Daily Archives: January 25, 2009 »

Paul Stott on Anarchism in the U.K.

Mick Meaney January 25, 2009 2

Via I Intend To Escape … And Come Back The last three episodes of Ian Bone’s interviews on Resonance FM, in the “Anarchism in the UK” series, are now available to download.  “The interviews

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President Obama should call off the medical marijuana raids

Mick Meaney January 25, 2009 4

By J.D. Tuccille Asked about medical marijuana on the campaign trail in New Hampshire just a year and a half ago, then-Senator Barack Obama said, “I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and

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Government tries to convince the public that their data is safe

Mick Meaney January 25, 2009 0

Overseer wanted for controversial £4.7 billion UK national identity cards scheme By creating a watchdog post, the Home Office hopes to reassure the public that their data is safe By Leo King The government

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Noam Chomsky Speaks About President Obama

Mick Meaney January 25, 2009 0

The following is a Press TV interview with respected American author, political analyst and world-renowned linguist, Professor Noam Chomsky. By Press TV January 24, 2009  — -Press TV: Professor Chomsky, we better start with

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Banning Torture is Not Enough

Mick Meaney January 25, 2009 0

By Jordan Paust | JURIST  JURIST Contributing Editor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that President Barack Obama should follow up his executive order banning torture and inhumane interrogation by fulfilling

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Israel admits using white phosphorous in attacks on Gaza

Mick Meaney January 25, 2009 0

After weeks of denying that it used white phosphorus in the heavily populated Gaza Strip, Israel finally admitted yesterday that the weapon was deployed in its offensive. The army’s use of white phosphorus –

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Karzai Confirms: US Forces Killed 16 Civilians

Mick Meaney January 25, 2009 0

Thousands of Afghan villagers across Laghman Province rallied to protest against the latest incident of US troops killing innocent civilians. Protesters condemned both the US forces and President Hamid Karzai’s government, demanding that troops

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