[MLL] Cook's Resignation Speech [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
[nothing very noble about his position, from the little I read of the speech] From: Vijay Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MLL] Cook's Resignation Speech Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: 18 Mar 2003 18:12:18 - [ Double-click this line for list subscription options ] Cook's resignation speech Cook received a standing ovation Here is the full text of Robin Cook's resignation speech in the House of Commons, which won applause from some backbenchers in unprecedented Commons scenes. This is the first time for 20 years that I have addressed the House from the back benches. I must confess that I had forgotten how much better the view is from here. None of those 20 years were more enjoyable or more rewarding than the past two, in which I have had the immense privilege of serving this House as Leader of the House, which were made all the more enjoyable, Mr Speaker, by the opportunity of working closely with you. It was frequently the necessity for me as Leader of the House to talk my way out of accusations that a statement had been preceded by a press interview. On this occasion I can say with complete confidence that no press interview has been given before this statement. I have chosen to address the House first on why I cannot support a war without international agreement or domestic support. Backing Blair The present Prime Minister is the most successful leader of the Labour party in my lifetime. I hope that he will continue to be the leader of our party, and I hope that he will continue to be successful. I have no sympathy with, and I will give no comfort to, those who want to use this crisis to displace him. I applaud the heroic efforts that the prime minister has made in trying to secure a second resolution. I do not think that anybody could have done better than the foreign secretary in working to get support for a second resolution within the Security Council. But the very intensity of those attempts underlines how important it was to succeed. Now that those attempts have failed, we cannot pretend that getting a second resolution was of no importance. French intransigence? France has been at the receiving end of bucket loads of commentary in recent days. It is not France alone that wants more time for inspections. Germany wants more time for inspections; Russia wants more time for inspections; indeed, at no time have we signed up even the minimum necessary to carry a second resolution. We delude ourselves if we think that the degree of international hostility is all the result of President Chirac. The reality is that Britain is being asked to embark on a war without agreement in any of the international bodies of which we are a leading partner - not NATO, not the European Union and, now, not the Security Council. To end up in such diplomatic weakness is a serious reverse. Only a year ago, we and the United States were part of a coalition against terrorism that was wider and more diverse than I would ever have imagined possible. 'Heavy price' History will be astonished at the diplomatic miscalculations that led so quickly to the disintegration of that powerful coalition. The US can afford to go it alone, but Britain is not a superpower. Our interests are best protected not by unilateral action but by multilateral agreement and a world order governed by rules. Yet tonight the international partnerships most important to us are weakened: the European Union is divided; the Security Council is in stalemate. Those are heavy casualties of a war in which a shot has yet to be fired. I have heard some parallels between military action in these circumstances and the military action that we took in Kosovo. There was no doubt about the multilateral support that we had for the action that we took in Kosovo. It was supported by NATO; it was supported by the European Union; it was supported by every single one of the seven neighbours in the region. France and Germany were our active allies. It is precisely because we have none of that support in this case that it was all the more important to get agreement in the Security Council as the last hope of demonstrating international agreement. Public doubts The legal basis for our action in Kosovo was the need to respond to an urgent and compelling humanitarian crisis. Our difficulty in getting support this time is that neither the international community nor the British public is persuaded that there is an urgent and compelling reason for this military action in Iraq. The threshold for war should always be high. None of us can predict the death toll of civilians from the forthcoming bombardment of Iraq, but the US warning of a bombing campaign that will shock and awe makes it likely that casualties will be numbered at least
Dixie Chicks opposed to war with Iraq [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Date sent: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 15:26:54 -0500 From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Dixie Chicks opposed to war with Iraq Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Associated Press Worldstream March 13, 2003 Thursday Singer's remarks rankles country fans The Dixie Chicks are drawing harsh words from country music fans for remarks singer Natalie Maines made about President George W. Bush during a recent performance in London. Maines told the audience earlier this week, Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas. Angry phone calls flooded Nashville radio station WKDF-FM on Thursday, some calling for a boycott of the Texas trio's music. The group released a statement Thursday saying they have been overseas for several weeks and the anti-American sentiment that has unfolded here is astounding. While we support our troops, there is nothing more frightening than the notion of going to war with Iraq and the prospect of all the innocent lives that will be lost. In a separate statement Thursday, Maines said, I feel the president is ignoring the opinion of many in the U.S. and alienating the rest of the world. My comments were made in frustration, and one of the privileges of being an American is you are free to voice your own point of view. The Dixie Chicks will kick off a U.S. tour in support of their multi-platinum album Home on May 1 in Greenville, South Carolina. The group's hits include Wide Open Spaces, Ready to Run and Landslide. -- The Marxism list: www.marxmail.org ~~~ PLEASE clip all extraneous text before replying to a message. --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^
