World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Drop the charges against L/C Joe Glenton. MOD, London - Pictures

04-03-2010 19:54 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

The day before Lance Corporal Joe Glenton of the Royal Logistic Corp appears before a military court to be sentenced for speaking out against the legitimacy of the continuing occupation of Afghanistan...

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Shepway gives Lydd airport the go ahead- shame!

Shepway District Council (Folkestone) gave tiny Lydd airport the go ahead for expansion plans after a 7 hour meeting last night.

GREECE NEWS

04-03-2010 12:05 | Globalisation | Repression | Social Struggles | World

updates from greece 3rd & 4th of march
mentioned song is from En Plo (the sea) and you may find here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFjnFFD8gB8&feature=related
whole album at pirate-industry
as it is free give some dimes your local ABC

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Behind the "war on terror": Cynthia McKinney talk in London - Monday March 8

03-03-2010 21:18 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Cynthia McKinney will be speaking in London on March 8.

Cynthia had been a member of the US House of Representatives for 12 years and now a global campaigner for many human rights causes, including Palestine. She was targeted for removal from the US Congress after asking what the White House knew about 9/11 and when they knew it.

Gr. Updates: 2nd March

Changes on the Social Insurance System ..?

We come to talk about it...!

California Rioters Battle Police at UC Berkeley

02-03-2010 21:10 | Social Struggles | World

A crowd of people swarmed the streets of Southside early Friday morning in a riot involving seven law enforcement agencies, runaway dumpsters, flaming trash cans, shattered windows and violent clashes between rioters and police.

Stop the Executions: London picket 4th March

02-03-2010 15:52 | Health | Repression | Social Struggles | World

MALAYSIA is to be the target of international protests at the Malaysian government’s mandatory death penalty policy for drug trafficking on Thursday March 4th.

Gr. Updates: 28, Feb, 1. March

-Against "new" measures: unionists clash with cops

-Fisher-Strike on Chalkidiki the 6th week: boat-owners attack their unpaid slaves

-Occupied Aristoteles University electricity cut off ends after mobilization
more actions: Zakynthos, Volos, Chania(kriti)

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Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees, February 2010

02-03-2010 09:17 | Migration | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Four actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and two improved in February 2010, according to the new issue of CrisisWatch.

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USA: The Plot to Kill Social Security

01-03-2010 14:48 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

In Washington each new day brings a fresh call to "reform entitlement programs" — Social Security, Medicare, etc., (in Congress, the word "reform" now means to eliminate, or drastically reduce). Tackling Social Security has been on the to-do list of the corporate elite for years, and they're not waiting any longer.

Defend the Yarl's Wood Five - Release them from Prison Today!

01-03-2010 07:30 | Migration | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

None of the women have been charged with any offences or were in any way involved in any actions at Yarl's Wood that were other than peaceful. UK citizens cannot be remanded to prison, except they have been brought before a judge and the judge orders it so. Denise, Aminata, Sheree, Shellyann, and Gladys, have not and will not be brought before a judge, they have been remanded to prison on the whim of Phil Woolas MP, Minister of State for Borders and Immigration.

Gr. Updates: 25, 26., 27. Feb 2010

28-02-2010 17:20 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Continues updates from Greece since december 2009

pl copy paste round the world

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UKCMRI [Camden Bio Lab] Community & Residents Consultations in March 2010

There are plans to build what is describes as a high level [3] biocontainment facility and animal testing lab in Camden on a council houses estate, alongside St Pancras International behind the British Library. The Evening Standard has said that MI5 have opposed the plans and the lab is opposed locally by councillors, businesses, residents and MPs. There will be community meetings in March.

Protest outside UK Border Agency offices in Cardiff

27-02-2010 22:41 | Anti-racism | Migration | Social Struggles | World

Friday’s protest outside the UK Border Agency in Cardiff was the largest one to date with over 200 people, mostly refugees. Read full report here:

http://noborderswales.org.uk/2010/02/27/mass-protest-outside-ukba-the-first-of-many/

Listen to the heroes of Israel

26-02-2010 19:46 | Palestine | Repression | Social Struggles | World

In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger reminds us of the struggle by an extraordinary few in Israel against the repression and lawlessness of the occupation of Palestine. They are the inspiration to break the loud silence in the Jewish diaspora.

Glaxo Child Killers to open labs in Stevenage Science Park

Glaxo Smith Kline have been caught experimenting on Black and Hispanic children in the U.S.A. Pfizer were caught experimenting on children in Nigeria, Africa. This has gone alarmingly unpublicised. For years people have campaigned to stop animal experimentation while these Nazi crimes against children have gone relatively unchallenged. Clusters of new labs are being built in the UK. The question is are they experimenting on orphans etc here in the UK behind closed doors?

Lydd Air exansion- what YOU can do before council decision- 3/3

Below is some further info for those mainly OUTSIDE the Shepway District area. (Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh) against the expansion plans of tiny Lydd Airport of Romney Marsh

International day against Austrian repression & solidarity with prisoners

25-02-2010 00:00 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

March 2nd, actions are planned across the world. We call on all of you to organise as many actions as possible in front of Austrian embassies, consulates or other diplomatic missions. Additionally, demonstrations are to take place in Vienna on February 27 and in Wiener Neustadt on the day of the trials opening hearing on March 2nd.

Understanding the Nature of the Global Economic Crisis

24-02-2010 17:43 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

"The sovereign debt crises that have been unfolding in the past couple years and more recently in Greece, are canaries in the coal mine for the rest of Western “civilization.” The crisis threatens to spread to Spain, Portugal and Ireland; like dominoes, one country after another will collapse into a debt and currency crisis, all the way to America."

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UK: 'Fast Track' Asylum System Fails Women

24-02-2010 06:54 | Migration | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

The 'detained fast track' system doesn't meet even the basic standards of fairness. It is simply not equipped to handle rape, slavery, the threat of 'honor killings,' or other complex claims, and yet such cases are handed to it regularly." Gauri van Gulik, women's rights researcher at Human Rights Watch

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