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Message to All Continents - Global Week of Action

10-03-2009 16:42 | World

The Global Week of Action is for everyone in every city, town, village and community, in every country on every continent. Organise events near you, to begin on 04 July 2009.

Designing posters and flyers and spread the word.

Let's have action in at least every City around the World.

Palestine Today 031009

10-03-2009 15:26 | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,
www.imemc.org, for Tuesday , March 10th, 2009.

APPO councillor abducted and tortured in Oaxaca

10-03-2009 14:21 | Oaxaca Uprising | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Marcelino Coache Verano’s “kidnapping” between Wednesday and Thursday by an unidentified group left the former political prisoner and Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) councilor with visible signs of torture and first and second-degree burns on his chest and genitals.

2009 Draft U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report

10-03-2009 12:45 | World

The draft 1990-2007 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory is now available for public comment. To ensure your comments are considered for the final version of the document, please submit your comments to Leif Hockstad at Leif Hockstad at

hockstad.leif@epa.gov or Melissa Weitz at

weitz.melissa@epa.gov.

Kingston University Files Action to Silence Whistleblower

Kingston University has filed action with the World Intellectual Property Organisation on behalf of its Vice-Chancellor, Sir Peter Scott to wrest control of the domain name, sirpeterscott.com from a former whistleblower employee.

Canada's Duty To Arrest George Bush for War Crimes

10-03-2009 12:03 | Globalisation | Terror War | World

Dear Prime Minister [Stephen Harper: email:

pm@pm.gc.ca] and Ministers Nicholson, Van Loon, Kenney and Cannon:

George Bush is a person credibly accused of torture and other gross human rights violations, crimes against humanity and war crimes.. LAW to Canadian Gov't

Water shortages and food takeovers in Australia

10-03-2009 11:50 | World

'Murray towns 'living hand to mouth'
"Hundreds of thousands of fruit trees have been pulled out, rice production has plunged by 93pc and vineyards lie abandoned as the "irrigation drought" continues unabated in Australia's southern food bowl."

Glasgow: Come and protest outside the Home Office

Wednesday 11th March 12:00 pm
UKBA Public Enquiry Office
Festival Court
200 Brand Street
Glasgow
G51 1DH

Around the Campaigns Tuesday 10th March 2009

*************** is back in the UK and back in his community
The Home Secretary has now brought *************** a gay person seeking asylum in the UK, back to the UK from Uganda where he was unlawfully deported last year. Jacqui Smith was ordered to do this by a High Court judge on 19th February. He arrived back in the UK last Friday and was detained in Tinsley House IRC before being released yesterday afternoon.
(

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/deporting-gay-asylumseeker-was-unlawful-1627052.html)

The War on Drugs is causing unimaginable suffering.

10-03-2009 08:46 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

There is a UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs this week and Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on it to act to ensure that more people can get the pain relief they desperately need.

AMN Days of Action Announced! - 3-6th April

10-03-2009 00:15 | Anti-militarism | World

NO TO WAR! A CALL TO ACTION! 3-6th OF APRIL!

At the beginning of April NATO meets in Strasbourg to celebrate its 60th Anniversary. This is no time to celebrate. This is a time to take action.

London Truth Action: February Street Actions

09-03-2009 18:25 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Terror War | World

London Truth Action

http://londontruthaction.blogspot.com are part of

http://truthaction.org an international autotomous grassroots organisation committed to raising awareness of the true nature of the events of September 11th 2001.

What follows is a brief round-up of what we got up to this month...

UK media suppressed Phorm survey and article, 2009

09-03-2009 16:59 | World

Which? magazine, The Telegraph, Google/UK Press Association and Channel 4 have all pulled articles over Phorm Inc. (BT/Webwise) legal threats.

Attack the arms factories - Solidarity with the EDO defendants

EDO MBM is a daughter company of ITT America. ITT are the 12th largest
manufacturers of weapons in the world, currently producing electrical
equipment designed and used for warfare world wide.

Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) official annual report for 2007-2008

09-03-2009 16:02 | World

The ISC oversees the activities of GCHQ, MI5 and MI6.

Palestine Today 030909

09-03-2009 15:41 | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,
www.imemc.org, for Monday, March 9th, 2009.

Location of G20 Summit pre-meet for Finance Ministers

09-03-2009 15:28 | South Coast | World

Next weekend the 89-room South Lodge Hotel and its 93-acre grounds will be turned into a fortress to guard the world’s top financial leaders meeting for a controversial summit.

Fifty Years On - Tibetan Freedom March, London, March 7

09-03-2009 14:02 | Repression | World

The Tibet Freedom march through London on Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan People's Uprising. Among those taking part was a monk who was tortured and spent 33 years imprisoned for taking part in those peaceful demonstrations. Pictures Copyright (C) 2009 Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.

Viva Palestina: The convoy expects to cross into Gaza today

09-03-2009 13:19 | Palestine | World

The convoy has started to move out of the two car parks in Al Arish and onto the road to Rafah. At 7.55 (GMT) George's party reported that the first of the two car parks was now almost empty. It took 90 minutes for all the vehicles to leave. They were waiting for the second group of vehicles to get on the road. George intended his vehicle to be the last to leave - to ensure the safe departure of the entire convoy.

One Law For All - No Sharia Law in Britain

09-03-2009 11:31 | Gender | Repression | World

Over 200 people turned up in Trafalgar Square on Saturday afternoon (7 March) for a rally against the introduction of Sharia Law to the UK before marching to a public meeting at Conway Hall. Photographs Copyright (C) 2009 Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.

World Newswire Archive

Message to All Continents - Global Week of Action

Palestine Today 031009

APPO councillor abducted and tortured in Oaxaca

2009 Draft U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report

Kingston University Files Action to Silence Whistleblower

Canada's Duty To Arrest George Bush for War Crimes

Water shortages and food takeovers in Australia

Glasgow: Come and protest outside the Home Office

Around the Campaigns Tuesday 10th March 2009

The War on Drugs is causing unimaginable suffering.

AMN Days of Action Announced! - 3-6th April

London Truth Action: February Street Actions

UK media suppressed Phorm survey and article, 2009

Attack the arms factories - Solidarity with the EDO defendants

Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) official annual report for 2007-2008

Palestine Today 030909

Location of G20 Summit pre-meet for Finance Ministers

Fifty Years On - Tibetan Freedom March, London, March 7

Viva Palestina: The convoy expects to cross into Gaza today

One Law For All - No Sharia Law in Britain

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