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national / environment Thursday March 17, 2011 - 18:02 by ferret
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Recent events in Japan and revelations by wikileaks regarding the nefarious and corrupt activities of the nuclear industry working in India should be a wake up call for those considering the arguments of vested interests who are quietly pushing the nuclear agenda in our media. It would certainly be a nice profitable centralised earner for themselves and their friends but a panacea for our future energy woes it certainly ain't! ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 16, 2011 - 21:16 by Muhammad A. Al Mahdi
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Gaza March 15 - HAMAS and FATAH join forces in cracking down on pro-democracy protesters calling for unity ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / gender and sexuality Saturday March 12, 2011 - 16:10 by Yassamine Mather
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Yassamine Mather examines the reality of the continuing struggle against the regime's oppression. On March 8, for the second time in a week, demonstrators gathered in the streets of Tehran and other major cities in Iran to protest against the regime - despite its attempts at suppression, its armed security forces, its tear gas and its arrests. Thirty-two years ago, on March 8 1979, tens of thousands of Iranian women took part in the first major demonstration against the newly established Islamic Republic of Iran, following the forced imposition of the hijab. The women’s slogans were: “I say it every moment, I say it under torture: either death or freedom!” “Freedom is neither eastern nor western: it is universal!” “Death to censorship!” “In the dawn of freedom, the place of women is empty: revolution is meaningless without women’s freedom - we do not want the hijab!” ... read full story / add a comment |
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