Podcasts about Terrorism Act

Richie is joined by Dr. Rehiana Ali and Dr. Tom Cowan. Dr. Rehiana Ali is a distinguished consultant neurologist. Last December she was handed an 18-month suspension by the General Medical Council for speaking out against the genocide in Gaza. Just over a week ago, she was arrested under the UK's Terrorism Act as she returned from Pakistan. Rehiana discusses this and much more with Richie.https://x.com/Rehiana1980https://citizengo.org/en-row/oth/14880Dr. Thomas Cowan is a respected alternative medicine doctor, author and speaker, with a common-sense, holistic approach to health and wellness. He has given countless lectures and workshops throughout the U.S. on a variety of subjects in health and medicine, and is the author of six best-selling books. Tom worked in general practice for over thirty years. He tells Richie why he began to question everything he'd learned at medical school, including whether or not viruses even exist. Do not miss this show. https://x.com/drtomcowanhttps://drtomcowan.com/

As the hostilities go on between Israel and Iran we try and get beneath the "We support the right of Israel to defend itself" to why Israel decided to launch its attacks, why now , and the realities of nuclear proliferation in the region.Meanwhile a  report by the Centre For Media Monitoring has forensically examined the BBC's coverage of Gaza. The results are damning in terms of revealing BBC bias.We take a look at the spending review  not only the decisions made but especially what impact Labour's decisions may have on Scottish politics. Lesley's latest article in The National not only covers this but asks if the SNP's old attack lines are now almost gone and its claims of success belong largely to the old glory days. Will John Swinney's Scotland 2050 speech bring them back?Despite Deputy Leader Keith Brown committing to an independence convention before the Holyrood elections at the 2024 SNP Annual Conference this has now been knocked firmly on the head by Angus Robertson. Was this a mistake? The trial of Kneecap member, Mo Chara, under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act will go ahead at Westminster Magistrates' Court  tomorrow. What does this tell us about the nature of the state and its decisions on who and who not to prosecute under the Act's provisions?As per usual there's other meanderings and maybe a wee mention of the golf. ★ Support this podcast ★

Tráthnóna Dé Céadaoin, cúisíodh ball de Kneecap, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, a sheinneann faoin ainm stáitse Mo Chara, as coir faoin Acht Sceimhlitheoireachta. Baineann an cúiseamh le líomhain go raibh bratach Hezbollah á thaispeáint aige ag ceolchoirm i Londain anuraidh. Tá Hezbollah agus tacaíocht dó mídhleathach sa Ríocht Aontaithe. Tuigtear go mbeidh an tUasal Ó hAnnaidh ag séanadh an chúisimh. Thug Kneecap “political policing” ar an gcúiseamh. Dar leo, ní hiad féin agus a bhfuil ar bun acu an scéal ach an “cinedhíothú” in Gaza. Labhair Seachtain leis an iriseoir Gearóid Ó Muilleoir faoi na castachtaí agus na himpleachtaí a bhaineann leis an scéal seo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When west Belfast rapper Mo Chara, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, of Kneecap allegedly displayed a Hezbollah flag on stage in London, he didn't just spark controversy – he triggered a UK terrorism investigation and has now been charged. The group says it's political policing: the UK authorities says it's national security. Dave Hanratty speaks to Enda Brady. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Issue(s): Whether the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act violates the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A case in which the Court will decide whether the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Each month, a panel of constitutional experts convenes to discuss the Court’s upcoming docket sitting by sitting. The cases covered in this preview are listed below.Louisiana v. Callais (March 24) - Election law, Civil Rights; Issue(s): (1) Whether the majority of the three-judge district court in this case erred in finding that race predominated in the Louisiana legislature’s enactment of S.B. 8; (2) whether the majority erred in finding that S.B. 8 fails strict scrutiny; (3) whether the majority erred in subjecting S.B. 8 to the preconditions specified in Thornburg v. Gingles; and (4) whether this action is non-justiciable.Riley v. Bondi (March 24) - Immigration; Issue(s): (1) Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1)'s 30-day deadline is jurisdictional, or merely a mandatory claims-processing rule that can be waived or forfeited; and (2) whether a person can obtain review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision in a withholding-only proceeding by filing a petition within 30 days of that decision.Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining (March 25) - Jurisdiction, Federalism & Separation of Powers; Issue(s): Whether venue for challenges by small oil refineries seeking exemptions from the requirements of the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard program lies exclusively in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit because the agency’s denial actions are “nationally applicable” or, alternatively, are “based on a determination of nationwide scope or effect.”Oklahoma v. Environmental Protection Agency (March 25) - Jurisdiction, Federalism & Separation of Powers; Issue(s): Whether a final action by the Environmental Protection Agency taken pursuant to its Clean Air Act authority with respect to a single state or region may be challenged only in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit because the agency published the action in the same Federal Register notice as actions affecting other states or regions and claimed to use a consistent analysis for all states.Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research (March 26) - Federalism & Separation of Powers; Issue(s): (1) Whether Congress violated the nondelegation doctrine by authorizing the Federal Communications Commission to determine, within the limits set forth in 47 U.S.C. § 254, the amount that providers must contribute to the Universal Service Fund; (2) whether the FCC violated the nondelegation doctrine by using the financial projections of the private company appointed as the fund's administrator in computing universal service contribution rates; (3) whether the combination of Congress’s conferral of authority on the FCC and the FCC’s delegation of administrative responsibilities to the administrator violates the nondelegation doctrine; and (4) whether this case is moot in light of the challengers' failure to seek preliminary relief before the 5th Circuit.Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission (March 31) - First Amendment, Religion; Issue(s): Whether a state violates the First Amendment’s religion clauses by denying a religious organization an otherwise-available tax exemption because the organization does not meet the state’s criteria for religious behavior.Rivers v. Guerrero (March 31) - Criminal Law & Procedure; Issue(s): Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2) applies only to habeas filings made after a prisoner has exhausted appellate review of his first petition, to all second-in-time habeas filings after final judgment, or to some second-in-time filings — depending on a prisoner’s success on appeal or ability to satisfy a seven-factor test.Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization (April 1) - Due Process, Fifth Amendment; Issue(s): Whether the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act violates the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (April 2) - Medicare; Issue(s): Whether the Medicaid Act’s any-qualified-provider provision unambiguously confers a private right upon a Medicaid beneficiary to choose a specific provider. Featuring:Allison Daniel, Attorney, Pacific Legal FoundationErielle Davidson, Associate, Holtzman VogelJennifer B. Dickey, Deputy Chief Counsel, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, U.S. Chamber of CommerceElizabeth A. Kiernan, Associate Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & CrutcherMorgan Ratner, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP(Moderator) Sarah Welch, Issues & Appeals Associate, Jones Day

Africa Melane sits down with award-winning legal analyst Reitumetse Benedict Phiri to unpack the state’s decision to charge Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla under the Terrorism Act.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BEST OF: A recent video release calls into question the events of September 11, 2001, implying that Saudi Arabia was behind the attack. In 2016, the 'Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act' gave victims a right to sue the Saudi government, and soon after the the secret document known as '28 pages', which was part of a 2002 Congressional Joint Inquiry into 9/11, was released. But something doesn't add up on either end. One, we were told that other Arab countries were behind the attack, including Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan - within hours of the event that nobody expected to happen… reportedly. Then, the AP reported in 2002 that '15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi', the ‘men with stolen identified', and we soon found out that many were still alive. Saudi Arabian pilot Waleed Al Shehri was one of five men that the FBI said had deliberately crashed American Airlines flight 11 into the World Trade Centre on 11 September, but he lived to tell the tale. As did Abdulaziz Al Omari. Talk about misdirection - it's Iraq, they're Muslims, followed by oh, they're from Saudi and oh, they're still alive, followed by official government documents released decades later reporting that Saudi really did do it, or maybe they did it. Two, there was, and remains, overwhelming evidence that Israel was at least aware, if not complicit, in the terrorism. From the 5 Dancing Israelis, to the emergency call about Palestinians in a van, to Michael Chertoff and the Patriot Act he co-authored, to 'pull it' Larry Silverstein. There is also Benjamin Netanyahu, who said "we are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack." In other words, 911 was used in concert with the satellite state of Israel to fight the PNAC wars and demonize the Muslim world. Or maybe this is an anti-semitic conspiracy theory? At least, that's what the ADL says. Good thing Mohammed Atta left an Arabic flight manual and Koran in his car, and his passport was found in the rubble of the WTC complex.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings-with-ryan-gable--5328407/support.

As the Medicare enrollment period gets underway again, we welcome Dr. Adam Gaffney to remind us the ways all those heavily advertised Medicare Advantage programs are ripping you off. Then we receive another house call from Dr. Marty Makary, author of Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health about the effect of medical groupthink on all kinds of accepted treatments from peanut allergies to opioid addiction. Finally, founder of Media Matters, David Brock stops by to discuss his latest book, Stench: The Making of the Thomas Court and the Unmaking of America.Dr. Adam Gaffney is a physician, writer, public health researcher, and advocate. Dr. Gaffney practices at the Cambridge Health Alliance and is an Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. A member of the Cambridge Health Justice Lab, his research focuses on healthcare financing, reform, and equity, and disparities in lung health. He writes about the policy, politics, and history of health care, and is the author of To Heal Humankind: The Right to Health in History.The reality is we don't need Medigap. We could plug those holes with public coverage. There's no reason to have a role for private insurers to cover a slice of our healthcare when all seniors need the same thing—which is comprehensive universal care.  There's no need for these private stopgap measures, when what we need is a public system of universal care.Dr. Adam GaffneyI do think there's growing interest among physicians in change. Their bosses are increasingly these for-profit companies whose mission is not really medicine. Their mission is money. And what we need to do is to rethink our healthcare system, so it serves communities, is owned by communities, and it returns us to the underlying reason why we went into this profession—which is to help patients, and not to pad the pockets of shareholders.Dr. Adam GaffneyDr. Marty Makary is a Johns Hopkins professor and member of the National Academy of Medicine. He is the author of two New York Times best-selling books, Unaccountable and The Price We Pay. Dr. Makary has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, and he has published more than 250 scientific research articles. He served in leadership at the W.H.O. and has been a visiting professor at 25 medical schools. His latest book is Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health.For most of human history, doctors were respected, but maybe like you would respect your hairdresser, or maybe a clergy member in the community. And we didn't have many tools as doctors. We had a lancet, we had a saw to do amputations, we had a couple of drugs that didn't work or were counterproductive like digoxin. And then what happened in 1922 is Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. And by the post-World War II era in the 1940s and '50s, we saw the mass production of antibiotics. That ushered in the white coat era of medicine. Doctors began to wear a white coat. They now had the power to prescribe a magical pill that could cure disease, make childbirth safe, enable surgeons to do procedures safer. And this ushered in this new unquestioned authority. And what happened was, physicians as a class took advantage of this unquestioned authority.Dr. Marty MakaryDavid Brock is a Democratic activist and founder of Media Matters for America, a progressive media watchdog group. Following the 2010 elections, Mr. Brock founded the Super PAC American Bridge, which works to elect Democrats. He is a New York Times best-selling author, and his books include the memoir Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative, Killing the Messenger: The Right Wing Plot to Hijack Your Government, and his latest book is Stench: The Making of the Thomas Court and the Unmaking of America.The Federalist Society was originally founded by three rightwing law students. And it was pitched as a debating society. So I don't think in the original incarnation, they had a master plan. But soon enough, they realized that membership in the Federalist Society could confer on people a certain imprimatur for appointments—and that's appointments not only to the federal judiciary, but all through the executive branch.David BrockThe scheme to overturn Roe has been going on for all these decades. There were setbacks, of course, because there were times when Republican appointees ended up being independent—Sandra Day O 'Connor, for example, David Souter, for example—and the right was defeated in their effort to overturn Roe. So it took a while and it took a lot of steadfast, patient spending of money on their crusade.David Brock[This is] a time when the Biden regime is supporting the destruction of the ancient land of Lebanon— whom he's called in prior years an ally. He's letting Netanyahu destroy Lebanon with the same tactics that Netanyahu applied to the genocide in Gaza.Ralph NaderIn Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantisNews 10/23/241. Last week, Israel announced they had killed longtime Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. As NBC put it, the footage of his death released by Israel “showed Sinwar not hiding in a tunnel surrounded by hostages — as Israeli officials often claimed he was — but aboveground and hurling a stick at a drone with his last ounce of strength.” American political leaders, such as Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders, are seeking to use Sinwar's death to argue that Israel has accomplished its mission and should therefore conclude its genocidal campaign in Gaza. Israeli leaders however have made it abundantly clear that they have no intention of pulling out of Gaza, with Benny Gantz – chairman of Israel's National Unity Party and among Prime Minister Netanyahu's chief political rivals – stating that the Israeli military “will continue to operate in the Gaza Strip for years to come,” per Al Jazeera.2. According to POLITICO, during an August 29th meeting in Washington Lise Grande, the top U.S. official working on the humanitarian situation in Gaza told the leaders of more than a dozen aid organizations that “the U.S. would not consider withholding weapons from Israel for blocking food and medicine from entering [Gaza].” It is illegal to block the delivery of humanitarian assistance under both American and international human rights law. As the paper notes, Grande's “candid assessment…raises questions about the seriousness of recent Biden administration threats to [withhold arms].” One attendee told POLITICO “[Grande] was saying that the rules don't apply to Israel.”3. Meanwhile, Israel continues its war on the United Nations mission in Lebanon. On October 20th, UNIFIL released a statement saying “Earlier today, an IDF bulldozer deliberately demolished an observation tower and perimeter fence of a UN position in Marwahin…The IDF has repeatedly demanded that UNIFIL vacate its positions along the Blue Line and has deliberately damaged UN positions. Despite the pressure being exerted on the mission and our troop-contributing countries…We will continue to undertake our mandated tasks.” UNIFIL added “Yet again, we note that breaching a UN position and damaging UN assets is a flagrant violation of international law and Security Council resolution 1701.”4. In a frankly dystopian story from the United Kingdom, British counterterrorism police “raided the home and seized several electronic devices belonging to The Electronic Intifada's associate editor Asa Winstanley,” despite the fact that Winstanley has not been charged with any offense. Electronic Intifada reports the raid was conducted under sections 1 and 2 of the 2006 “Terrorism Act,” which deal with the “encouragement of terrorism.” Human Rights Watch has previously urged the British government to repeal the repressive provisions of the 2006 act noting that “the definition of the encouragement of terrorism offense is overly broad, raising serious concerns about undue infringement on free speech.” Electronic Intifada further notes “In August, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service issued a warning to the British public to ‘think before you post' and threatening that it would prosecute anyone it deemed guilty of what it calls ‘online violence.'” Winstanley is the author of Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn and has been interviewed by the Capitol Hill Citizen.5. According to the Libertarian magazine Reason, Bob Woodward's new book War includes a passage about a “shockingly blunt conversation,” between President Biden and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham regarding “Biden's attempts to negotiate a ‘megadeal' between the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Israel.” Per Reason “Graham reportedly said that only Biden could secure a U.S.-Saudi defense treaty, because it would ‘take a Democratic president to convince Democrats to vote to go to war for Saudi Arabia'” Biden's response? “Let's do it.” Furthermore, reports indicate this security pact only fell apart after October 7th, with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman seeing a prominent deal with Israel at that time as a major political liability. Reason cites an article from the Atlantic in January wherein Salman reportedly told Secretary of State Antony Blinken “Do I care personally about the Palestinian issue? I don't, but my people do…Half my advisers say that the deal is not worth the risk. I could end up getting killed because of this deal.”6. In more international news, the Cuban energy grid collapsed on Friday, under strain from Hurricane Oscar. The complete grid collapse left the entire country of 10 million without electricity, per NPR. Reuters reports that over the weekend, the grid failed three more times as authorities sought to restore power. Brasil de Fato, or BdF, a Brazilian socialist news service, reports China, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Russia and Barbados are offering support to Cuba amid the total blackout. BdF further reports “The Alba Movimientos platform, which brings together more than 400 organizations from 25 countries, issued a statement...[saying] ‘No one can attribute this virtual collapse of the Cuban electricity system to a specific measure by the US government – that would be too simplistic…this is'“the result of a long strategy of planned destruction of the material and spiritual living conditions of the Cuban population…with the financial resources denied to Cuba due to the blockade policy, 18 days of accumulated damages equal the annual cost of maintaining the country's electricity system.” According to the UN, the U.S. embargo cost Cuba $13 million US dollars per day between 2022 and 2023 alone.7. A new scandal has rocked American Higher Education. Inside Higher Ed reports “Last week a lawsuit accused 40 colleges and universities, as well as the nonprofit College Board, of participating in a price-fixing conspiracy to jack up tuition rates” specifically, for children of divorced parents. The scheme itself had to do with consideration of the non-custodial parent's income, but the larger issue at stake here is the fact that the universities entered into a “cartel” in violation of antitrust laws. As this piece notes this is the “second major price-fixing antitrust lawsuit filed against highly selective universities since 2022, when 17 institutions…were accused of illegally colluding to set common financial aid formulas. So far, 10 of those institutions have settled for a combined $248 million.”8. Boeing has offered their striking machinists a new deal, which they hope will end their crippling strike. ABC reports “The new offer delivers a 35% raise over the four-year duration of the contract,” which is short of the 40% raise demanded by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers but considerably better than the aerospace titan's previous offer of 25%. ABC continues “The proposal also hikes Boeing's contribution to a 401(k) plan, but it declines to fulfill workers' call for a reinstatement of the company's defined pension.” As this piece notes, the machinists overwhelmingly rejected Boeing's previous offer last month; this week they will vote on the new proposal. Whatever the details of the final contract, this episode clearly demonstrates the power of a union, even going up against one of the most powerful corporations in America.9. A stunning CNN investigation reveals the extent of predatory fundraising by the major parties off of elderly people suffering from dementia or other forms of cognitive decline in their old age. According to “More than 1,000 reports filed with government agencies and consumer advocacy groups… deceptive political fundraisers have victimized hundreds of elderly Americans…into giving away millions of dollars.” These heartbreaking stories concern “Donors…often in their 80s and 90s…[including] retired public workers, house cleaners and veterans, widows living alone, nursing home residents…[with] money…from pensions, Social Security payments and retirement savings accounts meant to last decades.” To cite just one just one shocking example: “[an] 82-year-old woman, who wore pajamas with holes in them because she didn't want to spend money on new ones, didn't realize she had given Republicans more than $350,000 while living in a 1,000 square-foot Baltimore condo since 2020.”10. Finally, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has sent a letter to Rodney McMullen, Chairman and CEO of Kroger, decrying the company's “decision to roll out surge pricing using facial recognition technology.” Specifically, Tlaib cites concerns about price manipulation based on external factors like supply as well as discrimination based on race, gender, and other criteria determined through facial recognition. Tlaib ends this letter with six key questions, including “Will Kroger use…facial recognition to display targeted advertisements…?…What safeguards will be in pace?…[and] Are there plans to sell data collected in the store?” among others. Grocery prices continue to be a source of everyday economic hardship for working Americans and corporations are increasingly interested in surge pricing for essential goods. There is some comfort in knowing at least one member of Congress is concerned about this dangerous combination.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

