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90% Of World's Countries, 82% Of US States Did Not Execute Prisoners In 2012

25-01-2013 22:23


Only 20 countries and only 9 US states commited government murder of prisoners in 2012.

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Coming on a neighbourhood near you the first POVERTY REPORT 2013

25-01-2013 12:36

Clegg has been making sideways appearances again. Thanks to the BBC and the Guardian. But Clegg is up to here in collusion with the Big Looters robbing the ordinary, the little people and then making us feel morally stigmatised “because” we have been robbed!

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Brazil: the perfect freedom of expression?

23-01-2013 17:03

Voltaire
"I don't agree with only one of the words you say, but I will defend to the death your right to do so!"(Voltaire),

It is controversial the relationship between freedom of expression and the degree of development of societies.

Many seek to justify the repressive character of the current regimes as a price that must be paid for achieving progress.

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Tips for the seriously mentally distressed in dealing with ATOS

20-01-2013 23:30

"Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed."

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Banner drop in solidarity to social struggles against fascism in Greece- Bristol

20-01-2013 17:22

Banner drop in solidarity to social struggles against fascism in Greece- Bristol

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Greece Squatter Solidarity Graffiti in Brighton

19-01-2013 14:02

Brighton, UK: Solidarity with squatters and anarchists worldwide.

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Solidarity action with the recent wave of attacks on squats in Greece.

17-01-2013 13:58

Anarchists graffiti bank in solidarity with greek squatters

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War taxes paid under protest

16-01-2013 16:41

On Thursday 17th January, War Resisters' International, a global network of pacifist organisations based in London, will pay taxes that have been withheld for five years, under protest to HM Revenue and Customs.

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Katy Bourne Sussex Police Crime Commissioner

16-01-2013 15:14

Katy Bourne Sussex Crime Commissioner are you covering up for Sussex Paedophile ring

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Greece, Athens: Video from march in solidarity to evicted squats 12/1/2013

16-01-2013 11:49

Greece, Athens: Video from march in solidarity to evicted squats 12/1/2013

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UG#610 - From Enclosure to Privatization (Luddism, Magna Carta & Debt)

16-01-2013 10:52

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We start with Peter Linebaugh on Luddism and the multifaceted enclosure movement in UK. Then, a report on prison privatization in Canada. We conclude by starting chapter 10 of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years on the decline of the Axial age empires and social systems in India and China.

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Brazil: the perfect freedom of expression?

14-01-2013 17:32

Voltaire
"I don't agree with only one of the words you say, but I will defend to the death your right to do so!"(Voltaire),

It is controversial the relationship between freedom of expression and the degree of development of societies.

Many seek to justify the repressive character of the current regimes as a price that must be paid for achieving progress.

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Who Is the Anarcho-Nihilist?

14-01-2013 15:47

Who Is the Anarcho-Nihilist?

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Friern Barnet People's Library Latest: Report and Photos

14-01-2013 12:43

Friern Barnet People's Library
As an ex-resident of Barnet, book-lover and fan of occupying, squatting and doing things for free, I went along to Friern Barnet's Occupied People's Library the other day to take some photos, borrow a couple of books, have a cup of tea and inform myself about what's been going on there.

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So What of the SWP Now?

13-01-2013 20:18

What's going to happen to the SWP? Maybe now it's time for good Socialists to do something worthwhile.

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Greece, Athens: 10,000 anarchists march in solidarity to Villa Amalias - photos

13-01-2013 10:07

10,000 anarchists march in solidarity to Villa Amalias Athens

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EDL Outnumbered By Trees In Solihull - #edl @AntiFascistNetw

13-01-2013 02:54

For the first time ever (with many more to come), the fascist numpties of the EDL were vastly outnumbered in by trees. Saving their bus and train fares, antifascist campaigners in the Midlands left the anti-Nazi campaigning in Solihull town centre to us, the natural environment. Not afraid of bad weather (like the fairweather racists), we well and truly outnumbered an inconsequential fascist rabble repetitively chanting monotonous, moronic racist crap.

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UG#606 - Flight From Meaning 1 (The Superior Human, Debt in The Axial Age)

12-01-2013 12:21

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The first of a two part series, we consider the bigger question of meaning in life. In our first hour we look at a prejudice shared by many people of differing backgrounds and inclinations - the notion that human beings are somehow innately superior to all other life forms - with a radio adaption of the 2012 film The Superior Human. We conclude our second hour by resuming reading from David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years where we left off in episode 597.