pneumonia. They mixed samples of the 1918 influenza strain with modern seasonal flu viruses to find the three genes and said their study might help in the development of new flu drugs. Et, pourquoi pas demander un * * pourquoi? 29 décembre 2008 Les chercheurs ont découvert ce qui fait de 1918, afin de pandémie de grippe mortelle - un groupe de trois gènes qui permet au virus d'envahir les poumons et causer une pneumonie. Ils ont mélangé des échantillons de la grippe 1918 souche de virus de la grippe saisonnière moderne pour trouver les gènes et les trois ont déclaré que leur étude pourrait aider dans le développement de nouveaux médicaments grippe. The discovery, published in Tuesday’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could also point to mutations that might turn ordinary flu into a dangerous pandemic strain . La découverte, publiée dans l'édition de mardi les travaux de l'Académie nationale des Sciences, pourraient également à des mutations qui pourraient transformer la grippe ordinaire, dans une dangereuse souche pandémique. Most flu experts agree that a pandemic of influenza will almost certainly strike again. La plupart des experts s'accordent à dire que la grippe d'une pandémie de grippe aura presque certainement frapper à nouveau. No one knows when [the US unleashes it] or what strain it will be but one big suspect now is the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Nul ne sait quand [les Etats-Unis, il déclenche] ou de ce que la souche, mais il sera un grand suspect est maintenant le virus H5N1 de la grippe aviaire. US and Japanese researchers crack flu pandemic’s deadly code États-Unis et les chercheurs japonais de crack de pandémie de grippe mortelle code 30 Dec 2008 The genetic code that made the 1918 killer flu so deadly has finally been cracked, claim US and Japanese researchers, who say their discovery may lead to new drugs able to keep foment future outbreaks in check. By experimenting with genetic material recovered from preserved lung tissues of three victims of the so-called Spanish influenza, a team led by virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka claims the virus landed a lethal one-two punch. First, it disrupted normal immune reactions, as previously known. But then it infected its victims’ lungs with deadly consequences. Ordinary flu bugs infect just the nose and throat.
Have Your Say: US, Japanese Researchers Mix Samples of 1918 Flu Pandemic to Recreate Deadly Code Please read our posting guidelines before posting . Alternatively you can discuss this report here . Fisk: Leaders Lie, Civilians Die, and Lessons of History are Ignored Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
The Independent - We’ve got so used to the carnage of the Middle East that we don’t care any more – providing we don’t offend the Israelis. It’s not clear how many of the Gaza dead are civilians, but the response of the Bush administration, not to mention the pusillanimous reaction of Gordon Brown, reaffirm for Arabs what they have known for decades: however they struggle against their antagonists, the West will take Israel’s side. As usual, the bloodbath was the fault of the Arabs – who, as we all know, only understand force. Ever since 1948, we’ve been hearing this balderdash from the Israelis – just as Arab nationalists and then Arab Islamists have been peddling their own lies: that the Zionist “death wagon” will be overthrown, that all Jerusalem will be “liberated”. And always Mr Bush Snr or Mr Clinton or Mr Bush Jnr or Mr Blair or Mr Brown have called upon both sides to exercise “restraint” – as if the Palestinians and the Israelis both have F-18s and Merkava tanks and field artillery. Hamas’s home-made rockets have killed just 20 Israelis in eight years, but a day-long blitz by Israeli aircraft that kills almost 300 Palestinians is just par for the course. The blood-splattering has its own routine. Yes, Hamas provoked Israel’s anger, just as Israel provoked Hamas’s anger, which was provoked by Israel, which was provoked by Hamas, which … See what I mean? Hamas fires rockets at Israel, Israel bombs Hamas, Hamas fires more rockets and Israel bombs again and … Got it? And we demand security for Israel – rightly – but overlook this massive and utterly disproportionate slaughter by Israel. It was Madeleine Albright who once said that Israel was “under siege” – as if Palestinian tanks were in the streets of Tel Aviv. By last night, the exchange rate stood at 296 Palestinians dead for one dead Israeli. Back in 2006, it was 10 Lebanese dead for one Israeli dead. This weekend was the most inflationary exchange rate in a single day since – the 1973 Middle East War? The 1967 Six Day War? The 1956 Suez War? The 1948 Independence/Nakba War? It’s obscene, a gruesome game – which Ehud Barak, the Israeli Defence Minister, unconsciously admitted when he spoke this weekend to Fox TV. “Our intention is to totally change the rules of the game,” Barak said. Exactly. Only the “rules” of the game don’t change. This is a further