A recent video release calls into question the events of September 11, 2001, implying that Saudi Arabia was behind the attack. In 2016, the 'Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act' gave victims a right to sue the Saudi government, and soon after the the secret document known as '28 pages', which was part of a 2002 Congressional Joint Inquiry into 9/11, was released. But something doesn't add up on either end. One, we were told that other Arab countries were behind the attack, including Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan - within hours of the event that nobody expected to happen… reportedly. Then, the AP reported in 2002 that '15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi', the ‘men with stolen identified', and we soon found out that many were still alive. Saudi Arabian pilot Waleed Al Shehri was one of five men that the FBI said had deliberately crashed American Airlines flight 11 into the World Trade Centre on 11 September, but he lived to tell the tale. As did Abdulaziz Al Omari. Talk about misdirection - it's Iraq, they're Muslims, followed by oh, they're from Saudi and oh, they're still alive, followed by official government documents released decades later reporting that Saudi really did do it, or maybe they did it. Two, there was, and remains, overwhelming evidence that Israel was at least aware, if not complicit, in the terrorism. From the 5 Dancing Israelis, to the emergency call about Palestinians in a van, to Michael Chertoff and the Patriot Act he co-authored, to 'pull it' Larry Silverstein. There is also Benjamin Netanyahu, who said "we are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack." In other words, 911 was used in concert with the satellite state of Israel to fight the PNAC wars and demonize the Muslim world. Or maybe this is an anti-semitic conspiracy theory? At least, that's what the ADL says. Good thing Mohammed Atta left an Arabic flight manual and Koran in his car, and his passport was found in the rubble of the WTC complex.-FULL ARCHIVE & RSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-secret-teachings Twitter: https://twitter.com/TST___Radio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesecretteachings WEBSITE (BOOKS, RESUBSCRIBE for early & ad-free show access): http://thesecretteachings.info Paypal: rdgable@yahoo.com CashApp: $rdgable EMAIL: rdgable@yahoo.com / TSTRadio@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings-with-ryan-gable--5328407/support.

Join Hearts of Oak for an exclusive interview with Tommy Robinson, where he delves into his ongoing legal battles and the profound impact of his activism. Robinson shares insights into his voluntary return to the UK and his subsequent detention under contentious terrorism legislation, shedding light on what he describes as a concerted effort to stifle journalistic freedom. He discusses the pivotal role of social media in amplifying alternative voices against the backdrop of mainstream media's alleged collusion with state powers. Despite facing vilification, Robinson points to a swelling tide of public support, underscoring a disconnect between the establishment's narrative and the grassroots sentiment. Tune in as he criticizes political figures for their lack of solidarity and calls for a united stand at an upcoming rally, positioning it as a critical juncture in the battle for free speech and the preservation of national identity. Connect with Tommy Robinson:

British "counterterrorism" police raided the home of Electronic Intifada editor Asa Winstanley on Thursday morning, seizing multiple electronic devices on suspicion that the journalist violated the UK's 2006 Terrorism Act with his social media activity. Reading by Tim Foley.

On this episode, we delve into the use of terrorism laws being used to silence journalists and anti-genocide activists in the US and Britain. With a focus on the British context, CODEPINK's Nuvpreet speaks with Richard Medhurst, a journalist arrested under the Terrorism Act in Britain. In the second half of the episode, member of CODEPINK's British chapter, Suzie, speaks with lawyer Daniel Furner on his work representing people criminalized under the Terrorism Act.

Sarah Wilkinson was brutally arrested and her home ransacked. Now she's under house arrest, prohibited from using phones or other devices, awaiting the possibility of further persecution under the extremely anti-democratic Section 12 of the 2000 Terrorism Act in England.   This is a song about how you can be brutally abducted and charged with ridiculous offenses right now in modern-day England, on those lovely old and occasionally still cobblestoned streets of London. Sarah is only one of a number of journalists and others to be charged under this outrageous law, by the New Labor government.

Keir Starmer's Thought Police have been raiding the homes of journalists and activists in the past few days, most recently arresting longtime organizer, journalist, and social media influencer Sarah Wilkinson, who I have known, admired, and collaborated with for many years. Sarah and others are being charged with violating Section 12 of the Terrorism Act of 2000. This is a very easy law to break, and until now, is one that has generally gone unenforced. If you are perceived to have said or posted something in praise of a group that is resisting an illegal occupation or a genocidal slaughter, and if the group you have said something positive about is on the UK's proscribed list, such as Hamas or Hezbollah, then you have broken this terrorism law and you are subject to a potential prison sentence of 14 years. In addition to an early-morning raid on her home with 12 uniformed and plainclothes officers and having this potential sentence hanging over her head, they have taken all of Sarah's electronics, and forbidden her from posting anything online. What they are obviously doing here is applying this law in an extremely selective and very political way, and it's a law that shouldn't be on the books in the first place, in any remotely democratic society. They have chosen people like Sarah to target, because, unlike the millions of other people they could be targeting for posting exactly the same sorts of things that she has posted, she has a direct following of hundreds of thousands of people on X, and many more people within her activist networks who benefit greatly from her involvement with campaigns such as the Gaza Flotilla. If the MI5 thinks I have enough of a following for them to arrest me next time I land at Heathrow, someone will probably let you know.

In speech at Democratic National Convention, Biden warns of second Trump coup / Israel continues Gaza genocide as Washington pushes “ceasefire” deal to pave way for region-wide war / Journalist Richard Medhurst arrested under Britain's Terrorism Act

