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Jan 31

Protestor attempts to perform citizen’s arrest on Blair

Here is a video of protestor Grace McCann who explains her attempt at performing a citizen’s arrest on Tony Blair. Many hold Tony Blair responsible for an illegal war on Iraq. A war which has left hundreds of thousands of people dead. A war started on the apparent threat that Iraq posed with its weapons of non existence mass destruction.

Anyway, a video of Grace below courtesy of Sky News.

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Read the full article on stopwar here.

Jan 13

Haiti Earthquake – Your help is needed.

As I’m sure you’ve all heard by now, a huge earthquake has hit Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale. This was followed by numerous aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude.

Thousands are feared dead, however international aid efforts are under way. You can help by donating to the following charities:

Oxfam:
https://www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/haiti-earthquake/index.php

Islamic Relief:
http://www.islamic-relief.com/Emergencies-And-Appeals/emBackground.aspx?emID=66

British Red Cross:
http://www.redcross.org.uk/donatesection.asp?id=102168

Unicef:
https://www.unicef.org.uk/common/wp_donate/donform.asp?appealid=940DEDA4-3C5C-47C1-A939-4F2720C56FCF

My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti.

Jan 10

UK top 40, Lowkey’s Long Live Palestine part 2 did not make it.

So, many thanks to all who purchased this track, sadly it has not made the charts. At the end of the day, despite not making the charts, we did a good thing, I hope that a lot of money has been raised for Palestine.

The facebook group has changed it’s name to “LOWKEY’S CHARITY SINGLE FOR PALESTINE – HERE’S TO WEEK 2” which suggests this may be attempted for a second week running.

I do wonder though why it hasn’t hit the charts, not even the RnB singles charts. Whether it was disqualified because of multiple purchases, or just refusal because it’s too political or another reason altogether. It may just be that we didn’t have enough people buying it. There are rumours flying around that the BBC refused to play the song, unconfirmed as of yet.

Once we get sales figures, we’ll be able to deduce a more accurate answer. Till then, good work everyone.

Jan 6

Viva Palestina Convoy begins entering Gaza

Al-Jazeera reports that the convoy has begun entering Gaza.

Jan 6

Egyptian leaders should be ashamed

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It’s sad that Egypt continues to condemn the Gazans who have been struck by poverty as a result of Israel’s Operation Cast Lead a year ago. Egypt continues to refuse entry for the Viva Palestina Convoy. It has said that 25% of the convoy must go through the Israeli checkpoint, and we all know that if that were to happen that 25% will never reach Gaza.

The video above shows a Guardian report on the clashes between Viva Palestina and the Egyptian Police. What harm will it do to Egypt to let the convoy pass? If anything it will shed some good light on them for a change. But alas, Egypt is succumbing to pressure from Israel and the USA who for a reason that is their own wish to continue the suffering of the Palestinians.

Another recent decision by Israel to build a wall blocking the underground tunnels which the Gazans have been using to bring essential supplies through is absurd. Again, succumbing to pressure from America and Israel who fear that weapons may be transported through these tunnels.

The Egyptian government are sellouts. Instead of standing by Palestine, they are standing by the Zionist regime that is ethnically cleansing Arabs from their lands. I do hope that Egypt soon realise the mistake they are making, and allow this humanitarian aid to go through.

Israel have nothing to worry about. I’m 100% certain George Galloway didn’t bring a convoy all the way from London, UK just to import weapons for the Gazans. Why is such fuss being created in getting humanitarian aid into Gaza? It makes no sense to me.

The effects of operation Cast Lead are from from over. You think 1,300 Palestinians died? Wrong… Countless people continue to die due to poverty, lack of essential supplies, lack of medical attention. Israel’s strict restrictions continue to suffocate the people of Gaza.

Let’s pray the convoy gets through, for the sake of the suffering Gazans.