News & events
The United States is not the first superpower to act as if it’s exceptional and will likely not be the last, although US leaders could be squandering a fruitful opportunity for improved international relations, Noam Chomsky said in an interview with RT - 10 October 2013.
British Tamils Forum and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils co-hosted a Forum on the Genocide of Tamils in the island of Sri Lanka at Portcullis House, Westminster, on the evening of Tuesday 8 October 2013.
Does climate change cause you to worry? Do you read news about increased carbon emissions - and the paltry inadequate political responses - and despair? Do you wonder what will happen as the impacts of climate change hit home? - Ben Hayes and Nick Boxton
The police were involved with the illegal Consulting Association blacklist of trade unionists in the construction industry. There is not a shred of doubt about this and documentary evidence has now come to light to back up repeated claims made by blacklist campaigners over the past 2 years.
Amidst new revelations of U.S. spying in Latin America and ongoing diplomatic tensions over the asylum efforts of Edward Snowden, we are joined by Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño. Speaking from Quito, Patiño addresses the confusion over Ecuador’s ties to Snowden’s asylum bid after initially granting him a temporary travel document but later calling the action a "mistake."
Only three supporters of the Golden Dawn fascists dared to show their face and none of them appeared at the trial to testify. According to an eyewitness account from the court house, when Savas Michael finished giving his speech he received such a huge round of applause that the judge began to scream in a desperate attempt to restore the "dignity" of the court. No one should doubt that this is a huge victory.
As the NSA revelations have shown, whistleblowing is now an essential art. It is our means of keeping 'public reason' alive - Slavoj Žižek: The Guardian, Tuesday 3 September 2013
We wanted to remind you of this ongoing joint appeal from CAMPACC and Peace in Kurdistan campaign to finally remove the PKK from the terrorism list as a means of giving peace negotiations between Turkey and the Kurdish movement the best possible chance.
Our surveillance culture was conceived to keep us safe, but is now widely abused. And the checks and balances don't work: John Kampfner, The Guardian, Tuesday 20 August 2013
The destructive power of state snooping is on display for all to see. The press must not yield to this intimidation: Simon Jenkins, The Guardian, Tuesday 20 August 2013
In response to the recent detention of journalist Glen Greenwald’s partner under Schedule 7 of the anti-terror laws, CAMPACC members Les Levidow and Ann Gray wrote these letters published in the Guardian newspaper.
As the events in a Heathrow transit lounge – and the Guardian offices – have shown, the threat to journalism is real and growing: Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian, Monday 19 August 2013
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign and CAMPACC Statement - The Danish District Supreme Court took a shock decision on 3rd July to shut down and impose a hefty fine on Kurdish Roj TV and its parent company Mesopotamia Broadcasting accusing them of being guilty of inciting terrorism.
Equalities watchdog says it will investigate the operations, with one member of the public saying it was akin to 'Nazi Germany'.
Savas Matsas, a Greek Jewish Marxist intellectual, and Secretary General of the Workers’ Revolutionary Party (EEK) of Greece, will go on trial on 3 September 2013.