World Repression Newswire Archive

Diaz G8 Genoa 2001 takes the Berlin Film Festival by storm....

13-02-2012 17:53 | Genoa | Repression | World

Arriving in Berlin for the Berlinale, it was with trepidation and excitement that i was thrown into the core of the Film Festival. As one of the victims from Diaz, i had waited a long time to meet the cast of Domenico Procacci's Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood and also to see the film for the first time.

The Syrian Civil War and the Media Propaganda Offensive

11-02-2012 20:02 | Analysis | Other Press | Repression | World

The 'Free Syrian Army' - the so-called 'rebel' group armed and funded by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar - is involved in a violent insurgency against the Syrian government. That is not just my opinion, it is the view of the Arab League observer mission sent into the country to gather evidence against the ruling Assad regime. But when reports didn't fit the political agenda, the League pulled the plug on the mission, and the Syrian government was subtlely blamed.

Demo: Peace for Iran and Syria - No to War

05-02-2012 16:48 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Wednesday, 8th February 2012, 4pm - 6pm

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
King Charles Street (off Whitehall)
Westminster, SW1A 2AH
United Kingdom

Peace Strike

# DEMO "PEACE FOR IRAN AND SYRIA" #

Bring banners, whistles, enthusiasm and energy!

This is the start of the BIG PEACE OFFENSIVE to prevent a war with Iran or Syria.

Spotlight on Elish Angiolini and the stories that refuse to go away

Following on from the £1/2million Breach of the Peace trial to silence accusations of paedophilia amongst Scotland’s establishment figures, and the laying of a complaint against Angiolini for the use of public funds in a private legal action come new accusations of corruption and cover up at the highest levels of the Scottish Government.

Daisy lane eviction,north wales

With evictions up and down the country we can see a clear pattern of ethnic cleansing in action, excluded from society and looked upon as second rate citizens,the caravan act of 1968 to provide camp sites is no longer in force councils do not have to comply, so folk buy there own land ,but planning applications are often refused.

Stratfor Intelligence Leaked by Anonymous that Reveals Spying on Occupy Movement

Internet group Anonymous has leaked information from October and November 2011 suggesting that private intelligence firm STRATFOR has been working with Texas law enforcement to infiltrate the Occupy movement and spy on the Deep Green Resistance movement.

EU May Vote Soon On ACTA (Mother of SOPA)

25-01-2012 19:32 | Analysis | Repression | Technology | World

ACTA is the international version of the SOPA/PIPA laws in the US that would seriously restrict Internet freedoms. Under ACTA, information would be copyrightable for the first time, a bold step by the 1% towards the dark side.

A short analysis of the Cretan Independence Movement

22-01-2012 14:52 | History | Repression | Social Struggles | World

A warning for all independence movements.

Kurdish activists in sentenced to death by Iran's islamic regime

Two Kurdish activists has been sentenced to death by the Iranian courts for ‘waging enmity against God’ through ‘propaganda activities’ and ‘membership in a dissident group’ according to the Mokerian News Agency.

http://kurdishrights.org/2012/01/18/kurdish-activists-in-iran-sentenced-to-death/

Censorship: Britain bans Press TV

For the first time, British government censors have banned a 24-hour news channel from British viewers. As of the afternoon, UK-time, 20th January 2012, viewers of Press TV, an avowedly anti-imperialist TV channel headquartered in Tehran, saw the words “Channel Unavailable” when tapping their clicker. And so the war on Iran by Britain, Israel and the U.S. continues using propaganda, proxy militants and asymmetric warfare.

Media cover-up: Police attack on the Parliament Square Peace Campaign

Around 8pm on Monday 16th January , Metropolitan Police arrived en masse in Parliament Square, and ....unleashed upon our campaign, hour upon hour, of horror, in Parliament Square.

Pirate Party UK condemns US take-down of MegaUpload

The Pirate Party UK and I are alarmed at the US's continued efforts to enforce its excessive and unpopular copyright legislation outside of the USA.

Megaupload "international organized criminal enterprise" closed by the FBI

19-01-2012 21:26 | Repression | Technology | World

(From fbi site) Justice Department Charges Leaders of Megaupload with Widespread Online Copyright Infringement

Military refers all charges against Bradley Manning to court martial

12-01-2012 22:33 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | World

Despite Clear Evidence of Bias, ‘Show Trial’ of Accused WikiLeaks Whistle-blower Set to Proceed

http://www.bradleymanning.org/news/military-refers-all-charges-against-bradley-manning-to-court-martial

William Singletary, 65, Courageous Witness of Mumia's Innocence

12-01-2012 21:28 | Anti-racism | Policing | Repression | World

"I learned from William Singletary's wife, Jeannette, that he died this morning. Bill was a courageous man who lived fighting to make the truth known that Mumia is innocent in the shooting death of police officer Daniel Faulkner. For that Bill suffered severe personal and financial consequences. I've known Bill since June 1990 when he came forward with his eyewitness testimony for Mumia and as a witness at the PCRA hearing in 1995, when I was co-counsel for Mumia." -Rachel Wolkenstein

Campaigners demand Guantánamo closure on tenth anniversary of prison

10 years of Guantanamo Bay today!

Shut Guantánamo – End 10 Years of Shame - London Rally, Sat 7 Jan

Shut Guantánamo – End 10 Years of Shame - Public Rally, Saturday 7 January, 2-4pm, Trafalgar Square (North Side, outside National Gallery)

This Saturday (7 January) the weekend before the tenth anniversary of the opening of the illegal US military prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, on 11 January 2002, a public rally is to be held at Trafalgar Square (North Terrace, outside the National Gallery), organised by the London Guantánamo Campaign (LGC), Save Shaker Aamer Campaign (SSAC), Stop the War Coalition (StWC) and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) [1].

Merry Christmas for all? (Athens)

05-01-2012 08:43 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression | World

A brosure from Athens regarding X-MAS and the cities problems. Things have turned bad over there.

Wukan Peasant Victory Sets Stage For Chinese Turmoil

04-01-2012 17:23 | Policing | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The villagers of Wukan in south-east China appear to have won a victory over the misnamed Communist Party regime, and prevented the sale of some communal land. This triumph is the result of direct action, direct democracy, and the community's ability to get the word out, in spite of government censorship. These factors will be crucial in 2012, as factory workers come into conflict with multinational corporations in the cities.

Sudan's genocidal general is no 'observer' in Syria

Just what is happening in Syria? While the brave syrian people are sacrficing their lives the Arab League sends its expert straight from the genocide and ethnic cleansing in Darfur and now in South Kordofan to advise president Assad.