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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 13, 2007 - 19:56 by Counterpunch
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Blocking the Strykers By SANDY MAYES The US military will have to think twice before it ever again tries to use Olympia, WA as a launching point for war. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Thursday December 13, 2007 - 19:12 by Joe
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Jamie Leigh Jones claims she was raped by co-workers while working for a Halliburton subsidiary at Camp Hope, Baghdad, in 2005. After being drugged and gang-raped, she claims she was imprisoned in a shipping container without food or water and threathened with dismissal if she reported the incident. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Wednesday December 12, 2007 - 20:04 by Larry
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As these articles show, they have no clear plan for a pipeline route, and to say they lack community consent would be something of an understatement, to put it mildly. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 12, 2007 - 12:50 by Miriam
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'It was awesome - let's do it again' ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday December 11, 2007 - 14:12 by Roja Bamdad
This issue contains a special report from the International Labour Organisation on Iranian violations of workers rights. ILO ANNUAL SURVEY OF VIOLATIONS OF TRADE UNION RIGHTS: IRAN. Protest activity: Despite the ban on strikes, workers protests and other work stoppages are a daily occurrence throughout Iranian enterprises. They are often repressed. Most of these protests concern either low wages, the non-payment of wages, lay-offs or factory closures. The minimum wage set by the government is $US 140 per month, while the official poverty line stands at $US 300. Nearly two million workers have not been paid - some for nearly two years. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / politics / elections Monday December 10, 2007 - 22:34 by señora donzella morales chavez
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Something quite extraordinary has happened in Argentina. & to appreciate it, all you really have to do is wonder how many spouses see each other serve in the highest office of their land. Hilary obviously pops to mind, but the you get the absolutely extraordinary nature of the new Argentinian presidency - for not only is it legitimatised by one of the highest electoral margins in democratic history - there was no need for two terms of a Bush type (or to be completely up-to-oligarchy style) the son or daughter of a rival. Yep - admit it you political experts & know-alls are hard put to remember any other state where a president has served his constitutional limitations then handed the sash & baton to his wife. Or indeed the other way round. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Sunday December 09, 2007 - 22:12 by Houzan Mahmoud
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This is an article on the situation of women in the Middle East. It was first published on open democracy blog for international day against violence against women. The undeclared war on women continues to victimize women worldwide on a daily basis; the Middle East is no exception. Women in our region are amongst the most oppressed and terrorized in the world. The Islamic law upheld in many Middle Eastern countries has turned women into slaves with invisible chains. In Saudi Arabia in March 2006, a woman was abducted with a friend and was raped by 7 men. In October, the men were sentenced to 2-3 years in prison, but the woman herself was sentenced to 90 lashes. Saudi Arabian Islamic law forbids a woman to meet with a man to whom she is not related. The woman and her solicitor appealed the sentence; the men's sentences were increased from 2 to 9 years in prison, but the woman's sentence was also increased as a result to 200 lashes and 6 months in prison. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday December 09, 2007 - 21:18 by Sean Melman
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A Galway company Composites Testing Laboratory does materials testing for Raytheon, Lockheed and Cessna. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Sunday December 09, 2007 - 18:51 by Red Banner
Issue 30 of Red Banner is out now. €2 / £1.50 from bookshops, sellers or the address above. Articles: ... read full story / add a comment |
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