Archive for 'war'
UN report highlights British collusion in secret detention and torture
The (fantastic) organization Reprieve today announced the release of a UN report (click that link to download the full report) into secret detention that exposes UK collusion in secret detention and torture. The investigation found, among other things, that the UK knew of the US’ rendition practices in 2002 but continued to hand them [...]
Posted: January 27th, 2010 under American politics, British government, Derry, Irish peace process, MI5, RUC, Reprieve, Special Branch, Uncategorized, United Nations, accountability, belfast, collusion, culture of impunity, human rights, impunity, ireland, justice, loyalist paramilitaries, margaret thatcher, middle east, sectarianism, shoot to kill policy, torture, truth, truth and reconciliation, truth commission, truth recovery process, war.
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de Brún on recent trip to Gaza
In this new video, Sinn Féin’s Bairbre de Brún MEP discusses her recent trip to Gaza.
De Brún references a recently released report by Human Rights Watch on Israel’s use of white phosphorus in Gaza. The report, called “Rain of Fire,” can be downloaded from HRW here.
Posted: March 28th, 2009 under Israel, Sinn Féin, anti-zionism, environment, environmental justice, human rights, palestine, war.
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“six-legged soldiers”: bees as architects of espionage and the war on terror
Just returned from a fascinating lecture given by Jake Kosek, Assistant Professor of Geography at UC Berkeley, at the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment. The talk was entitled “The Natures of the Beasts: On Honeybees and the Bio-Politics of Terror, and focused on Kosek’s current research on the militarization of [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2009 under American politics, Iraq, bees, environment, honey, human rights, justice, war.
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op-ed argues for one-state solution
Max and I were just having a conversation last night about the one-state versus two-state solution argument for the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. I was saying that I was surprised to hear, when in Belfast recently at a rally in support of Gaza, all of the calls for a peaceful future centered on a two-state solution–something which [...]
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 under Israel, anti-zionism, belfast, human rights, justice, middle east, palestine, war.
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at the edge of my seat
January 28th is the date set for the Eames/Bradley Consultative Group on the Past to release their highly anticipated recommendations on how best the north of Ireland might deal with the legacy of the conflict. In today’s Belfast Telegraph, Brian Rowan shares the news that the CGP will be announcing a “Legacy Commission”–titled as such [...]
Posted: January 14th, 2009 under British government, Consultative Group on the Past, Danny Morrison, Irish peace process, Legacy Commission, MI5, RUC, Special Branch, belfast, collusion, human rights, ireland, justice, loyalist paramilitaries, pat finucane, relatives for justice, shoot to kill policy, truth, truth and reconciliation, truth commission, truth recovery process, war, wrongful convictions.
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Solidarity with Gaza on the Falls Road
I ran into artist Danny Devenny (read this recent article about Devenny in the Financial Times) by the International Wall on the Falls Road in West Belfast today. Danny and his friend Leah (a professor at UMass-Amherst) were updating some of the murals to reflect the ongoing attacks of Israel on the people of Gaza. [...]
Posted: January 8th, 2009 under American politics, Falls Road, Israel, West Belfast, anti-zionism, awesome, belfast, cross-community, ireland, justice, murals, palestine, political prisoners, war.
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why i love ireland, reason no. 784392
First, a confession: I yoinked this image from my friend’s Facebook page. This is the famed wall at Free Derry Corner in Derry, Ireland, and is pretty regularly painted to show solidarity with oppressed people the world over. I think the image speaks for itself, don’t you?
Posted: January 6th, 2009 under American politics, Derry, Israel, anti-zionism, awesome, collusion, human rights, justice, middle east, murals, palestine, political prisoners, war.
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This is Change?
If you read any of the commentary on Obama’s administration picks, read “This is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama’s White House,” by journalist Jeremy Scahill. Scahill writes of the momentus opportunity that Obama has to create real change–how he was elected on a popular mandate to challenge the militaristic [...]
Posted: November 23rd, 2008 under American politics, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, collusion, justice, middle east, presidential elections, truth, war.
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Eduardo Galeano: Hopes and Fears
I heard about this recent article in the Progressive by one of my favorite writers, Eduardo Galeano, through an email list that I’ve long since been trying to get off of…funny how that works. Anyway, I think Galeano is incredible, and I am in the process of reading Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2008 under American politics, Barack Obama, Cuba, Iraq, human rights, justice, political prisoners, presidential elections, racism, war.
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The politics of the here and now
The following article from the Andersonstown News Thursday edition was written by Father Des Wilson:
MANY people must wish our friend and neighbour Brian Keenan had lived to see the free and united Ireland he wished for, Ireland shared and governed by all of us.
A local newspaper referred to Brian as “a diehard militarist”.
It did not [...]
Posted: June 1st, 2008 under Father Des Wilson, Irish peace process, belfast, human rights, ireland, republican, war.
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