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international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday March 03, 2007 - 02:31 by nano
Anyone familiar with the criminal tactics of thoroughly corrupt State Institutions would not be surprised to learn of the plea bargain offered Guantanamo Bay detainee, David Hicks. After five years of torture and various other forms of physical and psychological abuse, the U.S. has offered a deal that would see Hicks released from Guantanamo but not necessarily from continued incarceration. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Friday March 02, 2007 - 16:51 by Red Banner   text 2 comments (last - monday march 05, 2007 - 19:29)
RED BANNER
a magazine of socialist ideas
issue 27 out now:
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national / anti-capitalism Friday March 02, 2007 - 16:48 by RBR   text 2 comments (last - tuesday march 20, 2007 - 12:28)   image 1 image
The Spring 2007 issue of Red & Black Revolution is back from the printers and can be bought from any WSM member for one Euro. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday March 02, 2007 - 14:40 by B. Traven.
This is an article by Yassamine Mather, editor of Iran bulletin:
http://www.iran-bulletin.org/

The article below is continued in full at:

http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/656/iran.htm

B. Traven.

In October 2006, Action Iran, Iran Solidarity and the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII UK) merged to form a single organisation, called Campaign Iran. For Iranian socialists, inside and outside the country, neither the three components nor the new merged organisation address the essential issues concerning the plight of the Iranian people at a time when the threat of some form of imperialist intervention must be taken seriously. The accusation of appeasing a reactionary regime is echoed by many left activists in Iran.

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international / worker & community struggles and protests Friday March 02, 2007 - 14:15 by B. Traven
The death agonies of "RESPECT" continue. It is becoming obvious that it is not a Socialist organisation. Read on at the link for a Class analysis as to why "RESPECT" is floundering.

B. Traven

In January, two leading members of the International Socialist Group, Alan Thornett and John Lister, left the officers’ group that heads the Respect national council. Others in and around the ISG-dominated paper/front Socialist Resistance have quit Respect altogether ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday March 01, 2007 - 12:32 by dingo
Australian Special Forces have today surrounded the 'rebel’ Major Alfredo Reinado in occupied Timor-Leste; it seems Reinado has passed his use-by-date; a tense stand-off presently exists with Reinado threatening to shoot any Australian soldier who ventures too near. ... read full story / add a comment
each padlock represents a union the key of which is thrown in the Tiber
international / history and heritage Thursday March 01, 2007 - 04:02 by ribbid   text 2 comments (last - sunday july 22, 2007 - 12:54)   image 1 image
The Milvian bridge over the Tiber in Rome was first built in 206 BC out of wood and only lasted a hundred years being replaced by one made of stone in 115BC the bulk of which survives to this day though there have been renovations most notably in 1429 (common era) Francesco da Genazzano was responsible for saving it from near collapse. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the bridge was modified by two artists, Valadier and Pigiani who added the lamps. It was on this bridge that one of the pivotal moments of Western History and God's usual meddling in the affairs of men is thought to have happened. Though lest I upset anyone may I stress now that God only meddles on the side of rich and powerful men such as emperors. But the point of this article is not to report on God (who is silent these days) but to report on something small yet not trivial which illustrates the nature of the Italian ruling class. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / housing Wednesday February 28, 2007 - 00:59 by La Plataforma   image 1 image
Last february 24th 1000 people participated in a demonstration for the defense of the CSO Eskuela Taller and the squatters and ocuppied spaces. The mobilization claimed self-organization, self-management, and autonomy as fighting weapons against institutional repression and capitalism.
Video and music produced by La Plataforma.
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thank u presidente from everyone who knows what orinoco means
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday February 28, 2007 - 00:00 by good cuadillo bad capitalist   text 5 comments (last - monday may 28, 2007 - 22:06)   image 1 image
Some of you might have noticed your stock in BP, Exxon-Mobil, Chevron-Teaxaco, Conoco-Philips go down today. I know I didn't - but I did have to field any faxes from the French "Total" and Norwegian "Statoil". No bother - I just take the paper out of the machine.

Hugo Chavez has decreed a nationalisation of the Orinoco River strip which will come into effect on the 1st of May 2007. He explained this to his beloved people during the last episode of his regular TV show "Hola Presidente!".

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national / arts and media Tuesday February 27, 2007 - 22:18 by David Manning
As anyone that has followed the fortunes of the Shell to Sea campaign will know, under the often 'unflattering' luminance of the media spotlight, there appears an almost unhealthy association between some of those that 'strive' for impartiality and objectivity, whether it be in the media or in politics, and the corporation.

