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UG#507 - Breaking Rankism & Violent Male Stereotypes

This week's show features Jackson Katz' exploration of how Western culture legitimates male violence and domination in institutional power structures. It concludes with an interview with Robert Fuller, who coined the word rankism to talk about abuse of power by those in hierarchies to undermine those beneath them.

The Battle of Nabi Saleh: Soldiers vs. Kids

When Israeli soldiers entered the embattled Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh on July 2, they were immediately confronted by over a dozen small children. While the IDF is accustomed to firing teargas canisters, percussion grenades, rubber bullets and even live .22 caliber ammunition at adolescent boys, members of the Nahal unit and Kfir infantry brigade tasked with suppressing the weekly Nabi Saleh demonstration were frustrated by the children who surrounded and taunted them. At one point, the division commander became so upset he barked into his radio, “I need backup!”

Annual demo at Menwith Hill July 4th with Mark Thomas and Peter Tatchell

CAAB | 02-07-2010 16:39 | Anti-militarism | Terror War | Sheffield

Independence from America annual demonstration at Menwith Hill Sunday 4th July 2.00-7.00pm with Mark Thomas, Peter Tatchell Roy Bailey and loads of live music.

Medialens: McChrystal - Death Squad Poster Boy

The sacking of the head of NATO’s military command in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, caused a surge in coverage of the man described by political analyst James Petras as “Cheney’s chief assassin”.

Petraeus signals escalation of US military violence in Afghanistan

In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, General David Petraeus, Obama’s new commander in Afghanistan, said he would reconsider the rules of engagement as part of an intensification of the US assault on the Afghan people. He also made clear that American troops would remain in the country well beyond the July 2011 date set by the administration to begin a withdrawal.

#504 - Just Cause, Just Laws & Just Wars (On The Desperate Edge of Now)

Robin Upton | 30-06-2010 15:53 | Anti-militarism | Sheffield

Unwelcome Guests episode 504, about how WW2 was justified (Adam Curtis), the Reality of War (David Halpin) & the legal status of the Attacks on Iraq & Afghanistan (Chris Coverdale).

Independence FROM America Day, July 4, at Menwith Hill

Pandora | 21-06-2010 18:44 | Anti-militarism | Sheffield | World

Come and join Mark Thomas and friends at THE Independence gig of the year. With live music, great company and good food.

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Reclaiming the Moors for Peace - Fylingdales, 6 June 2010

Trident Ploughshares Media | 18-06-2010 15:58 | Anti-militarism | Sheffield

RAF / USAF Fylingdales, North Yorkshire – Sunday, 6th June 2010

A day to build awareness of the role of the U.S. Ballistic Missile Early Warning Station in the North York Moors National Park, both among the activists and the public visiting the park.

As for Zionism;

“It depends on what you mean by Zionism. I was a Zionist activist in my youth. For me, Zionism meant opposition to a Jewish state. The Zionist movement did not come out officially in favor of a Jewish state until 1942. Before this it was merely the intent of the Zionist leadership. The Zionist movement for a long time stood against the establishment of a Jewish state because such a state would be discriminatory and racist.”

~ Noam Chomsky

‘If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.’

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emergency flotilla demo, nottingham, 4-5pm Heckler and Koch HQ

Need there be more said?
demo at nottingham HQ of heckler and koch the gun makers, 4pm onwards, bring banners and anything else,
please come!!

Photos of the 7th Sharrow Lantern Carnival

The 7th Sharrow Lantern Carnival was held in Sheffield on 11th April 2010, starting in Mount Pleasant Park and ending at the General Cemetery. The first one was organised to mark the first anniversary of the start of the Iraq war in 2003.

London Shut Down Guantanamo Protest

Some photos from the 9th April 2010 protest held outside the US Embassy in London demanding the closure of Guantanamo, Bagram and the other secret CIA prison camps.

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Lindis Percy reluctantly accepts out of court settlement

Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases – CAAB | 31-03-2010 08:57 | Anti-militarism | Sheffield

For four years Lindis Percy (Coordinator of the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases – CAAB) has tried to bring Frank Macdonald (US First Class Airman based at the USAF base at Croughton, Northamptonshire) to court.

