Pop pirate ship Voice of Peace broadcast from international waters to the middle east from ’73 – ’93 when it was intentionally sank after the signing of the Oslo Peace Accord [nov ’93]. While I never heard the Voice of Peace on air, I was kept update of all its troubles by various anorak radio…
Author: Brian Greene
film four goes free to air
film four goes free to air [10729V SR22000 FEC 5/6 28East] started at 9pm; goes 3pm-3am
some Irish remain in the Lebanon
reports that rockets falling in Israel are made in Iran and bombs exploding on Lebanon are made in the USA, 10 days of silence from Washington, 10:1 asymmetric death toll. Lebanese army to defend its southern border. IDF queue up to enter. 500,000 displaced. most foreigners have left. weekend of bombardment to begin. proxy war…
The GAMA strike – DVD
In 2005 a group of Turkish workers made history in Ireland when they took on their employer, Turkish-owned multinational construction giant GAMA. Assisted by the Socialist Party, whose members first exposed the scandalous wages and conditions being paid by GAMA to its Turkish workers, they engaged in a bitter and hard fought battle which eventually…
militant founder Ted Grant dies aged 93
[TedGrant.org] [wikipedia] [report to follow]
Too Much Too Young
not being subscribed to the pay to view or subscription TV channels, I from time to time actually see music videos on music television! from B4, Vault, Channel M, just FAB all@28E Flux @42e & 12.5W and MTV italia @ 16E. yesterday while watching Vault on a flick around I saw the Specials from ’80…
the Leb keeps Iraq off the news
50 killed in Baghdad in one incident today – [voa reports] Iraqi hospital officials say gunmen have killed at least 50 people and wounded scores of others at an open air market south of Baghdad.Authorities say a large group of attackers first fired mortars and then stormed the market in Mahmoudiya, firing automatic weapons and…
Bush “get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit”
President Bush cursed Hezbollah’s attacks against Israel in private conversations with foreign leaders Monday that were picked up by a microphone.Bush expressed his frustration with the United Nations and his disgust with the militant Islamic group and its backers in Syria as he talked to British Prime Minister Tony Blair during the closing lunch at…
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