Trong gần một tuần, bạo động đã nổ ra tại nhiều thành phố ở Vương Quốc Anh sau vụ một thanh niên 17 tuổi tấn công bằng dao làm thiệt mạng ba bé gái tại Southport, tây bắc nước Anh. Chính phủ của thủ tướng Keir Starmer quy trách nhiệm cho những nhóm cực hữu đứng sau các cuộc bạo loạn. Nguyên nhân sâu xa của vụ việc này là gì ? RFI Tiếng Việt đặt câu hỏi với nhà báo Nguyễn Giang, định cư lâu năm tại Anh Quốc.**********RFI Tiếng Việt : Trước hết, anh có thể giải thích rõ thêm về nguyên nhân thực sự của những vụ bạo loạn ? Phải chăng di dân luôn là vấn đề « nhạy cảm » tại Anh Quốc ?Nhà báo Nguyễn Giang : Mười ngày bạo động, đốt phá ở chừng 10 thành phố, thị trấn của xứ Anh (England) và Bắc Ireland cho thấy có hàng loạt vấn đề trước mắt và lâu dài mà chính phủ của Công đảng phải giải quyết. Đó là sự hoạt động kín của các nhóm dùng mạng xã hội, là thái độ bài ngoại, phân biệt chủng tộc âm ỉ trong dân bản địa Anh đã lâu, là các vấn đề kinh tế khó khăn, câu chuyện di dân, người nhập cư và cả bệnh tâm thần và tệ nạn say xỉn, nghiện ngập.Đầu tiên là việc những kẻ theo phái cực hữu, dân tộc chủ nghĩa Anh nghe theo những lời kêu gọi lan truyền trong các cộng đồng mạng dùng chatapp khép kín, người không được mời không thể tham gia, để tổ chức các đợt tấn công vào khách sạn có người nhập cư, tỵ nạn được chính quyền cho tạm cư. Họ cũng nhân đó đốt phá xe cảnh sát, đập cửa tiệm, ném gạch đá vào một số ngôi đền Hồi giáo ở những vùng mà căng thẳng sắc tộc đã có sẵn.Nhắc lại đợt bạo loạn tương tự năm 2011 ở Anh, các tờ báo lớn đều cho rằng chỉ xử phạt, bỏ tù những kẻ gây rối thôi sẽ không giải quyết được gốc rễ của vấn đề tha hóa trong thanh thiếu niên thất nghiệp, sự nghèo nàn về sinh hoạt cộng đồng và các căn bệnh xã hội bấy lâu nay ở các đô thị thua thiệt trong kinh tế.Cảnh sát Anh cáo buộc nhóm cực hữu English Defence League đứng sau cuộc bạo loạn. Anh có thể cho biết rõ thêm về nhóm cực hữu này ? Chủ trương hành động của họ là gì? Nhà báo Nguyễn Giang : Nhóm cực hữu này đã bị cấm từ 10 năm qua, nhưng các nhà báo Anh khi đến các điểm bạo loạn thì họ nhận ra là có các thành viên cũ của English Defence League (EDL) tham gia đốt phá, hoặc đứng ngoài xem, quay video. Cựu thủ lĩnh của tổ chức này là Tommy Robinson thì không ở Anh nhưng vẫn có thể phát biểu qua mạng xã hội thúc giục những người tin theo ông ta ra tay.Cũng phải nói rằng báo chí Anh vẫn trích dẫn lời Tommy Robinson để hiểu ra vì sao ông ta và những kẻ bài ngoại nói và làm như vậy. Điều đáng chú ý là EDL không còn chính thức hoạt động, nhưng các lập luận của họ vẫn có ảnh hưởng nhất định trong một số giới. EDL cũng không phải là tổ chức công khai phân biệt chủng tộc, bài Do Thái như một số đảng cực hữu ở châu Âu.Trái lại, họ nói là văn hóa bản địa của người Anh bị đe dọa bởi hai thứ: một là làn sóng dân nhập cư quá cao, hàm ý người Hồi giáo và châu Phi, và hai là thái độ thờ ơ, bỏ mặc của tầng lớp trên ở Luân Đôn, gồm cả chính phủ và giới truyền thông.Dù bị luật chống khủng bố Terrorism Act 2000 cấm, những cựu thành viên của tổ chức này vẫn tuyên truyền trên mạng xã hội, đôi khi trả lời phỏng vấn đài báo chính thống như SkyNews. Họ có cả các nhóm thân hữu tập hợp người Do Thái, người theo đạo Sikh và LGBT.Trong vụ việc này, chính phủ thủ tướng Keir Starmer còn quy trách nhiệm cho các mạng xã hội. Thực hư cáo buộc này là gì ?Nhà báo Nguyễn Giang : Điều đáng nói là bạo loạn nổ ra đúng 9 tháng sau khi Anh thông qua Luật An toàn mạng (Online Safety Act) nhằm ngăn chặn việc lan truyền tin giả qua các nhóm dùng mạng khép kín. Thế nhưng trong vụ việc mới đây, tin giả nói thủ phạm chém chết ba bé gái ở Southport, Anh Quốc “là người di dân vừa vào Anh bất hợp pháp” đã lan tỏa rất nhanh, thúc đẩy làn sóng bài ngoại lên cao.Sự thật là hung thủ sinh ra ở Anh chứ không phải người nhập cư, nhưng điều đó không được các nhóm phân biệt chủng tộc nghe theo. Đây là bằng chứng cho thấy trong một xã hội tự do, việc giám sát mạng xã hội rất khó và sắp tới, chính phủ của Thủ tướng Kier Starmer nói sẽ làm chặt hơn, nhưng sẽ không dễ, ví dụ như luật Anh cấm tuyên truyền kỳ thị chủng tộc, chống di dân nhưng không ai cấm cả các công ty điều tra dư luận và đài báo hỏi dân chúng về thái độ của họ đối với người nhập cư.Trên thực tế, nhiều người dân ở Anh gồm cả người không phải gốc bản địa Anh cũng lo rằng kinh tế khó khăn, nhà ở đang thiếu mà làn sóng di cư trái phép cứ tiếp tục thì gánh nặng cho chi tiêu công sẽ tăng, trực tiếp hoặc gián tiếp ảnh hưởng đến đời sống của họ. Sự thất vọng trong cuộc sống đẩy cao tâm lý nghi kỵ, bài xích người khác họ.Trong vụ việc gần nhất đây, hiện tượng người Hồi giáo ở một số vùng phải đứng ra bảo vệ cơ sở tôn giáo của họ cũng bị phe bài ngoại cho rằng cảnh sát chỉ bênh người Hồi giáo và bắt giữ toàn người gốc Anh bản địa, khiến cho tình hình thêm căng thẳng. Phải tới cuối tuần qua, số người biểu tình chống phân biệt chủng tộc, gồm rất nhiều thành phần sắc tộc, xã hội, mới tụ họp đông đảo ở Luân Đôn và các đô thị khác, nêu lên tiếng nói hòa bình của đa số, khiến tình hình giảm nhiệt đi trông thấy.Tại sao bạo động đặc biệt diễn ra dữ dội tại các thành phố Sunderland, Liverpool, Hull… , những thành phố phía bắc nước Anh ? Và đây cũng phải là lần đầu tiên những cuộc bạo loạn bài chủng tộc diễn ra ở Anh ?Nhà báo Nguyễn Giang : Không phải ngẫu nhiên mà nơi nổ ra bạo loạn ở vùng miền Trung và Bắc nước Anh, cộng thêm một số điểm ở phía Đông Luân Đôn và ở Bắc Ireland đều là những nơi có tỷ lệ nghèo khó cao nhất nước. Ví dụ như Blackburn, Blackpool, Hartlepool, Hull, Liverpool, Manchester và Middlesbrough nằm cả trong số 10 đô thị xuống cấp, nghèo đi so với trước, theo thống kê của chính phủ trong bảng Indices of Deprivation (Hạng mục suy thoái, xuống cấp).Tại các vùng này, nơi người nhập cư từ Nam Á đã sống cạnh người Anh mấy thế hệ nhưng việc làm ít, đầu tư công bị cắt giảm khiến căng thẳng sắc tộc thường cao hơn các vùng khá giả. Không ít gia đình người Anh sống trong cảnh vất vưởng về việc làm, về cơ hội vươn lên trong khi đầu tư công, chi phí cho xây dựng cộng đồng, hỗ trợ thất nghiệp bị cắt giảm liên tục.Trong một số vụ bị xử tù tuần qua vì gây bạo loạn, người ta thấy có những ông già người Anh và có các thiếu niên 17-18 tuổi, trẻ nhất có em 14 tuổi, chứng tỏ những vấn đề nghiêm trọng đã bao phủ mấy thế hệ. Một em trai khác, 15 tuổi, thuộc dạng lêu lổng, đi từ North Lincolnshire tới Hull thăm bạn thì thấy bạo loạn nên tranh thủ hôi của, cũng bị xử tù. Đây không phải là những chuyện vui vì các tệ nạn khác trong giới trẻ người Anh như tỷ lệ bệnh tâm thần, nạn nghiện hút, rượu chè, nay vì các vụ bạo loạn cũng được nói tới.Tân chính phủ Công đảng nếu không thay đổi chính sách thì sẽ khó giúp người dân trở nên lạc quan, có thái độ tích cực hơn, thay vì tâm lý bài xích, phản kháng (anti-social attitude). Cũng ở một số địa phương đó, năm 2011 đã từng xảy ra bạo loạn tương tự và đây là dấu hiệu nhiều vấn đề sâu xa chưa được các nhiệm kỳ khác nhau của chính quyền giải quyết.Phải chăng cuộc bạo loạn đang diễn ra hiện nay minh chứng cho những gì ông David Cameron từng nói năm 2011 là chủ nghĩa đa văn hóa đã thất bại tại Anh Quốc ? Giới chính trị gia có trách nhiệm như thế nào về tình trạng hiện nay ở Anh?Nhà báo Nguyễn Giang : Ở Anh từ lâu nay không có định nghĩa cụ thể về chủ nghĩa đa văn hóa (multiculturalism) như cách hiểu ở Đức, Pháp hay một số nước châu Âu là văn hóa người châu Âu đón nhận các dòng văn hóa của người di cư từ châu Á, Trung Đông, châu Phi tới.Lý do là lịch sử Liên hiệp Vương quốc Anh, trên danh nghĩa, đã chứa đựng yếu tố đa văn hóa của các nhóm bản địa gốc Âu từ lâu: Anh, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, sau này thêm dân Đức, Pháp, Do Thái, và Đông Âu nên người ta cho rằng việc có các văn hóa khác như Hồi giáo, văn hóa Á Đông bổ sung nào cũng không sao cả.Cũng vì thế, chính trị gia Anh nói khác nhau về chủ nghĩa đa văn hóa. Hồi năm 2011, ông David Cameron không tin vào điều này và cho rằng cần có một yêu cầu mạnh hơn buộc người nhập cư bỏ chủ nghĩa cực đoan để chấp nhận các giá trị của nước Anh, nhưng một cựu thủ tướng Anh khác của đảng Bảo thủ, Rishi Sunak, người gốc Ấn, lại cho rằng Anh đã rất thành công khi tạo ra “nền dân chủ đa văn hóa” (multicultural democracy).Điều này người ta nói tới không phải là đa văn hóa nữa, vì nó khá trừu tượng mà vấn đề di dân. Một điều tra của Viện Ipsos hồi tháng 2/2024 cho thấy 52% người được hỏi ở Anh tin rằng số người nhập cư vào là quá cao, so với 42% vào năm 2022.Trong bối cảnh này, tân chính phủ thủ tướng Keir Starmer chủ trương đường lối cứng rắn với những kẻ gây bạo loạn. Liệu thủ tướng Anh có đủ các phương tiện cũng như sự ủng hộ của người dân để thực hiện các biện pháp đó ?Nhà báo Nguyễn Giang : Năm 2011, khi Anh nổ ra các cuộc bạo loạn lần đầu, ông Kier Starmer là trưởng công tố quốc gia và đã đích thân chỉ đạo việc xử tù những kẻ gây rối. Tuần qua, ông cũng tỏ ra cứng rắn, yêu cầu toà án, công tố viện làm việc ngày đêm để xử nhanh khoảng 150 bị cáo gây bạo loạn. Tuy thế, các báo Anh nói ở cương vị thủ tướng, ông Starmer cần có cái nhìn dài hạn và tìm giải pháp sâu rộng cho các vấn đề gốc rễ của bạo loạn tức là sự rạn nứt xã hội (social rifts). Án tù sẽ chỉ ngăn được những kẻ liều lĩnh tràn ra phố vì tức giận, nhưng không hóa giải, thuyết phục được khá nhiều người khác lo ngại về xung đột sắc tộc ở Anh.Bạo loạn nổ ra một tháng sau khi Công đảng giành được đa số tuyệt đối trong cuộc bầu cử Nghị Viện. Tuy nhiên, trong cuộc bầu cử này, lần đầu tiên một đảng cực hữu là Reform UK đã có chân trong Nghị Viện Anh. Cuộc bạo loạn này phải chăng cho thấy là cũng giống như nhiều nước châu Âu lục địa, tân chính phủ Anh đang phải đối mặt trước đà trỗi dậy của phe cực hữu ?Nhà báo Nguyễn Giang : Công đảng thắng cử vừa qua chủ yếu là vì cử tri ở Anh chán đảng Bảo thủ cầm quyền đã lâu, sau 5 đời thủ tướng trong vòng 14 năm cả thẩy, chứ không phải vì cương lĩnh tranh cử của Công đảng quá hấp dẫn. Cùng lúc, đảng Reform UK thu được 14% tổng số phiếu bầu và về nhì ở trên 90 khu vực bầu cử trên cả nước mà chỉ có 5 ghế nghị sĩ trong Hạ viện, do hệ thống bầu cử Anh tuân theo nguyên tắc « Được ăn cả ngã về không » (first-past-the post-electorial sysem). Điều này khiến một phần phe thiên hữu trong đảng Reform UK của ông Nigel Farage và cả trong đảng Bảo thủ cảm thấy họ bị thiệt thòi và đang dùng mạng xã hội đe dọa chính phủ Công đảng là “sẽ có bạo loạn còn to hơn”.Tuy phe thiên hữu đã hiện diện công khai trong Nghị viện và có thể dùng các thủ tục lập pháp để thay đổi chính sách, nhưng họ lại thích dùng mạng xã hội để gây sức ép “ngoài luồng” lên chính phủ. Điều này đang gây đau đầu cho chính phủ Anh và cũng cho thấy phe cực hữu, thiên hữu ở Anh nói riêng và ở châu Âu nói chung ưa thích các cách đấu tranh, công kích phi truyền thống, ngoài nghị trường và các chính quyền sẽ không dễ hạn chế ảnh hưởng của họ.Nhiều đời chính phủ gần đây đã có các chính sách siết chặt di dân nhưng bất thành. Anh có thể điểm lại sơ qua các chính sách đó và cho biết thêm tân chính phủ Anh sẽ có đối sách ra sao đối với hồ sơ di dân ?Nhà báo Nguyễn Giang : Trong nhiều thập kỷ, Anh là quốc gia di cư, có dòng di dân đi nhiều hơn đến, tức là số người ở Anh đến các xứ sở khác sinh sống luôn cao hơn số người nhập cư. Nhưng từ năm 1994 thì Anh là nước nhận người nhập cư nhiều hơn số ra đi. Theo một số cơ quan nghiên cứu thì trong thập niên đầu tiên của thế kỷ 21, cụ thể là tính đến năm 2011, mỗi năm số người vào Anh làm việc, sinh sống cao hơn số ra đi tới 360 nghìn.Các chính phủ qua nhiều nhiệm kỳ coi đây là quy luật đất lành chim đậu, dân số tăng thì kinh tế tăng trưởng theo, và cũng vì dòng người tới từ Liên Hiệp Châu Âu mà Anh là thành viên có quyền tới theo nguyên tắc tự do di cư trong EU nên Luân Đôn không có chính sách gì cụ thể.Chỉ khi Brexit xảy ra thì vấn đề kiểm soát số người nhập cư mới thành vấn đề và chính phủ của đảng Bảo thủ chấp nhận trưng cầu dân ý Brexit năm 2016 một phần để tìm giải pháp tái kiểm soát biên giới, để người từ EU không thể tự do vào Anh nữa.Tuy thế, trong một năm từ tháng 3/2019 đến tháng 3/2020 thì vẫn có trên 700 nghìn người vào Anh, trừ đi gần 400 nghìn người di cư đi nơi khác thì con số ròng vẫn là khoảng 347 nghìn. Dịch Covid có làm ngưng trệ số người vào Anh và sau khi Brexit có hiệu lực từ đầu năm 2021, số dân EU sang Anh có giảm nhưng các nhóm khác vẫn vào đều, thậm chí còn tăng cao.Họ gồm cả người tỵ nạn chính đáng mà Anh đón về từ các vùng chiến sự, từ những nơi Anh có dính líu quân sự như Afghanistan, từ cả các nước như Việt Nam. Chính phủ Bảo thủ muốn chặn dòng người vào Anh bằng đường biển, nên đã ký với Rwanda thỏa thuận mở trung tâm cứu xét hồ sơ xin tỵ nạn ở nước châu Phi đó, nhằm làm di dân trái phép nản chí, không từ châu Âu sang Anh nữa, nhưng chính phủ Công đảng vừa lên đã xóa dự án Rwanda và nói sẽ tăng cường lực lượng chặn biên giới trên biển để ngăn các  thuyền phao chở di dân từ Pháp, Bỉ bơi sang.Cho đến nay chưa thấy chính sách này có hiệu lực, vì không nước châu Âu nào sẵn sàng nhận lại di dân bỏ nước họ sang Anh. Cũng không rõ tới đây chính phủ Anh sẽ làm gì với số người nhập cư lậu đã vào Anh, lên tới hàng trăm nghìn. Giả sử hàng nghìn người bị bác đơn xin tỵ nạn thì sẽ đưa họ về đâu, vì các nước xuất xứ sẽ không dễ dàng nhận.Còn về thị trường lao động, Công đảng muốn giảm việc cấp visa việc làm cho nhân công nước ngoài và mở các khóa huấn luyện tay nghề cho người ở Anh làm các việc đó. Cho tới nay còn quá sớm để biết việc này triển khai ra sao và liệu có hàng trăm nghìn người ở Anh sẵn sàng đổi việc làm để lấp chỗ trống trên thị trường lao động hay chưa.RFI Tiếng Việt xin cảm ơn nhà báo Nguyễn Giang.

AUDIO CONVERSATION BETWEEN TOMMY ROBINSON AND HIS EX-WIFE WHILE HE WAS UNDER ARRESTI can now confirm that Tommy has actually been released, he is on bail, and the police have taken his phone.I want thank everyone (as does Tommy) who have been out protesting for him today, it absolutely made a difference.Tommy has asked me to upload the conversation he had with his ex wife while he was detained for terror related offences.We will be able to update you all tomorrow.#FreeTommyRobinson#FreeTommyX Post(00:07) Introduction and Legal Context(00:37) Interrogation Details(01:17) Legal Rights and Phone Access(02:31) Journalistic Integrity and Confidentiality(05:19) Abuse of Power and Charges(07:37) Potential Consequences and Defiance(09:45) Public Support and Final Thoughts

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A recent video release calls into question the events of September 11, 2001, implying that Saudi Arabia was behind the attack. In 2016, the 'Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act' gave victims a right to sue the Saudi government, and soon after the the secret document known as '28 pages', which was part of a 2002 Congressional Joint Inquiry into 9/11, was released. But something doesn't add up on either end. One, we were told that other Arab countries were behind the attack, including Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan - within hours of the event that nobody expected to happen… reportedly. Then, the AP reported in 2002 that '15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi', the ‘men with stolen identified', and we soon found out that many were still alive. Saudi Arabian pilot Waleed Al Shehri was one of five men that the FBI said had deliberately crashed American Airlines flight 11 into the World Trade Centre on 11 September, but he lived to tell the tale. As did Abdulaziz Al Omari. Talk about misdirection - it's Iraq, they're Muslims, followed by oh, they're from Saudi and oh, they're still alive, followed by official government documents released decades later reporting that Saudi really did do it, or maybe they did it. Two, there was, and remains, overwhelming evidence that Israel was at least aware, if not complicit, in the terrorism. From the 5 Dancing Israelis, to the emergency call about Palestinians in a van, to Michael Chertoff and the Patriot Act he co-authored, to 'pull it' Larry Silverstein. There is also Benjamin Netanyahu, who said "we are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack." In other words, 911 was used in concert with the satellite state of Israel to fight the PNAC wars and demonize the Muslim world. Or maybe this is an anti-semitic conspiracy theory? At least, that's what the ADL says. Good thing Mohammed Atta left an Arabic flight manual and Koran in his car, and his passport was found in the rubble of the WTC complex.-FREE ARCHIVE & RSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-secret-teachingsTwitter: https://twitter.com/TST___RadioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesecretteachingsWEBSITE (BOOKS, RESUBSCRIBE for early show access): http://thesecretteachings.infoPaypal: rdgable@yahoo.comCashApp: $rdgableBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tstradioSUBSCRIBE TO NETWORK: http://aftermath.mediaEMAIL: rdgable@yahoo.com / TSTRadio@protonmail.com

SkyCity could be forced to cough up millions for alleged breaches of legislation on money laundering. The Department of Internal Affairs is accusing SkyCity of violating the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act, after a company review. NZ Herald property editor Anne Gibson says SkyCity will be more concerned about the hits to their reputation, over a prospective fine. "This is quite damaging to them, it's not so much about the fine- if there is one." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SkyCity could be forced to cough up millions for alleged breaches of legislation on money laundering. The Department of Internal Affairs is accusing SkyCity of violating the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act, after a company review. NZ Herald property editor Anne Gibson says SkyCity will be more concerned about the hits to their reputation, over a prospective fine. "This is quite damaging to them, it's not so much about the fine- if there is one." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Internal Affairs is taking the casino operator SkyCity to court in a civil case related to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act. Gyles Beckford has the business news.

