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Democrat’s New Spy Bill – Lulling Americans Into False Sense of Security

20-03-2008 16:39 | Terror War | World

The war on terror and the war on freedom are nonpartisan issues. Both Democrats and Republicans alike have consistently voted for legislation that, through the illusion of protecting our families and our homeland, have actually removed critical components of the U.S. Constitution. Will the Democrat’s new FISA Spy Bill be any different?

Houseless on a Hillside

20-03-2008 15:45 | Palestine | Repression | Social Struggles | World

House demolitions, near Yatta village south of Hebron in the West bank on the 19th march 2008.

The Christian Peacemaker Teams, a human rights action group based in the area telephoned the office of IMEMC (the International Middle East media Centre) in Beit Sahour near Bethlehem.

“Three houses belonging to Palestinian villagers are being destroyed by the Israeli army with bull dozers”

Palestine Today 032008

20-03-2008 15:43 | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday March 20th, 2008.

Iraq War: 5 years (by Latuff)

20-03-2008 13:48 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Terror War | World

Copyleft artworks by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

HBOS in crisis

20-03-2008 13:03 | Globalisation | World

Halifax Bank of Scotland is in crisis. The next Northern Rock?

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Bush's anniversary address - interpreted

20-03-2008 12:05 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Terror War | World

US President George W Bush addressed the nation yesterday, delivering a moving speech about the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Extracts reproduced below, with interpretation [in square brackets].

just alone

20-03-2008 07:16 | Analysis | World

people in europe suffer their own problems

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China cracks down on Tibetan protests

20-03-2008 04:53 | World

A wave of protests and riots has rocked Tibet since March 10—the 49th anniversary of a failed rebellion led by the Dalai Lama in 1959. The unrest has put the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership into a dilemma—violent repression risks further international condemnation just months before the Beijing Olympic Games, while any concessions will encourage separatism elsewhere in China, as well as in Taiwan, where a presidential election will be held this Saturday. Moreover, Beijing is acutely aware that protests in Tibet have the potential to trigger wider social discontent over unemployment and the highest levels of inflation in 12 years.

Peace movement enters a New Phase

19-03-2008 23:53 | Analysis | Terror War | World

A 15 minute video documenting the demonstration in London on Saturday 15th March. This is a video of what the people had to say...

Important notice : Camden Lab Campaign

19-03-2008 22:06 | Animal Liberation | Bio-technology | Other Press | World

Roger Robinson who is a Camden councillor is against the lab. When writing to Mr Robinson will all AR people write letters of support and treat this man with respect. Roger attended a meeting despite being on crutches / just out of hospital and passionatley fought against the lab.

Forum in support of Political Prisoners took place in Oaxaca

From the 14 to the 16 of March a Forum to give a voice to political prisoners and spread awareness throughout the country took place in the city of Oaxaca.
During this forum we listened to the denunciations and testimonies of cases such as Atenco, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco where the injustice and the violence of the State manifest, whilst unjustly holding dozens of compañer@s prisoner.

How to Get Out of Iraq

19-03-2008 18:01 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Iraq | World

Five years into the war in Iraq, the primary source of instability is the continuing presence of U.S. troops. Iraqi public opinion and attack statistics strongly indicate that more than 80 per cent of the violence is directly or indirectly attributable to the U.S. military occupation. It follows that a ceasefire predicated on a decisive U.S. withdrawal of all troops and bases will actually help stabilize the country.

Palestine Today 031908

19-03-2008 15:49 | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday March 19th, 2008.

Break the Silence (about the arrests in Bologne, Italy)

19-03-2008 14:29 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Saturday 13th October 2007 at around 4am: a girl is sleeping in piazza Verdi in Bologna (northern Italy). Police on patrol decide that the girl's behaviour is 'abnormal' and must be corrected by compulsory sanitary treatment (TSO), which means internment in a psychiatric hospital and forced administration of psychotropic drugs. The cops call the ambulance while keeping the girl under their custody against her will.

Talking About Cannabis ... Time to bring 'em down

19-03-2008 10:24 | Health | Social Struggles | World

Talking about cannabis want to:

Introduce drug testing in schools
Reclassify cannabis as class B
End harm minimisation drugs education

Greece: General strike against the reform of the social insurance system

19-03-2008 02:30 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

A huge mobilization is being organized for today in Greece, as most of the workers' and employees' unions have declared a general strike against the upcoming reform of the social insurance system. Electricity cuts, garbage all around the streets and occupied universities form an image of total outrage for the draft law, which is about to be voted on Thursday.