slippage on the Arab-Israeli exchanges, a percentage slide more awesome than Wall Street’s crashing shares, though of not much interest in the US which – let us remember – made the F-18s and the Hellfire missiles which the Bush administration pleads with Israel to use sparingly. Quite a lot of the dead this weekend appear to have been Hamas members, but what is it supposed to solve? Is Hamas going to say: “Wow, this blitz is awesome – we’d better recognise the state of Israel, fall in line with the Palestinian Authority, lay down our weapons and pray we are taken prisoner and locked up indefinitely and support a new American ‘peace process’ in the Middle East!” Is that what the Israelis and the Americans and Gordon Brown think Hamas is going to do? Yes, let’s remember Hamas’s cynicism, the cynicism of all armed Islamist groups. Their need for Muslim martyrs is as crucial to them as Israel’s need to create them. The lesson Israel thinks it is teaching – come to heel or we will crush you – is not the lesson Hamas is learning. Hamas needs violence to emphasise the oppression of the Palestinians – and relies on Israel to provide it. A few rockets into Israel and Israel obliges. Not a whimper from Tony Blair, the peace envoy to the Middle East who’s never been to Gaza in his current incarnation. Not a bloody word. We hear the usual Israeli line. General Yaakov Amidror, the former head of the Israeli army’s “research and assessment division” announced that “no country in the world would allow its citizens to be made the target of rocket attacks without taking vigorous steps to defend them”. Quite so. But when the IRA were firing mortars over the border into Northern Ireland, when their guerrillas were crossing from the Republic to attack police stations and Protestants, did Britain unleash the RAF on the Irish Republic? Did the RAF bomb churches and tankers and police stations and zap 300 civilians to teach the Irish a lesson? No, it did not. Because the world would have seen it as criminal behaviour. We didn’t want to lower ourselves to the IRA’s level. Yes, Israel deserves security. But these bloodbaths will not bring it. Not since 1948 have air raids protected Israel. Israel has bombed Lebanon thousands of times since 1975 and not one has eliminated “terrorism”. So what was the reaction last night? The Israelis threaten ground attacks. Hamas waits for another battle. Our Western politicians crouch in their funk holes. And somewhere to the east – in a cave? a basement? on a mountainside? – a well-known man in a turban smiles. Have Your Say: Fisk: Leaders Lie, Civilians Die, and Lessons of History are Ignored Please read our posting guidelines before posting . Alternatively you can discuss this report here . The Qassam rockets myths Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
I warned you months ago: the magic word is ‘Sderot’ . Any amount of barbarism can be justified by the frankly risible rocket attacks on southern Israel. The Israeli propaganda line, repeated with dogged fanaticism by its apologists everywhere, is that Israel performed an immense act of goodness in withdrawing its colonies from Gaza, and the native ingrates actually responded by sending a spray of Qassam rockets aloft in celebration. To add insult to injury, the bleeders even used former ’settlement’ buildings to launch the rockets from. Such beliefs have to be encouraged to justify such outrageous proposals as the levelling of Gaza . Before this gets out of hand and people start using the rockets to justify some sort of “holocaust” , let us at least bear the facts in mind for a while. The Qassam rockets were being used as one component of an array of military tactics deployed by Gazan groups before the pull-out, the Gush Katif colonies being the prominent target. This was a response to a wave of violence and expulsions in which, for example, 13,350 residents of Rafah had their homes and life belongings destroyed in the year preceding the withdrawal, courtesy of Israeli tanks and Caterpillar bulldozers. Parts of Gaza came to resemble Grozny. The Israelis frequently attacked ambulances, at one point using the argument that UNRWA had allowed Qassam rockets to be loaded on board one such vehicle (this turned out to be a lie, but it is still repeated on many a media outlet and website). The vast majority of casualties from their use date back to the period of formal colonialism. After the withdrawal, the rate at which these were used diminished dramatically. Their use has spiked in response to serial atrocities against Palestinians, such as the slaughter of the Ghaliya family on the Gaza beach, (in which Hamas broke an eighteen month unilateral ceasefire ). There were few such rockets fired during the six-month ceasefire, even though Israel didn’t respect its terms, but their use was increased again as Israel broke the truce on November 4th (burn that date into your brain and remember it next time someone tells you that those nasty Hamas thugs wouldn’t renew the ceasefire). Now, there