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Exclusion of Paul or Kucinich from "Des Moines Register" debates : Democracy ?

03-01-2008 12:03 | Globalisation | Other Press | Terror War | World

"A "Letter from London" - to America. RE IOWA"
The free thought, integrity or passion that are often found "outside" the ( media-accepted ) mainstream are often the most crucial for that societies future, the existence of its ACTUAL democracy, its ideas about itself. . . . but this also affects the entire world, here in "typically" rainy grey london too.
From each of the two main parties, popular with their ACTUAL campaigners, you mightnt agree with the "isolationism" of Paul, or like Kucinich's exact position on the WTO, but. . . .

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Call For Solidarity With Paris VIII Vincennes-Saint Denis Strikers

03-01-2008 10:11 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

For seven weeks, a massive movement has been growing within the French
University system, uniting professors, students and staff in a struggle
against Sarkozy's new university reform law, the law concerning the
"Liberties and Responsabilities of the Universities" (LRU).

Saint Bhutto, Devilish Musharraf and American Gangster Politics

03-01-2008 09:57 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | World

U.S. gangster policies in the developing world have come home to roost, yet again.

France: Revolt in foreigners camps

03-01-2008 08:58 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression | World

In France, in 2 "centres de rétention" (one of the types of detention centers for migrants, where they are held before deportation) in Paris region, a strong protest movement has been going since Dec 20, 2007. Migrants went on hunger strike to try to alert public opinion on detention, which they characterize as "shameful and arbitrary".

Global Call-in Continues Jan 2-4: Hands off the Uhuru Movement

03-01-2008 05:23 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Boley Center is attacking the Uhuru Movement through illegal firings, a false arrest, and taking away people's housing vouchers – effectively throwing them out on the street. The only connection to all these incidents is that all these people are supporters of the Uhuru Movement. Boley is violating freedom of speech, freedom of association, federal housing and worker's rights! Now the Uhuru Movement is uncovering and exposing Boley Center's culture of larceny!

Palestine Today 010208

02-01-2008 16:15 | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday January 2nd, 2008.

Anarchist Guilty of Extortion in Green Scare/SHAC Case - Support Dylan!

On October 29, 2007, Dylan Barr entered a guilty plea to one felony count of Second Degree Extortion in Seattle, WA for disrupting the operations of Washington Mutual Bank with a Denial of Service attack because of its investment in Huntington Life Sciences. After a two-year period of legal limbo and non-snitching plea deal negotiations, he was sentenced to 232 hours –29 days— of community service and ordered to pay Washington Mutual Bank $25,000 in restitution.

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Jan 11th 4-6pm-U.S. Embassy "Shut Down Guanatanamo!" (6th. anniversary)

02-01-2008 10:04 | Terror War | World

"Shut Down Guantanamo!" Vigil
at U.S. Embassy, London
Grosvenor Square (closest tube Bond St.)
4pm - 6pm
Friday January 11th.

How independent was the BBC Persian Service in the period 1941-79 ?

02-01-2008 09:01 | Culture | History | Other Press | World

This paper attempts to look at whether and how far the British Government has tried to use the broadcasts as a tool for political propaganda and influence.

It will in turn ask whether the Persian Service has -- as part of the BBC’s editorial whole – managed to keep its independence intact in reporting events in a balanced and objective way.

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Japanese Government to Keep ‘Hooligans’ Away from Summit

An article reposted from the mainstream media about immigration regulation for G8 in Japan 2008

Tsunami used as an opportunity by vested interests– Justice H. Suresh

02-01-2008 06:54 | Climate Chaos | Social Struggles | World

22/12/2007CHENNAI: In the concluding session of the two day people’s tribunal on the status of rehabilitation of tsunami, Justice H.Suresh stated that the tsunami relief work is used as an opportunity to exploit people. The tribunal organised by the Voices from the margins, a broad platform of organization of marginalized communities and support groups exposed many discrepancies and shortcomings in the tsunami rehabilitation after three years of the tsunami.

Marijuana print NBC suits and gas masks for Camden High Street

02-01-2008 04:43 | Animal Liberation | Bio-technology | Other Press | World

Camden drug dealers are to be given limited edition marijuana print NBC suits and gas masks as ebola, plague, TB, measles, cholera, diptheria, smallpox, and more are set to be available on Camden High Street...due to the building of the world's largest ever virus containment facility and animal testing lab on a Camden council estate. {You will be saved!}

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Columbia's Plan: Biotech Hazard on the Hudson - Somers Town build it !

01-01-2008 23:55 | Bio-technology | Globalisation | Terror War | World

Columbia's Plan: Biotech Hazard on the Hudson

http://www.stopcolumbia.org/content/view/42/58/lang,en/

Here is an article showing many similarities with the approved London Bio Tech Lab in Somers Town, London. The "difference" is just the name .

Columbia vs Wellcome Trust

Both of them got the Rockfeller Foundation behind...

http://www.rockfound.org/

They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45

01-01-2008 22:00 | Repression | World

Sounds a bit too familiar ...

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60 Years of The Catastroph (by Latuff)

01-01-2008 20:32 | Anti-militarism | Palestine | Repression | World

High-resolution version for printing purposes here:

http://www.fileflyer.com/view/WAt5EBP

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Global Direct Action Reports + Video

01-01-2008 18:57 | Animal Liberation | South Coast | World

28th-1st: Mexico, Netherlands, UK, Germany, Spain and Austria. A lab animal breeder in France was also raided, insects freed whilst rats and mice were rehomed and "all the equipment was wrecked! Freezers broken, buckets destroyed, administrative papers stolen (customers addresses!)."

