Photo by (CC-BY) WikiLeaks, War Crimes and the Pinochet Principle By Amy Goodman WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s protracted effort to fight extradition to Sweden suffered a body blow this week. Britain’s Supreme Court upheld the arrest warrant, issued in December 2010. After the court announced its split 5-2 decision, the justices surprised many legal [...]
In the wake In the wake of appalling reports that President Obama has created an official “kill list,” a new petition asks the White House to create a “Do Not Kill” list so that American citizens can sign up and “avoid being executed without indictment, judge, jury, trial or due process of law.” When it reaches 25,000, [...]
Operation Enduring Freedom: a civilian’s view By Ian Pounds http://warisacrime.org/content/operation-enduring-freedom-civilian%E2%80%99s-view Obama’s Empire One thing true we can say about war is that truth is its greatest casualty. I am a volunteer teacher. Four years ago I responded to a call from then candidate Barak Obama for a new kind of soldier to [...]
The Myths of NATO by Tim Kelly, May 30, 2012 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was cast into the national spotlight last week when the 63-year-old alliance held its 25th summit in Chicago. While the thousands of anti-NATO protesters and the government’s heavy-handed security measures attracted most of the [...]
Here in Australia there has been at first, a media campaign directed against a member of parliament over allegations that may or could lead to criminal charges. Now following a teary speech to parliament answering nothing of substance in any matters the member Craig Thomson, is now receiving what amounts to some sympathy from media [...]
Gina Rinehart, chairman of Hancock Prospecting, is gearing up for a fight against ASIC over the release of its financial documents. GINA Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has objected to providing financial statements to regulators because it would deliver sensitive information to rivals. Bloomberg, which obtained documents under freedom of information laws, reported that the billionaire’s company [...]
The London Years by Rudolf Rocker is a marvellous insight into what Chomsky describes as the “last great thinker”. The following is a book review published at the Anarchist site. The London Years should be read in conjunction with “Nationalism [...]
Manise Joseph, 16, looks for gold. People in the village of Lakwev in north-east Haiti have been digging for gold since the 1960s. Photograph: Ben Depp link http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/may/30/haiti-gold-mining Haiti‘s rush for gold gives mining firms a free rein over the riches Developing the natural resources beneath Haitian soil may fail to improve the fortunes of [...]
Photo Credit: Oklahoma oligarch Aubrey McClendon with his niece-in-law, swimsuit model Kate Upton LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. This article was first published in the Daily Banter At the end of the 1990s, after the total collapse [...]
Jobseekers wait for an employment centre to open in Madrid, Spain. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images Spain looks to Vienna and Berlin for answers to jobs crisis Spain, Portugal and Greece face a ‘lost generation’ of jobless youth while Austria and Germany enjoy near-full employment Ian Traynor in Toledo guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 30 May 2012 18.30 BST All [...]
Andy Coulson leaves the high court in Glasgow in December 2010 after giving evidence in the trial of Tommy and Gail Sheridan. Photograph: Murdo Macleod Andy Coulson: Scottish courtroom clash that led to detention at dawn PM’s then media chief denied allegations of being aware Tommy Sheridan was alleged victim of phone hacking during perjury [...]