are legitimate arguments about both the efficacy and ethics of using such weapons. To my mind, they have very little going for them as a tactic of resistance. But the apparently widespread belief that Qassam rockets are the vindictive and jubilant response of sneering Palestinian jihadists to Israeli mushiness is not justified by any evidence. In fact, if the aim were truly to end Qassam rocket fire, the logical option would to be engage in a unilateral ceasefire and invite Hamas to enter into a process of dialogue. But that brings us to another myth, the myth of Hamas rejectionism, which is for another post. Have Your Say: The Qassam rockets myths Please read our posting guidelines before posting . Alternatively you can discuss this report here . What Will Obama Do About Cannabis? Monday, December 29th, 2008
By NORM KENT He picked for Vice President one of the major architects of the Drug War. He picked for Chief of Staff one of the chief opponents of medical marijuana. He is talking about picking for the Drug Czar spot a conservative candidate who has been a congressional leader fighting drug reform. He has promised to put an end to raids on medical dispensaries in California, but he has not said he will broadly support the Hinchey-Rohrbacher Amendment which would let states decide the issue. He has moved from once supporting marijuana decriminalization to publishing comments that he cannot overuse ‘political capital’ on the issue. He has now appointed for Attorney General a candidate who has a long history of opposing drug policy reforms and who has in court supported mandatory minimum sentencing and civil forfeiture. Allen St. Pierre, the Executive Director of NORML, summed it up best about Mr. Obama’s appointments thus far: “So Far, Not So Good:” His thought-provoking article appears on the NORML.com website at its blog. From summarizing why the selection of Joe Biden as Vice President caused him ‘digestive tumult’ to tracing Rahm Emanuel’s anti-drug policies for the past decade, the article captures a snapshot of what was routine politics as usual for the players soon to be in power. When it comes to our 44th President, some of his positions on marijuana were once encouraging. But as Mr. Obama has moved towards the national limelight, there is a new found frustration for reformers. It seems the President to be is moving from the left to the middle. And as Loudon Wainwright once wrote in a popular song, the only things you see in the middle of the road are dead skunks and yellow lines. Still, I am not alarmed yet. It is way too early, and there is still room and reason for optimism. Commencing your administration in the face of a national economic crisis at home while American soldiers are at war abroad can focus your priorities on other issues outside the need for weed. We have seen what happened to Bill Clinton when he tried, too early in his administration, to advance the cause of gay rights by banning discrimination against homosexuals in the military. He started a firestorm which burnt up valuable first months of his presidency. We do know this though, and it is a challenging start. Rather decisively, on the official administration website, at www.change.gov , the following statement appears: President-elect Obama is not in favor of the legalization of marijuana. What can we then expect of Mr. Obama once he becomes President? I think there are many encouraging things. First, in his past he has acknowledged the broad failures of the drug war, declaring in 2004 that it was an “utter failure” which needs to be rethought. Second, as an African-American in an urban community, few people will be as sensitive as Mr. Obama to the exhaustive legal toll this drug war exacts on minority communities. The arrests come quicker, the prosecutions are more frequent, and the sentences are longer. Drug arrests have been tools to deny poor people driver’s licenses, scholarships and federal welfare benefits, causing innocuous conduct to endure catastrophic consequences for otherwise decent people. Third, the President is ‘with it’. His telling comments to a group of students when asked whether he ‘inhaled’ marijuana were “Of course, I thought that was the whole purpose.” Those remarks are a reflection of the candor and commitment of Mr. Obama to address the issue in a new light. He did not play a game of Clintonian holier-than-thou cover-up. With the same self-deprecating qualities that he shared with the nation when he called himself a ‘mutt,’ Mr. Obama implied in tone and substance that marijuana may not be as bad as we have been hearing from the government for too many decades. Last week, the website Change.gov asked the public to provide them with a list of the top public policy questions facing America. Visitors to the site were then asked to vote on which questions should take priority for the incoming administration. After receiving nearly 100,000 total votes on more than 10,000 separate public policy issues, the most widely voted on question for Obama is: “Will you consider legalizing marijuana so that the government can regulate it, tax it, put age limits on it, and create millions of new jobs and create a billion dollar industry right here in the US” Maybe Rahm Emanuel has turned a corner as well. Rahm is politically smart if nothing else, so I hope that he’ll follow his boss’ lead in the area of criminal justice reforms. Also, to his credit, after voting years against Hinchey-Rohrbacher Amendment in 2007, as member of Congress from Illinois, Rahm voted in favor of holding back federal funding from law enforcement (read DEA) to raid or harass medical marijuana cultivators and dispensaries. I know I have been unsuccessful in getting my own liberal Congresswoman from South Florida, Debbie Wasserman-Schulz, to even support this effort. Maybe Mr. Emanuel will influence her and dozens of others. It will take leadership from the oval office. That can only happen when the people in office are looked upon as enlightened reformers rather than being weak on crime. Politically, I know such polls as the one the administration inaugurated here are instrumental in turning mindsets. If we can show politicians that it is ‘safe’ to support drug reform, even popular, we can suddenly find them on our side. To their credit, outstanding philanthropists like Peter Lewis and George Soros have been national leaders in helping bring public opinion out of the closet. These are men whose voices may be heard by the new administration. And I am here for them too if they need me. My number is listed. So too is Barney Frank, the influential Massachusetts congressman who has long supported decriminalization legislation. The truth is that people who support decriminalization have always been a silent majority afraid to speak out. But give them a secret ballot box, and in state after state, you see massive support for medical marijuana and a more enlightened approach to marijuana reform. Perhaps the President, in his own unique disarming way, can lead a new path. He has surrounded himself with educated leaders who also have been willing to speak candidly in favor of decriminalization including new Cabinet nominee Bill Richardson. We do not need a new Drug Czar, either. This is America. Czars are for Russia. What we need is the appointment of an educator, a scientist, a doctor, a constitutional rights lawyer to pave the way to a new era of drug enlightenment. At the last NORML Board of Directors meeting, one issue we raised was one many of us within the drug reform movement can support. It has been three decades since the Shafer Commission released its national study on marijuana, which Nixon immediately trashed. Perhaps a new Blue Ribbon Commission, with decades more research behind it, and years of medical marijuana evidence, can look into new recommendations for the 21st century. On one hand, such a Presidential panel would buy time for the new administration to get settled in with more pressing priorities. But it would also give drug reformers a national platform to address so many issues that have been, forgive me, cultivated- since the Shafer Commission, from forfeiture laws to raids on dispensaries, from the THC content of marijuana to medicinal initiatives. It is time to look again at marijuana with a scholarly and clinical eye instead of with SWAT teams and law enforcement raids. Correspondingly, it is also time for the national drug reform organizations to speak with a singular voice and work together for a common purpose. There needs to be a unity of purpose, and leaders from the Marijuana Policy Project, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, the Drug Policy Alliance, Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, and a host of other respected reform organizations, too many to mention here, should hold their own meeting to develop a common theme with a collective initiative. We need to work together to send a message that is enlightened and progressive, convincing legislators and the executive branch that we are responsible and right.. The drug reform movement needs to act in a way that President-elect Obama has asked all of us to move towards: not to be tied to the politics of the past and the way things have always been done, but to engage hope by broadening our constituency and reaching out to others. Within the drug reform movement, fratricide must come to an end. We must bury the hatchet on our own rivalries, and move forward with a common purpose. We defeat ourselves by ourselves when we do not. Our cause is just, and our goals have always been righteous. We may have only ourselves to blame if we cannot achieve now what we have fought so long for. I would say our time is now, but I thought that in 1976 when the Attorney General of the United States, then Ramsey Clark, said we should see an end to unjust marijuana laws before the end of the decade. I think we are overdue. Together, let us do better than we have already done. We have a President who is willing to listen, a Congress that is willing to learn, and a public that is salivating for a better solution. Norm Kent is a criminal defense lawyer from Fort Lauderdale who serves on the Board of Directors for NORML www.norml.com He can be reached at Norm@normkent.com , and his law office website is www.normkent.com Have Your Say: What Will Obama Do About Cannabis? Please read our posting guidelines before posting . Alternatively you can discuss this report here . Chávez: Capitalists Have Manipulated the Message of Christ to Exploit the Poor Monday, December 29th, 2008
