World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Welfare rights UK - Tory MP Edward Leigh is challenged on lies against the poor

11-10-2005 15:18 | Analysis | Social Struggles | World

WELFARE rights under illegal threat from MPs! - The Tory MP has been challenged on the false assertions made on tv and newspaper interviews which he made against the poor on 11 October 2005.
UKLAWTESTER are about to issue a legal action on Leigh (and Blunkett).

VENEZUELA: Bolivarian Revolution takes new steps against capitalism

11-10-2005 13:38 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

In the last few weeks in Venezuela there has been a renewed offensive in the "war against the latifundia" and a number of factory expropriations. This has had the effect of polarising the country, with the private bourgeois media launching a "crusade" in defence of private property.

Spodden Valley asbestos- a ‘hot potato’ that nobody wants to hold?

11-10-2005 09:47 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

There is still confusion over which government and council agencies have powers and responsibilities over the site of what was the world’s largest asbestos textile factory. A consortium headed by Countryside Properties wants to build 600 homes and a children’s nursery there.

Was the public’s chance to question the council- ‘Gone in 60 seconds’...?

GATE GOURMET WORKERS: “IT’S NOT OVER YET!”

the continuation of the dispute and its lessons

BLUNKETT has to be stopped from further illegal attacks on lawful claimants

10-10-2005 13:31 | Analysis | Social Struggles | World

An up-to-date examination of the illegal conduct of David Blunkett MP the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions as he embarks one again on an illegal assault ion the poor people in Britain – as he did on the BBC radio 4 Today programme on Monday 10 October 2005

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WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY:

10-10-2005 03:46 | Analysis | Culture | Social Struggles | World

A petition signed by people around the world will be presented to Heads of State in Africa by the World Coalition Against Death Penalty.

Bush, God and Transnationals

09-10-2005 04:38 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

The tragedy (for the entire world) is not that Bush is delusional, mentally unstable and intellectually challenged – that is well known. Rather, it is that he remains as commander in chief of the USA – placed in that position by commercial and other financial interests.

The result for the world is war and innocent lives lost in favour of the accumulation of wealth for the few. That is the tragedy for the world, a tragedy of monumental proportions.

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Greece: Anarchists Attack the Headquarters of the Greek Riot Police (Video)

05-10-2005 18:13 | Social Struggles | World

Video – Anarchists Attack the Headquarters of the Greek Riot Police and the Police Special Forces - Found at athens.indymedia.org/display.php?articleId=4099

OutRage!-report on the demo-Iran Embassy

Report and pics of the demo outside the Iranian Embassy: 4 October against Iran's attacks on gay people (and others).

Tembak Aja – Just Shoot

04-10-2005 13:02 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Birmingham | World

The recent bombings in Bali have once again highlighted the inappropriate (disastrous) approach of the ‘us and them’ mentality. There is ‘no love lost’ in divisionism. The Australian Senate, take note! Western analysts fail to understand that Muslims take personally another Muslim’s plight. Race or nationality has little relevance in the context of the unifying familial aspects of Islam. Kill a Palestinian and Muslims in Indonesia, Sudan (everywhere) will feel the loss. Furthermore, many would feel obliged to take positive action to prevent the further loss of Muslim life. However, Muslim fanatics fail to understand a principal tenet of Islam, the brotherhood of all humanity; taking innocent life is strictly forbidden. But we take the simplistic view of the fanatics and Western politicians, the question should be, who benefits from these bombings?

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The Continuation of the French Show Trials

30-09-2005 20:56 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

The Shape of Things To Come

New Iranian Protest - Stop killing gays

OutRage! and axm magazine call for mass protest against the homophobic atrocities in Iran outside the Iranian Embassy, London from 1pm on Tuesday 4th October.

Spots and Stripes

29-09-2005 15:03 | Analysis | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | World

It is well known that John Howard, infamous lackey and liar, is devoid of anything that could be remotely regarded as masculine or manly; the draconian measures he has implemented to ‘secure’ Australia against the terrorist bogeyman are astounding. Few if any previous Prime Ministers have openly displayed such unadulterated cowardice and fear. It would be easy to believe that Howard fears a terrorist strike, but that is not his primary fear!

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Time Autonomy for Everyone

29-09-2005 13:44 | Social Struggles | World

Given the enormous advances in productivity, radical reduction of working hours is an overdue demand. However working hours are actually lengthened while millions of long-term unemployed must manage with social transfers.. Power relations are hidden behind the distribution structures.

Irrationalism and Ideology in Risk Capitalism

28-09-2005 13:48 | Social Struggles | World

Reductionist worldviews promise "order" in the mixed-up social consciousness..Psychoanalysis has coined the term "regression" for this process of escapism.. Psychic regression involves withdrawal to a state of original immediacy, an earlier less complex stage of the psyche.

Spodden Valley: Asbestos and the environment - More cross-party support...

27-09-2005 13:45 | Ecology | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Following a recent visit to the Spodden Valley by Lib Dem MEP Chris Davies and a future planed visit by Labour MPs and MEPs. Words of support also came from UKIP MEP John Whittaker. This weekend saw members of the Conservative Party also express concerns over health & safety and the environment in the Spodden Valley, Rochdale, UK. Bithplace of the world's modern asbestos industry and home to what was the world's largest asbestos textile factory:

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Spodden Valley asbestos: Indymedia coverage mentioned in European Parliament

27-09-2005 12:43 | Ecology | Health | Social Struggles | World

INDYMEDIA and other internet news archives have been mentioned in the European Parliament’s recent conference on asbestos that discussed a planning application to build 600+ homes and a children's nursery on the site of what was the world's largest asbestos textile factory- Spodden Valley, Rochdale in North West England..

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Blair scuppers corruption inquiry in exchange for arms deal with Saudi Royals.

27-09-2005 09:37 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

With the independence of our judiciary already severely compromised, Criminal Blair takes it one step further, threatening to scupper a fraud investigation to help out his friends at BAE.

Apathy

27-09-2005 05:41 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Birmingham | World

Whether born/e of passivity or apathy, the world’s populations are tolerating, as never before, gross ineptitude, incompetence and criminality from their governments. Comparisons could be made with infamous regimes of the past that maintained their illegitimate rule by deploying draconian social policies and manipulating information. However, today, information is easily accessed through various sources not controlled by mainstream media or governments yet apathy in the face of deliberate deception and criminal government prevails.

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