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ITT Corporation Admit 208 Violations Of Arms Control Laws

01-01-2008 16:30 | Anti-militarism | Terror War | South Coast | World

ITT Corporation have reached a settlement in a civil action brought against them by US State Department over the illegal export of classified military technology to several foreign countries including China, Israel and the UK . They have agreed to pay a £28 million dollar penalty.

The case is just the latest of ITT's criminal and unethical activities that shows nothing much has changed in their long history of collusion with fascism, war crimes and genocide.

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Welfare State in the Market Trap

01-01-2008 14:54 | Social Struggles | World

"The crisis of the welfare state is a crisis in the heads of the economic and political elites. The welfare state is a political barrier against the marketing of human labor. The welfare state can be regained through democratic solidarity.. Today one farmer can feed 88 non-farmers."

The Destabilization of Pakistan

01-01-2008 11:02 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | World

This US agenda for Pakistan is similar to that applied throughout the broader Middle East Central Asian region. US strategy, supported by covert intelligence operations, consists in triggering ethnic and religious strife, abetting and financing secessionist movements while also weakening the institutions of the central government.

The broader objective is to fracture the Nation State and redraw the borders of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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As Predicted: Gaza Reoccupation Planned

01-01-2008 00:01 | Anti-racism | World

ALERT: Annapolis a Charade: Olmert Plotting Massive Aggression

In Germany, according to historian Richard Evans, in 1931-1932, if enough Germans of conscience had begun to say No -- history would have had an entirely diferent outcome.

If we go any further down this road the tears will be those of conservatives as well as progressives. They will be (Israeli) tears.

The time for weeping has to stop; the time for confronting must begin.

Adapted from "American Tears"
www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/american-tears_b_68141.html

The timing is interesting, given the upcoming "Annapolis Conference", which serves to be about PR alone, as Olmert has already ruled out any Negotiations or Compromise in the name of peace.

If you follow the events surrounding Israel's "Disengagement" from Gaza, you will quickly understand that this was the plan all along. While Israel was making a public spectacle of "forcing Jews to leave their homes", it was quietly surrounding the Strip with artillery emplacements, in an operation ominously named "First Rain".

Under this operation, Gaza basically became a "Free-Fire Zone", and several artillery and gunship strikes killed a high number of civilians. Finally, when one of these batteries fired upon and murdered a Palestinian family - picnicking on a beach that had been Segregated "Jews Only" only weeks before, Hamas finally decided to call an end to its unilateral, two-year cease-fire.

(In essence, they took Israel's bait. After all, you can't excuse your Aggression and label it "defense" if you're not being intermittently attacked. Never mind the hypocrisy underlying the entire media's framing of that whole debate ...)

When the Palestinians responded by electing Hamas to power (yes, elected), Israeli Extremists and their Ideological, bought foreign co-conspirators imposed unilateral sanctions on Gaza, a bit of Collective Punishment which increased the hardship of those stuck in the world's largest Concentration Camp.

When they felt Gaza had been substantially weakened, the US and Israel undertook a Coup attempt, using corrupt elements within the Fatah Party, provoking a violent response by Hamas, which expelled the group. Most of the world's media ignored the events leading to this "crisis", and instead only repeated the Propaganda emanating from the US and Israel, which used this to further increase sanctions against Gaza.

Most recently, Israel stepped up its Collective Punishment, except that human rights groups and legal advisors to the Government halted some of its approved measures, because they run contrary to International Humanitarian Law.

This was sold as another "response to rocket attacks" (again highlighting the hypocrisy of the debate's Framing - are the Palestinians allowed to defend themselves from strikes which actually KILL people ... ?), even though high-ranking officials said that this was NOT, in fact, a response to these attacks, but a way to "distance Israel from Gaza's infrastructure".

The real reason for this whole episode, of course, has been to "soften up" the Gaza Strip for a long-planned military attack, a way to undermine the resolve, and hopefully rid this territory of Palestinians altogether.
Olmert signalled long ago that he would not entertain any serious discussions at this summit, essentially selling out the Israeli public's desire for peace.

http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?8076S

World Newswire Archive

Exclusion of Paul or Kucinich from "Des Moines Register" debates : Democracy ?

Call For Solidarity With Paris VIII Vincennes-Saint Denis Strikers

Saint Bhutto, Devilish Musharraf and American Gangster Politics

France: Revolt in foreigners camps

Global Call-in Continues Jan 2-4: Hands off the Uhuru Movement

Palestine Today 010208

Anarchist Guilty of Extortion in Green Scare/SHAC Case - Support Dylan!

Jan 11th 4-6pm-U.S. Embassy "Shut Down Guanatanamo!" (6th. anniversary)

How independent was the BBC Persian Service in the period 1941-79 ?

Japanese Government to Keep ‘Hooligans’ Away from Summit

Tsunami used as an opportunity by vested interests– Justice H. Suresh

Marijuana print NBC suits and gas masks for Camden High Street

Columbia's Plan: Biotech Hazard on the Hudson - Somers Town build it !

They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45

60 Years of The Catastroph (by Latuff)

Global Direct Action Reports + Video

ITT Corporation Admit 208 Violations Of Arms Control Laws

Welfare State in the Market Trap

The Destabilization of Pakistan

As Predicted: Gaza Reoccupation Planned

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