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Iraq, voices for a Lebanese-style constitutional solution

16-01-2005 21:33

Beyond narrow sectarian politics; that is, the Shia one-man-one-vote way to power and the Sunna violence-only strategy, voices for genuine Iraqi self-determination are being heard.

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nature, culture, and indygenous struggle for autonomy under threat from road bu

16-01-2005 19:15

three recent articles taken and translated from chiapas indymedia which explain the current situation in the mexico- guatemala border area, in the lacantun nature reserve. the governement is building a huge bridge to prepare the way for the transnationals and "progress", perhaps lets call it sustainable development. only that the zapatisas hold autonomous comunities in the area, and that we are resisting everywhere. dissent!g8

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Time for RETHINK

16-01-2005 18:17

Read  http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/dimming_prog_summary.shtml
and start working on your last principles.

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SOUTH COAST INDYMEDIA IS NOW ONLINE

16-01-2005 17:42

the brand spankin new south-coast indymedia is now online

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Maelstrom raided again

16-01-2005 13:04

police raid of maelstrom social centre

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Justice for Palestine Vigil

16-01-2005 12:48

Justice for Palestine
Yesterday there was a vigil outside of Sheffield Town Hall to draw attention to the fact that Palestine is still illegally occupied, and that 1.2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip remain imprisoned.

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Visiting Palestine III

16-01-2005 00:54

mercenaries defending the machinery
Third post from one of the ISM activists gone to Palestine from London.

To see the whole text of this entry, go to  http://www.winstanleys.org/archive/resistance-in-biddu/

To see the whole blog, go to

 http://www.winstanleys.org/

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US Planned 'Love Bomb'

15-01-2005 23:37

Heres one bomb i would like to see dropped

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just don't buy it

15-01-2005 21:32

campaign postcard.

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Consatis Call center Berlin

15-01-2005 20:24

Berliner call center agents not paid for 6 months.

The berliner call center “Consatis” has been refusing to pay its workers for the last 6 months. Employees are worried: their contracts state if they are not paid within the next 6 months they may not be paid at all.

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Fascist Boneheads in Train Accident

15-01-2005 17:20

After a lot of confusion and last minute date changing (no doubt to keep anti-fascists off the scent), the National Front (NF) finally decided to have their march in Woolwich on Saturday 15th January. Thanks to the efforts of anti-fascists, all did not go well for the NF.

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Middlesex University students vote to boycott Coca-Cola

15-01-2005 16:55

Middlesx University students recently voted to join the growing worldwide boycott of Coca-Cola in support of trade unionists in Colombia who allege Coke is complicit in the paramilitary murder of eight of their members, and rural communities in India whose soil and water have been poisoned by the rapacious corporation. (under 500 words).

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Iraqi Insurgents Responsible for Fewer "Collateral" Casualties than American For

15-01-2005 15:45

In a much publicized article in The Atlantic Monthly, William Langewiesche wrote: "For the most part, . . . the insurgents' attacks are less nihilistic than they are logical and precisely focused, whether against the American coalition and its camp followers or their Iraqi agents and collaborators. The truth is that however vicious or even sadistic the insurgents may be, they are acutely aware of their popular base, and are responsible for fewer unintentional 'collateral' casualties than are the clumsy and overarmed American forces" ("Letter from Baghdad," January/February 2005).

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Chesterfield Rd Supermarket Protest

15-01-2005 13:38

No New Super Stores
Protestors gathered today to oppose the planning application to allow the Arnold Laver DIY store on Chesterfield Road, Heeley, Sheffield, to be developed into a supermarket.

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Afghanistan, all quiet

15-01-2005 13:26

There seem to be more and more securitymen in the bars of kabul and a growing number of Chinese whores but very few security incidents in the last couple of months. Perhaps the cold weather means people prefer to sit warm around the fire rather than go out and fire rockets that never hit their target.

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CAPS Picket Of Headingley Wilko's

15-01-2005 13:22



Leeds CAPS will again be picketing Wilkinson to highlight the company's continued use of slave labour in British prisons.

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Birghton Anti-G8 Meetings

15-01-2005 12:55

Brighton! Dissent are a group attempting to co-ordinate radical resistance to the 2005 G8 Summit, and contribute to the building of an anti-capitalist movement in and around Brighton.

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Hug the world

15-01-2005 12:39

HUG THE WORLD AND MAKE POVERTY HISTORY Saturday 12th February

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NF march today

15-01-2005 12:26

the NF march is advertised for tomorrow..but it aint,its really happening today 15.01.05 in woolwich then its moving to plaistow.Get down there and show them there a bunch of Racist wankers.

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Iraq: News from Bagdad

15-01-2005 12:06

Election poster - Iraq style!
Some friends have recently arrived in Amman from Bagdad with news of the rapidly deteriorating situation there.