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BNP meeting in Exeter today... help us kick fascism out.
Message on this FB page if anyone finds a definite venue.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30416779&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=2204718168&aid=-1&id=1192825171&oid=2204718168#/group.php?gid=35698424040&ref=ts
Last year they went to the Victory Hall in Broadclyst, but they are denying there's any meetings there today.
any news please post on the wall. ta.
J
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reply about knife crime
I'm in Rio, Brasil and here the causes of knife and gun crime are people are desperate so have to steal to get enough money to live, and also people are scared, especially kids, so they carry weapons to defend themselves against others with weapons
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politicians
hey people whats up
im 18.
today i spoke with yet another politician, asked a few questions, the economic crisis, the knife crime that's got every young person as a potential victim yet perceived as a potential perpetrator, and stuff like that.
he seemed refreshingly honest, didnt completely tow the party line which i can respect, but some of his views were so right wing it was shocking,
even worse
on the subject of knife crime, he believed all who kill should suffer capitol punishment, that itself is debatable, but he followed with all knife associated crimes should be dealt with as harsh as possible, this although a harsh outlook too can be sympathised with as the crime IS a big problem, but what shocked me, is when asked "what do you think are the causes of knife crime?" he simply said "i have no idea where it all came from.
surely some thought should be put to the causes, hate to quote mr soundbite himself but "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime"? crap. they put youth centers in rough areas, or scrub some graffiti and they think they are cleaning the streets.
this is just another example of a government that just does not understand its people,
of course knife crime needs to be punished, and yes, i believe severely, but if know one tries to understand the people and why things like this happen things will never be solved.
thanks for reading
lets just hope apathy wont let this continue
peace.
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petition to the US senate
Dear friends,
This week, the US Senate is taking its tentative first steps towards establishing an independent commission into Bush’s War on Terror -- an open investigation into torture, detention, wiretapping and illegal transfers to secret prisons across the globe. This is a major development, but as expected there are very nervous and powerful interests who want to bury it.
A Commission of Inquiry is essential to unravel the full extent of eight years of cover-ups, to hold those responsible to account and to prevent such injustice from happening again. It would send a powerful message that the US wants to repair the damage done to human rights by the Bush years, while strengthening the fight against terrorism.
But without a massive global and US show of support, champion US Senators may not rally the numbers needed to have this commission established. Sign the petition here -- which will be presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee before they make their decision this week -- and help get an inquiry with real teeth over the line.
After 8 damaging years, this campaign for justice has a lot to unearth. The hearing this week will begin a process throughout 2009, and as this petition grows, our voices will be submitted to decision makers at every opportunity. But it all starts with a thorough and unflinching Commission of Inquiry - not just to end impunity, but to make sure that the abductions, deaths and disappearances of Guantanamo are never repeated.
Worryingly, the so-called War on Terror is not yet over. Last week the Obama’s Department of Justice argued, as they had under Bush, that detainees at the US facility in Bagram, Afghanistan have no legal right to challenge their detention. Conversely, in a major turnaround it was separately announced that the only remaining ‘enemy combatant’ on US soil is finally to be tried by a US civilian court.
These conflicting decisions reveal an Administration still making up its mind. Now is the time to draw a line in the sand with a bi-partisan Commission that puts the past behind us and empowers an Administration committed to human rights, definitively rejecting torture, refusing to arbitrarily detain and championing the rule of law in its fight against terrorism and in all its global dealings.
Sign the petition here
As long as the wrongdoing of the Bush years is kept secret and those practices unaccounted for or allowed to continue, mistrust and violence between nations will flourish. Let's plant a seed of hope, understanding a shared commitment by reading this dark page in history before we turn it.
With hope,
Brett, Alice, Pascal, Ricken, Paula, Ben, Graziela, Luis, Paul, Iain, Milena, Veronique - and the entire Avaaz team
More information on the Commission of Inquiry:
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-25-voa58.cfm
What Amnesty says about a Commission: Investigation, prosecution, remedy
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/151/2008/en
Some options for the Administration
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/weekinreview/22shane.html
More about the Senate Judiciary Committee
http://judiciary.senate.gov/
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ID Cards
this is a pledge for everyone to say no to id cards.
to not register for a national identity card
to not supply personal details or fingerprints to a national identity register
to no apply for any document or service if joining the national identity register is a condition of obataining it
and to not co-operate with any identity and passport service interview concerning your identity
Our civil liberties are slowly being eroded. We are well on our way to become a database state whereby all our personal information is stored and retained.
Id won’t stop terrorists
Id won’t catch criminals
Id won’t prevent fraud
It will be a massive expense and a waste of our time but most of all it will strip away our privacy!
Please visit www.no2id.net
Cheers.