World Repression Newswire Archive

Total Out of Burma Demo - Video, Ongoing.

09-02-2008 18:49 | Repression | Social Struggles | South Coast | World

A video of a weekly demonstration in Brighton against Total.

Total Out of Burma Demo 02/02/08

09-02-2008 18:31 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Demonstration against the Total's participation in the running of brutal regime in Burma.

World Bank : Doing Bad Things…As Usual

08-02-2008 12:57 | Climate Chaos | Globalisation | Repression | World

The World Bank are at it again. Not content with enforced privatization of utilities in poor countries, they have now been found to be funding loggers and cattle ranchers in the Amazon!

Globalisation: n. 1 in the list of evils for contemporary education

I continue with another piece to expose corporate control of academia in response to the article by Angela Jancius on "Battling the Neoliberalization of University Life". In this short article I highlight how globalisation attracts dangers associated with a lack of genuine educational values, quality control and regulation. I also expose some of the recent moves that new corporations have made in order to gain further control on Academia.

Zapatistas imprisoned after attack by paramilitaries and police

06-02-2008 23:01 | Repression | Zapatista | World

Mexican Government forces continue their attacks against unarmed Zapatista support bases with the shooting, beating and imprisonment of a father and son near Palenque in the lowland region of Chiapas.

Re Secretary of State for Health Alan Johnson's release on water fluoridation

The DoH refuses to acknowledge extensive evidence that the side effects of fluoridation can be so severe that, were it to be classified as a medicinal product (as EC law demands) then it would instantly be withdrawn from the market. In attempting to remedy a small number of defects in a few children's teeth, this 'remedy' will actually cause damage to all of the teeth of half of the children drinking this quack medicne.

Video: "This government, using corporate media, is going to murder..."

04-02-2008 23:47 | Anti-racism | Repression | World

The new video features a shortened slide show presentation of the newly discovered crime scene photos taken by press-photographer Pedro Polakoff, as well as Pam Africa, David A. Love, Linn Washington Jr, and Dave Lindorff. Also interesting is the exchange between the Reuters journalist covering the press conference, and the panel, as he questions them about why it took so long for the photos to emerge publicly as they are now.

Colombia: Full fire on gureilla but total silence on State crimes

04-02-2008 15:52 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The government of Alvaro Uribe has rallied Colombians to take part in a large march on Monday, February 4th under the slogan “No more kidnappings, no more lies, no more deaths, no more FARC” and tries to obscure the true face of the conflict: 75% of human rights violations in Colombia are committed by the Uribe administration and the paramilitary forces which are linked to the state. (Source: Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch)

4WardEver UK launches a new service in February 2008

04-02-2008 13:14 | Repression | Social Struggles | Birmingham | World

The interactive website for families affected by deaths and abuses in custody including police, secure units, prisons and death row.

Subscribers get their campaign listed, and can chat live and share their news to fellow campaigners and families worldwide using the chat and blog/news facilities.

Visit:

http://www.outcry-international.moonfruit.com

Urgent Campaign: Save Sulukule. Sign Now!

03-02-2008 23:55 | Anti-racism | Culture | Repression | World

The campaign to save Sulukule achieves its first important results

Unimaginable Intentional Human Suffering

03-02-2008 14:16 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Repression | World

The brutal belief system widely promoted as “neoconservatism” is behind the fascist agenda that emerged from the bowels of corporate-owned “think tanks.” These elitist thinkers believe that it is necessary for our government to “cull” the “useless eaters” from the face of the earth, through forced population reduction and perpetual war.

Greece: Massive riots, police cooperates with fascists, during Antifa demo

03-02-2008 06:17 | Anti-racism | Repression | World

Detailed update of the events of Saturday 02/02, that took place in the center of Athens, as a response to the attempt of an extremist right wing organisation to commemorate a nationalist anniversary.

Press Release: Act Against Iraq Poverty

02-02-2008 12:30 | Health | Iraq | Repression | World

The United Nations praised the ration system as being “the world’s largest and most effective relief effort”

Gordon Goebbels Brown's European sheep

31-01-2008 09:41 | SOCPA | History | Repression | World

Bollocks to Goebbels Gordon Brown

DJ Nicholas Evans - please get your head out of your arse

In this case, irrefutable evidence was offered regarding Babs and Brian wearing matching book-end pink sparkly banners and DJ N. Evans refusing to accept the truth of the evidence and reality.

Labour rights investigator arrested in Bangladesh

31-01-2008 00:57 | Repression | Workers' Movements | World

Labour rights activists from around the world are calling for support in securing the release of Mehedi Hasan, a field investigator for the Washington D.C.-based Worker Rights Consortium, who was arrested on Thursday 24th January by the Bangladesh security forces.

Cageprisoners.com: US Military Doctors Infect Guantanamo Detainee with HIV‏

30-01-2008 21:27 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | World

US Military Doctors Infect Guantanamo Detainee with HIV - what do you do to deserve this? What else are they injecting detainees with? Why won't the US military release any medical records?

Communist Party of the Philippines pursues a violent course against its left opp

29-01-2008 00:58 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

In the Philippines, one of the poorest countries in Asia, 40 percent of the people live in poverty. Conditions there have sparked a large radical movement, heavily repressed by the government.

Wed 30th, 12pm: Mapuche Solidarity Demo at Chilean Embassy for hunger strike

Due to the critical situation of the hunger striker Patricia Troncoso, who various sources say is nearing the very end of her life, Mapuche International Link are calling urgently for a demonstration outside the Chilean Embassy in London with other groups on Wednesday 30th, between 12-2pm.