World Repression Newswire Archive

21/04/07: Video rush & report on Crawley anti-detention protest

Today saw activists march in Crawley, near Gatwick airport, London, UK, to oppose the proposed new immigration detention centre.

Strange Virginia Tech “Coincidences”

20-04-2007 23:49 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

As “News Commentary” on the Truthseeker website notes, Virginia Tech is an “active partner” with DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In addition, the CIA actively recruits VT students, holding events the spook agency bills as “career information” sessions.

John Bowden Ghosted

20-04-2007 15:06 | Repression | World

Long-term prison resister subject to puniative transfer.

10 Downing Street E-petition to abolish the Local Government Ombudsman

Sir Geoffrey Chipperfield recommended abolition of the LGO because they were an unnecessary institution whose work could best be carried out by other bodies. His report was subverted by the interference of the then LGO and its allies. Since then the LGO has demonstrably failed to improve the system, and continues to exclude the public interest from their remit. Irrefutable evidence of its dishonesty and bias has been gathered by LGOWatch since 2003. The LGO is counter-productive to effective management in local government and a blight on the human rights of citizens looking to this publicly funded institution to act in good faith. On the rare occasions when it is found, the intervention of the LGO tends to entrench maladministration rather than put a stop to it. The continuance of this office is not in the public interest.

Action Alert: Police attack in India

19-04-2007 22:49 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

POLICE FIRING CONTINUING ON 4000 ADIVAIS IN GHATEHA VILLAGE, TEOTHAR TEHSIL, REWA DISTRICT, MADHYA PRADESH : two reportedly shot, many injured, women beaten up
Today, 19 April, 2007 police opened fire on 4000 Adivasis (indigenous communities) in Ghateha village in Teothar Tehsil in the Rewa District of the State of Madhya Pradesh in India under the supervision of Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), SDOP and Circle Officer.

The West Bank & Gaza: the largest open-air prisons constructed in human history

On the 4th April 2007 the Daily Telegraph published an article about the second-class treatment afforded to Israel's Arab citizens. Not normally known for daring to risk incurring the ire of far right Zionist extremists, it is wonderful to see the Daily Telegraph highlighting this important and often much neglected issue. Shocking as the treatment of Israeli Arabs is, it is of course just the tip of the iceberg.

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Anarchist Black Cross vilified as terrorist organisation

17-04-2007 07:40 | Repression | World

UK State attempts to keep John Bowden behind bars

Urgent: From Leeds ABC, 15th April 2007

Australia: Howard, Rudd escalate support for US-led Afghan war

17-04-2007 04:52 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | World

Declaring that there “is the distinct possibility of casualties and that should be understood and prepared for by the Australian public”, PM John Howard announced on April 10 that an Australian military task force spearheaded by 300 Special Air Services troops would be deployed to Afghanistan’s south-central Oruzgan province.

The struggle in Beit Ummar escalates

16-04-2007 19:28 | Palestine | Repression | Social Struggles | World

On Saturday, a group of Israeli anarchists, uk activists and internationals tore down two sections of an Israeli settler fence blocking access to Palestinian farmland. Involved in the action was a group of UK Action Medics.

Capitalism Is Dead

16-04-2007 12:10 | Globalisation | Repression | Workers' Movements | World

Where do you think the world's problems actually exist?

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America 'freedom to fascism”

16-04-2007 07:16 | Analysis | Repression | Terror War | World

Don't Miss it!

Australia: Baby bonus for early ADF enlistment

15-04-2007 02:15 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | World

The initiative is part of the Federal Government's billion-dollar overhaul of recruitment and retention schemes in the ADF.

Mysterious Death of Dr. David Kelly: Murder theory that just won't go away

14-04-2007 17:44 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

The greatest British conspiracy theory of the modern age was unveiled this week. Lewes MP Norman Baker set out in detail for the first time why he believes the secret service murdered the Government scientist Dr David Kelly.

Miles Godfrey and Katya Mira report on a one-man crusade for the truth which has catapulted an unassuming Parliamentarian into the international spotlight.

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Guantánamo Bay detainee railroaded into guilty plea

14-04-2007 12:36 | Analysis | Repression | Terror War | World

The issues of principle in the case of David Hicks

Australian Army - Don't Become A Statistic For Capital!

14-04-2007 10:36 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | World

UNkNOWN News

Uncertain East Timorese presidential election

Uncertain East Timorese presidential election outcome foreshadows further instability

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Hambali denies Al Qaeda link

13-04-2007 00:02 | Analysis | Repression | Terror War | World

But notice the double question "while you were a member of JI?"

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Australia: Call for skilled migrants to be sent to the ADF

12-04-2007 22:19 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | World

Prime Minister John Howard wants the migrants to help fill chronic shortages in the Defence [WAR] Force.

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US raid on mosque leads to massacre in Baghdad

12-04-2007 11:26 | Iraq | Repression | Terror War | World

Scores of people were left killed or wounded and bodies littered the streets of two crowded urban neighborhoods in central Baghdad following a major battle between US occupation forces and city residents Tuesday.

"Cruel and Unusual Punishment" is a compilation CD

10-04-2007 05:13 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

inspired by Hasan Shakur (Derrick Frazier). This warrior struggled not only to save his own life, but the lives of any and everyone on death row in the US. He was unjustly executed