(Via The Independent): More than half of the Government’s contract spending on detention services went to just two firms, G4S and Serco, a report reveals today. G4S was this month stripped of a key prison contract in the wake of its shambolic handling of Olympic security but the report reveals it won contracts for a…
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Why Israel lost the war and doesn’t recognise it’s now more isolated than ever
Adam Shatz in the London Review of Books: The ceasefire agreed by Israel and Hamas in Cairo after eight days of fighting is merely a pause in the Israel-Palestine conflict. It promises to ease movement at all border crossings with the Gaza Strip, but will not lift the blockade. It requires Israel to end its…
ABC TV News on Sydney rally against Israeli violence against Gaza
The following ABC TV News item aired on 24 November about the large Sydney rally against the Israeli crimes in Gaza, featuring a clip of my speech: 7PMs_PalProtest_2411_512k
How lobby trips to Israel and beyond pollute political and media culture
Far too many reporters and politicians take free trips to Israel, America and elsewhere. In the vast majority of cases they’re little more than propaganda exercises. When it comes to Zionist lobby visits to Israel, I can count on one hand the number of returnees who write or say anything independent instead of mouthing Israeli…
“Sure, you could say this was a Twitter War”
Joseph Dana in Roads and Kingdoms challenges some of the more absurd claims in the corporate media about the Israel/Hamas conflict: Sure, you could say this was a Twitter War.… You would say that, of course, because Israel announced the launch of the fighting on Twitter. You would say that because after the fighting started,…
What must happen in Gaza now for the sake of peace and justice
Israeli human rights group Gisha writes: November 22, 2012. As the ceasefire agreement takes force, Israel has an opportunity to finally end the civilian closure of Gaza and enter into regional arrangements that will allow residents of Gaza the freedom of movement to which they have a right, while protecting the security to which residents…
New frontiers of “free speech”: pressuring Twitter to ban Hamas
Disturbing post by the ACLU about the growing pressure in the US to try and silence ideas or groups that certain interest groups don’t like (but who live and operate in the real world): With one major exception, the Roberts Court has been quite protective of unpopular (and even revolting) speech under the First Amendment.…