UK Globalisation Newswire Archive
The "War on Terrorism" for oil: Folly of the imperial oil adventure
20-05-2010 09:35
The signs are unavoidable and clear: the Anglo-American empire has run out of time, and oil, and humanity itself has paid the steepest cost. From war and chaos, catastrophic financial meltdowns, or the mega-disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that could ultimately render all else moot, events are well beyond the empire’s ability to control or hide any of it.
Greece is under occupation...again! (by Latuff)
19-05-2010 15:57
Top Italian Policemen get up to five years for Genoa attacks
19-05-2010 13:14
Good news - the fascist police of Genoa, who attacked people in the Diaz School have finally received sentences! For those of us who where there or across the road, this is a very late but welcome verdict.... though none of those responsible face prison (surprise surprise).Athens, Bangkok, where next? Revolt now!
18-05-2010 20:13
from the mouth of a protestor in bangkok (allegedly):"People of higher class look down upon us even though we serve them," said the slingshot-wielding Sakhorn, who has spent the last four nights sleeping on the streets behind the tire barricades, without a shower or a change of clothes. "They think we are stupid because we are poor."
With a flourish, he pulled the slingshot and white pebbles from the pocket of his jeans, which are shredded at the left knee.
"This is all I have got, and the government calls me a terrorist!" he said. "I believe in negotiations if it done by our leaders. If not, we will keep fighting even if it takes years."
The UN - Still Relevant Even if Ineffective
18-05-2010 18:36
Our only international institution that even comes close to a project plan for salvation is the United Nations; it’s all we have. What the UN lacks is not relevance but effectiveness.
US War Plan: ... little Nuclear Munitions
16-05-2010 12:14
NATO In Afghanistan: World War In One Country
14-05-2010 17:05
It is also a testing range for new 21st century weapons and combat systems intended for future use around the world.
New BOMB EXPLOSION in GREEK Courts few minutes ago
14-05-2010 11:56
New explosion of bomb in the Greek Courts in Thessaloniki
http://garizo.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-explosion-of-bomb-in-greek-courts.html
Communist Discussion Group: Imperialism and the National Question
14-05-2010 11:45
Greece economic crisis and IMF, two cartoons (by Latuff)
13-05-2010 20:54
Monsanto Roundup Ready creating super weeds
13-05-2010 10:12
Roundup Ready is the herbicide used with Monsantos genetically modified Roundup soya beans. Weeds are now appearing that are resistant to the herbicide causing farmers to use other herbicides to combat this thus negating the benefits cited by proponents of GM crops.Mars And Other Pet Food Giants Have Become Fleshmongers
12-05-2010 17:03
Mars, maker of dairy and gelatin saturated candies, is heavily involvedin marketing animal flesh for pets. Recently the company refused
to let inspectors into its animal research facilities. A new such
facility is in Kansas City, Missouri in the US.
Whose evidence? Which citizens? (Final Version with Additions)
11-05-2010 08:47
Whose evidence? Which citizens?: A view on the votes for Israel’s inclusion in the OECD(Final version with important additions. Apologies for bombarding the wire!)
Greece: the transnational elite’s “one way street”
10-05-2010 19:14
The tragic events at the fire-bombed bank, during the recent huge demonstration in Athens against the savage measures imposed by the transnational elite (an “unholy alliance” of the IMF and the EU), constitute neither a “murder,” as it was hurriedly declared by the permanently and blatantly lying leader of the parliamentary Junta that governs Greece today (G. Papandreou), nor a “provocation,” as the traditional Left permanently characterizes any event that it does not control. It was part of a popular counter-violence, within the logic of which it is unthinkable that it would aim at the death of oppressed employees (who had apparently been given a “work or strike” ultimatum by their boss forcing them, as it was reported, to work in a building with no fire safety arrangements and behind locked doors). It was an (obviously irresponsible) act clearly directed against property. Such acts aiming at the property of fundamental capitalist “symbolic institutions,” like a Bank, are far from rare in today’s insurrections at global level, constituting spontaneous popular counter-violence against the systemic (economic and physical) violence.Delving into South Africa’s Plan for Electricity
10-05-2010 10:58
Ill-considered, Rushed and Presumptuous? Delving into South Africa’s National Integrated Resource Plan for ElectricityThe Kurdish Teacher trade unionists and 4 other activist been executed by Isalmi
09-05-2010 18:20
Despite campaign and efforts by International Trade Union Confederation and other progressive groups which were published here http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/01/445047.html Islamic regime showed its brutality against humanity and complete lack of respect for international obligations.
IAEA director Yukiya Amano oversteps his bounds
09-05-2010 11:23
It remains to be seen whether Amano can restore consensus to the IAEA Board and building trust particularly of the majority of its members who represent the developing countries. However, his perfomance with respect to Iran thus far does not bode well.
End the War in Afghanistan, Downing Street, London - Pictures
08-05-2010 17:46
New colonialism: Pentagon carves Africa into military zones
07-05-2010 19:42
As the first overseas regional military command set up by Washington in this century, the first since the end of the Cold War, and the first in 25 years, the activation of AFRICOM emphasizes the geostrategic importance of Africa in U.S. international military, political and economic planning.