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Sangatte, laboratory of the law-and-order policies

05-12-2002 17:03

The call by AC!, French network of unemployed
organizations in France for the demo in Sangatte on
december 15th.
This demo, on the French side, is called by Csur, the
collective from Calais, gathering about 30 organizations,
and at the national level called by AC!, the GISTI,
supported by different other groups including Act-up...
which fight against discrimination and law-an-order
policies...
Please report as well to Tom Mc Gowan and KentCDAS, for the
English call

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Boycott U.S. (and Israeli) Corporations!

05-12-2002 16:56

The International boycott of U.S. and Israel multinationals is starting to pay off-several corps. are in trouble and are going or have gone belly up. Now Burger King is going down!

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Cambridge Tour of Shame

05-12-2002 16:19

Cambridge Tour of Shame
Cambridge Students against the War gave a free tour of shame in Cambridge today, stopping at various places along the way . . . (article 1)

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Film Night Tonite!!

05-12-2002 15:46

A night of free food and anti:capitalist film selection................

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Debate over anti-capitalism --between ATTAC and PGA

05-12-2002 15:32

The Karnataka Indian farmers' union has decided not to participate in the upcoming Asian Social Forum, an event largely organised by anti-globalization group ATTAC. The Karnataka union is a participant in the international network Peoples' Global Avtion. In the series of e-mails pasted below the union leader gives his reason for not participating in the ASF; Bernard Cassen (ATTAC) replies, with further criticisms of ATTAC then being voiced by PGA groups in Europe.

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Some late pics from Whitehall 'Die-In' demo on Monday

05-12-2002 14:58

Some late pics from Whitehall 'Die-In' demo on Monday
Two collage pics showing scenes from Whitehall Anti-War demonstration which took place on Monday morning. Full report here.
 http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=48082&group=webcast (article 1)

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Police visual attack Buenos Aires

05-12-2002 14:40

Police presence is everywhere in the part of Buenos Aires. Each other corner it seems is patrolled by police on foot. Cars drive through the streets in the night with lights flashing exerting dominance and making their presence known and felt.

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Stop calling Islam the enemy

05-12-2002 12:56

PARIS A part of the neoconservative intelligentsia in Washington is trying to turn the Bush administration's "war against terrorism" into a war against Muslim civilization and the Islamic religion.

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Love Music Hate Racism: website launched

05-12-2002 12:43

New website launched for Love Music Hate Racism campaign:

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Screams and Cries: Prison Camp Lora and the Trial of the Lora 8

05-12-2002 12:29

Barbarity kept under the radar screen: an investigative report on
torture and the travesty of justice. This is not an article for the faint
of heart. Yet the story must be told.

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Berlusconi & the Mafia - The Guardian

05-12-2002 12:21

Berlusconi implicated in deal with godfathers

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ARMENIA: Conscientious objector Artur Grigoryan sentenced to 2 1/2 years in pris

05-12-2002 11:47

ARMENIA: Conscientious objector Artur Grigoryan sentenced to 2 1/2 years in pris
Armenian conscientious objector and Jehovah's Witness Artur Grigoryan was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison.

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Counterfeit Courage: Reflections on ‘Political Correctness’ in Germany

05-12-2002 10:57

The challenge in Germany today is to defend the memory of the Nazi holocaust and to condemn its abuse by American Jewish elites; to defend Jews from malice and to condemn their overwhelmingly blind support for Israel's brutal occupation. But to do this requires real moral courage--not the operatic kind that politically correct Germans so love.

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Bush and Blair talk war while people starve

05-12-2002 09:31

In Ethiopia 14 million people face starvation this winter, president Bush is meeting the Ethiopian president today, but food isn't on the agenda.....

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Common Myths in Iraq Coverage

05-12-2002 05:23

As issue an serious as the Iraq crisis deserves the highest possible degree of accuracy from the press. U.S. media coverage, however, is marked by frequent misstatements and distortions of reality-- some of which have been made repeatedly, even after being pointed out by critics.

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Kristen Ess: The End of Ramadan

05-12-2002 04:38

The infrastructure and life blood of occupied Palestine is being destroyed. Today is the final day of Ramadan, the end of a holy month of fasting that now brings three days of feasting. Today in Gaza City a US made Apache helicopter fired four missiles into the Ministry of Agriculture building.

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Cornerstone Housing Co-op raided

05-12-2002 03:08

Cornerstone Housing Co-op was raided by police at 8.40am, Thursday Nov 28th. All occupants were arrested for 'conspiracy to commit burglary' (although not yet charged) following an action against the New Tribes Mission, Lincolnshire, in solidarity with tribal peoples. All computers were taken plus some personal stuff.

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Cambridge anti-BNP video

05-12-2002 00:49

Video
Video, 4 min 20 seconds

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NUS march 4/12/02

05-12-2002 00:39

NUS march 4/12/02
2 Photos + short AVI. I just got my new camera and im realy not used to it, most of my pics came out as pure blurs :o So heres a couple that worked, aswell as a little video clip of the passing crowds. 20,000+ people!! (article 1)

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Youth & Student CND National Gathering 2002

05-12-2002 00:34

Information and Programme