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New donation based activist record label launched to support grassroots!

07-06-2009 15:50 | Animal Liberation | Culture | Globalisation | World

A new free to download donation based record label "Free Activist Records" has just been launched. Our first release will be a 20 track compilation to raise awareness of Sean Kirtley anarchist AR prisoner.

Indigenous Blockades in the Peru: Cops kill over 25

07-06-2009 10:59 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Bagua, Peru (June 6, 2009) – In the early morning hours on Friday, Peruvian Special Forces staged a violent raid on a group of indigenous people at a peaceful blockade on a road outside of Bagua in a remote area of the northern Peruvian Amazon resulting in 25 civilians confirmed dead and over a hundred wounded. Over 600 police attacked several thousand unarmed Awajun and Wambis indigenous peoples including many women and children and forcibly dispersed them using tear gas and live ammunition.

Filipino peasant leader ambushed!

Renato Peñas, Vice-President of PAKISAMA (National Movement of Peasant Organizations), was ambushed dead by unidentified gunmen at 11:00 PM Friday, 5 June 2009, on the way to his farm in Sumilao, Bukidnon.

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The continuing plight of Rossport

06-06-2009 19:50 | Ecology | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Please Spread Widely!

The last week has witnessed an escalation in confrontation between the
local community of Rossport, Co. Mayo, and the oil corporation shell.

Direct Action; Switzerland, Germany, Uruguay, Finland, Colombia & Mexico

2nd-6th June

CARS DESTROYED AT HOME OF NOVARTIS EXECUTIVE (Switzerland)
MEAT TRUCKS ATTACKED (Germany)
EFFIGY OF VIVISECTOR HUNG AT RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Uruguay)
WINDOWS SMASHED, PAINTED AT THREE FUR SHOPS (Finland)
ATTACKS ON POULTRY INDUSTRY (Colombia)
INCENDIARY DEVICE DAMAGES PAVING MACHINE (Mexico)

GREECE: Letter by imprisoned comrade Ilias Nikolaou

06-06-2009 16:41 | Repression | World

A letter by comrade Ilias Nikolaou from Amphissa Prison in Greece.

Media Disinformation and the "Iranian Threat"

06-06-2009 12:04 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Other Press | World

The United States is "facing a nuclear threat in Iran" — article in Chicago Tribune and other major newspapers, May 26

"the growing missile threat from North Korea and Iran" — article in the Washington Post and other major newspapers, May 26

"Iran's threat transcends religion. Regardless of sectarian bent, Muslim communities need to oppose the attempts by Iran ... to extend Shia extremism and influence throughout the world." — op-ed article in Boston Globe, May 27

"A Festering Evil. Doing nothing is not an option in handling the threat from Iran" — headline in Investor's Business Daily, May 27, 2009

This is a very small sample from American newspapers covering but two days.

What politicians think of wounded soldiers...

06-06-2009 08:11 | Anti-militarism | World

Politicians send their soldiers to war without hesitations. Ever wondered what they feel when their soldiers get wounded?

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Sweden: Police mistreats leftist because he put up a few political stickers

06-06-2009 04:13 | Repression | World

A Greek member of a leftist political party is arrested and humiliated by the Swedish police because he put up 3 stickers in the Stockholm tube. His privates were searched for drugs, he was made to get off his clothes, his home in Sweden searched without his approval, and he was jailed even though he was carrying valid ID recognised by the EU.

British medic held in Sri Lankan IDP camp.

05-06-2009 22:34 | Anti-racism | Repression | Terror War | World

Damilvany is a British medic who worked in a makeshift hospital in the perversely named no fire zone helping treat and process the thousands of innocent civilian casualties of the conflict. She is currently detained against her will in a Sri Lankan IDP camp.

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American judge orders cop to stand trial for murder in Oscar Grant killing

05-06-2009 22:01 | Repression | World

As of the printing of this article there have been five days of testimony, stretching out over two weeks, at the preliminary hearing of Johannes Mehserle, the cop caught on video shooting Oscar Grant in the back as Grant lay on a train platform.

McDonalds Protest: WE NEED YOU + Poster!

Please download the poster and post it everywhere!
Post this on other websites!
Text your friends!
United we are stronger!

BE THERE if you can get to Cambridge.

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Obama Speech: 'Words welcome but action needed'

Salma Yaqoob's reaction to Obama 'Muslim' nations speech‏

President Obama has given his first major speech on relations between the United States and the Muslim world.

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This Week in Palestine -Week 23 2009

05-06-2009 17:10 | Palestine | World

Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for May 30th through June 5th, 2009.

IOF to make 304 people homeless in Jordan Valley

House demolitions and ethnic cleansing in the Jordan Valley

Mother Palestine and the Settlements (by Latuff)

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of the brave Palestinian people and their struggle against US backed IsraHell's state terror.

Palestine Today 060409

04-06-2009 16:27 | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Thursday June 4th, 2009.

Greece: The case of Nikos Kountardas

04-06-2009 16:07 | Repression | World

Nikos Kundardas, a brave anarchist comrade from Greece, is on hunger and thirst strike, demanding his freedom. He is charged with setting a bank on fire, even though the prosecutor has no evidence available.

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Which Way Forward for the Black Left: The Formation of DIGNITY

04-06-2009 15:15 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Cynthia McKinney chose a Harlem church to announce the formation of DIGNITY, to bring the Black body politic back from its current comatose state. "Dignity is attempting to show real change is possible" - if people fight for it. "We want to organize networks so that we can relay information quickly to a large number of people."

Shell causeway 'washed away' by Shell to Sea action

04-06-2009 11:30 | Ecology | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Part of the Shell causeway extending into the sea at Glengad was removed by Shell to Sea protesters on monday evening. This was in protest at the illegal blocking of access to the public beach and to oppose the forcing of this unsafe project on the local community and the giveaway of Ireland's natural resources.

World Newswire Archive

New donation based activist record label launched to support grassroots!

Indigenous Blockades in the Peru: Cops kill over 25

Filipino peasant leader ambushed!

The continuing plight of Rossport

Direct Action; Switzerland, Germany, Uruguay, Finland, Colombia & Mexico

GREECE: Letter by imprisoned comrade Ilias Nikolaou

Media Disinformation and the "Iranian Threat"

What politicians think of wounded soldiers...

Sweden: Police mistreats leftist because he put up a few political stickers

British medic held in Sri Lankan IDP camp.

American judge orders cop to stand trial for murder in Oscar Grant killing

McDonalds Protest: WE NEED YOU + Poster!

Obama Speech: 'Words welcome but action needed'

This Week in Palestine -Week 23 2009

IOF to make 304 people homeless in Jordan Valley

Mother Palestine and the Settlements (by Latuff)

Palestine Today 060409

Greece: The case of Nikos Kountardas

Which Way Forward for the Black Left: The Formation of DIGNITY

Shell causeway 'washed away' by Shell to Sea action

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