My husband Peter has just posted this open letter on a NZ blog: 5 September 2009 – 1:52pm — Peter (not verified) The arrogant response of The arrogant response of Prime Minister John Key to the result of the Referendum and his quick decree NOT to change the law that […]
Politics
By Luc Tutugoro New Caledonia Wednesday 26 August Five days ago, the judge in charge of appeals decided to disallow visits to imprisoned Union President Gerard Godard, arrested and sentenced a month earlier while on strike at the Domestic Airport for the sacking of a union member. […]
[These kind of speak for themselves …]
Friday, 24 April 2009, 9:11 am Press Release: Green Party Green Party Confirms Co-Leader as Mt Albert Nominee Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman has been nominated as a Green candidate for the Mt Albert by-election. A selection meeting convenes next Wednesday to consider his nomination. “Russel is our only nominee […]
If the CIA is so worthy an institution, why have those responsible for 9/11 not yet been punished? US President Barack Obama has told the CIA it remains key to protecting the country, days after releasing memos on its harsh interrogation techniques. In a visit to CIA HQ to boost […]
I have little to say at the moment on the details of the Bush torture memos released by the Obama Administration, beyond what I have been writing for many years now about these sickening practices, and what they say about America’s bipartisan, imperial elite, which countenanced them, and often openly […]
youtube.com — The mainstream media plays dumb about the real meaning of the tea parties. CNN’s “divide and conquer” strategy against the American people backfires. Watch the YouTube here. This is how it should have been reported: Watch here. Related: Flashback: In 2006, CNN’s Roesgen Joked About Bush/Hitler Mask Watch: […]
How are the police being trained and why are they being trained to treat the public as an enemy? Guardian.co.uk Watch a collection of videos passed to the Guardian that appear to show police using excessive force against G20 protesters In the fortnight since the G20 protests in London, the […]
Anti-government protesters were preparing for their final stand in Thailand as thousands of troops encircled about 5,000 diehards still out on the streets. By Thomas Bell in Bangkok Last Updated: 6:40PM BST 13 Apr 2009 Red Shirt anti government demonstrators face off the army lines outside the Pattaya Exhibition and […]
More than 100 people are in custody after police smashed a major plot to sabotage one of Britain’s biggest power-stations. 13 Apr 2009 Officers swooped on environmental protesters as they prepared a mass raid that could have disrupted supplies to tens of thousands of homes. The demonstrators are thought to […]