By Venezolana de Televisión “The Kingdom of Heaven is not a kingdom or life in the clouds. Either it exists here or else it exists nowhere,” President Chávez issued a wake-up call during the last Sunday program of 2008. “It’s on earth, and that is why Christ came here and was born among the poor, in the manger.” The head of state in Venezuela noted that the capitalist system throughout its history has distorted Jesus’s message to the poor about the Kingdom of Heaven, with the sole purpose of exploiting the impoverished majorities in favor of the minorities who enjoy the wealth of the world. The Christ child was born on earth, poor and human, to fight and make this planet truly the kingdom of heaven, of equality and justice, not to be poor in life and to win glory in the afterlife, Comandante Chávez said during the last Aló Presidente broadcast of the year, speaking from El Valle where he inaugurated a new People’s Clinic. “The message of Christ, who said the Kingdom of Heaven is that of the poor, has been very often manipulated. In this way they have for centuries manipulated the poor of the world, to make them quietly accept exploitation.” “Christ was born to call on us to create, here on earth, the Kingdom of Love,” Chávez explained, adding that this kingdom has no other name than socialism. The president reminded the audience that socialism comes from what is social, as capitalism proceeds from capital. “Socialism is the doctrine, science, of development of what is social. Capitalism is the immoral art, science, and technology of development of capital or growth of capital — (for capitalism) what matters is that even while people die of hunger capitalists accumulate capital.” The president stressed that therein lies the key to understanding the confrontation that began again, in which Venezuela has become the center of the battle between socialists and capitalists, “between people becoming more politically conscious every day and those who exploited them forever.” He said that that is why the issue of the constitutional amendment is of vital importance as it will allow Venezuela to go farther on the socialist path, the truly human and democratic path, for the happiness of the Venezuelan people. To conclude the last Aló Presidente of the year, the president wished the best for Venezuelan families, urging them to enjoy Christmas and New Year’s Eve with love, moderation, and simplicity so they can continue in 2009 the work of making Venezuela a great nation of justice and equality. Have Your Say: Chávez: Capitalists Have Manipulated the Message of Christ to Exploit the Poor Please read our posting guidelines before posting . Alternatively you can discuss this report here . Over 300 Killed in Gaza as Attacks Continue Monday, December 29th, 2008
The first day of what Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak assures us will be a “long and difficult” war in the Gaza Strip has come and gone, leaving at least 300 Gazans dead , over 700 wounded, and one Israeli civilian killed and four wounded in retaliatory strikes . The number of Gaza civilians dead is not currently known, but the attacks centered around police stations and killed a large number of Palestinian security forces. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak hit out at calls to cease the attacks and renew the ceasefire, saying “ for us to be asked to have a ceasefire with Hamas is like asking you to have a ceasefire with al-Qaeda .” Except of course that up until a week ago Israel did have a six month long ceasefire with Hamas which Minister Barak repeatedly defended from the more hawkish opposition members. But the time for an unpopular peace is over in Israel, and police are being dispatched to crack down on those protesting against the unpopular war that has followed. Meanwhile, as Gazans count their dead and tend to their wounded in a chaotic scene , Hamas and the assorted militant factions that reside in the strip are vowing revenge. Hamas says “ all options are open ” in responding to the attacks, while Islamic Jihad is ordering all its fighters to respond to “ the Israeli slaughter .” Those still calling for peace between the belligerent factions appear for now to have little traction, and the war is liable to continue to escalate. Have Your Say: Over 300 Killed in Gaza as Attacks Continue Please read our posting guidelines before posting . Alternatively you can discuss this report here . Related News
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