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NYCLAW ANTIWAR DIGEST -- 11.22.08

22-11-2008 21:56

"This is more 'Groundhog Day' than a fresh start."

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The global crisis is a crisis of capitalism

22-11-2008 02:49

It is time for the workers and the poor in the Philippines to prepare for the worse the moment its government keeps on repeating the mantra that the economic fundamentals remain good and thus there is little to worry about effects of the global recessionary trend. The world found itself in the present mess precisely because of such blind faith in neoliberal fundamentalism.

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Bilingual publication "Talk on Anarchism"

21-11-2008 19:49

Publication in English and Serbo-Croatian language which is result of ten debates on anarchism held between May 2006 and May 2007 at the Cultural Center "Dom omladine" in Belgrade/Serbia.

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Spanish bank squatters evicted

21-11-2008 15:10

Following their successful occupation of the offices of BBVA bank over 200 members of SAT (Andalucian workers union) spent the night there, resisting police and council efforts to force them to leave.

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Britain's Foreign Bastard Child

21-11-2008 14:15

Stop Detaining Children
'Not white enough for the British, not black enough for Mugabe'

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NYCLAW ANTIWAR DIGEST -- 11.20.08

20-11-2008 20:20

Some "Antiwar" Groups Excuse Obama's Pro-War Cabinet:
Kevin Martin, executive director of the group Peace Action, said. . . . "There's so much Obama hero worship, we're having to walk this line where we can't directly criticize him" . . . . Tom Andrews, national director of Win Without War, said that although he finds Sen. Clinton's views "very troubling," Obama should be given the benefit of the doubt.

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Sanctuary for [Removed]

20-11-2008 15:51

[Removed] are nationals of Iran and residents of Middlesbrough; they are currently detained in Yarl's Wood IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Friday 21st November on BMI Flight BD931 from London Heathrow @ 17:15 to Tehran Imam Khomeini International, Iran.

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Latin American immigrant workers get organised!

19-11-2008 20:07

At a packed meeting trade union activists, Latin American solidarity campaigners and immigrant rights organisations came together to discuss how to build solidarity with Latin American workers in Britain who are organising for trade union rights at work. Solidarity action continues this Friday in Bristol. Dave Esterson reports....

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Spanish bank occupied by workers

19-11-2008 18:40

In the southern Spanish city of Granada today, a powerful workers demonstration has been taking place. It includes the simultaneous occupation of the offices of a local developer/estate agents and the main branch of the BBVA bank.

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NYCLAW ANTIWAR DIGEST -- 11.18.08

18-11-2008 22:49

[I]t will be interesting to see how antiwar activists react to this. Are they antiwar or just anti-Republican?

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BNP Membership List Leaked

18-11-2008 18:06

The full BNP Membership List has been leaked online to an anonymous blog.

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Support possible airport ID strikes

18-11-2008 15:07

UK pilots consider possibility of industrial action over ID cards

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Philippine social movements storm US Embassy

18-11-2008 08:18

Philippine social movements hit G-20 summit’s exclusivity, call for a new and democratic world order

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Friday 14.11.08 anarcho students occupy ministry - report and photo's

18-11-2008 02:05

Members of anarchist group Autonomy&Solidarity from Goldsmiths University joined other students and revolutionaries to take action last Friday in London. Education is a priceless; it shouldn't have price.

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Class consciousness in the North East

17-11-2008 19:17

You are invited to visit the 2nd Ever North East Working Class Bookfair, sponsored by North East area NUM.

2nd Annual Working Class Bookfair
Sat 22 Nov 2008 12 - 4pm
Durham Clayport (central) Library
Millennium Place, Durham City

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Around the Campaigns Monday 17th November 2008

17-11-2008 09:09

Alliance Ngondiop & Constant Moussavou
Alliance Ngondiop & Constant Moussavou

Still here Still Fighting / Both removals were stayed Friday afternoon

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G20 leaders told to back off by Filipino workers

16-11-2008 12:04

Filipino Workers to heads of G20: Creating a better world order is no more your business

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'Anomalous Wave' demo today, Rome. 100,000 expected!

14-11-2008 13:17

100.000 EXPECTED TO SHOW UP
The newspaper La Repubblica gives updates about tomorrow’s mass demonstration of students and universitarians. The headline says “The wave brings 100.000 students to the piazza”.

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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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Never Mind the Ethics, Here's PRIMARK - meeting and action

14-11-2008 10:48

Ponne, former child worker
Meeting with slides on Primark, Indian workers, casualisation and the credit crunch this Monday at LARC - hear about and see a short vid on Primark's PR offensive and stories from Tirupur, Textiles capital of India.

An action is planned for Tuesday 25th Nov when primark present at PR Week's 'Taking the Drama out of a Crisis' on how they weathered the Panorama scoop storm. Activists will be there to remind them - the crisis continues, as does the fight for a life with dignity, justice and freedom.