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antrim / miscellaneous Tuesday February 27, 2007 - 19:05 by reabhloid dearg   image 1 image
An Glór / The Voice
News sheet of Belfast Republican Socialist Youth Movement ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Tuesday February 27, 2007 - 10:29 by Chris Murray
The full title of the release is :-
" Writing for Our Lives'- How The Maisha Yetu project changed Health Coverage
in Africa.

The document is 124 pages long and downloadable as pdf at:-

http://www.iwmf.org/pdfs/WFOLforweb2.pdf ... read full story / add a comment
from a stupid yank right wing site at the begining of the iraq war
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday February 26, 2007 - 23:46 by redjade   text 7 comments (last - wednesday february 28, 2007 - 14:18)   image 2 images
a motive or an excuse? ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday February 26, 2007 - 08:17 by peptide
History records instances of powerful, belligerent nations invading and annexing weaker nations in their bid for world domination and plunder. Various pretexts are utilised to justify these attacks/invasions, the most familiar and infamous are the USS Liberty attack, the Tonkin Gulf incident and more recently the imaginary WMD 'threat'. These examples have one thing in common; they are all orchestrated in order to harness the public as a manageable resource to be used and abused by prevailing powers and to justify an otherwise illegal invasion or military aggression. Nations bent on world domination are extremely predictable; world domination is the folly of a powerful military and inept leadership – history is familiar with a multitude of conquering clowns known to us today as mass murderers. ... read full story / add a comment
'Empty Young Lives Void Filled By Alcohol'
national / public consultation / irish social forum Monday February 26, 2007 - 08:02 by J. P. Anderson   image 1 image
Public health expert Dr Joe Barry said that the "truly shameful" government continues to bow to the alcohol industry in response to their lobby of govermnent. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Sunday February 25, 2007 - 19:07 by John Meehan
A small number of Dáil candidates positioning themselves on the left rule out coalition with Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael, or doing side-deals.

This number includes Séamus Healy (Tipperary South), a supporter of the Campaign for and Independent Left (CIL) and Joe Higgins (Dublin West) of the Socialist Party. I hope both these candidates are returned to the next Dáil, and that they are joined by like-minded deputies who will not sacrifice the left on the altar of social-liberal policies and its druids : Ahern, Kenny, Rabbitte and their colleagues.

The issue may arise concretely after the May 2007 general election. Most opinion polls indicate that support for the two main conservative parties continues to fall significantly, a trend well-established since 1987.

Similar problems confront the Left, worldwide.

See article on France at this link :

http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?page=print_a...=1221 ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday February 25, 2007 - 15:49 by J. P. Anderson   image 2 images
A Secret Special Garda Unit has been established to target Bellinaboy community and 'Shell to Sea' protesters. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / crime and justice Saturday February 24, 2007 - 20:17 by Eliz.   text 1 comment (last - sunday february 25, 2007 - 19:16)   image 4 images

"Dylan Rodriguez Published a piece in the 'Left Curve' entitled:-
The signifance of March 15th 2005- on the Bagong Prison Massacre,
It makes difficult reading but in the Context of the London Independent
reports on Human rights abuses under the Arroyo regime, it becomes
crucial to understanding neo-colonialism and the torture of indigenous
community through the mass imobilisation of community through
the US prison system.
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday February 24, 2007 - 08:20 by BBC Listener   text 3 comments (last - tuesday february 27, 2007 - 17:55)   image 1 image
One of the tactics that Shell have deployed in their scheme to install a huge refinery at Bellanaboy is to try and make people believe that the controversy is somehow only of interest to Mayo, that is is somehow an issue only for "locals".

So it's good to see BBC Ulster covering the story.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/639...9.stm

It's also interesting to see a guide for those (unlike indymedia readers) who may not have heard anything much about the campaign to get Shell to Sea. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday February 24, 2007 - 01:10 by John Meehan   text 7 comments (last - saturday june 16, 2007 - 22:26)
The story below explains why a member of the italian Senate. Franco Turigliatto, refused to vote for the Romano Prodi Government.

The leadership of Rifondazione, the Refounded Communist Party, is threatening to expel Franco from the PRC.

You can email solidarity greetings to Franco Turigliatto - details are at the link

http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?page=print_a...=1220

The rightwing behaviour of the Rifondazione leadership is a warning to Irish elected representatives positioned on the left who leave the door open to coalition with rightwing parties and implementation of a neoliberal agenda. ... read full story / add a comment
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