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Lambeth Unison calls for Boycott of "Apartheid" Israel

20-01-2009 14:49 | Palestine | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

The Lambeth Branch of UNISON, the second largest trade union in the UK, has voted to condemn the recent slaughter of Palestinians and the ongoing occupation by Israel at a meeting of its Branch Committee this morning.

While Israeli children return to school, kids in Gaza sift through rubble to find bodies of friends

Israeli media reported Monday that Israeli children from the town of Sderot have returned to school and normalcy. Meanwhile, children in every part of the Gaza Strip are either bleeding in overcrowded hospitals or sifting through the rubble of what used to be their schools, mosques and homes.

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Do you want to go sailing?

20-01-2009 14:04 | Climate Chaos | Ocean Defence | Social Struggles | World

Hi, we’re looking for people interested in our new sail boat workers co-operative. www.sailboatproject.org In attempting to find out what need there is for a sailing co-op to exist we have written the following questionnaire. If you are able to/interested please take a couple of minutes to fill it in and send it back to us

sailboatproject@post.com by 2nf February. We know this is really soon, but it will help us enormously and, as an incentive, we will love you lots and randomly give a box of chocolates to one of the returned questionnaires!

Black Reagan

20-01-2009 13:36 | Analysis | Globalisation | Repression | World

When Barack Obama started praising Ronald Reagan the candidate's apologists claimed he was just paying respect to a dead president. Now it's clear that Obama's affection for the raging old reactionary was heartfelt. With his latest pronouncements on cutting "entitlements," Obama "has proven himself to be a true believer in the Reagan revolution."

Article on the SHAC 7 [USA]

This was published by Herbivore Magazine in one of their mini-books a while back. I realized I hadn't posted it here, and it's not available anywhere else online. Hope you enjoy it.

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PFLP: Our position on the "ceasefire," "calm" and the weapons of the resistance

PFLP statement on the so-called ''ceasefire'', 18/01/09.

UK SHAC 7 Solidarity Action in Birmingham

Today SHAC Birmingham held a demonstration against Barclays bank in solidarity with the UK SHAC 7.

Israel in Gaza: Beyond Disproportionate

Marching amid the 50,000 protesters in London bearing witness against the Israeli offensive on Gaza, I spotted a hand-made placard inscribed with the words of the radical Brazilian educator Paolo Freire: “Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.”

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Time to step up direct action

19-01-2009 23:52 | History | Social Struggles | World

In the great revolutionary struggles of human history, direct action – that is, empowered people taking steps to bring about social change – has played a crucial role. In its nonviolent form, direct action encourages the kind of constructive tension necessary for growth and progress in society. A catalyst for change, it opens the door to negotiation.

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Why Israel won't survive

The merciless Israeli bombardment of Gaza has stopped -- for now -- but the death toll keeps rising as more bodies are pulled from carpet- bombed neighborhoods.

What Israel perpetrated in Gaza, starting at 11:30am on 27 December 2008, will remain forever engraved in history and memory. Tel al-Hawa, Hayy al-Zeitoun, Khuzaa and other sites of Israeli massacres will join a long mournful list that includes Deir Yasin, Qibya, Kufr Qasim, Sabra and Shatila, Qana, and Jenin.

ASDA wrexham supermarket sweep

19-01-2009 22:40 | Liverpool | World

ASDA , produce of israel

Israel's Next War: Today the Gaza Strip, Tomorrow Lebanon?

19-01-2009 22:11 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Palestine | World

The objective in Lebanon is "regime change" and to repress all forms of political opposition. But how to bring it about? The forecast of the 2009 general-elections in Lebanon does not look favourable for the March 14 Alliance. Without an internal political or armed option in Lebanon, which could result in the installation of a U.S.-sponsored "democracy," Washington and its indefictible Israeli ally have chosen the only avenue available: a military solution, another war on Lebanon.

Norman Finkelstein's comparison of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians to the behaviour Nazis

19-01-2009 21:20 | Anti-racism | Palestine | Repression | World

The following images and text were posted on Professor Norman Finkelstein's web site -- however at the moment his ISP appears to have suspended his site. An interview with him published today contains his justification to publishing these images:

turkishny.com: On your Web site, there is an argument that the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors are doing to the Palestinians exactly what was done to them by the Nazis. Do you agree with that?