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Axion video of the succesful blockade of the world biofuels market

19-03-2008 00:37 | Ecology | World

On March 13th, an international group of actifvists managed to block the World Biofuels Market in Brussels, Belgium.
More info on

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/03/393768.html

British mercenary confesses role in Equatorial Guinea coup plot

18-03-2008 20:11 | World

British mercenary Simon Mann has confessed in a television interview with Channel 4 News to being the “manager” of a plot to overthrow President Obiang of the tiny oil-rich West African country of Equatorial Guinea in 2004. Mann has previously claimed that he was on his way to protect a mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is the first time that he has admitted he was involved in a coup plot.

Sami al-Haj’s Guantánamo torture pictures

18-03-2008 19:53 | Guantánamo | Repression | Terror War | World

Legal charity Reprieve releases the first of four pictures by political cartoonist Lewis Peake, based on detailed descriptions of drawings by Sami al-Haj, the al-Jazeera cameraman imprisoned in Guantánamo, which were censored by the Pentagon.

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Israel To Continue Illegal Construction

18-03-2008 19:42 | Anti-racism | World

A partial list of United Nations Resolutions against Israel
United Nations Resolution 127: " . . . 'recommends' Israel suspends it's 'no-man's zone' in Jerusalem".
United Nations Resolution 162: " . . . 'urges' Israel to comply with UN decisions".
United Nations Resolution 250: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to refrain from holding military parade in Jerusalem".
United Nations Resolution 251: " . . . 'deeply deplores' Israeli military parade in Jerusalem in defiance of Resolution 250".
United Nations Resolution 252: " . . . 'declares invalid' Israel's acts to unify Jerusalem as Jewish capital".
United Nations Resolution 267: " . . . 'censures' Israel for administrative acts to change the status of Jerusalem".
United Nations Resolution 271: " . . . 'condemns' Israel's failure to obey UN resolutions on Jerusalem".
United Nations Resolution 298: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's changing of the status of Jerusalem".
United Nations Resolution 446: " . . . 'determines' that Israeli settlements are a 'serious obstruction' to peace and calls on Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention".
United Nations Resolution 452: " . . . 'calls' on Israel to cease building settlements in occupied territories".
United Nations Resolution 465: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's settlements and asks all member states not to assist Israel's settlements program".
United Nations Resolution 471: " . . . 'expresses deep concern' at Israel's failure to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention".
United Nations Resolution 476: " . . . 'reiterates' that Israel's claim to Jerusalem are 'null and void'".
United Nations Resolution 478: " . . . 'censures (Israel) in the strongest terms' for its claim to Jerusalem in its 'Basic Law'".
United Nations Resolution 673: " . . . 'deplores' Israel's refusal to cooperate with the United Nations.

When President Bush initiated war against Iraq, one of the main reasons given in his letter of transmittal to Congress of March 18 2003 was that Iraq was in defiance of UN Resolutions regarding weapons of mass destruction. Of course, in hindsight, we know Saddam was actually in compliance with UN Resolutions, but the point is that if the United States justifies its foreign policy on the basis of enforcement of United Nations policy, then clearly, Israel should be called to account for its actions.

World Newswire Archive

Democrat’s New Spy Bill – Lulling Americans Into False Sense of Security

Houseless on a Hillside

Palestine Today 032008

Iraq War: 5 years (by Latuff)

HBOS in crisis

Bush's anniversary address - interpreted

just alone

China cracks down on Tibetan protests

Peace movement enters a New Phase

Important notice : Camden Lab Campaign

Forum in support of Political Prisoners took place in Oaxaca

How to Get Out of Iraq

Palestine Today 031908

Break the Silence (about the arrests in Bologne, Italy)

Talking About Cannabis ... Time to bring 'em down

Greece: General strike against the reform of the social insurance system

Axion video of the succesful blockade of the world biofuels market

British mercenary confesses role in Equatorial Guinea coup plot

Sami al-Haj’s Guantánamo torture pictures

Israel To Continue Illegal Construction

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