World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

'Salute to Israel' march in London and counter-demonstrations

Images of the Zionist march through London - the first 'Salute to Israel'.
Also included are images of the Palestinian / Student counter demonstrations.

Nationwide Call-in for Justice in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

27-06-2008 18:45 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The Justice for Javon Dawson Committee is calling on all honest and freedom-loving people to support the demands for justice and reparations in the St. Petersburg police murder of this 17-year-old African who was attending a high school graduation party and unarmed when he was shot twice in the back and killed. (read full story:

http://uhurunews.com)

Zimbabwe at War

27-06-2008 03:16 | Social Struggles | World

This is a war between revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries; between nationalists and quislings; between Zimbabwean patriots and the US and Britain.

Should an election be carried out when a country is under sanctions and it is has been made clear to the electorate that the sanctions will be lifted only if the opposition party is elected? Should a political party which is the creation of, and is funded by, hostile foreign forces, and whose program is to unlatch the door from within to provide free entry to foreign powers to establish a neo-colonial rule, be allowed to freely operate? Should the leaders of an opposition movement that takes money from hostile foreign powers and who have made plain their intention to unseat the government by any means available, be charged with treason? These are the questions that now face (have long faced) the embattled government of Zimbabwe, and which it has answered in its own way, and which other governments, at other times, and have answered in theirs.

'the battle of tolmers square' (the movie) and The Future Of Bowl Court

t## THURSDAY 26TH JUNE

8PM @ Bowl Court
[[ 'the battle of tolmers square' and discussion ]]

[IT] New law grants amnesty for police violence at the 2001 G8 Summit

Press Release June 25th 2008

- “Race against time”: Court rule against the police in July is now in question
- Protests in Italy and Berlin

British Government should not recognize Burmese military Regime

26-06-2008 13:50 | Other Press | Social Struggles | World

Burma Democratic Concern today called for the British government not to recognize Burmese military regime

4th - 10th July Call to Action

26-06-2008 11:01 | Social Struggles | World

CIVIL LIBERTY IS ABOUT BUILDING A GOOD, JUST SOCIETY
In the context of the coming campaign 4th - 10th July
Haltemprice and Howden, Yorkshire, England

MDC-M youths attack MTC-T rally

26-06-2008 02:47 | Social Struggles | World

Just to show you the sort of people (MDC-T the west is supporting...Notice too: no police repression

MDC-T senator-elect nabbed over violence

26-06-2008 02:43 | Social Struggles | World

What the western press is not reporting:

MDC-T senator-elect for Siyakobvu in Kariba John Malaba has been arrested in connection with violence that left scores of Zanu-PF supporters injured.

Famine killed 7 million people in USA

26-06-2008 02:26 | History | Social Struggles | World

Another online scandal has been gathering pace recently. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, deleted an article by a Russian researcher, who wrote about the USA’s losses in the Great Depression of 1932-1933.

Human Rights Scandal in Austria

Non-governmental organisations express concern about what may be a case of state repression of social activism

Anti-Sprawl Direct Action in Montana

24-06-2008 17:30 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

Flathead Valley, Montana, U.S. - A group calling itself Americans Stopping Sprawling Development (ASSD) has taken credit for a rash of incidents involving the removal of surveyor stakes and graffiti that is estimated to have cost developers as much as $20,000 so far.

ROG FACTORY / European Social Center's meeting report tonight at Bowl Court >>>

7PM @ Bowl Court
[[An informal report and discussion on the Rog Social Centre in Ljubljana]]

European Social Center's meeting report tonight at Bowl Court >>>
ROG, 20-21-22 June
More information at:

http://tovarna.org

COME ALONG

Helsinki Days of Action for Autonomous Spaces - July '08

24-06-2008 12:18 | Culture | Social Struggles | World

Squatters of Helsinki invite you to Helsinki for five days lasting
actiondays for autonomous freespaces, culture and freedom.

News from the battles for free space in Copenhagen

23-06-2008 17:47 | Free Spaces | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Struggles around free space and squats continue abounds in Copenhagen, Denmark. Not only are there still weekly demos still for the campaign to have a new Youthhouse (Ungdomshuset) but a new extension to the famous squatted Christiania has been occupied with great success. It also looks like the council has given in to pressure from the squatters movement and agreed a new Youth House for the kids!!

Forget Zimbabwe, vote fraud in americas ally Ethiopia

23-06-2008 02:59 | Social Struggles | World

where is the media now?

'Cries of fraud stained the reputation of one of Washington's closest African allies, to whom, according to U.S. defense department figures, the Bush administration sold $6 million worth of weapons to in 2006, more armaments than went to any other African country. The weapons are used in part to aid Ethiopia in its war against Islamic militants based in neighboring Somalia, which Ethiopia invaded in late 2006 and where it remains involved in active combat to this day.'

Blonde ambitions

22-06-2008 23:07 | Education | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

The university league tables media frenzy tells us a little bit more about the deep interrelations of interests amongst academia and students, as well as a little bit more on the state of the democratic environment of the universities in the UK and finally refers us to the many associations which should keep an eye on standards and academic freedom in the UK.

All diamonds are still blood diamonds

22-06-2008 16:58 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

The movie, the celebrities and the publicity have come and gone. Now the conditions for the people of Sierra Leone are worse than ever. The popular Africanist Movement is struggling to change that.

Quietly and without sorrow: purging the undesireable in a Scientologist world

The Church of Scientology is an international cult founded by science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard. Hubbard was an authoritarian with delusions of power, who sought to have his movement conquer the world and have his teachings form the basis of the new society.

But every utopia has its dissidents, every Eden its snake. And Hubbard was ready for them.

Canada's apology to Native Peoples: 'NOT ACCEPTED'!

21-06-2008 08:55 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Canada's neo-con bushpuppet Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently 'apologized' to Indigenous peoples or did he...? Sorry for Genocide...? Apology 'NOT ACCEPTED'