World Repression Newswire Archive

G8 police raids in Munich

17-01-2007 21:21 | G8 Germany 2007 | Globalisation | Repression | World

in munich different places were raided by the police. Named as a reason was the call to blockade the airport Rostock-Laage published in several broshures and in the call for protests against the socalled security-conference [a privatelly organized sub-summit where politicians, weapons industrials and nato-generals harmonize their strategies,].

Intl Day Against Homophobia-2007-Make some noise !

Press Release from IDAHO UK concerning the yearly event on May 17th...(Given the news about the EU far right MEP's we need more than a day, we need everyday....

Bill Moyers: "Big Media is Ravenous

17-01-2007 06:31 | Analysis | Other Press | Repression | World

Bill Moyers: "Big Media is Ravenous. It Never Gets Enough. Always Wants More. And it Will Stop at Nothing to Get It. These Conglomerates are an Empire, and they are Imperial."

A More Fortress Europe

17-01-2007 06:23 | Migration | Repression | Birmingham | World

European Union changes in security, police and immigration cooperative efforts
16 January 2007

Top law enforcement officials of the European Union announced this week efforts to give police across the entire bloc access to national databases containing fingerprints, DNA samples, other biometric data and license plate information.

http://www.workpermit.com/news/2007_01_16/eu/police_cooperation_right-wing_parliament.htm

Video - Amnesty action at US Embassy - Close Guantanamo

17-01-2007 02:04 | Anti-militarism | Repression | London | World

Late.

NATIONAL GRID ENDANGER LIFE OF PROTESTOR

16-01-2007 19:56 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Repression | World

National Grid blatantly abused health and safety regulations yet again today when a peaceful protester d-clamped himself to a crane at their construction site at Alltwen in the Swansea valley. Despite calls from onlookers that he was clamped by his neck, national grid / nacap staff started up the crane and proceeded to move it with the protester attached who was approx 45 feet up in the air...................

Bolivia photos - General tests of civil war

16-01-2007 15:35 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Cochabamba, 11-12-13-14-15 January, 2007

Craig Murray: Torture and The "War on Terror"

Former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan speaks of the shocking torture and the knowingly false intelligence produced in the so called "War on Terror".

Are Iranians sleepwalking into a disaster?

15-01-2007 02:15 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

Never in the long history of Iran has a threat had such disastrous
potential as the current threat of US attack. In the past when the
Greeks, Arabs, Mongols, etc. raided, destroyed, divided the country, there
was always the potential for a strong leader to rise up in the future and
re-unify the land.

10/01/07: Downing Street Candle-lit vigil for Guantanamo Bay prisoners

15-01-2007 01:47 | Anti-militarism | Repression | London | World

Video of the candle-lit vigil for the prisoners of Guantanamo Bay.

Islamophobic Australians attack peaceful Aussie mufti

14-01-2007 20:51 | Analysis | Anti-racism | Repression | World

January 15, 2007 - Aussie mufti Sheik Taj al-Din Hilali's recent comments during an Egyptian TV interview have triggered more Islamaphobic outrage in Australia, with a number of politicians, including Federal Immigration Minister Senator Amanda Vanstone, laughing him off as an "irrelevance" or demanding he "stay in his native Egypt if did not like Australia."

Australia: Press Statement - Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra

13-01-2007 21:01 | Analysis | Anti-racism | Repression | World

35th Anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Canberra & Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, 26th January 2007, Canberra. "Aboriginal Peoples must unite and assert our Sovereign Custodianship of our Lands. We must commence coming together as a united front, many nations one voice under the longest serving Sovereign, political protest site in the country. The Aboriginal Tent Embassy. The Land must go back to the Peoples. Land Rights is Human Rights. Land Rights is a Sovereign Right."

A Risky Game of Risk: MAUREEN DOWD - 'I feel good about the new war with Iran' +

13-01-2007 19:03 | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

- DOWD: I feel good about the new war with Iran.
- Blair advocates warlike foreign policy and more

Why the US Is Not Leaving Iraq: The booming business of war profiteers

12-01-2007 11:38 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

Neither the Iraq Study Group nor other establishment critics of the Iraq war are calling for the withdrawal of US troops from that country. To the extent that the Study Group or the new Congress purport to inject some "realism" into the Iraq policy, such projected modifications do not seem to amount to more than changing the drivers of the US war machine without changing its destination, or objectives: control of Iraq’s political and economic policies.

Bush Escalates Iraq War with 20,000 More Troops; Threatens Iran, Syria

12-01-2007 10:50 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

Bush Escalates Iraq War with 20,000 More Troops; Threatens Iran, Syria with Military Action

President Bush announced plans Wednesday night to escalate the war in Iraq and send over 20,000 more troops. He said he took responsibility for past mistakes but that more troops are needed to pacify Baghdad and other parts of the country. The President also threatened military action against Iran and Syria. We play excerpts of his address.

Australian prime minister welcomes US “surge” in Iraq

12-01-2007 06:48 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

The prime minister is able to get away with this only because of the pro-war stance of the Australian media and the opposition Labor Party. Every newspaper, ranging from the Murdoch press to the “liberal” Sydney Morning Herald and Age, today published editorials supporting Bush’s plan, albeit with certain tactical concerns.

Israeli Apartheid (by Latuff)

12-01-2007 01:18 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Repression | World

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

Interntional community supports Americans against Bush war plan

11-01-2007 23:10 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

The public hanging of Saddam Hussein proves the point nicely. Bush intended to escalate violence so he could stay the course, splice and dice while stealing Iraq's resources.

In speech on Iraq escalation, Bush promises more bloodshed, wider war

11-01-2007 19:55 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

Working people must reject the official consensus of defending the interests of American imperialism, organize mass demonstrations against the war and for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, and demand the criminal prosecution of those responsible for launching and continuing this war of aggression.