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A WARDENS TALE

NOVANEWS Ibrar Ali This a copy of a letter that I have sent to the Heathan magazine with a view to see it published in the "Letters to the Editor" section. The same letter I have reproduced the letter on this website as I anticipate that the Heathan Editorial board will be biased to the Balsall Heath Forum. A significant portion of the Heathan is contributed to by the Balsall Heath Forum as well the majority of the Heathans distribution. Click here for a copy of the letter sent to the Heathan "Date: 25/07/2006 I have read your latest issue of July 2006 No.257, letter to the editor, Mr J. Carrington. He called on the Heathan to take action against the author of Nova. As ex-neighbourhood warde, I can say that I attended a meeting with other wardens, the meeting was chaired by Mr Pat Win...
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BALSALL HEATH FORUM SPY CCTV

NOVANEWS Events have become interesting in the debate over the CCTV scheme that is currently managed by the Balsall Heath Forum, in conjunction with a Home Office scheme to reduce crime ? and getting local residents involved. In the Balsall Heathan April edition there were a two letters published; one from the CCTV volunteers to our then councillors and one from a "police station volunteer" Gweneth Carragher. Both letters took offense to an alleged suggestion that the cameras were not functioning and were not monitored. Gweneth stated that any organisation or group could come and visit the facility by appointment. Click here to download the letters printed in the Heathan The rumour that was referred to both letters was a point raised by Sammi Ibrahem of United We Stand at a recent war...
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“What was the right answer for the question?” George Galloway and gay rights

NOVANEWS By: pink news 21st February 2006 George Galloway “manages a slight, knowing, smirk as he posed for a photograph“ George Galloway is a giant figure in British politics yet at just five foot and six inches he has difficulties towering over even me, someone famed for their short stature. The first thing that I notice apart from his height is that Galloway is nothing like his television persona. I’ve always thought of him as a thoroughly unlikeable man, someone I couldn’t imagine having a pleasant conversation with. But his warmth won me over, he seemed genuinely pleased to communicate with the gay community and asked if I’d mind conducting the interview in his sparse basement as it would be a little quieter than his manically busy constituency office. Through the constant nois...
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GALLOWAY IN SYRIA

NOVANEWS              British MP George Galloway at Damascus University: U.S. Army is Defeated in Iraq. U.S. Will Not Dare to Attack Syria. Bashar Al-Assad is the Last Arab Leader and Tony Blair Is A Slave of Slaves
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TORY: GREAT SUPPORTER OF ZIONISM

NOVANEWS David Cameron the Tory leader said he had yet to visit 'Israel' ' Major gap in my experience which i hope to put right at the earliest opportunity.' He called himself a great supporter of 'Israel'. See Jewish Chronicle November 4, 2005  * Cameron is member of friends of Israel a Zionist lobby for the racist Zio-Nazi regime. He is also a Zio-Freemason freind of Zio-Freemason Dick Atkinson of Balsall Heath Company 'Forum'
Zimbabwe: ‘The Liberation Struggle Continues’
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Zimbabwe: ‘The Liberation Struggle Continues’

Posted by: John Phoenix At the invitation of ZANU(PF), Harpal Brar, Editor of Lalkar and Chairman of Zimbabwe Solidarity Front (ZSF), attended a Conference in Harare with the theme “The Liberation Struggle Continues”. Held from 20th to 23rd April 2004, the Conference, organised by ZANU(PF)’s external relations department, was attended by liberation movements in southern Africa and solidarity movements from abroad. The liberation movements that attended included the ANC (South Africa), SWAPO (Namibia), BDP (Botswana), MPLA (Angola), UDF (Malawi), CCM (Tanzania), MMD (Zambia), SPLM (Sudan) and UNIP (Zambia). Lesotho and Swaziland also sent representatives, while Frelimo was said to have sent a message that it could not attend the Conference. The Conference, which coincided ...
Politics, United Kingdom

RESPECT? Are they having a laugh?

NOVANEWS Sunday 25 January saw the formal launch, amid much fanfare, of George Galloway and the SWP’s new project, the Respect Unity Coalition, rather unfortunately abbreviated to RUC. RESPECT, we are told, is itself an acronym, which stands for ‘respecting equality, socialism, peace, environmentalism, community and trade unionism’. In the run-up to the launch, the ‘unity coalition’ aspect of the new group’s name was more emphasised, perhaps in response to Ken Livingstone’s threat of legal action, since Respect is also the name of London’s annual anti-racism festival. While Galloway has dismissed this threat as trivial and insulting (“Nobody can confuse an annual festival with a ballot paper for an election. He obviously feels his electors are morons”), it is notable that any mention of t...
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DICK ATKINSON RACIST ATTITUDES

NOVANEWS (contributed by Ibrar Ali) He made several racist remarks about Clement, he called him a ‘black monkey’ and ‘f**k Clement he is not of our religion’. He could say and do anything he wanted, as he was protected by senior management at the forum. A complaint was put in about his behaviour and his racist comments, but Pat Wing told us we would leave before Hamid. This is an offensive statement. He also said his tenants were playing up so he went around to the house with PC Andy Thomas and said to the tenants that they were both POLICE OFFICERS and that’s why the tenant left. Abdul Hamid bragged about this. This man is your Public Enquiry Desk in Edward Road Police Station. This is very wrong and dangerous. Pat Wing is an ex-Police Officer. According to the Balsall Heath Forum Staff H...
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TUTU CONDEMNS ZIONIST APARTHEID

NOVANEWS Tutu said 'oppression' would not bring security. South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has accused Zionist regime of 'Israel' of practising apartheid in its policies towards the Palestinians. The Nobel peace laureate said he was "very deeply distressed" by a visit to the Holy Land, adding that "it reminded me so much of what happened to us black people in South Africa". The Zionist lobby is powerful - very powerful. Well, so what? Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In a speech in the United States, carried in the UK's Guardian newspaper, Archbishop Tutu said he saw "the humiliation of the Palestinians at checkpoints and roadblocks, suffering like us when young white police officers prevented us from moving about". The archbishop, who was a leading opponent of apartheid in South Africa, said...
Middle East

THE WAR'S SEVENTH DAY

NOVANEWS By Michael Ben-Yair The Zionist dream's realization and the Jewish people's national rebirth through the creation of Israel were achieved not because of the Jewish side's superior number of tanks, planes or other aggressive means. The State of Israel was born because the Zionist movement realized it must find a solution to the Jews' persecution and because the enlightened world recognized the need for that solution. The enlightened world's recognition of the solution's moral justification was an important, principal factor in Israel's creation. In other words, Israel was established on a clear, recognized moral base. Without such a moral base, it is doubtful whether the Zionist idea would have become a reality. The Six-Day War was forced upon us; however, the war's seventh day, wh...