Keith Taylor, Green MEP does good in Gaza

Keith Taylor, the new Green Party MEP who took over from Caroline Lucas when she became an MP, is currently touring the Middle East to see how the Green Party can input into the peace process. Excellent stuff, he seems to be playing a very positive role.It was a groggy crew that were checking out of the hotel just six hours later, and our tribulations were only just beginning. When we got to

Jenny Jones: Boris Johnson misled Londoners during active police investigation

Jenny Jones: Boris Johnson misled Londoners during active police investigation28 JULY 2011After this morning's meeting of the Metropolitan Police Authority, Jenny Jones, Green member of the MPA said:"Kit Malthouse says he did not tell London's Mayor about a police briefing last September over new claims on phone hacking."However, the Mayor said that he and Malthouse were in continuous discussion.

Tim DeChristopher get the man out of jail and make him President instead

">http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/07/26-13Published on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 by CommonDreams.org I Do Not Want Mercy, I Want You To Join Meby Tim DeChristopher Tim DeChristopher, who was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison and a $10,000 fine for disrupting a Bureau of Land Management auction in 2008, had an opportunity to address the court and the judge immediately before

Odd Man Out (1947)

Just watching Odd Man Out (1947) Carol Reed about an IRA chief on the run in Belfast after a bank robbery gone wrong.Classic film, the Irish accents are a little sporadic however.James Mason is spot on, highly recommended film, not politics but art.Having said that the bit with the artist is a bit shite but otherwise watch and enjoy.Black and White so much better than colour (other than Godard)

Breivik's stole his manifesto from this man!

Wisewords from the Sandwich man, it all looks sub Francis Parker Yockey to me.Generally Counter Punch is a very good source but this is a little disturbing.Lind, who is mentioned below, butchers Western Marxism, I mean its a rubbish confused argument, I mean I know Marx and Engels spent most of their time discussing LGBT (alas not).....Cultural Marxism?My overall impression is that the bulk of

Daily Mail inspired mass killing?

">http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news26-07-11.phpThe Rise of the Nutters: This is Norway to Go..?"The lunatic is all idee fixe, and whatever he comes across confirms his lunacy. You can tell him by the liberties he takes with common sense, by his flashes of inspiration, and by the fact that sooner or later he brings up the Templars." - Umberto ECO, Foucault's PendulumThe Norway attacks have

Indigenous rise against death squad democracy and FARC

yeah fuck you Rory Carroll! Sitting round the pool with the rich people I bet.For more on Rory read here, if you want some Latin American news that matters read on.The oldest and strongest grassroots indigenous organization in Colombia, TheRegional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC), has issued a call for a "Minga ofresistance" to restore autonomy and peace throughout Indigenous territories

Elinor Ostrom in London for ecology conference

Fran: Do you have a message for the general public?Elinor: We need to get people away from the notion that you have to have a fancy car and a huge house. Some of the homes that have been built in the last 10 years just appall me. Why do humans need huge homes? I was born poor and I didn’t know you bought clothes at anything but the Goodwill until I went to college. Some of our mentality about

Caroline Lucas 'What the Frack!'

Fracking is horrendous, Caroline Lucas is doing such a good job as our Green MP, great to see her put some of her scarce time into anti-frack.

Special Briefing on Human Rights and the Law in Colombia

6.30pm Wednesday 3rd AugustAt Hodge Jones and Allen LLP (solicitors)180 North Gower Street, London, NW1 2NB(near Euston Square, Euston and Warrant Street tube stations) Eduardo Carreño will give an in-depth briefing on: · The Justice and Peace Process · The ‘para-politica’ scandal · DAS case (interception of phone messages by the state intelligence agency, lists of targets

Green administration announces living wage for Brighton & Hove

Green Council Leader Bill Randall yesterday (21 July) announced radical plans to introduce a Living Wage to the city of Brighton & Hove.At a Full Council meeting, he confirmed that the council will be taking a number of steps to reduce inequality in the city through narrowing the gap between the highest and lowest paid workers.Cllr Randall commented: "Reducing inequality is a key plank of our

Caroline Lucas 'Don't blame the badgers'

Great to see this from Caroline.Brighton Pavilion MP, Caroline Lucas, who is an honorary vice president of the RSPCA and a longtime campaigner on animal protection issues, said:"The decision by Defra to give the go-ahead for a barbaric slaughter of badgers in our countryside shows a shocking disregard for animal welfare - and flies in the face of scientific evidence on the spread of bovine TB."