Internal Affairs is taking the casino operator SkyCity to court in a civil case related to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act. Gyles Beckford has the business news.

On this Moats, George Galloway reflects on the Daily Telegraph story that says, what George has said would happen all along, Russia is on the brink of victory in the war in Ukraine. The European Union is on the brink of collapse as the leaders of europe's countries have imploded over Ukraine and Gaza and lost the trust of their people. The contempt our people feel for our leaders is becoming unhealthy, as is the role of the Police in society. Former UK ambassador Craig Murray is being investigated under the Terrorism Act. What for? He doesn't know. Why should he? Richard Medhurst gives his views as the Arab world reacts to President Putin's visit of the Middle East as the region sends a message to America they won't be dragged down by the War in Gaza and Ukraine. Professor Dan Kovalik shares what he saw during a week on the West Bank as the Palestinian people face continued bombardment from Israeli forces and mortar fire.Craig Murray: Historian, Former British Ambassador and Human Rights Activist-X: https://x.com/craigmurrayorg-Website: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/Richard Medhurst: Independent Journalist & Political Commentator -X: https://x.com/richimedhurst-YouTube: https://youtube.com/@RichardMedhurstProfessor Daniel Kovalik: Professor, Human & Labour rights Lawyer and Author- X: https://x.com/danielmkovalik Get bonus content on Patreon Become a MOATS Graduate at https://plus.acast.com/s/moatswithgorgegalloway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How far would you go to protect a client?When Muhammad Rabbani, a human rights advocate, was stopped and interrogated on his way back to the UK after working with a high profile client, it was an experience he was familiar with. As a Muslim and an activist, he'd been stopped at the airport many times before.This time however, when he refused to give up the passwords to his personal devices, he was arrested, charged and convicted under the Terrorism Act.His fight to clear his name has been documented in the new film 'Phantom Parrot', which highlights the controversial 'Schedule 7' clause that allows police to detain and question citizens at the border without suspicion, and how it's used to gather and share intelligence with other bodies such as the FBI.This week on the Big Picture podcast, we sit down with Rabbani, who is the managing director of CAGE, to hear his story firsthand, and why he thinks it should shock and concern every British citizen.You can find out more about 'Phantom Parrot' and where to watch it here: https://phantomparrot.com/We'd love to hear your thoughts on this episode, and any guests you'd like us to have on our show. Reach us by email at mh@middleeasteye.org or find us on instagram @BigPictureMee.You can also watch all our episodes on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMyaP73Ho1ySj3cO0OSOHZAOgD1WTDixG

New Zealand's anti-money laundering (AML) regime could be simplified and improved, although care would need to be taken to avoid jeopardising our good standing in the international community, not to stop information flow to the police, and to avoid creating loopholes criminals can exploit, says leading AML lawyer Gary Hughes.Hughes speaks about the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act, which has just notched up 10 years since taking effect, in a new episode of interest.co.nz's Of Interest podcast.The Act's impact is widely felt. This isn't surprising given the police describe businesses operating in the financial, legal, property and high value goods markets as being at the frontline for countering illicit activity, while describing themselves as the last line of defence against money laundering and terrorism financing. As an election approaches, both the National and ACT parties are making noises about lessening the AML/CFT burden on businesses, which the Ministry of Justice estimates costs NZ about $260 million a year.Hughes, an Auckland-based barrister who chairs the AML and Sanctions Experts Committee at the International Bar Association, sees "a good deal of scope for simplifying and improving the regime," thus potentially making compliance for businesses easier. He gives the example of a code of practice around identity verification for small businesses, noting there can be too much tick box regulation and a one size fits all approach.But he says care needs to be taken."You don't want to lose the benefits of good standing in the international community. We're now seen by the FATF [Financial Action Taskforce] and others as doing very well in this regard. And also you don't want to lose the information flow to the police or create loopholes that criminals are rich enough or cunning enough to exploit. So it's always a balancing act," Hughes says.In the podcast Hughes also talks about how to measure the extent to which the Act is preventing money laundering and terrorism financing, what the impetus behind the Act was, why FATF is described as "the most powerful international body you've never heard of," how the Act is instrumental in collecting key data and evidence for police, why he thinks NZ should have one AML/CFT Act supervisor instead of three, what happens to the thousands of suspicious activity and transaction reports, whether the regime is outcomes focused enough, financial exclusion and more."People say it's too costly and it's a handbrake on business. And yes it is partly. But equally some of those businesses, if you look at the banking sector, are making enormous profits and have very good information that I would think why shouldn't they be forced to actually use some of that and pass on the intelligence to support the law enforcement efforts? I don't think you can take all the cream out of the economy and not offer something back," says Hughes.*You can find all episodes of the Of Interest podcast here.

On Feb. 22, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Twitter v. Taamneh, a case that deals with the liability of platforms that host or promote terrorist material. This case addresses the scope of the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, arguing that Twitter aided and abetted ISIS by hosting and promoting its content on its platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Under Section 2333 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, as amended by the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, U.S. nationals injured by "an act of international terrorism" that is "committed, planned, or authorized by" a designated foreign terrorist organization may sue any person who "aids and abets, by knowingly providing substantial assistance, or who conspires with the person who committed such an act of international terrorism," and recover treble damages. 18 U.S.C. § 2333(a), (d)(2). The questions presented are: 1. Whether a defendant that provides generic, widely available services to all its numerous users and "regularly" works to detect and prevent terrorists from using those services "knowingly" provided substantial assistance under Section 2333 merely because it allegedly could have taken more "meaningful" or "aggressive" action to prevent such use. 2. Whether a defendant whose generic, widely available services were not used in connection with the specific "act of international terrorism" that injured the plaintiff may be liable for aiding and abetting under Section 2333. https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/21-1496.html

Cover Photograph: Mr. Sparks: A Quest for Truth & Reconciliation, Copyright Nnebundo Obi 2022.Nnebundo Obi's presentation is available here. To learn more about Nagel Institute's Engaging African Realities project, please visit the following link.Show Notes:0:00 South African revolutionary Robert Sobukwe3:20 Nagel Institute Research Associate - Engaging African Realities Project Presentation from annual conference in Capetown 4:05 Slide 2 - former S. African President Nelson Mandela's cell at Robben Island4:20 history of Robben Island, see slide 25:30 escapee from Robben Island David Stuurman6:10 First female political prisoner on Robben Island, Krotoa or Eva 7:10 1961, Robben Island used as prison for non-white political activists exclusively 8:30 one letter and one visit per year for inmates at Robben Island9:25 Hard labour in the limestone quarry10:00 tour of Robben Island per Mr. Sparks, former inmate and current tour guide at Robben Island -  slide 412:40 Puzamandla: The “energy giving drink”, a hidden poison14:00 Mr. Sparks gives testimony about his suffering at Robben Island to free himself14:50 Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden - see slide 515:00 Lion's Head, Tabletop Mountain Range - see slide 615:30 1800s creation of Van Riebeeck's Hedge to mark Dutch property, shown at slide 616:10 Boulder's Penguin Colony16:25 history of apartheid - see slide 817:20 - 1979 “total strategy” 12 point plan to crush opposition to apartheid18:20 1996 Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) established by Nelson Mandela18:45 hearings for restorative justice19:20 1977 founding of MEDU Art Ensemble 20:30 female anti-pass protestors - see slide 1022:30 1956 women's march - see slide 1123:00 Judy Sideman, member of MEDU Art Ensemble from 1980—1985  - see slide 1124:20 MEDU Art Ensemble history - see slide 1227:00 MEDU Art Ensemble posters - see slides 9, 12, 1329:00 MEDU Art Ensemble targeted by the South African defense force30:15 the power of testimony and collaboration and importance of mobilizing and gathering strength from community30:45 University of Capetown31:00 - 2015 ‘RHODES MUST FALL' movement to remove the statue of British Imperialist Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town - see slide 1434:20 impact of removing statues like those of Cecil Rhodes 38:00 impact of MEDU Art Ensemble on end of apartheid39:00 Terrorism Act 39:45 MEDU's community outreach 41:45 Cohesion and single-minded vision of MEDU 42:30 Nnebundo's way of engaging with social justice issues44:20 definition of justice49:00 Netflix docu-series How To Become a Tyrant 51:00 Jan Felman's comments51:40 Stefania Salles-Bruins' comments 53:25 Jarnick Vitters' comments Please share your comments and/or questions at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.comTo hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. Thanks so much for listening!© Stephanie Drawdy [2022]

Robert J. Savage is a professor in the Boston College History Department and served as one of the directors of the University's Irish Studies program for close to twenty years. He has been awarded Visiting Fellowships at Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Edinburgh, Queen's University, Belfast and the University of Galway. Savage's publications explore contemporary Irish and British history and include The BBC's Irish Troubles: Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland (2015) short listed for the Ewart-Biggs Literary Award; A Loss of Innocence? Television and Irish Society 1960-1972, (2010) winner of the James S. Donnelly Sr. Book Prize from the American Conference for Irish Studies and Sean Lemass, a biography (2014). In this interview, he discusses his new book Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain (Oxford University Press, 2022), which explores issues of censorship, paramilitary violence and British and international politics in the 1980s. Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain is a study of how the Northern Ireland conflict was presented to an increasingly global audience during the premiership of Britain's 'Iron Lady', Margaret Thatcher. It addresses the tensions that characterized the relationship between the broadcast media and the Thatcher Government throughout the 1980s. Savage explores how that tension worked its way into decisions made by managers, editors, and reporters addressing a conflict that seemed insoluble. Margaret Thatcher mistrusted the broadcast media, especially the BBC, believing it had a left-wing bias that was hostile to her interests and policies. This was especially true of the broadcast media's reporting about Northern Ireland. She regarded investigative reporting that explored the roots of republican violence in the region or coverage critical of her government's initiatives as undermining the rule of law, and thereby providing terrorists with what she termed the 'oxygen of publicity'. She followed in the footsteps of the Labour Government that proceeded her by threatening and bullying both the BBC and IBA, promising that the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act would be deployed to punish journalists that came into contact with the IRA. Although both networks continued to offer compelling news and current affairs programming, the tactics of her government produced considerable success. Wary of direct government intervention, both networks encouraged a remarkable degree of self-censorship when addressing 'the Troubles'. Regardless, by 1988, the Thatcher Government, unhappy with criticism of its policies, took the extraordinary step of imposing formal censorship on the British broadcast media. The infamous 'broadcasting ban' lasted six years, successfully silencing the voices of Irish republicans while tarnishing the reputation of the United Kingdom as a leading global democracy. Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Frederick Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Robert J. Savage is a professor in the Boston College History Department and served as one of the directors of the University's Irish Studies program for close to twenty years. He has been awarded Visiting Fellowships at Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Edinburgh, Queen's University, Belfast and the University of Galway. Savage's publications explore contemporary Irish and British history and include The BBC's Irish Troubles: Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland (2015) short listed for the Ewart-Biggs Literary Award; A Loss of Innocence? Television and Irish Society 1960-1972, (2010) winner of the James S. Donnelly Sr. Book Prize from the American Conference for Irish Studies and Sean Lemass, a biography (2014). In this interview, he discusses his new book Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain (Oxford University Press, 2022), which explores issues of censorship, paramilitary violence and British and international politics in the 1980s. Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain is a study of how the Northern Ireland conflict was presented to an increasingly global audience during the premiership of Britain's 'Iron Lady', Margaret Thatcher. It addresses the tensions that characterized the relationship between the broadcast media and the Thatcher Government throughout the 1980s. Savage explores how that tension worked its way into decisions made by managers, editors, and reporters addressing a conflict that seemed insoluble. Margaret Thatcher mistrusted the broadcast media, especially the BBC, believing it had a left-wing bias that was hostile to her interests and policies. This was especially true of the broadcast media's reporting about Northern Ireland. She regarded investigative reporting that explored the roots of republican violence in the region or coverage critical of her government's initiatives as undermining the rule of law, and thereby providing terrorists with what she termed the 'oxygen of publicity'. She followed in the footsteps of the Labour Government that proceeded her by threatening and bullying both the BBC and IBA, promising that the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act would be deployed to punish journalists that came into contact with the IRA. Although both networks continued to offer compelling news and current affairs programming, the tactics of her government produced considerable success. Wary of direct government intervention, both networks encouraged a remarkable degree of self-censorship when addressing 'the Troubles'. Regardless, by 1988, the Thatcher Government, unhappy with criticism of its policies, took the extraordinary step of imposing formal censorship on the British broadcast media. The infamous 'broadcasting ban' lasted six years, successfully silencing the voices of Irish republicans while tarnishing the reputation of the United Kingdom as a leading global democracy. Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Frederick Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Robert J. Savage is a professor in the Boston College History Department and served as one of the directors of the University's Irish Studies program for close to twenty years. He has been awarded Visiting Fellowships at Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Edinburgh, Queen's University, Belfast and the University of Galway. Savage's publications explore contemporary Irish and British history and include The BBC's Irish Troubles: Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland (2015) short listed for the Ewart-Biggs Literary Award; A Loss of Innocence? Television and Irish Society 1960-1972, (2010) winner of the James S. Donnelly Sr. Book Prize from the American Conference for Irish Studies and Sean Lemass, a biography (2014). In this interview, he discusses his new book Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain (Oxford University Press, 2022), which explores issues of censorship, paramilitary violence and British and international politics in the 1980s. Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain is a study of how the Northern Ireland conflict was presented to an increasingly global audience during the premiership of Britain's 'Iron Lady', Margaret Thatcher. It addresses the tensions that characterized the relationship between the broadcast media and the Thatcher Government throughout the 1980s. Savage explores how that tension worked its way into decisions made by managers, editors, and reporters addressing a conflict that seemed insoluble. Margaret Thatcher mistrusted the broadcast media, especially the BBC, believing it had a left-wing bias that was hostile to her interests and policies. This was especially true of the broadcast media's reporting about Northern Ireland. She regarded investigative reporting that explored the roots of republican violence in the region or coverage critical of her government's initiatives as undermining the rule of law, and thereby providing terrorists with what she termed the 'oxygen of publicity'. She followed in the footsteps of the Labour Government that proceeded her by threatening and bullying both the BBC and IBA, promising that the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act would be deployed to punish journalists that came into contact with the IRA. Although both networks continued to offer compelling news and current affairs programming, the tactics of her government produced considerable success. Wary of direct government intervention, both networks encouraged a remarkable degree of self-censorship when addressing 'the Troubles'. Regardless, by 1988, the Thatcher Government, unhappy with criticism of its policies, took the extraordinary step of imposing formal censorship on the British broadcast media. The infamous 'broadcasting ban' lasted six years, successfully silencing the voices of Irish republicans while tarnishing the reputation of the United Kingdom as a leading global democracy. Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Frederick Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert J. Savage is a professor in the Boston College History Department and served as one of the directors of the University's Irish Studies program for close to twenty years. He has been awarded Visiting Fellowships at Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Edinburgh, Queen's University, Belfast and the University of Galway. Savage's publications explore contemporary Irish and British history and include The BBC's Irish Troubles: Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland (2015) short listed for the Ewart-Biggs Literary Award; A Loss of Innocence? Television and Irish Society 1960-1972, (2010) winner of the James S. Donnelly Sr. Book Prize from the American Conference for Irish Studies and Sean Lemass, a biography (2014). In this interview, he discusses his new book Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain (Oxford University Press, 2022), which explores issues of censorship, paramilitary violence and British and international politics in the 1980s. Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain is a study of how the Northern Ireland conflict was presented to an increasingly global audience during the premiership of Britain's 'Iron Lady', Margaret Thatcher. It addresses the tensions that characterized the relationship between the broadcast media and the Thatcher Government throughout the 1980s. Savage explores how that tension worked its way into decisions made by managers, editors, and reporters addressing a conflict that seemed insoluble. Margaret Thatcher mistrusted the broadcast media, especially the BBC, believing it had a left-wing bias that was hostile to her interests and policies. This was especially true of the broadcast media's reporting about Northern Ireland. She regarded investigative reporting that explored the roots of republican violence in the region or coverage critical of her government's initiatives as undermining the rule of law, and thereby providing terrorists with what she termed the 'oxygen of publicity'. She followed in the footsteps of the Labour Government that proceeded her by threatening and bullying both the BBC and IBA, promising that the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act would be deployed to punish journalists that came into contact with the IRA. Although both networks continued to offer compelling news and current affairs programming, the tactics of her government produced considerable success. Wary of direct government intervention, both networks encouraged a remarkable degree of self-censorship when addressing 'the Troubles'. Regardless, by 1988, the Thatcher Government, unhappy with criticism of its policies, took the extraordinary step of imposing formal censorship on the British broadcast media. The infamous 'broadcasting ban' lasted six years, successfully silencing the voices of Irish republicans while tarnishing the reputation of the United Kingdom as a leading global democracy. Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Frederick Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Robert J. Savage is a professor in the Boston College History Department and served as one of the directors of the University's Irish Studies program for close to twenty years. He has been awarded Visiting Fellowships at Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Edinburgh, Queen's University, Belfast and the University of Galway. Savage's publications explore contemporary Irish and British history and include The BBC's Irish Troubles: Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland (2015) short listed for the Ewart-Biggs Literary Award; A Loss of Innocence? Television and Irish Society 1960-1972, (2010) winner of the James S. Donnelly Sr. Book Prize from the American Conference for Irish Studies and Sean Lemass, a biography (2014). In this interview, he discusses his new book Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain (Oxford University Press, 2022), which explores issues of censorship, paramilitary violence and British and international politics in the 1980s. Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain is a study of how the Northern Ireland conflict was presented to an increasingly global audience during the premiership of Britain's 'Iron Lady', Margaret Thatcher. It addresses the tensions that characterized the relationship between the broadcast media and the Thatcher Government throughout the 1980s. Savage explores how that tension worked its way into decisions made by managers, editors, and reporters addressing a conflict that seemed insoluble. Margaret Thatcher mistrusted the broadcast media, especially the BBC, believing it had a left-wing bias that was hostile to her interests and policies. This was especially true of the broadcast media's reporting about Northern Ireland. She regarded investigative reporting that explored the roots of republican violence in the region or coverage critical of her government's initiatives as undermining the rule of law, and thereby providing terrorists with what she termed the 'oxygen of publicity'. She followed in the footsteps of the Labour Government that proceeded her by threatening and bullying both the BBC and IBA, promising that the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act would be deployed to punish journalists that came into contact with the IRA. Although both networks continued to offer compelling news and current affairs programming, the tactics of her government produced considerable success. Wary of direct government intervention, both networks encouraged a remarkable degree of self-censorship when addressing 'the Troubles'. Regardless, by 1988, the Thatcher Government, unhappy with criticism of its policies, took the extraordinary step of imposing formal censorship on the British broadcast media. The infamous 'broadcasting ban' lasted six years, successfully silencing the voices of Irish republicans while tarnishing the reputation of the United Kingdom as a leading global democracy. Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Frederick Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

