World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Sweeper

12-08-2005 06:12 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

It is not often that semantics attracts our attention, but the recent media saturation with the latest word-fad has prompted this response. The latest word that is ‘sweeping’ through the vocabularies of all right-wing speech writers is (you got it) “sweeping”! Have you noticed that there’s a ‘whole lot of sweeping going on’? “Sweeping new terrorist laws; sweeping new security measures; sweeping new changes”, etc. It is a shame that Bush, Blair and Howard haven’t been swept out of office. But it’s a bigger shame that we are being swept back into a quasi-feudal world of Lords and slaves – no need to guess what your status will be, but more on that later – for now, “the Word was with God, and the Word was God”. Disregard it at your own peril!

Over 100 on Iran Embassy demo...

OutRage! led demo at the Iranian Embassy- 11 Aug.

Stop The War Meeting in Cardiff

11-08-2005 14:55 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

A Stop The War meeting is being held in Cardiff this tuesday at 7.30pm

5 city protest against Iran's anti-gay hate..

Protests are to be held in 5 cities around the world on 11 Aug against Irans anti-gay hate and the execution of two gay teenagers on 19 July.

SPODDEN VALLEY: How may enfocing Rights of Way save lives?

10-08-2005 12:14 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

The Woodlands Rd bridleway beside the former asbestos factory site in the Spodden Valley, Rochdale UK has been the subject of much media attention recently...

http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/News/spodden_news.asp?ID=625

http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/News/spodden_news.asp?ID=649

http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/News/spodden_news.asp?ID=751

http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/News/spodden_news.asp?ID=766

Palestine at the Festival!

07-08-2005 18:57 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

This is a short account with 9 photos of the cavalcade at the start of the Edinburgh fringe festival in which the DabkaTroupe from Nablus, Palestine took part.

Free Download, Canadian Anarchist Folk Music

07-08-2005 02:15 | Social Struggles | World

Howdy,
I am anarchist folk singer Joey Only here in Vancouver British Columbia. I'm inviting you to my website to download my music for free. Mostly these are political stories about events here in Canada.

Folkestone to be home to Uk's Immigration & Nationality Service.

The Home Office has announced that Folkestone (Tory leader Michael Howard's constituency) is to become the new home of the UK's Imm' & Nationality Service from 2007.
(Trains from London Charing Cross-Folkestone Central -1h40mins- for anyone wanting to demo here from 2007)

al-Qaradawi endorses 'stoning' of outed gay Qatari Prince

OutRage! News service release.
Fundamentalist muslim cleric (courted by Ken Livingstone) has told al-Jazeera that a Qatari Prince, outed as gay, should be stoned to death...

Two Million Imprisoned = Too Many

05-08-2005 01:51 | Analysis | Social Struggles | World

On August 13, thousands of people are expected to march in D.C. against rising mass imprisonment in the U.S.

more actions against alcoa dam in Icleand

04-08-2005 19:53 | Ecology | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

activists invaded construction site and scaled huge cranes in protest against illegal construction of Alcoa smelter in pristine fjord

OutRage!- Iranian Embassy demo 11Aug+ latest info.

The lastest (Aug4th) Press/News Release from OutRage! regarding the 11 August demo at the Iranian Embassy and update on the info.
Let's see how long this posting remains before some IMC overly PC type deletes it without an explanation.

all roads lead to prague/praha

04-08-2005 11:35 | Culture | Repression | Social Struggles | World

as far as we can work out as to what is happening;

European Solidarity with Chiapas is rising

03-08-2005 23:05 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Zapatista | World

Solidarity groups deepen the level of networking.
Anti-neoliberal struggles in Europe are emphasised.

The 9/11 Key to Political Transformation

31-07-2005 06:09 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

"Looking at the onslaughts we face, it's obvious that this administration's primary source of war-making, rights-taking, vote-raking power is still and always has been the "official 9/11 story." The exquisitely timed "surprise attack" it portrays instantly justified what we now know was a long planned agenda to take us into endless war, crippling debt and constitutional twilight."

Post-G8 Dissent! Gathering: 6-7 August, South Wales

Notes: Despite being advertised elsewhere as a "South Wales Dissent! Gathering", the event is, rather, a network-wide Dissent! Gathering which will be held in South Wales. See you there!

Call for No Border Actions22 - 28 August 2005 (Bulgaria and Greece)

INTERNATIONAL CALL TO NO BORDER ACTIONS 22 - 28 AUGUST 2005

Campesino Leader Assassinated in Catatumbo, Norte de Santander

29-07-2005 09:24 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The National Agrarian Co-ordination (CNA) and the undersigned organisations denounce to national and international public opinion the assassination of
JOSE TRINIDAD TORRES MUNOZ, who was a member of the CNA national committee, and activist in several local community organisations.

The SHORTWAVE REPORT 7/29/05 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!

28-07-2005 23:43 | Analysis | Social Struggles | World

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.

GREATER SUNRISE Timor Sea Justice Campaign

28-07-2005 16:03 | Analysis | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | World

Briefing Paper by Timor Sea Justice Campaign (Australia) re signing of a temporary resource sharing agreement between Australia and East Timor covering the Greater Sunrise gas field.