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ブライアン・コバート（フリージャーナリスト）が第２次世界大戦終結６０周年の２００５年８月１５日、日本国憲法第９条の戦争放棄条項に沿った平和のための国際行動を求めたアピール。インターネット上の米国の「インディペンデントメディアセンター」に掲載した。
次のサイトでも見られます。　(２００７年７月更新)　（English article on Article 9 and the 60th anniversary of the war)

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田中宇の

国際ニュース解説

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Earthquake・【声明：東京電力柏崎刈羽原子力発電所の閉鎖を

The Japanese government tried to blame the foreign media for scaring people, but the reality is that it is protecting the profits of big business: " This was not the biggest earthquake that could possibly hit Japan. This one was just a warning. There were enough failures this time to enable us to imagine what might happen if a bigger earthquake struck. In particular, we saw how the confusion caused by the earthquake led to errors and lapses of judgment. We saw equipment failures which in themselves might be manageable, but which, when compounded with the many other failures that earthquakes inevitably cause, could have been catastrophic. Unfortunately, there is no indication that the government will prioritize safety over the narrow economic interests of the power companies." MORE 【声明：東京電力柏崎刈羽原子力発電所の閉鎖を訴える】 More in Japanese

What is Alternative Media
By Paul Arenson

Asano KenIchi's page
Well known journalist and professor
One of the links on his page is this, about the 'criminal activity' of Bush and
Koizumi in Iraq:

Japanese media and Iraq
Asano article

What is wrong with the Japanese media
Another by Asano

Media issues in general

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Well-known US site

Media Lens
Correcting for the distorted lens of the corporate media

Who owns the media?

Who owns it (2)

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2007年5月3日木曜日

Illegal Police behaviour

Coming soon: Contributors of 20 dollars or more to TokyoProgressive will get a free copy of this CD. For information, contact us.

In recent years, judges have found that the police has frequently applied illegal pressure on suspects in order to get a conviction This goes back many years, but recently it seems the reversal of convictions has been growing. Judges have noted the illegality of the police pressure and coersion. But this brings up the question, if the police are attacking illegaly, why are the police not being prosecuted? Anyone have a well researched article or insighth on this? Contact us, as usual:
Contact us.

SEE
Pressed by Police, Even Innocent Confess in Japan

Japanese Police Arrest Peace Protestors: Please Sign Statement

Looking into Japanese Police Corruption

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Photos from summer 2006 of New York, etc.
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NPOバンク「未来バンク」理事長の田中優さんにお話をうかがいました。

中国語：日本個人存款資助政府海外"援助"計畫　　JAPANESE ODA from INTERLOCALS

Japanese personal savings fund development loan program (from GYAKU)

被爆者、我人生: 副・プロデユーサーをさがします！

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2007年4月25日水曜日

April 26, 2007 Stories

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DEMOCRACY NOW 字幕付き　動画
-2007.2.28　地球温暖化研究に対して行なわれていた政治的介入の実態
-2007.2.19　警察は合法的な市民集会を監視してはならない：連邦地裁の画期的な判断と、ハイテクを駆使して市民の合法的集会を監視するＮＹ市警の違法捜査の実態
-2007.1.12　合衆国メディアの現状と問題点：　メンフィスで開催されたメディア改革全国大会に数千人が参加

Democracy Now 翻訳されたヘッドラインと記事

-Gyaku: Earth Day at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo (April 21, 2007), more

-Gyaku: アースデイ東京／代々木公園（2007年4月21日）,他

-インディメディアJPから

-分割統治：ブッシュの破滅的バグダード計画

-田中宇の国際ニュース解説 - 世界はどう動いているか

-日刊ベリタ

-IPS 日本

-Songs for change

-NOT YOUR SOLDIER

http://veteransforpeaceindiana.org/not_your_soldier_logo.jpg

-Latest from ZNET

-Project Censored: Top UNDER-REPORTED STORIES

-In Rare Joint Interview, Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn on Iraq, Vietnam, Activism and
History PART 1

-Part II (Howard Zinn and Naom Chomsky)

