London Anti-militarism Newswire Archive

10-07-2004 16:33

the God of Israel is the God of all humanity

A proposal for an international petition for European Community sanctions against Israel. Read more >>

09-07-2004 22:04

Fahrenheit 9/11 freezes out Israel

Fahrenheit 911 is a hot pop-doc, but is it kosher? Why does Israel get a pass? Read more >>

07-07-2004 23:08

PRESS RELEASE Privatisation of Iraq on Trial - POSSIBLY POSTPONED

Privatisation of Iraq on Trial
- POSSIBLY POSTPONED

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06-07-2004 16:18

The Invasion of Haiti: How the UN Was Complicit in Crime

The "international community" is often cited as either a bulwark against US imperialism, or as a counter-force to sovereign states which butcher their own people. In Haiti, it managed to be complicit with both. Read more >>

05-07-2004 23:11

Peace Campaigners Declare Iraq Procuremment Conference is Illegal

PRESS RELEASE

Peace activists on trial claim international privatisation of Iraq is pillage and violates the Geneva Convention.
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04-07-2004 13:33

CodePink June 30th Vigil Photos

CodePink UK and friends held a peace vigil on the evening of June 30th at the Edith Cavell statue near Trafalgar Square. Read more >>

04-07-2004 04:35

Calling London and all the UK

“One of the main reasons behind the change in policy is the acceptance that sending large scale reinforcements to Iraq would be highly unpopular in Britain. The same course in Afghanistan, it is held, can be presented as an overwhelmingly humanitarian mission for a shattered land.”

Can the people of Great Britain not now see the extent to which their rulers will go to hide their role as America’s “imperial lapdog” in Iraq? How many body bags? How many disfigured faces and shattered dreams will it take before this reckless and failed gambit is rejected once and for all? The answer will determine much about the future of the “free world.” jamie Read more >>

03-07-2004 15:50

Report of anti-occupation demonstration in Edinburgh on June 30th.

This is a 2,000 word report of the June 30th anti-occupation of Iraq demo which was held in Edinburgh. Read more >>

03-07-2004 00:46

More CIRCA pics & recruitment activities

Pics from today's recruitment activities by CIRCA and text of CIRCA recruitment form handed out. Read more >>

03-07-2004 00:16

CIRCA Anti-Official Communique #3

Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (CIRCA) Anti-Official Communique #3 2 July 2004 Re: the so-called handover of Iraq, June 2004.

And photos from today's invasion and occupation of Leeds. Read more >>

02-07-2004 15:06

No, We Shouldn't Bomb Darfur Either.

David Clark argues in today's Guardian that the "international community" ought to threaten the use of force against the Sudanese government if it fails to curtail the human rights abuses currently taking place in the south-west of the country... Read more >>

30-06-2004 20:07

LONDON 9/11 NETWORK NEWS

-Upcoming 911 events and meetings in London
-Introductions of new members and websites and opportunity to link up
-Suggested activities and how we can help each other
-Wider events and news from the 911 truth movement Read more >>

28-06-2004 23:04

Against "Human Rights"

The Kosovo war was fought "not for territory but for values" according to Tony Blair. The bombing of Afghanistan in 2001 was conducted to help "the oppressed people of Afghanistan", according to George W. Bush, so that they may know "the generosity of America and our allies". Meanwhile, according to Jack Straw, stopping the bombing "would only prolong the suffering of the Afghan people". Pro-war adepts could easily adduce similar comforting thoughts about the war waged on Iraq in March 2003. The ideology of human rights is not only unversalist, but also universally accepted. Human rights organisations now regularly call for "humanitarian intervention" and decry the lack of attention to such crisis spots as the Democratic Republic of Congo. David Rieff notes that humanitarian organisations are now "among the most fervent interventionists". From a politics of fence-sitting to one of active political engagement, the ‘human rights’ movement has conducted a rapid and striking volte-face in the past decade, a paradigm-shift of shocking proportions. It is as if Ptolemy and Aristotle had given way to Copernicus and Descartes in ten, instead of 200, years. And David Chandler, for one, would like to know why...
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28-06-2004 01:49

A Fantastic Tale

Drugs, Faustian Alliances and Sibel Edmonds Read more >>

27-06-2004 19:26

Mass murder in Darfur, South Sudan

A demonstration against the mass murder in Darfur moved through the busy street of London duirng lunchtime on Friday. Read more >>

26-06-2004 19:03

Genoa Diaz Court Case - Quick Update - Saturday

Quick update from on the ground in Genoa, Italy: Read more >>

23-06-2004 15:00

View New Jihadi video issued: Fallujah Volcano

The newest grahic Al Qaeda video is a chilling reminder of dangers that the American military personnel and contractors face in Iraq on a daily basis. Read more >>

22-06-2004 12:35

Amnesty Says War on Terror increases Middle East repression

They were going to "democratise the Middle East"; the war on terror, extended to Iraq, would "transform Iraq into a functioning democratic state that will inspire change in neighboring societies" . As Bush put it, "Iraqi democracy will succeed, and that success will set forth the news from Damascus to Tehran that freedom can be the future of every nation".

Well, instead of Jeffersonian revolution, the Middle East is now suffering counter-revolutionary terror and repression, and it's all thanks to the "war on terror" according to Amnesty International... Read more >>

18-06-2004 15:49

Women Raped Before Their Husbands

Statements and findings by non-governmental organisations and human-rights groups detail how one female detainee had been raped 17 times in one day by ‘Iraqi’ police in the presence of US troops. Another NGO reported of how one mother-of-four killed herself after being held by her hair and raped in front of her restrained husband, who was forced to watch. Read more >>

16-06-2004 23:37

UN warns Caterpillar may be implicated in human rights violations

**For immediate release**

On 28th May 2004 the Special Rapporteur on the right to food for the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights – Jean Ziegler – wrote to Jim Owens, CEO of Caterpillar Inc., to express deep concern "about the actions of the Israeli occupying forces in Rafah and in other locations in Gaza and the West Bank, using armoured bulldozers supplied by your company." (1)
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