UK Indymedia

ICTR: Dallaire "failed in his mission"

29-11-2008 19:22

A French military historian testifying as an expert witness before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has attacked the Canadian General who commanded the UN Force in Rwanda in 1994. "Dallaire failed in his mission", said the witness..

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Police State

28-11-2008 14:05

So now its official- we are living in a Police State. A Conservative MP has been arrested by 9 "anti-terrorism" officers at his constitutency home in connection with Home Office leaks. This is unprecedented. The AR folks were right all along. Still perhaps MPs can only blame themselves since they´ve voted through the end of official UK democracy

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Mumbai carnage: world unity urged to punish culprits

28-11-2008 13:45

Pakistanis are openly acknowledging their country's rogue I.S.I. was responsible for the ayhem in Mumbia that left 120 people dead. The maverick Baluch ethnic group calls for world unity to defeat "the monster."

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Fronting for Paramilitaries: Holder, Chaquita and Colombia

27-11-2008 23:16

Chiquita Brands was among the U.S. corporations that funded Colombia's rightwing death squads, organized under the umbrella of the United Self-Defense Groups. Eric Holder, the soon-to-be U.S. Attorney General, defended Chiquita's relationship with the death squads, as a corporate attorney.

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Capitalist Decline, Financial Crisis & Revolutionary Prospects

25-11-2008 17:58

During the 20th century, world wars, reformism, Stalinism and recently the credit boom successfully maintained capitalism by keeping the working class passive. But does the end of the credit boom mark the end of capitalism's survival strategies? Will the coming recession spark a new working class movement? Come and join the debate.

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London moot on Baluch issues proposed

23-11-2008 17:49

On the occassion of the first death anniversary of Nawabzada Bala'ach Marri, member of the Baluchistan state assembly who was killed during his struggle against Pakistan army, strikes were observed all over Baluchistan. Texas-sized Baluchistan was annexed by Pakistan against the wishes of its people in March 1948. The state has witnessed five bloody uprisings.

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Greece – Commemoration day of the student revolt in 1973 turns to Riot

23-11-2008 16:30

Greece – Commemoration day of the student revolt in 1973 turns to Riot

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Publicity for 2nd Annual North East Working Class Bookfair

20-11-2008 11:22

A news story promoting the 2nd Working Class Bookfair;
Durham central Clayport Library,
Millennium Place, Durham City.

Saturday November 22nd 2008, 12 - 4pm.

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Jonestown: The Avoidable Tragedy

18-11-2008 09:02

Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre, in which nearly a thousand people died in the People's Temple compound in Guyana. Jonestown was a double tragedy. The first is the massacre. The second is that it was so utterly, utterly preventable.

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North East Working Class Bookfair Sat November 22nd 2008, 12-4pm

14-11-2008 11:37

North East Working Class Bookfair
Durham Clayport Library, Millennium Place, Durham City.
Saturday November 22nd 2008, 12-4pm

Market Tavern welcomes drinkers from the bookfair

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North East Working Class Bookfair Sat. November 22nd 2008, 12-4pm

14-11-2008 11:34

North East Working Class Bookfair
Durham Clayport Library, Millennium Place, Durham City.
Saturday November 22nd 2008, 12-4pm

Market Tavern welcomes drinkers from the bookfair

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President-elect Barack Obama

13-11-2008 14:36

4 November 2008, the era of George W Bush was about to end and a new era was about to begin. A wave of euphoria swept the world. Why, because Obama was not Bush?

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Obama won the election - What's up next?

12-11-2008 11:53

A comment about Obama's ability to put the mentioned visions into practice.

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Activists rename Dublin Street after victim of Shell

11-11-2008 17:56

Activists in Dublin renamed the street where the Shell office is after Ken Saro Wiwa.

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Wordiary Pub Quiz Launch in Newcastle

09-11-2008 21:58

Tuesday 11 November
8 pm till late
The Star and Shadow Cinema, behind the Tanners, Byker
Launch of the 2009 Wordiary. Entry of £4 comes with a copy of the radical diy north east diary.

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Iraqi History: For Whom the Bell Tolls

06-11-2008 12:53

“You may rely upon one thing — I'll never engage in creating kings again" - Gertrude Bell

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Remember, remember Parihaka: Non-violent resistance invented

05-11-2008 12:37

Forget Guy Fawkes, on this day in 1881 Maori dissidents were attacked by British led troops at the culmination of possibly the first campaign of non-violent resistance.

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9/11: New Footage of the Implosion of WTC7

04-11-2008 14:53

A new video has been released (attached), from sources unknown, of the collapse of World Trade Centre Building 7 on September 11th 2001. Previous videos of the collapse ( 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 ) were from angles that didn't show the lower section of the building as clearly as this new one does.

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Obama and the U.S. elections (by Latuff)

04-11-2008 14:38

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

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U.S. bank crisis (by Latuff)

03-11-2008 22:13

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.
(To be published in the "Divulgando", bulletin of the Associacao dos Servidores do Centro de Processamento de Dados do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, ASCPDERJ).