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Egypt: Workers and Soldiers.

03-07-2013 20:11 | Analysis | World

The conflict in Egypt has reached another peak. The military have once again moved in an attempt to resolve the current tensions. This article considers the economic basis of the ordinary soldier and the tensions which may occur between the military elite, tied to the USA and the origins of the rank and file in the working class communities of Egypt.

Nkululeko Gwala Murdered in Cato Crest

03-07-2013 07:20 | Free Spaces | Policing | Social Struggles | World

On June 26th, Nkululeko Gwala, an Abahlali baseMjondolo member, and a well known and respected housing activist, was murdered in Cato Crest. Twelve shots were fired. The style of this assassination is very similar to the assassination of Thembinkosi Qumbelo, also a well known housing activist (but not an AbM member) who was killed in the same area on the 15th of March this year. There are also strong similarities to the attack on our movement in Kennedy Road in 2009.

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UG#651 - Deep Green Resistance (Earth At Risk Conference)

A trio of speakers this time, two of whom have been regular contributors to the show. We listen in on a conference that happened in California in 2011 entitled Earth At Risk. While they outline contrasting approaches to resistance, the speakers are united in their conviction that the culture of capitalist golobalisation has no mechanism for self-regulation and so Direct Action is necessary to stop its ongoing ecocide.

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Targeting Corporate Complicity in Israeli Apartheid: Ideas for Action

02-07-2013 15:10 | Palestine | South Coast | World

One of the aims of Corporate Watch's research is to provide information for action to campaigners against companies profiting from Israeli militarism, apartheid and occupation.

BDS is a holistic approach to Israel's militarism and its racist and apartheid policies against Palestinians. It allows ordinary people to take action in their communities and workplaces in line with the BDS call and be a part of the popular struggle for freedom in Palestine.

100,000 March Demanding End To Rich-Poor Divide In Chile

30-06-2013 17:24 | Education | Policing | World

Massive protests are sweeping Chile as students and workers demand a reversal of school privatization drives and wealth inequalities gripping the country.

An 'Assembly' of Illusions?

30-06-2013 10:14 | Analysis | Public sector cuts | Workers' Movements | World

Did the recent 'Peoples' Assembly offer a realistic way forward or just another chance for the left elite to gain an audience? Was the dominant message based on reality or simply wishful thinking? This article considers the positives and negatives of this recent initiative and suggests avoiding some obvious pitfalls.

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Rob Hopkins: The Power of Just Doing Stuff

Rob Hopkins from the Transition Network,

http://www.transitionnetwork.org/ spoke at a meeting in Sheffield on 27th June about the "Power of Just Doing Stuff".

Cardiff Shell petrol station rooftop occupation

A report of the rooftop occupation of the Shell petrol station in Pontprennau, Cardiff on 29th June 2013.

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UG#650 - Fighting Nature To The Last Drop

Following last week's observations on the destructiveness of the money system in general, we look this week at two specific examples of devastaed communities and ecosystems. Firstly, an account by Arundhati Roy of the oppression of Indian communities by a government determined to extract resources. Secondly, a radio adaptation of "To The Last Drop", a film about the Athabasca Tar Sands in Alberta, Canada.

US Comic TV Satire Of Iowa Congressman Trying To Make Battery Hen Cages Smaller

US TV comic Stephen Colbert has an hilarious satire on US Iowa congressman Steve King, who wants battery hen cages smaller.

People’s Assembly marks new stage in cuts resistance

24-06-2013 10:41 | Public sector cuts | Workers' Movements | London | World

A report from Islington Hands Off Our Public Services about the People's Assembly Against Austerity on 22 June 2013. 4,000-plus delegates heard that they should set up local assemblies against austerity and debate a draft statement. Union leaders said they would back industrial action supported by workers.

Undercover Police Officers Licensed to Rape and Discredit UK Citizens

UK Police forces have despatched undercover agents into peaceful protest movements, where they have engaged in intimate sexual relationships and even had children with the targets of their espionage, while maintaining their cover. They have also been found smearing the families of murder victims and justice campaigners, and undertaken illegal actions to discredit otherwise peaceful movements. Undercover police exist and it seems they are licensed to do just about anything to suppress our ability to dissent.

Brazil, a crisis of representation

23-06-2013 12:04 | Public sector cuts | Social Struggles | World

A protest wave in Brazil embodies new ideas of political community that challenge the country's old social practices and centralised structures, says Arthur Ituassu.

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Support Needed: Calais Migrant Food Project 8-21st July

22-06-2013 18:29 | Migration | Repression | South Coast | World

Nottingham Migrant Solidarity is a group that aims to offer practical support to migrants on the France/UK border. Hundreds of people face destitution, brutality and harassment every day in Calais and most are fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries. We are a self-organised group who plan to give out free food to migrants in Calais between the 8th and 22nd July. In the months of July and August the charities who usually provide food are closed.This makes it imperative that groups such as ourselves distribute food during this period.

