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Thu 02 Jul 2009 |
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Written by Press Release
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 05:59 |
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Listen to Radio Liberada, from somewhere in Honduras, after the military coup
In the morning of this Sunday, Honduran president Mel Zelaya was
kidnapped by the military and transferred by force to Costa Rica.
According to Honduran newspapers, the president of the congress, Roberto Micheletti, will be assuming the presidency.
Previously
and soon after the coup d'etat in Honduras, Radio Liberada is
transmitting an alive chronicle than it is happening in Honduras, of
the opposition and the mobilizations of the popular and indigenous
organizations against the coup d'etat, by the accomplishment of a new
constituent assembly, and writing a new page of the independent means
movement in Central America.
Listen the transmission of Radio Liberada from some place of Honduras: http://208.43.218.127:8070/
We
encourage the national and international independent means groups to
broadcast in your free radios or make a mirror of this transmission.
Mirrors: 1 | 2 | 3
More information in the Independent Media Center of Honduras Indymedia Honduras: http://honduras.mediosindependientes.org
More information in Radio is the one of less:
http://www.radioeslodemenos.org/
Minute by minute by Kaos in the Network: http://www.kaosenlared.net/noticia/secuestrado-presidente-honduras-militares
Information and transmission by the Association of Radios and Participating Programs of El Salvador (HARPS): http://www.arpas.org.sv/
We
know that there are been closing free media in Honduras. This morning
the Radio Progreso, one of the older communitarian radios of the
continent has been closed by the military. Other communitarian radios
have decided to protect their equipment.
The electrical
energy, the telephone and the Internet have being interrupted by the
coup participants trying to block the communications and make the
informative censure.
And the situation worries to us in that
the networks of communitarian radios of the Lenca town and the Garífuna
town stay, as well as the free media: COMUN, Revistazo, the COFADEH and the rest of groups of the independent and communitarian media movement in Honduras.
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The "Spirit of Humanity
by Paul Craig Roberts
On June 30, the government of Israel committed an act of piracy when the Israeli Navy in international waters illegally boarded the "Spirit of Humanity," kidnapped its 21-person crew from 11 countries, including former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and Nobel Laureate Mairead MaGuire, and confiscated the cargo of medical supplies, olive trees, reconstruction materials, and children's toys that were on the way to the Mediterranean coast of Gaza. The "Spirit of Humanity," along with the kidnapped 21 persons, is being towed to Israel as I write.
Gaza has been described as the "world's largest concentration camp." It is home to 1.5 million Palestinians who were driven by force of American-supplied Israeli arms out of their homes, off their farms, and out of their villages so that Israel could steal their land and make the Palestinian land available to Israeli settlers.
What we have been witnessing for 60 years is a replay in modern times, despite the United Nations and laws strictly preventing Israel's theft of Palestine, of the 17th, 18th, and 19th century theft of American Indian lands by US settlers. An Israeli government spokesman recently rebuked the President of the United States, a country, the Israeli said, who stole all of its land from Indians, for complaining about Israel's theft of Palestine.
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Refusing to Comply: The Tactics of Resistance in an All-Volunteer Military
by Dahr Jamail
 On May 1st at Fort Hood in central Texas, Specialist Victor Agosto wrote on a counseling statement, which is actually a punitive U.S. Army memo:
"There is no way I will deploy to Afghanistan. The occupation is immoral and unjust. It does not make the American people any safer. It has the opposite effect."
Ten days later, he refused to obey a direct order from his company commander to prepare to deploy and was issued a second counseling statement.
On that one he wrote,
"I will not obey any orders I deem to be immoral or illegal." Shortly thereafter, he told a reporter, "I'm not willing to participate in this occupation, knowing it is completely wrong. It's a matter of what I'm willing to live with."
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Wed 01 Jul 2009 |
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Written by Press Release
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 19:32 |
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POLICE BRUTALITY IS NOT A GAME
by APC
 On July 31st 2009 Vancouver will be hosting the World Police and Fire Games. The games is an international sporting event where police officers, firefighters, customs and correction officers compete against each other in over 65 sporting events. More than 12,000 police officers, corrections officers and firefighters will be in Vancouver for the 10 day event.
The Anti-Poverty Committee is calling for a mobilization against police brutality both locally and internationally, and the violence that the state perpetrates around the world everyday through police and 'correctional' facilities.
The APC calls on all those individuals and groups who are against police brutality and the everyday terror and violence caused by the various police forces to participate in actions and events during the police and fire games.
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Wed 01 Jul 2009 |
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Written by Press Release
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 19:16 |
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Montreal girls anxious to leave Honduras
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 | 3:25 PM ET Comments3Recommend1
CBC News
A group of high school girls from Montreal remained stuck in Honduras on Tuesday after a military coup there.
Twenty-one students, aged 16 and 17, and three teachers from Pensionnat du Saint-Nom-de-Marie — a private girls school in Outremont — flew to Honduras last Thursday to volunteer with a group called Mer et Monde. The girls were reportedly there to help build a new wing on a women's centre.
On Sunday, a military coup forced the Honduran President, Manuel Zelaya, into exile in Costa Rica, and incited clashes between protesters and riot police in front of the presidential palace in the capital, Tegucigalpa, on Monday.
Half of the girls were staying in a village in the countryside, the rest were at a guesthouse in the capital, near the presidential palace.
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Covering (up) the coup in Honduras - the BBC does its bit for the Empire
by William Bowles
 The devil lives in the small print, the devil in this case being the BBC in its coverage of the coup d’etat that ousted President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras on 27 June, 2009.
Take the following para from a BBC piece titled ‘US treads careful path on Honduras’ (30 June, 2009)
“So while Washington's reaction has been strong and swift, when it comes to statements, its actions have so far been measured.
