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York Calls for Debt Cancellation for Haiti

30-01-2010 17:44

Around 30 York residents assembled at the city's Parliament Street Fountain, on the busy "Residents Weekend", to call for Haiti's debt to be cancelled and to denounce the imperialism and distaster-capitalism that have marred aid efforts so far, and threaten Haiti with centuries more suffering. Over a hundred passers by signed petitions, and the protest received local media coverage, raising the need for long-term politicaland systemic chance alongside the excellent short-term aid donations that have marked a public outpouring of concern.

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Journalists paid by UK government to promote chinese goods

30-01-2010 13:26

A government programme paid over £550 each in subsidised trips to sixty journalists & buyers every six months to report on shoes and clothes made overseas for London Fashion Week. MPs with shoe factories in their constituencies - Peter Bone in Wellingborough and Patricia Hewitt in Leicester East - did not write a single letter to protest..

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Sheffield Humanist Society meeting: Why Social Inequality Persists

29-01-2010 22:04

The next Sheffield Humanist Society meeting on 3rd February will be on "Why social inequality persists" with Prof. Danny Dorling as our speaker.

The meeting is at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday 3rd February at the University Arms, 197 Brook Hill, Sheffield, S3 7HG.

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Ghana and Afrika trapped by IMF/World Bank

27-01-2010 14:55

Contrary to what is written in the Westn racist press about corrupt Afrikan politicians "mis-managing" their countries, it is rather the draconian and vile policies of the Western owned IMF/World Bank that IS responsible for Afrika's woes by imposing bad policies like SAP's HIPC that have crippled Afrikan economies and made them the basket case of the world.

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More Profits For McMurder

26-01-2010 22:31

Meat is murder. Deforestation is murder.

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Aerial Bombardment and Torture

25-01-2010 23:39

AERIAL BOMBARDMENT
Geneva Conventions and United Nations Convention Against Torture

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The crisis in Venezuela: understanding the causes, assigning blame and ...

25-01-2010 23:03

* The public pronouncement from the Editorial Collective of El Libertario in mid-January 2010 on the current situation in Venezuela.

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06 feb 2010 - Make Capitalism History through revolution

25-01-2010 19:39

06 feb 2010 - Make Capitalism History - Just Do It !!
In every city around the world, make capitalism history through revolution !

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India: State and Corporates Hand in Glove -PUBLIC MEETING

21-01-2010 10:11


Please join for an evening of presentations and discussions on some of the prominent struggles against the State-Corporate nexus in India

Tuesday 26 January 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Room G2, SOAS, London

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Letters from Haiti

19-01-2010 03:31

We all have a desire to help the people of Haiti in any way that we can. Many of us have donated money. Some of us are volunteering.

Over at Delaware Liberal, we have a frequent commenter, Joanne Christian, who used an already scheduled trip to the Dominican Republic for vacation to volunteer at a 20 bed hospital in Santo Domingo that was helping 2,000 Haitian victims. At some point during her work, she decided that she should get some names of these people so that their family will know that they got out, although there is a likelihood that some of the people here have died of their injuries, or soon will.

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UnaBomber on Technology vs. Freedom

18-01-2010 21:41

unabomber was correct on tech vs freedom
Whatever may be said about the 'rights and wrongs' about Ted Kaczynski's approach to 'the revolution', none can surely denie his precise analysis,( admittedly not as in depth as could be), of technology versus our freedom?
read on and discuss, please:

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USA 'trying to occupy Haiti'

18-01-2010 18:32

THE USA is trying to occupy Haiti instead of helping it after last week's massive earthquake.

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United States Police Pepper Spray Children In 'clash' with Anarchists

17-01-2010 13:26

Before the police attack
The use of inverted comma's to describe 'clash' is useful to those of us that know the police often start or incite these 'clashes' to begin with.
In Phoenix Police sprayed kids as they 'clashed' with anarchists.

Please visit here for video of child who was pepper sprayed:

 http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/2010/01/scuffles_between_anarcchists_a.php

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Animal Rights Cambridge Response to the Haiti Disaster

16-01-2010 23:36

One disaster, one response. Justice for ALL!

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Save Nigeria from US Proscription, London - pictures.

15-01-2010 19:24

A High Commission official struggles.
Campaigners gather in London to protest the proscription of Nigeria as a terrorist state by the US Government after a security incident takes place during the holiday season on Christmas Day within the US when a Nigerian man by the name of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab makes an attempt on a passenger airliner inbound to Detroit, US.

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Stop the Deportation of Lili and Kieran from Sunderland to Cameroon!

15-01-2010 03:24

Berminie Carine Lili, known to her friends as Lili, faces deportation with her two year old son Keiran Nana on Monday 18th January 2010. They were detained by six immigration police who demanded entry to their home in Hendon, Sunderland, in the early hours of Tuesday 12th January.

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Haiti Disaster Capitalism Alert: Stop Them Before They Shock Again

14-01-2010 12:46

Readers of the The Shock Doctrine know that the Heritage Foundation has been one of the leading advocates of exploiting disasters to push through their unpopular pro-corporate policies. From this document, they're at it again, not even waiting one day to use the devastating earthquake in Haiti to push for their so-called reforms.

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Demonstration at Mercure Hotel, Crawley

11-01-2010 20:23

Arora Hotels International Ltd. are trying to gain permission to turn the Mercure Hotel, Crawley in yet another example of cynical, profit-driven opportunism of big companies wanting a slice of the lucrative detention market. This is the latest in a number of protests against the planned conversion.

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06/02/2010 - Worldwide Revolution

11-01-2010 02:45

Time to show the Banks and Governments who is in charge ... There will be NO New World Order ...
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