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Spanish Conference on Africa; and Stop Murders by Police in New York

09-12-2007 02:52

Live interview with representatives from the European Foundation for North-South Cooperation which recently held a conference in Spain on the need for new relationships between Africa and the West. Also hear from organizers of the campaign to end police violence against African communities in New York City.

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The Corporate Takeover Of Iraqi Oil

07-12-2007 17:51

University of Liverpool School of Sociology & Social Policy Research Seminar Series 2007/08

Greg Muttitt and Ewa Jasiewicz PLATFORM

The Corporate Take-Over of Iraqi Oil

13th December 2007

Hearnshaw Lecture Theatre, Eleanor Rathbone Building, University of Liverpool
5.30pm

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Some informations about the Railway Strike in France

07-12-2007 14:05

Attacks on workers in France. A look at the recent railway workers strikes

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France: gas and electricity workers strike

07-12-2007 14:01

Workers for the state-owned gas and electricity companies (GDF and EDF) have begun a one-day strike after negotiations broke down on Tuesday.

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IWW Launches Second Phase of National Campaign

07-12-2007 11:58

IWW launches second phase of fight against blood service centralisation plans.

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G-Star on their knees

07-12-2007 10:24

Clean Clothes activists leaflet workers at G-star in Amsterdam
The Dutch jeans label G-Star has broken ties with the discredited Indian manufacturer Fibers and Fabrics International (FFI). The manufacturer is accused of violation of the labor laws. Human rights organizations who have been campaigning against G-Star respond that they are pleased.

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Belarusian Anarchists Visit Liverpool

06-12-2007 05:37

Two Belarusian comrades visited Next To Nowhere last night, to show an Indymedia video of the mass protests in Minsk last year, and to discuss how west European activism compares to that of the former eastern bloc.

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The postal workers dispute and the role of “left” groups in the CWU

05-12-2007 05:21

A ballot of postal workers over the deal negotiated between Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail recorded a 64 percent acceptance on a 64 percent turnout.

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An Injury to One - Film Night, 11th Decemebr

03-12-2007 21:05

An Injury to One is An Injury to All - a film about the iWW organising in Butte Montana in 1917.

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Appeal for International Support from Polish Anti-Coke Campaign

03-12-2007 12:41

Join Santa in boycotting Coca-Cola, his former employer, this Christmas!
International appeal for support: Polish Humanitarian Action should cease their Christmas campaign collaboration with Coca-Cola immediately.

For decades the Coca-Cola company has been embroiled in controversy for breaching the basic human rights of its workers and harming the environments in which it operates........

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Chavez Policy a Threat to US Imperialism.

02-12-2007 18:30

The Dollar has been the pillar of the USA´s financial Imperial age, and has enabled them to build the most powerful military force in history. This hugely powerful military machine has been steadily spread around the world promoting US financial domination for more than half a century. However, the Democratic Republic Of Venezuela has already had a significant impact on reversing the malign effects of the foreign policy of it and its allies, by promoting liberation from financial oppression.

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Argos strike - English scabs shipped in

02-12-2007 12:17

Audio Picket line
Argos workers in Ireland are on strike. An agreement with the union since 2000 has broken down and talks faltered. So in the run up to Christmas workers have left their tills. The management have taken to moving workers from England and Wales to help break the strike.

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Filipino Workers Vow to Continue the Struggle

01-12-2007 21:31

PHILIPPINES: Statements by the Workers Party (PM) & Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL)

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President Chavez Crossing the Rubicon

01-12-2007 20:43

The Social Justice-AntiWar Movement throughout Europe and N. America could learn a lot from the real revolutionaries throughout S. America, who, after decades of foreign exploitation, have not only rejected 'Globalisation' and proven this is possible, but taken the power away from the same people corrupting the countries responsible for S. America's sad past.

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Live African Revolutionary Radio

01-12-2007 19:13

Omali Yeshitela
On Omali Yeshitela Speaks this Sunday, 10:00 - 11:00 (10:00 a.m.- 11:00 a.m.) U.S. Eastern Time, UhuruRadio.com presents a speech by African People's Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela in Oakland, California on November 10, 1985 at an Uhuru House banquet to raise money for the case of Freddie Roberts. Roberts was a young African facing false charges for the murder of an Oakland cop.

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"A People Under Fire"

30-11-2007 17:29

Venezuela Bolivariana
VENEZUELA, whose people inherited from Bolívar ideas that transcended their time, now face an international dictatorship a thousand times more powerful than the Spanish colonial power and the newly-formed republic of the United States, which, via Monroe, proclaimed its right to the continent’s natural resources and the sweat of its people.

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The Citizenist Impasse: Contribution to a Critique of Citizenism

30-11-2007 16:03

"The Citizenist Impasse: Contribution to a Critique of Citizenism" is an essay, originally penned in French, that works toward criticizing the ideology of citizenism. Previously available only in French, Pygmalion Books in association with NOT BORED! is releasing the first English translation on November 30th, eighth anneversary of the Seattle WTO protests, in order to mark the work's critical perspective of that event insofar as it relates to citizenism.

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New Deal boot camps

28-11-2007 16:05

An in-depth undercover investigation into New Deal boot camps.

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Beating exploitation: No Sweat conference, Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 December

28-11-2007 15:47

The seventh annual No Sweat conference takes place this weekend in London.