16 Jan 09 National Gaza demo to focus on media bias

Israel admits breaking the ceasefire in November 2008 in an interview on Channel 4 news..

MediaLens has an analysis of bias in the UK media coverage of the Gaza conflict, with suggested actions.

17 Nov 07 Guantanamo manual gets Wikileaked

Such great attention was paid this week to one of the many documents posted on Wikileaks that the load caused the site to be unavailable.

12 Feb 08 US seeks death penalty for Guantanamo detainees

The US government is seeking the death penalty against six men currently held at Guantanamo Bay which it calls “high-value” detainees.

29 Jan 09 Demonstrate against Israeli war crimes

Tell the Deputy commander of the Israeli Ground Forces what you think of Israeli action in Gaza.

20 Feb 08 END THE SIEGE OF GAZA

Protest Saturday 23rd February 2008, 5-7pm, Opposite No10 Downing Street, Whitehall, London

5 Jan 09 Stop the war in Gaza

stop the war logoDemonstrate to stop the killing of Palestinians and call for a halt to the Israeli bombardment.

4 Feb 08 Brian Haw's 'Walk for Peace'

This morning Brian Haw began his four-day sixty-mile walk to Oxford to take part in the ‘Queen and Country’ debate at the Oxford Union

11 Nov 08 Chomsky at 80

Celebrate the life and work of libertarian socialist dissident Noam Chomsky

16 Nov 07 US forced labour activists win Anti-slavery award

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), leading the fight against forced labour in United States agriculture, is being presented with the 2007 Anti-Slavery A

18 Jan 08 Britain's nukes to be sold to US?

CND expressed concern that the Government’s stake in the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE, formerly AWRE) at Aldermaston is being privatised. Both companies bidding, Fluor Corp and Jacobs Engineering are from the USA. Kate Hudson of CND said “When not only the missiles are leased from the US but the very warheads may now put under the control of American companies, the illusion that Trident is an independent system is shakier than ever”.

Network news and actions

19 Nov 09 Sh!t Matters

– especially on World Toilet Day. CLTS is using the opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of sustainable and safe sanitation systems around the world.

17 Nov 09 Delays show fragility of Nigeria's oil delta amnesty

YENEGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria has yet to begin the process of educating and reintegrating thousands of former militants in the oil-producing Niger Delta, prompting some to question their decision to lay down arms for clemency.

14 Oct 09 Twitter can't be gagged: online outcry over Guardian/Trafigura order

Trafigura, a London-based oil trader connected with dumping toxic waste in Ivory Coast in 2006, was the most used word on micro-blogging site Twitter this morning.