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Six Questions about The War

09-10-2001 17:28

Six Questions about the War as answered by Government and Media sources. They are: (1)Is there a link between U.S. Involvement overseas and attacks on American targets (2) what is the corporate interest in the Middle East (3) What is the corporate interest in Central Asia (4) Will military action foil the "terrorist threat" (5) Is the is a "war against Terrorism" (6)Who are NATO's allies the Northern Alliance

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EU-wide student- and pupilstrike newsletter number 2

09-10-2001 15:57

EU-wide student- and pupilstrike newsletter number 2
At the beginning of August we called for an EU-wide pupil- and studentstrike between December the 10th and December the 14th. Here is newsletter number 2 with updates about the international mobilisation for the strike.

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The Challenge for the Anti-War Movement

09-10-2001 15:14

The Anti-War Movement's Challenge
Geov Parrish, Seattle Weekly
October 8, 2001
 http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11669

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UK Media coverage of protests 9th october 2001

09-10-2001 14:59

Some of the media coverage given to anti-war / peace protests - please add any others you've seen.

(so far bbc and evening standard only seem to mention london protests in passing)

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Sheffield Peace Vigil

09-10-2001 14:19

Peace Vigil every Friday on the steps of Sheffield Town Hall, 4.30 - 5.30pm or later.

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York Against the War

09-10-2001 13:41

very brief report on anti-war campaign in (old) York

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1984?

09-10-2001 12:55

Has Bush been looking to Orwell for inspiration?

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3 anarchist framed in Spain! charged with bombs after C. guilliani's murder

09-10-2001 12:36


For the first time, we can read in the spanish OFFICIAL MEDIA that they have been jailed WITHOUT HAVING ANY CONCRETE EVIDENCE. According to the judge's statement, they "are anarchists, visited prisoners and had contacts abroad".

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Anti-War Demo, London, 08.10.01 - More pics 2

09-10-2001 12:32

Anti-War Demo, London, 08.10.01 - More pics 2
People gathering at Trafalger Square, Downing Street and Parliament Square (the union jack was confiscated by police). (article 1)

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Video of Peace March in Paris, France

09-10-2001 11:48

October 6, 2001 (Paris, France) - Despite bad weather and pouring rain, 5,000 people marched from Place de la Republique to Place de Nation in the capital of France to protest the use of military attacks as a solution for ending terrorism.

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sheffield protest

09-10-2001 11:23

Sheffield has a succesful protest when the bombing started

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Bristol anti-war campaign builds support

09-10-2001 11:05

Bristol anti-war activists have maintained a peace vigil in the city centre every evening since the New York attacks were carried out. The recent bombings of Afghanistan has seen even larger numbers of people joining the daily event.

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Pro-global justice badges

09-10-2001 10:49

Pro-global justice badges
Go to the site to get hi-res images of the stuff below, if you want to use them to make badges, stickers and the like.

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Anti-War Demo - London 8.10.01 - More pics

09-10-2001 10:38

Anti-War Demo - London 8.10.01 - More pics
Pictures from the 1500 - 2000 strong anti-war protest (outside Downing Street). (article 1)

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University tries to thwart anti-war campaign

09-10-2001 10:26

University tries to thwart anti-war campaign
Student union officials at the University of Western England banned anti-war signature-gatherers from entering the annual Freshers fair in Bristol recently

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bush goes monkeys

09-10-2001 10:21

bush goes monkeys
how can one react to the mad actions of a US president?
Here's one suggestion...

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We are refugees, not criminals

09-10-2001 10:06

"We are refugees. We are not criminals". Those words from a refugee being hauled off the troop ship "HMAS Manoora" by SAS commandos last Monday were like a cry for help from a drowning man. It was a call also to all Australians who hold fast to a belief in democracy and human rights, to a "fair go". It has emerged that those who came ashore were tricked into leaving the ship and that five men and a woman who resisted were attacked and beaten by the SAS.

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A ridiculous protest in London: some comments

09-10-2001 10:05

The antiwar demonstration on Monday in London: comments about a movement thats bound not to grow unless it changes direction very quickly.

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Latest SWP Party notes

09-10-2001 09:26

SWP's latest communiqué on the Stop the War campaign - edited to reduce the level of bullshit and exclude members' names

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SCANDAL OF COPORATE MEDIA MYTHS

09-10-2001 09:25

Propaganda and the distortion of news events has now become one of the most disturbing features of a mainstream media that promotes the views of a powerful elite at the expense of a powerless many. Charges of how protests and actions of civil disobedience have since become the butt of a media regime that emasculates news values and re-writes history for hidden agendas is a serious one – but the response is usually silence. (Part 1)