World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

AADHIKAR DAILY WORLD COMMENTARY

19-12-2005 04:40 | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World

Political and human rights in the UK were as much under state pressure on 19 December 1980 as they are today 19 December 2005.

25th anniversary of the founding of the Aadhikar in London, UK.

Thoughts on Iraqi electionswith 19 photos attached.

18-12-2005 21:27 | Analysis | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | World

This is a 500 word article about the Iraqi elections with 19 photos attached.

HAITI'S ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER ARISTIDE, NOW LOST

18-12-2005 15:40 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Haiti's achievements under Aristide and Lavalas during their 10 years in office and conditions now after the U.S. led coup

HONGKONG: WTO protesters crash gates !

17-12-2005 16:38 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

- SOUTH KOREAN FARMERS STAND TALL AND BREAK INTO CONVENTION CENTER WHERE THE WTO-TRADE-TALKS ARE HAPPENING -

Inspiring photos from the WTO summit in Hong Kong

Here some more inspiring photos from the WTO summit in Hong Kong. See feature for more info.

Support the July 7th survivor's online petition for a Public Inquiry

"Apparently it will 'take too long', 'be too expensive' and 'only tell us things we already know.' We have spent a thousand days in Iraq and £3.1 billion. Is that too long? Is that too expensive? Is the link between Iraq and July 7th what we already know?" - Rachel, London Bombings survivor

Fisherfolks Murdered By Drowning, Suspect 6th WTO

HONGKONG-- A proposal of rich countries to open the markets of less developed nations to their non-agricultural products like fish, the Philippines' 1.8 million small fishermen-and Southeast Asia's 12 million-could drown in a sea of imports from the likes of China and Japan.

Military plan will rob the community of its social fabric

15-12-2005 09:12 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

But why would any person make a decision to take away from the social fabric, workers, and desperate, disadvantaged, disabled and mentally ill people and plough that money into military hardware to kill people? Where is the logic in that? Especially for an illegal and degrading war like Iraq.

Cheney's January 2005 trip to Poland to visit secret CIA torture center

15-12-2005 01:39 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Informed sources in Washington report that when Dick Cheney flew to Poland for the 60th anniversary ceremonies marking the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp last January, his three day visit also included a clandestine visit to a secret CIA camp in Poland where suspected "Al Qaeda" prisoners were being subjected to torture.

DEFEND BRICK LANE AREA COMMUNITY by kicking out present clique of councillors

14-12-2005 21:01 | Ecology | Social Struggles | London | World

The Crossrail hole Bill must be defeated and the local community defended. the most important ay to do so is by throwing out the unrepresentative councillors who form the clique on Tower Hamlets Council now. That clique has colluded to bring about the Crossrail hole attack upon the community in the Brick Lane London E1 Area

Turk dissident Orhan Pamuk- trial due...

14-12-2005 16:03 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

As I recall the Turkish writer and dissident is due in court on December 16th over his comments about the 'massacre' of Armenians and Kurds during the 1st world war.
Here's the article in the ObserverOctober 23nd.

latest from a neighbourhood without law

14-12-2005 15:17 | Globalisation | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Soldiers have big weapons. Human Righst Observers fight them with their cameras. Then the soldiers erase the tapes

Defend democratic and human rights in Russia

14-12-2005 11:24 | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World

Prof Bill Bowring - founder and academic coordinator of the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) at the London Metropolitan University - was detained and deported without warning or any explanation from Russia on November 15th 2005.

The Plague Upon Eden

14-12-2005 01:14 | Analysis | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

strong critique of humanity and our role in the destruction of the environment and the acceleration of global warming

Report on the WTO Conference Day One Protect Actions

13-12-2005 21:40 | WTO Hong Kong 2005 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Written by Little Wolf, Translated by Perspex
Source: InMedia HK

http://www.inmediahk.net/public/article?item_id=84236&group_

INCA center, TIMISOARA under eviction threat

13-12-2005 20:46 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

INCA Foundation(in Timisoara) got a place from the city for a period of 5 years to develop a community center inside a historical part of the city (part of the defense wall of the old fortress of the city). Now after 3 and a half years inspectors came keen on finding stuff that is breaking the contract so that they have a motivation to throw us in the streets. Our strong conviction is that this was a deliberate act, and inspectors which came were not interested to find solutions to fix the problems they discovered, they were not interested in finding out if there is another side of the story and so on. They were sent to find a reason to throw us out.

Brick Lane London E1 Area Community No to a scrutiny of Crossrail-hole Bill

13-12-2005 18:50 | Ecology | Social Struggles | London | World

The MPs 'select committee', just finalised, to 'scrutinise' the Crossrail hole Bill scheduled to start in january 2006, will fail the people in the East End of London if the process is allowed to be just a formality. Defend the Brick Lane London E1 area against the Crossrail hole Bill. Back the campaign against the hole attack on the Brick Lane area. Force Alistair Darling to tell the truth about how the crass Crossrail hole Bill was conjured up by neglecting the rights of the communities.

A list of sites with news on the WTO protests. (with links)

Its not comprehensive but there is alot there
Sites with reports and actions as well as some background info

Selling off the Social State

13-12-2005 18:34 | Social Struggles | World

Attitudes are the only disability. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. "Social solidarity with the sick is eroding.. The solidarian security from risks is the prerequisite for personal responsibility.. The social security systems in Germany are overly coupled to paid work.."

Philipinos protest WTO

Whose Trade Organization is it?
" It is not and has never been an institution that had the betterment of the working peoples' welfare as its agenda..." WTO disputed in Philippine Congress. (Dec 6)
Resist! Spokesperson and Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casino today questioned in Congress the Philippines' continuing membership in the the World Trade Organization (WTO). "The W TO is not by any stretch of the imagination an estbalished or elected government; but from the way it conduct itself, it has become the most powerful pseudo-legislative and judicial body in the world," he said.