Monthly Archives: December 2008 »
Iraqi shoe thrower prompts racist rant from Bill O’Reilly
First he says that the shoe thrower is evidence of the ingratitude, “violence” and “irrational thinking” in the “Arab world”, before going to on discuss the “danger from the Muslim world” and whether torture
Read More »Amnesty: Closing Guantanamo Isn’t Enough
Amnesty International, in a just-released proposal, wants to go further than just closing the facility. By Spencer Ackerman The international human-rights organization put out a four-stage plan for closing the door on the Era
Read More »US Troops Open Fire On Fallujah Students at Shoe Rally
By Jason Ditz Besides making an international celebrity out of Iraqi reporter Muntadar al-Zeidi, the now infamous shoe-throwing incident is cropping up in surprising ways across Iraq, where a population beaten and exhausted from
Read More »Medical marijuana act passes NJ panel
By DEREK HARPER TRENTON – New Jersey took a major step toward becoming the latest state to allow certain patients to use marijuana Monday, when the Senate’s Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
Read More »Blackwater ‘could lose Iraq role’
Blackwater could lose its licence to operate in Iraq, rendering it unable to provide security for US diplomats, a US State Department internal report says. The report, commissioned by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,
Read More »China sentences rights activist to two years in prison
Beijing – A Beijing court sentenced a rights activist to two years in prison on Thursday after convicting her of ‘obstructing public business,’ her husband said. Dong Jiqin said he was not allowed into
Read More »ECHR decided against the UK DNA Database
On 4 December 2008, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) gave its judgement in the Marper case related to the controversial National DNA Database used by the UK Police for criminal investigations, stating
Read More »Bus drivers issued with DNA kits
BUS drivers in Wrexham have now been issued with DNA testing equipment to catch passengers who spit at them. By Matt Sims The swab kits were issued at a special event at Wrexham Bus
Read More »Greek youths break into state TV center, take over
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Protesters forced their way into Greece’s state NET television news studio Tuesday and interrupted a news broadcast featuring the prime minister so they could urge viewers to join mass anti-government
Read More »UK government bans photography
libertyandsolidarity.org In a letter to the National Union of Journalists, the Minister for security and counter-terrorism, Vernon Kay, clarified that the police may stop photographers taking pictures or videos when “the taking of photographs
Read More »An Economy Organized to Make Revolution and Meet Human Needs
The question should by now occur—does society actually need the capitalist class to determine what is produced and how? Is a better way possible? Modern production is highly complex and requires coordination and direction.
Read More »Cheney Admits Authorizing Detainee’s Torture
Outgoing VP says Guantanamo prison should stay open until end of terror war, but has no idea when that might be By David Edwards and Stephen C. Webster Raw Story – Monday, outgoing Vice President
Read More »Can Marijuana help memory?
Elements found in marijuana can be beneficial to ageing brains and can even stimulate the growth of new brain cells – according to Ohio State University scientists. Their research suggests that a legal drug
Read More »Torture, Secret Detention, Abduction and Repeated Raping
By Stephen Lendman Post-9/11, the “war on terror” has been a jihad against Islam, the colonizers v. the colonized, or what Edward Said called “the familiar (America, Europe, us) and the strange (the Orient,
Read More »Climate Camp – ’70 injuries’ being reported by the police do not exist
Climate Change Action When the Camp for Climate Action rolled into Kingsnorth this year even veterans where suprised by the over the top policing. Being searched–often illigally-two or three times before getting onto
Read More »Bush A War Criminal
Emad Erian, Translated By Mahitab Adham ( Edited by Sonia Mladin) Bush repeated more than a thousand lies in order to invade Iraq.10 December 2008 Two years ago according to the Muslim calendar,
Read More »Bush makes surprise visit to Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AFP) – US President George W. Bush said during a surprise visit to Baghdad on Sunday that the American intervention in Iraq had been difficult but “necessary.” “The work hasn’t been easy but
Read More »Armed police untouchable
WHEN Peter Collins expressed his disgust in the Echo at the presence of armed police upon the streets of Cardiff, I suspect his views mirrored those of many readers following the inquest verdict upon
Read More »Michael Moore on the auto industry bailout
Friends, They could have given the loan on the condition that the automakers start building only cars and mass transit that reduce our dependency on oil. They could have given the loan on the
Read More »Gov’t pulls witness in Gitmo case against Canadian
Military prosecutors have withdrawn a government witness in an upcoming Guantanamo war-crimes trial to conceal evidence of “abuse and mistreatment” of the defendant, his Pentagon-appointed lawyer alleged Sunday. The witness, a U.S. agent whose
Read More »A Few Words on the Greek Insurrection
The social rebellion in Greece contains all the explosive potential for a revolution. But an insurrection alone is not a revolution. Now more than ever discipline is needed to keep the struggle going and
Read More »Extraordinary scenes end Jean Charles de Menezes inquest
By Sandra Laville | The moment the family of Jean Charles de Menezes attempted to force their way past a group of private security guards into the inquest courtroom marked the lowest point in
Read More »Rumsfeld blamed in detainee abuse scandals
A bipartisan Senate report calls decisions made by the former Defense secretary a ‘direct cause’ of inhumane treatment of prisoners of war. Other Bush officials also are faulted. By Greg Miller and Julian E.
Read More »Excess Debt and Deflation Equals Depression
By Stephen Lendman | Irving Fisher (1867 – 1947) was perhaps the most noted economist of his day. The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics calls him “one of America’s greatest mathematical economists and one of”
Read More »U.S. Keeps Silent as Afghan Ally Removes War Crime Evidence
McClatchy Newspapers | DASHT-E LEILI, Afghanistan – Seven years ago, a convoy of container trucks rumbled across northern Afghanistan loaded with a human cargo of suspected Taliban and al Qaida members who’d surrendered to
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