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Russia?s New Militarism
2008-05-13 14:48:00 Former president Putin initiated Russia?s move to regain ?great power? status by consolidating Soviet-style control over resources, infrastructure, the economy, and security. He used the Kremlin?s full powers to quash all serious political opposition by recreating a virtual one-party state. He tapped national nostalgia by restoring former communist symbols such as the Soviet anthem and ...
By: 1913 Intel
?Wall of sound? confronts Blair at Westminster Cathedral
2008-04-04 17:26:00 I used to walk along the aisles of the magnificent Westminster Cathedral, the “mother church” of the Catholic community in the UK, in awe of its unusual Byzantine style, its heavenly choirs and the majestic organ music that reverberated across its cavernous interior. The Cathedral has been described as “a very special place of prayer, ...
By: anilnetto.com
Anti-war protesters to blare music during Blair talk
2008-03-31 16:20:00 I must say this sounds like it’s going to be an unusual - if noisy! - anti-war protest directed at Blair. Spotted this on the Indymedia UK website: Sounding Out Tony Blair Stop the War Coalition | 31.03.2008 14:13 ...
By: anilnetto.com
Christian leaders must denounce the US war in Iraq
2008-03-28 13:42:00 Meet Robert Waldrop (left), one of the leading lights of the Catholic Worker movement in the United States. Bob runs the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House in Oklahama, US. His powerful words - more than the way he looks - remind me of a biblical Old Testament prophet speaking truth to power! The Catholic Worker movement ...
By: anilnetto.com
He is risen!
2008-03-23 14:20:00 Easter morning in Penang: A new beginning Easter is the greatest festival in the Christian calendar - more important than Christmas. Christians believe that was the day Jesus triumphed over Death and appeared to his followers. As theologian Marcus Borg notes, he was executed by the Empire but vindicated by God. Too often, we only look at ...
By: anilnetto.com
Why did they put Jesus to death?
2008-03-21 16:29:00 Good Friday service at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Penang Christians believe Good Friday is the day Jesus was crucified and died for our sins. But that doesn’t answer the question - if he was a good man, even a prophet or claiming to be divine, preaching love, compassion and forgiveness, why did ...
By: anilnetto.com
Envionmentalist straps herself to spy satellite- decries militarism
2008-02-15 19:04:00 In a effort to "save this beautiful satellite from the Bush-Cheney regime and the military- industrial complex" Mindy Johnson of Portland Oregon has strapped herself to the American spy satellite scheduled for destruction by the military. Mindy is famous for saving the above tree from being used as low-cost housing.Powered by b2evolution.
By: Asymmetric
Will the next US president say ?No? to War and Occupation?
2008-02-14 07:46:00 Unlikely. You see, war is a profitable business in the United States. Apart from boosting weapons sale, it is also Big Business for mercenary private contractors and “reconstruction” companies, which stand to make huge profits. The United States spends close to US$1 trillion on “defence” and it has over 700 military bases around the world. Disruptions ...
By: anilnetto.com
The real truth about Palestine: Occupation
2008-01-21 14:54:00 Many of us tend to think that Palestine is a “Muslim issue”. But it is not. Do you know, for instance, that Bethlehem, the birth-place of Jesus Christ, lies in Palestinian territory? In any case, it shouldn’t matter what religion the Palestinians are. It is a question of humanity and basic justice. A question of Occupation: ...
By: anilnetto.com
Good news: Herald receives new publishing permit!
2007-12-30 09:03:00 Some good news at long last. Just got a call from The Herald editor, Fr Lawrence Andrew. The Herald has received its new annual publishing permit - without any condition! Nothing mentioned about the use of the word “Allah”; and no order for it to drop its Malay-language section. The new permit was hand-delivered to the ...
By: anilnetto.com
Militarism in Uganda
2007-11-08 01:47:00 War on terrorism leads to rights abuses: watchdog By Tim CocksMon Nov 19, 9:25 AM ET Torture, beatings, executions, racist stereotyping and intrusive surveillance are among the abuses countries are committing in the name of fighting terrorism, a rights watchdog said on Monday. The Commonwealth Human Rights Commission said since the 9/11 attacks, many nations had been using the military for police work in the so-called "war on terror," leading to brutal policing techniques, including extra-judicial killings. The Commission made the allegations in a report which reviews human rights in the 53-nation body before the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). "Until recently, torture was condemned as a gross violation of human rights ... fear of terrorism and the desire to respond to it is steadily undermining this absolute prohibition," the report said. Among the offenders it named was Pakistan, which risk...
It?s a home-grown resistance movement in Iraq
2007-10-23 20:56:00 The New York Times has finally admitted in an op-ed video - in contradiction to some of its own reports - what many of us already knew: that the US war in Iraq is largely against a determined home-grown resistance movement against Occupation (yes, the ‘O’ word). Check it out.
By: anilnetto.com
Fundraising walkathons for bailouts and fighter jets?
2007-08-16 17:56:00 Most of us have done it while we were in school. You know, taking part in walkathons and donation drives to help the school build a new wing or to carry out urgent repairs. And we usually thought nothing of it and were glad to chip in. But a friend of mine phoned this evening sounding ...
By: anilnetto.com
Oil wars and nuclear nightmares
2007-06-13 08:49:00 What happens when one day you go to the petrol station and find that there is no more petrol? One of the main worries in many countries these days is that the oil is running out. All the while, political leaders and corporate tycoons will avoid addressing the principal issue that can slow down global warming ...
By: anilnetto.com
Constantine, Christianity and the values of Empire
2007-05-30 07:35:00 Emperor Constantine’s conversion to Christianity had a profound impact on history. The imperial values of the Roman Empire were pitted against the values of the Gospel, as expounded by Christ in the Beatitudes (Blessed are the poor, blessed are the meek etc). That tension and contradiction has reverberated right down the ages. Many Christians, ...
By: anilnetto.com
Iraq, Afghanistan to curb US militarism?
2007-04-20 12:02:00 America's problems in Afghanistan and Iraq may have one positive effect: to cause the US public to withhold support for future military interventions that are not absolutely necessary for US security. That's exactly what has happened in the past and there's no reason to believe the current failed adventures will have a different effect. In the Korean War, for example, after back-and-forth offensives, the front stabilized at the 38th parallel, where the conflict had begun. With casualties mounting and no clear-cut victory in sight, the war lost much of its support. President Harry Truman was so unpopular by this time he decided not to seek re-election. During the subsequent eight years of the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration, the war-weary United States directly intervened militarily just once - in Lebanon in 1958. Only after this respite was the country ready to elect another hawkish president: John F. Kennedy, an ardent Cold Warrior. The anti-Communist Kennedy supporte...
By: Munaeem's Blog
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