World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Atos Picketed, Daily Mail Mobbed and Invaded, WestminsterCouncil Told

Protests took place around the country yesterday as part of the Third National Day of Action Against Benefit Cuts.

Marcos is not a hero! Protest the plan to make him one!

15-04-2011 02:14 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

FERDINAND E. MARCOS is not a hero to the Filipino people. His martial law regime sent hundreds of thousands to jail, made people 'desaparecidos' because of their political beliefs. He is now being elevated to become a "hero" and plans are afoot by his families and allies to have him interred in Libingan ng mga Bayani (Cemetery of Heroes).

Turn the Royal Mile into the "Republican Mile"

Fuk the royal wedding!!!!!

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Dale Farm Eviction - Solidarity / Numbers Needed...

Numbers Needed For The Attempted Eviction Of Dale Farm Travellers..Any Assistance In Halting This Government Sanctioned Act Of Ethnic Cleansing / Facism Appreciated...

(lifted from P Poser-Solidarity & Respect)

show your support for Campaign To Save Bahman (Shirkou) Moaarefi From execution

12-04-2011 20:27 | Repression | Social Struggles | Liverpool | World

To all anti-capitalist,
To all anti-religious atrocity
To all those who fight for Justice,
To all political parties, Human Rights & Women organisations,
To all Freedom fighters and those whom fight to save civil librety

http://free-sherko.blogspot.com/search/label/Shirkou%20Moaarefi

IRMS security works with Gardaí to block Rossport Solidarity Camp protesters

11-04-2011 22:42 | Rossport Solidarity | Social Struggles | World

A protest today by the Rossport Solidarity Camp members at the Shell compound in Aughoose resulted IRMS security assisting the Gardaí in detaining campaigners.

Philippine Government Has Failed to Address Poverty in its First Year in Office

11-04-2011 15:32 | Analysis | Health | Social Struggles | World

The latest Social Weather Station (SWS) survey showing an increase in hunger is a major concern that must be taken seriously and not brushed off in a squabble over statistics. According to the March 4-7 poll 20.5% of respondents -- or an estimated 4.1 million families -- have gone hungry at least once in the past three months. This is up from the estimated 3.4 million families recorded in November 2010, i.e., almost one million extra families are going hungry today due to poverty. Along with the other examples of poverty and marginalization – such as the shocking deaths of up to 30 people in Palawan, including children, due to easily preventable ailments such as diarrhea – this demonstrates that the situation of the masses is deteriorating.

Benefit Cuts Protest - Day 3 this Thursday - call for support

The Third National Day of Protest Against Benefit Cuts takes place this Thursday 14th April.

US troops fire on Iraqi prison detainees at Camp Bucca (Video)

11-04-2011 13:28 | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

US troops fire on Iraqi prison detainees at Camp Bucca (2005)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQuTWDdKYIc&feature=player_embedded

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Food Sovereignty Tour + Agroecology Short Course in Venezuela – July 10-22

09-04-2011 16:12 | Ecology | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

You are invited to participate in a study tour to study food sovereignty, social movements and social change in Venezuela, July 10 to 22.

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WE ARE KNOWN BY THE COMPANY WE KEEP

09-04-2011 10:34 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | Cambridge | World

WE ARE KNOWN BY THE COMPANY WE KEEP

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PHILIPPINES: Our Failed Labor-Export Policy

07-04-2011 12:45 | Migration | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

The impacts of disasters occurring in other parts of the world, from Libya to Japan, have perhaps been communicated more drastically to the Philippines than to other countries. Whether it is the tragic trilogy of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear fallout in Japan or the civil war in Libya, external crises are swiftly transformed into internal crises for our country, as thousands of families are pushed into poverty and economic hardship when their breadwinners are dislocated and repatriated back to the Philippines, where jobs offering decent wages are scarce.

Russia -Novosibirsk: Unlimited Protest March April 1

06-04-2011 11:28 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Can't see this being on Indymedia for long, but for interested readers, this seems an ongoing protest in th city of Novosibirsk, Siberia, with numbers increasing each time. The method of constant hammering at the authorities with no let up is something the UK left is doing but needs stepping up I reckon.

Are 'dissident republicans' really behind Omagh Catholic policeman's murder?

05-04-2011 23:21 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Birmingham | World

Every week on Behind The Headlines we unpick some of the national and international spin, as well as picking out particularly significant stories for discussion

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Attack of the cruise missile liberals

Americans are warlike – as long as they think they can be victorious. These nominal Democrats and Republicans “differ only on who they want to see doing the dominating.” Today, a Black Democrat is the head killer in charge, allowing the likes of Ed Schultz, Bill Maher and Juan Cole to endorse the criminal assault on Libya. When the chips are down, fraudulent anti-war liberals show their true racist, Manifest Destiny-loving colors. “The true anti-war movement must reawaken itself and hit the streets in the hundreds of thousands.”

Cannabis Law Reform (CLEAR) calls on the Irish government to allow Noel McCull

05-04-2011 16:44 | Health | Social Struggles | World

DISABLED IRISH MAN DENIED THE RIGHT TO VISIT HIS FAMILY BEFORE HE DIES.

War on Kleptocracy

Nice youtube footage by Queuepolitely

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From the 1991GulfWar to the war on North Africa:On the true meaning of democracy

Initially, the U.S. effort against Qaddafi's Administration in Libya was termed a "humanitarian intervention" to protect the people. But, when since September 11, 1990 have U.S. troops been mobilized to innocently rescue civilians in danger? In reality, the U.S. military has been selectively called into action to cause civilian pain, suffering, destruction, and death since September 11, 1990 and to further unstated objectives.

Flashback: Way past time to break silence on militarism

04-04-2011 21:31 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death,” warned Martin Luther King Jr. in his famous speech at Riverside Church in New York City on April 4, 1967, 44 years ago this Easter Sunday.

The speech was titled “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.” It was delivered exactly one year to the day before his 1968 assassination in Memphis.

The people who heard that speech recognized it as one of the most powerful speeches ever given articulating the immorality of the Vietnam War and its destructive impact on social progress in the United States.

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Libya: The destruction of a country. The bombing of civilian targets

The account provided by the team of Russian Doctors constitutes an eyewitness account of what is happening on the ground in Libya. It contradicts the stream of media disinformation. It confirms that the coalition is routinely bombing civilian targets. For those progressives who have endorsed the US-NATO "humanitarian mandate", this account provides us with evidence of extensive war crimes by those you claim to be coming to the rescue of civilians. Residential buildings, hospital are being targeted by the coalition's smart bombs. The latter are extremely precise. The bombing of civilians is deliberate. These are so-called validated targets. they are part of a list of targets.