Re: On the Djindjic assassination [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- I can't say I'm shedding any tears over his death, but at this point I would have rather he be handed a lengthy prison sentence for his long list of crimes. David To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Louis R Godena [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: On the Djindjic assassination [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Date sent: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:10:21 -0500 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Well, that is ONE way of getting rid of them, isn't it? - Original Message - From: Rick Rozoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:19 AM Subject: On the Djindjic assassination [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Isn't this the first assassination of a standing European head of state since Olaf Palme was killed in 1986? Another - appalling - example of the 'democracy' and 'rule of law' brought by NATO bombs and subversion to Southeastern Europe. More to come surely. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^
Greg Elich on Djindjic assassination [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Date sent: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 09:43:11 -0500 From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Greg Elich on Djindjic assassination Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Serbian PM shot dead Zoran Djindjic, the Serbian prime minister and one of the key leaders in the revolt that toppled Slobodan Milosevic, was today assassinated in Belgrade. Hi Lou, Wow, that is really news. Somehow I missed that when I checked the news on the internet this morning. In a way I am not surprised. The guy would sell his own mother, and there were many people angry with him. But I've read many articles from the Yugoslav press that revealed his involvement with the criminal underworld, including the most prominent and dangerous mafia in Serbia, called Sarcin. My guess is that the assassination is connected with his involvement with the criminal world, rather than his selling out Yugoslavia. Thanks for sending. Best regards, Greg -- The Marxism list: www.marxmail.org ~~~ PLEASE clip all extraneous text before replying to a message. --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^
U.S. 'court' convicts Canadian of trading with Cuba FROM CANADIAN SOIL! [WWW.STO
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Date sent: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 15:02:52 -0500 From: Donna Stainsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:A threat to Canadas sovereignty-- Granma International To: marxmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ converted from html ] CANADIAN James Sabzali has been found guilty of trading with Cuba and is waiting to be sentenced a few days time. He is currently under house arrest in Philadelphia; an electronic tag attached to his ankle monitors his movements. According to the Canadian press, Sabzali is accompanied by his wife and their two children. She says that the tagging is the worst part of what is happening. Sabzali, aged 42, was the defendant in a three-week trial in that city, charged with the heinous crime of selling water-purifying chemicals to Cuban hospitals. For this, he had to face a three-week trial in Philadelphia and was found guilty on April 5, 2002. Nonetheless, the European Union and Canadian governments vote in favor of U.S. prepared resolutions against Cuba at the Human Rights Commission in Geneva. James Sabzali was born in Trinidad, later moving to Hamilton, Canada, where he worked from 1991-96 as a sales representative and marketing director for Purolite International Inc., an Ottawa-based subsidiary of the U.S. company Bro Tech Corporation. His job took him to Havana on more than 20 occasions; in 1996, he was transferred to Philadelphia as head of the firm. It was in that city that he was prosecuted for alleged crimes committed in Canada and found guilty on eight of the 20 charges brought against him. The 12 remaining charges refer to shipments from Bro Tech offices in Canada, Mexico, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Those countries do not recognize the U.S. blockade of Cuba, which has been in place for more than 40 years. In any event the products, at a value of $2 million USD over five years, were never exported to Cuba from the United States, but from Britain and Canada. FIRST CANADIAN CITIZEN TRIED FOR VIOLATING THE BLOCKADE According to the BBC, Sabzali is the first Canadian to be tried and sentenced for violating U.S. legislation related to the U.S. war against Cuba. Washington applies a strict economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, based on the U.S. Trading with the Enemy Act, which dates back to 1917, amended on various occasions and discredited in its use against the little but great Caribbean island. The UN General Assembly has almost unanimously condemned those sanctions. The Canadian governments Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department has objected to Sabzalis trial, affirming that it is unacceptable that he should be sentenced for something that is not a crime in his country. In an article titled It isnt our embargo, written when Sabzali was found guilty, The Toronto Star daily, which has been urging the government to protest at the extraterritorial application of U.S. law since the three-week trial began, stated that it was a relic from the cold war¼ an inexplicable violation of Canadian sovereignty, with the added irony that it came on the same day that a U.S. enterprise announced sales to Cuba worth $100 million USD. Full article at: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/agosto02/mie14/33vent-i.html ~~~ PLEASE clip all extraneous text before replying to a message. --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^^=== This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^^===