Robert J. Savage is a professor in the Boston College History Department and served as one of the directors of the University's Irish Studies program for close to twenty years. He has been awarded Visiting Fellowships at Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Edinburgh, Queen's University, Belfast and the University of Galway. Savage's publications explore contemporary Irish and British history and include The BBC's Irish Troubles: Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland (2015) short listed for the Ewart-Biggs Literary Award; A Loss of Innocence? Television and Irish Society 1960-1972, (2010) winner of the James S. Donnelly Sr. Book Prize from the American Conference for Irish Studies and Sean Lemass, a biography (2014). In this interview, he discusses his new book Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain (Oxford University Press, 2022), which explores issues of censorship, paramilitary violence and British and international politics in the 1980s. Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain is a study of how the Northern Ireland conflict was presented to an increasingly global audience during the premiership of Britain's 'Iron Lady', Margaret Thatcher. It addresses the tensions that characterized the relationship between the broadcast media and the Thatcher Government throughout the 1980s. Savage explores how that tension worked its way into decisions made by managers, editors, and reporters addressing a conflict that seemed insoluble. Margaret Thatcher mistrusted the broadcast media, especially the BBC, believing it had a left-wing bias that was hostile to her interests and policies. This was especially true of the broadcast media's reporting about Northern Ireland. She regarded investigative reporting that explored the roots of republican violence in the region or coverage critical of her government's initiatives as undermining the rule of law, and thereby providing terrorists with what she termed the 'oxygen of publicity'. She followed in the footsteps of the Labour Government that proceeded her by threatening and bullying both the BBC and IBA, promising that the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act would be deployed to punish journalists that came into contact with the IRA. Although both networks continued to offer compelling news and current affairs programming, the tactics of her government produced considerable success. Wary of direct government intervention, both networks encouraged a remarkable degree of self-censorship when addressing 'the Troubles'. Regardless, by 1988, the Thatcher Government, unhappy with criticism of its policies, took the extraordinary step of imposing formal censorship on the British broadcast media. The infamous 'broadcasting ban' lasted six years, successfully silencing the voices of Irish republicans while tarnishing the reputation of the United Kingdom as a leading global democracy. Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Frederick Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/journalism

Robert J. Savage is a professor in the Boston College History Department and served as one of the directors of the University's Irish Studies program for close to twenty years. He has been awarded Visiting Fellowships at Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Edinburgh, Queen's University, Belfast and the University of Galway. Savage's publications explore contemporary Irish and British history and include The BBC's Irish Troubles: Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland (2015) short listed for the Ewart-Biggs Literary Award; A Loss of Innocence? Television and Irish Society 1960-1972, (2010) winner of the James S. Donnelly Sr. Book Prize from the American Conference for Irish Studies and Sean Lemass, a biography (2014). In this interview, he discusses his new book Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain (Oxford University Press, 2022), which explores issues of censorship, paramilitary violence and British and international politics in the 1980s. Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain is a study of how the Northern Ireland conflict was presented to an increasingly global audience during the premiership of Britain's 'Iron Lady', Margaret Thatcher. It addresses the tensions that characterized the relationship between the broadcast media and the Thatcher Government throughout the 1980s. Savage explores how that tension worked its way into decisions made by managers, editors, and reporters addressing a conflict that seemed insoluble. Margaret Thatcher mistrusted the broadcast media, especially the BBC, believing it had a left-wing bias that was hostile to her interests and policies. This was especially true of the broadcast media's reporting about Northern Ireland. She regarded investigative reporting that explored the roots of republican violence in the region or coverage critical of her government's initiatives as undermining the rule of law, and thereby providing terrorists with what she termed the 'oxygen of publicity'. She followed in the footsteps of the Labour Government that proceeded her by threatening and bullying both the BBC and IBA, promising that the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act would be deployed to punish journalists that came into contact with the IRA. Although both networks continued to offer compelling news and current affairs programming, the tactics of her government produced considerable success. Wary of direct government intervention, both networks encouraged a remarkable degree of self-censorship when addressing 'the Troubles'. Regardless, by 1988, the Thatcher Government, unhappy with criticism of its policies, took the extraordinary step of imposing formal censorship on the British broadcast media. The infamous 'broadcasting ban' lasted six years, successfully silencing the voices of Irish republicans while tarnishing the reputation of the United Kingdom as a leading global democracy. Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Frederick Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

Robert J. Savage is a professor in the Boston College History Department and served as one of the directors of the University's Irish Studies program for close to twenty years. He has been awarded Visiting Fellowships at Trinity College, Dublin, the University of Edinburgh, Queen's University, Belfast and the University of Galway. Savage's publications explore contemporary Irish and British history and include The BBC's Irish Troubles: Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland (2015) short listed for the Ewart-Biggs Literary Award; A Loss of Innocence? Television and Irish Society 1960-1972, (2010) winner of the James S. Donnelly Sr. Book Prize from the American Conference for Irish Studies and Sean Lemass, a biography (2014). In this interview, he discusses his new book Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain (Oxford University Press, 2022), which explores issues of censorship, paramilitary violence and British and international politics in the 1980s. Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher's Britain is a study of how the Northern Ireland conflict was presented to an increasingly global audience during the premiership of Britain's 'Iron Lady', Margaret Thatcher. It addresses the tensions that characterized the relationship between the broadcast media and the Thatcher Government throughout the 1980s. Savage explores how that tension worked its way into decisions made by managers, editors, and reporters addressing a conflict that seemed insoluble. Margaret Thatcher mistrusted the broadcast media, especially the BBC, believing it had a left-wing bias that was hostile to her interests and policies. This was especially true of the broadcast media's reporting about Northern Ireland. She regarded investigative reporting that explored the roots of republican violence in the region or coverage critical of her government's initiatives as undermining the rule of law, and thereby providing terrorists with what she termed the 'oxygen of publicity'. She followed in the footsteps of the Labour Government that proceeded her by threatening and bullying both the BBC and IBA, promising that the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act would be deployed to punish journalists that came into contact with the IRA. Although both networks continued to offer compelling news and current affairs programming, the tactics of her government produced considerable success. Wary of direct government intervention, both networks encouraged a remarkable degree of self-censorship when addressing 'the Troubles'. Regardless, by 1988, the Thatcher Government, unhappy with criticism of its policies, took the extraordinary step of imposing formal censorship on the British broadcast media. The infamous 'broadcasting ban' lasted six years, successfully silencing the voices of Irish republicans while tarnishing the reputation of the United Kingdom as a leading global democracy. Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Frederick Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh

An esteemed human rights lawyer from Swaziland, Sibusiso Nhlabatsi speaks to me on terrorism legislations, Swaziland's Suppression of Terrorism Act, 2008 ("the Act"), and judicial crisis. Mr Nhlabatsi is known for his fortitude and taking critical human rights cases in Swaziland - even against the machinary of government. In this episode we talk about: most terrorism legislations have been promulgated as weapons of governments to clamp down on political opponents. Swaziland Suppression of Terrorism Act is no different. The government passed it on a certificate of urgency devoid of following legislative promulgation processes. The Act violates fundamental human rights and the government has been using it to proscribe political movements as terrorist and to silence dissent. A full bench of the High Court of Swaziland, in 2016 declared some of the provisions of the Act unconstitutional. Six years later (2022) the government resuscitates its appeal at the Supreme Court and gets an unprecedented condonation for its laxity in failing to execute the appeal. Ostensibly, government's renewal of its interest to execute the appeal has been incentivized by the current political unrest. Mr. Nhlabatsi laments that the judiciary in Swaziland is in shambles. FInd Sibusiso Nhlabatsi on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sibusiso.nhlabatsi --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mpilo-nkambule/support

Three Sri Lankan student activists were detained on Monday under draconian anti-terrorism law four days after being arrested at a protest in Colombo. Rights advocates have slammed the move, accusing the government of construing dissent as terrorism, despite Sri Lanka's controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act under sharp scrutiny again. Sri Lankan civic activists concerned over 'witch-hunt' by state. Radio Islam International spoke to engineer and activist Nuzly Hameem, who explained that on August 18, the police arrested nearly 20 protesters at a march held in Colombo, organised by the Inter-University Students' Federation, where participants highlighted many issues, including "state repression" and the spiralling cost of living.

The former Pakistan prime minister had made accusations against police. Also; Russia blames Ukraine for Dugina car bombing and the actor Ryan Reynolds explains his love for Wrexham FC.

Returning the favor after being on the, “Agree To Disagree Show,” Luigi and I kick things off in D.C where the Democrats are pushing for the Domestic Terrorism Act as a response to recent mass shootings— what's in the bill that's worth dissenting? Remaining on the topic of mass shootings, we discuss our respective differences on how to prevent future mass killings. We then go global, as the international leaders from the UN and WEF discuss how to further the Great Reset. Luigi later takes us back to his homeland in Canada to passionately discuss free speech—when do insults toward a political leader become problematic? We finish off the show in the Lone Star State to discuss parent's rights. Is transitioning your child within a parent's right, or is it child abuse? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tabootopic/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tabootopic/support

Facts & spin for May 21 2022 top stories: Boeing successfully launches its first spacecraft, the House passes a controversial domestic terrorism act, Biden visits South Korea, Russia claims full control of Mariupol, Biden invokes the Defense Production Act to make baby formula, the January 6 Committee presses a Georgia Republican about offering Capitol tours, a 9-1-1 dispatcher allegedly hung up on a whispering caller during the Buffalo shooting, SpaceX allegedly paid $250K to settle an harassment claim against Elon Musk, and Boris Johnson won't face more fines for his Covid parties.   Sources: https://www.improvethenews.org/

The Barrett Brief - That Didn't Take Long: The Domestic Terrorism Act Is Now A Thing  Here is what is happening today in the Brief. First That Didn't Take Long: The Domestic Terrorism Act Is Now A Thing  Second The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check Next Alex Deise from FreedomWorks stops by  Third Mastercard introduces controversial biometric payments that require a face scan Also ‘Summer of Rage' over babies getting a chance at life Don't forget The Lightning Brief!  Meanwhile On Gun Talk Friday we talk "6 Things You Didn't Know Would Happen When the Police Arrive" Finally don't forget the world famous "you gotta be kidding me" Our Readers And Listeners Keep Us In Print & On The Air! Click here to subscribe to The CRUSADE Channel's Founders Pass Member Service & Gain 24/7 Access to Our Premium, New Talk Radio Service. www.crusadechannel.com/go What Is The Crusade Channel? The CRUSADE Channel, The Last LIVE! Radio Station Standing begins our LIVE programming day with our all original CRUSADE Channel News hosted by award winning,  25 year news veteran Janet Huxley. Followed by LIVE! From London, “The Early Show with Fiorella Nash & Friends. With the morning drive time beginning we bring out the heavy artillery The Mike Church Show! The longest running, continual, long form radio talk show in the world at the tender age of 30 years young! Our broadcast day progresses into lunch, hang out with The Barrett Brief Show hosted by Rick Barrett “giving you the news of the day and the narrative that will follow”. Then Kennedy Hall and The Kennedy Profession drives your afternoon by “applying Natural Law to an unnatural world”!    The CRUSADE Channel also features Reconquest with Brother André Marie, The Fiorella Files Book Review Show, The Frontlines With Joe & Joe and your favorite radio classics like Suspense! and CBS Radio Mystery Theater. We've interviewed hundreds of guests, seen Brother Andre Marie notch his 200th broadcast of Reconquest; The Mike Church Show over 1500 episodes; launched an original LIVE! News Service; written and produced 4 Feature Length original dramas including The Last Confession of Sherlock Holmes and set sail on the coolest radio product ever, the 5 Minute Mysteries series! Combined with our best in the business LIVE! Coverage of every major political/cultural event of the last 6 years including Brexit, Trump's Election, Administration events, shampeachment, the CoronaDoom™, the 2020 Election and resulting Biden Regime's Coup d;'tat, January 6th Psy-op and now the attempt to make Russia and Vladimir Putin out as the new Hitler and his Germany. "When News Breaks Out, We Break In!" because we truly are:   The Last, Live, Radio Station, Standing.

