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The Bologna Declaration : Critical Notes - Part 2

06-12-2008 20:39

Employability is a point around which the Bologna Declaration has based its rhetoric of the positive forces of the free market.

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climate change critical mass and march pics

06-12-2008 18:58

lincoln's inn fields
this morning around 150 cyclists rode from lincoln's inn fields via several pertinent stops to the start of the climate march at grosvenor square. there, several thousand protestors marched to westminster as part of a campaign to force the government to take climate change seriously.
here are a few pics from the day

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06.12.08 - National Climate March

06-12-2008 18:28

National climate March. Grosvenor Square to Parliament Sq. 06.12.08
Saturday 6th December saw the 'National Climate March' through London, from Grosvenor Square to Parliament Square, via various parts of Westminster.
Tens of thousands of people turned out, of all ages and from all walks of life, to express their concern over the vast, impending problem facing us all - climate change.

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East Timor Action Network Opposes ex-EDO Corp Director as new US Intel Chief

06-12-2008 18:01

ETAN Urges Obama Against Appointment Of Blair

Saturday, 6 December 2008, 11:04 am

Press Release: The East Timor Action Network ETAN

ETAN Urges President-elect Obama Not to Appoint Adm. Blair Director of National Intelligence

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UK 2010

06-12-2008 17:00

It couldn´t happen here, could it?

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Is Justice Closing in on Rwanda's Kagame?

06-12-2008 15:31

With the arrest of a close associate, it appears increasingly likely that justice may soon get around to Rwanda President Paul Kagame. Or will his powerful western backers like USA, Canada and UK continue to shield him?

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Leftist Union Leaders Assassinated in Venezuela

06-12-2008 13:35

On November 27, three leftist union leaders in the Venezuelan state of Aragua – Richard Gallardo, Luis Hernández and Carlos Requena – were gunned down by an assassin. The murder came hours after the unionists had led a workers occupation of a Colombian-owned milk plant which had been brutally broken up by state police. All three were leaders of the UNT (National Workers Union) and of the USI (Socialist Left Unity), a party which has opposed attempts by the government of Hugo Chávez to impose state control of labor, and has fought the rightist opposition backed by imperialism. They may have been murdered by assassins hired by the Colombian company, by elements connected to the police of outgoing state governor, a former Chávez ally, or by supporters of a current official of the governing United Socialist Party. In any case, despite Chávez’ socialist rhetoric, the reality of the bourgeois Bolivarian “revolution” in Venezuela today is that leftist unionists are murdered while the forces of capitalist state repression back up the bosses. While many leftists have called on the Chávez government to investigate, Trotskyists call for organizing workers defense guards and imposing workers control of production. Venezuela today is stuck at a crossroads. Building a Bolshevik-type workers party based on Trotsky’s program of permanent revolution is key.

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Direct Action; Spain, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Peru, Netherlands, USA & Finland

06-12-2008 00:52

INCENDIARY ATTACK AGAINST BULLRING (Spain)
SHOPS AT LEATHER FAIR DESTROYED BY FIRE (Mexico)
HENS LIBERATED FROM 'FREE RANGE' EGG FARM (Canada)
KFC HIT WITH BRICKS (Mexico)
HUNTING TOWER REDUCED TO ASHES (Italy)
LEATHER COMPANY GRAFFITIED (Mexico)
JUNGLE CATS, TROPICAL BIRDS FREED FROM ZOO-ILLOGICAL PARK (Peru)
ACTIVISTS VISIT MINK FARMER AT HOME (Netherlands)
RED PAINT THROWN ONTO MAX MARA SHOPS (Italy)
15 HENS SAVED (Netherlands)
ACTIONS CONTINUE TARGETING UCLA (USA)
ECOLOGICAL SABOTAGE IN MEXICO CITY (Mexico)
COMMUNIQUE, VIDEO RELEASED FROM FUR FARM RAID (Finland)
WINDOWS BROKEN AT PET STORES, KFC (Mexico)

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"Shame on Ewell" Amey protest rocks Kingston University

05-12-2008 21:34

When Amey plc Chief Executive Mel Ewell went to receive an award at Kingston University, who could have imagined the scale of the response from students and staff appalled at Amey's sacking of five Latin American cleaners at the National Physical Laboratory in nearby Teddington for speaking out about health and safety, wage and staff cuts, and the trauma of an immigration raid.

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Mexico's Immigration Problem Also a "Red Flag" at Home

05-12-2008 21:30

NAFTA creates ideal condition for abuses of migrants from Central and South America, desperately trying to survive and provide for their families in the North.

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Ex-BNP Sadie Graham arrested?

05-12-2008 21:13

The BNP membership list strikes again. Is there a curse, we ask?

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PKK leader Ocalan sues Greece over Turkish capture

05-12-2008 20:01

Jailed leader of the terror organization PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, is seeking compensation from Greece for having failed to prevent his capture by Turkish intelligence nearly a decade ago, a Greek justice source said on Thursday.
Also a Video of Otsalan speaking to Mr Panayiotopoulos, Greek ex minister now of the New Democracy party

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9/11 inquiry skipped key forensic tests

05-12-2008 19:55

U.S. government scientists ruled out controlled demolitions in the collapses of three World Trade Center buildings but declined to test debris for traces of explosives or incendiaries, records show.

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This Week in Palestine, Week 49

05-12-2008 19:23

Audio

This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org, for November 29 through December 5, 2008.

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Acoustic cafe @ LARC

05-12-2008 18:08

...after Climate march

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What to do about the financial crisis

05-12-2008 17:05

Here is a link to a very useful primer on the current economic crisis presented by Walden Bello.

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Abahlali baseMjondolo Call for UK Action Against Group 4 Securicor (G4S)

05-12-2008 16:31

Following another shooting by Group 4 Securicor during an electricity disconnection in South Africa Abahlali baseMjondolo, a militant shack dwellers' movement with over 10 000 paid up members, has called for action against Group 4 Securicor in the UK.

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More wildcats at Brighton bin depot

05-12-2008 15:49

Bin workers in Brighton staged a wildcat walkout yesterday and have threatened strikes in the new year in protest of new rounds and redundancies.

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Coal in the UK

05-12-2008 14:30

Coal in the UK is a website showing coal projects in the UK.
The below spreadsheet summaries it.

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Dissident Island Tonight - Ho Ho Ho

05-12-2008 14:16

ho ho ho
In our last show of 2008 we bring you talk about the Genoa G8 trials, Space Hijackers Christmas spirit, LARC at 10, Professor Kayoss & Critical Mass, and our very own DJ Lung Collapser.