Now you may wonder why the BBC chose the word ‘measured’ to describe the US’ response to the military coup d’etat? Not only why but how? The following para explains,
“This is a signal that Washington is not keen to use its clout to help Mr Zelaya return to power, shying away from any action that could be seen as interventionism in a region where the US has a long, complex history.”
But ‘measured’ is not a word that describes the US administration’s response. Obama simply stated that the Honduras coup is “not legal”. And note that the US interventions, both direct military and covert over the years, for example, US support for the Contras in Nicaragua, the overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile, the attempted overthrow of Chavez in 2002, are described by the dissembling BBC as “long [and] complex [sic], which is the BBC’s standard method of covering up the crimes of Empire.
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Wed 01 Jul 2009 |
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Written by Mike Ferner
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 18:41 |
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U.S. MILITARY VETERANS CONDEMN ISRAELI SEIZURE OF AID BOAT IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS OFF GAZA
by Veterans for Peace
 Veterans For Peace today issued the following statement from their national office in St. Louis, regarding yesterday’s seizure by the Israeli Navy of the “Spirit of Humanity,” its passengers, crew and aid supplies bound for Gaza.
Veterans For Peace forcefully condemns the Israeli Navy’s seizure of the “Spirit of Humanity,” a converted tugboat loaded with medical supplies, children’s toys and reconstruction kits, en route from Cyprus to Gaza.
We urge our 8,000 members in 120 chapters across the country to call and fax the Israeli government officials listed below and demand the release of the 21 crew, passengers and journalists and the safe delivery of their aid supplies.
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Tue 30 Jun 2009 |
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Written by The Real News
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 06:00 |
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Military coup in Honduras
by TRNN
On Sunday, Hondurans were expecting to vote in a first ever nation-wide survey. Instead they woke to find the military in control of the streets and their elected President Manuel Zelaya kidnapped and flown to Costa Rica. Soon after, an emergency convening of the National Congress appointed Zelaya's political rival, Roberto Micheletti, as the new president. However, Hondurans were quick to take to the street and world leaders just as fast to denounce the move, demanding the return to power of Manuel Zelaya and refusing to deal with the coup leaders.
Tinker Salas: World leaders unified in calls for return to power of kidnapped President
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Peace Caravan Heads for Akwesasne
by MNN
To support the Mohawks of Akwesasne who refuse to allow the border guards to carry guns at the CBSA check point, a Peace
Caravan will be arriving on Wednesay, June 30. It will start in Six Nations and head east on the 401 to the Cornwall exit. The Six Nations police will be escorting the caravan over the International Bridge to Kahwenoke, Cornwall Island, to the tent site next to the former Canada Customs at approx. 3pm. There may be over 200 cars plus 4 buses. Hundreds of supporters are expected. Many are arriving on Tues. June 29th. All are welcome to stay for July 1st to hear speakers and take part in socials.
For those coming from the US side or making donations, they may go to or cross over from Loran Thompson’s Dock or Mac’s Marina at the old church in St. Regis, off Highway 37 to Cornwall Island.
Bring your camping gear.
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Mon 29 Jun 2009 |
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Written by Paul Watson
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Monday, 29 June 2009 18:36 |
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For the Whales We Weep Before Forever We Sleep
by Captain Paul Watson - From Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
 I am writing this on a tropical hillside over-looking the Atlantic Ocean. Behind me is the Pestana Casino Park Hotel on the island of Madeira. The 61st annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission is over. The hundreds of delegates have departed the island like guilty shadows back to their respective nations, leaving a foul taste and stench in the air over Funchal, from yet another IWC meeting that accomplished absolutely nothing.
After a week spent observing delegates to the International Whaling Commission in Funchal, Madiera, I have come to recognize just what it is that is missing from this annual bureaucratic orgy of inaction.
Whales!
The talk around the bar in the evening or at the tables in the restaurant during meals is your usual banter about football, kids, politics and the economy. I did not detect much concern for the whales. The African and Caribbean delegates in town on a Japanese funded junket in exchange for their votes, were more interested in the night life and most of the NGO’s were chit chatting about pretty much nothing.
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Mon 29 Jun 2009 |
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Written by Media Lens
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Monday, 29 June 2009 05:48 |
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Turning Children Into Consumers By Sharon Beder
by Media Lens
 Sharon Beder, visiting professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia, is one of our favourite political analysts. Her book 'Global Spin' (Green Books, 1997), is a devastating exposé of corporate, including corporate media, manipulation of politics and culture. Like Mark Curtis's 'The Ambiguities of Power,' it is a book that defies attempts to underline the interesting bits - it's all interesting!
The title of Beder's new book is self-explanatory: 'This Little Kiddy Went To Market - The Corporate Capture Of Childhood.' (Pluto Press, 2009) Once again, this is a must-read analysis explaining how people and planet are being systematically subordinated to profit. We were so impressed by the second chapter, 'Turning Children Into Consumers,' that even before finishing the book we wrote to Beder asking if we could use some of it in a guest media alert. She has very kindly agreed. You can order a copy of 'This Little Kiddy Went To Market' at a specially discounted price from Pluto Press here:
http://www.plutobooks.com/beder/
Sincere thanks to Sharon Beder and Pluto Press for letting us publish this tremendous material. We invite you to imagine a world in which Beder's work was "on every school curriculum", as John Pilger recommends. Imagine if children were provided with tools of intellectual self-defence to counter the relentless campaigns of corporate manipulation. It is simultaneously depressing and heartening to consider how much happier, healthier, more compassionate our society would be as a result.
David Edwards and David Cromwell
Media Lens
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