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NOVANEWS Derry human rights group uncover 'culture of immunity' Derry Journal 14/09/10 See also at http://www.troopsoutmovement.com/latestnews.htm A Derry based human rights group believes it has uncovered evidence of a "culture of immunity" to protect British soldiers from prosecution in the early 1970s. The Pat Finucane Centre has found a document as part of its probe into the investigation of the shooting of Billy McGreanery in Derry in 1971. The document, says the group, shows a "systematic attitude that saw British soldiers on duty as being above the law." Earlier this year, the Historical Enquiries Team revealed that the top RUC man in Derry at the time of the shooting, Superintendent Frank Lagan, had recommended a prosecution of the soldier who had shot Mr. McGreanery at the top of ...

NOVANEWS 13 September 2010 The Campaign to end BBC Bias on Palestine The BBC’s one sided coverage of the conflict between the state of Israel and the Palestinian people has long been a bone of contention amongst fair minded people throughout the world. If anything in recent years far from improving it has become even more one sided. During Israel’s 2009 military incursion into the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, which left 1417 Palestinian's dead, the BBC covered the conflict almost entirely from the Israeli side, relying mainly on Israel Defense Force (IDF) spokespersons for information about the situation on the ground within Gaza.  Earlier this year after Israel committed an act of international piracy in the Mediterranean which resulted in the loss of nine lives, when its military att...

NOVANEWS September 12, 2010 Pete Seeger urged to withdraw support for ethnic cleansers of the JNF I have to admit I was shocked when I first saw that Pete Seeger was lined up to play a gig for one of the organisations most responsible for the instigation and covering up of zionist ethnic cleansing of the indigenous population of Palestine. Even those artists who play gigs in Israel can usually come up with some mealy mouthed justification for their actions or they donate proceeds to some charity or other whilst appeasing the lobby. But what possible excuse can there be for raising funds for ethnic cleansing or for planting forest over the sites where ethnic cleansing has taken place?News of Pete Seeger's betrayal was greeted at first with a stunned silence from activists though I gather s...

NOVANEWS KEN O’KEEFE: BBC’s Blatant Propaganda Exposed Big Time September 11, 2010 by Ken O'Keefe THE BBC IS AT IT AGAIN.. By Ken O’Keefe STAFF WRITER I am honoured to have contributed to Anthony Lawson’s new short documentary, ‘BBC Bias: The Gaza Freedom Flotilla’.  Spread this film far and wide and let’s make it go viral.  Let us exercise our absolute power to expose the prostitutes of propaganda, usher in a new era of truth and journalistic integrity, and ultimately affect a better world.  Step by step, little by little, the bastards running our world into the ground and using us like canon fodder will see justice if only we increase our awareness, abandon the fear, never give up.  If we can manage that then we will hold every last one of these bastards to account. Since the BBC is a...

NOVANEWS ANTHONY LAWSON REVIEWS BBC’S ‘DEATH ON THE MED’ DOCUMENTARY VIDEO September 11, 2010  by Debbie Menon   Lawson, critiques THE BBC for its blatantly “biased and often untruthful treatment of Israel’s worst atrocity since Operation Cast Lead and he opines, this should trigger a public enquiry about who is really in charge of one of the most influential broadcaster’s on the planet”. By Anthony Lawson via My Catbird Seat YouTube - Veterans Today - Whatever happened on the Mavi Marmara on the morning of May 31st, 2010, the BBC’s Panorama team failed to give a balanced view of it in its so-called documentary, Death in the Med. Even the title sounds more like that of a paperback mystery, rather than a serious analysis of Israel’s worst atrocity since Operation Cast Lead. Documentaries ...

  NOVANEWS http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=384794&version=1&template_id=46&parent_id=26 Nuremberg is valid precedent for Iraq trials   By Dr Cesar Chelala /New York                             Recently in Dublin, anti-war protesters threw eggs and shoes atTony Blair. During a TV interview, he showed a flash of exasperation when asked to explain why people thought that he was a war criminal. His annoyance at the question is little consolation for the thousands of families who lost loved ones during that illegal war.   Blair should be tried under principles established for the Nuremberg trials, together with former president George W Bush and his advisers who orchestrated the Iraq war.   The Nuremberg Principles, a set of guide...

NOVANEWS Jude Collins blogspot 07/09/10 See also at http://www.troopsoutmovement.com/latestnews.htm Oh dear, here we go again. First it was Irish President Mary McAleese, this morning it was the Lord Mayor of Dublin telling us that he looked forward to the visit of the queen to Ireland and that the Irish people had an affection for the British monarchy and would welcome her warmly. Let’s see if we can disentangle a few points. The proposed visit will be an official state visit. That means QE2 would come as the embodiment of Britain. Which means? Well, that’s the issue. The phrase most often used is that the visit would mark ‘the normalization of relations between Britain and Ireland’. Well now. Is it normal for one country to partition its next-door neighbour? If so, when do we get to divi...

NOVANEWS Lauren Booth: An Al Quds day letter to Tony Blair. From Lauren Booth, in Iran.       September 4, 2010       I guess that Tony Blair’s  sister in law, Lauren Booth, could easily use the phone and tell Tony what she thinks of him, his politics and his new memoir. However, being a peace activist she decided also to share it with the rest of us. Gilad Atzmon:        Article Taken from: http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/lauren-booth-an-al-quds-day-letter-to-tony-blair-from-lauren.html An Al Quds day letter to Tony Blair. From Lauren Booth, in Iran - By Lauren Booth 3 September 2010 Dear Tony, Congratulations on your political memoir becoming an instant bestseller. I’m in Iran and have the only copy in the country.  I can tell you, its so fiercely fought over, it’s worth its weight in WM...

NOVANEWS                                   FOR IMMEDIATE USE                                           Monday, 6th September 2010 (00:01 hours) Contact:  TONY FOLEY 07845 969 959 antjoefoley@hotmail.com Date: Saturday, 11th September 2010 Time: 6.00-8.00 pm Venue: Cascade Suite, Copthorne Hotel, Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HJ [Pedestrian access from footbridge, between Paradise Forum and the Hall of Memory] Event: Public meeting: ‘Latin America & the Rise of the Worldwide Ecosocialist Movement’ [Green Left/ Socialist Resistance fringe meeting during the Green Party conference] Speakers: Hugo Blanco and Derek Wall Hugo Blanco is the historic leader of the Peruvian peasant movement, who has been actively campaigning for more than fifty years. A contemporary of Che Guevara, in the 1960...

NOVANEWS September 6th, 2010  • Related • Filed Under Filed Under: Britain • Featured • Magazine • Most read articles • Trade unions The ConDem coalition has taken less than three months to show its true colours as an ultra-Thatcherite, neoliberal government in which Nick Clegg’s wretched LibDems play the servile role of Igor to the Tory Frankenstein. A succession of policy statements and the June 22 Budget have spelled out a rapid and relentless process towards outright war on the public sector and public services, in which the main victims will be low-paid workers, public sector employees, and the millions unlucky enough to depend upon pensions and welfare benefits. The cuts are the biggest and most sustained since the second world war: never before has public spending been cut five yea...