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Imperial Racism & Apartheid in the Holy Land

11-07-2006 12:02 | Analysis | Anti-racism | Repression | World

Race is, indeed, a construction – a very convenient one when you want to take someone else’s property, or kill them, or enslave them. It is this construct that animates the American debate about foreign policy – or even domestic policy when it comes to "aliens" of one kind or another.

'Beat crime by targeting poverty'

11-07-2006 00:04 | Analysis | Culture | Social Struggles | World

And pursuing a hopeless quest to drive up the conviction rate had sent the Government up a "policy cul-de-sac", it argued. The study concluded: "The Government's flawed analysis has masked the true scale of criminal justice failure."

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tidepressant Used by Yates Questioned

10-07-2006 23:22 | Analysis | Health | World

Dr. Moira Dolan, executive director of the watchdog group Medical Accountability Network, criticized Wyeth for not doing more to publicize it, saying "homicidal ideation'' is listed on page 36 of Effexor XR's label.

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The Build Up To World War 3 Begins In Shanghai

10-07-2006 17:33 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | World

The growth of the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation), particularly the meetings emphasis on security and defence and the new membership applications, are creating worldwide tensions similar to the standoff before the Second World War.

Another expert says we've reached peak oil production

Dr Ali Samsam Bakhtiari, a former executive of the National Iranian Oil Company has said this week that he believes global oil production is now at maximum production and can only decline from this point on.

(c) 2006, Leamy

Liar V Liar, War Criminal V War Criminal

10-07-2006 10:29 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Because dictators don't stop dictating do they? Not unless someone has to call the undertaker or the humanity police send them off to the Hague for their war crimes.

Alcohol harder on teen brains than thought

09-07-2006 22:46 | Analysis | Health | Social Struggles | World

He said in an interview that he had no way of knowing exactly how drinking affected his overall brain function. But on one point, he is clear.

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Is racism in Britain over? Is the focus on Muslims an accident?

08-07-2006 21:38 | Analysis | Anti-racism | Indymedia | World

Has the excessive attention by Tony Blair against Muslims been an even more sophisticated racist programme than has met the ordinary eye thus far?

Howard Zinn & 'The NN-phant in the Room'

The huge omnivorous herd consumes everywhere on our earth as much as it can grab, and tramples millions of human beings to death. That doesn't seem to matter. The 'elephant boys' don't speak about the bloody pulp underneath the feet of the big animals: instead they give'm a bath in the mainstream.

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Scholars for 9/11 Truth under Attack

06-07-2006 02:28 | Analysis | World

The campaign against those questioning the still-unsupported Conspiracy Theory of 911, which was fed to us by known criminal LIARS, and used to launch a long-planned program of Perpetual War, has taken a nasty turn. This, coupled with their inability to provide the missing evidence to prove the Theory, only adds weight to the arguments of their opponents.

These are acts of desperation ...

Call for UN intervention

06-07-2006 02:10 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

It can be frustrating dealing with the upper echelon of the ALP - they seem to prefer licking the hand of the Shock Jockery.

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Alcohol risk far greater for unborn babies' health: study

06-07-2006 00:33 | Analysis | Health | World

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a serious health problem that tragically affects its victims and their families, but that is completely preventable. Causing a child to suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome is really nothing short of child abuse and it lasts for life. Babies born with FAS tend to weigh less and be shorter than normal.

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July 4th 2006: Lady Liberty, America & her Fleeting Visions

One of the best writers, observing the fast deterioration, the horrible change and slow death of 'Lady Liberty', is American author and artist Jim Kirwan.

As BP reports drop in oil production, wot r u doing2 prepare4 peak?

Many different people predict a wide variety of timescales for peak oil and the downslide on the other side. Some people say we have already peaked and others say we've got maybe another six or even eight years. However, the nature of the problem means that we'll only know we've reach global peak after the event as we look back on falling production figures....

Scan Dot Org 4th July Special mp3

03-07-2006 03:13 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Independence from the Neo Cons

Another US atrocity in Iraq

01-07-2006 13:48 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | World

Soldiers under investigation for rape and murder

1 July 2006

A top US Army commander in Iraq has ordered an investigation into allegations of yet another atrocity committed by US soldiers in Iraq. The case involves a particularly gruesome and sadistic episode, in which an Iraqi woman was allegedly stalked, raped and murdered. Three other members of her family were killed, and the corpse of the violated woman was burned.

Israeli assault on Gaza threatens wider Middle East conflagration

30-06-2006 19:31 | Analysis | Repression | Sheffield | World

With each day that passes, Israel’s attempt to justify military aggression as a response to the capture of an Israeli soldier becomes less credible. Tel Aviv has signaled not only its intention to bring down the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA), but also its readiness to inflict massive destruction to Gaza’s infrastructure and heavy civilian casualties in order to do so.