Just back from the Labour Party conference protest in Manchester. I’ve uploaded a few of the best photos but not had time for any fancy post-production. Consider these released into the public domain.
Tag: war
Rehumanize
At the end of these…
…are scenes like this
Why won’t the British and American governments support the end of this violence? Why is America rushing to continue it’s arms supply to Israel? Why is the British government allowing the transport of these weapons through our country? In the face of mounting evidence, why don’t the corporate media challenge the claims that our governments support peace? Why do we let all of this happen? Do we not care? What is wrong with us?
RAF doctor Iraq court martial
The BBC has done a pitiful job of covering the court martial of RAF doctor Flt Lt Malcolm Kendall-Smith who defied orders to return to Iraq citing the illegality of the war.
The prosecution said “it was not Dr Kendall-Smith’s responsibility to question the legality of orders given to him”.
Well, actually, it is. In fact, by law, not only is he to question the legality, he is to question to morality of orders too. As was established before the Nuremberg trials, a soldier cannot use “just following orders” as a defense against criminal prosecution. The London Nuremberg Charter explicitly stated that. The US Uniform Code of Military Justice was ammended after World War II to reflect it. This was all part of the reformation of International law.
I didn’t happen to notice any of this relevant information in the BBC article. I guess they had diverted journalistic resources to covering the all-important Da Vinci Code trial.
Condoleezza Rice Liverpool/Blackburn protests
George Bush’s No 2, Condoleezza Rice, is coming to En-ger-land. She’s not leading an invasion (ha!), she was invited by Jack Straw. During her time here she’ll be visiting Liverpool and Blackburn. Get yourself down to the organised protests on Friday 31st March in Liverpool and Saturday 1st April in Blackburn. Read more at www.condiwatch.co.uk.
UPDATE: I took some photos on Friday night at the Royal Philharmonic in Liverpool. I hearby throw this set of photos into the public domain. Do with them as you wish.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Fixed the link to the rest of the photos. Duh
Iran is dangerous nuclear threat
Media Lens Alert: Iran – The media fall into line
The “liberal” “left-wing” media are, once again, falling into line to support another war to enforce the status-quo (along with all the “right-wing” media too, but that’s rather a given). Iran is 10 years away from creating even one nuclear weapon (assuming that’s what it’s trying to do) yet the mainstream media are telling us they are a major threat.
This is how it always works. When the powers that be announce a new threat (Iran) the mainstream media fall over themselves to support it without question.
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Criminal Robin Cook dead
Throughout his politcal career Robin Cook repeatedly attacked the opposition for their inhumane foreign policy, yet perpertrated the same crimes the moment his party took power. He has an about turn at the last minute, resigning over the illegal war in Iraq, then dies and suddenly he’s remembered as an angel of integrity. The guy was no better than the rest of them: catering to power and profit at the expense of human rights and lives.