Monthly Archives: July 2007

Standing Silent Nation

In “Pine Ridge farmer struggles to grow hemp“, Chet Brokaw references Standing Silent Nation, a film by Suree Towfighnia and Courtney Hermann that premiered 3 July 2007 on the PBS programme P.O.V.. The website features interviews, updates, and video clips, … Continue reading

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The BBC, its former Gaza correspondent and an Arab

By David Halpin*, Redress, 10 July 2007 David Halpin calls on the BBC to honour Alan Johnston by reporting Israeli war crimes, in particular the deliberate shooting and crippling of a Palestinian TV cameraman on 5 July 2007. Thus is … Continue reading

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US Army to Close Five More Bases in Germany

DW Staff, DW-WORLD.DE, 11 July 2007 Just a day after the US announced it had emptied the Ramstein air base in southwestern Germany of nuclear weapons, the US Defense Department said Wednesday that it would close five more US Army … Continue reading

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Bush criminalizes the fight for liberation

Colombian revolutionary Ricardo Palmera convicted by U.S. court Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera. On Monday, July 9, 2007, in the second trial on the same charges, Colombian revolutionary … Continue reading

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Bush in Book: “I’ll Kiss Your Ass” After Vote

Iraq Slogger: The following key quotes appear in The Blair Years: Extracts From the Diaries of Alastair Campbell, what one of the largest British bookstore chains is calling “the fastest selling political book in living memory.” The book is to … Continue reading

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