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Pre-emptive Peace Strike: "Don't Attack Iran" (on Saturday 27th October)

Regular grass roots meetings for support and communication, working towards collective international 'peace strikes' in the event of military attacks on Iran.

Demand release of Aotearoa/NZ Political Prisoners

17 political activists in Aotearoa/New Zealand are being held in jail and threatened with charges of terrorism. What they have in common is supporting tino rangatiratanga, Maori claims to self-determination. These arrests are political (new tougher terrorism laws are coming up for debate in parliament) and aimed at creating a climate of fear. Therefore we see these arrests as state terrorism and demand the immediate release of the prisoners. This event is in support of a global day of action called by supporters of the prisoners.

Saudi embassy demo report: over 7000 lashes'sentence' for gay men.

Demo outside Saudi Arabian Embassy Oct 22. led by Peter Tatchell/NUS students etc - report and pics.

Crassrail jobs! spin will CURSE East End, mis-led by MP Jim F Patrick -1

23-10-2007 13:15 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | London | World

BBC TV’s ‘Politics Show’ on Sunday 21 October 2007.

BBC London presenter Tim Donavan’s introduction stated that “London has the most entrenched problem of unemployment and poverty…..”

Capitalisms Biggest success story "THE MAFIA"

23-10-2007 10:55 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

If anyone had any doubt about the mafia being the number one success story for (democratic) Capitalism an article published today in most Italian newspapers should put you straight on that one. Italy was founded by freemasons and run by the mafia from the off but now the mafia have recently become "ligit" business men or rather more accurately they have totally corrupted the entire politcal process and are therefore totally exempt from all controls.

Dalai Lama pawn in Bush's oil wars?

21-10-2007 22:33 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

We've already had to warn the heroic Buddhist dissidents of Burma and colonized Uighur people of China's far west against allowing themselves to be exploited as propaganda fodder by the Bush White House. Now it seems we have to warn the Dalai Lama—whose official website boasts the text of his Oct. 17 Capitol Hill acceptance speech upon being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

European Housing action round-up 2007

20-10-2007 19:45 | Free Spaces | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The fight for the Enforceable Right to Housing in the midst
of Property Speculation

Campaigning for Housing and Land Rights in Europe.

www.reclaiming-spaces.org

It seems when "free-market" is adapted to the places where people
live, love, raise their children and their vegetables, THE LAND, from a
pure financial asset is becoming a poisoned asset; "Poisoned" in
fact by the voices and souls of people fighting for their dignity, for
their right to live in peace in the place where their families died rather
than become subject (physical and economical) of Stock Market brokers
in their Private Equity business.

Guantánamo’s ghosts and the shame of Diego Garcia

A parliamentary committee is to investigate claims that the British colony - shamefully cleared of its native population to make way for a US base - has been used to hold "ghost prisoners" in the "War on Terror."

Berlin solidarity demo for NZ arrestees.

19-10-2007 18:19 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

German solidarity demo was held outside NZ embassy, in commercial district of Berlin in support of NZ arrestees.

Will P Hain practise the morality to end poverty

19-10-2007 08:26 | Analysis | Social Struggles | London | World

The BBC has reported Peter Hain as saying on the BBC1 Question Time programme, "I think the people that paid their money in on the basis of what they believed was the case and found their money was being smuggled away and robbed from them - that's very serious indeed."

5,000 demonstrate against nuclear waste dumping in north Germany

17-10-2007 02:40 | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

In north Germany more than 5,000 people (police say 2,000) took part on Saturday 13 October in a demonstration against a planned final nuclear dump in the former Schacht KONRAD iron ore mine in Salzgitter.

The demo was called by an action coalition of environment groups, trade unions and initiatives.

Myanmar's “Saffron Revolution”: The Geopolitics behind the Protest Movement

16-10-2007 19:13 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Burma’s “Saffron Revolution,” like the Ukraine “Orange Revolution” or the Georgia “Rose Revolution” and the various Color Revolutions instigated in recent years against strategic states surrounding Russia, is a well-orchestrated exercise in Washington-run regime change, down to the details of “hit-and-run” protests with “swarming” mobs of Buddhists in saffron, internet blogs, mobile SMS links between protest groups, well-organized protest cells which disperse and reform. CNN made the blunder during a September broadcast of mentioning the active presence of the NED behind the protests in Myanmar.

