Monthly Archives: May 2008 »
Students Denied Legal Aid
SchNews | Reckon students are all bone-idle skiving filth who haven’t even got the wit to tie their shoelaces properly? Well then you’d be in disagreement with Judge Parsons (of Brighton magistrates). He’s just
Read More »Over 60% of People Do Not Trust the Government
By Mick Meaney – RINF Breaking News | A poll conducted by the World Public Opinion (WPO) has found that over 60% of the population of Great Britain and the United States do not trust
Read More »Lorry drivers to shut down London roads in protest
Lorry drivers are to pour into London tomorrow for what organisers hope will be the largest-ever fuel duty protest in the capital. Hauliers are angry at soaring fuel prices which have resulted in the
Read More »Tories pledge to curb use of CCTV cameras
By James Kirkup | Mr Davis told the Society of Conservative Lawyers that the widespread use of closed circuit television (CCTV) risks infringing civil liberties. He proposed new rules on the use of CCTV
Read More »Path Intelligence – Phorm for shopping centres?
Spy Blog | Just in case you thought that Phorm was the only threat to your privacy, here is an example of similar “no opt out” snooping technology being installed in the infrastructure of
Read More »Concerns grow over snooping watchdog
By Michael Peel | Britain may have sleepwalked into a surveillance society, but you would not know that from the watchdog supposed to stop it happening. Seven-and-a-half years and more than 600 cases into
Read More »‘We Are Stuck’ With Guantanamo, Gates Says
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who last year said he would look for ways to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison, has told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee that his inter-agency effort has been
Read More »Indictment and Trial of Bush and Cheney
By David Swanson | Remarks made on May 24, 2008, in Radford, Va., at the Building a New World Conference: http://www.wpaconference.org. In a December 31, 2007, editorial, the New York Times faulted the current
Read More »The War on Drugs – ’30 Years of Failure’
Radley Balko | HBO’s critically acclaimed drama The Wire wrapped up its final season in March. The show has been widely praised for its raw and cynical realism, its huge cast of multidimensional characters
Read More »Indymedia Responds to SHIfT article
Indymedia | Before turning to the article, it is worth noting that the issue’s Editorial makes similar allegations about Indymedia UK. “For many of us,” it starts, “a visit to Indymedia UK is a
Read More »US: Respect Rights of Child Detainees in Iraq
Human Rights Watch | US forces in Iraq should ensure that children it takes into custody are treated according to their status as children, and given prompt judicial review and access to independent monitors,
Read More »Monbiot plans citizen’s arrest of John Bolton
By George Monbiot | We have all but forgotten the war with Iraq. We tend to see it now as little more than a “political mistake”, like the 10p tax fiasco or Labour’s mishandling of
Read More »Oil: A global crisis
The Iraq War means oil costs three times more than it should, says a leading expert. How are our lives going to change as we struggle to cope with the $200 barrel? Geoffrey Lean
Read More »Reasons for Starting Your Own Garden
NaturalNews | The Season of Spring is lavish with its abundance. Before we even ask, nature blesses us with every shade of color and profusion of green. Far and wide, beauties of nature are
Read More »Mass Funding For War While There’s Poverty At Home
By Paul Craig Roberts | The US Senate has voted $165 billion to fund Bush’s wars of aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq through next spring. As the US is broke and deep in debt,
Read More »TV News Stresses Strategy, Downplays Issues
TV news coverage of the presidential primaries has focused on campaign strategy rather than candidates’ stands on issues, and gave some candidates 100 times more coverage than others, according to a new study by
Read More »‘Ayatollah will not allow US-Iraq deal’
Press TV | Iraq’s most revered Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has strongly objected to a ‘security accord’ between the US and Iraq. The Grand Ayatollah has reiterated that he would not allow
Read More »US residents in military brigs? Govt says it’s war
By MATT APUZZO | If his cell were at Guantanamo Bay, the prisoner would be just one of hundreds of suspected terrorists detained offshore, where the U.S. says the Constitution does not apply. But
Read More »Indymedia and Anti-Semitism
Shift Magazine | For many of us a visit to Indymedia UK is a frustrating experience. Its open publishing newswire reveals an array of bizarre opinion posts, advertisements for activist meetings, petition requests and
Read More »All War All The Time
By Sam Smith | As it tries to recover from the most expensive failure in American military history, the Pentagon has its eyes on an easier target. The beauty of this adversary is that
Read More »Gordon Brown faces ‘quit now’ calls as Labour MPs panic
By Philip Webster | Gordon Brown was facing public and private pressure to consider quitting for the sake of his party last night after the Crewe by-election “catastrophe” left ministers and Labour MPs convinced
Read More »100 arrested in Indonesia over fuel protest
AFP | Police arrested more than 100 protesters in the Indonesian capital Saturday after some burnt tyres and threw molotov cocktails during a rally over fuel price rises, police said. Indonesia hiked the cost
Read More »Time to bin ID cards? Calls for Brown to “bite the bullet”
By Nick Heath | The government is facing calls to cancel its ID card scheme after it announced that all of the five remaining IT suppliers have now been short-listed to deliver the system. Opponents
Read More »London bus drivers to get DNA ‘spit kits’
London’s bus drivers who are spat at will be able to collect the saliva in a DNA ‘spit kit’ so the assailant can be identified when their saliva samples are sent off to the
Read More »McCain’s Plan – Millions Will Lose Insurance Coverage
By Jo Hartley | Americans need to be aware of what Senator John McCain’s health care plan entails. Under the guise of fighting health care inflation, he is targeting the employer-provided system that currently
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