6th July, 2011
Hull residents’ protest over phone mast enters 10th week
Campaigners, who have occupied the site of a proposed mobile phone mast in east Hull for 10 weeks, have said they are there for the “long-haul”.
Hull mast protest
Posted by seumasach on July 7, 2011
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‘Green’ lightbulbs poison workers
Posted by seumasach on July 7, 2011
3rd May, 2009
WHEN British consumers are compelled to buy energy-efficient lightbulbs from 2012, they will save up to 5m tons of carbon dioxide a year from being pumped into the atmosphere. In China, however, a heavy environmental price is being paid for the production of “green” lightbulbs in cost-cutting factories.
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US are blood thirsty imperialists: Malema
Posted by seumasach on July 6, 2011
6yh July, 2011
ANC Youth League President Julius Malema on Wednesday labelled the United States as “blood thirsty imperialist” for bombing Libya with its Nato allies, the SABC reported.
“We want to ask a simple question to the imperialists. Are you not tired of seeing blood every year? You blood thirsty imperialists,” Malema said.
He was speaking at a protest by hundreds of Numsa members at the US Embassy in Pretoria.
“Every year you are bombing this or that nation, because of your thirstiness for blood. We should all agree that South Africa should not have voted for the resolution…,” said Malema.
It was recently reported that President Jacob Zuma had said that South Africa reiterated its concerns at the misinterpretation of a United Nations resolution.
The resolution authorises a no-fly zone over Libya, which Nato had used to “justify its bombing campaign”.
“They (the United States) can’t think. They don’t know politics.”
Malema also called the war in Libya “sponsored violence”.
He said it was sponsored by countries such as the US, France and Britain. –
Sapa
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Russia warns NATO over Libya action
Posted by seumasach on July 6, 2011
6th July, 2011
Russian envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin has accused the military alliance of exceeding the UN resolution on Libya and thwarting the political process that can end the conflict.
Rogozin blamed NATO for undermining efforts by the Libyan opposition forces to initiate ceasefire negotiations with unpopular Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
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U.S. economy, problem is insolvency not liquidity
Posted by seumasach on July 6, 2011
The Great Misdiagnosis of the US Economy, Problem Is Insolvency Not LIquidity
Jim Willie
1st July, 2011
Imagine a doctor who administers an elaborate treatment for a man suffering from multiple broken bones, joint arthritis, and fallen foot arches. The quack doctor orders massive amounts of liquids as though he has a horrible case of dehydration. The inept doctor also permits unlimited freedom of movement around the hospital and its grounds to the patient, as part of the blunt treatment. The man still cannot walk right or breathe normally, has trouble lifting any significant weight with the arms, and stumbles around from shaky legs. But he has plenty of fluids and freedom to roam, urinating like a race horse. With the heavy mistreatment that is badly off the mark, he has a new problem, diarrhea and bloat together. His doctor is an idiot, incompetent, but still given respect.
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Military stalemate in Libya heightens US-NATO crisis
Posted by seumasach on July 6, 2011
Patrick O’Connor
5th July, 2011
Despite nearly four months of daily US-NATO bombing raids over Libya, so-called rebel fighters have failed to make any significant advance beyond the areas they controlled in March. Nor has the Gaddafi government disintegrated, as had previously been anticipated in Washington, London, and Paris. The stalemate in the oil-rich state has heightened the crisis confronting the imperialist powers engaged in the illegal regime-change operation.
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Bahraini protesters stage new rallies
Posted by seumasach on July 6, 2011
6th July, 2011
The latest demonstration happened in north Sehla district, south of Manama, in an apparent protest against the negotiation, which is reportedly aimed to put an end to the political crisis in the Persian Gulf Sheikhdom, local sources told Press TV on Wednesday.
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Demand an end to Britain’s warmongering
Posted by seumasach on July 6, 2011
July, 2011
Sometimes foreign affairs impinge on our domestic scene so much that they warrant closer attention, especially as the “fog of war” obscures the real story. Workers are about to have standards of living further eroded amid rounds of cuts that are the worst for generations. At the same time, further bailouts – at our expense – loom and countries in our backyard have their economies downgraded to junk status.
So this declining capitalist system once again manages to find resources to embroil itself in yet another war with no clear exit. The expense is once again extracted from us – or, failing that, from the bank accounts Britain has confiscated from a sovereign nation. That’s why it is absolutely right to make the demand “Hands Off Libya”, to cease the bombing abroad and destruction at home. Instead we have the urgent task of rebuilding Britain.
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Colonizing Libya
Posted by seumasach on July 5, 2011
Colonizing Libya by Military, Financial, Political and Propaganda Terrorism
Stephen Lendman
After three and a half terror bombing months and counting, destroying Libya for wealth and power continues, each imperial nation playing its part in this sinister dirty game, masquerading as liberation.
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In These New Times 