From Eric Reeves: On Thursday, August 31, 2006, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1706, ‘inviting’ the National Islamic Front regime in Khartoum to allow a large and robust UN to enter Darfur with the primary goal of protecting acutely … Continue reading
From The Anthropik Network: According to hydrologists, government officers and industrial leaders, water and waste pollution is the single most serious issue facing China. Presently, one in three rural inhabitants lacks access to safe drinking water. The urban situation is … Continue reading
As John Allison points out so clearly here what the middle east needs is not Disco Tex and the Sex-o-lettes but for Israel to help Lebanon to casualty and hang around for 8 hours to make sure she’s alright.
Funny and sad. George Galloway has a few things to say to the US Senate.
From Vasco Pyjama: Two years ago, when I was in the Philippines, I didn’t help a friend enough when she was sick. And she died. It is something I regret deeply, and have carried with me ever since. Yesterday, as … Continue reading
Hilarious, educational. Please watch it. Link to google video 45 minutes.
This is a response to a very interesting comment by Marilyn L the problem is that scapgoating of Jews is a litmus test of violence to come. If you can get people to hate Jews, it’s easier to get them … Continue reading
I SPY quoted a phrase from 1984 in a comment thread and it set me thinking, not for the first time, about the similarities between our current situation and that envisaged by George Orwell. With a bit of searching I’ve … Continue reading
Craig Murray was a UK diplomat who protested Britain’s complicity in torture and human rights abuses in Uzbekistan. He was subject to a smear campaign, although eventually cleared, and lost his job. He has written a book about the issue, … Continue reading
In the current conflict in Israel and Lebanon, there are civilian casualties on both sides. Hezbollah and Hamas have targeted civilians with rockets, and Israel, it’s fair to say, has seemed indifferent to the consequences to non-combatants of its actions. … Continue reading
Just at the moment, the middle east seems like a microcosm of everything that’s wrong with the world. The conflict is driven by some horrible, inescapable logic, which makes the most outrageous cruelties seem inevitable. Recent events Tensions had been … Continue reading
Sibel Edmonds, the Turkish FBI translator turned whistleblower who has been subjected to a gag order could provide a major insight into how neoconservatives distort US foreign policy and enrich themselves at the same time. On one level, her story … Continue reading
Eric Reeves writes about the latest failure of the UN to live up to its responsibility to protect the people of Darfur: The news continues to be appallingly bleak on all fronts in Darfur, and yet the AU summit concluded … Continue reading
A catalogue of continuing atrocity by the US in Iraq. An AP report including allegations of a multiple murder to conceal a rape. This seems to be passing unnoticed, but the repercussions are disastrous. The story is here. Update: The … Continue reading
This article began as a comment in response to Gideon’s excellent reply to an article about Israel’s recent incursion into Gaza. The comment is here and I encourage you to read it. I feel Gideon’s comments about Palestinian avoidable mortality … Continue reading
Gripping his prize for The Wind That Shakes the Barley, which takes its title from an Irish folk song, Loach said: “Our film is about a little step, a very little step, in the British confronting their imperialist history, and … Continue reading
When the British Army arrived in Northern Ireland it was welcomed by many Catholics, who believed it would act as a neutral peacekeeping force which could protect them from brutal Protestand mobs such as the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the … Continue reading
Stream of an interview with Greg Palast from Democracy Now: 256kbps Realplayer stream here. To donate to Democracy Now check the link on their site. In my investigations for Armed Madhouse, I ended up with a story far more fascinating … Continue reading
Good proof that the Bush win in 2004 was fixed in Ohio has surfaced here. Should be the biggest story on US news at the moment. I wonder if it is?