World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

The SHORTWAVE REPORT 12/24/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!

23-12-2004 23:58 | Analysis | Social Struggles | World

A 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, and Cuba.

Schroders: Houseboat Family Banned Entry to Schroders International Boat Show

"The smash hit of the year is back! The 2005 Schroders London Boat Show in association with The Daily Telegraph at ExCeL in London's Docklands from 6th - 16th January offers everything the boating or watersport fan could dream of..." except for one Family, with five young daughters, who have been banned.........

Kelly speaks from Israeli prison after first week

21-12-2004 12:50 | Repression | Social Struggles | Cambridge | World

Kelly (23) from Madison (Wisc, US) was arrested last week during demonstration against the Apartheid Wall near the village of Bil'in. She is being imprisoned and deported by the Israeli Ministry of Interior because of her role as a community activist in the balatacamp.net collective.

A Tale for the solstice

21-12-2004 09:06 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | London | World

Cad Goddeu or The Battle of the Trees
By Taliesin
(Translation by Revd. Robert Williams)

European Social Forum: Debating the challenges for its future

After three European Social Forums (ESF) we need to step back and ask: what
next? This newsletter is an attempt to provide a multitude of answers to
this question, reflecting upon the Forum’s purpose, practical achievements
and methods of organisation.

We are all Ahmed Awwad: Popular Resistance in Palestine

20-12-2004 00:31 | Analysis | Social Struggles | World

Reflections on recent acts of popular resistance in Palestine by Israeli member of Anarchists against the Wall

British Telecom to buy Israeli communications technology

19-12-2004 15:02 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Britain's telecommunications giant British Telecom intends to purchase Israeli communications technology, according to Sergei Brosh, chairman of the Israeli Export and International Cooperation Institute.

Zaragoza EXPO 2008 - Activist Crack Down

18-12-2004 21:23 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

THE DARK SIDE OF THE EXPO2008
MILLONAIRE FINES TO SILENCE THE CRITICS AGAINST THE PROJECT

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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 12/17/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!

16-12-2004 23:53 | Analysis | Social Struggles | World

Upcoming Countryside Alliance demos

13-12-2004 21:53 | Indymedia | Social Struggles | World

Calling all Toffbusters!

Ukraine: Next Political Elite or "We Are Together And Not to Be Defeated"?

13-12-2004 16:05 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

This article was written by two anarchist activists from Kyiv, Ukraine during the second week of the protests - and has been translated just now. "During two weeks of mass protests people get to know - how to cooperate, how to trust each other and how to call the authorities to the answer"

Bristolian newspaper reaches 100th issue

12-12-2004 19:07 | Social Struggles | World

The UK's best community newspaper reaches its 100th issue

US Election Fraud: something BIG happening

11-12-2004 11:03 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Compilation of latest information including detailed quotes.
Note there are also nationwide demonstrations planned for Sunday 12th -
The 51 Capital March

http://www.51capitalmarch.com/stateContacts.shtml
"You Stole My Vote"

European Observation Mission to US Elections: Findings

11-12-2004 07:33 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Summary of the preliminary findings of the Election Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) - ref.

http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2004/11/3779_en.pdf - on the US Elections of 2 Nov 2004. Note that the Mission was terminated at the moment the polls closed.

56 Human Rights Day . 10 Dec 2004

10-12-2004 15:16 | Education | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (

http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html) calling upon all Member countries to publicize the Declaration and "to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and exponded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories.

Straw welcomes UN plan for strikes on rogue states...

07-12-2004 06:53 | Social Struggles | World

Trying to cover his tracks, the British foreign secretary Jack Straw now urges a change in the Charter of the United Nations, in a shameless effort to get himself and all other war criminals of the hook.

Yes Men Score A Hit for Bhopal

03-12-2004 18:13 | Social Struggles | Sheffield | World

The BBC has been forced to apologise after falling for the latest stunt from by The Yes Men (

http://www.theyesmen.org/) who impersonated a Dow Chemical spokesman and said the US company accepted responsibility for India's Bhopal disaster.

UKRAINE GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT

03-12-2004 17:51 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

In the short term, if Ukrainian people manage to get rid of censorship, systematic police brutality, corruption and state ordered killings, that in itself will be a victory. But in the long run, something new has been born. Call it “civil society” or “autonomous networks of resistance”, whatever it’s called, it will influence future events and, hopefully set an example to people everywhere

Lest We Forget Eureka Stockade!

03-12-2004 04:13 | European Social Forum | Social Struggles | London | World

On October 16, 1975, five journalists filming the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, for Australian TV channels, were killed at a place called Balibo. This name seems set to become one of the rallying cries of 2nd Renaissance secession movements in Australia. The facts surrounding the Balibo killings are so damning of the central governments of Australia and Indonesia that the event will rank in Australian consciousness with the Eureka Stockade uprising of 1854.