Hetty Litjens: PoliticsNews and views about politics (or what Bush has left of it).THE DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC SERVICES- May 18, 2007 BBC: "About 2,500 post offices - a fifth of those left in the UK - are to close by 2009, the government has confirmed." Privatization and deregulation are ruining public services all over Europe.http://radio.weblogs.com/0116902/categories/politics/2007/05/18.html#a5309 ISRAEL'S SHAME- May 8, 2007 Guardian: "Palestinians detained by Israeli security forces are routinely tortured and ill-treated, according to a new report published by Israeli human rights groups yesterday. The ill-treatment, which includes beatings, sensory deprivation, back-bending, back-stretching and other forms of physical abuse, contravenes international law and Israeli law, the report says."http://radio.weblogs.com/0116902/categories/politics/2007/05/08.html#a5284 DUTCH INTOLERANCE- May 7, 2007 Indymedia: "100 participants of a peaceful bicycle demonstration that was part of the bicycle caravan against the G8 were arrested in Utrecht yesterday in a planned and violent police action for not driving on the bicycle path. They were kept in arrest under adverse circumstances - overcrowded cells, insufficient oxygen supply, without food - long into the night, their bicycles confiscated. Four people are still under arrest today, among them at least two members of the bicycle caravan...http://radio.weblogs.com/0116902/categories/politics/2007/05/07.html#a5283 |