Do you know... what the trees say when the axe comes into the forest?

some stuff I am thinking about, comment welcome! Not finished yet, pure process!How do we fight the crab? “Formerly, when animals were people, a giant crab, called Ugkaju, commanded an army composed of ants and fish that killed the strongest warriors, than were the tigers, vixens and birds as the paujil and the pava of the mount. Ugkaju struck the water with its clamp forming floods that drowned

LIVE EXPORTS DEMONSTRATION

(Photo is of a Green Party speaker at a previous demo)Saturday 13th August major regional demonstration against live exports, organised by Thanet Against Live exports and Compassion in World Farming.Saturday 13th August, bring your friends and family and help to show the level of opposition to this inhumane trade. We will meet at Ellington Park, Ellington Road, RAMSGATE, CT11 9SX from 11.00am,

From crisis to commons

What apparently began as a financial crisis that turned into an economic one is soon to be called a “political crisis.” The abject destruction that capitalists have created with their “management” of the two great commons of labor and the planet’s eco-system will stop being considered a “tragedy of the common” (where no one in particular is responsible) and come to de-legitimate the capitalist

WHY LATIN AMERICA WORKS.

PUBLIC MEETING WHY LATIN AMERICA WORKSA roundtable discussion with:PROF ERNESTO LACLAU, Political theorist, Essex University and Universities around the world.JEREMY CORBYN MP, Longstanding parliamentary friend of progress in Latin America and the world.DR FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ, Latin American Studies, Middlesex University. Secretary, Venezuela

here's Jonnieeeeeeeeee!

His tweets before pieing Murdoch JonnieMarbles Jonnie Marbles It is a far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before #splat4 hours ago Favorite Undo Retweet ReplyJonnieMarbles Jonnie Marbles It might be quicker if Baby Murdoch simply listed all of the things that he does know #hackgate5 hours ago JonnieMarbles Jonnie Marbles One gets the sense that they haven't really done the

Rupert Murdoch attack video: Media mogul hit in face with 'foam pie'

just thought Jonnie Marbles was a rubbish local comedian.Take it all back this was quite amusing.Murdoch if found guilty is unlikely to go to prison so nice to see him getting his just dessert!

Fortnum Mason arrests showed face of political police

109 activists, arrested following a non-violent UK Uncut demonstration on the 26th of March 2011, have had their charges dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service.Over 150 activists were arrested on 26 March 2011. They were handcuffed and transported to police stations across London, where they were held in cells for up to 24 hours.Jenny Jones, Green member of the Metropolitan Police Authority and

'Rupert Murdoch, the controversial media mogul, has reportedly been found dead in his garden'

Rupert Murdoch, the controversial media mogul, has reportedly been found dead in his garden, police announce.Murdoch, aged 80, has said to have ingested a large quantity of palladium before stumbling into his famous topiary garden late last night, passing out in the early hours of the morning."We found the chemicals sitting beside a kitchen table, recently cooked," one officer states. "From what

Dead NOTW journalist Sean Hoare video on why he hacked phones.

Sean Hoare is dead.How convenient.£100,000 bribes to cops, thousands of phones hacked.

An arrow in the indigenous struggle!

