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Jahongir Sidikov's deportation has been postponed

30-11-2007 20:45 | Migration | Repression | World

Craig Murry reports that the deportation of Jahongir Sidikov to Uzbekistan has been postponed. For more info on this case see:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/386667.html and

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/386602.html and

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/386289.html and

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/386193.html

The latest entry on his case from Craig Murray's blog is reproduced below.

Netherlands: VIDEO - kids try to free detained pupil; police violence.

30-11-2007 10:35 | Education | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Netherlands. Watch this video and see whats going on in Netherlands since pupils from all over the country are on strike and protest against a new governments´ law on education. Police acts brutal against the kids. More information on:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/386773.html

PHILIPPINES: On Makati Siege; A crisis of institutions

30-11-2007 02:03 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The incident unfolding in Makati City today is not surprising. It is a logical conclusion to the abuses committed by the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) administration, from the dismissal of the impeachment complaint to the clamp down of democratic and constitutional processes.

France: university strikes and occupations against the LRU continue

29-11-2007 03:22 | Education | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Students across France have been voting on the next step in the ongoing struggle against the so-called reforms of the LRU law.

November 28th, 2007 by jef costello
Reposted from www.libcom.org

Megamarch and ceremony mark anniversary of Oaxaca mass arrests

28-11-2007 21:01 | Oaxaca Uprising | Repression | World

On Sunday 25th a megamarch of over 50,000 marched the 6km from the airport to the Zocalo. The march left at 8am and didn't arrive at the Zocalo until midday. Consisting of mainly teachers there were also many representatives of other groups in Oaxaca state and from other states like Chiapas and Guerrero.

Gates Foundation Millions to divert popular protest movement, South Africa

28-11-2007 14:22 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Gates Foundation Injects $10 Million into Embedded NGO that Claims to Represent Shack Dwellers. Abahlali, the Durban Shack Dwelllers Movement, an amazing community response to the failure of ANC party politics on the ground, responds with a brilliant critique and a resolution to keep on fighting.

"Today is just another ordinary day in our struggle. The march is not ours. The money is not for us. Our struggle is ours. Our struggle continues. Our struggle is for land and housing in democratic cities" Abahlali

Check

http://www.abahlali.org/
for why this movement is one of the most important struggles we could support today!!

Iraq : Looking Back : 'Internationally Sponsored Genocide'

28-11-2007 13:30 | History | Iraq | Repression | World

Looking through material for the book that has been far too long in the making, I found a copy of a letter which I sent to a prominent (UK) Member of Parliament. It is dated November 1993 and clarifies for ever why the invaders were never going to be greeted with 'sweets and flowers'.

Bringing the War on Terrorism Home: Congress Considers How to ‘Disrupt’ Radical

26-11-2007 10:33 | Repression | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

Under the guise of a bill that calls for the study of “homegrown terrorism,” Congress is apparently trying to broaden the definition of terrorism to encompass both First Amendment political activity and traditional forms of protest such as nonviolent civil disobedience, according to civil liberties advocates, scholars and historians.

Total Oil: Pull Out of Burma Now - Pictures

Actions were taking place at Total Oil garages around the country on Saturday 24 Nov, demanding that TOTAL Oil, the fourth largest oil company of the world, described by Aung San Suu Kyi as "the biggest supporter of the military regime in Burma," pull out of Burma.

Olympic Fire Covers London In Smoke - sound and pictures

Radio 4 Olympic oppression of local residents covered by You And Yours last Friday
Olympic fire:BBC Pictures page

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7091032.stm

Rioters ransacked the mayor's office - Dakar, Senegal

24-11-2007 18:01 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Rioters ransacked the mayor's office, overturned and burned cars, blocked off streets and clashed with police as authorities attempted to remove all the sidewalk vendors, blamed for causing traffic congestion, from the streets early yesterday morning.

Canada Probes Taser After Another Death

24-11-2007 13:23 | Repression | Social Struggles | Birmingham | World

A Canadian parliamentary committee and a provincial government each launched a review into the use of hand-held stun guns amid reports of another death following a shock from one of the devices.

The US’s War In Darfur

23-11-2007 19:23 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Repression | World

The Darfur region of Sudan possesses the third largest copper and the fourth largest uranium deposits on the planet, in addition to strategic location and significant oil resources of its own. Is the US-based “Save Darfur” movement snowing the US public on the fundamental nature of the conflict in Sudan? Are “Save Darfur” and the prevention of genocide the covers of convenience for the next round of US oil and resource wars on the African continent?

Iraq's Laboratory of Repression

23-11-2007 02:53 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Repression | World

The Bush administration is turning Iraq into a test tube for modern techniques of repression, from sophisticated biometrics that track populations to devastating weapons systems that combine night-vision optics from drone aircraft, heat resonance imaging and deadly firepower from the sky to kill suspected insurgents. The harsh repression surrounding the “surge” has drawn far less U.S. press attention. The grim reality, however, is that an increasingly desperate American military has stepped up its indiscriminate killing and jailing of Iraqis, especially “military-age males” or MAMS.

PHILIPPINES: Estrada's pardon honor among thieves

22-11-2007 21:13 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

AKBAYAN (Citizens' Action Party) condemned the granting of executive clemency for former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA), saying that it reflects not national unity but honor among thieves.

Burma solidarity: TOTAL ‘given the boot’ at Wembley

Three activists braved the rain to stage a demo at a TOTAL petrol station near Wembley Stadium on Wednesday evening (21st November 2007), before the England v Croatia football match, to highlight the company’s ongoing support for the military dictatorship in Burma.

Israels only squatted house evicted by police

22-11-2007 15:02 | Culture | Free Spaces | Repression | World

The Ben Atar squat in Tel Aviv was evicted today by many policemen, undercover detectives and border policemen.

Reminder: Memorial rally for Carlos, Saturday 24th Noon

Next Saturday 24th noon at Southbank, at the bottom end of Jubilee Gardens, we´ll gather to honour the memory of Carlos, an antifascist who was killed two weeks ago by a nazi in Madrid.

Save Makwan Moloudzadeh. Stop executions in Iran.

21-11-2007 14:52 | Repression | World

Sign the petition for Life in Iran:

http://www.petitiononline.com/everymak/
or

http://www.stopexecution.net
Send fresh flowers: one white, one red to say yes to a respect for human rights, no to the death sentence. Choose a company that guarantees deliveries to Teheran (Iran), Interflora, for example. Send the two flowers to: - President Mahmud Ahmadinejad - Pasteur Ave - 13168-43311 Tehran - Iran. We suggest you also sign the petition and send an email to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran:

dr-ahmadinejad@president.ir
- Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi - Ministry of Justice - Ministry of Justice Building, Panzdah-Khordad Square - Tehran - Iran. Email:

info@dadgostary-tehran.ir