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New English-Polish websites about Anti WEF 28-30.4. in Warsaw

06-03-2004 09:52

THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT
Warsaw, Poland April 28-30, 2004

Annual Meeting of the Trilateral Commission
Warsaw, Poland, May 7-10, 2004

New Polish-English websites about anti-WEF

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Haiti: I don't wanna holiday in the sun...

05-03-2004 15:53

First breath analysis on the implications of US & French co-operation in the recent US-backed coup in Haiti.

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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 3/5/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!

05-03-2004 01:28

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.2MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Russia, China, Spain, and Cuba.

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Aristide Is Being Held Like a Prisoner. Is Chavez Next?

04-03-2004 17:05

DEMOCRACY NOW!

HEADLINES

Thursday, March 4th, 2004

Listen/Watch entire show

 http://www.democracynow.org

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Global labour radio station launched, based in U.K.

04-03-2004 09:25

LabourStart, the London- based online trade union news service, has just launched a 24/7 radio station on the web. It already has listeners in 38 countries.

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Prosecutors take on Genoa police

04-03-2004 08:39


Italian prosecutors have requested the indictment of 29 riot police for alleged brutality against protesters at the G8 summit in Genoa three years ago.
Prosecutors accuse the officers of inflicting injuries on anti-globalisation activists during a pre-dawn raid on a school.

Police say their action was needed to respond to violent demonstrations.

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One place left on March 5-7 Medic Training!

03-03-2004 17:58

There is one half-funded place left on the Earth First! Medic Training being held over March 5-7 in Nottingham. Get in touch if you want to come.

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RFID Tags in New US Notes Explode When You Try to Microwave Them

03-03-2004 16:21

We live in a society that is now ten times worse than Orwell's 1984, everything is surveilled.

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Trial in Genoa begins - Solidarity demo taking place

03-03-2004 15:40

The trial against 26 people accused of committing offences at the demonstrations against the G8 Summit in Genoa in June 2001 began yesterday (March 2nd 2004).

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Remaking Internationalism (7pm, Friday 5th March)

03-03-2004 14:45

Social Forums and the Politics of Global Solidarity

7pm, Friday 5th March, Hong Kong Lecture Theatre, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, WC2. Nearest Tube: Holborn

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Holy Crimes for Oil

03-03-2004 07:00

Holy Crimes
Communism, Green Belt, Islamic Revolution, Death Rows, Terror, Stonings, Massacres, and more Massacres. Sounds Familiar? This is what my nation lived for 25 years now. And they are asking you to convince your politicians to >> STOP BACKING TERRORIST AYATOLLAHS FOR CRUDE OIL & DIRTY TRADES! YOU HAVE CROSSED THE LINE OF "DIALOGUEs" or RELATIONS! WE SEE THIS MORE AS WAR! (( http://holycrime.com/Criminals2.asp))

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Coca Cola selling tap water

03-03-2004 00:31

Coca Cola selling tap water that we have paid for in the first place!!>

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Fairtrade Message Spelt Out To Launch Fortnight

02-03-2004 12:58

Make It Work
Oxford Students launched Fairtrade Fortnight in the city today by spelling out the words 'Make It Fair' outside the Radcliffe Camera.

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US Sponsored Coup d'Etat The Destabilization of Haiti

02-03-2004 10:09

The armed insurrection which contributed to unseating President Aristide on February 29th 2004 was the result of a carefully staged military-intelligence operation.

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Tree Destruction at Blackwood - Pics

01-03-2004 22:41

The whole bank will be levelled
1st March, St David's Day: Pictures from St David's Wood, Blackwood, South Wales, where Costain are building a new road to link together two industrial parks - not that there isn't road access already you understand. A suspension bridge will also be built across the valley further linking the new road to the existing ones. The pictures show the scene along much of the old railway track, however the oldest trees are in the area defended by the two camps. Local support is great, it just needs more bodies on the ground

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illustration HUNGER

01-03-2004 22:31

illustration HUNGER
illustration HUNGER

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Callout to International Mobilization Against the FTAA/bFTA's for April 17

01-03-2004 18:47

This is a callout from the anti-FTAA campaign based in Quito, Ecuador. Recognising that bilateral free trade agreements with the United States have replaced the FTAA as the new and immediate threat for the Andean and Central American nations, we call out for an international network of solidarity to fight neoliberalist politics and mobilize on April 17 international day of peasant struggles

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Latest Genoa news from Local Newspaper

01-03-2004 12:00

Court cases against people accused of taking part in militant actions against the 2001 Genoa G8 Summit begin tomorrow (Tues 2nd March 2004). Here's an article from a mainstream local newspaper in Genoa about the cases and the likelyhood of more arrests.

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Fairtrade Fortnight In Oxford

01-03-2004 10:09

There are a wealth of events taking place across Oxford for Fairtrade Fortnight - including the launch of Oxford's Fairtrade City Status.

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Latest News on Genoa G8

29-02-2004 16:38

Almost three years after the G8 in Genoa, the truth is starting to emerge on the tortures and beatings demonstrators were subjected to in Bolzaneto police station.