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Non-crime hate incidents should be scrapped by the police and officers must "separate the offensive from the criminal", the police inspectorate has said.
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Channel small boat migrants are in line for millions of pounds in compensation from the Home Office for being "unlawfully" detained in "inhumane" conditions as almost 200 lodge legal claims under the ECHR.
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The number of Brits who think the dangers of global warming have been exaggerated has jumped by more than 50% in the past four years, while nearly 90% say they do not support energy bills rising to pay for Net Zero.
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The couple who filmed 'Sophie of Dundee' as she brandished a knife and axe, seemingly in self-defence, have been charged by police. Shame on the centrist commentators who piled on her, says Laurie Wastell.
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Octopus CEO Greg Jackson has blamed Ed Miliband's "broken energy system" for Britain's sky-high energy costs. Too right, says Paul Homewood. So why does he still back renewables?
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday September 05, 2008 18:57 by pat c
Amy Goodman outlines the real reasons for her arrest and how it follows a pattern of intimidating independent reporters. Full text at link.

Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy. As the Republican National Convention meets in St. Paul, Minn., this week, police are systematically targeting journalists. I was arrested with my two colleagues, “Democracy Now!” producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar, while reporting on the first day of the RNC. I have been wrongly charged with a misdemeanor. My co-workers, who were simply reporting, may be charged with felony riot.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday September 05, 2008 18:12 by pat c
Jim Moody of the CPGB writes on the likely effects of a ‘pre-emptive’ strike on Irans Natanz fuel enrichment plant. Full text at link.

No nuclear explosion, when delivered by bomb or missile, could be contained underground - especially one so large as to ensure complete destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities within mountain tunnels, as well as its earth and concrete protected structures below ground. This is not akin to an underground nuclear test, where containment can be achieved. read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues / other press Thursday September 04, 2008 07:03 by gossip monger   text 6 comments (last - monday june 08, 2009 20:10)   image 1 image
The Moroccan magazine "L'observateur" published at wonderful story 2 days ago reporting that short but plucky Jose Maria Aznar, (65 years - married - 2 children) former PM of Spain, friend and ally of Bush and rightwing thinktanker is indeed the mystery expectant father to the French minister of Justice, (48 years single) Rachida Dati's, baby.

Rachida had announced her surprise pregnancy earlier this week but declined to name the daddy thus sparking speculation. read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Wednesday September 03, 2008 17:16 by Mark C   text 2 comments (last - friday december 26, 2008 17:56)   video 1 video file
Google have today released their own internet browser, named Chrome. Potential users who may not bother to read the terms of use before using it may be surprised to find that ANYTHING you post on the internet using Chrome will be owned by Google. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Wednesday September 03, 2008 10:35 by Red Banner
Issue 33 of Red Banner is available now at €2 / £1.50 from bookshops or from the address above
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international / crime and justice / other press Tuesday September 02, 2008 22:40 by Fachtna Ahoy.
Manchester Pc Daniel Gaffney was jailed today for 12 weeks for assaulting of 12 year old boy in custody. The kid (who can't be named for "protective" reasons) had been arrested at a children's home where he alledgedly had been drinking vodka. PC Gaffney was bringing him to be strip-searched when feeling "intimidated" he hit the boy so hard that a custody sergeant thought his nose was broken. read full story / add a comment
To keep the Dolphins captive for the night before the massacre, the fishermen usually injure a few of the captive dolphins with a spear thrust or a knife slash - dolphins will not abandon these wounded family members.
international / animal rights / other press Tuesday September 02, 2008 19:18 by ALiberation   image 1 image
As part of the global Japan Dolphin Day campaign (Stop the Massacre of Dolphin protest), ALiberation are organising a protest at the Embassy of Japan tomorrow at 1pm. Please see details below. Please also see the attached video footage of the Massacre of Dolphins.

Action Alerts
As part of the global campaign we are asking people to send in emails to key officials and make phone calls to the Embassy of Japan.
This is in an Action Alert which has two parts.
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international / summit mobilisations / other press Tuesday September 02, 2008 00:48 by redjade   text 9 comments (last - monday september 08, 2008 07:08)   image 3 images   video 1 video file
America further slides into a Police State.

but Bristol is preggers!!!
{more important, obviously} read full story / add a comment
ESDP missions
international / eu / other press Monday September 01, 2008 16:26 by redjade   text 10 comments (last - tuesday november 08, 2011 17:17)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Or maybe the Irish Army defending the EU from Georgia?
Or maybe the Irish Army defending Russia from Georgia?