Crassrail is already discredited- so here come jobs! spin by Crassrail Ken!

16-10-2007 12:03 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | London | World

'Undone mayor' Ken Egostone is risking being exposed as a serial fabricator at the expense of same of the key communities whom he first disenfranchised over 20 years ago when he abused the GLC funding programmes to bribe strategically -and contemptuously racistly selected and placed ethnic surrogates who sacrificed the long term economic, social and human rights of entire communities in return for the corrupting cash that the egotist Livingstone doled out to these colluders... Today Livingstone is embarked on a massive lying project to ensure he gets re-elected in May 2008 as the 'undone mayor'

Burma activists 'lock on' to Total

16-10-2007 10:43 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Three direct activists have today shut down a busy Total filling station in solidarity with the people of Burma's nonviolent struggle for democracy.
Under a banner saying “May all beings be happy – Free Burma ” the activists have locked themselves together and begun to meditate, locking together the hoses, turning off the power and blocking the entrance to the premises in London's Marylebone Road.

TOPOFF: Interview Schedule (w/ Urgent Update)

15-10-2007 20:49 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

Captain May Interview Schedule

The Portland nuclear exercises have begun today, Monday, October 15, and they will last all week. I will be giving regular updates via broadcast and Internet radio on the scenario and any updates. I have two scheduled interviews for today, and one on Thursday, October 18. I give all times in Pacific Standard Time, as the exercises are of most interest to people in that zone:

"Drum Them Out!" The NSA Menwith Hill demo, 13 Oct.

Britain has declared that spybase NSA Menwith Hill can be used as part of the American Missile Defense system. "Drum Them Out!" - was the recent demonstration to protest this and indeed the whole system of American bases in the UK and their total lack of accountability.

David Graeber: The Shock of Victory

15-10-2007 12:25 | Analysis | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

The biggest problem facing direct action movements is that we don’t know how to handle victory.

This might seem an odd thing to say because of a lot of us haven’t been feeling particularly victorious of late. Most anarchists today feel the global justice movement was kind of a blip: inspiring, certainly, while it lasted, but not a movement that succeeded either in putting down lasting organizational roots or transforming the contours of power in the world. The anti-war movement was even more frustrating, since anarchists and anarchist tactics were largely marginalized. The war will end, of course, but that’s just because wars always do. No one is feeling they contributed much to it.

EcoSocialist Meeting Report

14-10-2007 20:29 | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

More than 60 activists from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States belonging to various political parties and ecological movements took part in this meeting.

Social Economies and Political Conflicts

13-10-2007 16:42 | Social Struggles | World

Most of our serious social, ecological and economic problems can only be solved bottom-up with the insight and will of concerned citizens. The challenge consists in the radical democratization of the economy. Resistance and mobilization against the policies of neoliberalism are essential. Otherwise we only put the cart before the horse and bridle the horse by the tail.

Interpol APB proves police agencies can now unscramble digitally blurred images

13-10-2007 07:34 | Repression | Social Struggles | Technology | World

Digitally blurred images from protests or other actions which can incriminate people involved are not safe to post publicly. Police now can unscramble the encryption behind this security device.

World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Pre-emptive Peace Strike: "Don't Attack Iran" (on Saturday 27th October)

Demand release of Aotearoa/NZ Political Prisoners

Saudi embassy demo report: over 7000 lashes'sentence' for gay men.

Crassrail jobs! spin will CURSE East End, mis-led by MP Jim F Patrick -1

Capitalisms Biggest success story "THE MAFIA"

Dalai Lama pawn in Bush's oil wars?

European Housing action round-up 2007

Guantánamo’s ghosts and the shame of Diego Garcia

Berlin solidarity demo for NZ arrestees.

Will P Hain practise the morality to end poverty

5,000 demonstrate against nuclear waste dumping in north Germany

Myanmar's “Saffron Revolution”: The Geopolitics behind the Protest Movement

Crassrail is already discredited- so here come jobs! spin by Crassrail Ken!

Burma activists 'lock on' to Total

TOPOFF: Interview Schedule (w/ Urgent Update)

"Drum Them Out!" The NSA Menwith Hill demo, 13 Oct.

David Graeber: The Shock of Victory

EcoSocialist Meeting Report

Social Economies and Political Conflicts

Interpol APB proves police agencies can now unscramble digitally blurred images

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