George Galloway Speaks
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Monday, 20 May 2013
British government stance on Bangladesh hardens after Galloway question
In response to a question from George Galloway, the British government has called for 'an impartial, transparent, independent investigation' into the ongoing violence in Bangladesh which has resulted in more 200 deaths.
The Bradford West MP asked the Foreign Secretary what information he had about the killing of peaceful protestors, particularly those taking place in Shapla Square, Dhaka on May 5/6. Foreign office minister Alistair Burt responded that the British government was very concerned about the upsurge in violence and made his appeal to the Bangladesh government to set up the independent inquiry,
'This is almost unprecedented,' said Galloway, 'one government calling on another to set up an arms' length inquiry. The only conclusion you can take is that our government does not trust or believe the Bangladesh government is capable of investigating these state killings. And no wonder, given the brutal murders this foul and corrupt Bangladesh government has been carrying out.
'Of course, despite the plea, there's not a chance that the Sheikh Yashina regime will comply.'
Sunday, 19 May 2013
Galloway again calls for MQM leader's British citizenship to be removed following Karachi assassination
George Galloway, in a series of parliamentary questions and a parliamentary motion, has asked the British Prime Minister and the Home Secretary to remove MQM leader Altaf Hussain's British citizenship.
Hussain is currently living in London after successfully applying for citizenship during the tenure of the last Labour government. He says that he fears for his life were he to return to Pakistan.
Galloway asked the government to examine whether the MQM leader should be thrown out of the country after Hussain made a serious of inflammatory broadcasts. However, following the assassination of the vice-president of Imran Khan's party, the PTI, which is blamed on the MQM, Galloway is once again raising Altaf Hussain's status in the British Parliament. Zara Shahid Hussain was shot dead outside her house as Karachi votes in a partial re-run of the Pakistan general election.
The second war on Suffragettes
National chair Yvonne Ridley has written an excellent piece in Counterpunch on Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison who died under the King George V's horse at the 1913 Derby.
You can read it here: http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/03/22/the-second-war-on-suffragettes/
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Galloway calls for the peaceful overthrow of Bangladesh's 'gangster government'
George Galloway last night called for the peaceful overthrow of the Sheikh Hasina/Awami League government in Bangladesh. Speaking at a huge protest rally in East London, Galloway denounced the massacre of Islamic scholars earlier in the week.
“Even on the most conservative estimates of the number of people murdered, it exceeds the loss of life in 9/11,” said Galloway.
“This is a game changer as the Americans would say. Bangladesh will never be the same again. This is the beginning of the end of this corrupt, murderous government.” He went on to deny there was now any possibility of free and fair elections in Bangladesh.
“Either they will be fixed by the government or they will be cancelled. That is why the only way we will get the change Bangladesh needs is through people power, a peaceful revolution that will remove this gangster government. The media is now under the almost total control of the Hasina government and in the West there has been an almost total media blackout about the massacre.”
Galloway added that the British-based Bangladesh TV had boycotted the rally and called on them to do their duty and tell the truth. “I’m against hanging anyone but it’s a fundamental truth in politics that those who live by the sword will die by the sword. There has to be an end of the politics of revenge.”
George also denounced the factory tragedy which has now taken the lives of over a thousand people and urged support for the campaign he launched a week ago to make Western multinationals fully accountable for the working conditions of those in their supply chain.
Sunday, 20 March 2011
George and Viva Palestina
George Launches Viva Palestina convoy at Stop the War demo in London on Saturday January 11th 2009
Viva Palestina launch meeting in Manchester - January 2009
George Speaks as the Viva Palestina convoy leaves London - Valentines Day 2009
George arrives through the Rafah crossing to Gaza with the Viva Palestina convoy -April 2009
George at the first Viva Palestina convoy reunion - Birmingham May 2009 - Part One
George at the first Viva Palestina convoy reunion - Birmingham May 2009 - Part Two
George at the first Viva Palestina convoy reunion - Birmingham May 2009 - Part Three
Viva Palestina launch meeting in Manchester - January 2009
George Speaks as the Viva Palestina convoy leaves London - Valentines Day 2009
George arrives through the Rafah crossing to Gaza with the Viva Palestina convoy -April 2009
George at the first Viva Palestina convoy reunion - Birmingham May 2009 - Part One
George at the first Viva Palestina convoy reunion - Birmingham May 2009 - Part Two
George at the first Viva Palestina convoy reunion - Birmingham May 2009 - Part Three
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Defending multiculturalism: George against racism and Islamophobia
Unite Against Fascism meeting - March 9th 2011
Stop the War Coalition - Defend the Muslim Community rally - June 2009
Stop the War Coalition - Defend the Muslim Community rally - June 2009
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