Will the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty matter? read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday August 30, 2008 23:42 by yobama   video 1 video file
Scenes you won't see on the Irish TV news.

Police -many with no visible ID- pepper sprayed and attacked protesters. Nearly 100 arrests were made. Activists (many marching against the Afghan war) claimed that the arrests meant people would be held for the rest of the convention.

Some protesters who were sitting down were arrested - photographed and released with no charge. read full story / add a comment
armagh / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday August 29, 2008 11:56 by éirígí   video 1 video file
The carefully manufactured mask of the PSNI slipped off on Tuesday (August 26) to reveal the ugly face of the RUC. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Friday August 29, 2008 00:48 by nnn
It's now available in a boston newspaper. So everyone can get to bed early. It is a dream and a half. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday August 27, 2008 14:03 by tomeile
A senior Russian military analyst warned yesterday that the U.S. and NATO had used the conflict in Georgia as a dress rehearsal for a future military operation in Iran. Col. Gen Leonid Ivashov, president of the Russian Academy of Geopolitical Studies, speaking at a news conference told the Russian news and information agency , Novosti :
"We are close to a serious conflict - U.S. and NATO preparations on a strategic scale are ongoing. In the operation the West conducted on Georgian soil against Russia - South Ossetians were the victims or hostages of it - we can see a rehearsal for an attack on Iran. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday August 26, 2008 12:22 by Bazooka Joe
Boats that last wednesday defied Israels inhuman blocade of the Gaza strip by sailing into Gaza from Cyprus are now planning to smuggle out two students which the State of Israel refers to as 'wanted terrorists'. Israel says it will not try to stop the boats read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Monday August 25, 2008 10:17 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - tuesday october 28, 2008 17:45)
Amnesty International documents the 20th anniversary of the massacre of prisoners in Iran. It notes that no one has been held accountable for this atrocity. Full text at link.

Twenty years after the then Iranian authorities began a wave of largely secret, summary and mass executions in September 1988, Amnesty International renews its call for those responsible for the “prison massacre” to be held accountable. There should be no impunity for such gross human rights violations, regardless of when they were committed. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Sunday August 24, 2008 19:06 by pat c
The Iranian Regime has used riot police to attack telecom workers in Shiraz who were on strike due to unpaid wages. Full text at link.

The workers of Iran Telecommunications Industry in Shiraz, in southern Iran, have not been paid for five months. The 1200 workers have gathered in front of the Fars province governor general's office many times but no officials have taken any steps to help them or responded to their demands.THings got so bad a worker hanged himself. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday August 24, 2008 18:24 by pat c   text 3 comments (last - thursday august 28, 2008 14:04)
The ex chief of Mossad gives his opinion of Ahmadinejad. And it aint pretty! Ahmadinejads very existence makes it more difficult to build solidarity against US aggression towards Iran. Full text at link.

"Ahmadinejad is our greatest gift," Israel's Haaretz newspaper quoted ex-Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy as telling the US-sponsored Al-Hurra Arabic satellite channel on Tuesday. read full story / add a comment
POrt au Prince, Haiti August 12, 2008
international / crime and justice / other press Saturday August 23, 2008 19:57 by Kevin Pina   image 1 image
According to a report delivered to the U.N. General Assembly on January 10, 2008 by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), there were no reported instances of persons disappeared in Haiti during the year 2007. The WGEID is part of the U.N. High Commission on Human Rights and as such is in the loop to receive regular human rights reports filed by the U.N. mission in Haiti. More than five months after Mr. Pierre-Antoine’s disappearance and public acknowledgement of the case by U.N. authorities in Haiti, the WGEID completely omitted any reference to it in their report to the General Assembly. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday August 20, 2008 18:27 by Y   text 4 comments (last - saturday august 23, 2008 21:47)   image 1 image   video 3 video files
Here is some good background from activists and writers on the left about the current situation in Georgia.

Mark Almond is especially interesting as he is very knowledgeable on Georgian democracy.

These speeches are from an SWP meeting held in Central London recently under the banner of the Stop the War Coalition. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday August 20, 2008 16:21 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - friday august 22, 2008 16:15)
The great US liberators are facillitating union busting in Iraq. Military action is being used as a cover to attack workers rights. Full text at link.

The administrations of some oil departments backed by the ministry of oil have clearly infringed on our rights.In fact, they have done more than that by excluding, relocating and issuing warrants for union leaders who defended the rights and entitlements of workers. read full story / add a comment
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