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The 'new constitution' in Iraq is illegal.

23-08-2005 15:27

The Geneva Conventions (IV) of 1949 - also signed by the United States - prohibit the modification of the domestic laws or legal institutions of the occupied power.

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Alternatives: Another World is Possible!

22-08-2005 13:06

"The neoliberal policy of the last years is entangled in a deep legitimation crisis. Unemployment is not lowered through social cuts.. Dismantling democracy and increased repression go along with militarization.. Another world is possible when we reorganize cooperative global life.."

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Pope & Catholic Clowns in Cologne

21-08-2005 17:48

"The Catholic Church", the Pope said on World Youth Day in Germany on Sunday: "is like a net full of fish: you got the good ones and the baddies." But fish still starts rotting at the head.

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Literacy in Economic Questions

19-08-2005 13:53

"The neoliberal total market was introduced through ideological strategies, above all through the installation of dictatorships by the secret service and military interventions of the US, not through democracy.."

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Cindy Sheehan: YES - 63 percent - MSNBC poll: Bush NO - 94 percent

19-08-2005 13:32

'Convenient' heart attack of mother gets Sheehan off Bush's back: there's certainly no conspiracy - it's only facts we don't have yet. Facts like this MSNBC poll showing 94% of the people thinking that Bush with his cabal's pack of lies steered the United States into the Iraq war disaster. A tsunami of dissent rolls...

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DANCE OUT WEF SEPT. 10TH BERNE, (ch)

18-08-2005 22:09

Flyer
Dance out WEF. Sept. 10th in Bern (Switzerland)
12.30 Grosse Schanze
14.00 Start of the parade

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Lydd Airport- protest at expansion- Aug 27th

18-08-2005 11:24

Newly formed coalition group ( Lydd Airport-No Expansion LA-NE, Shepway Friends of the Earth, Shepway Green Party, Shepway Lib Dems ) protest. Aug 27th 1100 am

See also below:meeting Aug 23rd Hythe Town hall 7.30pm (LAAG group)

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Appeal for Information from G8 Defendants

17-08-2005 10:13

Court proceedings are already underway for many of the defendants arrested at the actions that took place over the week of the G8 summit. Intermediate Diets and trials will be continuing through August, September and October.

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Coca-Cola Protesters Attacked By Police; Four Hospitalized

17-08-2005 06:26

August 16, 2005 (Plachimada, India): Close to 100 activists from Yuvajana Vedi, youth wing of the CPI(ML), and their allies marched to Coca-Cola's factory gates in Plachimada in Kerala in southern India, demanding that the bottling plant shut down permanently.

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new translation of Debord's "Comments on the Society of the Spectacle"

16-08-2005 19:08

new and superior translation of Guy Debord's dark classic of political theory

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Sands calls Bliar a cowboy - declares Iraq War illegal on BBC radio

15-08-2005 12:20

Here's a BBC World Service interview with Philip Sands not broadcast on BBC Domestic for some odd reason. The interview is dated late March 2005 and coincided with his book release 'Lawless World'.

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From Nigeria to Co Mayo

15-08-2005 11:14

Five brave men
We spent this years holiday blockading Shell in Co Mayo. Here's my personal report. Please support the Mayo people in their resistance to Shell

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Naming Names: The Bin Laden Galaxy

14-08-2005 23:34

Jean-Charles Brisard explores the relationships between the Bin Laden family and friends and Osama. The interconnection between these entites are frightening. This book was banned for publishing for Three Years until a European court recently overruled that motion, which was initiated by the Bin Laden Family. from the original text: "Ben Laden: La vérité interdite". This is a translated excerpt of the chapter "La Galaxie Bin Laden"

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Figures: UN's nuclear watchdog IAEA permanently controls Iran

13-08-2005 18:06

Coming September 3, when IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei reports on Iran's nuclear activities, the figures below will be used concerning the number of visits in the field to inspect in Iran.

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Iceland actions latest

13-08-2005 15:21

We have relocated to Reykjavik and the camp in the East of Iceland has been dissolved. We have accomplished what we set out to do in the East and are extending our campaign to the capital in spite of heavy state repression, police surveilance and harassment.

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Heathrow's Gate Gourmet no stranger to industrial dispute.

12-08-2005 15:52

As the blame for the Heathrow snarl up gets laid on the shoulders of so called wild-cat strikers it's worth taking a look at the record of Gate Gourmet, the airline catering business whose loudspeaker sackings started the whole thing.

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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 8/12/05 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!

11-08-2005 22:58

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. China, Netherlands, Russia, and Cuba.

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BBC reports Tom Hurndall's murderer to be jailed

11-08-2005 21:38

According to BBC news, the murderer of Tom Hurndall is jailed.
More info under:
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4140586.stm

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PERU PUT ASIDE THE PROTOCOL OF KYOTO

10-08-2005 20:31

PERU HOLD IN THE MOUNTAIN SUFFICIENT HYDRAULIC POWER RESOURCES TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY AND SUPLY ALL THE SUDAMERICAN CONTINENT WITH CLEAN AND REGENERABLE ENERGY, AND THEY HAVE NO REASON TO CONFLICT AGAINST THE KYOTO PROTOCOL BY GIVING PERMISSION TO BUILD 4 TERMAL POWER PLANTS.

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EU Gymnich 2005 - 1st & 2nd September Newport South Wales

10-08-2005 14:28

A call out to all groups & individuals opposed to the ‘profit before people’ policies of the EU to carry out colourful & creative protests at the meeting.