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NATO'S Fire Sale - One Dead Afghan Child, $2,000

On January 11, 2010, we sent out a media alert titled, ‘Were Afghan children executed by US-led forces? And why aren't the media interested?’

http://www.medialens.org/alerts/10/100111_were_afghan_children.php

The alert concerned credible reports that American-led troops had dragged Afghan children from their beds and shot them during a night raid in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan on December 27 last year. Ten people were killed, including eight schoolboys from one family. We noted that the alleged atrocity had been almost wholly ignored by the corporate media, including the BBC.

More civilian deaths as US launches offensive in southern Afghanistan

In what is likely to be the first of many such atrocities, two US military rockets slammed into a house near Marjah, the target of the current offensive, killing 12 people. US military authorities admitted that the victims were innocent civilians sheltering in their own home, as they had been advised to do by US and NATO officials.

Obama Radically Advances The Great American Tradition Of Committing Mass Murder

By unleashing this new generation of American, Canadian and British etc. mass murderers on the town of Marjah in Helmand province in Afghanistan, Barrack Obama continues to prove that he is just as much a tool of Yankee Imperialism as was George W. Bush.

Medialens: Nuclear Deceit - The Times and Iran

On December 14, The Times announced that it had obtained documents about Iran’s nuclear programme that revealed “a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator. This is the component of a nuclear weapon that triggers the explosion”. (Leading article, ‘Explosive Deceit; The exposure of Iran's programme to test an essential component of a nuclear weapon confirms a pattern of duplicity by a bellicose regime,’ The Times, December 14, 2009)

multimultimultinational bid to take over the earth centre ????

As you may be aware a campaign has been running to revive the Earth Centre in Doncaster as a community space and environment skill centre. In the last few days it has come to our attention that a very curious collection of multinationals partner a company (RTTG) Rapid Technology Transfer Group that has along with DMBC have been privately making plans for the future of the site. They dont seem to have a website yet.....

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Section 44 Overturned in European Court of Human Rights

matilda | 12-01-2010 12:01 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Sheffield

This morning, it has been announced that Kevin Gillan and Pennie Quinton have won their case against the Metropolital Police over being stopped and searched under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in the European Court of Human Rights.

Mediablackout: Were Afghan Children Executed by US-led Forces?

Ignoring or downplaying Western crimes is a standard feature of the corporate Western media. On rare occasions when a broadcaster or newspaper breaks ranks and reports ‘our’ crimes honestly, it is instructive to observe the response from the rest of the media. Do they follow suit, perhaps digging deeper for details, devoting space to profiles of the victims and interviews with grieving relatives, humanising all concerned? Do they put the crimes in perspective as the inevitable consequence of rapacious Western power? Or do they look away?

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Sheffield Anti-militarism Newswire Archive

UG#507 - Breaking Rankism & Violent Male Stereotypes

The Battle of Nabi Saleh: Soldiers vs. Kids

Annual demo at Menwith Hill July 4th with Mark Thomas and Peter Tatchell

Medialens: McChrystal - Death Squad Poster Boy

Petraeus signals escalation of US military violence in Afghanistan

#504 - Just Cause, Just Laws & Just Wars (On The Desperate Edge of Now)

Independence FROM America Day, July 4, at Menwith Hill

Reclaiming the Moors for Peace - Fylingdales, 6 June 2010

As for Zionism;

emergency flotilla demo, nottingham, 4-5pm Heckler and Koch HQ

Photos of the 7th Sharrow Lantern Carnival

London Shut Down Guantanamo Protest

Lindis Percy reluctantly accepts out of court settlement

NATO'S Fire Sale - One Dead Afghan Child, $2,000

More civilian deaths as US launches offensive in southern Afghanistan

Obama Radically Advances The Great American Tradition Of Committing Mass Murder

Medialens: Nuclear Deceit - The Times and Iran

multimultimultinational bid to take over the earth centre ????

Section 44 Overturned in European Court of Human Rights

Mediablackout: Were Afghan Children Executed by US-led Forces?

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