A political sign in Dublin depicting German leader Angela Merkel and calling for a “no” vote to Eu-driven austerity policies. (Photo: Crispin Rodwell) ‘All Pain, No Gain’: The Irish Backlash to Europe’s Austerity Plans And In One Small Irish Town, Loophole Allows for Return to Pre-Euro Currency – Common Dreams staff In the small town [...]
To get their searing point across, a new educational and fundraising campaign by the UK-basedFreedom From Torture, which gives medical care to survivors of torture, features help-wanted“ads” in mainstream papers. “The government of a Middle Eastern state is recruiting a senior torturer to work in a well-equipped prison. Our ideal candidate would be prepared to inflict extreme pain [...]
Milly Dowler: police said because the full technical call data was missing, reaching a definitive conclusion may never be possible. Photograph: Surrey police/PA The full truth about the extent of hacking into Milly Dowler‘s phone may never be known, police have admitted. Their report to the Leveson inquiry followed an investigation lasting five months into the [...]
We Japanese Americans Must Not Forget Our Wartime Internment The degrading treatment of Japanese American families like mine is the theme of my new musical, Allegiance By George Takei May 01, 2012 “The Guardian” – Seventy years ago, US soldiers bearing bayoneted rifles came marching up to the front door of our [...]
The Prime Minister’s father allegedly held directorships in companies registered in tax havens [GALLO/GETTY] London, United Kingdom - Last weekend, the Guardian reported that the British prime minister‘s father, Ian Cameron, held directorships in companies registered in tax havens. These companies were created soon after then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher relaxed capital controls in 1979. They were the foundation of [...]
Why I Refused to Return to Fight in Afghanistan’s Brutal Occupation The Taliban clearly has broad support from Afghan people. Conscientious objection is a right and obligation in a failed war By Joe Glenton April 27, 2012 “The Guardian” – – Recent attacks in Kabul confirm the occupation is falling to pieces. [...]
(photo: Odysseas Gp) Germany to Greece: Cut Safety Nets for Citizens But Keep Buying Our Weapons – Common Dreams staff As Germany insists that Greece submit to harsh austerity measures leaving pensions cut, unemployment soaring and the healthcare system slashed, one area it believes needn’t be cut is Greece’s weapons purchases, provided in great [...]
Leveson inquiry appearance … News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch is scheduled to answer questions on Wednesday. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Rupert Murdoch is to give evidence to the Leveson inquiry into phone hacking and media ethics next week, with a day and a half set aside for the News Corporation founder. Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corp, is [...]
Sergey Brin says he and Google co-founder Larry Page would not have been able to create their search giant if the internet was dominated by Facebook. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google’s Sergey Brin Exclusive: Threats range from governments trying to control citizens to the rise of Facebook [...]
Riot police are seen in front of fires during a demonstration against government spending cuts in London. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Archive/PA Ima Riots may be controlled with chemicals Police look at firing chemical irritants at rioters in search for ‘less lethal’ weapons, such as plastic bullets, to deal with civil disorder Ben Quinn guardian.co.uk, Monday 9 [...]
Solicitors for Sienna Miller say they are taking legal instructions over the alleged leak by a Virgin Atlantic employee. Photograph: Rex Features Virgin employee quits after claims she sent celebrity flight details to paparazzi Emails indicate Virgin Atlantic supervisor passed information about eight celebrities to Big Pictures agency Interactive: the celebrity flight details listed in the email [...]
Wikileaks’ Julian Assange Slams Media for Libelous Coverage – Common Dreams staff WikiLeaks‘ Julian Assange said today that he’s made 75 official complaints over shoddy reporting of his extradition battle. Assange claims he has been subjected to inaccurate and libelous media coverage.Assange itemized the complaints in a written statement to Britain’s judge-led inquiry into [...]
Lord Neuberger, master of the rolls, ordered the release of documents sought by the Guardian. Photograph: David Hartley/Rex Features Judgment over extradition case is victory for open justice Groundbreaking ruling in case brought by Guardian strengthens media’s right to see documents used in criminal proceedings Rob Evans guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 3 April 2012 10.34 BST Article history [...]
The unrest spread to several London boroughs over five nights of rioting [Al Jazeera] London, United Kingdom - Daniel, an 18-year-old from Newham, in London’s east end, has one regret.“I wish there was more time. More time to have shown them what I really could do.” I asked him: “And what exactly did you do?” [...]
It will not take long for crude interventions and arrests by police become a daily occurrence in all the so called major democracies. As soon as a small group in a democracy are given privileges and the right to use these privileges against their fellow citizens abuse follows. The first reason for this is that the elite are [...]
Environmental regulations ensuring the ‘reasonable’ cleaning up of land contaminated by past industrial activity will be reduced because ‘they create a burden for the housing industry’. Photograph: Robert Harding Picture Library/Alamy Environmental regulations set to be slashed Environmentalists angry over government plans to ‘cut red tape’ on rules over air, land and noise pollution and [...]
After the jailing of News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman, above, News International downplayed the significance of what had happened. Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images Phone-hacking: how the ‘rogue reporter’ defence slowly crumbled A series of denials by News International after the jailing of Clive Goodman and Glenn Mulciaire became harderto sustain Within [...]
