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ECUADOR HIRES BKS&H

07-08-2001 06:23

ECUADOR HIRES BKS&H

Burson-Marsteller's Black Kelly Scruggs and Healey lobbying wing has a $180,000 contract to provide strategic advice to the embattled Government of Ecuador.

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Flashpoints Radio Aug 6: Wanted: An End to the War on Drugs w Angela Davis

07-08-2001 05:56

KPFA Flashpoints Radio August 6, 2001 (link to scrollable audio in 'full story' text below)
- Activist and prisoner Charisse Shumate died Saturday the same day as the start of the SF conference: Wanted: An End to the Drug War and the Prison Industrial Complex. Hear talks by Angela Davis, Kemba Smith, Ruthie Gilmore, Dorothy Gaines, more. Conference continues Tuesday in Oakland. (55 min, scrollable audio)

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Big Brother CCTV hits Britain

06-08-2001 22:46

Face recognition CCTV is now coming into force. 2001 is in fact the year of 1984

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VIVA CARLO

06-08-2001 22:44

Sometimes words are not enough...
This song is dedicated to Carlo Giuliani and to those protesters still missing.
Please feel free to pass it on and make copies.
(Click on the link below to hear the song, 5.29 minutes, 1.3MB)

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NAGASAKI NIGHTMARE!

06-08-2001 19:27

NAGASAKI NIGHTMARE!
A major online exhibition of Art by Atom Bomb Survivors

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HIROSHIMA NEVER AGAIN!

06-08-2001 19:06

HIROSHIMA NEVER AGAIN!
Thousands protest against Nuclear Weapons in Japan.

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YearZero Magazine issue 6: out today

06-08-2001 16:42

Our new issue with full Genoa coverage is out Monday Aug 6th

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The Truth About the Black Bloc

06-08-2001 16:10

For a rational discussion of what really happened

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Death in Genoa

06-08-2001 13:47

I tried to help Carlo Giuliani but he was already dead. Here is my account.

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Nigerians condemn IFC collaboration with Shell

06-08-2001 13:40

IFC plans for a joint project with the Shell oil company in Nigeria have been condemned by Niger Delta-based community organisations and international human rights groups.

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Interview with a boy arrested during Diaz school blitz in Genova. [en/it]

06-08-2001 10:52

Interview with a boy arrested during Diaz school blitz

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Call for Europe to form anti-riot force

06-08-2001 10:50

Italy and Germany call for dediacted pan-European police squad for future demonstrations.

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Sklyarov Net Demo: US Embassy 3.08.01

06-08-2001 09:27

Sklyarov Net Demo: US Embassy 3.08.01
London Protest - 3 August 2001

The protest went very well, with reporters attending from the BBC (a full camera crew, no less - see below), NTK, Silicon.com, the New Scientist and ZDNet UK.

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Shell responsible for 240 oil spills a year in Niger Delta

06-08-2001 09:22

Shell destroys Nigeria's environment and local communities

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German Minister admits G8 responsibility in Genoa

06-08-2001 06:57

This is from today's Liberation in France,

If Otto Schilly has confirmed that "we sent specialist police forces to Genoa from Germany" that effectively proves that there was already a pan european coordination of policing for the summit and that therefore all the G8 countries should be put under enquiry and held responsible for the brutal attacks and violent provocation by police infiltrators in the Black BlocK

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Kissinger must be PUT ON TRIAL

05-08-2001 22:00

US Angry as Chile Asks Kissinger about death (Telegraph)

Let's try some pro US dictators (letter to Times)

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Frankfurt airport border action

05-08-2001 21:43

Here is an update of the on-going boder actions in protest of the the abuses and abhorrent treatment of asylum seekers in fortress Europe.

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Une manipulation peut en cacher une autre

05-08-2001 20:44

Is it possible that somebody translate this text to english and german ? I don't speek english...

Communiqué du Activ Directiv Directional particul-Cuciliabulum revolutionari (ADDP-CR) au sujet des événements de Gènes Italie.

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Abstinence Until Marriage - The Most Dangerous HIV Myth

05-08-2001 18:50

George W. Bush has claimed that abstinence until marriage will prevent the spread of HIV and unwanted pregnancies. This is a reckless lie and it is the strongest attack yet against women and their reproductive rights.

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Lifeboat building at the Bonn Climate Talks, 21 July 2001

05-08-2001 18:00

Thousands of people from Europe and all over the world gathered to build a symbolic life boat in Bonn, Germany while ministers from 180 countries met to discuss a treaty to limit climate change. Radical cheer leaders from the United States sang while planks of wood painted with messages of hope were banged into the side of the boat, which was then pulled two kilometers to the Conference Centre. Duration: 5:15 minutes.