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On Zimbabwe, Western left follows agenda set by capitalist elite

30-04-2008 02:28

Yes, the left has been fooled by the MSM. They are acting as a propaganda channel for the MDC and its foreign backers: the govts of US and UK.
A better source opf info is the following:
 http://gowans.blogspot.com/
and esp
 http://www.raceandhistory.com/Zimbabwe/

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Carter: Israel Rejected Hamas Truce Offer

30-04-2008 01:36

In so doing, Israel's bluff has been called, and this Regime of Extremists have proven that it's the Palestinians who have no 'partner for peace'.

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Doctors Without Borders Forced to Scale Back Gaza Work

30-04-2008 01:30

Israel's illegal policy ensures that those helping the Palestinians avert disaster are unable to do their work.

There needs to be an immediate, world-wide boycott of all military and financial aid to Israel until this siege stops, and concrete steps are taken to create a viable Palestinian state.

Our corrupt Government has betrayed Canadians on this issue, cannot justify their policy decisions, and must be forced to reverse this trend.

Israel must be made to realize, in the most tangible (and peaceful) ways possible, that they cannot continue this collective punishment against Gazan Palestinians any more.

But make no mistake, the ruling Extremists in Israel will keep pushing, so long as nobody speaks up or forces them to obey the law.

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Military or Market-Driven Empire Building: 1950-2008

29-04-2008 21:28

From the middle of the 19th century but especially after the Second World War, two models of empire building competed on a world scale: One predominantly based on military conquests, involving direct invasions, proxy invading armies and subsidized separatist military forces; and the other predominantly based on large-scale, long-term economic penetration via a combination of investments, loans, credits and trade in which ‘market’ power and the superiority (greater productivity) in the means of production led to the construction of a virtual empire.

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Foie Gras off the Menu at a 4th Birmingham Restaurant

29-04-2008 21:26

Le Bistrot Romance takes the decision to remove the controversial, animal cruel dish known as Foie Gras off their menu, and the campaign to make Birmingham a Foie Gras Free Zone builds speed.

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UoB Friends of Palestine first Event!

29-04-2008 21:12

Event Poster
The UoB Friends of Palestine Society are having there first event. Joe Lee, a UoB graduate, will share his experiences as a human rights worker in the West Bank, and will introduce the acclaimed documentary OCCUPATION 101. After the documentary there will be a Q&A session with Joe Lee. Before, during and after the documentary students can also become members of the Friends of Palestine Society.

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War Propaganda: Disneyland goes to war-torn Iraq

29-04-2008 21:12

The Baghdad Disneyland-style project has all the essential features of a
PsyOp. It is intended to instill American values and destroy Iraqi
identity.

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Manchester Mayday Gig

29-04-2008 20:24

Gig at Bar Xs, 341-343 Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 6XS. Manchester May 1st.
Benefit in aid of Faslane Peace Camp, Anarchist Federation Solidarity Fund, the Basement Collective
Starts 6pm till 2 am.

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Sequani 6 trial coming to an end (Part 2)

29-04-2008 19:38

The historic trial of 6 brave animal activists fighting sec.145 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 at Birmingham crown court which has lasted 4 months thus far has suffered yet another set back.

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BT staff protest against anti-Irish discrimination

29-04-2008 19:06

BT Ireland workers protest against anti-Irish discrimination
On Tuesday April 22nd a large group of BT Ireland staff, with support from other CWU members, held a public protest at the corporate head office for British Telecom in Dublin

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Queens Hotel - Backing the Greyhound Racing Cruelty

29-04-2008 17:25

For the fourth year running, the Queens Hotel in Leeds hosted the National Greyhound Racing Awards - a ceremony where those involved in the industry get accredited for their involvement in an industry exposed time and time again for animal cruelty.

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ladyfest films programme and more!

29-04-2008 15:51

here is the films programme for ladyfest london (may 9-11 2008). there is also an amazing programme of workshops panel discussions and of course live music including kimya dawson, angie reed, new bloods, peggy sue and the pirates and many many more! please check the website and the myspace for full line-up. www.myspace.com/ladyfestlondon and www.ladyfestlondon.co.uk

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April's Critical Mass:Report

29-04-2008 15:20

The Mass makes a few circuits of Parliament Square
Short Report of Critical Mass April 2008

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Further Strike Action at Shelter

29-04-2008 14:58

Details of further dates of industrial action at Homlessness charity Shelter.

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Direct Action: 8 countries / 12 reports

29-04-2008 14:48

SHEEP RUSTLIN’ ALF STYLE (UK)
COLORFUL SURPRISE FOR KFC (Mexico)
530 HENS FIND FREEDOM (UK)
FRIDAY NIGHT FUN FOR NOVARTIS VIVISECTORS (UK)
BUTCHER TARGETED (Portugal)
FIGHT AGAINST FUR REACHES NEW HEIGHTS (Norway)
PAINT, GLUE AND BROKEN GLASS AT FUR SHOPS, VIVISECTORS (Sweden)
CIRCUS VEHICLES PAINTED RED (Mexico)
CIRCUS SIGNS DESTROYED (Germany)
HUNT SCUM RECEIVES ALF TREATMENT (UK)
FUR SHOP PAINTED (Austria)
FUR SHOP LOCKS GLUED (Spain)

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Global Famine: The Lords of Capital Decree Mass Death by Starvation

29-04-2008 14:42

The men who profit from such mass murder use terms like "structural adjustment" and "economic fundamentals" to attach a veneer of rationality to a chaotic system they have created on the fly for the sole purpose of mega-theft.

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CUBA: Repugnant lies and manipulation

29-04-2008 14:42

ANSA on April 22.

"La Paz, April 22.— A commission of deputies are to investigate the case of Bolivian scholarship student who died in Cuba, and whose body was repatriated without several vital organs, including the brain."

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Support the Iraqi Resistance: Resist Honour Killings!

29-04-2008 14:18

This is what Western Troops are maintaining in Iraq, with the full blessing of the Labour Government! We would ask that people circulate this article around to everybody you know and urge that action is taken against the British Governments silence over Honour Killings!

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No matter what they are saying now, The U.S. dollar is done!

29-04-2008 14:06

"And another horror is that the stock market went up, which is Pretty Freaking Strange (PFS) since Barron’s reports that the earnings of the Dow Jones Industrials went down, dropping to $225.53 from $234.49. This has produced the unbelievable price-to-earnings ratio of 57! Earnings are going down, but the stocks are going up! To a P/E of 57!
Un-freaking-believable!

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BBC documentary reveals government reckless in drive for nuclear weapons

29-04-2008 13:15

In a recently aired documentary, “Windscale: Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Disaster,” the BBC investigated the history of the first British nuclear power station and its role in the development of nuclear weapons. It presented strong evidence that the Windscale fire of 1957—the first fire in any nuclear facility—was caused by the flagrant abandonment of safety measures. This took place because of pressure from the British government to produce bomb-making material. The programme explained how the 1957 fire brought Windscale to the brink of a major nuclear disaster, in which many of the people working there could have been killed and a wide area around the site left contaminated for decades.