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London Boris Johnson PR front Evening Standard has been blocking comments

10-06-2014 15:42

Today's the day when Sarah Sands, the unofficial Boris Johnson Special Adviser and sometime Editor of Two-Beards' Evening Standard is sharing the global Civilisation platform thanks top Angelina Jolie. The ES has got Jolie all over the paper's prints today. In the Editorial, Sarah Sands reiterates her Conservative and Boris Johnson dedications. But comments on the pieces are barred. From a number of London campaigners.

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A Tribute to Filipino Labor Leader Romy Castillo

10-06-2014 12:10

Romy Castillo
Who was labor leader Romy Castillo to this young activist?

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Anarchism against alcoholism

03-06-2014 13:56

Against all form of slavery!!! For total liberation! For Anarchy!!!

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Sanctions protest in Stanley County Durham

02-06-2014 18:57

Tuesday 3rd of June is going to see another protest by Durham Unite Community - this time an anti Sanctions protest to spread information about the horrendous regime enforced by the DWP, in Stanley, County Durham. 1030-1230. Stanley Job Centre, 2 Front Street, Stanley, Co. Durham, DH9 0LT

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Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign Mass Picnic and Festival

02-06-2014 16:36

Mass picnic and festival at Orgreave on 14 June 2014.

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Hindu Supremacism – A Spent Force of Casino Capitalism

30-05-2014 17:42

When some commentators termed the numerical outcome of the recent Indian election historical, it reminded a bit of the pompous theatrics of North American democracy: There, every election is of “historical” dimension until the next item in the news cycle kicks in. But one can find a grain of truth in the comparison: Like for the current Unitedstates president, Modi´s biggest achievement is not being his predecessor. And with India having tasted gold austerity and women´s liberation, it is an easy temptation for any empty agitator to keep his loyalists happy with frog-marching “bitter clingers” through the global village until the rest of the world has better things to do with its time, such as it is an obvious clue that this very tactic has arrived at a dead end in Unitedstates where the phoney klan blamefest is over and any appearance of charisma finally spent. The farce set to follow the tragedy would be futile from its very outset. But in a deeper sense, the Indian election rather resembles an European pattern: The “winning candidate” is only the second choice, the religious conservative could take the ballot because the openly fascist “first choice winner” was spoiled out of it, in this case though not by splitting the vote along some virtual fault line but by material force of armed insurgency (see May 29, 2013). The place of the assassinated “Salva Judum” leader was taken by a replacement mirroring the same hierarchy in the state religion. Instead of an organiser of genocide came an apologist of genocide. As history knows when the automatic spy planes of imperialism saw that tactic, the first thing they did was to copy it, targeting their guns along succession speculations. The only remarkable thing about the predicted outcome of the Indian election is that the Naxal decided it a year ago.

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UG#683 - The Standardization of Mind & Body (DSM-5, Disabilities & Fruit Trees)

29-05-2014 15:07

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Last time we looked at how mass communication technologies were shaped into the propaganda tool that big media is today. This time, a look at how the medical profession has responded to similar systemic pressures, gradually refining technologies and public expectations about physical and mental health so as to buttress the status quo. After Jess Martin's talk on 'disability' we hear Gary Greenberg on the DSM-5. We conclude with an alternative perspective from Tony Wright - that modern society, far from being a healthy norm from which any deviation is suspect, is itself a deeply dysfunctional result of millennia long changes in human brain biochemistry.

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Democracy and socialism

28-05-2014 12:18

Democracy is the most popular word in the vocabulary of politics but also the most brazenly abused.

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Asia-Pacific Left activists say 'No to another coup in Thailand!'

23-05-2014 09:42

May 23, 2014 - We, the undersigned organisations, strongly condemn the latest coup d’état staged by Thai military under the leadership of Prayuth Chan-ocha.

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IT SHOULD HURT TO BE A CHILD ?

23-05-2014 07:27

IT SHOULD HURT TO BE A CHILD ?

Please Share and comment on the article the more evidence the better.

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THEIR CLASS WAR AND OURS: Ideas for Freedom 2014

20-05-2014 13:32

A weekend of socialist discussion and debate hosted by Workers' Liberty
3-6 July. 5 and 6 July will take place at University of London Union, Malet Street, WC1E 7HY

 http://www.workersliberty.org/ideas
 http://www.facebook.com/events/489211487873543

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Sydney : 3 Luxury Cars Torched By FAI/IRF (Australia)

19-05-2014 10:36

corporate press photo of on the torched vehicles
The Anarcho Wildlings Cell of the Informal Anarchist Federation / International Revolutionary Front have claimed responsibility for torching 3 luxury vehicles in the posh Sydney suburb of Woolahra.

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26 May - 1 June: Newport Rising: Come & prepare for NATO Summit in Sept

19-05-2014 08:05

From the 26th May to the 1st June 2014 Anarchist Action Network is holding a week of Anarchist events dubbed the Anarchist Travelling Circus in Newport, South Wales. The week will include, workshops, discussions and skillshares and more. We hope that these events will address some of the issues which most people are facing right now from problems with housing, to welfare cuts and the government austerity agenda, as well as increased poverty, environmental destruction, police repression, racism and the racist border system.

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Melbourne : Historic Colonial Buildings Torched (Australia)

18-05-2014 14:04

International Revolutionary Front (IRF) cell claim responsibility for arson attack in Melbourne, Australia.

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An Attack on the Zapatistas is an Attack on us all: A Call to Action in Support

17-05-2014 10:59

A CALL TO ACTION IN SUPPORT OF THE ZAPATISTAS
Justice for Galeano; Stop the war against the Zapatista communities
Week of action: May 18th-24th