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The Bankers Own The Earth [Revised]

04-11-2005 23:40

Capitalism is organized crime and has nothing to do with "free markets" and everything to do with illegitimate debt-slavery. It is by design that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, not by accident. Capitalism is a bankrupt and broken concept that must be replaced with an entirely new ethic based on the principles of fair trade and economic justice.

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400th Bonfire night

04-11-2005 16:45

map of the field
Dick Turpin | 19.10.2005 15:22 | Repression | Social Struggles | Oxford
Remember remember the 5th of november
parliment just voted in ID cards
Dont forget your wood
bring the wood of your favorite tree. Oak, beech, hornbeam. ash, willow, pine, hawthorn, maple, plain, sycamore, holly,

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Election Repression in Azerbaijan: BP profits

04-11-2005 15:30

Azeri armoured vehicles and police jeeps line up in a show of force
In Azerbaijan, banned rallies, arrests and public beatings have created an environment of intimidation in the run-up to the parliamentary elections on Sunday, Nov 6. BP's profits from and is sustaining the ruling Aliev regime's grip on power through its strategic relationship and demand that Western governments protect its enormous investments.

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Beyond Greed & Scarcity

03-11-2005 23:51

Finance expert Bernard Lietaer explains why capitalism is one gigantic race to the bottom for us all (except the bankers).

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“DROP THE G8 CHARGES” DEMANDS DEFENDANTS SOLIDARITY GROUP

03-11-2005 17:09

The July 2005 Solidarity Group, a support group for people arrested at the G8, has denounced the police publication of “Wanted” photos of anti G8 demonstrators. The Group states that they will support all facing charges arising from the G8 demonstrations, and calls for all charges to be dropped. Scotland against Criminalising Communities, a grass-roots organisation campaigning against the “anti-terrorism” laws, is supporting the stand of the July 2005 Solidarity Group.

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CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons

03-11-2005 16:29

Salt Pit
American newspaper Washington Post publsihed an interesting article yesterday, 2nd November, about secret prisons run by the CIA on foreign soil. Unsurprisingly, the agency, as well as top US politicians, are trying hard to keep the information secret, as the article shows.

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Starbucks- not in our neighbourhood

03-11-2005 12:02

speckled eggs are nice
Friday 28th of October 2005 saw local Sheffield groups standing up to the corporate giant 'Starbucks' invading their local communities.

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Money Versus Wealth

03-11-2005 01:20

David Korten provides some details as to why capitalism is a broken concept and we need fair trade and economic democracy now.

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Mass Lobby of MPs For 'Trade Justice not Free Trade' (report and pics)

02-11-2005 17:40

Campaigners numbering in the thousands today took part in a mass lobby of MPs demanding Trade Justice, not Free Trade, ahead of the WTO ministerial meeting in Hong Kong in mid December.

They assembled in regional groups, snaking from parliament over the bridge and right along the other side of the thames back up to parliament bridge.

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Blair on climate change

02-11-2005 09:06

Tony has said it. Action on climate change is impossible due to competition between nations. See  http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1606602,00.html
Time for SP to move up a gear.

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Confessions of an Economic Hitman [Interview]

01-11-2005 22:33

"They play a game as old as empire, but one that has taken on new and terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization."

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European Caravan Aganist Fence of Deat-- No One is IIllegal

01-11-2005 18:21

The coming days 4,5 and 6 of November departs to Ceuta the European Caravan against the Fence of death to protest against recent and current events on the fence-border between Spain and Morocco in the enclave of Ceuta.
Call for action. (info from indy estrecho)

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Anti Americas Summit: Social movements in Argentina: the other face of the denie

01-11-2005 08:03

George Bush manages the state of the militarily more powerful nation. Inversely proportional to its endebles fiscal and commercial. The war is a sign of weakness of Capitalism, not of its strength.

United States economy is mortally employee of the flows of plusvalor of the living work that sails in the financial transactions like dead work. This is the profane reason of IV the Summit of the Américas in Sea of the Silver: to advance with the Area of Free Commerce of Américas (ALCA).

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New Atlantic Initiative takes over Polish army

01-11-2005 00:02

The New Atlantic Inititiative is glad to announce that control
of the Polish army has now been transferred to us (US) by Polish voters.
On behalf of our patrons Margaret Thatcher and Henry Kissinger, we
gratefully accept this donation to the US military-industrial complex.
(Executive Director, Radek Sikorski - new Polish Minister of War)

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The Distilled Evil

31-10-2005 21:48

An oldie but goodie from the early years of the IMC International site. Happy Halloween.

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Cervical Cancer Vaccine as a social issue

31-10-2005 18:05

reposting from portland imc metro.. ongoing issues..

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Weekend flights to double at Farnborough Airport?

31-10-2005 14:32

airbus A340 landing at Farnborough July 2002
TAG Aviation have applied to double the number of weekend and bank holiday flights at Farnborough Airport from 2,500 per annum to 5,000 per annum.

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Urgent: Narmada Dam Threat-Solidarity Action Needed

31-10-2005 14:30

Urgent: Indian Government threatens to raise the dam
Call for International Solidarity Actions: 27th Nov. 05

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Halloween Anti-Arms Trade Actions - London & Brighton

31-10-2005 14:22

another satisfied customer
The ghouls are having a party in London tonight, and taking Brighton protesters are in court tomorrow so let's give them a fright to remember.
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