The governments of Tony Blair and George Bush have been charged with war crimes by a distinguished group of anti-war campaigners, who are calling for an investigation by the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, into breaches of international law.Harold Pinter, the playwright, Tony Benn, the former Labour MP, Michael Mansfield QC and Professor Richard Dawkins were among the … [Read more...] about Trying Bush and Blair for War Crimes
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Harold Pinter on U.S. Atrocities
"It never happened. Nothing ever happened. Even while it was happening, it wasn't happening. It didn't matter. It was of no interest." In a few sharp sentences, Pinter pinned down the willed indifference of the media to publicly recorded events.Passionate Pinter's Devastating Assault on US Foreign PolicyShades of Beckett as ailing playwright delivers powerful Nobel … [Read more...] about Harold Pinter on U.S. Atrocities
Art, Truth and Politics by Harold Pinter
Published on Thursday, December 8, 2005 by the GuardianIn 1958 I wrote the following:'There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.'I believe that these assertions still make sense and do still apply to the exploration of … [Read more...] about Art, Truth and Politics by Harold Pinter
The Bush Plan to Bomb Al-Jazeera: Press Freedom or Freedom to Bomb the Press?
by Stephen SoldzReprinted from ZNETSee this version for full annotations: https://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=40&ItemID=9182The British Daily Mirror newspaper reported today that, in April 2004, President Bush planned to bomb the independent Al-Jazeera television network headquarters in US ally Qatar. Tony Blair reportedly talked him out of it. In … [Read more...] about The Bush Plan to Bomb Al-Jazeera: Press Freedom or Freedom to Bomb the Press?
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Check out the latest news under these categories:New StandardMiddle East -Israeli High Court Rules Army Use of Human Shields Illegal -Rights Groups Win Release of Abu Ghraib Photos -Report: Prisoner Abusers ‘Confused’ by Administration Remarks -Expectations for DC Anti-war Convergence Loom Large -Chicago Calls for End to Iraq War -Investigation: Five Palestinians Killed in … [Read more...] about From the New Standard (Great Alternative Media Site with well-researched stories)