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22/03/07 - Norwegian Embassy/Statoil protest - human rights in Rossport
23-03-2007 01:15
Zimbabwe Protesters arrested for trespassing at their own embassy!
23-03-2007 01:11
Yesterday, Thursday 22nd March, ten Zimbabweans were arrested for trespassing at the Zimbabwean Embassy in London. The protesters, all members of Zimbabwe's main opposition, The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were refused access to to their ambassador to demand an explanation for the continuing oppression of dissedent voices in the Southern African state.Empire as a Way of Life, Part 3
22-03-2007 21:24
The current imperial slaughter in the Middle East, justified by the "Global War on Terror", that has resulted in at least 600,000 deaths in Iraq, is nothing new — the U.S. Empire has a long and sordid history of genocidal mass murder.
The history of the US imperialism and Empire is the subject of a series of ten monthly seminars from Dr John Marciano, "Empire as a Way of Life". Attached is a recording of the third of these seminars and the text upon which it was based. The first 6 of these seminars have taken place and the intention is to have the whole series published on this site; the last 4 will take place between now and June.
This seminar, recorded on 21th November 2006 by the L.A. Sound Posse, runs for 36 minutes and includes the discussion following. It has been made available under a Creative Commons license. If this recording is broadcast please let the L.A. Sound Posse know. This recording was originally made available on the A-Infos Radio Project site.
The following text has been reproduced here with the kind permission of Dr John Marciano and he can be contacted at johnmarciano@mac.com. He introduced this series of seminars in the following way:
A fundamental purpose of our meetings is to understand the systemic nature of the U.S. Empire and the economic and military imperialism that is its lifeblood. The historian William Appleman Williams argues that empire became "a way of life" in the U.S., a "combination of patterns of thought and action that, as it becomes habitual and institutionalized, defines the thrust and character of a culture and society." This "way of life" has convinced many U.S. "Americans" they have a right or "manifest destiny" to impose their political and economic policies upon others.
Dr John Marciano is Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Cortland, where he taught courses on social and historical foundations of education and class, gender and race.
Previous parts of this series:
Take Action Against Illegal Tree Felling in Liverpool!
22-03-2007 20:05
Welfare Reform: The ‘unthinkable’ may be about to happen!
22-03-2007 16:41
biggest changes in welfare for over 60 years about to come...National Grid feeling the pressure as time runs out on giant pipeline project
22-03-2007 13:31
massive westminster security breach - won't be on mainstream
22-03-2007 13:11
yesterday afternoon, a lone protester drove her car through the main gates into the westminster compound, her aim to perform a citizen's arrest on tony blair. this was a massive breach of security, but police are anxious to keep it quiet for all sorts of reasons, so i doubt you'll hear about it on mainstream media.Aksu Family belong to Glasgow
22-03-2007 06:18
Waku Family Must Stay
22-03-2007 06:15
Plea for help for Dagon family from Newcastle
22-03-2007 06:12
On Friday 23rd March 2007 yet another Kurdish Alevi family from Newcastle are due to be deported to Turkey against their will on British Airways flight BA676. Café Dagon has lived in England since 2000 and his wife Hatice and his children Aidin (18) and Aysun (15) joined him a year later in 2001.Remembrance and Resistance
22-03-2007 01:51
RampART Creative Social Centre
7a Rampart Street, off Commercial Road, LONDON, E2
Nearest Tube Whitechapel, Aldgate East, Shadwell
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Removing a lock-on
22-03-2007 01:42
Multinationals finance colombian paramilitaries.
21-03-2007 13:57
Chiquita Brands, an US based banana growing multinational has been condemned to pay a heavy fine by its financial backing of the AUC, the right wing paramilitary colombian group. But there's more to it that has been reported in the english speaking media...Celebrate 10 years of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó
21-03-2007 13:52
of the San José de Apartadó Peace Community and press for justice in the
investigation of the 21st February 2005 massacre.
Lobby to keep English lessons free
21-03-2007 12:54
Stop the Deportation of the Dagon family - We need your help
21-03-2007 09:55
"Naming the Dead" ceremony in Reading, Berks.
21-03-2007 09:15
Nottingham University Student Die-In :: to protest at un-ethical investments
21-03-2007 00:31
Unrest in Immigration Detention Centres
20-03-2007 23:33
There is a history of resistance against detention which goes back to the day detention centres first opened. Uprisings and hunger strikes have always happened inside these monstruos institutions, but they seem to be on the increase, especially in the last five years. This is more than likely a result of incarcerating larger masses of increasingly desperate people.First Pre-Emptive Peace Strike - Don't Attack Iran
20-03-2007 20:12