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A thread about the captured British sailors
Iran, UK, detention, globabl situation, diplomacy
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:34 06.04.07
David Miliband V Gordon Brown.
Could David Miliband successfully run against Gordon Brown for the Labour leadership? Should he try?
:: STARTED BY Old dear. Gin. Problems
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:14 02.04.07
Big Tony to tackle 'menace' children
No, not physically. Tony thinks he can see into children's minds and predict who will wear hoodies and happy-slap his nanny. Trust him, he's a superhero, he's our Big Bliar.
:: STARTED BY paranoidwriter waves hello
:: 44 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:03 01.04.07
Mission Accomplished? Iraq 4 Years Later...
The 'end' of the current war in Iraq.
:: STARTED BY Quantum - killed by hadrons
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:46 29.03.07
Budget day in the UK
A discussion of Gordon Brown's (probably) last budget. What's good, what's bad, what caught your eye?
:: STARTED BY lord henry strikes back
:: 24 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:09 28.03.07
The New Bedford MA Raids
Immigrant raids in New Bedford, MA on March 6th 2007.
:: STARTED BY *
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:27 22.03.07
Thinly veiled
Jack Straw identified the Muslim veil as a "visible statement of separation" last week - and began asking members of his constituency to remove it.
:: STARTED BY JOY NO WRY
:: 153 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:47 20.03.07
Marketing, Movements and Nations - Palestine, Hamas and Israel
A quick move between Hamas, Al Qaeda, Palestine and Israel elsewhere feess into some first thoughts on the marketing of the activities of the various players in Israel and the Occupied Territories.
:: STARTED BY A Haus of Minions
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:57 19.03.07
The Kids Are United. In Despair.
A UNICEF study shows UK children are worse off than children in other developed nations in nearly every way possible. What are we doing wrong?
:: STARTED BY Phex: Dorset Doom
:: 32 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:15 19.03.07
White Riot
A neighborhood in Utrecht is exploding, apparently, after a non-immigrant citizen is shot by a policewoman of Moroccan descent.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:51 17.03.07
Random Political Q&A
Answering any questions, stupid or otherwise, about political history, global politics, and activism. Who was Karl Marx? How do you get permits for a peace march? Why did Nixon resign? Where was Katanga?
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 47 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:40 16.03.07
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Confessions of an Al Qaeda Operative
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a captured Al Qaeda operative now under military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, has confessed to a significant role in virtually every major Al Qaeda strike. Is anyone else just a little bit suspicious?
:: STARTED BY feathered_up
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:34 16.03.07
US States trying to restrict the 'net
About how Connecticut and other states are trying to "save" people from "child molesters" by nannying the planet.
:: STARTED BY HeartShadow
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:00 13.03.07
Anarchy!
Whats it all about? Where can I find out? Also- anecdotes!
:: STARTED BY light, life, love
:: 34 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:26 06.03.07
Illegal Immigration and borders
Discussion of borders and immigration, legal and otherwise, migrant workers, refugees and asylum seekers and the cultural changes and challenges they present. How much immigration is too much, and should borders be policed?
:: STARTED BY Dragon
:: 268 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:44 27.02.07
U S Presidential Elections '08
Because CNN won’t shut up about them.
:: STARTED BY Spyder Todd 2008
:: 30 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:49 20.02.07
The City of Boston and the U.S. Feds freak out over a viral cartoon marketing displays
Turner Broadcasting, Adult Swim, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and scary LED images of cartoon figures.
:: STARTED BY XK
:: 48 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:23 10.02.07
Letter Bombing Campaign in the UK
Letter bombs sent to various locations, several in the past few weeks.
:: STARTED BY Stoat-ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:13 09.02.07
Transition culture - from this kind of civilisation towards a sustainable one
Collective action by urban people to plan the future of towns, securing basic infrastructure and supplies beyond dependence on fossil fuels. Are you involved already? What would be the next step towards this kind of thing happening where you are?
:: STARTED BY aim for joviality
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:34 09.02.07
Blue on Blue
friendly fire incidents, blue on blue, US soldiers and the accountability of individual soldiers for their role in inccidents of friendly fire deaths, Trooper Hull
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:49 08.02.07
Rendition
Extra-ordinary rendition, CIA prisons abroad, "unlawful inter-state transfers" and the media response to the subject.
:: STARTED BY Tryphena Absent
:: 17 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:14 02.02.07
Adoption Warning By British Catholics
Archbishop of Westminster said the Church would have "serious difficulty" with proposed regulations outlawing discrimination against gays if they required Catholic adoption agencies to consider homosexual couples as potential adoptive parents.
:: STARTED BY Quantum - killed by hadrons
:: 24 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:47 31.01.07
Word frequency in George W. Bush's State of the Union addresses
Language Log pointed me to this NYT story: a statistical analysis of the frequency of certain words in GWB's State of the Union addresses.
:: STARTED BY MattShepherd: LARGELY ABSENT!
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:21 26.01.07
Let's hear it for the House of Lords!
The benefits and problems of the House of Lords
:: STARTED BY sleazenation
:: 34 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:37 24.01.07
Mistakes in Iraq
A thread about the future of Iraq - where does the coalition go from here?
:: STARTED BY sleazenation
:: 27 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:44 12.01.07
Saddam Hussein, RIP
Are we feeling closure yet?
:: STARTED BY alas
:: 37 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:10 12.01.07
Israeli terrorism in Lebanon
Israeli state aggression, impotent UN condemnations, US approval.
:: STARTED BY Fly Beezy (War Minister)
:: 368 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:08 09.01.07
Marines Gun down Civilians in Iraq
"Collateral Damage" in Haditha
:: STARTED BY Liger Null
:: 27 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:48 29.12.06
Serial rapist stalks men
Discussion of American serial rapist of male victims in Texas.
:: STARTED BY XK
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:13 27.12.06
Democrat Party Rethinking Abortion
Prominent Democrats are considering "softening" their stance on abortion in order to appeal to more voters. What, me worry?
:: STARTED BY ibis the being
:: 55 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:27 21.12.06
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