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Bristol Stop the War: What Hutton Won't Tell you
The Hutton report was given a very narrow brief, concerning the facts around the death of Dr David Kelly. Many more issues and questions crucial in leading up to Kelly's apparrent suicide have been ignored - around the legality and morality of the war on Iraq. Bristol Stop the War Coalition have put together a short critique of the Hutton Enquiry....
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 12:22pm PST
Biotech Baking Brigade Pies Bayer Biotechnician in Britain
As he took his place in the queue for his buffet
dinner a polite call of "Mr Rylott?" brought him face to face with a chocolate fudge cake (skipped and stale) covered with the sweaty rotting whipped cream and the shout "That's for GM!" before the assaulting party fled....
Posted: Fri, Jan 30, 2004 7:40pm PST
Martinez in Iraq: How the Other Half Lives
An independent journalist visits a Combat Army Surgical Hospital (C.A.S.H.) in Iraq....
Posted: Fri, Jan 30, 2004 6:44pm PST
International Food Not Bombs Gathering
Food Not Bombs (FNB) volunteers from around the globe will converge in New
York City August 25-27th. Planned to precede protests against the
Republican National Convention, the Food Not Bombs International Gathering
will host activists from one of the world’s largest revolutionary
movements for three days of workshops, spokescouncils, skill shares,
foodsharing and discussion on the future direction of the movement.
Since its inception in 1980, FNB has grown from one chapter to more th...
Posted: Fri, Jan 30, 2004 12:12am PST
1/27 Haiti News Update
Port-au-Prince, January 27, 2004 -(AHP)- The Conference of Haitian pastors
(COPAH) on Tuesday denounced the increase in acts of violence throughout the
country and asked the various sectors to take on their responsibilities to
prevent the country from sinking into catastrophe....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 11:33pm PST
International Conference for a World Without War -
A Great Success in Difficult Condition
The International Conference for a World Without War, organised by the Global Peace and Justice Coalition, was held in Istanbul on Saturday, 24 January....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 10:57pm PST
Tribunal de Opinión sobre la Guerra contra Irak
En esta ocasión, los componentes de este Tribunal elegidos por su independencia y méritos sociales, son personas del ámbito español, conocedoras de la realidad de la guerra contra Irak y la implicación en ella del gobierno español. Están dispuestas a contribuir en la lucha de la razón contra los objetivos de una guerra que ha desconocido y amenaza seguir destruyendo costosas conquistas de la humanidad....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 10:54pm PST
Hermanas de Juarez
Hundreds of young women have been murdered in Juarez, Mexico in the last decade. Many more are missing....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 7:57pm PST
Award Given to Venezuela Coup Leader
Attached is a copy of a press statement from the Global Women’s Strike, protesting the outrageous decision of the Inter-American Economic Council to present an award on January 29 in Washington DC to Gustavo Cisneros, a leader of the coup against President Chavez...
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 6:52pm PST
BBC AT WAR: Have Blair And Hutton Doomed Freedom Of The Press In Britain
BBC AT WAR
M'LORD HUTTON BLESSES BLAIR'S ATTACK ON BBC'S INVESTIGATION OF IRAQ WAR CLAIMS...
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 6:26pm PST
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 1/30/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.4MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Russia, China, Spain, and Cuba....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 5:44pm PST
Report from People's Global Action meeting in Bombay
About 40 PGA people present for the WSF or for the parallel events (Mumbai
Resistance 2004 and Peoples' Movements Encounter II) had a short but
productive meeting in Bombay on the evening of the 20th of January....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 5:13pm PST
Buffalo Field Campaign Update 1/29/04
Yesterday morning we woke at 5am, gathered in the cabin for a warm breakfast, and headed into the field to find the buffalo. Earlier in the week we'd watched a herd of 18 follow the Madison River out of the park, cross highway 191, and graze on the ecologically-rich flats below the Madison Bluffs....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 1:02pm PST
History of American Nuclear Testing (1054 tests btwn 1945-1992)
This is a detailed report released by the Department of Energy stating in full all of the nuclear tests conducted by the US from 1945-1992)...
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 12:48pm PST
Tanenbaum Calls Hezbollah Treatment "very good"
Israeli captive Elhanan Tanenbaum said in an interview aired by Hizbullah's Al Manar TV station just before he boarded a German plane to freedom that he was treated as a prisoner of war, which changed his view of the Party of God as a terrorist group....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 9:58am PST
Afghanistan Declared Islamic Republic
TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (Mehr News Agency) -- On Monday the new Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan came into effect after it was signed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 8:19am PST
Mother Country of Protectionism
"The free trade lie says trade is a motor of development.. This is hypocritical because a radical market opening is demanded from developing countries while industrial countries only open their markets very restrictedly for agirucltural products and textiles from the South.."...
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 5:57am PST
Bush Pushes Plan to Permit Internet Surveillance
The Bush administration is pushing to ratify an international convention that civil libertarians say would pose serious threats to privacy rights at home and abroad....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 2:19am PST
People of Faith Face Federal Prison
Twenty- two human rights activists received three to six month sentences in federal prison for nonviolent actions to close the SOA/WHISC...
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 11:42pm PST
Diane Wilson (Bhopal activist)Jailed For 4 Months And 20 Days
Diane Wilson, leading Bhopal activist was jailed for her actions in the sea drift texas....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 10:43pm PST