First Green council undertakes energy revolution

Work is underway to radically boost energy from renewable sources produced in Brighton & Hove, the local authority led by a minority Green Party administration.In April, an independent scrutiny commission set up by the council called on the authority to help radically increase use of low-carbon power city-wide.Now a report, discussed at last week's Brighton and Hove cabinet meeting, has outlined

Young Greens host 'Just Do It'

As part of its nationwide release, 'Just Do It' is coming to Stratford, and following the film's screening, the London Young Greens will be hosting a question and answer session and discussion about the film and the relationship between politics and activism alongside members of UK Uncut and the film's production team. The film is showing at Stratford Picturehouse (Gerry Raffles Square, Salway

Tell Vedanta to stop attack on Dongria Kondh

Why: In August 2010 India's Dongria Kondh tribe won a historic victory when Vedanta's plans to mine in the Niyamgiri Hills were stopped by the government. But that success is currently under threat from a challenge in India's Supreme Court. We will be at the AGM to tell Vedanta - and its shareholders and investors - that resistance to the mine is still strong, and that it's time to stop trying to

Saving the Earth = Mother Rights!

Saving the Earth will take more than merely adjusting our actions—polluting less here, conserving more there, moving toward sustainability within the confines of today’s prevailing worldview.To really declare our commitment to protecting the rights of nature, we must change how we think about the world itself and our place within it. This means taking a fresh look at nature, learning from its

Gordon Brown rinses Murdoch.

Gordon Brown has gone up in my estimation quite astonishingly.The Murdoch Empire may fall but we slaves all need to give it a little push if we are to be free.Did you know that people are shoplifting the Sun such is the disgust at stealing Gordon Brown's sons medical records, the hacking of murder victim Milly Dowler's phone and that the protests are spreading to the USA and Australia.The end of

Anonymous targets RBS and Exxon

Anoymous have shifted from fighting Scientology to attacking the tar sands companies who threaten our collective future.Please spread the word! The war against the crab continuesAnonymous statement hereTarmeggedonFree-thinking citizens of the world:Anonymous' Operation Green Rights calls your attention to an urgent situation in North America perpetuated by the boundless greed of the usual

Our war against Ugkaju

“Formerly, when animals were people, a giant crab, called Ugkaju, commanded an army composed of ants and fish that killed the strongest warriors, than were the tigers, vixens and birds as the paujil and the pava of the mount.Ugkaju struck the water with its clamp forming floods that drowned the people. The warriors could not defeat it. Finally, the weakest animal met to plan an attack. They were

Debbie Fink news on returning Green Party activists from Israel

Just had this about the activists held in Israel from Debbie Fink, incidentally big shout out to all the Jewish Socialist Group comrades, etc from me!Dear all,I've been informed that all but three British activists will be deported tonight on the EasyJet flight EZY 2086, scheduled to land at Luton Airport at 23.55 tonight. The other three had refused to go. Pippa Bartolotti is among them, as I

Political statement of the Broad Front of People’s Resistance Frente Amplio de Resistencia Popular (FARP)

News from Honduras, workers, indigenous, farmers getting organised for socialism, democracy, ecology, human rights....Political statement of the Broad Front of People’s ResistanceFrente Amplio de Resistencia Popular (FARP) We want reconciliation but do not find any will; we demand freedom for political prisoners and an end to persecution. We want JUSTICE; we are going to sue the material and

FIFA must condemn Nigerian anti-lesbian witch-hunt

really pisses me off homophobia and general LGBT persecution, not good, just had this from Peter. Flashmob protest planned for Wednesday 13 July in Frankfurt London – 12 July 2011 The international gay rights pressure group – www.AllOut.org - has called on FIFA to publicly condemn homophobia in football, starting with a full investigation of the Nigerian Women’s Football Coach, Eucharia Uche, for

Some good news from Australia, 24 hour solar.

24-hour solar power: here and nowSaturday, July 9, 2011Spain's Gemasolar concentrated solar thermal power plant.It’s the best news on climate change for years, and you’ve probably not heard about it.Spain’s new Gemasolar power plant produced uninterrupted clean energy all day and all night for the first time on July 3. That’s 24 hours of zero emissions power, here and now.Gemasolar is a

Mark Northfield 'The Death of Copyright'

Mark is a member of my local Green Party!

