Armenian Genocide Day, 24 April, commemorates the death of 1.5 million Armenians who died in the Turkish-imposed Armenian Genocide that commenced on 24 April 1915, the day prior to the Anglo-French and Australia New Zealand Army Corp (ANZAC) invasion of Turkey at Gallipoli in the Dardanelles on 25 April 1915.
25 April is Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand that commemorates war dead of both these sister countries. Yet Australia resolutely ignores its causal connection to the Armenian (…)
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24 April 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
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Hasta la Vista, Baby! Skynet is already here
23 April 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
Daniel Patrick Welch
As Christians in the US and the world over flock to church to celebrate the martyrdom of their lord and savior, American predators are noiselessly cruising the skies above yet another Arab land, holding their hellfire missiles in abeyance until they are sure, damn sure, that the wedding or parade or market convoy or whatever crawls beneath their cold techno-gaze is linked to the terrorists who will destroy our way of life. Whew! That was a mouthful. But then, piss and (…) -
Mother of Slain Italian Activist to Sail to Gaza, Flotilla Change Name in Honor of Vittorio
20 April 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
Gaza-PNN – Agidea Prata, the mother of Vittorio Arrigoni, the Italian activist and journalist killed in Gaza on Friday, said that she will be sailing to Gaza on May with the Free Gaza flotilla.
Prata on Saturday told Italian news sources that “I want to see Gaza that my son loved and sacrificed for, I want to meet the good people living there that my son Vik always talked about”. She added that Vittorio work will go on though his friends.
Vittorio’s mother added that her son received (…) -
A Civil Peace Service for Palestinian waters
20 April 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
General Goal
Deploying an international third party non violent civil peace service in Palestinian territorial water that will support the rule of law and monitor potential human rights violations.
Specific Goal
CPSGAZA will deploy a limited peace team of around 10 trained professional international observers in Gaza territorial water. Those observers will be in charge of implementing the general and specific goal of this statement and will strictly follow the mission and principles of (…) -
WHY WE SAY STOP BOMBING LIBYA NOW
20 April 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
A packed special meeting of the Stop the War national steering committee last Saturday brought delegates from across the country and from affiliated organisations to discuss the issues arising from the attack on Libya and wider issues of the "war on terror".
The statement last week signed by Cameron, Obama and Sarkozy made it clear that this is now a war of regime-change, which is neither sanctioned by the UN resolution nor legal under international law.
How the (…) -
If Cairo Came to Kabul
20 April 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
Before Tahrir Square happened almost nobody predicted that President Hosni Mubarak would be forced out of office by a movement that didn’t pick up a gun. Had President Barack Obama expected that outcome, he might have publicly backed Mubarak’s departure before, rather than after, Mubarak stepped down.
Obama can be seen as overcompensating for that performance in Libya, but there he is placing faith in weapons. Anybody can do that. Egypt still has a long way to go on its path to a just (…) -
STOP THE BOMBING OF LIBYA NOW: PROTEST 19 APRIL
18 April 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentBritain France and the US have now come clean. The article signed
by Cameron, Sarkozy and Obama, and published today in Washington,
Paris and London, makes clear the war on Libya is not about
protecting civilians but about regime change. Having ignored
peace moves from the African Union, NATO is now set on escalating
the bombing.
The humanitarian spin they are putting on the operation is
exposed by the fact that the Western governments continue to
support brutal (…) -
The Great Libyan Distraction
11 April 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
The entire Libyan conflict of the last month – the civil war in Libya, the U.S.-led military action against Gaddafi – is neither about humanitarian intervention nor about the immediate supply of world oil. It is in fact one big distraction – a deliberate distraction – from the principal political struggle in the Arab world. There is one thing on which Gaddafi and Western leaders of all political views are in total accord. They all want to slow down, channel, co-opt, limit the second Arab (…)
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SOS IVORY COAST
11 April 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
INHOFE FACT CHECK ON FRENCH EMBASSY “FACT SHEET” from the French Ambassador, dated April 6, 2011
April 7, 2011
French say: Fact Sheet on Côte d’Ivoire(April 6, 2011)“After many delays, including on the part of then-President Laurent Gbagbo, a presidential election was held in Côte d’Ivoire last fall. Since then, its results have been certified by the local monitoring mission and acknowledged by the international community, including the United States, the European Union (EU), the (…) -
Death Threats Against Canadian Citizens by Netanyahu
7 April 2011 par (Open-Publishing)
by Canadian Boat To Gaza
Boat to Gaza: The Canadian Boat to Gaza organizers state that, "Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has now threatened to ’act firmly’ using ’force’ against the flotilla in May.
The Canadian Boat to Gaza is calling on all of the federal parties to denounce these threats against Canadians by Israel, which has demonstrated its willingness to use lethal force against civilians, similar to its fatal attack on last year’s freedom flotilla." The United Nations (…)