4 marzo 2008
9/11s multiplo giornaliere dell'anno: Perchè è ci nessuna guerra con questo terrore?
Da Shreeram Krishnaswami
“Un altro bambino morirà nel tempo che prende per leggere questa frase. E la morte di quel bambino, un bambino che ha avuto un nome e una personalità, una famiglia e un futuro, è un rimprovero a tutta l'umanità. […]
Inviato dentro Activism, Rompersi, Generalità, Diritti dell'uomo |
4 marzo 2008
Progetto di clima dell'allievo
Tutti sono invitati a partecipare ad un'azione totale contro i prezzi salenti di trasporto pubblico domenica il 20 aprile. Consigliamo alla gente da tutti i settori ai treni del bordo nei terminali centrali de Londra, rifiutanti di pagare il prezzo. La gente convergerà insieme ai terminali a circa 1pm. L'azione […]
Inviato dentro Activism, Environmental, Breaking, General |
March 4th, 2008
Israel has pulled back its troops from the Gaza Strip with an army spokesman saying that military operations in the territory were “winding down”.
The move came after an intense Israeli assault that killed eight more Palestinians overnight on Monday, adding to the more than 100 people killed in the past six days.
The Israeli army spokesman […]
Posted in War & Terrorism |
March 3rd, 2008
icWales
THE UK Government is set to miss its target of halving the number of children living in poverty by around one million, MPs warn today.
The Commons Work and Pensions Committee said that it was still possible to turn the situation around before the target date of 2010 – but only if ministers were prepared to […]
Posted in Political |
March 3rd, 2008
SchNEWS looks at how corporations and governments are limiting and controlling the varieties of crops grown…
Last week, in France, the independent seed-saving and selling Association Kokopelli were fined €35,000 after being taken to court by corporate seed merchant Baumaux. Their crime was selling traditional and rare seed varieties which weren’t on the official EU-approved […]
Posted in Business, Environmental, Breaking, General |
March 3rd, 2008
Nicol Stephen told the Scottish Liberal Democrat conference at the weekend that they must hold hard to the defining liberal issue of civil liberties.
Labour threatened to erode these through detention without trial, DNA databases, ID cards, biometrics, CCTV and stop-and-search powers, he told delegates in Aviemore.He said: “Our approach is founded on a fundamental principle […]
Posted in Surveillance, Human Rights |
March 3rd, 2008
BY SHAUN JEPSON
A Former Derbyshire Deputy Chief Constable, who established the national DNA police database, believes genetic samples should be taken from everyone at birth.
Don Dovaston, pictured, also said that immigrants should have their DNA recorded.
He believes the benefits of a universal database far outweigh any human rights issues. Mr Dovaston said not only did […]
Posted in Surveillance, General, Human Rights |
March 3rd, 2008
APP
The top UN human rights official, reacting to the recent violence between Israel and the Palestinians,has called for an investigation into the reported killing of dozens of civilians, including children, in Gaza by Israeli military.
While recognizing Israel’s right to defend itself, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour condemned the Israeli Defence Force’s “disproportionate […]
Posted in War & Terrorism |
March 3rd, 2008
Ben Griffin speaks to World Against War rally before being gagged by UK Government
Stop the War
“As of 1940hrs 29/02/08 I have been placed under an injunction preventing me from speaking publicly and publishing material gained as a result of my service in UKSF (SAS).
I will be continuing to collect evidence and opinion on British Involvement […]
Posted in Activism, Multimedia, General |
March 3rd, 2008
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Posted in Activism, Political |
March 2nd, 2008
Indymedia
SOCPA placard outside the National Gallery
Demonstrators in Trafalgar Square
Officer attempts to impede photography during stop and search, Whitehall
Peace Protesters, Parliament Square
SOCPA placard and Big Ben
Disproportionate policing was the name of the game in Westminster on Saturday, where hundreds if not thousands of police were on duty over the area in an obvious attempt to avoid […]
Posted in Activism, Breaking, General |
March 2nd, 2008
British lawmakers say ‘Washington and allies’ should not use force on Iran cautioning it could ‘provoke an extremely violent backlash’.
“Any military strike against Iran would have ‘grave repercussions’ for the Middle East,” The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee said in a Sunday report.
In its ‘Global Security: Iran’ report, the select committee also […]
Posted in War & Terrorism |
March 2nd, 2008
One war appears to be going well for the United States and its allies these days: the drug war.
That was the lead in dozens of U.S. newspapers in response to a June 2007 United Nations report claiming that U.S. drug policy has led to a substantial decline in illicit drug use. Chances are the author […]
Posted in Breaking, General |
March 2nd, 2008
Reviewed by Brian Precious | SPECTREZINE
Is Notes from the Borderland (NFB) a magazine or a series of pamphlets? One could be forgiven for thinking the latter, since the first issue of this very substantial magazine came out in the Winter of 1997, and the latest issue, issue 8 , only came out last year. This […]
Posted in Activism, Reviews, General |
March 2nd, 2008
The Telegraph
A council has decided not to install CCTV cameras in a crime-ridden area on the grounds they would “contravene the Human Rights Act”.
John Steele: Keeping an eye on CCTV
Over the past year, anti-social behaviour has soared in the South Hams area of south Devon. But the local authority claims that the cameras would breach […]
Posted in Surveillance |
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