UK: Taxi explosion in Liverpool was bomb British authorities raised the country's threat level to its second-highest rung Nov. 15, after police said a blast in a taxi outside a Liverpool hospital was caused by a homemade bomb. Investigators said they were treating the Nov. 14 explosion — which killed the suspected bombmaker and injured the cab driver — as a terrorist incident, but that the motive was unclear. Counterterrorism police named the dead man as 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen. Three men in their 20s were arrested in the city Nov. 14 under the Terrorism Act. (AP) UK police called after report of drugs in Parliament British parliamentary authorities are calling in the police after a newspaper reported that traces of cocaine had been found at numerous sites in Parliament. House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said he was contacting police after The Sunday Times reported that illegal drugs were being used inside Parliament buildings. The newspaper said tests using drug detection wipes found traces of cocaine in 11 locations that are only accessible by accredited parliamentary lawmakers, staff and journalists, including a washroom near the prime minister's office. (AP) These articles were provided by The Japan Times Alpha.

Guest: Mubin Shaikh,  Former undercover operative with CSIS and RCMP; and now Professor of Public Safety at Seneca College

In local news, The Watauga Democrat reports that high school graduates from the years 2020 and 2021 are now eligible for free community college beginning the spring semester of 2022 at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, through the Longleaf Commitment Grant. The grant launched in June to help 2021 high school graduates from low and middle- income families to attend community college. The grant was extended to include 2020 graduates. The grant will cover fees and tuition towards a degree or to earn transfer credit. In national news, President Biden announced on Monday steps to improve the safety and justice for Native Americans during the first tribal nations summit since 2016. Leaders from more than 570 tribes in the U.S. are expected to join the two-day event, with nearly three dozen addressing the gathering. The summit is being held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the Alaskan Natives and Native Americans at disproportionate rates. According to The Associated Press. In world news, British police arrested three men under terrorism laws on Sunday after a car exploded outside a Liverpool hospital, killing one and injuring another. Counter-terrorism police said the three men, whose ages ranged from 21 to 29 were detained in the Kensington area of the northwest England city under the Terrorism Act. According to The Associated Press. Your weather is brought to you by booneweather.com The afternoon forecast calls for a mostly cloudy start, clearing off in the p.m. with a cold 10-20 mph wind from the northwest and still gusty at higher elevations.

British police arrested three men under terrorism laws Sunday after a car exploded outside a hospital in Liverpool, killing one man and injuring another.Counter-terrorism police said the three men, whose ages ranged from 21 to 29, were detained in the Kensington area of the northwest England city under the Terrorism Act.Police also cordoned off another residential street in the city. They did not disclose details of the operation.Police were called to reports of a blast involving a taxi at Liverpool Women's Hospital on Sunday morning. Photos showed a vehicle in flames near the hospital's main entrance.Merseyside Police said in a statement that the vehicle, a taxi, “pulled up at the hospital shortly before the explosion occurred. Work is still going on to establish what has happened and could take some time before we are in a position to confirm anything.”The male passenger of the car died and the driver was being treated for non life-threatening injuries, police said.The explosion occurred just before 11 a.m. on Remembrance Sunday, the time people across Britain pause in memory of those killed in wars.Police said the explosion had not been declared a terrorist attack and they were keeping an open mind about the cause, but counter-terrorism police were leading the investigation.Britain's interior minister, Home Secretary Priti Patel, said she was “being kept regularly updated on the awful incident.”The Liverpool Women's Hospital said it immediately restricted visiting access until further notice and diverted patients to other hospitals “where possible.”Fire services said they extinguished the car fire rapidly, and a person had left the car before the fire “developed to the extent that it did.”- AP

In this weeks episode, we take a look at British democracy and the death of Sir David Amess MP. On 15 October 2021, Amess was stabbed multiple times while holding a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea. He died at the scene. Ali Harbi Ali, a British citizen of Somali heritage, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and has since been detained under the Terrorism Act. He is understood to have extremist Islamist beliefs. M.T. is joined by Michael Mpofu, head of Communications at a tech startup, Worry+Peace. He is also a strategic communicators advisor who honed his craft in working for the Official Opposition in South Africa - advising Members of Parliament on policy and media strategy. Michael is also an Editor at Common Sense Topics: The death of Sir David Amess Echo Chambers and how we leave them Debate in South Africa Should we regulate big tech Do we need anonymity online? Is PREVENT working What can we learn from Sir David Amess Climate change How many people get referred to prevent Watch the episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/NLCbLFjv_uI

Journalist, News and current affair Mr: Manoj Udatiyawala reports from Sri Lanka - ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිට තොරතුරු ගෙන එන මාධ්‍යවේදී මනෝජ් උදටියාවල සමඟ SBS සිංහල සේවය සෑම සඳුදා දිනකම ඔබ වෙත ගෙන එන සතියේ ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය පුවත් සමාලෝචනය

- Recommendations have been made by the Presidential Commission to amend certain sections of the Prevention of Terrorism Act. - Army Commander General Shavendra Silva says no decision has been taken yet on a weekend travel destinations. - The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has demanded a fair investigation into the death of a girl who worked at the home of MP Rishad Bathiudeen. - A shop near the Kulapitiya junction in Kokuvil, Jaffna was attacked last night. - Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will pay a visit to Jaffna to launch the National Program to Transform 100 Cities in Sri Lanka into New Dimensional Cities. - The Ministry of Health has said that the information that the country is on the verge of facing the fourth wave of corona virus is false information. - Delta virus infection has been identified in 6 people working in a garment factory in Piliyandala-Lullawila area. - A further 1,566 people in the country have been diagnosed with coronavirus till last evening, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said. - Trade Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena has said that the people of the country will be pushed into debt if the salaries of government employees are increased. - LAUGFS Gas, which accounts for 30 percent of the country's cooking gas market, has stopped imports, leading to a shortage of cooking gas in the market. - To purchase paddy from farmers at government fixed prices All rice mill owners have agreed. - Re-declaring Departments as Essential Services by Secretary to the President Special Gazette has been published.

The Presidential Visa Commission, which has been appointed to review the decisions of previous commissions and committees on human rights and to consider the next steps, handed over its interim report to President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa the day before yesterday. Disagreeing with the call for the abolition of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, the Commission recommended that other countries, including the United Kingdom, introduce measures to prevent terrorism.

- This government has the power to legislate as it sees fit - MP Shritharan - Reduction in the price of the newly introduced cooking gas cylinder - No resolution to freeze the country during the holidays - Government announcement - Five people arrested under the Terrorism Act were released yesterday - Corona infections on the rise in the country

_Member of Parliament Rishad Bathiudeen has been admitted to hospital, police said. He has been admitted to the emergency department of the Colombo National Hospital. It has also been reported that Rishad Bediuzzaman has been admitted to the emergency department on medical advice. He has been arrested by the CID under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and is currently in custody.

This is a whopper of an interview, I can see why people in the rural sector of NZ are flocking to hear Heather Meri (and Rob Wilson) lay out the UN Agenda 21 and 2030. Plus, the planned addition of the ‘Great Reset' that the World Economic Forum from Davos in Switzerland is going to superimpose over our planet and civilisation. This new economic model will cover every survival contingency regarding the well being of the 7.8 billion souls on this planet, including all biota within the biosphere.  Heather Meri says that there is more legislation coming out of Parliament that is going to affect us. However she has addressed about 80 meetings around the country over the past 6 or 7 months - 37 in the North Island. Encouraging groups to form so has to assist in educating their community, but in particular, to do their own research. Some weeks ago she had about 250 people show up to a talk in the Nelson area of Moutere - because people are waking up to what is being planned for them. That there are SNA's being ‘Significant Natural Areas'  - and the local Council has just sent out letters to people who have land holdings with circles around huge areas of their land saying that this area is going to be designated an SNA a ‘significant natural area'. This may or may not include natural bush or anything that you recognise needing protection - some people had an area of gorse … but what Heather Meri says - it's a blatant land grab …  that once this land is designated an SNA you still pay rates on it - but you have to fence it off - you have to do the weed control, but you are not allowed to put animals on it or to use it. Land owners are aware of the need to protect special areas in NZ, and people that Heather Meri knows, are already availing themselves of Queen Elisabeth 2 Covenants and Riparian planting - and fencing off native bush. People are proud to take care of our environment here in NZ - she says there may be a very, very, small minority of people who are not playing by the rules and this needs to be addressed - but you don't blanket legislate the entire country and treat everybody like a criminal and cripple their viability on their farm.  People are losing between 30 to 90% of their land use. This is shocking … in Kaeo in Northland, we have heard at a people's meeting that 42% of the land in Northland has been claimed as a SNA - that there were a number of people at that meeting who said their entire land holding was designated SNA other than where their house presently stood and with only one meter from the house. Everything else had been designated SNA.  ( in a later text to Heather Meri, I said have them photograph that letter and share it with AAG.org.nz - and build up a file. Sometime this July, legislation is coming on a National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity - and in this the Government is going to take the criteria for allocating SNA's - and make it even more wide spread. Heather Meri says now they are including mobile fauna - for example the native falcon - if a native falcon flies over your property and decides to nest in your pine forest - the authorities are going to put a circle around your pine plantation and make it an SNA. So once you can't use it or harvest it or plant or run livestock on it - most of the time you are destroying the viability of one's farm. To the layman this makes no sense - but when you look at the big picture and ask where this is coming from? It's further up the pyramid of power. You get a crystal clear understanding. In August 2019 the Prime Minister of NZ was the keynote speaker at the Goal Keepers Conference in New York - a Bill and Melinda Gates initiative where our PM stood up and told the audience how NZ was achieving the goals of implementing Agenda 21 and 2030. Saying that these agendas had already been integrated into our legislation. Though this has been enacted through Parliament basically no-one - meaning ordinary NZers has any idea of what this is all about. It's - Hidden in plain sight. Like the 17 sustainability development goals - they look and sound wonderful - we are going to eradicate poverty and have equality - have a sustainable future and look after our environment.   But, if you go to www.aag.org.nz  (Agricultural Action Group) and go to the link and download the fine print of what that Agenda actually is - and it's a 352 page document - that covers every aspect of our lives - healthcare, education  - that stock takes every single living being and resource and mineral on the planet - so that ‘they' can control it. You start to get the picture, because we have not been consulted or involved.  That ‘they' want to eradicate that which is not sustainable - and that is - the private ownership of land. i.e farming - private ownership of motor vehicles, roading, irrigation, ski fields, golf courses - even the family unit - in their eyes is listed as unsustainable. That this is something that they want to eradicate. So once we read the fine print we become aware of where our Government is taking us - she says that the insane legislation that is crippling our agricultural sector - starts to make sense. Heather Meri says that everyone has to do their own research - because if you are not aware of what's in the fine print - and you hear her for the very first time - it will sound quite bizarre and crazy - so the imperative is for all NZers is to see what is being planned for your future - and if you a parent - your children's future. (and you have been cut out of the dialogue, with zero input). She says that anyone who today criticises the Government narrative is deemed by the Government to be ‘a conspiracy theorist' - however when you read the fine print you realise that this is ‘not theory.' Saying that on the AAG.org.nz web site you can see the video for yourself of the NZ Prime Minister stating just what you have read. Plus the link to the UN Agenda document. The World Economic Forum of Klaus Schwab from Davos in Switzerland and the ‘Great Reset' - is coming - and Heather Meri says once you destroy the agriculture industry in NZ our economy crashes and then the World Economic Forum will step in. Listen - dear reader if you do not click and listen to this interview - and grok what is being explained - you will be forever struggling to understand what is being planned for you. Because this is too much of an effort for me to convey the contents of this interview.  ( I too have to have good sleep and a life - Tim).  We hear that Agenda 21 is based on the Communist Chinese model - per David Rockefeller - Per the Rothschilds. Do you connect the dots?  We are moving towards the State controlling everything … coming down from the top of the global pyramid of power.  We also hear in this interview: There is supposed to be a new Act (or an addendum coming before NZ's Parliament  - called the Domestic Terrorism Act - which is going to come into force very soon and it will give NZ Police unprecedented powers equal to those that were seen in Nazi Germany, or by the Stasi in Communist East Germany.  Facism and Communism joined at the hip. That our police (who are compelled to obey orders) can come around to our house - without a warrant, do a search, take anything that they want and arrest you on suspicion that you are going to be anti Government or, say something to the NZ public that would be detrimental to the Government narrative. Who we have been told “that, they are the only source of truth.” (Shades of Orwells 1984 ) Because, YOU are now wanting to become a - 'whistleblower or a truth teller.' Like checking your facebook or youtube comments - checking your emails (note if you have a Google email address or a hotmail Microsoft email address - these emails will pass through a dictionary lens and will be read and catalogued. This is how we were sucked into their game plan) and thinking that you ‘may' be a danger to national security, report you to someone higher up. It gets serious now. That you could be ‘done in and reported' via an 0800 number - i.e pimped on - then arrested whilst in the street for being who you are and that once arrested, no representation and possibly with no time length on your incarceration. This could be NZ's future - not that ordinary NZers would ever want this - but this is what could be forced on this nation - under the New World Order.  The Deputy Prime Minister showed his colours and dug himself into a hole of his own making earlier this year.  In this interview, we also hear that no politician in NZ's Parliament is mentioning Agenda21 and Agenda2030 - or the Great Reset - Why? Because they are gagged from breaking ranks - (‘Mum's the word')  When in February of this year we had the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance walk out of a radio interview on radio's Magic Talk Show - with well known national TV news reader and sports host Peter Williams. on: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/02/the-great-reset-grant-robertson-pulls-out-of-weekly-slot-on-magic-talk-with-peter-williams-after-shooting-down-conspiracy-theory.html  When this very well known broadcaster Peter Williams was accused of being a ‘conspiracy theorist' … Listen … Follow this link and you will find that the Deputy PM has dug himself into an untenable situation. Because he actually went to the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos in Switzerland, with the Prime Minister in 2019. Follow this link to the World Economic Forum and you hear Prince Charles being used to front a 2 minute video focusing on the degradation of the global environment that all the corporations of the world have either contributed or let happen on their watch - and now they want to punish humanity for the situation we are now in, by imposing (a much needed clean up operation) - but have factored humanity out of being ‘helpers and educated participants' in this equation). They are now going it alone with their top down ideological plan. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/finance-minister-travels-davos-world-economic-forum-brussels-and-london What comes through in this interview is that our politicians lie and because they have a compliant and obedient mainstream media, (who - according to Heather Meri - have been paid off with a $125 million grant)  Have closed ranks and do not criticise the Government anymore. Therefore a great percentage of NZ citizens do not hear or read of these lies. Note - if a country of 5 million people can have their communications system ‘paid off' with $125 million. 5 million people = $125 million 10 million people = $250 million   (2 X 125 million)  100 million people = $2.5 billion (10 X 250 million) 300 million as in America = $7.5 billion   (3 X 2.5 billion) But, the US has 330 million people = another $750 million (3 X 250 million) Plus 7.5 Bn = $8.25 Billion This amount in the US media hands 24/7 would traumatise the US population to death!  Heads Up. In this interview we hear that the word ‘Sovereignty' or ‘personal sovereignty' is going to be included under the Terrorism Act. That is if we NZers invoke the usage of this word in regard to our own ‘inner sovereignty' (being our relationship with God) we could be tried in a Court of Law for being a … terrorist. This is NZ post Covid 28.03.2020.  We also hear in this interview:  Regarding the land grab, SNA's - of ‘significant natural areas' - refuse authority to allow ‘them' to come onto your land to do surveys of areas that they are going to map and then take. So say NO. Plus refuse to fill out the survey form they send you. Or even respond. Being aware of unknowingly ‘entering a contract'. If the Council posts you a survey map of your land - often with incorrect boundaries - asking you to respond - if you do - then you have entered a contract with them and as the Government is a ‘Corporation' of  the City of London - by engaging with them - (so the story goes) you then ‘re-contract' with them, again. Heather Meri gives a quick run down on NZ being a Corporation - including the Police, Work & Income NZ, the Justice Department, the Court system - all the Govt Agencies are extensions of the City of London.  She says they have a New website called www.Landfreedom.net  - go up and have a long look - these people are organised. You must listen to this interview - as Heather Meri says - once we see why we have been hoodwinked into being part of a Corporate Agenda - you amy have a momentary head explosion  - but sitting still and sitting through all that it leads to - frees you up into being a ‘free being' - In time and space. (We just have to clean up what's been shackling us for so long.) Especially how we have been tricked into contracting with the Government entity - time and time again. Other issues talked about The Government  centralising water - controlling it, plus adding fluoride (a neurotoxin) into all town and suburban water. (see the many GreenplanetFM.com interviews on this ) Including chlorinating even spring water  - as well as rainwater collected from roofs - the Government wants to control this too.  Trust and the NZ Government. The NZ Government, who for generations we trusted with our lives - are not what they were once - this is a great shock to most people who after looking behind the curtain realise that there are agendas that creep down from the pyramid of power. - (but do not feel disheartened - we are the 99% and we have righteous indignation on our side plus all the other virtues of honesty, right action and goodwill. https://usawatchdog.com/bio/   Interview of  Dane Wigington on https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org  - the cause of drought in the USA etc etc  Look up https://www.unanz.org.nz   - Heather Meri says the UN is going to open many more offices across NZ - why? There is a huge amount of data being shared in this interview that has not been mentioned. - please listen, share and research for your self - using - https://duckduckgo.com In closing this very important interview - I wish to emphasise that we as an individual, a family, community, region and as a country can rise to the occasion - as a heart felt unifying spirit of cooperating people. We are now starkly realising that there is a stealthy global control game being enacted  - to lock us as a humanity down.  That over the last few decades we have been dumbed down by the media - and an education system that teaches us not to question - or to be curious and to wonder … all you have to do is listen to the inane news every hour on all the talkback and music stations - 3 minutes of drivel as the saying goes. This can be seen with Mains Stream Media - with the younger generation not reading a newspaper - be it local or national - or watching the news that TVNZ and TV3 parrot virtually the same continuous rhetoric. We have found ourselves drowning in the semi - censored swamp of sameness. With a media that takes in ‘feeds' from overseas that are all multinational corporations pushing the same agenda.  The churches have failed us too - Christianity has taken a hit in this country just like other western countries, because they virtually bore people to death, and failed to call a halt on corruption practices and stand up for justice. Sadly, you can see this today with near vacant churches across the country.  Yet from most religious accounts - ‘we are spiritual beings having an earth experience' - that we are far more than we ever thought possible. Huge numbers of people globally have had ‘out of the body or near death experiences' - where they have found themselves outside their body looking down on it - in many cases seeing doctors frantically working to keep their body alive. GreenplanetFM.com - has done a number of interviews based on this and what is the soul?  Note that over the last 70 years universities and educational institutes have been swayed to believe that the universe is a fluke of existence that God does not exist, nor does the soul and consequently they have done away with anything metaphysical or spiritual. Yet there are more and more people having mystical experiences and there is a fast growing body of evidence realising that we live after death and that our body is in fact a temple - which we need to cherish with fresh air, pure water and an organic food chain. Plus experience love, laughter and joy             https://landfreedom.net/home.html https://landfreedom.net/objectives.html AAG.org.nz For another NZ based news web site sharing knowledge for people:  https://thebuzz.nz

