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Battle for Spain

20-09-2006 13:36

Interesting book review on the Spanish Civil War

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9/11 - Five Years Later: The Official Story Falls Apart

20-09-2006 13:33

9/11 - Five Years Later
The following article argues that the 9/11 Truth Movement is making a mistake by concentrating on controlled demolition at the WTC and no plane at the Pentagon: "If the American people really want the truth about 9/11, we’ve got to stop diddling around with theories about maybe a cruise missile hit the Pentagon, or maybe controlled demolition took down the towers. Maybe so, but let’s go there only after we’ve met the real people in flesh and blood, who have suffered to get the truth out."

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National Identity Crisis

19-09-2006 03:48

Australia takes the idiot news of the week award once again. ‘Onya Oz for not laughing the Prime Minister, John Howard, and the imbecile leader of the opposition, Kim Beazley, out of Parliament and office for their ridiculous and illogical attempts to gain political advantage by exploiting the underlying racism and cringe mentality in the local ‘culture’.

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Day for Darfur: Tens of Thousands Rally in Global Day Against Genocide

19-09-2006 03:18

Darfur Rally
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied around the world on Sunday in a global day against genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. The global day of protests was organized to coincide with the start of the United Nations General Assembly debate this week on Sudan. We speak with Darfur refugee Mohamed Yahya as well as the head of a Sudan divestment campaign.

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More on the Pope's statement

18-09-2006 13:05

More on the Pope's statement deemed offensive to Islam

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Nestlé and child slavery

18-09-2006 11:10

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Today - 18 September - Nestlé has refused to attend a meeting in the US about its failure to end child slavery in its cocoa supply chain. Yet next Monday - 25 September - it is sponsoring a meeting at the Labour Party Conference to boast how it is taking action to end forced labour. Listen to an interview about legal action in the US over Nestlé's failure to address child slavery and attend the meeting at the Labour Party Conference to raise the questions Nestlé is trying to avoid.

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Kill Lebanese & Palestinians and Save Darfur ?

18-09-2006 04:56

Still, there are critics who say the heavy Jewish involvement might have deterred some other groups from joining.
"The fact that the aggressors in Darfur are Arab Muslims - though it should be said that the victims are also mostly Muslim - and are supported by a regime in Khartoum that is backed by the Arab League has made some people question the true motives of some of the Jewish organizations involved in the rally.”

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Resistance (Anarchist bulletin) - two issues for September 2006

17-09-2006 19:07

The Anarchist Federation (Britain) has published two new issues of its Resistance bulletin for September 2006: the usual monthly issue plus a Labour party conference/anti-war special. Articles on ID cards, databases & fingerprinting for children, Iraq corporate carve-up, Asylum-seekers get organised, Army desertion rise, Starbucks union, Climate change activism, School privatisation, & more.

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IMPERIALISM 101 - THE US ADDICTION TO WAR, MAYHEM AND MADNESS - PART I

17-09-2006 11:32

THE US HISTORICAL PURSUIT OF GLOBAL DOMINANCE

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The Importance of Civil Disobedience in post-Katrina New Orleans

15-09-2006 18:25

Citizens of New Orleans are taking it upon themselves to enforce the right of return with everyday acts of civil disobedience. Public housing residents in particular are fighting back. HUD is attempting to shutter all of public housing in New Orleans, but residents have forced the reopening of Iberville Housing Development, and have attempted reoccupation of two other developments.

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ALSO Remember - (ever think you got "news-wiped") 9/12, 9/13 terror envelopes

15-09-2006 15:39

37 died
chemicals in envelopes
immediately after 9/11
miami, washington dc, congress,
- but -

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Pentagon Think Tank Head Resigns Over EDO Corp Corruption Scandal

15-09-2006 08:42

Trustees of a Pentagon funded think tank, the Institute for Defence Analysis (IDA), have concluded that their own President, the disgraced former EDO Corporation director, Admiral Dennis C. Blair, was acting in 'conflict of interest' when he oversaw the writing of a report for the US government that led to the extension of the multi billion dollar F22 Raptor production programme, which financially benefitted contractor EDO Corp, and his own shares in the company.The trustees of IDA have now forced Blair to resign his position as President of the institute.

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The Art of War

14-09-2006 10:15

Likud threatens Latuff

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When will someone on Britain's left break ranks?

13-09-2006 16:02

This article challenges the assumption that the Parties on the left, by definition are opposed to all of the War Party's doctrine.

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Nestlé at the TUC - protests in the Philippines and Japan

13-09-2006 12:23

While Nestlé was trying to wine and dine delegates at the Trade Union Congress on Sunday trade unions in the Philippines and Japan were campaigning for Nestlé to respect court rulings on workers' rights.

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EDO Corp. Hits Forbes Beltway Index Rock Bottom Again As Protests Grow

12-09-2006 13:48

On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, arms firm EDO Corp, who had till this year profited more from the 'war on terror' than nearly any other company in the US, are now regulars on the Forbes Beltway Index 'worst performing' stock list. Once again this week, EDO hit the bottom of the list in the Forbes Magazine monthly overview of US equity performance.

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Request for Reflections on Battle Against GM

12-09-2006 10:51

Call out for stories, reflections and analysis on action taken against GM for pamphlet.

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Australia: Typical CIA planted story: Whose ABC?

12-09-2006 02:23

Shadowy figures
Former JI leader warns of further attacks this year? Terrorism: Noordin Mohammad Top has ordered his supporters to carry out attacks every year since the 2002 Bali bombings ABC (file photo). (AFP)

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Death Threats Against Lancet's Haiti Human Rights Investigator

12-09-2006 00:32

"You are a dog ... you should die. We are going to necklace you," whispered a British-accented caller into the phone. It was the latest in a round of death threats that Athena Kolbe, Human Rights Investigator and Master's level social worker at Wayne State University, had received. According to police officials, Kolbe first began receiving threatening calls at home and on her cell phone at 4:00 AM on the morning of Monday September 4.