Stop The War activists…

Sabah Jawad, …

Chris Nineham…

Lindsey German…

Keir…

If a police officer tortures and rapes a detainee, he’s given three years in prison… And if an officer beats a detainee to death, he’s also given three years…

Leeds, Britain…

At a time when their leaders are in languishing in prison following a military tribunal, their organizers are still targeted by the police, their student union elections candidates are violently assaulted by security thugs, when education fees are skyrocketing as the country embraces a global recession, the Muslim Brotherhood student activists are responding by a [...]

Waterloo, London…

Sarah Carr reports…
Lobby group Doctors Without Rights (DWR) said at a protest Friday that the board of the Doctors’ Syndicate has failed to implement resolutions voted on by the Syndicate’s general assembly in May.
Members of DWR demonstrated on the steps of the Syndicate and distributed an open letter addressed to Syndicate head Dr Hamdy El-Sayyed [...]

New cartoon by Carlos Latuff…

From the Daily News Egypt…
Egypt’s stock market headed for another precipitous drop last week as fears of a punishing global recession stirred panic among investors and sent world financial markets into a tailspin.
Overall, Egypt’s benchmark CASE 30 index plunged 15.46 percent to close the week at 4,986.53 points, triggering a freeze in selling.

World Against War…

World Focus…

I’m back in London from Cambridge and off in few hours to Liverpool. I unfortunately have neither the time nor the regular internet access to blog at the moment. Please follow the RSS feed of my delicious account for online reports I’m bookmarking.
I urge you also to do your best to spread the word about [...]

I’m in Britain, where I’ll be taking part in some public events, organized by Stop the War Coalition, in London, Cambridge, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, New Castle, Edinburgh and Glasgow… The full schedule of events is here… Come along if you are around…