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The For the People Act, and the Domestic Terrorism Act of 2021.  I go on a bit of a rant about the 'War on Words' too, in which Democrats use words with negative connotations against Republicans, completely ignoring the actual definitions of those words.

This week, Executive Vice President John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss several cases recently filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act arising from alleged terrorist acts in the Middle East where the supportive funding was funneled through several charitable organizations. During the conversation they consider the impact the suits could have on the access legitimate charities have to financial services.

Mayur Suresh talks to host Pavan Srinath about the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), and how thousands of Indians are in prison or in custody, without recourse to bail, and awaiting a trial that may never take place. Mayur discusses how the UAPA came about, how it absorbed some of the worst features of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, and how it can be used without much judicial oversight, by governments and police forces in power.  Dr Mayur Suresh is a faculty member of the School of Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS, London. He used to practice law in New Delhi at various courts, and has worked and written extensively on India’s anti-terror laws, legal theory, sexuality and gender identity. BIC Talks is brought to you by the Bangalore International Centre. Visit the BIC website to learn more about the guest and for links, references and related readings. 

Advocacy Group Cage UK says the in the United Kingdom have taken a life of its own, twenty years after being first introduced. According to Cage, the Terrorism Act 2000 introduced in July the same year was passed on the back of anti-migrant sentiment. Cage publicly released a report examining the damage Terrorism legislation has had on the legal system over since the introduction of the act.

Twenty years have passed since Britain passed the Terrorism Act 2000, damaging the legal system beyond recognition. Detention without charge, secret evidence, separating families, mass surveillance, house arrest and citizenship deprivation have now become common features of the UK legal and policing landscape. We've gathered top legal minds to reflect on the past 20 years of failed laws and policies, and to discuss how we can shape a way forward together.

In 1978, Tim Jenkin was charged under South Africa’s Terrorism Act for disseminating anti-apartheid material, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Just before he was convicted, someone gave him a book called Papillon, which he said “was really a manual of escape.” Tim Jenkin’s book is Escape from Pretoria. Criminal is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven’t already, please review us on Apple Podcasts! It’s an important way to help new listeners discover the show: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our newsletter, The Accomplice. If you’d like to introduce friends or family members to podcasts, we created a How to Listen guide based on frequently asked questions. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Sponsors: Article Get $50 off your first order of $100 or more at Article.com/criminal Better Help Get 10 percent off your first month with discount code criminal at BetterHelp.com/criminal Hint Water Go to DrinkHint.com and get a free case (twelve 16oz bottles) when you buy two cases of Hint Water.  Shipping is free. Just enter the code CRIMINAL at checkout. Progressive Get your quote online at Progressive.com and see how much you could be saving Quip Go to quip.com/CRIMINAL to get your first refill free. Simplisafe Protect your home today and get free shipping at SimpliSafe.com/CRIMINAL Squarespace Try Squarespace.com/criminal for a free trial and when you’re ready to launch, use the offer code CRIMINAL to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Sun Basket Go to sunbasket.com/criminal and enter promo code criminal at checkout for $35 off your order. Virtue Labs Visit VirtueLabs.com and use the code Criminal to receive 20% off plus free shipping on your Virtue order.

You keep up on things. You know what’s going on in arts and culture. Then inevitably, it happens. Someone who wasn’t even on your radar is suddenly everywhere, making you question not where they’ve been, but where you’ve been. Meet Riz Ahmed. By now, you probably recognize him from HBO’s The Night Of, but for years, Ahmed’s been busy making wide-ranging, significant, and accomplished work. In person, he’s not some frenetic perpetual motion machine, but he does seem to function at a brisk and constant clip, creating, provoking and questioning. He approached Naz Khan, the role that’s brought him to recent wide attention, with a simple theory: “If you see the world in a certain way, the behavior follows.” Applied to Ahmed himself, it seems an apt description of how he creates art, and with it, change. Born in London to Pakistani immigrant parents, he won a scholarship to north London’s Merchant Taylors’ school, where he found himself and most Asian kids a subclass in a sea of diplomats’ kids in full prep regalia. He decided to do something about it, specifically, rigging a vote to force the school into electing its first Asian head boy. When other frustrations were expressed more overtly – he threw a chair intended for another student through a window – one teacher had a suggestion: “If you can muck about on stage, you get applause for it, not a suspension.” Good idea. At Oxford University, he studied philosophy, politics and economics, and also put on the only play with two non-white leads staged during his time there. When he decided to put on a drum and bass night but didn’t have immediate takers, he printed up flyers minus the venue and kept at it until he found a club willing to fill in the blank. College confirmed something he’d sensed all along: You can make yourself an insider, but the world will send you occasional reminders that status is temporary. It’s a perspective that’s informed his work across genres, including film, TV, stage and music. He did manage to work in some drama studies, and made his film debut at 23 playing a member of the real-life Tipton Three in Michael Winterbottom’s The Road to Guantánamo. He also made a three-hour debut at the Luton Airport, where he and another actor from the film were detained under the Terrorism Act by Special Branch upon returning from the Berlin Film Festival. We’re sure the Branch boys were just exercising caution; we’re also pretty sure that wouldn’t have happened to Matt and Ben. Ahmed was nominated for his first British Independent Film Award for Shifty, and highly praised for his effortless, persuasive chemistry with other actors. His second came for Four Lions, Chris Morris’ hilarious satire on terrorism. Mira Nair, who directed him in The Reluctant Fundamentalist, recognized his unique ability to play characters that shift between worlds. "It's the most demanding, complicated role for a young person to carry a film on his shoulders, and to be somebody at once absolutely authentic to the Lahori universe, yet absolutely comfortable, elegant and savvy in the Wall Street universe; to spout the poetry of Faiz at one moment and ruthlessly cut out a factory in Manila the next." Eventually American filmmakers saw his work (or at least got hold of reviews routinely peppered with words like “charismatic” “brilliant” and “natural”) and wanted in. His performance opposite Jake Gyllenhal in Nightcrawler was outstanding, and in its review of Jason Bourne, RogerEbert.com wrote, “Only Riz Ahmed makes any impact on a performance level, doing a lot with very little – watch the way he subtly plays a successful businessman who knows the skeletons are about to fall out of his closet. There's a much better version of Jason Bourne that focuses on him…” This year’s been a big one for him. He’s in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and puts a new spin on the gumshoe genre in City of Tiny Lights. He’s also working on a multi-generational Pakistani-British family story he aims to make for U.K. television. If the industry (ironically) helped Ahmed’s early career with its tendency to see in stereotypes, it’s also allowed us glimpses of a depth we’d otherwise miss by occasionally looking past them. Needless to say, that goes for society as a whole, and Ahmed is not shy about voicing that opinion. But he knows that if you’re going to be an unapologetic button-pusher, you best avoid righteous self-aggrandizement and do it with some humor. And some serious rap. Under the handle Riz MC, he’s put out three albums of songs that have been critically acclaimed (and in one instance, banned) for their biting – and bitingly funny – take on immigration, race and other issues. Ahmed specializes in playing, and being, an insider-outsider. If you’ve never felt like an outsider, don’t count yourself lucky; it’s a perspective that benefits us. Which is why we need this guy to keep acting, rapping, writing, and if necessary, throwing the occasional chair.

Ian is Head of the UK Financial Intelligence Unit in the National Crime Agency, which receives, analyses and disseminates suspicious activity reports submitted under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the Terrorism Act 2000. Nearly half a million reports are managed by the UKFIU each year, and the Unit is undergoing significant change. Prior to that he undertook a number of roles in the NCA, including overseeing the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce and developing law enforcement proposals for legislation. He started his career at HM Treasury, where he was responsible for domestic anti-money laundering policy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ian is Head of the UK Financial Intelligence Unit in the National Crime Agency, which receives, analyses and disseminates suspicious activity reports submitted under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the Terrorism Act 2000. Nearly half a million reports are managed by the UKFIU each year, and the Unit is undergoing significant change. Prior to that he undertook a number of roles in the NCA, including overseeing the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce and developing law enforcement proposals for legislation. He started his career at HM Treasury, where he was responsible for domestic anti-money laundering policy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ian is Head of the UK Financial Intelligence Unit in the National Crime Agency, which receives, analyses and disseminates suspicious activity reports submitted under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the Terrorism Act 2000. Nearly half a million reports are managed by the UKFIU each year, and the Unit is undergoing significant change. Prior to that he undertook a number of roles in the NCA, including overseeing the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce and developing law enforcement proposals for legislation. He started his career at HM Treasury, where he was responsible for domestic anti-money laundering policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Was it useful to label Extinction Rebellion as a terrorist organisation? How is terrorism different from extreemism? Image: Extinction Rebellion via Wikicommons Things mentioned in this podcast: - Extinction Rebellion are included in a list of extremist groups https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/13/priti-patel-defends-inclusion-of-extinction-rebellion-on-terror-list - Global Terrorism Database https://www.start.umd.edu/research-projects/global-terrorism-database-gtd - Proscribed terrorist groups list https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proscribed-terror-groups-or-organisations--2 - Terrorism Act 2006 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/11/contents - UK Counter-Extremism Strategy https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counter-extremism-strategy For more Cognitive Engineering episodes find us on iTunes, Google Play or wherever you get your podcasts, or add this RSS feed to your preferred player https://link.chtbl.com/SQeIgc44

For the last official podcast of Season 2, Stephanie plays the role of interviewer to Craig and regular guest (and Intrepid Blog founder) Thomas Juneau for a discussion about Iran. This is part of our occasional series on Canadian foreign policy in relation to particular states. In this episode we ask: Why did Canada split with Iran and why did the Trudeau government fail to re-open relations despite its 2015 election promise? What are the legalities of the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act and how does that complicate things? And given a series of skirmishes in the Gulf, what is the Trump Administration trying to do, exactly? (Answer: no one knows, including Trump). Finally, is there a role for Canada in all of this? See you in September – we have some great plans ahead.

Sri Lanka's state minister of defense says the Easter church and hotel attacks were "retaliation" for the shooting massacre by a white supremacist at two New Zealand mosques last month. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's office says she's aware of the comments linking Sri Lanka's bombings to the Christchurch attacks, though it says it hasn't "seen any intelligence upon which such an assessment might be based." The Police Service of Northern Ireland says it has arrested a woman under the Terrorism Act in connection with the slaying of journalist Lyra (LEER-uh) McKee. An Irish Republican Army splinter group admits one of its "volunteers" killed McKee, who was shot while reporting on rioting. The New IRA offered "full and sincere" apologies to McKee's family and friends. A Kremlin adviser says President Vladimir Putin will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Russia's Far East on Thursday. The adviser has told Russian news agencies the much-anticipated talks would focus on North Korea's nuclear program.

