Rumsfeld hit with torture lawsuit while visiting Paris – Raw Story
John Bolton: Citizen's arrest attempt was comic - UK Telegraph
Afterwards Mr Monbiot, a regular freelance contributor for The Guardian, said he was “disappointed” his attempt had failed.
He said: “This was a serious attempt to bring one of the perpetrators of the Iraq war to justice, for what is described under the Nuremberg Principles as an international crime.”
Cindy Sheehan It's time to send our own statement to the Speaker: Nancy, you're fired! The American people elected a new Congress to bring the troops home and instead all they've given us are excuses. Let's get it right this time and work for a candidate that will make a real difference, Cindy Sheehan. Newsweek magazine thinks we can do it! Click here to read the article published online last week by Newsweek about Cindy's challenge to Pelosi.
The article about the rumored Arrest of Tony Blair for war crimes has already been published – see archives.
Poland: Solidarity -- The Trade Union That Changed The World ... Walesa and Poland's first deputy prime minister, Mieczyslaw Jagielski, ... was one of the leading intellectuals of the Solidarity movement.
Twenty-five years ago next Wednesday -- 31 August 1980 -- unemployed Polish electrician Lech Walesa struck a major blow to Soviet communism when, after leading a strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, he announced the official birth of the Solidarity independent trade union. Solidarity went on to play a central role in the demise of communism across the Soviet bloc, changing forever the course of history in Europe.
Solidarity's underground efforts were also greatly aided by financial help from American trade unions, as well as moral support from Pope John Paul II.
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