MONDAY 8 OCTOBER 2007: MARCH TO PARLIAMENT, IN DEFIANCE OF THE BAN
Tony Benn, Brian Eno, Mark Thomas, Walter Wolfgang, George Galloway and Ben Griffin (ex SAS trooper) will head the march to Parliament in defiance of the ban. Make sure you are there to demand troops out and in defence of our civil liberties. It is vital that we defy the ban. Don’t miss this demo.
Assemble at 1.00PM in Trafalgar Square
“If they are planning an Iranian attack they will have a public even more upset and (...)
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LONDON : MONDAY 8 OCTOBER 2007: MARCH TO PARLIAMENT, IN DEFIANCE OF THE BAN
4 October 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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STOP THE WAR COALITION : MARCH ON Monday 8 October from Trafalgar Square to Parliament
28 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
On Monday 8 October the Stop the War Coalition will be marching from Trafalgar Square to Parliament calling for all troops in Iraq to be brought home immediately.
After a series of relatively co-operative meetings, the police now say they have been instructed not to allow the march to take place and that all demonstrations are banned within a mile of Parliament whilst in session.
This is a new development which threatens our democratic rights. When Gordon Brown became prime minister he (...) -
This onslaught risks turning into a racist witch-hunt
20 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
The renewed anti-Muslim media campaign is partly driven by a political agenda which seeks to justify war
Seumas Milne Thursday September 20, 2007 The Guardian
Britons are now more suspicious of Muslims than are Americans or citizens of any other major western European country, including France.
According to an international Harris poll last month, nearly 30% of British people believe it’s impossible to be both a Muslim and a Briton (compared with 14% who think you can’t be French (...) -
Britain’s Coming Credit Crisis
11 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentBritain’s Coming Credit Crisis
SPIEGEL ONLINE - September 7, 2007, 10:49 AM By Kerry Capell
Steep housing prices and a dependence on financial services make its economy vulnerable. Some predict a blow to credit might even be worse — much worse — than in the US.
Britain might take a major hit if the credit crisis pinches as much as some predict. Could any country be more exposed to the current credit crunch than the U.S.? You bet, and that place is Britain. Unlike most of its (...) -
Banks face 10-day debt timebomb
9 September 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
Banks face 10-day debt timebomb
By Iain Dey, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 12:47am BST 09/09/2007
Britain’s biggest banks could be forced to cough up as much as £70bn over the next 10 days, as the credit crisis that has seized the global financial system sparks a fresh wave of chaos.
Almost 20 per cent of the short-term money market loans issued by European banks are due to mature between September 11 and September 19. Senior bankers fear that they will have to refinance almost (...) -
LOCKHEED MARTIN AND UK CENSUS COLLUSION
24 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentBy Sarah Meyer
Lockheed Martin is one of the shortlisted contractors to provide data capture and storage services for the United Kingdom 2011 Census.
Lockheed Martin has many contracts with the United States Department of Defense. The company is involved with contracts in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
The UK Green Party has assembled a petition. They are concerned that census submissions will not be safe from being incorporated into the US integrated systems. “Most worrying is their (...) -
Making us all "safer".
23 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
Army gets new ’enhanced blast’ weapon to fight Taliban..... or any other resisters who happen to oppose western imperialism.
British soldiers in Afghanistan are being supplied with a new "super weapon" to attack Taliban fighters more effectively, defence officials said yesterday.
The "enhanced blast" weapon is based on thermobaric technology used in the powerful bombs dropped by the Russians to obliterate Grozny, the Chechen capital, and in US "bunker busters".
Defence officials (...) -
Muqtada al-Sadr : The British are retreating from Basra
20 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
3 commentsBy By Nizar Latif in Kufa, Iraq and Phil Sands in Damascus
The British Army has been defeated in Iraq and left with no option but to retreat from the country, claims radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Violent resistance and a rising death toll among UK troops has forced a withdrawal, he said in an interview with The Independent.
"The British have given-up and they know they will be leaving Iraq soon," Mr Sadr said. "They are retreating because of the resistance they have faced. (...) -
Darfur: pornography for the chattering classes
19 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
By Brendan O’ Neill
Normally, when one of Britain’s stuffy media watchdogs decrees that some public figure or broadcaster has said something less than honest, it causes a commotion. When the Advertising Standards Authority said earlier this year that Gillian McKeith, TV’s self-styled healthy eating guru, should stop using the title ‘Dr’, the media had a feeding frenzy.
The Office of Communications’ harsh judgement against Channel 4 over the bullying of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty (...) -
The Camp for Climate Action 2007
19 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
By climatecamp.org.uk
We hope that the camp will be many things to many people, from exploring what the problems are, and the changes and challenges we face, to gain the skills we will need as we prepare for a future that burns less energy. We’ll also be joining forces with Heathrow residents fighting the third runway, linking a critical local battle to the need for systemic change. And finally we’ll be taking direct action to turn things round, and create lasting communities of (...)