Thoughts on free speech, hate speech, and the crutch of crying racism to de-legitimize people who criticize, specifically focusing on what happened to Lauren Southern and Brittany Pettibone and company, as well as looking a bit further back to students protesting C.H. Sommers and Sargon of Akkad having talks at institutions of higher learning. Support Just Thinking Out Loud! ▸ https://justthinkingoutloud.tv/donate ********Ways to Support: ▸ http://JUSTTHINKINGOUTLOUD.TV/DONATE PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/justthinkingoutloud Patreon: https://patreon.com/justthinkingoutloud Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/justthinkingoutloud BUY MY ART: http://ow.ly/3ghY30gGAjM ********Follow Podcast: http://justthinkingoutloud.tv/podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/desiraethinking Instagram: https://instagram.com/desiraearts Send me a Message: desiraethinking@gmail.com Other Platforms: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/justthinkingoutloud/ https://www.minds.com/JustThinkingOutLoud https://gab.ai/justthinkingoutloud https://steemit.com/@desiraethinking https://d.tube/#!/c/desiraethinking http://justthinkingoutloud.tv My SECOND CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQy6fu2lrVZOW2ZtWCI_fg MY THIRD CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCphRdyvqdktDRm0ruPqPRJA

In the wake of Congress passing, overriding President Obama's veto on, and then regretting the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, we're examining the roles of our representatives. In 2016, should our leaders act as trustees, exercising independent judgment, or delegates, conforming to the will of the populace? But first, we talk about Colombian voters' rejection of the FARC peace agreement, the continued violence and breakdown of diplomacy in Syria, and, of course, Donald Trump's taxes. We end on a much lighter note: Sarah's trip to Disney World. Can you help her family find a better trip hashtag? Show Notes:Colombian Voters Reject FARC Peace DealDiplomacy Breakdown in SyriaDonald Trump's TaxesInternational Lawyers: Don't Let Americans Sue Saudi ArabiaThe Consequences of JASTACongress Somehow Blames President Obama for JASTAThe Unbelievable Idiocy of CongressTrustees vs. DelegatesMajority Vote Rules: Advocating for the Delegate ModelThe Reality of Modern RepresentationWas Obama vs. Romney a Trustee vs. Delegate Contest?Trustee vs. Delegate: A False Binary? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Primarily for the Iranians Canada has listed Iran as a terror supporting country under the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act and the Iranians have made it pretty clear they want that listing to be dropped and the Canadian side has said it won’t do that,” Peter Jones said. “So, unless either side is going to change its position on that particular issue, dramatic breakthrough seems to be unlikely.”

The most important question for a Muslim today: what are they actually willing to die for? Dr. Jasser also discusses how Sen. Chuck Schumer made his cosponsored "Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act" into a big fat lie. Zuhdi then begins to empower listeners by helping them understand exactly what Islamism and its global theo-political movement exactly is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Jasser reflects after last weekend's Memorial Day about how Islamism and jihadism drives Muslims to want to die for ISIS and how that victory will only begin when American Muslims line up in droves to only want to die for America and nothing else. Zuhdi updates you on how Sen. Chuck Schumer in the last minute put a poison pill into the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act rendering it useless and an evil hoax. Dr. Jasser will then walk you through the beginning of a basic and essential lexicon of terms (Islamism 101) which every American needs to understand in this global war against Islamism. He will walk listeners though understanding terms like: Islamism, Islamic state, infidel (kiffar) Jihad, shar'iah, and caliphate. With that listeners will be educated, empowered, and enabled to know our enemies and identify our friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Jasser lays bare why the over $100 million into Clinton Foundation coffers and any American leaders and organizations from foreign Gulf petro-Islamists matter to national security and what they get for that investment. Zuhdi will shed light on how Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE buy suppression of free speech, blasphemy laws against the West obstructing real reform, and how they buy global repression against revolutions and the voices of freedom in their own jail cells. Dr. Jasser introduces you to Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, the world's leading Sunni Islamist radicalizer, Muslim Brotherhood font, and Al Jazeera televangelist, based in Qatar, ground zero of the global information war from political Islam. What should be our strategy against global Islamism and petro-Islam? Zuhdi explains why the senate legislation passed this week called "Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act" allowing 9-11 families to sue the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and any other foreign terrorism sponsor is a major breakthrough and why Americans must protest a pending shameful veto threat by President Obama. Finally, the good, the bad, and the ugly, about London's new and first Muslim mayor- Sadiq Khan. Khan's overwhelming election exposes the false grievance narrative of western Islamist groups who constantly whine about "anti-Muslim of bigotry". It, however, does appear that the new mayor, one of the most powerful politicians in the UK is far more likley to be an ally of Islamists than a leader of any real anti-Islamist reform. Follow Dr. Jasser on social media:Twitter: @DrZuhdiJasser Facebook: MZuhdiJasser TheBlaze.com/radio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Jasser explains why the US Senate legislation called "Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act" allowing 9-11 families to sue the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and any other foreign terrorism sponsor is a major breakthrough and why Americans must protest a pending shameful veto threat by President Obama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the latest installment of On Security, Scott Briggaman speaks with Professor David Schanzer about the detriments of Trump's desire to discuss North Korea's Nuclear Program with Kim Jong-un. Schanzer also discusses the Justice Against the Sponsors of Terrorism Act and how it may be viewed by Saudi Arabia. Last on the list is the discussion of the slow progress in the fight against ISIS.

Australian NewsArticle and discussion on staff at Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane following in the footsteps of colleagues at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital and calling for the immediate release of children being held in immigration detention centres. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60422Article and discussion on anti-racist protesters at the media conference of Dutch Islamophobe Geert Wilders outside WA parliament house on October 21. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60401Article and discussion on Khodayar Amini, an Afghan Hazara asylum seeker who feared immigration authorities were planning to put him back in detention, he died after set himself alight on October 18. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60435Article and discussion on multiple rallies held around Australia protesting the treatment of “Abyan”, the Somali woman who fled her country as a result of sexual violence only to be raped while in Australian detention on Nauru. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60436Article and discussion on the student occupation demanding that the University of Tasmania (UTAS) divest its $300 million portfolio from the fossil fuel industry entering its second week. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60433International NewsArticle and discussion on contradictions in an Amnesty International report accusing the People's Protection Units (YPG) of committing crimes in places that were not under their control at the time. The substance of the allegations were that they were ethnically cleansing Arab and other non-Kurdish people from the areas they control. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60465Article and discussion on the victory of protesting students in South Africa who forced President Jacob Zuma to backtrack on October 23 and cancel a planned university fee rise next year. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60463Article and discussion on a hunger strike by about 300 Tamil political prisoners in 11 prisons beginning on October 12. Many of the prisoners have been detained without trial under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, accused of being members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60453InterviewLalitha Chelliah interviews Moreland councilor and long time feminist Sue Bolton on women being refused abortions at the Royal Womens Hospital in Melbourne.  

The Wilberforce Society held presentation of a paper written by a team from the University of Cambridge, at the Roger Needham Room in Wolfson College on Wednesday 29 April 2015. Terrorism. Twitter. Arbitrary convictions. Big data. Protests. The Islamic State. Japanese parodies. Detailed analysis of legislative procedures. This paper has it all. Our authors explore the impact of recent case laws, R v Gul and R v Miranda, in the context of the UK’s Terrorism Act, which has resulted in the UK having some of the world’s most arbitrary terrorism legislation. Looking at legislative frameworks from the US and Australia, they propose ways in which the UK could improve its own framework while retaining maximum deterrent and prosecutorial efficiency. Further examining the social media techniques that the Islamic State has mastered to expand its online campaign, they explore possible counter-measures. The paper was discussed by Dr Kimberley Trapp, Public Law specialist at University College London, and former affiliated lecturer at the Cambridge Faculty of Law. During Dr Trapp's doctoral studies, she worked for Vice-President Al-Kasawneh and Judge Simma at the International Court of Justice, and she has published widely on issues relating to the use of force, state responsibility, and the interaction between International Humanitarian Law and terrorism suppression. For more information about the Wilberforce Society, see http://thewilberforcesociety.co.uk/

The Wilberforce Society held presentation of a paper written by a team from the University of Cambridge, at the Roger Needham Room in Wolfson College on Wednesday 29 April 2015. Terrorism. Twitter. Arbitrary convictions. Big data. Protests. The Islamic State. Japanese parodies. Detailed analysis of legislative procedures. This paper has it all. Our authors explore the impact of recent case laws, R v Gul and R v Miranda, in the context of the UK’s Terrorism Act, which has resulted in the UK having some of the world’s most arbitrary terrorism legislation. Looking at legislative frameworks from the US and Australia, they propose ways in which the UK could improve its own framework while retaining maximum deterrent and prosecutorial efficiency. Further examining the social media techniques that the Islamic State has mastered to expand its online campaign, they explore possible counter-measures. The paper was discussed by Dr Kimberley Trapp, Public Law specialist at University College London, and former affiliated lecturer at the Cambridge Faculty of Law. During Dr Trapp's doctoral studies, she worked for Vice-President Al-Kasawneh and Judge Simma at the International Court of Justice, and she has published widely on issues relating to the use of force, state responsibility, and the interaction between International Humanitarian Law and terrorism suppression. For more information about the Wilberforce Society, see http://thewilberforcesociety.co.uk/

The Wilberforce Society held presentation of a paper written by a team from the University of Cambridge, at the Roger Needham Room in Wolfson College on Wednesday 29 April 2015. Terrorism. Twitter. Arbitrary convictions. Big data. Protests. The Islamic State. Japanese parodies. Detailed analysis of legislative procedures. This paper has it all. Our authors explore the impact of recent case laws, R v Gul and R v Miranda, in the context of the UK’s Terrorism Act, which has resulted in the UK having some of the world’s most arbitrary terrorism legislation. Looking at legislative frameworks from the US and Australia, they propose ways in which the UK could improve its own framework while retaining maximum deterrent and prosecutorial efficiency. Further examining the social media techniques that the Islamic State has mastered to expand its online campaign, they explore possible counter-measures. The paper was discussed by Dr Kimberley Trapp, Public Law specialist at University College London, and former affiliated lecturer at the Cambridge Faculty of Law. During Dr Trapp's doctoral studies, she worked for Vice-President Al-Kasawneh and Judge Simma at the International Court of Justice, and she has published widely on issues relating to the use of force, state responsibility, and the interaction between International Humanitarian Law and terrorism suppression. For more information about the Wilberforce Society, see http://thewilberforcesociety.co.uk/

The Wilberforce Society held presentation of a paper written by a team from the University of Cambridge, at the Roger Needham Room in Wolfson College on Wednesday 29 April 2015. Terrorism. Twitter. Arbitrary convictions. Big data. Protests. The Islamic State. Japanese parodies. Detailed analysis of legislative procedures. This paper has it all. Our authors explore the impact of recent case laws, R v Gul and R v Miranda, in the context of the UK’s Terrorism Act, which has resulted in the UK having some of the world’s most arbitrary terrorism legislation. Looking at legislative frameworks from the US and Australia, they propose ways in which the UK could improve its own framework while retaining maximum deterrent and prosecutorial efficiency. Further examining the social media techniques that the Islamic State has mastered to expand its online campaign, they explore possible counter-measures. The paper was discussed by Dr Kimberley Trapp, Public Law specialist at University College London, and former affiliated lecturer at the Cambridge Faculty of Law. During Dr Trapp's doctoral studies, she worked for Vice-President Al-Kasawneh and Judge Simma at the International Court of Justice, and she has published widely on issues relating to the use of force, state responsibility, and the interaction between International Humanitarian Law and terrorism suppression. For more information about the Wilberforce Society, see http://thewilberforcesociety.co.uk/

The freedom game just got riskier. The Prevention of Terrorism Act got passed last week, allowing detention without trial and no proper safeguards in place to prevent abuse and unlawful detention. Couple that with the Sedition Act which was amended recently, we better start watching what we say. We also speak to recently detained The Malaysian Insider chief executive, Jahabar Sadiq.

There is a new enemy. An enemy over there, but also an enemy within. And an omnibus of new security measures too: Bill C51 Anti-Terrorism Act 2015. The architecture of a total surveillance state. If this becomes law, Canadian spies would have sweeping powers disrupt threats to the security of Canada, which is very broadly defined – perhaps even including wildcat strikes and civil disobedience - the type of dissent practiced by MKL and Ghandi. Until now, CSIS agents can only gather intelligence. But with the bill’s passing, Canada’s spies could ignore the Carter of Rights and Freedoms – with sign off from a judge. The only limits on this power are set out in the text of the bill: 12.2 (1) In taking measures to reduce a threat to the security of Canada, the Service shall not (a) cause, intentionally or by criminal negligence, death or bodily harm to an individual; (b) wilfully attempt in any manner to obstruct, pervert or defeat the course of justice; or (c) violate the sexual integrity of an individual. Information sharing is part of the bill. All this data mining is not to stop terrorism. You cannot find a needle by making a bigger haystack. No, as Hannah Arent said, the intel is for “when the government decides to arrest a certain category of the population.” The BCCLA testified that the Act would have a chilling effect on free speech, But the potential impacts to indigenous peoples are ominous. Mi'kmaq Citizen, lawyer, professor, mom, sister and auntie, Pam Palmater testified before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

Alex and Rob cast an irreverent eye over local news from their respective home towns.   Listeners can submit stories from their local area to:lapodcast.net@gmail.com      Stories this week include: Barrister charged with contempt of court after making excessive number of lamppost related jokes during trail. Police arrest squirrel under the Terrorism Act following standoff in school playground. Operation Yuletree releases more detailed description of criminal dressed as Santa Claus after 10,000+ suspected sightings. Woman reveals that she believed Blackheath park bench stranger to be a nutter. Also revealed: We start work on our new bestselling novel 'Croquet in Baghdad'...

Earlier this year, film-maker and 9/11 Truth activist Tony Rooke was summonsed to court for not paying his TV licence. In his defence, he appealed to the Terrorism Act 2000, arguing that much of the BBC's coverage of 9/11 (and 7/7 - the London Bombings) had been so disingenuous as to serve as a cover-up for the real criminals in each case, and that to have paid his licence fee to the BBC would have been to have committed a much more serious offence under the Act. To discuss the court case, and to share with us the motivation behind his film-making, we are joined by Tony Rooke, who also explains how his Christian faith inspires and sustains his activism. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

Earlier this year, film-maker and 9/11 Truth activist Tony Rooke was summonsed to court for not paying his TV licence. In his defence, he appealed to the Terrorism Act 2000, arguing that much of the BBC's coverage of 9/11 (and 7/7 - the London Bombings) had been so disingenuous as to serve as a cover-up for the real criminals in each case, and that to have paid his licence fee to the BBC would have been to have committed a much more serious offence under the Act. To discuss the court case, and to share with us the motivation behind his film-making, we are joined by Tony Rooke, who also explains how his Christian faith inspires and sustains his activism. (For show notes, please visit TheMindRenewed.com)

Worldwide tensions rise over Iran as Canada shuts down the Iranian embassy. This is David Billington with you for the Bible in the News. Canada has taken a bold position. Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister said in a statement: "The Iranian regime is providing increasing military assistance to the Assad regime; it refuses to comply with UN resolutions pertaining to its nuclear program; it routinely threatens the existence of Israel and engages in racist anti-Semitic rhetoric and incitement to genocide; it is among the world’s worst violators of human rights; and it shelters and materially supports terrorist groups, requiring the Government of Canada to formally list Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism under the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act."

Riazat Butt celebrates the first anniversary of the Terrorism Act, and talks to Chief Superintendent Ali Dizaei, Yahya Birt and Vikram Dodd about whether its makes us safer or less free.