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international / gender and sexuality Monday December 17, 2007 - 10:44 by Maryjane O'Leary
 2 comments (last - friday december 21, 2007 - 11:23)
Here is a report on the continuing detention of womens rights activists in Iran and a call for action on their behalf. Human rights groups and journalists across the globe have condemned the arrest of cyber feminists, Jelve Javaheri and Maryam Hossienkhah in Iran earlier this month. Both of these women are activists and members of the One Million Signatures campaign. They are currently in Evin Prison on charges related to their writings in support of women’s rights. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Sunday December 16, 2007 - 23:43 by wageslave
New Jersey's state assembly yesterday voted 44-36 to abolish the death penalty - the first state to do so since Iowa and West Virginia scrapped the punishment in 1965. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Sunday December 16, 2007 - 19:10 by Damien Moran
5 comments (last - thursday december 20, 2007 - 14:39)  1 image
"Ho, ho, ho - have some bloody Coke" Murder, torture, kidnapping and illegal detention by violent paramilitaries, frequently aided by bottling plant management, has been the tragic reality for Coca-Cola's Colombian employees for 2 decades now. Members of the SINALTRAINAL trade union ordinary employees carry a death sentence around their necks. Yet an appeal from Javier Correra, president of their union - “We want justice. We want people to know the truth about what is going on in Colombia against Coke workers. Now that you know, will you please help us?” - has not fallen on deaf ears. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Sunday December 16, 2007 - 15:53 by Ariko
4 comments (last - monday december 17, 2007 - 19:10) 7 images
The Rites of Passage religious exhibit is currently closed, which was mesmeric in it's disection of the hypnosis of world religion, if one could avoid the big screens the bits of the Nag Hammadi Gospel and huge Buddhist Mandalas were worth a visit. '100 aspects of the Moon' is the current exhibition and every single print has a bit of moon in it- on Helmets, behind women (!) and accomnpanying dark and scary warriors. You could say there are many moons. The Chester Beatty is located in the Grounds of Dublin Castle and is far better than the auction house that comprises the State apartments, where Sarkozy will be welcomed to persuade the unsuae celts about his Reform Treaty.[2008] ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Sunday December 16, 2007 - 15:40 by KAREN FALLON
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I know its old news but it is actually interesting that this story was not screaming at us when it occured. I guess this plane came through Shannon Airport a few times.............. A Florida based Gulfstream II jet aircraft # N987SA crash landed on September 24, 2007 after it ran out of fuel over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula it had a cargo of several tons of Cocaine on board now documents have turned up on both sides of the Atlantic that link this Cocaine Smuggling Gulfstream II jet aircraft # N987SA that crashed in Mexico to the CIA who used it on at least 3 rendition flights from Europe and the USA to Guantanamo's infamous torture chambers between 2003 to 2005. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday December 15, 2007 - 11:35 by Michael Gallagher
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I was a bit taken aback to find that their is no coverage of this case on indymedia. Well here are the basics with some links, make of it what you will. Bilal Hussein was employed by Associated Press to photograph events in Iraq. With no previous experience of photography, he went on to win a Pulitzer Prize for his efforts. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Friday December 14, 2007 - 23:33 by wageslave
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Pause for a while to contemplate our one sided abusive relationship with all the other inhabitants of this large spinning rock that we all live on. The other "Earthlings" ... read full story / add a comment
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 |
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