United Kingdom

  NOVANEWS       Gove to open Academies in DfE buildings? Michael Gove’s speech to the Tory Conference this week included the announcement that “The Department for Education owns or has a lease on more than 100 buildings….. At the moment there is floor space in those buildings lying empty or under-used…….. We will open new academies in the Department for Education’s buildings.” There are 2 obvious problems here. The first is that the government cancelled the BSF programme that left thousands of pupils to study in schools that are falling down. So they are preparing to hand over millions of pounds worth of property to Academies, while doing nothing for community schools. Secondly we have to ask whether these schools will be appropriate places to learn, and are they w...

NOVANEWS NI Secretary Paterson challenged over wristband Press Association 08/10/10 Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has clashed with Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson after he wore a wristband supporting the Army at a meeting with families bereaved by British troops. Details of their behind-the-scenes disagreement have leaked after the senior republican led a delegation of families from west Belfast to meet the Conservative MP to discuss what has become known as the Ballymurphy Massacre. But as the relatives recounted how 11 of their loved ones were shot dead by troops in 1971, Mr Adams challenged Mr Paterson on his wearing of a wristband backing the Royal Irish Regiment at the meeting. Government sources played down the incident and said Mr Paterson had worn the green wristband ov...

NOVANEWS UEFA President Michel Platini reportedly pledged to exert his influence in removing Israel from European competition. By Uzi Dann The head of European soccer's governing body told a senior Palestinian Authority official that Israel is in danger of eviction from UEFA if its government does not change its policies limiting the freedom of movement for Palestinian athletes, according to reports in Palestinian and Arab media outlets. AB-A$$ PUPPET Jibril Rajoub.   During a late September meeting in the West Bank with Palestinian Olympic Committee chairman Jibril Rajoub, UEFA President Michel Platini reportedly pledged to exert his influence in removing Israel from European competition over the authorities' refusal to permit members of the Palestinian national soccer te...

NOVANEWS JOHN PILGER: WHY MURDOCH AND THE ‘BBC’ ARE ON THE SAME SIDE October 5, 2010 by Debbie Menon   Britain is said to be approaching its Berlusconi Moment. That is to say, if Rupert Murdoch wins control of Sky he will command half the television and newspaper market and threaten what is known as public service broadcasting. Although the alarm is ringing, it is unlikely that any government will stop him while his court is packed with politicians of all parties. Rupert and James Murdoch The problem with this and other Murdoch scares is that, while one cannot doubt their gravity, they deflect from an unrecognised and more insidious threat to honest information. For all his power, Murdoch’s media is not respectable. Take the current colonial wars. In the United States, Murdoch’s Fox Telev...

NOVANEWS Dear, Nurses and doctors are warning the government's scheme to massively change the health service is a risk to the future of the NHS. They've called the plans "slash and burn" and said they're a "£80bn gamble with no evidence base or electoral mandate" [1] The government hopes it will be able to slip these plans through on the quiet. We need to make sure more people know the truth about what's really going on. Already 25,000 of us have come together to share our stories about why the NHS is worth protecting. If we spread the word and get more people involved in our campaign to stand up for the NHS, we'll make it harder for the government to force their plans through. Please forward this email to your friends. Let them know about the risks facing the NHS. They can see all our sto...

NOVANEWS People so willing to see the EDL's point of view rarely address the most obvious question, why does the English Defence League pick certain locations to have their demonstrations? The answer is simple, because those areas tend to have a high ethnic makeup and it allows the EDL to intimidate ordinary people in their own streets. That's what many modern British neofascists want, racial conflict, pitch battles in the streets, etc etc. It is a common tactic employed by the Extreme Right, as American readers will remember. Please watch the video from Toledo, Ohio and think of the similarities in modern day Britain. Yet, as we see, the true motivations of the EDL and their associated gangs rarely come up. Still in Leicestershire they seem to have got the mark of the EDL, as this is ...

  NOVANEWS   October 4, 2010 Even with the aid of the Internet it is often difficult to keep up with the EDL's activities, their racism, their shenanigans and stupidity. Even more perplexing to understand is the fact that some people still haven't made up their minds concerning the EDL. They haven't digested the fact that the English Defence League are thugs, football hooligans, convicted criminals, professional racists, neo-Nazis and the flotsam and jetsam of the Extreme Right in Britain. Still, ignorance is no excuse, particularly when there are valuable resources which detail the EDL's vile activities on the web, here are two. The Expose's pictorial twitter, which has extracts from EDL and BNP supporters, showing their true views, with clips from the EDL's Facebook pa...

NOVANEWS 7.15pm Wed 6/10/10 @ The Drum, Aston. David Cameron has pledged to restrict immigration in to Britain. Come & hear a panel discuss why they believe it is good for individuals to have freedom of movement with no interference from the state. Kenan Malik - writer, filmmaker. Colin Prescod - Race & Class, filmmaker. Dave Rogers - artistic director Banner Theatre.    £5/3  (please forward this email to your  contacts, sorry for any cross posting )                       1 Image | View Image | Download Selected       Migrants Eflyer.jpg (182KB)  

Talking to Jumoke Fashola BBC Radio London Reply Images are not displayed. Display images below - Always display images from gilad@gilad.co.uk October 3, 2010 I was talking this morning to Jumoke Fashola, BBC Radio London. We discussed music, Gaza, Jazza, OHE's new album, Robert Wyatt, Israel, Palestine and life in general. You may find it interesting. To listen to the BBC interview: http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/talking-to-jumoke-fashola-bbc-radio-london.html For more information about Jazz please visit:http://jazzaproductions.squarespace.com/events

NOVANEWS Nobel Laureate Mairead McGuire arrested by Government of Israel October 2, 2010 by Debbie Menon     By Niloufer Bhagwat Global Research, September 30, 2010  Mairead Maguire It has been brought to the notice of the international community that Nobel Laureate Mairead McGuire second to none in her support to eliminate conflicts and the reasons for conflicts between nations and peoples, has been illegally arrested and detained by the Government of Israel when she arrived for the ‘PEACE CONFERENCE OF NOBEL LAUREATES’ to prevent her from attending a Peace Conference of Nobel Laureates from all over the world being held in Israel . In arresting and detaining Mairead McGuire and preventing her from attending a peace conference, the government of Israel is seen all over the world as its ...