Daily Archives: March 2, 2008 »
SOCPA Demo Pics & Report
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
Read More »UK: Attack on Iran, big mistake
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
Read More »The Lies of the Drug War
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
Read More »Review: Notes from the Borderland
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
Read More »Council rules out ‘unlawful’ CCTV
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
Read More »Horrifying and unnecessary mistreatment of prisoners
Herald Tribune In the next few days, President George W. Bush is expected to again claim the right to order mistreatment of prisoners that any civilized person would regard as torture. Bush is planning
Read More »Saudi Arabia accuses Israel of ‘Nazi war crimes’
Daily Mail US ally Saudi Arabia compared Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip to Nazi war crimes on Sunday and called on the international community to stop what it called the “mass killings” of
Read More »Hypocrite Bush Talks About Double Standards
The US President condemns leaders who ‘sit down at the table’ with ‘tyrants’ and ‘have pictures taken’ for adopting double standards. “What’s lost by embracing a tyrant who puts his people in prison because
Read More »Israelis kill 60 in Gaza offensive
The death toll of the Israeli assault on Gaza rises to 60 people on Saturday, marking it the deadliest day of fighting in the coastal region. Palestinian IMEMC news website quoted head of Gaza’s
Read More »Wikileaks back on the Web
Case that riled privacy advocates turns on unrelated technicalities By Jaikumar Vijayan In a move sure to be welcomed by privacy and civil rights advocates, a California District Court judge on Friday lifted a previous permanent
Read More »A McCain Presidency Guarantees a Military Draft?
Paul Abrams John McCain tells us that he is not a very good economist. It brings to mind the old joke that the definition of an economist is someone who is good with numbers
Read More »UN rejects British denial on rendition
Indian Ocean atoll Diego Garcia was used to hold US suspects, human rights investigator claims Jamie Doward Britain’s denials that its territories have been used for ‘extraordinary rendition’ were dramatically undermined last night after
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