Loud noises from Washington about a US pull-out from Iraq are a poor disguise for America’s determination to keep waging war. And the same sort of spin is at work here in Britain

Edward Bernays, the American nephew of Sigmund Freud, is said to have invented modern propaganda. During the First World War, he was one of a group of influential liberals who mounted a secret government campaign to persuade reluctant Americans to send an army to the bloodbath in Europe. In his book Propaganda, published in 1928, Bernays wrote that the “intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society”, and that the manipulators “constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power in our country”. Instead of propaganda, he coined the euphemism “public relations”. Read the rest of this entry »

(Telegraph) – Former Labour cabinet ministers have been accused of offering to use their political influence in return for payments of thousands of pounds. Read More Here

(Telegraph) – Former Labour cabinet ministers have been accused of offering to use their political influence in return for payments of thousands of pounds. Read More Here

(BBC) – The leader of Plaid Cymru’s MPs has said he has a memo showing Tony Blair and George Bush struck a secret deal to invade Iraq a year before the 2003 war. Read the rest of this entry »

(BBC) – The leader of Plaid Cymru’s MPs has said he has a memo showing Tony Blair and George Bush struck a secret deal to invade Iraq a year before the 2003 war. Read the rest of this entry »

(PressTV) – An Israeli Knesset member says there is evidence showing that deceased Palestinians were stripped bare of their vital organs while in police custody in Tel Aviv. Read the rest of this entry »

Speech by George Galloway MP at the War Crimes Conference & Exhibition that took place at the Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on 28th October 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

(GeorgeGalloway) – Here is the speech by George Galloway MP at the War Crimes Conference & Exhibition that took place at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on 28th October 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

(Guardian) – History remembers Benito Mussolini as a founder member of the original Axis of Evil, the Italian dictator who ruled his country with fear and forged a disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany. But a previously unknown area of Il Duce’s CV has come to light: his brief career as a British agent. Read the rest of this entry »

(RussiaToday) – “There is a war in Afghanistan going on, and if what I believe in is true, [it] has been created artificially, like the war in Iraq: as consequence of the lie [about 9/11],” says Giulietto Chiesa, an EU MP, 2004-2009. Read the rest of this entry »

(Times) – Students are planning a mass demonstration outside the British Embassy in Tehran today, warning that it could trigger a repeat of 1979, when students stormed the US Embassy and held 52 diplomats hostage for 444 days. Read the rest of this entry »

Anti-fluoride extremists have threatened to kill a Victorian government minister and blow up a regional water authority. Read the rest of this entry »

(Independent) – First, the police fire tear gas, then rubber bullets. As protesters flee, they move on to live rounds. One man, wearing only a pair of shorts, stops to raise his hands in surrender. He is knocked to the ground and given an extended beating by eight policemen in black body-armour and helmets. Read the rest of this entry »

(Independent) – First, the police fire tear gas, then rubber bullets. As protesters flee, they move on to live rounds. One man, wearing only a pair of shorts, stops to raise his hands in surrender. He is knocked to the ground and given an extended beating by eight policemen in black body-armour and helmets. Read the rest of this entry »

(Guardian) – The foreign secretary, David Miliband, told MPs today that he will not allow the public to see the secret interrogation policy that is at the heart of allegations that MI5 has been colluding in the torture of British citizens. Read the rest of this entry »

Edited audio from George Galloways friday and saturday radio show in which he makes it quite clear that he disagrees with the official conspiracy theory surrounding the events of 9/11 and asks people to investigate further. Read the rest of this entry »

Edited audio from George Galloways friday and saturday radio show in which he makes it quite clear that he disagrees with the official conspiracy theory surrounding the events of 9/11 and asks people to investigate further. Read the rest of this entry »

Banned British MP George Galloway thanked Canada’s immigration minister “for giving the anti-war movement such a tremendous boost.” Read the rest of this entry »

George Galloway, a British member of Parliament, has been banned from Canada on security grounds, the country’s immigration service has confirmed. Read the rest of this entry »

Paul Moore, a senior executive at HBOS, was sacked by one of Gordon Brown’s favoured bankers after warning his bosses they were taking excessive risks, MPs were told. Read the rest of this entry »

Paul Moore, a senior executive at HBOS, was sacked by one of Gordon Brown’s favoured bankers after warning his bosses they were taking excessive risks, MPs were told. Read the rest of this entry »

End The Blockade; Stop Arms Sales To Israel; Bring The War Criminals To Justice; Free Palestine!!! – London 24 Jan 2009 Read the rest of this entry »