-‘Devastating’ Moyers Probe of Press and Iraq

-Debating the Primacy of The Pro-Israel Lobby

paul さんの投稿 # 15:22

Project Censored

2007年3月30日金曜日

We’ll buy a flag by Robert Morgan Fisher

WE'LL BUY A FLAG
by Robert Morgan Fisher (copyright 2006 Extended Family Music - BMI)

The flag wavers, they all came to town
The day the Twin Towers crumbled to the ground
Like a comfort woman in the Second World War
Old Glory was pimped out into a two-bit whore
Offering a discount rate in some alley off the boulevard
We were strongly encouraged to display her in our front yard

(CHORUS)
But we'll buy a flag
We'll buy a flag
We'll buy a flag when we get our country back

paul さんの投稿 # 21:25

The British Government has learned: Margo Guryan/"16 Words”

Watch the video!

paul さんの投稿 # 21:15

2007年3月29日木曜日

Missing in Action: The Peace Movement’s Silence on the Impact of War on Women

...The anti-war movement continues in complicit silence to ignore the human rights abuses against women that arise as a result of war. In September of 2002, when the invasion of Iraq began to look certain, members of the Feminist Peace Network (FPN) authored the “Statement of Conscience: A Feminist Vision for Peace” :

...The Feminist Peace Networt believes that, in order to effectively address the problems with the current U.S. military policy and the globalization of the so-called war against terror, the global pandemic of violence against women and children must be stopped. It is FPN’s contention that, if we are to truly create peace, we must first recognize the horrific violence endured by the women of this planet every day. And, most importantly, we must vow that ending violence — by definition — includes ending violence that specifically endangers women and children. Until we do that, there will not truly be peace.”

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paul さんの投稿 # 9:55

“Corporate Junk Science” in Capitol Spotlight

"ExxonMobil [and other companies] has been the spearhead of a misinformation campaign for about 10 years. It's obviously to their benefit if the public remains confused about the human impact on the climate. As long as significant changes in energy policy and use are avoided, ExxonMobil continues to make record profits....

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paul さんの投稿 # 8:35

Why the MoveOn People are wrong

Are We Politicians or Citizens?
by Howard Zinn

As I write this, Congress is debating timetables for withdrawal from Iraq...Democrats are behaving with their customary timidity, proposing withdrawal, but only after a year, or eighteen months. And it seems they expect the anti-war movement to support them.... There have been similar dilemmas for the labor movement. [But a] union leader who said, "Take this, it's the best we can get" (which is what the MoveOn people are saying about the Democrats' resolution) would be hooted off the platform.

paul さんの投稿 # 8:18

2007年3月28日水曜日

いよいよ　DEMOCRACY NOW JAPAN　April 3, 2007

Here for the story

paul さんの投稿 # 15:56

The New Standard Radio and Video

In March 2006, The NewStandard launched TNS Radio, produced by PeoplesNetWorks collective member Catherine Komp.

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ZNET

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イラクの空には何が見える？ 4月2日（月）午後6時30分（開場6時）

April 2 Meeting: View from the Iraq Sky with Kasim Turki

　4月2日（月）午後6時30分（開場6時）

　於：文京区民センター（東京都文京区）

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paul さんの投稿 # 15:37

Zinn: If somebody invaded your home & terrorized your children,would you give them a timetable?

ZNet Commentary
Antiwar talk at the Boston Commons March 27, 2007
By Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn, addressing the crowd gathered for the March 24th 2007 antiwar rally at the Boston Commons.

If somebody invaded your home, and smashed things up, and terrorized your children, would we give them a timetable? When I look at this latest Democratic proposal for a timetable, you know, maybe 18 months from now, at the same time funding the war for another 140 billion dollars, you know, it's as if you gave an intruder in your house a timetable for withdraw, and meanwhile, made a nice dinner for him. No, we can't do that, we have to get out. We don't belong in Iraq. The people in Iraq do not want us there, the American people expressed themselves clearly that the American people don't want us there. It seems the only people who want us there are the members of Congress and the Bush administration.

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