Part of the strip which has been rejected by several papers. Photograph: Doonesbury Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau has defended his cartoon strip about abortion, which several US newspapers are refusing to run, saying he felt compelled to respond to the way Republicans across America are undermining women’s healthcare rights. The strip, published on Monday and scheduled to run all [...]
Greater Manchester chief constable Peter Fahy tried to assuage public fears that outsourcing could lead to private firms carrying out investigations, patrolling or detaining suspects. Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA Police privatisation plans defended by senior officers Association of Chief Police Officers says only radical change will allow forces to cope with cuts and protect the public [...]
Domestic duties: The use of unemployed people as cleaners supplied by a government contractor has been uncovered by the Guardian through a freedom of information request. Photograph: Rex Features/Frederic Sierakowski Jobseekers forced to clean private homes and offices for nothing Concern over unpaid workers taking overtime from staff as some placements last more than a [...]
Phone hacking: claimants allege that News International had a policy of email deletion. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian Rupert Murdoch’s News International took active steps to delete and prepare to delete the publisher’s email archives as phone-hacking allegations and lawsuits against the owner of the now-defunct News of the World mounted in 2009 and developed in [...]
Giving up alcohol is hard without the help of loved ones, and organisations such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Photograph: Johnny Green/PA ‘For 40 years I’ve planned booze into my diary, making sure it would be there before, after and usually during any significant event. Only very rarely have I excluded it.’ Andy Mayer, The Guardian, 20.10.01. When [...]
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, said efforts by the international community to stabilise the situation in Greece had not worked. Photograph: Michael Sohn/AP Angela Merkel casts doubt on saving Greece from financial meltdown German chancellor speaks candidly to the Guardian and five other leading European newspapers as part of a unique collaboration to explore the EU’s predicament Angela Merkel has cast doubt for the first time [...]
We are beginning the new year with an in-depth look at what was the biggest media story of last year – the tabloid phone hacking scandal that shook the world’s most powerful media corporation and is sure to cause more tremors in the year to come. The big turning point in [...]
The intellectual cowardice of Bradley Manning’s critics VIDEO BY GLENN GREENWALD After imprisoning Private First Class Bradley Manning for eighteen months, the U.S. Army last week finally began the preliminary stage of his court-martial proceeding, and that initial process ended on Thursday. Manning faces over 30 charges; the most serious — “aiding the [...]
The Guardian has today run in its corrections and clarificationscolumn an item saying that its story in July (top), which claimedNews of the World journalists had deleted voicemails on Milly Dowler‘s phone giving her parents false hope that she was alive, was “unlikely to have been correct”.It says: “An article about the investigation into the abduction and death of [...]
Milly Dowler was abducted and murdered by Levi Bellfield in 2002 Continue reading the main story Related Stories Phone-hacking scandal: Timeline Phone hacking: The main players Q&A: Phone-hacking scandal A News International executive has asked the Guardian to correct 26 articles alleging the News of the World deleted Milly Dowler’s voicemails. The Met Police last [...]
News of the World editor Colin Myler holds the last copy of the paper as his staff leave their offices for the last time. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA Did a mistake in the Guardian’s Milly Dowler story cause the closure of the News of the World? The last 72 hours has seen a string of [...]
Former News of the World editor Colin Myler speaking at the Leveson inquiry. Photograph: Reuters Leveson calls NoW emails to women in Max Mosley story ‘frankly outrageous’ Judge challenges News of the World’s former editor, Colin Myler, over paper‘s ethos Lord Justice Leveson has branded emails sent by the News of the Worldto two women in [...]
The City, London . . . Britain’s finance sector contributes less to the country than manufacturing. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA The national interest. It’s a phrase we’ve heard a lot recently. David Cameron promised to defend it before flying off last week to Brussels. Eurosceptic backbenchers urged him to fight for it. And when the summit turned into [...]
This week has seen the largest number of posts on the page since this site was started a little over 2 years ago. You can get to the page before this and thers by clicking “Older entries” at the bottom of this page and the pages that you then come to. There all manner [...]
For more on the impact of climate change on the African continent and an update on the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP17 talks, we’re joined in Durban by John Vidal, environment editor for The Guardian. Vidal has just returned from a journey between Africa’s two most industrialized countries, Egypt and South Africa. [...]
Illustration by Toby Morison Indifferent elites, poverty and police brutality – all reasons to riot in the UK An interesting article which you may find deals with something fundamental in the social process. The British system of Justice has no difficulty in seeing the taking of small items from stores and other places as a [...]
A series of prosecutions have been mounted against British military personnel accused of causing civilian casualties in Afghanistan. Photograph: Ahmad Jamshid/AP British soldier fired for stabbing Afghan boy Grenadier Guardsman Daniel Crook jailed and dismissed from the army after bayoneting boy, 10, in kidneys for no reason reddit this Nooruddin Bakhshi, Rob Evans, Richard Norton-Taylor and Jon [...]
