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international / crime and justice Tuesday February 26, 2008 - 19:49 by C Murray
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The 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women began meeting at the United Nations Headquarters in New York yesterday and will be in session until the seventh of March. A coalition of over 150 International Non-Governmental Organisations who represent the Civil Society Groups on advocating for stronger gender reform architecture (GEA) will be in session. Mostly these groups are known on Indymedia and the IMC's because they have not stopped bringing the issue of Measurable Reform in the area of gender equality to the table. and Ban Ki-moon agrees. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday February 26, 2008 - 14:45 by pat c
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This an extract of a letter from The National Union of Dismissed and Unemployed Workers of Iran To the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) regarding workers being flogged for participating in May 1st actions in Iran. Full text at the link. Dear Friends, As you are aware the police and security forces assaulted last year’s peaceful May 1st rally in the city of Sanandaj, battered workers, and arrested 13 of them. Among them were Mr. Shays Amaani and Mr. Seddigh Karimi, President and Executive Committee member of our union, respectively. They were released on a $50,000 bail each after 42 days in detention. The court sentenced them to two-and-a-half years’ imprisonment. We appealed, but the Court of Appeal has not yet given its verdict. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday February 26, 2008 - 14:04 by John Cornford
Jim Moody interviews Ahmed Hussain who has defected from the SWP to the Conservative Party. JM: Why have you left Respect (Independent) group on Tower Hamlets council? AH: Initially the four of us left the party because of the leadership: it was not going anywhere. It was just out of order, because everyone was doing what they wanted to do. The reason I left the new group is because we were trying, but we were not going anywhere to help the community. The other thing is, the party itself is just not going anywhere because the electoral commission has put an embargo on the name. You can’t really re-establish the party all over again. It was quite hard to do with Respect. People had elected me to the council to serve them, and that was not happening because I was concentrating more on party problems. That was why I thought I should move on to another party. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday February 26, 2008 - 01:59 by Abu Saad
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Bono has a hard decision to make . Live up to his old "Sun City" Anti-Apartheid stance.... or ignore Palestinian suffering in order to delight the Israeli military regime with a cultural visit. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Friday February 22, 2008 - 00:06 by Terence
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This is a must listen podcast and presents the case that we are in grave danger with the climate as the effects of global warming are happening much quicker than anyone has in public admitted. According to Philip Sutton, we need to declare a Sustainability Emergency. In this report, he outlines how the existing institutes have failed. ... read full story / add a comment |
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