UK Indymedia - UK Globalisation Newswire Archive

M19: BearingPoint noise demo

20-03-2007 17:00

Yesterday, to mark the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, a surprise noise demo was held outside the London offices of BearingPoint, the consultancy company chosen by USAID to draft Iraq's new oil law.

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Water ideology hurts world’s poorest, says new report

20-03-2007 13:28

Mismanagement of water systems is hurting the world’s poor according a new report being published on World Water Day, Thursday 22 March 2007.

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Bush, Blair could face War-crimes Charges

20-03-2007 02:19

George W. Bush and Tony Blair may face war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court over their military intervention and occupation of Iraq. The Internationally insignificant John Howard would face Australian courts prior to being handed over to the ICC.

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Whitechapel Knees Up against Starbucks

19-03-2007 16:17

Starbucks, everyone’s favourite nipple-less mermaid merchants, have decided to move into the east end with a new store in Whitechapel. It’s an area with a vibrant community of local cafés and small coffee shops, as well as being an area local to many Space Hijacker agents. As you can probably guess, we are less than pleased about our new neighbour…

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Camberwell Squatted Centre Film nights

18-03-2007 12:45

• 21st MARCH 7.30pm
'The London Nobody Knows' (60mins)
A classic walk thru vintage 1967 London with James Mason. Markets! Cockneys! Caffs!
Gor Blimey, Gov! Handsome!

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Is Blogger Josh Wolf a Political Prisoner in U.S.?

18-03-2007 09:10

In spite of a ban on press access at the Dublin CA facility where he is held, Wolf has been gaining international attention for his stand and numerous professional press organizations world-wide have rallied to his cause.

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Western Charity and Zimbabwe

17-03-2007 21:17

How someone being killed in Zimbabwe by Mugabe's riot police means little to us, as long as our nearest and dearest are enjoying seven years of surplus

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London G8 networking meeting, March 22nd

17-03-2007 13:49

London No Borders and SOAS Autonomous Students Society invite you to a
networking meeting to bring together
groups in London organising against the G8 summit which will take place
this June in Germany. This meeting intends to bring people together to discuss ideas
and plans and how we might be able to work together and share
information; both in terms of going to Germany and/or staying in London and
organising local events and actions.

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The Politics of Apathy: an Australian story

17-03-2007 12:41

While America leads the world in insularism and denial, Australia is the world leader in complacency and apathy. No cultural equivalent for the Oz expression, “she’ll be right, mate”, exists anywhere – notwithstanding the variation of “who gives a shit?” Today, non-involvement is proving to be a very costly cultural habit. America has become the world’s most hated nation and will soon attract very real consequences for its actions, one of which is the acquisition of Australia as a colonial trophy. Australia remains an international laughing stock under the servile leadership of lackey prime minister, John Howard; Aussies are experiencing their eleventh year under the rule of the most slavish, gutless, lying, duplicitous, cringing, government on record. No other leader in world history has displayed the servility and cowardice of John Howard. When America says jump, the despicable little coward, Howard, says how high, boss!

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Week of Iceland Actions in the Low Countries

16-03-2007 22:47

This week has seen a number of actions in solidarity with the Icelandic movement in Belgium and the Netherlands.

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Mayor of Sofia and Minister of Agriculture Delay Humane Animal Control

16-03-2007 13:05

No any reaction of the letter below.

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Bhopal survivors risk starvation for justice

16-03-2007 10:54

Survivors of the world’s largest peacetime massacre – the 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India, which killed over 20,000 people and maimed 120,000 more– are still battling for justice while, incredibly, being poisoned a second time by the same murderous factory. As you read this, six hunger strikers are heading into their third week without food and have already lost kilos in weight.

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Global Meeting - Venice - 30/31 march and 1 april

16-03-2007 00:00

GlobalMeeting
Make multitude, make autonomy, make worlds
Hacer multitud, construir autonomia, crear mundos

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No to the G8 - Trade Unions on the Global Stage

15-03-2007 08:51

The following is a call by trade unionists in Germany and internationally against the 2007 G8 Summit in Heiligendamm. Groups and individuals can sign up here:

http://www.g8-gewerkschafteraufruf.de/index.php?lang=en

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Colombia, Bush visit - Soldiers against protesters

14-03-2007 15:08

Massive protests greeted Bush as he came to Bogota to support his ally Uribe

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Bilderberg alert - will Iran war be fixed up this weekend?

14-03-2007 14:37

It's always extremely difficult to find out when Bilderberg meetings will be - this year we've had no word from the US sources and this could very possibly be this year's early venue and date located. The hotel WAS block booked but now appears NOT to b so there may have been a last minute change of venue or ewe may be bieing led up the garden path

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Manchester Bicycle Exhibition

14-03-2007 08:25

Manchester Bicycle Exhibition. An exhibition of film, photography and sculpture to celebrate the bicycle over car culture. The Basement, 24 Lever St, Manchester M2 (01612371832) Open Tues- Sat 12-6pm, March 30th-April 20th, Free Entry.

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Introducing A Game As Old As Empire

13-03-2007 21:26

After the Economic Hitmen retire from their cushy jobs of raping nations under "legal cover", they write confessionals as victims of conscience. Should we have let go Adolph Eichmann too had he written a confessional? The latter was the harbinger of misery to millions of peoples for a short span of a few years with just the stroke of a pen, and we tried him in Jerusalem. Whereas the former are the harbingers of the continued entrapment of entire nations in inextricable systems of poverty and misery for generations and they walk free in suits and ties, sometimes even heading prestigious economic institutions. Should we applaud the former EHM and absolve them of their own past monumental crimes just because they are revealing it all now post faits accomplis and laughing their way to the bank? Or should we use this information in informing our own Moral Activism to prevent future fait accompli? Should we demand from them that they deposit all the proceeds of their confessional writings in trust for the benefit of the nations they raped? Should we do something about the empire's "legal covers" and condemn them unequivocally as deliberate enablers of multi-color-collared crimes against humanity by the emperors? The choice of Moral-Activism is ours! To exercise this choice efficaciously however, we must be addressing the issues at the right levels of abstraction! The highest order bits are in the intellectual space!

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Sign the Radley Lakes petition

13-03-2007 20:47

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop foreign-owned utility companies from ruining the British countryside.

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VENEZUELA:We denounce the forced relocation of indigenous

13-03-2007 17:58

We denounce the forced relocation of indigenous families from their
traditional lands at the hands of the Venezuelan government and the
multi-national coal corporations.