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Why was a Sunday Times report on US government ties to al-Qaeda chief spiked?

18-05-2013 21:15

FBI whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds was described as "the most gagged person in the history of the United States" by the American Civil Liberties Union. Was the Sunday Times pressured to drop its investigation into her revelations?

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Sheffield: 65th Anniversary of the Nakba, the 1948 Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

18-05-2013 13:49

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Supporters of the Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign marked the 65th Anniversary of the Nakba, the 1948 "ethnic cleansing" of Palestine, with a vigil outside the Town Hall on 18th May 2013. In a short interview attached Musheir El Farra explaines what the protest was about and what people can do to support the campaign.

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Press release: On International Conscientious Objectors' Day, Israeli CO in pris

14-05-2013 11:39

15th May is International Conscientious Objectors day. Around the world, campaigners will be remembering the generations who refused to go to war, and raising awareness of the many who continue to be persecuted and imprisoned for refusing to kill.

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Photos of the Stalls at the 4th Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair

12-05-2013 16:57

Some photos of the stalls at the 4th Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair which was held on 11th May 2013 in the Showroom. Audio recordings of some of the talks should be posted soon.

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The Only Vote That Counts!

23-04-2013 12:25

The Only Vote That Counts!

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London Gala concert in memory of the Arctic Convoys 1941-1945

23-04-2013 11:34

A Commemorative Gala Performance by The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (RPCO) dedicated to the victorious alliance of Britain and Russia in the Arctic Convoys 1941-1945 of the Second World War will take place on Thursday 9 May 2013, at 18:30 in The Hay’s Galleria, London SE1 2HD.

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Can spy cases be investigated objectively in Finland?

15-04-2013 15:50

This follow-up article may explain how influential Russia is in Finland, how people in different bureau may support Russia by making blocking leaks to them, and how some people on government posts are breaking laws either accidentally or on purpose. On the other hand, has this been proofed or ran research on, as Finnish Police and The Guardian of The Law is in charge of such investigations instead of an independent bureau? When found facts are combined to other indicators like spying for Russia, carefully twisted political statements told in mass media for manipulating purposes and systematically made blocking, one may ask who is running the State?

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Ding Dong, BBC make history as music downloads become news!

12-04-2013 20:56

Wicked Witch of the west, not Thatcher!
The BBC have decided not to play the "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" track on its flagship Radio 1's Official Chart Show.

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UG#629 - Speaking Forbidden Truths (The Poor Had No Lawyers, Monetarism's Fail)

11-04-2013 18:26

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This week we conclude our reading of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years with a focus on the fraud of land 'ownership' and economics. A mix of new and familiar speakers include a reading by Lyn Gerry from episode 90 and a radio adaptation of an Adam Curtis film, The League of Gentlemen.

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8 April every week Witch is Dead DAY

10-04-2013 18:24

I suggest 08 April every year be an annual marking of the end of 'her'

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Photos from Brixton + all police leave cancelled for Thatcher's funeral

09-04-2013 22:45

Really quite alot of people
All police leave has been cancelled in London for the day of Thatcher's funeral, next Wednesday. The cortege will leave Whitehall and travel via Trafalgar Square and The Strand, with the coffin being transferred to an army gun-carrier along the route, before being delivered by the Army to St Paul's. That's a long route...

Hopefully alot of miners and print-workers will be making a day of it

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UG#628 - Asking Forbidden Questions (Why Do People Put Up With Capitalism?)

05-04-2013 02:39

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This week we learn how much effort has been put to making people assume that the virtues of capitalism are beyond question. We hear three Marxian commentators offering their own angles on the development of capitalism in USA, interspersed with a reprise of Noam Chomsky from episode 29 on the elite's determination to control the public mind lest the democratic state serve the wishes of the majority rather than the privilege of the few.

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04-04-2013 11:11

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US-Foltergefängnis-Irak ...... Camp Nama: Neue Details des von den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika betriebenen Foltergefängnisses im Irak ......... The Guardian hat einen Bericht veröffentlicht, der auf neuen Interviews mit britischen Soldaten beruht, die Folter und Misshandlung irakischer Gefangener in dem von den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika betriebenen Gefängnis Camp Nama nach dem Einmarsch im Jahr 2003 beobachtet haben.


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History of London's first African mayor John Archer told in his Battersea turf

04-04-2013 08:39

NARM John Archer And Black Politics
A hundred years ago in November 1913 John Archer became London's first African mayor when he was elected mayor of Battersea (now the London borough of (Wandsworth). History consultant Kwaku's presentation at Battersea Library on April 16 will show there was more to Archer's history than just being elected mayor.

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UG#624 - The Vast Machine To Perpetuate Hopelessness (Marxian Class Analysis 1)

29-03-2013 17:46

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As we approach the climax of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years, we begin a series of talks by Economics Professor Richard Wolff introducing Marxian class analysis.

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UG#625 - Jettisoning Accustomed Categories of Thought (Marxian Class Analysis 2)

29-03-2013 17:39

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This week is something of a continuation of episode #624, featuring the second part of economics professor Richard Wolff on Marxian class analysis, and we approach the end of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years. I hope it works as an aid to help to rethink what you think you know about economics and politics and to jettison any categories of thought which you find unhelpful.

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UG#627 - The Progressive Process of Desocialization (Marxian Class Analysis 4)

29-03-2013 17:28

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This week, two Marxist professors speak on the social impact of capitalism and especially in USA. First, Silvia Federici speaks on 'The Progressive Process of Desocialization', how capitalism breaks down communities and people's human relationships of care. Next it is the turn of Richard Wolff who applies his Marxian class analysis to the US household, noting that more and more adults are rejecting the traditional (feudal) model of domestic exploitation and either living alone or in more egalitarian patterns.

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Local residents campaign against UK Coal at Great Oak

26-03-2013 17:17

UK Coal (Coalfield Resources) want to open cast Great oak – aka Diglake Colliery. This site is where the January 1895 Flooding Disaster killed 77 men and boys and is close to the villages of Audley, Bignall End, Red Street and Crackley.

Some 72 bodies are still in the old workings over which UK Coal want to open cast mine.

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150th anniversary / Countermotions to shareholder meeting BAYER: Company History

21-03-2013 18:15

BAYER is staging costly celebrations to mark its 150th birthday, yet the company´s numerous crimes are not mentioned at all in the commemorative publications. Instead of acknowledging responsibility for forced labor, poison gas and fatal pharmaceutical products, the company's history is wholly ignored.
The Coalition against Bayer Dangers has introduced countermotions to the upcoming Bayer shareholder meeting to highlight the dark side of BAYER’s past

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Screening: Living Utopia. Mon 25th March 7.30pm. Pogo Cafe, Hackney, London

20-03-2013 20:26

Living Utopia is a unique documentary that blends the historical account of the origins and development of the Spanish anarchist movement, focussing on the 1936 war.
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