Norman Finkelstein: I think Israel, as a number of commentators pointed out, is becoming an insane state. And we have to be honest about that. While the rest of the world wants peace, Europe wants peace, the US wants peace, but this state wants war, war and war. In the first week of the massacres, there were reports in the Israeli press that Israel did not want to put all its ground forces in Gaza because it was preparing attacks on Iran. Then there were reports it was planning attacks on Lebanon. It is a lunatic state.

turkishny.com: But do you agree with the characterization?

Norman Finkelstein: Look at the pictures and decide for yourself. I am not going to tell people what they should think about it. But what I say is they should look at the pictures and decide for themselves. (For the pictures go to:

http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=2510 )

UK SHAC 7 Solidarity Action in Southampton

On Monday 19th of January SHAC Hants took an early morning trip to the outskirts of Southampton to pay a flying visit to Promega, Enterprise Road, Southampton Science Park one of the newest found suppliers to HLS. We showed up around half nine, just as the workers were settling in to another long week of making money out of animal torture.

Protest at Arms to Israel from Staffordshire

A protest was held today outside UAV Ltd. in Shenstone, Staffordshire to protest against the company's link with the repression and massacre in Gaza. 30 protesters from around the Midlands, including locals from Shenstone, gathered to draw attention to the fact that this company is owned by the Israeli defence contractor Elbit systems, and all the evidence points to them producing the engines for the drones which have been used to carry out surveillance and targeting for the IDF strike fighters.

LSE occupation continues into fifth day as other universities start protests

tudents occupying a lecture theatre at the London School of Economics have continued their demonstration in to the fifth day.

Over forty students started the occupation in solidarity with Palestine last Thursday afternoon demanding that the LSE condemns Israeli aggression, divests from BAE, a firm that arms Israel, and provides material support for Palestinians. The students are demanding that the LSE waivers application fees and provides more scholarships for Palestinian students, sends surplus computers and books to Palestine and facilitates a cross-campus collection for Medical Aid for Palestine.

No one is illegal in Moscow - action against pro-Kremlin xenophobes

19-01-2009 17:32 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression | World

Today "Molodaya Gvardiya Edinoy Rossii" (Young Guard of United Russia - one of the several, competing pro-Kremlin youth organizations) attempted to organize an action "Our money to our people". Concept was to meet a train from Central Asia 2:10 PM in Kazan railway station of Moscow with anti-migrant placates, with text such as "Work legally!", "Illegal = thief!" and "Want to work? Pay taxes!". Action was protected by a plenty of OMON riot police and own security of Young Guard.

Palestine Today 011909

19-01-2009 15:41 | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center
www.imemc.org, for Monday, January 19th 2009.

Anarchists target corporate investment cowboys, Baillie Gifford

19-01-2009 14:43 | Climate Chaos | Repression | World

South Wales Anarchists are targetting Baillie Gifford, the Edinburgh finance company which invests in some of the world's worst corporate polluters.

Gaza war crimes (by Latuff)

19-01-2009 14:10 | Anti-militarism | Palestine | Terror War | World

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of the brave Palestinian people and their struggle against U.S. backed IsraHell's state terror.

World Newswire Archive

Lambeth Unison calls for Boycott of "Apartheid" Israel

While Israeli children return to school, kids in Gaza sift through rubble to find bodies of friends

Do you want to go sailing?

Black Reagan

Article on the SHAC 7 [USA]

PFLP: Our position on the "ceasefire," "calm" and the weapons of the resistance

UK SHAC 7 Solidarity Action in Birmingham

Israel in Gaza: Beyond Disproportionate

Time to step up direct action

Why Israel won't survive

ASDA wrexham supermarket sweep

Israel's Next War: Today the Gaza Strip, Tomorrow Lebanon?

Norman Finkelstein's comparison of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians to the behaviour Nazis

UK SHAC 7 Solidarity Action in Southampton

Protest at Arms to Israel from Staffordshire

LSE occupation continues into fifth day as other universities start protests

No one is illegal in Moscow - action against pro-Kremlin xenophobes

Palestine Today 011909

Anarchists target corporate investment cowboys, Baillie Gifford

Gaza war crimes (by Latuff)

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