World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

(USA) What kind of organization does the antiwar movement need?

09-09-2005 04:12 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

An organization capable of overthrowing the system of imperialist rule cannot be built on a foundation of sand. Only principled, transparent and long-term collaboration between serious activists can:

(1) organize a decisive break from the
confinement of liberal-imperialist politics,
(2) mobilize the masses in their millions and
(3) chart the couse forward to a world without
imperialist war or capitalist exploitation

A Second Economy: Overcoming the Hurricane of Unemployment

08-09-2005 17:54 | Social Struggles | World

"One of the problems since the so-called turn of 1989 is that the market is regarded as an ultimate natural law. The whole world was required to transform their economies into market economies.."

Cross-party support from MEPs for Save Spodden Valley campaign...

07-09-2005 20:20 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

Save Spodden Valley campaigners have been invited to speak this month at an asbestos conference in the European Parliament buildings. Whilst in Brussels, campaigners are also taking the opportunity to meet with MEPs and European Commissioners to discuss the controversial planning application to build over 600 homes and a children’s nursery on the site of what was the world’s largest asbestos textile factory at Rochdale in the north west of England.

Spodden Valley asbestos: the national health and safety debate heats up…

07-09-2005 10:53 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

Asbestos cancer: Are children up to 1000 times more at risk with HSE’s "acceptable" exposure levels?

Campaigners say an article just published by a national expert on health and safety has significance for the controversial Spodden Valley planning application.

'The Ambassador’s Last Stand' - A forthcoming BBC TV documentary

07-09-2005 09:18 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

News of a forthcoming TV documentary on the Craig Murray campaign against Jack Straw in Blackburn

Democracy and the rule of law: the Iraqi alternative to US occupation

06-09-2005 17:11 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The Iraqi National Foundation Conference is an independent Iraqi initiative for a democratic and unified Iraq. The anti-war movement should see building substantive links with this group as an urgent and immediate priority.

More Time for Life, Laughter and Love

06-09-2005 15:46 | Social Struggles | World

"Fewer and fewer persons produce more and more goods in an ever-shorter time through increasingly efficient technology, better training and growing labor intensity.. Whoever relies only on growth to overcome mass unemployment comes to an ideological cul-de-sac.."

New Orleans: New Interview w/ Activist Malik Rahim Blasts Mayor Nagin ~

06-09-2005 03:32 | Anti-racism | Health | Social Struggles | World

Malik Rahim, veteran of the Black Panther Party in New Orleans, is
interviewed in the Algiers neigherborhood by Democracy Now! producers.
Rahim talks about what should have been differently.

You Don't Need A Weatherman To Know Which Way The Wind Blows

06-09-2005 03:31 | Anti-racism | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

...we are within the heartland of a worldwide monster, a country so rich from its worldwide plunder that even the crumbs doled out to the enslaved masses within its borders......The goal is the destruction of US imperialism and the achievement of a classless world: ...Winning state power in the US will occur as a result of the military forces of the US overextending themselves around the world and being defeated piecemeal; struggle within the US will be a vital part of this process,...

Ten things you should know about petrol sniffing

06-09-2005 02:34 | Analysis | Culture | Social Struggles | World

This is the crux of the issue. As long as indigenous people are treated as second-class citizens, petrol sniffing and other substance misuse will continue unabated. Relegated to third-world conditions and no hope of making it in the white man's world, many indigenous young people out bush have no alternative other than wiping themselves out.

Agrexco - Letting Apartheid Bloom

The Effects Of Illegal Settlements In The Jordon Valley

Working Three Hours a Day is Enough

03-09-2005 21:36 | Social Struggles | World

"Kenes predicted 60 years ago that three hours work per day would be enough. Instead nearly seven million (in Germany) are in a desperate situation, not an emancipated situation..The system logic is obviously exhausted.. Only capital is radical at the moment.."

Hurricane Katrina's aftermath: From national disaster to national humiliation

03-09-2005 15:25 | Analysis | Social Struggles | World

The central lesson of New Orleans is that the elementary requirements of mass society are incompatible with a system that subordinates everything to the enrichment of a financial oligarchy.

Colonialism in the 21st Century: Our Ally, the state of Israel (Part 2)

02-09-2005 16:12 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The fraud of the Gaza withdrawal, the garish hysteria of the evicted settlers, and the real trauma of eviction in the occupied territories

Banned book from former UK ambassador available online

01-09-2005 08:05 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Craig Murray was the UK ambassador to Uzbekistan who raised objections to the UK using evidence obtained gained under torture. A preview of the book the government is trying to ban is available online on 1st September only.

Thousand Workers Siege Labor Department in Manila

30-08-2005 20:52 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Filipino protesters and unionists from Gelmart Industries, the country's top garment exporter, clash with police at the Department of Labor and Employment office in Manila August 15, 2005. Protesters condemned the Labor Secretary and the Gelmart management for failing to meet the demands of employees.

30a.org AT THE OPERA: an eyewitness account

30-08-2005 14:35 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The police gang like to fence the protestors in and surround them grunting and staring is the tactic and if taxpayers are prepared to be pushed to that level then it is time to stand up for your rights to protest as well. Don't let them stand over your youth and fellow citizens who should be allowed to protest and demonstrate without feeling sick in the stomach with fear and worried about being there.

Rock against Coca Cola and war in Turkey

30-08-2005 10:40 | Culture | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

BarisaRock Festival (Rock for peace) in Istanbul has ended with a great success last weekend. More than 60 organizations, campaigns and initiatives have been involved in the activities.

Dear Settlers

28-08-2005 05:09 | Social Struggles | World

from the Israeli Left

The Christian Paradox

27-08-2005 16:55 | Social Struggles | World

"We have made golden calves of ourselves-become a nation of terrified, self-obsessed idols.. The gospel is too radical for any culture larger than the Amish to ever come close to realizing..Taking seriously the actual message of Jesus should serve to moderate the greed and violence.."

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