World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

More Repression In Oaxaca

Brutal beating to activists by the fascist and criminal police. Comrade left in the brink of death.

Nazi attack at antinuclear protest camp in siberia

20-07-2007 23:06 | Repression | Social Struggles | Technology | World

In the early morning 21st July (20 o'clock 20.7. GMT) Nazi skinheads attacked an antinuclear protest camp in Angarsk, Siberia, Russia. The campers knew about the planned attack and had organized night guards, but they were much too few (1 to 3). The Nazis attacked the sleeping activists with iron rods, knives and air pressure guns. At least two campers became seriously injured: A person suffered a head-fracture, one became both legs broken. All tents were set in fire, several belongings were stolen.

Petition for indigenous americans

20-07-2007 18:45 | Social Struggles | World

Urge the Province of Ontario to Stop Licensing the Plunder of First Nations Land

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The Economy of Bread Alone and the Economy of Enough

20-07-2007 12:06 | Social Struggles | World

Jesus' discipleship demands seeing through the economy of bread alone or structural egosim and not submitting.. The economy of bread alone, the economy of hoarding and riches of a few costs the soul and freedom.

Ankara: 87 people imprisoned

19-07-2007 19:29 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Members of the Front for Rights and Freedoms (HOC), wanted to march in front of parliament on July 16, but hundreds of activists were beaten up and 154 detained.
27 of those who were detained were released yeserday because they were under 18 years of age. Today 43 women who were detained were released after they were brought before a state prosecutor.

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Oaxaca meeting 23 July, Parliament

Forwarding from the Global Women's Strike and Payday Men's Network.

First Squat “Rebil” in Romania

17-07-2007 14:09 | Free Spaces | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Some Impressions from the first Squat “Rebil” in Romania

On Friday the 6th of July a group of anarchists squatted an old “cinema” building in the city of Iasi, close to the ukrainian/moldavien borders. This first Romanian squat is named “Rebil” as an anagram for “liber” meaning free in Romanian.

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Riots in France November 2005

17-07-2007 05:32 | Anti-racism | History | Social Struggles | World

translation of excellent article

Shell & County Mayo: Don't Mention The Water Part 3

Since Oscar Beard’s month in Mayo from mid February 2007, and the Indymedia UK investigation exposing the poisoning of the Erris drinking water supply from the Corrib Gas Project, a return trip in May revealed the extent to which Mayo County Council (MCC) and Shell E & P Ireland (SEPIL) would go to hide the problem rather than deal with it.

Reel News G8 Special Promo

Reel News 8, G8 Special DVD out on 5 July.

Local Protesters Blockade Shell Construction site in Mayo

13-07-2007 10:37 | Rossport Solidarity | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

A number of Shell to Sea campaigners have established a non-violent blockade of the road leading to the proposed gas refinery site at Bellanaboy. Two protestors are locked on to an immobilized vehicle, preventing access to the site.

Squat illegally evicted in Switzerland

12-07-2007 15:40 | Free Spaces | Repression | Social Struggles | World

On July 10th, "La Tour" was illegaly evicted in Geneva, Switzerland.
Here's a brief summary of events and a call for international
solidarity.

Competition and the Legal System

12-07-2007 12:33 | Social Struggles | World

Competition is not always a fountain of economic development.. Certain academic findings are dangerous for the functioning of norm systems. The critic becomes the delinquent. Several wicked mosquitos may be criticized, not mosquitos ingeneral.. The right of association and the welfare state principle could be bulwarks countering the absolutizing of competition.

Shell to Sea campaigners jailed for police assault

A text message and short phone call last night revealed that three Shell to Sea protestors have been jailed on assault charges against the Garda.

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Dennis Fritz The Other Innocent Man In John Grisham's The Innocent Man

Dennis Fritz was Ron Williamson's friend and co-defendant in the Debra Sue Carter murder case. John Grisham wrote about the case in his book,The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. Grisham writes about Ron Williamson and his role in the case.

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Filipina Senator Opposes Arroyo State Terrrorism & U.S. Imperialism

Of distinguished progressive lineage, Senator Jamby Madrigal of the Philippines takes a principled stand critical of the Arroyo regime's bloody and brutal repression of Filipinos backed by the Bush neocons. This article provides the historical context for the Philippine crisis and Senator Madrigal's views on U.S. imperialism in the neocolony and its complicity with State-terrorist repression of citizens by extrajudicial political killings and forced disappearances already condemned by the UN, Amnesty International, World Council of Churches, Human Rights Watch, and the Permanent People's Tribunal of Europe.

The Other Politics in Europe

As (Party) Politics moves increasingly, inevitably towards the right, we must now denounce party politics in its entirety and establish a renewed functionality of the open spaces existent within all societies. Such functionality is non-excluding, non-racist, anti-fascist and above all, essentially democratic in nature...

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Berlin Antifascist Christian S. in prison again!

10-07-2007 16:01 | Social Struggles | World

Christian S., an autonomous antifascist from Berlin is sitting again in prison since the 14th of July.

Tara campaign critical/Demo Friday 13th

10-07-2007 14:42 | Ecology | History | Social Struggles | World

Demo outside the Irish Embassy in London, at 12 noon (17 Grovesnor place london sw1 uk) Neolithic archeaology site being treashed by diggers to make new m3 motorway in Ireland, few people on ground at Tara, all numbers at demo or protest needed now.!.

Privatization as a Threat

10-07-2007 01:04 | Social Struggles | World

Privatization undermines the nature of the state, the state's reason to exist, and leads to the loss of identity and sovereignty. The state revenue side is weakened by privatizing profitable state expenses. Siegfried Bross is a judge on the German Constitutional Court.