World Repression Newswire Archive

Boycott Starbucks!

Starbucks are about to open in Egypt - they already have nearly 10,000 branches around the world and as they themselves put it every cup of coffee helps `the close alliance between the United States and Israel`.

B&K National March & Rally

19-08-2006 23:10 | Animal Liberation | Repression | World

Over 200 people from across the UK gather in Hull with one single aim - to close down B&K Universal!

The Cachan Thousand Being Evicted

19-08-2006 15:44 | Free Spaces | Migration | Repression | World

A big operation has begun to evict up to 1,000 immigrants, who have been occupying a former student hostel in Cachan, on the outskirts of Paris, for over 5 years. The block, which is mainly occupied by undocumented immigrants and homeless people, is one of the biggest squats in Europe.

Poem for Lebanon

19-08-2006 10:57 | Lebanon War 2006 | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

This is a poem by Raja Chemayel

Scan Dot Org - 'Nimbin bites back' part 1

19-08-2006 05:49 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

Live re-enactment of the 1976 'cattle truck bust' length: 29 mins. 128 kb/s stereo 27 MB

Lodhi lawyer welcomes Thomas appeal win

18-08-2006 22:52 | Health | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Perhaps the abc should get another Walkley award?????????????????????

Judge quashes Thomas conviction

18-08-2006 07:34 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

This is fantastic news. Congratulations to Jack and the Thomas family! It is a vindication of everyone prepared to fight for basic rights -- and makes the bus trip all the more important. We're in the process of putting a press release out. Good news for a change!

Warmongers Want Medals? Prime Sinister wants to give out Medals?

18-08-2006 00:15 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

It appears that Labor is promoting it but sinister hoWARd is behind the illusion and this is so Lib/Lab can sustain the promotion of war, WAR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, tyranny and terrorism as a good thing.

Khatami and Torture

18-08-2006 00:03 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Repression | World

This image was published recently on a Kurdish site. I did a quick Google search and found it again on an Iranian blog. The victim is allegedly Kurdish, and the official visitor is allegedly Mohammad Khatami, the former Iranian president.

Court hears fishing expedition letter 'referred to sacrifices to a cause'

17-08-2006 22:26 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The letter reads: "My love, How I miss you already? What would I ever do if we were separated for more than a day? Inshallah I will never find out. May the only cause for our separation be the cause of Allah. And may he grant me paradise alongside you as queen of your Hoor." [kiss, kiss, kiss, hug]

Bradford IWWs Defend Fired Starbucks Union Organizer

17-08-2006 19:35 | Globalisation | Repression | Workers' Movements | World

IWW Bradford in northern England leafletted two Starbucks stores on 12 August in support of union organizer Daniel Gross, who was the latest IWW fired in New York the Saturday before. The Starbucks Union has called for a boycott of Starbucks until all four organizers fired are re-hired.

Australian government to deploy 150 extra troops to Afghanistan

17-08-2006 03:45 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

In a TV interview on the Nine Network, Defence Minister Brendan Nelson recently revealed: “The prime minister, in his long term vision for Australia and the Australian Defence Force, has indicated to me that he thinks it important that we consider the possibility and the options for increasing the size of our defence force, and in particularly the army. Over the next few months I’ll be working through those ideas.”

The US media and the London terror scare

16-08-2006 09:11 | Repression | Terror War | London | World

Since August 10, when British authorities arrested two dozen individuals in connection with an alleged plot to blow up a number of airplanes over the Atlantic Ocean, the American mass media has worked ceaselessly to create a climate of fear.
For the first several days after the news of the alleged plot broke, American news programs were virtually unwatchable. The lurid logos and wild, unsubstantiated allegations made a mockery of claims that the networks and cable channels are in the business of “news-gathering.”

Tragedy for Aboriginal Land Rights - Senate approves paternal bill

16-08-2006 06:46 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

August 16, 2006: "This will be marked as a tragic day for land rights in Australia," said Senator Rachel Siewert today. Despite strong criticism the laws are "paternalistic and strip Aboriginal Australians of their property rights." Amendments to Northern Territory Land Rights Act passed through the Senate today. The changes scrap the NT's 30-year-old scheme of communal land ownership under land council administration...

61 schoolgirls killed, 129 wounded in airstrike

16-08-2006 02:07 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

They condemned the “deliberate, cold-blooded and inhumane” targeting of the schoolgirls compound by the daylight air raid.

Christians United for Israel: New Christian Zionism Lobby Hopes to Rival AIPAC

15-08-2006 21:56 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

We take a look at a new recently established group called Christians United for Israel - an evangelical organization that believes supporting expansionist policies of the Israeli government is: "a biblical imperative." We speak with investigative journalist Max Blumenthal who reports they lobbied the Bush administration to adopt a confrontational posture toward Iran, refuse aid to the Palestinians and give Israel a free hand in its attack on Lebanon.

Olbermann Exposes Nexus Of Politics And Terror

15-08-2006 16:37 | Repression | Terror War | World

The Plant will, of course, insult the source of this article, but he won't be able to address the ultimate source of the claims, nor argue the validity of his observations.

G-Had In the UK

I’m strapped up ’cross my chest, bomb belt attached
Deeply satisfied with the plan I hatched
Electrodes connected to a gas cooker lighter

Aki Nawaz from Fun-Da-Mental talks Angela Saini about the All is War (The Benefits of G-Had) album....

Hicks, Guantanamo and the Howard Government

15-08-2006 12:19 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

David Hicks, good, bad or just plain stupid remains an Australian son. Democratic nations have a responsibility to protect their citizens in times of need; a number of democratic nations have already successfully repatriated their citizens from the illegal torture centre of Guantanamo Bay; however, after a period of four years the Howard government has been unable or unwilling to effect the repatriation of David Hicks. If a truly strong case against Hicks existed it surely would have been prosecuted to the full advantage of the terrorist scare campaign that Bush constantly wages on the American people. The fact that the USA is loath to give Hicks a fair and open trial, and in view of the obvious manipulative tactics utilised by corrupt U.S. ‘legal’ officers to delay proceedings, it would appear that the grounds upon which the U.S. military have based their ‘case’ are extremely flimsy and/or could attract litigation for illegal detention, torture and human rights abuses!