Archive for the ‘News & info’ Category
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
via Daniels Counter - ( Not in the news! Tel Aviv: Anti War protest)
This was interesting - Daniel highlights the anti-war protests in Israel on Sunday 16th July - which the mainstream media hardly covered. Also on the 21st of July in Haifa.
“This featured in the Israeli papers Haaretz ...
Posted in Israel, Lebanon, Middle East Crisis, News & info, Peace Activism, World Affairs: politics and news | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
..Breaking news.. explosions on commuter trains in Mumbai. Nothing much seems to be clear yet - the BBC's reports indicate that the first blast was at around 6 pm local time ( 1 p.m. here)
According to Sploid - there were seven separate explosions - and they also have ...
Posted in Mumbai Blasts, News & info | 12 Comments »
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
i was recently browsing around the blogosphere and found writer wallah, a very amusing character. he'd written this equally amusing post about Women
( definitely worth checking out!) so i of course decided to add my two bits. this is WW's response and i found it so amusing i had to ...
Posted in Gender, News & info | 10 Comments »
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
Hi everyone : Very important news:
Please - if you can - go to the THE SQUARE Occupied Social Centre, 21 Russell Square, London - tomorrow morning before 9 a.m. * yes i realize this is a bit difficult for all of us late risers.. still it's a very good cause*
THE ...
Posted in Activism, London, News & info | 3 Comments »
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
Greenpeace - :
"As the planet heats up, polar bears have found themselves in hot water. That's because the sea ice the bears depend on to hunt is melting, and the polar bear is now threatened with extinction. Polar bears have survived for centuries in one the harshest climates on Earth, ...
Posted in Campaigns, Environment, Greenpeace, News & info, wildlife | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
I'd like to draw attention to the uniteddiversity site - which is currently boasting a new look and being jazzed up. it's funky, it's hip, and it's worth your-surfing-the-net time..Even you bots ought to take a look ( you know i wonder how many humans ever read this blog - ...
Posted in Activism, Another World is Blossoming, Cool Stuff, News & info, civil society | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
"The [USA] should take immediate measures to eradicate all forms of torture and ill-treatment of detainees by its military or civilian personnel, in any territory under its jurisdiction"
UN Committee against Torture
"Since AI started highlighting specific cases of Guantanamo detainees, 16 of them have been released from US detention. Of those ...
Posted in Guantanamo, Human Rights, News & info, Torture, Torture Awareness Month, USA | 4 Comments »
Monday, June 5th, 2006
the Downing Street website aka tony's portal will be broadcasting an 'exclusive interview' with the Prime Minister tomorrow - and stop press! you will be able to ask him questions."The new forum is open to anyone and is an opportunity for the public to challenge the PM on any subject ...
Posted in Democracy, News & info, british politics, civil society, e-government, tony blair | 1 Comment »
Thursday, June 1st, 2006
I've been following the collaborative blog Pickled Politics for a while and I now am contributing through my own diary page on the site - the oh-so-creatively named ..Sonia's Diary.
Incidentally, Pickled Politics has been nominated for the New Statesman's New Media Awards 2006 - under the 'Contributing to Civic Society' ...
Posted in Blogging, Global Civil Society, Media, News & info, UK | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
publictechnology.net are running a story on how silver surfers are bridging the ‘digital divide.'
A new survey in Wales undertaken as part of the ‘Broadband Wales Programme‘ suggests that 84% of respondents said they felt their online ability is generally underestimated particularly by the younger generation. Silver Surfers Week ...
Posted in News & info, Technology, UK, digital divide, knowledge society | 2 Comments »