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Terrorism Bill
The Terrorism Bill going through parliament at present will outlaw published opinions interpreted as "glorifying" or "encourgaing" violent acts, which will include those carried out against oppressive regimes and by animal rights "extremists"
:: STARTED BY Malarki
:: 52 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:53 15.11.05
Next up - Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill
The goverments new Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill when put together with the Terrorism Bill will severely undermine the ability of many to claim asylum in Britain.
:: STARTED BY Malarki
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:13 13.11.05
Riots in France
What the hell is up in France?
:: STARTED BY Slim
:: 47 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:27 11.11.05
Sun Editor abuses spouse?
Rebekah Wade has apparently been arrested for attacking her husband, Ross Kemp...
:: STARTED BY sleazenation
:: 44 REPLIES, LAST AT 08:37 09.11.05
How and Why do you consume the News?
You like to be well informed, right?
Why? A thread to examine the motivations behind the production and consumption of news, what it's for, how it's used, and so on.
:: STARTED BY Scrambled Password Bogus Email
:: 72 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:43 09.11.05
Galloway makes another speech - what do you think?
Controversial MP George Galloway has made a speech to Arab TV audiences that seems to be getting some people quite angry. What do you say?
:: STARTED BY Lurid Archive
:: 84 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:35 05.11.05
Rosa Parks gets a state burial - but what about disenfranchised voters?
The occassion of Parks' death and subsequent announcement of her state burial at the Capitol Rotunda affords an opportunity to consider the US establishment's stance on voting rights for black people.
:: STARTED BY grim reader
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:33 05.11.05
Oyster Cards?
London Transport Oyster Cards. Infringment of liberties or a SMART FAST CHEAP way to travel in London.
:: STARTED BY ghadis
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:32 04.11.05
Compromising just to get heard -- for or against?
What follows is a case study of questions around how to change the system and not get yourself burnt in the process. Do you change it from the inside? Or do you give up and fuck shit up however you can? When you depend on some people 'inside' the system, how do you manage to critique them without losing your ability to be helped by them? How do you keep your ethical and political self-respect?
:: STARTED BY Disco is My Class War
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:23 01.11.05
Harriet Miers nominated to replace O'Connor
Miers is the latest Bush pick for US Supreme Court. Other keywords - White House counsel, cronyism, O'Connor replacement, female Justice, Roberts Court.
:: STARTED BY ibis the being
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:42 28.10.05
Hunting, Civil Liberties, Animal Rights and the Parliament Act
Hunting, etc.
:: STARTED BY We're The Great Old Ones Now
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:23 26.10.05
Proposal to outlaw energy-efficiency and eco- labelling
When 'free trade' means 'keeping the customer in the dark'.
:: STARTED BY Regrettable Juvenilia
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:08 24.10.05
Teenager accused of murder....and Satanism
a 16-year-old murdered someone over pot-growing supplies and the news sources are reporting that he is probably a Satanist, as if murdering people is a part of Satanism. is this religious intolerance, and will this further stigmatize Satanists, people who value pentagrams, and goth kids?
:: STARTED BY fuckbaked
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:51 24.10.05
US Declares "War on Porn"
"Early last month, the bureau's Washington Field Office began recruiting for a new anti-obscenity squad. Attached to the job posting was a July 29 Electronic Communication from FBI headquarters to all 56 field offices, describing the initiative as "one of the top priorities" of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and, by extension, of "the Director." That would be FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III."
:: STARTED BY TeN
:: 22 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:17 21.10.05
Free the Guilty
Looking at the issue of an overcrowded prison system and how this problem needs to be resolved and the effects on society.
:: STARTED BY pointless & uncalled for
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:22 20.10.05
CBS, NBC, UPN ban gay-tolerant church ad.
"Too controversial," networks say of UCC ad that portrays, among other things, gay Christians.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:24 19.10.05
God told me to do it, and then ran away...
Claims that Bush is taking direct orders from God and the subsequent denials.
:: STARTED BY lord henry strikes back
:: 27 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:04 14.10.05
Natural Disasters
What kind of political impact are the numerous and ongoing natural disasters likely to have? And how might our politics (re: global warming) have affected *them*?
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:36 13.10.05
'You could abort every black baby and crime would go down'
A radio host has said that 'if every black baby was aborted crime would go down', but goes on to call the concept 'impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible' - what's going on here?
:: STARTED BY Phex: Dorset Doom
:: 61 REPLIES, LAST AT 08:51 11.10.05
Earthquake in Pakistan
For dicussion about unfolding events in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India following the earthquake.
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Has Left the Building
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:37 11.10.05
Rene Gonzalez writing on Pat Tillman - is this an outrage or is it defensible?
Pat Tillman was an NFL (American football) player who turned down a multi-million dollar contract to join the Army Rangers and go to Afghanistan. He was killed and is currently a huge hero in the USA, even to the point of a special ceremony during the NFL draft. As far as I can tell, Rene Gonzalez is the sole dissenting voice.
:: STARTED BY aus
:: 48 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:15 10.10.05
What's going on in New Orleans...
I may have missed something, but I haven't seen much about the societal breakdown that's happening in New Orleans at the moment. Thousands dead, people stranded inside an enormous flooded area, many of whom haven't eaten in days. Widespread lawlessness and looting. Poor expenditure on defences with a large proportion of the money being spend instead on a mythical anti-terrorist threat. Significantly now there also appears to be a problem with all the after-flood support and insufficient reaction to the catastrophe. Reaction all over the country. What on earth is going on?
:: STARTED BY Tom Coates
:: 274 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:34 09.10.05
UK Prisoners Get the Right to Vote
EU Court of Human rights rules that UK Prisoners should be able to vote.
:: STARTED BY invisible_al
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:29 07.10.05
The future of the U.S. Supreme Court
Chief Justice Rehnquist is dead of cancer, Justice O'Connor is retiring
:: STARTED BY Mazarine
:: 16 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:53 06.10.05
Labour Party Conference: Heckler = Terrorist
Heckler ejected under terror laws. 82-year-old apparently a grave danger to, um, soup.
:: STARTED BY We're The Great Old Ones Now
:: 27 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:38 03.10.05
IRA statement
The IRA's armed campaign ends from 4pm this afternoon, according to their latest statement. What are your opionions on this and the conflict in Northern Ireland generally?
:: STARTED BY Not Here Still
:: 16 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:11 27.09.05
Police powers post July 2005
Keywords: paranoia, police state, London underground
:: STARTED BY Mirror
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:18 26.09.05
US Nuclear Pre-Emptive Strike Option
The revision of the Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations may well send us all to perdition, or salvation. Is the news coverage minimizing the danger to all Creation or capitalizing on hysteria and sensation?
:: STARTED BY *
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:18 24.09.05
Clarke Bans 'Exaltation of Terrorism'
UK Home Secretary's new proposals to outlaw the celebration of any 'terorism' within the last 20 years. Don't worry - WWII, The Easter Rising and the Boston Tea Party exempt!
Why does the Home Secretary always have to be a chromosome-deprived fuckwit?
:: STARTED BY Supaglue
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:20 20.09.05
California legislature votes in favor of gay marriage bill
Gay marriage passes California legislature, now awaits veto or approval by the Governator. Discuss.
:: STARTED BY diz
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:38 13.09.05
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