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Darfurism, Uganda and the US War in Africa: The Spectre of Continental Genocide

12-11-2007 12:59

The U.S. is all over the place, with both covert and overt military programs. France, England, Canada, Belgium, Libya, Israel and China are all involved. All these conflicts are intertwined, and the targeted populations have allegiances and alliances dictated by the pre-colonial boundaries demarcated at the Berlin Conference of 1885 by the imperial doctrine of divide and conquer.

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The rampART and its evolution

11-11-2007 17:17

The follow text is based on a draft article written for a proposed social centers zine. It's posted here with some additions to provide something of a summary of the history and current status of the rampART in the run up to a user consultation meeting being planned for the 17th November.

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Haymarket anarchists remembered 1887-2007

11-11-2007 16:43

11 November 2007 is the 120th anniversary of the execution of the anarchist Haymarket martyrs: George Engel, Adolf Fischer, Albert Parsons and August Spies. Is it just ancient history to today's anarchists?

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2001 Genova G8: We are history! - call to mobilization november 17th 2007

07-11-2007 15:41

2001 Genova G8: We are history! - call to mobilization november 17th 2007
We are history - a call to mobilization for november 17th 2007

It's been years we have asked everybody to take responsibility as
collectively as possible for what the mobilizations against G8 in Genoa
were.
The arrogance of Genoa prosecutors during the final speech of their
accusation in the court case against 25 protestors accused of devastation
and sacking seems to have eventually aroused the hearts and brains of
300000 people that in Genoa opposed themselves to the politics of the G8

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Webster Griffin Tarpley's London Talk Dissected

06-11-2007 14:57

Last night London saw one of the big hitters in the 9/11 'Truth' movement, Webster Griffin Tarpley, discussing what he sees as 400 years of false flag terrorism, to a packed audience.

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Remembering Rooley Moor’s “Cotton Famine Road”

03-11-2007 08:59

The "Cotton Famine" Road
Abraham Lincoln and Lancashire cotton workers:

Ongoing research by Ding Quarry protestors is confirming the historic importance of the upper sections Rooley Moor Road above the Spodden Valley, known for generations as the “Cotton Road” or “Cotton Famine Road”.

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Durham Working Class Bookfair goes ahead on Nov 3rd

02-11-2007 09:41

Despite venue problems we are determined to press ahead with this event, which will be established in the annual political calendar in the North East

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Debord's "The Society of the Spectacle" 40 years later

01-11-2007 18:25

Reiteration and extension of Debord's theory of the society of the spectacle, 40 years after it was first enunciated.

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Must See: Truth Revolution

30-10-2007 21:57

911 Truth Activism

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Beast on the Moon pre-show talk - Armenia & Genocide

30-10-2007 15:35

“…it was the aftermath of the Great War; six long years after Turkey, under the roar of guns and fire, began to dispose of some of its people. People we call Armenians.” An excerpt from the beginning of Beast on the Moon, running at Nottingham Playhouse from Friday 2nd November.

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Update on Genoa Court Case + CALL for Demo

30-10-2007 14:02

225 years of jail asked for 25 protestors.

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Imperial Playground: Marching East of Iraq

24-10-2007 17:56

So, clearly, the Anglo-American policy in the region is still focused on efforts of destabilization of the countries, and thus, provide both an excuse and a feasible situation to maintain control over the region. Afghanistan and Iraq, often seen in the public view as two wars in the US-led ‘War on Terror’ which hopes to ‘rid the world of terrorism’, yet, in reality, these two major theatre wars are simply two geopolitical pivots in the broader strategy of Middle East and Eurasian imperial conquest.

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Interview: New British Mumia Documentary Debuts Oct.25

24-10-2007 14:54

In Prison My Whole Life
The new British documentary about death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, "In Prison My Whole Life," premieres on October 25 at both The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival and Rome's International Film Festival. With the acclaimed British actor Colin Firth as an executive producer, "In Prison My Whole Life" is directed by Marc Evans and produced by Livia Firth and Nick Goodwin Self. The film has interviews with such figures as Alice Walker, Angela Davis, Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, Ramona Africa, and musicians Mos Def, Snoop Dogg and Steve Earle.

In this exclusive interview on the eve of the film's premiere, Francome discloses for the very first time, one of the film's biggest surprises: The film will prominently feature the startling Dec. 9, 1981 crime scene photos that were recently discovered by German author Michael Schiffmann, and are published in his new book.

One of Polakoff's photos will be published for the first time in the US, in this week's issue of The San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper, which has previously reported on Abu-Jamal's case.

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A comparison between Lenin's and Hobson's interpretation on imperialism

23-10-2007 21:04

Although Hobson inspired Lenin on his work "Imperialism:the highest stage of capitalism" there are some critical differences in the two interpretations.

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New pamphlet: Emilio Canzi: an anarchist partisan in Italy & Spain (Paolo Finzi)

20-10-2007 14:39

Just published by the Kate Sharpley Library, a collection of articles devoted to Emilio Canzi, Italian anarchist, who was a key figure in the partisan struggle against fascism in the Piacenza region.

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The History of the Kurdish Freedom Struggle in Turkey.

18-10-2007 19:16

Why is Turkey threatening to invade Kurdistan and what is the history of the Kurdish struggle for freedom within Turkey?

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A veteran of the Great War remembers:

18-10-2007 17:56

Sons of Paradise is new play about the fictional last surviver of WW1. He is offered a state funeral but feels his body is to used, as it was 90 years previously, for political ends.

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New photographic evidence in case, Philadelphia Cops Framed Mumia Abu Jamal

17-10-2007 22:46

New photographic evidence has surfaced proving Philadelphia police lied under oath, tampered with evidence at the scene and fabricated a witness.

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A Hundred and Fifty Years Later and Marx Still Prevails

16-10-2007 20:23

Marx Was Right But Don’t Tell Them

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Bilbao's redevelopment: Another side to the story

15-10-2007 21:31

Response to a Guardian article praising superstar architect Zaha Hadid's Masterplan for the Zorrozaurre peninsula in Bilbao