EVERY DAY the brutal reality of the occupation of Iraq becomes clearer. It means repression in the interests of profit and US power. New Labour's response is to suspend anti-war MP George Galloway from the party. The target is not just one individual, but every one of the millions who marched against the bloody war on Iraq.
IN ONE of these carefully staged media events so typical of this global "war on terrorism", George W Bush used the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln to announce victory in Iraq on May Day. Actually, he didn't use the word "victory".
"THIS IS the big one. Everyone is saying, how do we get in on this?" That's how one business lobbyist summed up the frenzy of companies trying to profit from the ruins of Iraq.
ALVARO URIBE Velez is a good friend of George Bush and Tony Blair. The right wing president of Colombia was the only South American ruler to back war on Iraq. Uribe now sounds like he wants his powerful backers to send their forces to Colombia.
WATCHING NEWS at Ten (29 April) revealed blatant distortion by the BBC over the killing of Iraqi civilians in Fallujah by American troops. The BBC suggested US troops fired upon an aggressive protest and that protesters headed for a US "base" or "compound".
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SOME 2,000 people attended the May Day rally in Liverpool on Monday of this week. They heard Mick Rix, the leader of the Aslef train drivers' union, and George Galloway MP attack Blair's war on Iraq.
GEORGE BUSH may say the war is over, but the killing in Iraq is still going on. A 14 year old Iraq boy was seen laughing and joking on Monday of last week with a British soldier. Minutes later the boy was shot dead. The US and British soldiers' practice of killing unarmed civilians is fuelling widespread and growing fury.
THE DAILY Telegraph is continuing to print allegations based on documents found in Iraq. Last week the Telegraph's accusations sparked the witch-hunt against George Galloway. The latest allegations are so outlandish that even the secret services have cast doubt on them.
AFTER THE war on Iraq, Tony Blair has declared war on the welfare state and the trade unions. Blair believes his position has been strengthened by the war. But he faces huge opposition and sharp battles in the near future.
THEY CAN'T get Iraq's lights on, but the US can open a new TV station that will broadcast to Iraq 24 hours a day. "We don't do propaganda," says the station's boss, Norman Pattiz. But the station has been set up with $30 million allocated by George Bush.
GEORGE BUSH is coming to Europe on Sunday 1 June. Thousands of anti-war and anti-capitalist protesters plan to give him the welcome he deserves. Bush will be at a meeting of the G8 grouping of world leaders in Evian near the French-Swiss border. The G8 meeting is a major opportunity to protest against the chief warmongers - Bush and Blair - and their occupation of Iraq.
