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international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday November 05, 2006 - 20:42 by Yusuf
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German born Murat Kurnaz (23) was arrested by Pakistani police in 2002 while there on holidays. He was then sold to US forces and brought to Afghanistan where he was tortured by US and German forces before being transported to Guantanamo where he was illegally held and tortured by the US, with the complicity of the German Government for four years. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Sunday November 05, 2006 - 19:56 by C Murray
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NYC and NarcoNews are reporting twenty thousand People converging for a March organised by the APPO in Oaxaca: "During the night helicopters brought military troops into the city, according to 'La Doctura', impecabbly calm and intelligent as ever on Radio Universidad" http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2006/11/5/124043/519 ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday November 05, 2006 - 15:52 by sophia
for Shell to Sea campaigners in particular: A 2005 documentary film , Total Denial, by Milena Kaneva examines the effects of oil companies on local people in Burma. Burmese refugee Ka Hsaw's courage in filing a lawsuit against one of the biggest global corporations on the planet has inspired people fighting for human rights in other countries, such as Indonesia and Nigeria, to do the same. Has this been shown here? If not it should be. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday November 05, 2006 - 12:21 by sophia
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For the fourth consecutive day, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue their land incursion on the town of Beit Hanoun in the north of the Gaza Strip. This attack comes as part of an IOF operation codenamed "Autumn Clouds." The number of victims has increased to 34 killed, including 21 civilians that include 7 children, 2 women, and 2 paramedics. The injured are 150, most of them unarmed civilians, including approximately 40 women, 40 children, 1 paramedic, and 1 journalist. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights [PCHR]Calls upon the international community to immediately intervene to stop these crimes. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday November 05, 2006 - 10:20 by Solidaria
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Flyer to distribute to the unaware at marches and other Oaxaca solidarity actions. I was not able to upload typeset flyer, but below are the photos & text used if you want to use any. On the 8 x 10 flyer, the six photos [Ireland imc has only 4] from around the world are smaller than they appear here, about 1.5 x 1.5. The flyer includes a 3.5 x 5 photo of the girl confronting the PFP (Policia Federal Preventiva, Mexican Federal Riot Police), and a separate large poster was made just with her photo and the legend: the world is watching OAXACA November 2, 2006 ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Sunday November 05, 2006 - 00:43 by TJ
In his latest article for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes how ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Saturday November 04, 2006 - 08:12 by Kingfisher
Conservative (far right) ‘governments’ – presentation marionettes of Corporate and Financial interests – have unanimously implemented “new sweeping” (slogan) anti-terrorist and sedition laws to constrain or otherwise stifle dissent and other opposing ‘views’. Conservatives can always be relied upon to implement the most lacklustre ‘solutions’. In characteristic mode they have all resorted to Legislation in a futile attempt to silence dissenting and protesting ‘voices’. Legislation has always been the refuge of all scoundrel governments and inept politicians; nevertheless, the popular media remains unaffected by the new laws and continues to demonise, misrepresent, distort and omit details in order to present a ‘tailored reality’ to the public. Circumventing the ‘new sweeping laws’ is child’s play for any journo, analyst, artist or professional media manufacturer/fabulator/fabricator – WHY? ... read full story / add a comment |
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