JTF2 Command ’Encouraged’ War Crimes Soldier Alleges
"A member of Canada’s elite special forces unit says he felt his peers were being ’encouraged’ by the Canadian Forces chain of command to commit war crimes in Afghanistan, according to new documents obtained by CBC News.
The member alleged that a fellow JTF2 member was involved in the shooting death of an Afghan who had his hands up in the act of surrender...The soldier who raised the allegations also claimed that in January 2008, his (…)
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Canada’s Commandos JTF2 Committed War Crimes in Afghanistan
19 January 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
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A Slideshow of 30 photos from the Peace Vigil at the White House
16 January 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
On Saturday Jan. 15, 2011, a coalition of Peace and Justice activists held a vigil outside the White House. Its purposed was to mark the “20th year since the U.S. began to bomb Iraq.” This video feature remarks from Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and Kathy Kelly. To learn more go to: http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/4148
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Video: Peace Vigil at the White House
16 January 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
On Saturday Jan. 15, 2011, a coalition of Peace and Justice activists held a vigil outside the White House. Its purposed was to mark the “20th year since the U.S. began to bomb Iraq.” This video feature remarks from Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and Kathy Kelly. To learn more go to: http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/4148 See slideshow of 22 photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/billyclub/sets/72157625831361678/show/
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Video: Author David Swanson Discusses his Book, “War Is a Lie,” at Baltimore Event
11 January 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
On Monday evening, Jan. 10, 2011, author David Swanson discussed, and signed, his latest book, “War Is a Lie,” before a SRO audience. The literary happening was held at a Barnes & Noble store, in Baltimore, MD, near the campus of Johns Hopkins U. The event was coordinated by
activist Diane Wittner, who also introduced the author. [A fuller version of Mr. Swanson’s book discussion, along with the Q&A session, comments by Debra Sweet and Andy Worthington, the singing of some ballads (…) -
1/1/11 New Year’s Day Message is ONE (1): Unity and Equality for all Humanity on its ONE and only Planet
2 January 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentThe fundamental message on 1/1/11 is indeed 1 (ONE) – 1 man-one-vote, there is only 1 Planet (Spaceship Earth) for Humanity, and equal shares in resources i.e. until we necessarily all cease carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution in 2050 the ratio of my share to your share should be 1.
All decent folk subscribe to the essential egalitarianism of the second sentence of the American Declaration of Independence “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are (…) -
Gaza Youth Breaks Out MANIFESTO
31 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentThe following is the statement of Gaza Youth Breaks Out. It was posted on facebook and there’s no website to be found (yet?), note there are contact links at the bottom. So for everyone’s benefit and with much respect, I repost it here in full:
GAZAN YOUTH’S MANIFESTO FOR CHANGE
Fuck Hamas. Fuck Israel. Fuck Fatah. Fuck UN. Fuck UNWRA. Fuck USA!
We, the youth in Gaza, are so fed up with Israel, Hamas, the occupation, the violations of human rights and the indifference of (…) -
Make Christmas Day a Memorial Day to 7.8 million infants dying from US Alliance hegemony each year
24 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
At Christmas 2010 we celebrate the birth of Jesus and remember his parents fleeing as refugees from the slaughter of the children by cruel King Herod. 2 millennia after the birth of Jesus there are some 20 million Muslim refugees and a cruel and evil President Obama presides over an American Empire that murders about 1,000 children every day (see “Hey, hey, USA, how many kids did you kill day? Answer: 1,000”, Bellaciao, 1 May 2009: http://bellaciao.org/en/spip.php?article18750 ) and has (…)
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WikiLeaks saga elicits Censorship & active Genocide Ignoring by Australian Mainstream Media
17 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Two major features of WikiLeaks are that (1) the leaked cables simply provide documentary confirmation what sensible people had surmised already about the war criminal, genocidal US Alliance and US state terrorism; and (2) the real scandal that neither WikiLeaks nor Mainstream media (MSM) will report the horrendous carnage of 8 million dead so far in the US War on Terror.
Below is documentary evidence of how one of Australia’s leading "liberal" newspapers, The Age (Melbourne), actively (…) -
Video: Sights and Scenes from the End-the-Wars Action at the White House on Dec. 16, 2010.
17 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Featured in this video, besides scenes at the White House fence, are the following activists: Kevin Zeese, Jim Baldridge, Max Obsuzewski, Ellen Barfield, Katherine Hoffman and David Swanson. To learn more about the rally led by the Veterans for Peace, go to: http://veteransforpeace.org/
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Pro-US Australian Labor Government threats to WikiLeaks & Julian Assange => decent Oz will Put Labor Last
10 December 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
Leading WikiLeaks figure, Julian Assange, is an Australian-born Australian citizen (see Wikipedia: ). So far the WikiLeaks releases re Australia have exposed what US officials thought of PM Rudd (“control freak”); Rudd’s advocacy of US war with China and Australian soldiers for war in Pakistan; successful lobbying of the Labor Government by BHP Billiton to block a $21 billion Chinese investment in mining giant Rio Tinto; revelation of secret Australian Government pessimism over the (…)