It runs parallel with the ground offensive In Gaza, Genocide by Depleted Uranium has begun using “GBU-39″ bombs provided by the USA Publication date : 6 January 2009 Action of Citizens for the Total Dismantling of Nukes www.acdn.net January 3, 2009, the Israeli Army launched a ground offensive against Gaza – [...] [...]
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Submitted on 2009/01/07 at 5:43am from www.thomaspainereturns.net/ The whole world watches as the Palestinians in Gaza are being massacred. The justification for watching the slaughter is that Israel has the right to defend itself from Hamas rocket attacks on Israelis. But what of Palestine’s right to defend itself against further incursion by Israeli tactics? The massacres of [...] [...] Go to original @ huffingtonpost.com Richard Falk United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories For eighteen months the entire 1.5 million people of Gaza experienced a punishing blockade imposed by Israel, and a variety of traumatizing challenges to the normalcy of daily life. A flicker of hope emerged some six months ago when an [...] [...] ISRAEL’S GIGANTIC BLUNDER By Uri Avnery, January 2, 2009 JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, Aljazeera¹s Arabic channel was reporting on events in Gaza. Suddenly the camera was pointing upwards towards the dark sky. The screen was pitch black. Nothing could be seen, but there was a sound to be heard: the noise of airplanes, a frightening, a terrifying [...] [...] Go to original article on thenation.com To Live and Die in Gaza By Laila Al-Arian January 2, 2009 On Sunday morning, I found out through a note my friend wrote on Facebook, that the Israeli Air Force was attacking my grandfather’s neighborhood in Gaza. Safa, who lives near my grandfather in the densely-populated “Asqoola” in Gaza City, recounted the [...] [...] The Politics of An Israeli Extermination Campaign: Backers, Apologists and Arms Suppliers by James Petras 01.02.2009 Because of the unconditional support of the entire political class in the US, from the White House to Congress, including both Parties, incoming and outgoing elected officials and all the principle print and electronic mass media, the Israeli Government feels no compunction [...] [...] Remember the RNC and the ridiculous big screen behind the podium where wholesome, patriotic images of Anytown, USA were displayed as a backdrop for Senator McCain? The problem was that the only time you saw the screen was on a long shot. With telephoto lens on the candidate, only a small portion of the [...] [...] Good question! Artists always dream of saving the world, whether they live in Cuba or the US, Afghanistan or even Irak. But, why this article now on music in Cuba? by Pablo Menéndez Havana, Cuba 16 Dec, 2008 Time magazine prints over 4 MILLION copies in the US alone. This week’s cover story, Can Music Save Cuba?, by [...] [...] After the Ithaca Journal published a thorough and factually correct article by Krisy Gashler, the opinion page editor (OPE) apparently felt compelled to engage in “pre-emptive spin” just in case the Ithaca Common Council reverses itself and decides to issue a Common Council resolution in support of Trevor Loope. Why? I can [...] [...] If you are drawn to the technical side of independent media, specically blogs and internet video, and are interested in sharing knowledge, I’d like to talk with you. I’d like to see a series of workshops in Syracuse, Rochester, Binghamton, Ithaca, and any other location where there is sufficient interest to help content producers become more versatile, organizations become more effective [...] [...] By: Irakli Zurab Kakabadze It is a little more than a month since the world watched a bloody confrontation unfold between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia. The conflict was sparked by a miscalculation on the part of Mikhail Saakashvili, President of Georgia, who apparently felt emboldened by perceived US backing, despite State Department warnings [...] [...] Ithaca Community Radio (ICR) has been granted a Construction Permit by the F.C.C. to construct a new, community-owned and operated radio station (WRFI FM) to serve communities in the vicinity of Ithaca and Watkins Glen. http://ithacaradio.org/ Contact us if you’d like to help –any help is appreciated and important! Whether you want to help with office [...] [...] Here is my commentary on the Impeachment Hearings (see action alert on right sidebar –you are most welcome to post your own commentary here after you take action): As compliant and accommodating to central power as the American public often seems to be, there is something about being deceived and lied to that should raise hackles [...] [...] |
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An Unnecessary War, Jimmy Carter
Thursday 08 January 2009 by: Jimmy Carter, The Washington Post Go to original article on washingtonpost.com I know from personal involvement that the devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided. After visiting Sderot last April and seeing the serious psychological damage caused by the rockets that had [...] [...]