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New colonialism: Pentagon carves Africa into military zones

07-05-2010 19:42 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | World

Last year the commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), General William Ward, said the Pentagon had military partnerships with 35 of the continent's 53 nations, "representing U.S. relationships that span the continent." That number has increased in the interim.

As the first overseas regional military command set up by Washington in this century, the first since the end of the Cold War, and the first in 25 years, the activation of AFRICOM emphasizes the geostrategic importance of Africa in U.S. international military, political and economic planning.

Economic Slash and Burn: Greece’s Deadly Austerity Measures

07-05-2010 17:39 | Analysis | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

"As the bloody drama was unfolding outside the Greek Parliament, various hands signed the papers that cut pensions and initiated tax hikes on fuel, cigarettes and alcohol. Civil service entitlements have been cut and pensions in the public sector frozen. The cuts are meant to trim a ballooning debt and save about $US45 billion over three years. But they have propelled the worst riots in years. And that, given the famous Greek record on street protest, is saying something. Not since 1991, where five people died in riots directed against the education bill, has Greece seen this."

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Democracy Village, Parliament Square, London - Pictures.

As the British General Election of 2010 draws to an end and the people prepare to vote, and after nine years of a now financially ruinous war, Parliament Square swells with a new Democracy Village formed to bring UK involvement in the war in Afghanistan to an end.

US targeting Iranian nuclear program (by Latuff)

04-05-2010 03:11 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Terror War | World

Cartoon for Iranian newspaper Jame Jam.

Iran and the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) conference

03-05-2010 20:43 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | World

This year's Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference - as with previous years' - promises to be yet another battle between the developing and the nuclear-armed nations. The US insists that the Non-Proliferation Treaty needs to be rewritten so as to place greater limits on what it calls "nuclear weapons proliferation" whilst the developing nations say that the concern over proliferation is being used as a pretext by the US to avoid its own obligations under the same treaty to disarm its own nukes and to share nuclear technology with everyone else.

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South Africa:

03-05-2010 11:50 | Energy Crisis | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

The sight of people, mostly women or children, walking kilometres over dusty roads to haul wood back to their homes for cooking, heat and light is not uncommon in South Africa’s rural areas. Likewise, every winter, fires rampage through the thousands of shanty towns that dot the urban landscape because people are forced to use dangerous sources of energy like coal and paraffin.

Mayday in Parliament Square, Peace Camp, London. - Pictures

As the British General Election enters its last week before the people go to the polls to elect a new Government, the Parliament Square Peace Camp swells with supporters and campaigners on the traditional workers day of Mayday.

Greece: a radical turn in the situation is being prepared

29-04-2010 13:01 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

The downgrading of Greece’s credit ratings by Standard & Poor’s has sent shockwaves around the world’s financial markets, with stock exchanges seeing significant falls yesterday. The fear is that Greece could default and drag the rest of the eurozone into a severe crisis, putting immense pressure on the euro.

the arrested MAZIOTIS _ ROUPA _ GOURNAS take responsibility for the E.A.

29-04-2010 09:48 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

the arrested MAZIOTIS _ ROUPA _ GOURNAS take responsibility
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We take the political responsibility for participation in the Organization Revolutionary Strangle (E.A) . We declare that our comrade Lampros Foundas who fell dead in Daphne on March 10, 2010 after a battle with cops, also participated in the Organization Revolutionary Strangle. The battle has been for the realization of the revolutionary causes that collectively the Organization Revolutionary Strangle was decided. It was a struggle for revolution and freedom.

Israel exhibition counter protest Scottish parliament

an account of the days events

Instruments of global domination:US spends billions on new global strike weapons

27-04-2010 12:36 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | World

The Obama administration is spending billions of dollars to develop new weapons systems, including powerful conventional warhead missiles capable of striking any target in the world within less than an hour.

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Free Shaker Aamer from Guantanamo Bay, London - Pictures.

25-04-2010 14:11 | Globalisation | Repression | Terror War | World

Campaigners gather outside Downing Street to bring attention to the case of Shaker Aamer, a detainee who is the last British citizen to remain in incarceration at the notorious US military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Audio: What way out of the economic and ecological crises?