Caroline Lucas speaks out on Green Party prisoners in Israel

Several British citizens, including Pippa Bartolotti, Deputy Leader of the Wales Green Party, have been detained in Israel this weekend while en route to Bethlehem for a human rights demonstration.The group was held at Ben Gurion airport and were then transferred to Givon Prison. It remains unclear under what legislation they are being held, and whether any charges have been brought.There are

Marxman 'Ship Ahoy'

Pure class!Enjoy!

A very short opera entitled 'Never Buy the Sun'

A bill of rights for irradiated citizens

Nuclear Power Irradiated CitizensBill of Rights1. All planned releases of radioactive gases or liquids, no matter what level of radioactivity, will be announced to surrounding communities prior to the release.2. All radioactive releases will be monitored in detail and the data from those releases including quantity of all radionuclides, wind direction and duration of releases will be published

Aidesep say 'don't kill our brothers and sisters!'

Autonomous indigenous brothers and sisters, mislabeled in isolation or notcontacted, and Initial Contact depend on their territory for subsistence andare highly vulnerable to rapprochement with outsiders because they do not have thebody defenses to fight disease easily transmitted outside thesame may be common and easily treated for the rest of thesociety.Aidesep the inter ethnic association of

Ed Miliband should take the train

A lot of my friends are off to the Durham Miners Gala, my heart goes with them, its one of the premier labour movement events.One person who wouldn't be there is Labour Party leader Ed Miliband.Scared of the Murdoch press and the Daily Mail he refused to go.Too scared to move an even an inch, he will be buried like the News of the World.Sad but true, in Britain the right are powerful and the

Salma Yaqoob resigns as councillor

Really sad to see this, I have known for some time that Salma has been ill. If I was a praying person I would pray for her.One of very few really impressive UK political figures.Caroline Lucas and Salma have been mutually supportive which is something that I have also been inspired by.Get well soon Salma we need you!This week I told party members, friends and supporters of my decision to resign

Labour Party and Green Party issue joint statement against EDL

oh and here's some classic Marxman, my music does not mean its endorsed by Lab or GreensCambridge Labour Party and the Green Party have issued a statement rejecting the views of the English Defence League.The two parties, whose members, who will be joining the counter march, protesting against the far-right group this Saturday (July 9), said: “As Cambridge councillors we do not welcome the

Bob Crow fight for Bombardier jobs

Who you going to call, Ed Miliband.........don't think he would have much muscle in a fight for jobs.UNIONS REPRESENTING the Bombardier workforce in Derby confirmed today that they will be mobilising a mass demonstration on Saturday 23rd July in the city in protest at plans to axe over 1400 jobs as a result of the Governments’ refusal to award the company the Thameslink carriage contract.Details

Ed Miliband admits he is Rupert Murdoch's bitch

Bring on the clones!Ed is on the way out but I no question that the New Labour leader will be loyal to Rupert Murdoch.The fact that Ed is boycotting the Durham Miners Gala says it all.This is worth a read,Ed Miliband’s reneging on a commitment to speak at the Durham Miners Gala looks like a timid attempt by the leadership to distance itself from the trade unions and the working class. Such an

Keith Taylor's Bees

Rather liked this from Green World, the Green Party Magazine about Keith Taylor, who took over from Caroline Lucas as our South East MEP after Caroline Lucas was elected to parliament.There’s a crisis in the world of bees...Between 1985 and 2005 the number of honeybees in the UK halved. Colonies disappearing is a real and significant threat, not only to honey production but also to the production

‘Where will the lower orders buy their Christmas presents?’

