UK Indymedia - Sheffield Iraq Newswire Archive

Class War 03/2016: IRAQ 1991 – Class war and bourgeois containment

It was a quarter of a century ago, on March 7th, 1991, when the proletarian uprising in Iraq against war showed to the world proletariat the only way forward to eliminate wars forever. As always, on the other side of the social barricade, all the global forces of Capital acted as one body to liquidate the autonomy of our class.

UG#731 - The Global Oiligarchy (Secrets of The Seven Sisters 2)

This week, we conclude our adaption of The Seven Sisters and supplement it by the research of James Corbett on the influence of the US "Oiligarchs" over the rest of US society. As he notes, the US oil barons were effective in their takeover of other aspects of US society including the money, educational and food supply systems.

'Sworn Enemies'? A Response To George Monbiot from Media Lens

Hi George

It's good to know that your email is intended in a 'friendly and constructive spirit'. We hope you will post a link to this response on your home page and via Twitter.

You write that Media Lens is a 'project whose purpose is to engage and persuade progressive journalists by critiquing their work and encouraging people to write to them'.

We do, of course, encourage readers to send polite emails to journalists. But our primary purpose is to raise public awareness by highlighting examples of corporate media bias. What people do with that awareness is really up to them. Our hope is that it feeds into activism, campaigning and the creation of non-corporate media like MediaBite, News Unspun and BS News.

Above all, we're trying to stimulate debate and participation. Engaging with journalists is certainly part of that, but we have few illusions about influencing media employees who often have little room for manoeuvre and who are deeply dependent on the corporate system. We do hope for marginal improvements as a direct result of our work - they do happen and do matter - but it's not a primary concern.

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The Return Of The King – Tony Blair And The Magically Disappearing Blood

How many war crimes does a western leader have to commit before he is deemed persona non grata by the corporate media and the establishment? Apparently there is no limit, if we are to judge by the prevailing reaction to Tony Blair's return to the political stage.

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Smash EDO: Event dates in North of England and Scotland coming up

Next week and the first week in December speakers from Smash EDO will be touring the north of England and Scotland to tell people about the summer of resistance.
The following dates and venues are confirmed - please spread the word and join us if we are coming to you.

An interview with Brian Haw: 7/1/49 - 18/6/11

An audio interview with Brian Haw originally recorded in December 2007. Also features a variety of images of Brian from over the years.

UG#553 - US Interventionism, Then and Now (Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali)

This week we hear a pair of perspectives from earlier this month on US foreign policy, both from seasoned critics of the US Imperial Strategy. Firstly, Tariq Ali reviews the historical record, from the genocidal expansionism of US colonists up this month's exploits in Libya. Secondly, Noam Chomsky speaksin Syracuse, NY on "What Drives US Foreign Policy & What We Can Do To Change It".

The wars on Iraq and Libya: Front pages from 2003 and 2011

Here is a compilation of newspaper front pages announcing the launch of the war on Iraq (2003) and the war on Libya (2011).

Flashback:How the forgotten city of Halabja became the launchpad for war on Iraq

When the Bush administration went to war with Iraq in March 2003, the centerpiece of its justification for war was weapons of mass destruction. But its precise timing was driven, in large part, by the March 16 anniversary of the poison gas attack on the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja. On the fifth and twentieth anniversaries of these two tragic events, a study of the connection between them reveals a deliberate pattern of twisting and fabricating intelligence to meet policy objectives.

The Guardian’s hatchet job on Julian Assange #WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy, by David Leigh and Luke Harding, published by the Guardian newspaper, is now being paraded as the “official” account of WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. It is in reality a politically-motivated hatchet job aimed at discrediting Assange and facilitating his persecution by the Obama administration and its allies in the UK and Sweden.

20th anniversary - How George Bush, Sr. sold the 1991 war on Iraq

The 2nd of March 2011, marked the 20th anniversary of the 1991 Gulf War on Iraq....

"Hill & Knowlton, then the world's largest public relations firm, masterminded the Kuwaiti campaign to sell the 1991 Gulf War to the American public. By the time their lies were exposed TV newscasters were waxing ecstatic over the rockets' red glare, computerized 'smart-bombs' bursting in air, and 250,000 people were dead."

