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Atenco: International Open Letter

24-08-2008 19:14 | Repression | Social Struggles | Zapatista | World

Send your sign to:

contraimpunidad@gmail.com

US 2008 Dem + Rep Conventions - shutting them down!!

24-08-2008 15:27 | Social Struggles | World

Check the following sites for all you need to know on the upcoming convention protests:
Republican National Convention: St. Paul, Minnesota | September 1 - 4, 2008
Democratic National Convention: Denver, Colorado | August 24 - 28, 2008

PR Push for Iraq War Preceded Intelligence Findings

24-08-2008 14:00 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

The U.S. intelligence community buckled sooner in 2002 than previously
reported to Bush administration pressure for data justifying an invasion of
Iraq, according to a documents posting on the Web today by National Security
Archive senior fellow John Prados.

The documents suggest that the public relations push for war came before the
intelligence analysis, which then conformed to public positions taken by
Pentagon and White House officials. For example, a July 2002 draft [1] of
the "White Paper" ultimately issued by the CIA in October 2002 [2] actually
pre-dated the National Intelligence Estimate that the paper purportedly
summarized, but which Congress did not insist on until September 2002.

A similar comparison between a declassified draft [3] and the final version
[4] of the British government's "White Paper" on Iraq weapons of mass
destruction adds to evidence that the two nations colluded in the effort to
build public support for the invasion of Iraq. Dr. Prados concludes that the
new evidence tends to support charges raised by former White House press
secretary Scott McClellan and by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
in its long-delayed June 2008 "Phase II" report on politicization of
intelligence.

Free Gaza Boats Break Siege of Gaza; International Support Crucial to Success

24-08-2008 10:16 | Anti-militarism | Palestine | Repression | World

Two small boats carrying 42 human rights activists broke the siege of Gaza. They sailed from Cyprus in defiance of Israeli threats to intercept the boats to enforce its blockade of Gaza. The arriving boats were greeted by thousands of jubilant Gazans and former Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. Intense international support was crucial in persuading Israel to allow the boats through.

Brian Haw - 7 years on, still going strong

Images of Brian Haw's peaceful demonstration in Parliament Square, London, UK.
Brian's protest, against war and to highlight the ridiculous SOCPA laws, is now in its seventh year.

Amadeu Casellas, 64 days hungerstrike - a "not political enough" prisoner.

23-08-2008 19:04 | Analysis | Repression | World

Amadeu Casellas has been imprisoned since 1986 for taking part in armed robberies of banks in which no person was shot or physically injured. Previous to that he had been imprisoned during the dictatorship. In total almost 30 years of his life have been spent in jail. It was in jail that he contracted HIV in 2000. It is in jail that he has consistenly revindicated his anarchist philosophy known to many since the group he formed part of in 1973 distributed the money they robbed amongst tenants in danger of eviction.

His case as a political prisoner is clear & the contrasts between his hungerstrike against unconstitutionally continued detention & those of more "political" prisoners in the recent history of the Spanish state is stark.

In the Name of Decency, Compassion & Higher Justice: Allow American War Resister

23-08-2008 14:01 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Terror War | World

I am beginning to feel like the Government of Canada is
attempting to adopt an ideology as our national identity and I am very
disturbed by that. I feel that some of your policies are beginning to depart
from deeply held traditional Canadian values. And you are transforming the
face of Canada with the mandate of a minority Government. You also have a
majority in the House of Commons who voted, on behalf of Canadians, to
support the request made by American War resisters to remain in Canada.

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Open Letter to the Canadian Prime Minister

23-08-2008 13:50 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Terror War | World

I feel that some of your policies are beginning to depart from deeply held traditional Canadian values. And you are transforming the face of Canada with the mandate of a minority Government. You also have a majority in the House of Commons who voted, on behalf of Canadians, to support the request made by American War resisters to remain in Canada.

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Rwanda: obscuring the truth about the genocide

23-08-2008 13:18 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | History | World

Far from being radical, the attacks on France for its role in the 1994 war
are designed to whitewash Western intervention more broadly.
Barrie Collins, spiked-online.com, 13.08.2008

Blockades: Acts of War

23-08-2008 12:55 | Anti-militarism | History | Terror War | World

From July 21 - 31, Joint Task Force (mostly US, but also UK, France, Brazil and Italy) "Operation Brimstone" large scale war games were conducted off the US East coast in the North Atlantic. Its purpose may have been to prepare for a naval blockade of Iran. From what's known a naval deployment may be planned, and a blockade may ensue. The situation remains tense and worrisome.

