UK Zionists plot to force Southampton University to cancel conference on Israel and international law

Far more embarrassing than this is the deafening silence of the PSC  (Palestinian Solidarity Campaign). In spite of the fact that the conference is a breakthrough in terms of academic treatment to the conflict and the on going crime against the Palestinian people, the PSC is yet to offer any public support to the university or the conference organisers.

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Press TV-France: Is freedom of speech for all? (important)

France has lauded the concept of freedom of speech since the deadly Charlie Hebdo attacks at the beginning of January. Terrorism won’t prevent French journalists from saying whatever they want to say, or so the argument goes. But are France’s free speech values universal? On this week’s In Focus we’re in France shedding a spotlight on that country’s media and what it talks about, and perhaps more importantly, what it doesn’t talk about.

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Charlie Parker had an intoxicating freedom

Jazz is full of shooting stars, great talents that dazzled briefly and burned themselves out too young. None burned so intensely as Charlie Parker, the great saxophonist and composer, who died 60 years ago (on March 12, 1955) from health problems brought on by a life-time of drink and drugs. In a career of barely 20 years he redefined the art of jazz, creating alongside a few other pioneers that hard, driving, feverishly exciting sound known as bebop.

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