UK Globalisation Newswire Archive
philosophical aspects of software patents
31-08-2003 16:45
The debate on software patentability also addresses old philosophical questions : are computing machines intelligent ? Can we think of making software applications patentable withtout asking what represents these applications for humans and for the european society ? If programmed machines are intelligent, can we patent intelligence ?
Defund the WAR machine..
31-08-2003 14:25
Vote with your money if you want your vote to countDefund the war machine? Yes we can!
The Things That Keep Us Here
31-08-2003 13:07
A searing report on US Soldier war crimes from Caoimhe...This Is What Democracy Looks Like - report from Baghdad
31-08-2003 12:51
The Occupation in Iraq follows in the footsteps of Saddam...BVEJ newsletter September 2003
30-08-2003 15:03
Latest BVEJ newsletter now on-line: - BVEJ - BVEJ mail server - BVEJ website -Rotten Borough of Rushmoor - Global warming - Summer heatwave -
Veggie oil power - Pipeline politics - Where have all the trees gone? -
Nine Ladies - Farnborough town centre - Manor Park - Pavilion - Books -
Snippets - Diary
INFO FOR FOLKS TRAVELING TO CANCUN
29-08-2003 00:36
Heading to Cancun for the WTO? Here are some suggestions from street medics -- how to prepare, what to bring, how to stay healthy so you can stay on the streets.Colombia: Mass demonstration in Bogota
28-08-2003 23:00
Of Indymedia Colombia; translation: Kh. - 24.08.2003 11:32
Chronology of the 12th of august
There was a general strike on the 12th of august in Colombia, however this strike was only carried out in total in the petroleum industry, and there was also a mass demonstration of 100,000 persons in Bogotá, most of whom involved are employed in the agricultural sector.
Thereby acts of violence were committed by the police.
The protests are against the planned American free trade contract ALCA, that threatens the existence of the national economy.
Just in these days Bush's trade delegate Zoellick visted Bogotá in order to persuade the Colombian government to the conclusion of a bilateral trade contract.
Here is a chronological report of Indymedia Colombia about the events in Bogotá and different parts of the country.
source:
http://de.indymedia.org/2003/08/60342.shtml
Activist-George Farquar committed to mental ward in Royal Hospital Edinburgh
27-08-2003 21:44
George Farquar - scotish anti electronic warfare activist committed to mental ward in Edinburgh hospitalNB: No doctor was present at his "trial!"
Severn Trent Caribbean!
27-08-2003 17:23
Remember Severn Trent (those fortunate to be outsode their catchment area) ?THey wanted gardens paved up so water could be saved!
Well their dim brains are at work raping the Caribbean it seems.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-08-27/s_7821.asp
Attack on trade union activist in Colombia
26-08-2003 23:01
The president of the trade union umbrella organization CUT, Juan Carlos Galvis, was attacked in Barrancabemeja by two men, near the office of the CUT in Barrancabermeja, on the 22 August at 12 o'clock at noon.
source:
http://germany.indymedia.org/2003/08/60345.shtml
Mass arrests in Colombia
26-08-2003 22:48
In the framework of a huge military operation, carried out by the district attorney's office Saravenas, army and CTI (police units), the flats of numerous social activists in Saravena were raided and many persons have been arrested on the 21st of August 2003.
source:
http://de.indymedia.org/2003/08/60342.shtml Probe into 'bullying' of GM panel scientists
26-08-2003 18:56
Some of Britain's most senior scientists are being investigated in an inquiry to discover whether opponents of genetically modified food have been bullied to soften their stance.Protests against Software Patents in Europe
26-08-2003 11:38
The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure is organising a demonstration against software patents in Brussels tomorrow, and an online demo. If software patents become legal in the EU it risks large numbers of run-on-a-shoestring web sites such as Indymedia being required to pay fees to large companies. It would also have implications for wider campaigns on patenting.Chiapas: Paramilitaries threaten to attack
24-08-2003 18:38
Paramilitaries prepare attack on Caracol in Roberto Barriosposted by "Direct Solidarity with Chiapas" - 24.08.2003 13:43
source. Imc Germany:
http://germany.indymedia.org/2003/08/60255.shtml La Jornada, Sunday, 24 August 2004
Hermann Bellinghausen
Caracas in red
24-08-2003 12:52
In Venezuela, this week opposition and left have demonstrated against or for the government. Today, this Saturday, Caracas was a sea in red.New! Indepth Report on WTO now online
22-08-2003 19:30
"Neoliberal Globalization: Cancun and Beyond" a new 24-page in-depth report on the WTO, published by Action for Social and Ecological Justice (ASEJ) in the USA, written by Aziz Choudry, is now available for download, online at www.asej.org. Further details below.A Plea for Systemic Strategies
22-08-2003 19:22
If we are to defeat the systems of oppression, we must in fact combat the very systems themselves.Pipeline Politics
21-08-2003 12:57
US foreign policy is determined by access to and control of resources, mainly oil, but not exclusively so, and access to markets. Dependent as it is on Middle East oil, US has sought to diversify supply. The Caspian is of growing importance, but in the absence of a pipeline through Turkey, which may yet not be built, the US has to look to other areas of the world, in particular Latin America.critical developments in Guatemala
21-08-2003 07:53
The dispute over whether General Efrain Ríos Montt can run for president has dramatically escalated. Today [July 24], in a coordinated campaign of violence, busloads of followers of Ríos Montt, including paramilitaries, entered the capital city and attacked groups of people, journalists, and critics of the general. They have threatened media offices and human rights organizations. Héctor Ramírez, a journalist, died of a heart attack while escaping from an aggressive mob, and other journalists narrowly escaped lynching. This very dangerous development may be the prelude to a coup. http://argentina.indymedia.org/news/2003/08/124999.php , August 7th.