UK Indymedia - Sheffield Newswire Archive

Overwhelming evidence of insider complicity on 9/11

If you watch our videos and read the links on our site (

http://www.911speakout.org) you will understand why we assert that the weight of the evidence points to the fact that 9/11 was orchestrated by insiders…

Washington’s “humanitarian” war and the KLA’s crimes

Paul Mitchell and Chris Marsden | 03-01-2011 11:39 | History | Terror War | Sheffield

Revelations of fascistic crimes carried out by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) prior to, during and after NATO’s war against the former Yugoslavia should provide a salutary lesson whenever Washington again cites humanitarian concerns to justify its predatory war aims.

#532 - Hearing the Inner Calling (Green Gone Wrong and Independent Diplomat)

We start a new decade of Unwelcome Guests with a show appropriate to New Year's Resolutions. In our first hour we hear Heather Rogers on her new book, Green Gone Wrong, about why buying 'green' products will never solve the world's ecological crises. Our second hour presents a healthier alternative for resolution material - two individuals who have heard an inner calling and decided to take up an issue, to act upon their convictions in spite of the change to their routine; Charles Eisenstein tells how he came to write Ascent of Humanity, and Carne Ross tells why he quit the UK Diplomatic Service and how he came to start a non-profit diplomatic service for marginalised people groups.

Iran, a victim of state-sponsored terrorism

Those who mischievously called Iran a part of the so-called "Axis of Evil" and put its name in their fabricated list of the state sponsors of terrorism - the list from which the name of Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime was removed in 1982 so that the United States and its European stooges could rationalize their unjustified, immoral and insane war against Iran - have blatantly forgotten that Iran has been long one of the guiltless victims of terrorism, sponsored by the United States, Israel, UK and their puppets in the Middle East.

Inquest into death of weapons inspector: David Kelly probe case 'unanswerable'

Campaigners for a full inquest into the death of government weapons inspector David Kelly have said they believed they had presented Attorney General Dominic Grieve with an "unanswerable" case.

A lawyer for the group of doctors behind the demand for an inquest said they "hope and expect" that Mr Grieve will make his decision on legal grounds only, and will resist any political pressure to reject their application.

UK planning to evacuate expats from the Persian Gulf region in the event of war

dandelion salad | 29-12-2010 21:22 | Sheffield

The British armed forces are drawing up contingency plans to evacuate hundreds of thousands of British residents and tourists from Dubai and other Gulf cities in the event of war with Iran.

National Health Service "could collapse"

Barry Mason | 29-12-2010 18:46 | Health | Public sector cuts | Sheffield

Senior figures in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) have warned that the government proposals to reform health care, as laid out in the white paper, “Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS”, could lead it to “implode” or face a “train crash”.

UG#531 - Unite and Conquer 2 (One Global Family)

This week we continue our series on the age of reunion. We start with Elisabet Sahtouris speaking on evolutionary leaps which spring from cooperation, the unification of formerly disparate organisms to create new life forms of massively greater complexity. Next Brian Willson recalls his unexpected empathic connection with a faceless victim of US napalm in Vietnam. In our second hour, we hear Jonathan Balcombe, author of Second Nature : The Inner Lives of Animals on the rich inner lives of animals, and why scientists are showing interest in them after ignoring them for so long. We conclude with a moving speech by Anita Burke on the role of forgiveness and love in changing corporate culture.

Turkish daily: Bunker to shelter Turkey’s top brass in the event of a nuclear wa

dandelion salad | 28-12-2010 20:21 | Sheffield

Turkish daily Hurriyet reports that a bunker has been built in Ankara to protect Turkey’s top brass against nuclear, chemical and biological weapons in the event of war.

Even though the report doesn’t provide any information over the source of the threat, routine statements by US and Turkey’s top officials make abundantly clear that the country in question is Iran. The fact remains that hardly anyone in Turkey sees Iran as a threat.

Peace Pays

Alex Smith | 28-12-2010 18:49 | Anti-militarism | Ecology | Sheffield

When cities cannot afford services, when schools suffer, unemployment & welfare are gone - military spending still gets more than half of all. Why not build America instead? Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. We overcome objections, find local activism, search for Peace - & then hear the same calls for military conversion in Great Britain, from Stuart Parkinson.

The invisible Palestinian liberation struggle

underclassrising.net | 27-12-2010 17:30 | Sheffield

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Lib Dem Conference..

underclassrising.net | 22-12-2010 17:49 | Sheffield

Sheffield Lib Dem Council leader Scriven sings for hotel chain promo

Review of Opencast Coal Site Applications in England

This article summarises known information about Opencast / Surface mining in England over the period 2009 / 10 by indication where Applications have been successful, where they have been rejected, where applications are currently 'live' and lastly where applications are likely to be made.

Call out for solidarity actions against Shell

Any day now Shell will find out whether it will be able to continue with the dangerous Corrib Gas Project in Co. Mayo, Ireland

Wikileaks: Play the ball, not the man – and check who’s kicking it

With few exceptions the majority of the public, but more worryingly, many supposed investigative and/or independent journalists, have dismally failed to exercise even the most minimum capacity for critical assessment, either talking-up the revelations (many of which were already common knowledge, or should have been to journalists doing their job properly) and/or participating in the indecent stampede to lionise Assange as some great champion of freedom of information and open government - or both.

Network X Gathering updated details

Here are some of the logisitical and political details of the upcoming gathering

Bank of America (Wikileaks)

Anon | 19-12-2010 20:42 | Liverpool | Sheffield

In a statement, the North Carolina-based Bank of America said it would "not process transactions of any type that we have reason to believe are intended for Wikileaks".

TUC General Secretary is to have a secret meeting with David Cameron this week

Animal | 19-12-2010 18:32 | Sheffield

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Bradley Manning is being tortured..

underclassrising.net | 19-12-2010 11:56 | Sheffield

Allegations are flying around on Twitter that Bradley Manning, the incarcerated whistleblower accused of leaking material showing the USA's wrongdoings in the Middle East, is being tortured.

UG#530 - Exploiting Human Resources (20th Century Control Hierarchies)

This week we hear a radio adaptation of Scott Noble's 2 hour video documentary, Human Resources, supplemented by some remarks of John Taylor Gatto on the history of forced schooling. Human Resources charts the rise of social control by large organisations in the 20th century, focusing on the use of behaviourism and eugenics. It tells how the moneyed elite sidelined ethical concerns as they funded increasingly destructive experiments into the manipulation of individuals and populations. Focusing on USA, we see how initial research results such as the Hawthorn Effect and the frustration-aggression hypothesis paved the way for more destructive research such as MK-ULTRA carried out on citizens by the military and the CIA in the name of 'national security'.

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