[MLL] Police Arrest Attorney For Comments he Made In An Internet Chat-Room [WWW.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copies to: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MLL] Police Arrest Attorney For Comments he Made In An Internet Chat-Room Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date sent: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 01:32:04 EST [ Double-click this line for list subscription options ] Santa Fe Police Arrest Attorney For Comments he Made In An Internet Chat-Room A St. John’s College Library visit by a former public defender was abruptly interrupted February 13 when city police officers arrested him about 9 p.m. at the computer terminal he was using, handcuffed him, and brought him to the Santa Fe, New Mexico, police station for questioning by Secret Service agents from Albuquerque. Andrew J. O’Conner, 40, who was released about five hours later, said in the February 16 Santa Fe New Mexican, “I’m going to sue the Secret Service, Santa Fe Police, St. John’s, and everybody involved in this whole thing.” According to O’Connor, the agents accused him of making threatening remarks about President George W. Bush in an Internet chat room. Admitting he talked politics face-to-face in the library with a woman who was wearing a “No war with Iraq” button, O’Connor recalled saying that Bush is “out of control,” but that “I’m allowed to say all that. There is this thing called freedom of speech.” He also speculated that the FBI might have been observing him because of his one-time involvement in a pro-Palestinian group in Boulder, Colorado. Earlier on the same day O’Connor was questioned, officials at St. John’s—as well as at the College of Santa Fe and Santa Fe Community College—issued warnings to students and faculty that the FBI had been alerted to the presence of “suspicious” people on campus within the past four weeks. Concern about threats to individual privacy under the USA Patriot Act has prompted New Mexico legislators in both houses to propose resolutions urging state police not to help federal agents infringe on civil rights. The resolutions also encourage libraries to post prominent signage warning patrons that their library records are subject to federal scrutiny without their permission or knowledge. ___ Marxist-Leninist-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxist-leninist-list
Re: Arch-capitalist Soros slams Bush's 'imperialist vision' [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Nancy, Yep. He funded/funds many of the quisling organizations in Serbia that were responsible for overthrowing the government, not to mention, groups with links to the KLA. His organizations front as human rights groups. But, he's done this in many other countries, and in particular throughout countries in eastern europe. He has even been accused of buying governments, most notably, the one in the Ukraine. It's probably accurate to say, he runs Eastern europe. His organizations are basically neo-liberal think tanks that advise governments as how best to detroy their economies -- he calls them open societies. He also destroys economies more directly through his speculation schemes (He did this, for example, with the economy of Malaysia, which lead to an economic downturn in the entire region. He does not deny this act, either. ) He even buys governments, most notably, the current one in the Ukraine, and supports settlement expansion in the west bank. Ironally, he writes books in which he criticizes capitalism. It's obviously a PR scheme. This guys is beyond scum. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Nancy Hey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Arch-capitalist Soros slams Bush's 'imperialist vision' [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG. Date sent: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 16:59:59 -0500 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- That's true. Wasn't he a major archetect of the breakup of Yugoslavia? David Quarter wrote: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Empty rhethoric coming from the mouth of a bonafide imperialist... To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: ProletarianNews [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Arch-capitalist Soros slams Bush's 'imperialist vision' [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Date sent: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:18:58 -0500 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- AFP. 28 February 2003. Soros decries Bush administration's imperialist vision. WASHINGTON -- US financier George Soros blasted President George W. Bush and top aides for their imperialist vision and aversion to international cooperation, according to a media report Friday. The administration has a visceral aversion to international cooperation, Soros said in a speech Thursday at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. President Bush is pushing the wrong buttons when he says, 'Those who are not with us, are against us.' This is an imperialist vision in which the US leads and the rest of the world follows, Soros was quoted as saying in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette paper. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Attorney General John Ashcroft and other top officials of the administration have an exaggerated view of their own righteousness, Soros charged. The administration should live by the same rules it seeks to impose on the rest of the world, he said. Soros, 72, a Hungarian-born financier and philanthropist, was named by Forbes magazine as the world's 38th richest person, with an estimated net worth of seven billion dollars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProletarianNews http://www.utopia2000.org --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^
Re: Arch-capitalist Soros slams Bush's 'imperialist vision' [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Empty rhethoric coming from the mouth of a bonafide imperialist... To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: ProletarianNews [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Arch-capitalist Soros slams Bush's 'imperialist vision' [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Date sent: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:18:58 -0500 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- AFP. 28 February 2003. Soros decries Bush administration's imperialist vision. WASHINGTON -- US financier George Soros blasted President George W. Bush and top aides for their imperialist vision and aversion to international cooperation, according to a media report Friday. The administration has a visceral aversion to international cooperation, Soros said in a speech Thursday at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. President Bush is pushing the wrong buttons when he says, 'Those who are not with us, are against us.' This is an imperialist vision in which the US leads and the rest of the world follows, Soros was quoted as saying in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette paper. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Attorney General John Ashcroft and other top officials of the administration have an exaggerated view of their own righteousness, Soros charged. The administration should live by the same rules it seeks to impose on the rest of the world, he said. Soros, 72, a Hungarian-born financier and philanthropist, was named by Forbes magazine as the world's 38th richest person, with an estimated net worth of seven billion dollars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProletarianNews http://www.utopia2000.org --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^