Your new book is called Chavs:The Demonization of the Working Class. Can you briefly explain where the term ‘chavs’ comes from, what it is supposed to represent, and who is using it?The word ‘chav’ comes from the Romani word ‘chavi’, which means ‘child’. When it first entered the Collins English Dictionary in 2005, it was defined as a ‘young working-class person who dresses in casual sports

Agent Orange being used to clear Amazon

Wonder if Rory Carroll is having a nice time sitting next to the pool, a well, lets get on to some news:Agent Orange is one of the most devastating weapons of modern warfare, a chemical which killed or injured an estimated 400,000 people during the Vietnam War -- and now it's being used against the Amazon rainforest. According to officials, ranchers in Brazil have begun spraying the highly toxic

Ray-gun killer statue shames London

A Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Briefing 4 July 2011According to Baroness Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, whose statue was unveiled outside the US Embassy in London today, was responsible for ‘winning the Cold War without firing a shot.’However, behind the cosy facade of the great statesman and communicator who ended the Cold War was a man whose ideologically-driven foreign policy, uncluttered

Guardian correspondent writes 'advertisement features' for human rights abuser

Alvaro Uribe's methods and allegiances have been criticised, but Colombians are simply happy that, under his regime, there is relative peace and security - at least for now. Rory Carroll joined him on a typical working day.Surely, for the sake of the Guardian's credibility, now is the time to relieve Carroll of his duties and let him to what he does best; composing 'advertisement features' for

Chomsky denounces 'extreme dishonesty of the Guardian'

Indigenous people get killed in Colombia day after day.This is hardly news worthy to Rory Carroll, the Chavez dictator meme has instead to be reinforced day after day.Chavez is worthy of criticism but don't forget the agenda behind this, Chavez is a target because he challenges US hegemony and attacks elites when they attack indigenous people, farmers, etc.From: "Noam Chomsky" Date: 3 July 2011

EARTH FIRST SUMMER GATHERING, EAST ANGLIA - 10-15 Aug

Got to love the bunnies, u pay you rent?At a rapid speed the earth is being torn up by human greed. Where therewere once wild untamed woodlands there are now mining machines. Wherethere was once clean water with fish running free, there are now damns andthe waste products of civilization. Where once non-human animals roamed invast numbers, there are now sprawling suburbs, motorways and

Elinor Ostrom 'an accidental life'

Here are my rough notes towards a biography of Professor Elinor Ostrom, only women to win a Nobel Prize for economics and if you ask me about the only economist to ask serious questions about the big stuff like propsperity, ecology, human freedom and collective choices.Rough, may have missed some references but enjoy, her really interesting life has helped shape her economics.ha and lovely

Protest causes facebook to reverse ban on indigenous rapper

Indigenous rapper Caper says a backlash from his fans caused Facebook to reverse their banning of the video to his song "How Would You Like To Be Me?" (lyrics below).The song, which addresses racism in Australia, has enjoyed extensive radio airplay, becoming one of the most requested songs on Magic FM.The 30-year-old musician, otherwise known as Colin Darcy from Whyalla in South Australia, said

Colombian indigenous organization protests five killings in Antioch

Must blog up my encounter with Emma Reynolds MP, the Labour Shadow Foreign Office Minister for Latin America, who I challenged at last weeks Westminster post election Peru meeting. I told her how disgusted I was with her remark about 'the increasingly authoritarian Chavez' when the previous Labour government had cuddled up to Peru and Colombia where there was state complicity with death squads

Coalition of Resistance conference, July 9th

RCoR national conference: 9 JulyUniversity of London Union 10am-5pmOur second National Conference will be the first opportunity since the pensions strike to take stock discuss the way forward. Plenary speakers will include PCS General secretary Mark Serwotka together with Zita Holbourne from the PCS executive [and BARAC] and NUT executive member Alex Kenny. All played important roles in ensuring

'dedicated to the common use of the pobladores'

I am enjoying reading Vincent Ostrom's Phd thesis, may not be your idea of fun, but Vince who was later to marry Elinor Ostrom, was already fascinated by commons in 1950.Here he looks at how the Spanish monarchy created common property, while I am a stern critic of the European invasion of North America and the destruction of indigenous and indigenous property rights, its still a fascinating