World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

6 dead in Nablus, 30 injured - Israelis kill 10 year old girl

In the early hours of this morning there was a major invasion in the centre of Nablus, not far from Al Najah university. Six people were killed, one of them a girl of ten years old. Around thirty were injured, nearly all of them children. At least two of the injured are still in critical condition.

The Vanunu Epilogue

Vanunu Not Yet a Free Man

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M&S Picket Attacked By Fascists

12-09-2004 15:44 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The weekly picket of Marks and Spencer in solidarity with Palestine has again been attacked by organised fascists. British and Israeli Zionists opportunistically used the anniversary of the 11th September tragedy to assault the democratic rights of anti-apartheid activists by "kicking" our peaceful protest "off the streets of Manchester". The racists, that include members of Israel's ruling Likud party as well as known British right-wing thugs, numbered more than seventy.

Mondays demonstration

11-09-2004 10:09 | Free Spaces | Social Struggles | London | World

At the end of the 1980's, the so called "monday protests" in Germany grew
and grew each week and led to the end of former GDR in 1990. Now the monday
protests are back. It began a little over a month ago in eastern germany: in
a couple of cities a few hundred people protested against the "HARTZ 4"
program and the "Agenda 2010" which are government plans that will have an
deep impact on workers and unemployed people. By Monday, August 23, over
100.000 people participatedand by Monday, September 6, protests were taking
place in over 200 cities in Germany, as well as solidarity rallies in Paris
and Vienna.

more than 30 000 petitioners detained in China

10-09-2004 08:43 | Globalisation | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The Human rights group "Human Rights in China (HRIC)" reports that an unknown number of petitioners, estimated around 36 000 - are removed from Bejing, held in (a) "detention camp"(s) and many brutally beaten and abused.
Many of the petitions are focusing on violation of labour rights, land rights, and other human rights issues. Many were urging the release of Ye Guozhu -- a leading activist who was recently arrested for applying to organise a 10,000-strong rally in Beijing. Other petition issues are also the forced eviction of parts of Bejing ahead of the Olympic Games.
"The right to petition is guaranteed in Chinas constitution, with no exceptions made for major events," says HRIC president.

HELL IN HEBRON

Human rights advocates on a recent fact finding mission found major problems in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Israel-Palestine: Appeal from Greek comrades for an international anarchist day

07-09-2004 14:44 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Israel-Palestine: Appeal from Greek comrades for an international anarchist day of action. Greece, Spain, Mexico, Peru, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brasil and Australia are already on the move!

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Social Security is Not for Sale

02-09-2004 14:19 | Social Struggles | World

The market is a tool effective after fundamental political questions are answered: What kind of society do we want? Are education, health care, housing, water and land public goods available to everyone or privileges?

Anti-Marine Quarrying action

01-09-2004 10:23 | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

On Friday the 27th of August, action was taken against Ready-Mix Concrete's Leeds Offeces as part of a fortnight of action against marine quarrying in the channel.

thoughts from a UK activist in New York

31-08-2004 17:52 | Anti-militarism | Indymedia | Social Struggles | World

It has been an extremely interesting week here in new york, I have never been at an event that has had such a consistent level of protests, actions, meetings and creative responses spread over more than a week. There have literally been thousands of people on the streets every day since friday protesting against the Bush agenda.

Dr. Gandhi in the Holy Land

Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, visited Israel and Palestine this past week.

Jaggi Singh Replies To New York Daily Lies & Smears

31-08-2004 09:52 | Social Struggles | World

Reply to New York City tabloid and police smears and lies

MONTREAL -- August 27, 2004

30 Hours are Enough

31-08-2004 02:21 | Social Struggles | World

Over 6 million jobs would be created in Germany if the 33 million dependent employees worked a fifth less. Over 100 billion Euro would be restored to state treasuries. The society is rich enough to afford wage adjustment. All that is needed is political will, not neoliberal indifference and mythology.

BOLIVIA: farmers occupy oilfield

29-08-2004 13:25 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Econoticiasbolivia.com (La Paz, 16th of august 2004) - In the early morning of 16th of august hundreds of farmers and communards of El Chore in the northeast of Bolivia occupied the facilities of the multinational company British Petroleum and paralyzed the oil production. The occupation of the oil field marks the beginning of a new wave of protests, which develop in the rural area of Bolivia: further actions are carried out in the south of the country, where the gas export to Argentina is threatened to get interrrupted, while marches to La Paz are prepared by landless farmers from different regions . after La Paz.

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getting ready for them at republican national convention in nyc

27-08-2004 23:50 | Globalisation | Repression | Social Struggles | World

agit prop video

Exxon/Mobil, the RNC & Widespread Nonviolent Militancy

Decentralized direct actions worldwide.

'NY-Lon' - Republican Nation Convention coverage

26-08-2004 09:42 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

The Republican National Committee has, for the first time in its 150 year history, selected New York for their Convention from August 29-September 2, 2004. In a shallow attempt at exploiting the lives lost at the World Trade Center, the RNC has pushed the Convention date to September. Having witnessed two unjust wars in the name of freedom and democracy (plus at least one American life lost each day overseas, a depressed economy, the collapse of the dollar, $87 billion to boost war profiteering, the closing of our firehouses, a health-care crisis, millions of children being left behind, and now this), Americans are gathering to say, ENOUGH!

Coca Cola & Colombia- ' Not Us Guv'.

25-08-2004 14:50 | Social Struggles | World

Reply from Coca Cola to recent emails to the company regarding the violence in Colombia.
Basically doing a whitewash of themesleves.

Workers Without Bosses: Solidarity With Argentina's Self-Managed Factories

25-08-2004 14:18 | Free Spaces | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

The workers of Brukman, one of about 200 self-managed factories in Argentina, need your help. Although they recovered their factory at the beginning of 2004 and are running it again, the factory has been damaged by police action, and many of the machines are not running at full capacity due to lack of spare parts and repair manuals.