World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Greece: About the state barbarism against the student movement on the 27/06

12-07-2006 16:41 | Education | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Announcement of the students of the Antiauthoritarian Movement about the mobilisation of the 27th of July against the Education Ministers Summit in Athens.

Starbucks thanks

12-07-2006 12:48 | Social Struggles | World

A Thank you To All Starbucks Customers
Written by Howard Schultz
Maybe

Australia installs its man in East Timor: Jose Ramos-Horta

12-07-2006 10:54 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer greeted Ramos-Horta’s inauguration with the announcement that Canberra could now consider pulling out some of the Australian-led military force of 2,500 soldiers—in other words, mission accomplished. The concern of the Howard government has never been for the welfare of the East Timorese people. Rather the political instability, which has been deliberately fanned by the Australian media and which created 150,000 refugees, was only ever a pretext for masking the real objective: regime change in Dili.

Make Bono History!

12-07-2006 09:07 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Ageing rock star Bono has shown his true colours by backing a video game which depicts an invasion of Venezuela. Multi-millionaire Bono is taking a break from his tireless work to end global poverty by promoting multi-national companies and making a bit of much needed cash for himself.

South Africa/world cup/prisons

12-07-2006 06:01 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Public utilities, including even our water, have been sold to foreign corporations who have teamed up with the new black elite as required by government "empowerment" policies. Cost reduction‚ measures have destroyed many jobs and the insensitive cost-recovery‚ policies, which advocate for service termination for those too poor to afford increased tariffs, have seen millions go without the most basic of necessities.

Strike at the BBC?

11-07-2006 16:46 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

It was revealed last week that director-general Mark Thompson saw his pay packet rise by £160,000, from £459,000 to £619,000. Adding insult to injury is the executive board's greed in swallowing inflated pay rises of between 10 and 30 per cent. BECTU members will vote for industrial action."

Lawyers question juvenile detention centre laws

11-07-2006 03:27 | Health | Repression | Social Struggles | World

"Really if a young person has the capacity to make a decision about medical treatment, then they shouldn't be treated without their consent simply because they're in a juvenile detention centre."

'Beat crime by targeting poverty'

11-07-2006 00:04 | Analysis | Culture | Social Struggles | World

And pursuing a hopeless quest to drive up the conviction rate had sent the Government up a "policy cul-de-sac", it argued. The study concluded: "The Government's flawed analysis has masked the true scale of criminal justice failure."

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BRITISH RED CROSS FRAUD IN EARTHQUAKE AREAS

10-07-2006 15:52 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Can anyone provide any information on the article appearing in the Asian Today newspaper in the Midlands regarding the fraud by British Red Cross in providing assistance in the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005.

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Liar V Liar, War Criminal V War Criminal

10-07-2006 10:29 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Because dictators don't stop dictating do they? Not unless someone has to call the undertaker or the humanity police send them off to the Hague for their war crimes.

WOT: Eight Theses on the Destiny of the Concept of Workers' Rule

10-07-2006 06:46 | Indymedia | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

These eight theses are the first installment of
"Seventeen Theses on the Destiny of the Revolution
in Communications and the Concept of Workers' Rule".
... brought to you by the "Weapon of Transparency" channel.

Alcohol harder on teen brains than thought

09-07-2006 22:46 | Analysis | Health | Social Struggles | World

He said in an interview that he had no way of knowing exactly how drinking affected his overall brain function. But on one point, he is clear.

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Government sues individual workers over

08-07-2006 11:05 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

This week saw the Governments attacks on Unions reach a new low when the Government sued more than 100 workers for taking "illegal strike action". The workers face up to $28,000 in fines.

SHOCK FOR EDINBURGH METRO READERS

07-07-2006 19:20 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Passengers reading the Metro on Edinburgh's buses this week got a real shock - the paper contained something worth reading in. A leaflet entitled "The Carnival is not over" mysteriously appeared in over a thousand copies of the Metro "newspaper" which is distributed free on Lothian Region buses.

Issued on the anniversary of the anti G8 Carnival for Full Enjoyment, the leaflet encouraged citizens to resist injustice : "Together we have the power to disrupt the daily grind of the institutions that plunge us into overwork, poverty and debt."

London Bombers: Secret services had arrested them earlier and knew them.

''The members of the network that carried out last week's attacks in London had been arrested earlier last year, and were and are known to British authorities." said French minister of Interior, the head of the secret services and police, Nicholas Sarkozy in Brussels. Clarke, the UK Home Secretary, went mad.

OutRage!:Reggae hatesongs-The Truce is Over.

Following the news that some of the Jamaican anti-gay reggae singers have re-started to sing their hate songs, UK concerts have been cancelled and the former 'Truce' has been cancelled. Stop Murder Music campaign to re-start..

International Protest Day calls for the end of Guantánamo Bay

International Protest Day calls for the end of Guantánamo Bay

Palestine Today

06-07-2006 17:12 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | World

Palestine Today a service of the International Middle East Media centre, www.imemc.org for Thursday July 6th, 2006

The army offensive continues with 17 Palestinians and One Israeli soldier killed in Israeli invasion to Gaza meanwhile army invades Al Nabi Elias and Azon villages east of Qalqilia and arrests several residents, also eight residents arrested from Atil village near Tulkarem

These stories and more coming up…stay tuned.

In the Stagnation trap: Capitalist Development

06-07-2006 17:10 | Social Struggles | World

Demands for a different distribution and redistribution, economic democracy and social regulation opposing market radicalism must be in the foreground. Crisis and opportunity are represented by the same Chinese letter. Repressing crisis and blind spots is the path of least resistance.