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Leg Three, Five Day Peace Walk. Brentwood, Essex - Pictures

30-06-2010 12:40

In the Heartland of Essex.
On the day the bodies of seven British servicemen are returned to the UK after being killed in Afghanistan by misadventure and hostile combat, the London to Colchester peace walkers set out on the third leg of their peace walk led by 80 year old peace activist and campaigner Malcom Pittock.

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Academy Schools: possibly 1,567 more by September, ARK, FRS, involved

29-06-2010 22:33

A list of 1,567 schools which have expressed an interest in becoming an academy in England has been released by the government. Are your children in one of them, or do you teach in any of these schools? You might like to be aware of what this is actually about.

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Growing Concern

29-06-2010 11:07

The financial outlook for UK is not looking good.

Mainstream press and in-depth analysis paint a worrying picture.

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Unarmed Forces Day, Five Day Peace Walk. London - Pictures.

28-06-2010 16:45

Passing Through Whitechapel.
On a day of searing heat, peace campaigners assemble in London to begin a five day peace walk from London to Colchester to continue to oppose the war in Afghanistan and to bring attention to the detention of Joe Glenton, currently serving a military sentence for refusing to serve in Afghanistan.

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Did 9/11 justify the war in Afghanistan?

28-06-2010 10:57

There are many other questions that have been, and should be, asked about this war, but in this essay, I focus on only one: Did the 9/11 attacks justify the war in Afghanistan?

This question has thus far been considered off-limits, not to be raised in polite company, and certainly not in the mainstream media. It has been permissible, to be sure, to ask whether the war during the past several years has been justified by those attacks so many years ago. But one has not been allowed to ask whether the original invasion was justified by the 9/11 attacks.

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Black Congress, critical of Obama, to convene in D.C. to set black agenda

26-06-2010 02:16

As criticisms of President Obama’s war and economic policies mount, the group that first questioned his intentions regarding the concerns of the black community is holding a national Congress to define a black agenda to serve the interests of black people.

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Philippines: The meaning of the `Noynoy’ Aquino presidency

25-06-2010 12:50

On June 9 Senator Benigno Aquino III (“Noynoy” Aquino) of the Liberal Party, the son of former President Cory Aqunio, was proclaimed president by the Philippines Congress. Noynoy was a former senator “with little legislative record to speak of”, according to the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper, which nevertheless campaigned hard for Noynoy Aquino’s presidency, soon after Cory Aquino’s death in August 2009.

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Philippine President-elect Aquino dared to reverse mom’s neo-liberal policies

25-06-2010 00:59

MANILA, Philippines — Akbayan party-list Representative Walden Bello on Tuesday dared President-elect Benigno Aquino III to reverse his mother’s neo-liberal policies that he said have killed Philippine agriculture and industry.

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After Lula: New cannidate of the left in Brazil takes lead

24-06-2010 15:12

After Lula: New cannidate of the left in Brazil takes lead

"Rousseff has the support of 40 percent of those surveyed during the past three days, compared with 35 percent for the opposition candidate Serra, Veja reported on its website."

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UN Global Compact - 10 years of helping cover up corporate malpractice

23-06-2010 10:52

Happy birthday to the UN Global Compact!

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Venezuela: What should never happen in the Orinoco Delta

23-06-2010 00:57

This is the reason why Venezuela should be very careful in the corporation with multinational oil corporations. We have two oil disasters already. A third or fifth one will put us on the track of self-destruction.

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The Green movement is not the future of Iran

22-06-2010 16:36

The ongoing political competition in the Islamic Republic between reformists and conservatives is more complicated than most Western analysts and commentators recognize. The Green movement is not the future of Iranian politics; in fact, it’s not even the future of what at least used to be called the “reform movement”.

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Brazil’s 2010 Elections, Part 2: Dilma Rousseff: Our Choice

22-06-2010 16:32

"If elected, Dilma would likely carry on many of the same policies that Lula has advanced. This means a strong role in the economy for state companies and the continued development of Brazil’s social programs. Dilma would also be likely to maintain Lula’s foreign policy strategy of creating alliances with other developing nations, especially China, India, and Russia, as well as the friendly outreach to bordering countries that has made Brazil the leading nation in South America. Dilma, like Lula, would probably be generally friendly towards the US and the rest of the first world, but she would probably also be unafraid to take an independent stance on many key issues. Brazil’s continued opposition to US plans for renewed sanctions against Iran is an example of the type of independent stance that Dilma would likely continue. She is also likely to continue Brazil’s push for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council."

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Bend It Like Imperialism! The World Cup 1, African Liberation Nil

21-06-2010 19:59

So many Black American entertainers and luminaries flocked to the World Cup opening ceremonies in South Africa, one veteran activist was prompted to remark that "these folks are crossing the picket line." It is a line that separates South Africa's poor Black majority from the real beneficiaries of the "gold" - "the soccer elites of FIFA, the elites of domestic and international corporate capital and the political elites who are making billions and who will be benefiting at the expense of the poor."

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Towards an Economy of Plunder

21-06-2010 14:15

"Towards an Economy of Plunder

The US media, in chorus, has upheld the "recent discovery" of Afghanistan's mineral wealth as "a solution" to the development of the country's war torn economy as well as a means to eliminating poverty. The 2001 US-NATO invasion and occupation has set the stage for their appropriation by Western mining and energy conglomerates.

The war on Afghanistan is a profit driven "resource war."

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Cambridge EDL break a Union Jack and Issue 'Threats'

19-06-2010 18:07

Hand scribbled 'Cambridge Division' EDL flag!
Amusing footage emerges online of the small number of EDL supporters at last Monday's Anglian Regiment March.

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Dark Conspiracies of the Gulf

18-06-2010 17:24

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Rumors, myth, and conspiracy pour out of the Gulf Gusher. Alex investigates. Is it possible this leak can never be contained? From the crazy to the all-to-true.

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Shift Magazine No.9 Cochabamba: Beyond the Complex - Anarchist Pride

17-06-2010 17:15

Article from Shift magazine no.9, Also accessible at  http://shiftmag.co.uk/?p=357. Dariush Sokolov offers an anarchist view of Morales’ Cochabamba conference. He argues that we ought to stay true to our principles rather than getting involved in such state-funded events.

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"The war is worth waging":Afghanistan's vast reserves of minerals and naturalgas

17-06-2010 12:17

Afghanistan's mining minister holds a press conference in Kabul, 17 June 2010
The 2001 bombing and invasion of Afghanistan has been presented to World public opinion as a "Just War", a war directed against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, a war to eliminate "Islamic terrorism" and instate Western style democracy. The economic dimensions of the "Global War on Terrorism" are rarely mentioned.