World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Make Humous Not War visits Bristol

03-09-2007 16:21 | Anti-militarism | Palestine | Social Struggles | World

bolt cutters, roadblocks and humous - check out the latest direct action films by Israeli anarchists and Palestinians resisting the occupation, get your latest diy patches and badges, and raise funds for the anarchist infoshop in Tel Aviv.

Iran-Iraq first economic seminar

02-09-2007 21:20 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Social Struggles | World

Iranian contractors will soon be seriously involved in Iraq's oil refinery projects as investors.

MMR and Freedom of Information

Anyone slightly interested in the ongoing MMR debate will find the revelations in these following links fron the ‘Freedom of Information Act Centre News’ extremely interesting:

Bristol No Borders upcoming events

no borders, no nations, stop deportations

Team Tibet - documentary film

“Team Tibet” is a short documentary film which follows a group of Tibetans living in exile in India, who want Tibet to be able to take part in the 2008 Olympics.

Filmed August 2007 in McLeod Ganj and Delhi, it asks: Why did they flee Tibet? What is the situation in Tibet under Chinese occupation? What are their hopes for the future of their country, people and cultures? And What about the 2008 games?

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Philippines: Widow to testify against CPP founder Joma Sison

Gloria “Joy” Jopson-Kintanar has blamed Sison for the murder of her husband, Romulo Kintanar, on Jan. 23, 2003. She and another widow, Veronica Tabara, filed complaints against Sison early last year that served as grounds for the arrest of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder in the Netherlands on Tuesday.

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Privatization Endangers Democracy

28-08-2007 12:38 | Social Struggles | World

Neoliberal hegemony or market radicalism is a danger for democracy because economic mechanisms replace politics. Neoliberals change the understanding of justice in society. The less generous the social benefits, the more powerful must be its security machine.

oaxaca comic book

26-08-2007 17:02 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

graphic interpretation of the events in oaxaca from an anti-authoritarian perspective, print it out and share it with your friends/or use it for your solidarity group!

Movimento Verde Eufémia mows first GM Field in South Portugal

26-08-2007 16:23 | Bio-technology | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

On the 17th of August the “Movimento Verde Eufémia” went into action of civil disobedience, targeting the first transgenic field in the Algarve GMO Free Zone in South Portugal. 65 mowers entered the field and were able to mow a hectare of GM corn in less than 20 minutes. The action received support from a parade of an extra 60 people.

Dr Andrew Wakefield, the MMR vaccine and toxic chemicals

Many parents of vaccine injured children - regardless of which biological mechanism was involved in their children's vaccine-associated regression into autism - support the pioneering work of Andrew Wakefield and his right to pursue his scientific investigation without being persecuted.

Philippine Democracy Under Arroyo’s Petty Tyranny

The rampant human rights violation under the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo government and her penchant for issuing policies that have curtailed the freedom of speech and assembly have been likened to the tyranny that reigned over our country during the time of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Black Block in Rostock

I wear black for the poor and beaten down…
And for the prisoner who has long since served his time
(Johnny Cash)

Norwegian Youth politicians detained in Western Sahara

21-08-2007 18:29 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Two Norwegian youth politicians, Andrea Gustavsson (on the left) and Kamilla Eidsvik (on the right), were detained on Monday in the city of El Aaiun, in Western Sahara. They were arrested after having witnessed police officers storming one of the after having witnessed police officers storming one of the neighboring houses to where they were staying in the city, the Norwegian press agency NTB reports.

Queer Pakistan - 'Less inhibited than West!'

20-08-2007 22:50 | Free Spaces | Gender | Social Struggles | World

As the socio-psychological concept of being queer in our times furbished another relinquish of anti-racist cacophony for persons in their count-ability to re stable life behavior!

SOCPA Meeting / Citizens Convention Bill

SOCPA Meeting / Citizens Convention Bill

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Petition In Support Of German § 129a Arestees

he following letter can be signed at:

http://www.policing-crowds.org/petition.html
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Iraq Trauma: "children grow up, people grow old"

17-08-2007 09:19 | Health | Iraq | Social Struggles | World

One doctor recalled "a more fearful incident, when three militiamen walked into the hospital and, unchallenged by the security guards, demanded one of his patients by name."