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The Story of the Regime

22-06-2013 13:59 | Social Struggles | World

Before the revolution there was famine, massacre and death
Avoidable suffering, forced austerity and the regime
And there were people who could not forget
That most of its lifetime
Humanity lived without these scourges
But other people could not remember
Because most of their lifetime
It did not occur to them.

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6 torched vehicles at UKBA crime team building & Tascor transporters smashed

22-06-2013 12:09 | Anti-racism | Migration | Policing | World

Hidden inside a quiet business park in Portishead, just outside Bristol, is a UK Border Agency office from where an immigration crime team work with police, including launching raids in the south-west. We visited Thursday night into Friday (with the death of anarchist Carlo Guiliani in combat with police during the G8 summit 12 years ago still fresh in our minds) to set fires that damaged the building and burnt 6 vehicles stationed there - 3 cars, 2 blacked-out people carrier vans (known to be used for dawn snatches of immigrant family groups) and 1 large van. The border regime mercenaries draw the attention of our total contempt the same as any other cop does, and now this long arm of the State has felt that we are close and we don't stop.

[In Brazil] We are writing History!

22-06-2013 02:49 | Other Press | Social Struggles | World

"We carry a new world here, in our hearts. That world is growing in this minute." - Buenaventura Durruti

After spending the last few days in São Paulo, I return to Florianópolis with all my thoughts taken up by the subject that has monopolized conversations in the city: the demonstrations of the Free Pass Movement. I do not know exactly whether it was by choice or due to the necessities of life (perhaps a mix of the two) that I left São Paulo to live in the capital of Santa Catarina, but the truth is that despite more than 5½ years that have gone by, I have never broken the political and emotional ties that tie me to São Paulo, ties which are now stronger than ever because of the political situation the city is going through.

I hope the colder and more impersonal among you will forgive me, but I was never able to hide my emotions. The truth is that today I can no longer think without using my heart. Even the quotation up there must have sounded a bit "tacky". But I bet there are many more besides me who also feel the same emotion.

Technology out of control? Drones, Killer Robots and the Arms Trade

21-06-2013 13:17 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

Remote controlled drones have already caused many civilian casualties in the ‘war on terror’, and people in the target zones and in Britain are campaigning against their use. But the military is moving towards letting battlefield ‘killer robots’ take their own decisions without human input. Should we allow computers to decide who lives and who dies, and who is legally responsible for their actions? This first meeting in our ‘Breaking the Frame’ series on the politics of technology will address some of the ethical and ‘existential’ issues raised by the march of technocracy. There will be plenty of time for informal discussion.

When: 7pm July 8th 2014
Where: Fairly Square cafe, 51 Red lion St London WC1R 4PF

UG#649 - Why Money Will End (And How To Prepare)

21-06-2013 07:30 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Sheffield | World

This week, a special show featuring a 2-hour made-for-radio commentary on a recent presentation entitled Why Money Will End — And What to Do About It. Does a life beyond money have to be unthinkable? Or is it just that a highly funded campaign is trying to make it seem so? What if it was "bu$ine$$ as usual" that was in reality unthinkable, and there was a more beautiful world of abundance awaiting us, once enough people have the courage to say goodbye to money and its scarcity-inducing story of selfishness and separation?...

Sat 22 June: Julian Assange to give anniversary speech at the Ecuadorian Embassy

Julian Assange will speak to his supporters at the Ecuadorian Embassy in Knightsbridge, London at 2pm on Sat 22 June.

Marking one year since Ecuador gave refuge to Julian Assange.

World Newswire Archive

Egypt: Workers and Soldiers.

Nkululeko Gwala Murdered in Cato Crest

UG#651 - Deep Green Resistance (Earth At Risk Conference)

Targeting Corporate Complicity in Israeli Apartheid: Ideas for Action

100,000 March Demanding End To Rich-Poor Divide In Chile

An 'Assembly' of Illusions?

Rob Hopkins: The Power of Just Doing Stuff

Cardiff Shell petrol station rooftop occupation

UG#650 - Fighting Nature To The Last Drop

US Comic TV Satire Of Iowa Congressman Trying To Make Battery Hen Cages Smaller

People’s Assembly marks new stage in cuts resistance

Undercover Police Officers Licensed to Rape and Discredit UK Citizens

Brazil, a crisis of representation

Support Needed: Calais Migrant Food Project 8-21st July

The Story of the Regime

6 torched vehicles at UKBA crime team building & Tascor transporters smashed

[In Brazil] We are writing History!

Technology out of control? Drones, Killer Robots and the Arms Trade

UG#649 - Why Money Will End (And How To Prepare)

Sat 22 June: Julian Assange to give anniversary speech at the Ecuadorian Embassy

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