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G8, Africa and corporations

10-06-2005 17:17

The Commission for Africa (CfA), was launched in February 2004 by Tony Blair, to 'take a fresh look at Africa’s past and present and the international community’s role in its development path'. Unfortunately for Africa, the CfA sees multinational corporations as Africa's only salvation.

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SpOILs of War: The neo-liberal carve up of Iraq and why its THE issue at the G8

10-06-2005 10:08

Away from the bloody battlefields, Iraq is being plundered through the brutal economic reconstruction of a country already bombed to submission and starved by years of sanctions. This article examines the corporate takeover of post-Saddam Iraq, set in the context of a violent expansion of neo-liberalism and argues why its crucial activists in the UK take up the issue in the run up to the G8.

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PROTEST! STOP THE PLUNDER OF IRAQ's OIL

10-06-2005 10:02

A week before Blair hosts the G8, corporate executives from multinational oil companies will be meeting in London with representatives from the Iraqi government to discuss the future of Iraqi oil and gas reserves. Join us, the corporate pirates to protest against this neo-liberal plunder!

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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 6/10/05 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!

09-06-2005 23:40

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Cuba, Spain, China, and Russia.

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Military, bankers, big oil and and royalty discuss Iran invasion

09-06-2005 21:19

A typical scene
Here is a rare fly-on-the wall glimpse at how deeply power corrupts. It corrupts those who wield it. And it corrupts those who seek to influence those who wield it. Media have long been part of the world of elites. The free press is a myth when powerful people own it. Only when many small people own it will it be a truly free press, and will on our "right to know" be possible.

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Insurance condition on G8 march

09-06-2005 20:16

A G8 protest rally near the Gleneagles Hotel will only go ahead if insurance cover for up to £5m is put in place, say Perth and Kinross councillors

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Economism, Economic Ethics and Donations

09-06-2005 13:20

Economism is the great ideology of our time. It claims that (1) resisting the market is impossible and (2) submitting to the market is best for everyone. Both are not true.. Embedding the market in principle of usefulness to life has a priority as an ordering task..

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MPs slag off Geldof

09-06-2005 12:47

On Tuesday Members of the House of Commons slagged-off Bob Geldof for calling for a million people on the streets of Edinburgh. Highly irresponsible they muttered into their Order Papers.

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Report of `Reclaim the Streets` demo at Holyrood on June 8th with 10 photos

09-06-2005 01:10

This is a 920 word article about the `Reclaim the Streets ` demo at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday June 8th 2005. 10 labelled photos are attached.

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BNP Neo-Nazis Back To Court on June the 16th

09-06-2005 01:03

Slick neo-Nazi Griffin, old-time white supremacist Tyndall, and "sick in the head" Hitler worshipper Mark Collett, return to the courtroom at Leeds, on June the 16th.

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Anti-G8 Trains Poster to Download and More Info

08-06-2005 18:29

Here's a poster advertising the trains to the anti-G8 protests in Scotland. Please download and distribute with urgency!

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Shock without Therapy, Market without Control

08-06-2005 17:31

Half of Russia's assets are gone. Was this caused by Yeltzin, the IMF or the Washington Consensus? This article by a Ukrainian novelist tells us that the end of history and victory capitalism are over as utopias. May we be summoned to serious reflection before it is too late.

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Anti-G8 Event in Brighton: How the Cops See Crowds

08-06-2005 16:16

Anti-G8 Event. Please publicise widely>>>>

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Make Poverty History campaigners form a human ring around Radcliffe Camera

08-06-2005 15:38

Make Poverty History campaigners form a human ring around Radcliffe Camera
Make Poverty History campaigners form a human ring around Radcliffe Camera.

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'Shell'shock over oil giants plans in Russian far east

08-06-2005 14:52

oil giant Shell is causing more 'concern' over it's drilling plans for gas on Sakhalin,Russia. Just across from
Japan.... (Was it ever thus?..)

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A project calling to engage a process of A Constituent Assembly for a Different

08-06-2005 14:43

We call on everyone to sign and to circulate an appeal that call to engage a process of A Constituent Assembly for a Different Europe. We need to organize locally debates and collect grievances. We need to prepare a Constituent Assembly for Europe which, made up of members elected only for that purpose, will draw up a people’s constitution.

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Corporate Watch guide to the G8 in Scotland - map available NOW!

08-06-2005 10:51

This is a colourful, informative, double-sided map exposing corporate agendas at the G8 summit and Scotland Plc.

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Deceived Central-Eastern Europe

07-06-2005 19:53

The peoples of Central and Eeastern Europe have not received either what they expected from the system change or what they were promised. These dissapointments and the specificities of the region stimulated the initiators of the CEESF to organize a regional social forum. This article is about the brief history, the main goals and the programme of the Preparatory Assembly of the CEESF to be held in Budapest between 14 and 16 October 2005.

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Deceived Central-Eastern Europe

07-06-2005 19:49

The peoples of Central and Eeastern Europe have not received either what they expected from the system change or what they were promised. These dissapointments and the specificities of the region stimulated the initiators of the CEESF to organize a regional social forum. This article is about the brief history, the main goals and the programme of the Preparatory Assembly of the CEESF to be held in Budapest between 14 and 16 October 2005.