Attached are recordings from a meeting organised to discuss and debate the origins of the global economic and ecological crises, and progressive policies to address them, which was held in Sheffield on 24th April 2010 and was organised by the Sheffield Workers Educational Association (WEA).

Iran’s ace weapon: Why the US won’t gamble on an Iranian war

23-04-2010 13:00 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | World

Given the crescendo of veiled and increasingly unveiled military threats by the US and Israel against Iran, one has to admire the Iranians for their coolness under extreme pressure. The latest despicable – and in some legal opinion, criminal – threat by the White House that it would use atomic weapons against nuclear-unarmed Iran in the event of a conflict has been dismissed by the authorities in Tehran, who say they remain determined to pursue their civilian nuclear energy programme.

International banking – a system ruled by stupidity and fraud

23-04-2010 11:51 | Globalisation | World

Goldman Sachs has been accused of fraud What is coming out of all this are the clever tricks of the trade, i.e. how to make money from money, without actually investing in the real economy, and in the process “advise” people on how to lose their money while making the likes of Goldman Sachs very rich... until it all crashes of course.

"No blood for opium": The Afgan War's hidden agenda is to protect the drug trade

22-04-2010 19:59 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | World

Afghanistan’s major product is opium and opium production has increased remarkably during the present war. The current NATO action around Marjah is clearly motivated by opium. It is reported to be Afghanistan’s main opium-producing area. Why then won’t people consider that the real agenda of the Afghan war has been control of the opium trade?

Relentless Global Drive: NATO On Six Continents In Seven Days

22-04-2010 12:21 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | World

Most of the world has reconciled and submitted itself to the domination of one global military superpower and its equally global military alliance with barely a murmur. An unparalleled political and moral capitulation.

Turbulence Mag: News from Cochabamba Climate Conference

19-04-2010 16:08 | Climate Chaos | Globalisation | Other Press | World

We're in Cochabamba, Bolivia, at the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, which began today and runs until April 22. We're there to launch the Spanish language edition of Turbulence and to participate in the event.

How the U.S. Education System Leads to our Global Imperialism

19-04-2010 01:18 | Climate Chaos | Education | Globalisation | World

I was a volunteer in the War on Terror and I come from a large family of teachers. A lot of people are trying to do something about our education system. This video is a blueprint of science education in America anyone can use to prove how our "education" system trains Americans to depend on imperialism.

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Billions and Billions. What a Gig!!

15-04-2010 13:15 | Globalisation | World

From 1995 to 2001 US government expenditures regarding intelligence contractors were roughly $20 billion a year. Following 9/11, in 2002, contracts rose to $32 billion. In 2003 they moved up again to $42 billion annually. Since then they have remained virtually the same regarding what's on the books publicly.

World Globalisation Newswire Archive

New colonialism: Pentagon carves Africa into military zones

Economic Slash and Burn: Greece’s Deadly Austerity Measures

Democracy Village, Parliament Square, London - Pictures.

US targeting Iranian nuclear program (by Latuff)

Iran and the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) conference

South Africa:

Mayday in Parliament Square, Peace Camp, London. - Pictures

Greece: a radical turn in the situation is being prepared

the arrested MAZIOTIS _ ROUPA _ GOURNAS take responsibility for the E.A.

Israel exhibition counter protest Scottish parliament

Instruments of global domination:US spends billions on new global strike weapons

Free Shaker Aamer from Guantanamo Bay, London - Pictures.

Audio: What way out of the economic and ecological crises?

Iran’s ace weapon: Why the US won’t gamble on an Iranian war

International banking – a system ruled by stupidity and fraud

"No blood for opium": The Afgan War's hidden agenda is to protect the drug trade

Relentless Global Drive: NATO On Six Continents In Seven Days

Turbulence Mag: News from Cochabamba Climate Conference

How the U.S. Education System Leads to our Global Imperialism

Billions and Billions. What a Gig!!

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