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Madrassa Massacre
Prince Charles preaches religious tolerance in Pakistan, as the US destroys a religious school killing eighty innocent people.petition & demos against visit of Iran's Khatami (Weds etc)
Former Iranian President Khatami is due to visit the UK this week (London and Edinburgh). Demos are planned and a petition has been set up against this visit.Jose Fernandez Delgado refuses prison food in protest at conditions (Aachen 4)
This imprisoned Spanish anarchist in a German prison appeals for solidarity and support, please take time to contribute to an improvement in his conditions. Widen the struggle for not only his release but for the overall attack and destruction of the capitalist system itself.VICTORY FOR CHE!
An account of the campaign in Glasgow to challenge recent Labour Council Bylaws which ban political material outside Celtic Park. A report on the latest development which saw the open display of explicitly political material.
Red Cross lambasts US terror law
Mr Kellenberger said the ICRC was still studying the lawThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has
expressed concern over a newly-approved US anti-terrorism law.
No to Torture - former British ambassador to Uzbekistan speaks out against UK/US torture collaboration
Craig Murray, former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan with over 20 years of foreign affairs experience, talks about torture and human righs abuses in Uzbekistan. He presented his book: "Murder in Samarkand - A British Ambassador's Controversial Defiance of Tyranny in the War on Terror" at the Edinburgh Independent and Radical Bookfair on Friday, 13th of October 2006, at the session on "Political Terrorism and the US Imperial Project".
Achin Vanaik on US Imperialism and Political Terrorism
Achin Vanaik is an independent Indian scholar and journalist and Professor of International Relations and Global Politics at Delhi University. He was speaking at the Independent and Radical Bookfair in Edinburgh on Friday, 13th of October 2006, about Political Terrorism and the US Imperial Project.
Here are two audio recordings of his talk, which is about 30 minutes, and some notes on the talk.
Schools to teach kids the arithemetic of war
I reported a while back on the attempts by the government to indoctrinate children, including the Defense Schools Initiative. This involved selling kids on putative MoD values on such matters as "citizenship, humanitarian aid, ethnic diversity, human rights, veterans, conflict resolution and crisis situations".No to war, no to theocracy: solidarity with workers and students in iran!
Free Ahmed Batebi and all political prisoners in Iran!Protest when Muhammad Khatami visits St Andrews!
March of Grapes Brutally Attacked
March of Grapes Brutally Attacked—6 Arrested, Many Injured. Palestinian, international and Israeli activists joined together to demonstrate against land theft, road closures and economic isolation by bringing two tons of the surplus Palestinian grape harvest to an occupation checkpoint
Repression in Osaka, Japan, as city bids for G8 2008
There has been a series of arrests in Osaka against the homeless liberation movement. Several activists, including anarchists, have been detained on serious charges. These arrests follow a number of attacks by Osaka city against homeless people and their supporters.Caritas Sony - dawn raided this morning
Caritas Sony (24) and her two children (2 and 4 months) were dawn raided this morning, and are currently being detained in Dungavel prior to deportation.Sixth Anniversary of Al-Aqsa Intifada Passes Still Unresolved
PALESTINIAN OPPRESSION CONTINUES UNABATEDAsylum Seeker documentary - Ahlam's Story
Ahlam Souidi speaks frankly about her time as an asylum seeker in Maryhill, Glasgow. Her family are at the moment threatened with deportation back to a country, Algeria, where they face grave danger.Senate gives green light to torture and military tribunals
The sadists in power can now endulge their sickest fantasies on "enemy combatants" a tern which covers every crime, from smoking spliffs to opposing this legisation. And you thought it was a conspiracy theory! Pah! Eat your heart out, before they do....September 15, 2006 prison dispatch from Jeff "Free" Luers
The last several weeks have been very intense. Many of you are familiar with my personal struggles at this time having lost my contact visits for the next year. But, that is a small story compared to what the last two weeks have been like at OSP.