Paul McMullan, former News of the World deputy features editor, gives evidence at the Leveson inquiry Photograph: ITN Leveson inquiry: Nick Davies, Paul McMullan, Richard Peppiatt – live • Former News of the World deputy features editor brands Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks ‘the scum of journalism’ • Hacking Milly Dowler‘s phone was ‘not a [...]
Leveson inquiry: Nick Davies has been giving evidence on phone hacking at the News of the World. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Phone hacking: ‘NoW journalists deleted Milly Dowler voicemails’ The Guardian’s Nick Davies tells Leveson inquiry that private eye was ‘brilliant blagger’ but he only ‘facilitated’ paper’s actions reddit this Josh Halliday and Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 29 [...]
Former Daily Star journalist Richard Peppiatt arriving at the Leveson inquiry. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Leveson inquiry: ex-Daily Star reporter says he was threatened for speaking out Richard Peppiatt tells Leveson inquiry he is taking legal action against an unnamed ‘person linked to the tabloid world’ reddit this Josh Halliday and Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 29 November 2011 [...]
“It will be James,” said Rupert Murdoch. Photograph: David Moir/Reuters James Murdoch: CEO performance by numbers One analysis suggests that James Murdoch was the worst performing Sky chief executive out of five. Here’s the numbers. reddit this Comments (0) Dan Sabbagh guardian.co.uk, Monday 28 November 2011 18.06 GMT Article history James Murdoch first burst onto the [...]
Steve Coogan gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry this week. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Steve Coogan: Leveson inquiry not being ‘distorted by celebrities’ Alan Partridge star defends inquiry into media ethics as father of 7/7 London bombings reportedly refuses to give evidence reddit this Jasmine Coleman guardian.co.uk, Saturday 26 November 2011 15.01 GMT Article history The [...]
Mona Eltahawy is a US-based Egyptian journalist. Photograph: Observer Journalist Mona Eltahawy alleges sexual assault in Egypt detention US-based Egyptian journalist uses Twitter to describe sexual and physical assault she says took place at the interior ministry reddit this Shiv Malik guardian.co.uk, Thursday 24 November 2011 10.18 GMT Article history The US-based Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy has been [...]
Leveson inquiry: comedian Steve Coogan leaves after giving evidence. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Leveson inquiry: Coogan claims Andy Coulson set him up in ‘sting’ Actor says former News of the World editor published details about affair despite assurances from showbiz columnist reddit this Josh Halliday and Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 22 November 2011 16.40 GMT Article history [...]
Photo Credit: Newsweek Caught on Camera: 10 Shockingly Violent Police Assaults on Occupy Protesters Probably 97 percent of police act professionally toward protesters. But the other 3 percent are armed and dangerous, and know that they’re unlikely to be held accountable. November 18, 2011 | Occupations across the country have born the brunt of some [...]
Egyptian riot police charge at protesters during clashes in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Photograph: Ahmed Ali/AP Egyptian elections in doubt after violent clashes in central Cairo Several candidates suspend campaigns after army attack on protesters leaves five dead and almost a thousand injured reddit this Jack Shenker in Cairo guardian.co.uk, Sunday 20 November 2011 19.39 GMT [...]
The times they have a-changed: A campaign for gay rights in Trafalgar Square, London, 1974. Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis A challenge to the Guardian: it’s time to drop the word ‘homosexual’ Words can hurt. The way we report on gay people has to move on from the distanced medical language of the bad old days reddit [...]
UBS building under occupation by Occupy London today. Photograph: Peter Walker for the Guardian Occupy London takes over empty UBS bank – live Protesters escalate demonstration with ‘public repossession’ a day after ignoring Corporation of London’s demand for them to leave St Paul’s reddit this Comments (665) This page will update automatically every minute: On | Off [...]
The massive investment in technology centres such as this one in Gurgaon, near Delhi, contrasts sharply with local poverty. Photograph: Marco Cristofori/Alamy India‘s hitman trial exposes criminal world thriving on economic boom The trial of Jagghu Pehlwan, for more than 150 murders, shows the effect of India’s new wealth on its poorer hinterlands reddit this [...]
The Dangerous Cult of the Guardian by JONATHAN COOK There could be no better proof of the revolution – care of the internet – occurring in the accessibility of information and informed commentary than the reaction of our mainstream, corporate media. For the first time, Western publics – or at [...]
Another Week, Another Obama War on Africa By davidswanson - Posted on 14 November 2011 From Wired The Pentagon’s shadow war in Africa could have a new front, if reports coming out of Nigeria are accurate. U.S. troops are headed to Nigeria to help local forces do battle with Boko Haram, an Islamic terror group that has killed up [...]
Deputy assistant commissioner Sue Akers is running Scotland Yard’s phone-hacking investigation. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Phone hacking: police have told fewer than one in eight potential victims Some 638 of 5,800 possible victims have been contacted by Met, highlighting how far the investigation has still to run reddit this Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 9 November 2011 [...]
Any fossil fuel infrastructure built in the next five years will cause irreversible climate change, according to the IEA. Photograph: Rex Features World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns If fossil fuel infrastructure is not rapidly changed, the world will ‘lose for ever’ the chance to avoid dangerous climate change [...]