Armenia's Struggle for Independence

23-08-2008 12:29 | Anti-militarism | History | Repression | World

Each country must find its own way, shaped by its immediate situation, and seen against the backdrop of its own specific cultural and political history. In the case of Armenia, it is evident that any perspective for real economic progress must be based on cooperation with its neighbors in the context of a regional development perspective. This means negotiating political solutions to the continuing conflicts with Azerbaijan and Turkey, in order to reestablish normal economic and trade relations. To achieve this, requires a capable leadership dedicated to the future of its nation and its people, as well as support from the international community. Armenians are seeking such leadership.

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Missile Defence: Washington and Poland just moved the World closer to War

23-08-2008 12:10 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

The signing on August 14 of an agreement between the governments of the
United States and Poland to deploy on Polish soil US `interceptor missiles'
is the most dangerous move towards nuclear war the world has seen since the
1962 Cuba Missile crisis.

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War against Iran ? Its not just about nuclear bombs.

23-08-2008 00:32 | Anti-militarism | Technology | World

Even ther CIA says Iran has No nuke programme ,but the U$ and israel still do a song and dance about "enriched uranium."Why?
It may not be the Bomb and enriched uranium that the US is worried about but the depleted uranium by-product.

"Hitler & Phelps at the Munich Olympics" - Venezuelan TV shock

22-08-2008 20:02 | Other Press | World

TVes is a publically owned Venezuelan telly station which took the frequency of the previous "Radio Caracas Televisión" channel whose license wasn't renewed by Chavez. Thus this story is not anti-Chavez nor particularly anti-Venezuelan square eyed telly viewer, for less than 10% of the previous channel's viewers continue to watch (according to "The Economist").

the story -

Willie Oviedo the Sports commentator of TVes confidently told Olympic fans that Hitler had refused to present the gold medals Michael Phelps won, in the 1972 Olympics in Munich.

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Direct Action from Mexico & USA

22-08-2008 18:39 | SHAC | Animal Liberation | Ecology | World

ACTIVISTS TARGET VIVISECTION BREEDER (Mexico)
HUNDREDS OF MINK RELEASED FROM CAGES (USA)
LOCKS GLUED AT 10 MEAT MARKETS (Mexico)
BUTCHER SHOPS, EGG DISTRIBUTOR PAINTED (Mexico)

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This Week In Palestine week 34 2008

22-08-2008 17:34 | Anti-militarism | Other Press | Palestine | World

This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for August 16th, through August, 22nd, 2008.

Shifting The Burden Of Proof Changes Nothing In The GM Debate

Imagine the scene: you walk into a bar and someone immediately faces you up, brandishing their fists, red with pent-up aggression clearly eager to send you on to the floor or worse. He screams into your face, spittle flecks flying across your nose and lips, “Prove to me that you deserve not to be punched repeatedly in the face!”

Georgia, NATO & The Spread Of War [Video & Text, STW London meeting]

22-08-2008 08:53 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | World

Stop the War meeting, GEORGIA, NATO & THE SPREAD OF WAR.
Held at Friend's Meeting House on 14 August 2008.

Thessaloniki political prisoner and stitch-up victim Simon Chapman convicted?

22-08-2008 06:58 | Thessaloniki EU | History | Repression | World

Four years on from his reported acquittal, British activist Simon Chapman has allegedly been sentenced in absentia to over five years in prison for taking part in protests against the Thessaloniki EU summit in Greece in 2003. He was the target of a high-profile activist defence campaign after widespread coverage of police corruption in the case - videos show riot police planting a bag of Molotov cocktails on him which formed the basis of the case against him.

World Newswire Archive

NW // Animal liberation – A movement evolving - a critical look at hierarchy

Atenco: International Open Letter

US 2008 Dem + Rep Conventions - shutting them down!!

PR Push for Iraq War Preceded Intelligence Findings

Free Gaza Boats Break Siege of Gaza; International Support Crucial to Success

Brian Haw - 7 years on, still going strong

Amadeu Casellas, 64 days hungerstrike - a "not political enough" prisoner.

In the Name of Decency, Compassion & Higher Justice: Allow American War Resister

Open Letter to the Canadian Prime Minister

Rwanda: obscuring the truth about the genocide

Blockades: Acts of War

Armenia's Struggle for Independence

Missile Defence: Washington and Poland just moved the World closer to War

War against Iran ? Its not just about nuclear bombs.

"Hitler & Phelps at the Munich Olympics" - Venezuelan TV shock

Direct Action from Mexico & USA

This Week In Palestine week 34 2008

Shifting The Burden Of Proof Changes Nothing In The GM Debate

Georgia, NATO & The Spread Of War [Video & Text, STW London meeting]

Thessaloniki political prisoner and stitch-up victim Simon Chapman convicted?

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