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NATO and Israel: Instruments of America's Wars in the Middle East

30-01-2008 20:53

Israel through its officials and government leaders is being used to maintain tension in the Middle East. Israel is an instrument which justifies Anglo-American and Franco-German intervention. Why else would the U.S. get angry with Israel because Tel Aviv did not endanger its own interests by attacking Syria during the 2006 Israeli against Lebanon and facing the wrath of an expanded regional war with Iran and Syria?

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The biggest threat to international security and peace: the "Gang of Four"

29-01-2008 23:25

Two countries of the Gang of Four, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, are undergoing an internal political crisis triggered by the deep disconnect there is between the ruling elites (prostitutes of the Empire) and not only their public opinion but even a good chunk of the elites themselves. This is not unlike what is now also taking place in Egypt. Israel and Turkey are thus the most formidable ones among the others and they are the leaders of the gang; if there is a true 'axis of evil' is certainly the one linking Jerusalem to Ankara.

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The Fear Factory

29-01-2008 18:41

The FBI now has more than 100 task forces devoted exclusively to fighting terrorism. But is the government manufacturing ghosts?

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Supersize My Pay! - Thursday 14th February 2008

29-01-2008 11:23

The story of how young workers in New Zealand took on their bosses, and won...

THURSDAY 14TH FEBRUARY, 7-9PM
ARTS TOWER (UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD), LECTURE THEATRE 1

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‘EU trade threat to poor’

28-01-2008 11:17

Campaigners from War on Want, Friends of the Earth and the World Development Movement staged a demonstration against European Union policies which they warn threaten millions of livelihoods in developing countries.

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Wall Street the last crash-blackmail

27-01-2008 15:51

Another world is possible
MOVILIZATE CONTRA LAS TRAMAS DE LOS ESPECULADORES. La existencia de disyuntivas económica que favorecen a unos u a otros nos hace dudar acerca de la idea de un banco central independiente, es decir, apolítico. Como mínimo, sugieren la necesidad de establecer un mecanismo para garantizar que en éste se escuchen todas las voces y perspectivas implicadas. Sorry for spanish.

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Sud Ribelle trial: calling for 50 jail years

26-01-2008 20:07

English version of supportolegale communicate

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Haiti: Vanessa Redgrave Joins Appeal For Kidnapped Human Rights Activist

26-01-2008 19:08

Acclaimed actress Vanessa Redgrave joins a growing list of prominent people worldwide who have expressed concerned with the safe return of Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, the missing human rights activist kidnapped in Haiti on 12 August 2007 after meeting with a visiting US human rights delegation.

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++ Brad Will Film at rampART ++ WED 30TH ++ 8pm

25-01-2008 13:56

Popular Uprising in Oaxaca
When Mexican paramilitary forces shot Brad Will in the chest, killing
him, his camera fell from his hands. But it didn't stop recording. It
continued moving from hand to hand.
Brad's camera paints us a picture of what his life was about, and what
so many of his friends continue to struggle for.

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NATO-Game over

24-01-2008 13:58

Resist Military Globalisation!

Five years after the Iraq war started: an international action weekend at NATO's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Europe serves as a staging ground for military interventions worldwide. The framework can differ: NATO, EU, US coalition of the willing, UN. The target as well: Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, ....

But the departure points not: military bases, airports and harbours in Europe.

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After Sangatte Film Premiere, Thurs 31 January, SOAS University

24-01-2008 12:52

Flyer
Thursday 31 January, 2008: SOAS University will premiere a photographic slide show, short film and discussion on the growing Refugee crisis in Calais, France.

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Public Eye Award "Anti-Oscar" given to AREVA !

23-01-2008 23:52



From Gunter wippel.

The Public Eye Negative Award ("Anti-Oscar") for worst company behaviour has
been given to the French Uranium mining company AREVA for its worst-of-all behaviour towards workers and people in the area in regard to its uranium mines in Niger.


Almoustapaha Alhacen, Tuareg form Arlit / Niger, the uranium mining town in Northern Niger,spoke out about the companies behaviour in Niger.

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Economic Meltdown: the New World Depression Disorder

23-01-2008 18:06

What the Corporatist media does not want you to see... - oh look, Britney Spears just had a lesbian kiss with Madonna again.

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Mr Tesco avoids a green wash

23-01-2008 17:56

Chief Exec. of Tesco, Terry Leahy, today evaded various campaigners at Manchester's Whitworth Art Gallery who were anxious to discuss his company's recent £25 mil. investment in Manchester University's "Sustainable Consumption" Institute, yet another Tesco green-wash...............

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Anti-sweatshop benefit gig with Rob Newman, London, 31 January

23-01-2008 13:42

Come and have a laugh while helping to raise money for anti-capitalist international workers' solidarity campaigning...

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"Supersize My Pay" - No Sweat Public Meeting

23-01-2008 11:41

Young Workers Organise Against the Fast Food Giants

Meeting with Unite & Supersize My Pay activist from New Zealand, Mike Treen

7.30pm, Wednesday 13th February at the International Community Centre, Mansfield Road, Nottingham.

Part of a national tour & week of action organised by
No Sweat .

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Protests in Switzerland against the World Economic Forum

22-01-2008 17:28

Bern
The World Economic Forum (WEF) will begin tomorrow (January 23) in the Swiss ski village of Davos with an opening speech by the American secretary of state Condoleeza Rice. Several thousand politicians and capitalists from around the world will meet up in Davos, including the guests of honor Henry Kissenger and Tony Blair. The first protests against the WEF took place on Saturday in the Swiss cities Bern and St. Gallen.

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200 anti-protesters tear-gased and arrested

21-01-2008 16:38

Apparently the anti-globalisation movement in Switzerland is not yet dead. Despite a ban on demonstrations in Bern, over a 1,000 took part in protests against the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos on Saturday.

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New documentary on the the harmful impact of the carbon market

20-01-2008 09:23

Video cover of the dvd
Two communities affected by one new global market – the trade in carbon dioxide. In Scotland a town has been polluted by oil and chemical companies since the 1940s. In Brazil local people's water and land is being swallowed up by destructive monoculture eucalyptus tree plantations. Both communities now share a new threat.

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Dr. King's Challenge

20-01-2008 05:44

In the U.S., this Monday is the holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., dead 40 years now. Although Dr. King directed the following comments to Americans, I thought you also would like to take Dr. King's Challenge. Can you take to heart the words he spoke just four days before he was gunned down?