Breaking News: Bloody protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan

Violence has again rocked the streets of the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah as Kurdish demonstrators continue to demand the ouster of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Barclays Shut All Day, After Lively Protest.

Protestors clashed with police and security guards during a picket of banks in Broadmead and Cabot Circus.

About 80 people, many wearing guy fawkes masks and others dressed as clowns, joined the rolling demonstration to highlight the banks’ involvement in the arms trade.

They gathered in Castle Park before marching down Union Street and into Broadmead, at first followed by two patrolling police officers.

An account of Marco Jacobs' time in Brighton

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http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/01/472363.html

Marco Jacobs was an undercover officer in Brighton in 2004/5

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Wikileaks: 1990 cable details crucial meeting on eve of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

A previously secret US diplomatic cable from 1990, published by WikiLeaks on New Year’s Day

http://www.wikileaks.ch/cable/1990/07/90BAGHDAD4237.html , provides a detailed account of a crucial meeting between the US ambassador to Iraq and Saddam Hussein on the eve of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.

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Mounting evidence of British war crimes in Iraq

Further allegations of war crimes committed by British troops in Iraq emerged in the High Court in London last week.

Death of Dr. David Kelly: Disinformation, censorship and coverup by the UK media

Global Research is publishing what the "progressive" British press has refused to publish concerning the mysterious death of Dr. David Kelly.

US prepares permanent Iraq occupation

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates signaled Tuesday that the US is preparing to scrap a 2011 deadline for withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq, setting the stage for a permanent military occupation of the oil-rich country.

Medialens: WikiLeaks - The Smear and the Denial - Part 2 - The Denial

The UK and US media smears described in Part 1

http://sheffield.indymedia.org.uk/2010/11/467342.html should be kept in mind when considering the gravity and importance of the latest WikiLeaks. In addition to thousands of previously unreported civilian killings, the leaks revealed more than 1,300 claims of torture by Iraqi police and military between 2005 and 2009. More than 180,000 people were detained at some point between 2004 and 2009, or one in 50 Iraqi males.

Medialens: WikiLeaks - The Smear and the Denial - Part 1 - The Smear

“Journalists don't like WikiLeaks”, Hugo Rifkind notes in The Times, but “the people who comment online under articles do... Maybe you've noticed, and been wondering why. I certainly have.” (Hugo Rifkind Notebook, ‘Remind me. It's the red one I mustn't press, right?,’ The Times, October 26, 2010)

Rifkind is right. The internet has revealed a chasm separating the corporate media from readers and viewers. Previously, the divide was hidden by the simple fact that Rifkind’s journalists - described accurately by Peter Wilby as the “unskilled middle class” (

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/dec/10/comment.pressandpublishing) - monopolised the means of mass communication. Dissent was restricted to a few lonely lines on the letter’s page, if that. Readers were free to vote with their notes and coins, of course. But in reality, when it comes to the mainstream media, the public has always been free to choose any colour it likes, so long as it’s corporate ‘black’. The internet is beginning to offer some brighter colours.

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Sheffield Iraq Newswire Archive

Class War 03/2016: IRAQ 1991 – Class war and bourgeois containment

UG#731 - The Global Oiligarchy (Secrets of The Seven Sisters 2)

'Sworn Enemies'? A Response To George Monbiot from Media Lens

The Return Of The King – Tony Blair And The Magically Disappearing Blood

Smash EDO: Event dates in North of England and Scotland coming up

An interview with Brian Haw: 7/1/49 - 18/6/11

UG#553 - US Interventionism, Then and Now (Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali)

The wars on Iraq and Libya: Front pages from 2003 and 2011

Flashback:How the forgotten city of Halabja became the launchpad for war on Iraq

The Guardian’s hatchet job on Julian Assange #WikiLeaks

20th anniversary - How George Bush, Sr. sold the 1991 war on Iraq

Breaking News: Bloody protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan

Barclays Shut All Day, After Lively Protest.

An account of Marco Jacobs' time in Brighton

Wikileaks: 1990 cable details crucial meeting on eve of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

Mounting evidence of British war crimes in Iraq

Death of Dr. David Kelly: Disinformation, censorship and coverup by the UK media

US prepares permanent Iraq occupation

Medialens: WikiLeaks - The Smear and the Denial - Part 2 - The Denial

Medialens: WikiLeaks - The Smear and the Denial - Part 1 - The Smear

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