Whether or not it is true, the internet has decided that British Prime Minister David Cameron probably put his private parts into the mouth of a dead pig when he was at Oxford.
The allegations have been made by extremely well-connected Establishment figures, former Conservative Party Deputy Chairman Lord Michael Ashcroft and former Sunday Times political editor Isabel Oakeshott, and is published in the Daily Mail. This is the highest possible tier of character assassination in British politics.
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The United Nations' Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report of its investigation into human rights violations in Sri Lanka found 鈥渞easonable grounds to believe that gross violations of international human rights law 鈥 were committed.鈥
The investigation deals with the period between February 2002 and November 2011. It thus includes the final years of the war between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The LTTE fought for an independent Tamil homeland in the north and east of the island of Sri Lanka and was defeated in May 2009.
Threats from a senior general that the army would take 鈥渄irect action鈥 against a possible Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour government show a jaw-dropping contempt for democracy.
Top brass 鈥渨ouldn鈥檛 stand鈥 for a prime minister committed to international peace, said the September 20 Sunday Times, and would be prepared to use 鈥渇air means or foul鈥 to stop a PM who 鈥渏eopardise[s] the security of this country鈥.
The outspoken military chief remains anonymous, of course.
SYRIZA pulled off a remarkable victory at the September鈥 鈥20鈥 鈥珿reek election.鈥 鈥珹lthough burdened by its acceptance of the draconian austerity measures in the third memorandum imposed by Greece's creditors and eight months of rule in the midst of recession,鈥 鈥琧losed banks and capital controls,鈥 鈥琒YRIZA's vote fell by only鈥 鈥0.88%鈥 鈥琣nd its parliamentary seats by just four.
In Geneva, Switzerland, earlier this month, a range of human rights groups co-sponsored a side event during the 30th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) addressing 鈥渢he extensive use of torture and other forms of cruel and degrading treatment in the Saudi criminal justice system鈥.
Workers from Venezuela's 'housing mission', which is building large numbers of public housing, march on Venezuela's independence day, July 5. Photo from .
Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution has transformed the country since the rise to power of late socialist president Hugo Chavez in鈥 鈥1998鈥 鈥琽n a platform of tackling poverty and promoting participatory democracy.
Jeremy Corbyn. Photo: Stopwar.org.uk.
Jeremy Corbyn鈥檚 election as Labour leader has raised hopes for people who oppose Britain's wars. More than in any other area, it will take a mighty effort to make those hopes real.
There is no other area in which national politics so ignores the population at large. On the economy, health, education and so on, there is at least debate.
Here's this month's radical record round-up, which actually features more than 20 albums (count them). What album, or albums, would you suggest?
September 21 was declared International Peace Day by the United Nations.
This is an abridged version of a speech given by Pip Hinman on behalf of Sydney Stop the War Coalition to protest against the bombing of Syria at a rally on that day.
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Stop the War Coalition (STWC) adds its voice to those saying Australia should not join the latest 鈥淐oalition of the Killing鈥 and the disastrous bombing of Syria.
Austria, as well as Serbia and Croatia, have joined other European countries in temporarily closing their borders. On September 21, Croatia closed its last checkpoint for trucks on the Serbian border where thousands of refugees are waiting to cross in the hope of a better life.
The arts sector is celebrating the removal of the arts portfolio from Attorney-General George Brandis in the aftermath of sustained protests over the Brandis-led cuts to the Australia Council for the Arts.
An open letter, signed by a collective of dozens of writers including renowned musician and author Nick Cave, had demanded new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull sack Brandis as arts minister and reverse arts funding cuts.
In Turnbull's cabinet shake-up following his replacement of Tony Abbott as prime minister, Senator Fifield was appointed arts and communications minister.
More than 1000 people rallied in Wollongong on September 19 to demand the federal government take action to save jobs at the Port Kembla steelworks.
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