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Anarchist Bookfair Biel/Bienne Switzerland

08-04-2010 01:17 | Culture | Education | Other Press | World

For the second time in Switzerland an anarchist bookfair will take place. This time, it will be in the bilingual city of Biel-Bienne, wich has a long anarchist tradition, an old town that is worth visiting and a beautiful countryside, between the lake and jurassian hills. Equally, this year, many french, german and swiss editions will be there to present you the anti-autoritarian contemporary litterature. The intellectual thirst can be quenched with many different conferences and workshops. Multiple cultural events will be sure to provide a good general atmosphere.

More info:

http://www.buechermesse.ch

Call for Solidarity for imprisoned anarchist Giannis Dimitrakis

07-04-2010 23:42 | Social Struggles | World

In light of the appeal on April 28th 2010, we call out for actions of solidarity everywhere.

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Update of animal/earth liberation prisoners - Mexico

07-04-2010 21:26 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

From

http://www.directaction.info/prisoners.htm

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Assassination of Reuters staff in Iraq. A US war crime.

Both Reuters journalists are dead, along with at least fifteen others. The Apache crew guide in ground troops to the scene and when the child is found, the crew casually dismiss the crime. Two Reuters journalists with exclusive access to the ground through their 'insurgent' contacts, who have long been a thorn in the side of occupying forces, lay dead. The Apache crew's primary work is done. The child, and the others, are collateral damage.

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Website for South African Social Movements Reseach

07-04-2010 12:10 | Free Spaces | Globalisation | Other Press | World

The Centre for Civil Society Website an excellent resource
for activists unionists & academics!

London’s gay art festival GFEST offers opportunity for sponsors

07-04-2010 11:21 | Culture | Health | Social Struggles | World

GFEST – an unrivalled platform – will perform well for its sponsors – A ‘uksponsorship.com’ news update in 2009.

GFEST – Gaywise FESTival in London has put up the sponsorship package on the website:

http://www.gaywisefestival.org.uk/sponsors

An overwhelming 96% of audiences recommended that funders should continue to sponsor GFEST.

Easter in Parliament Square

An account of the ongoing peace campaign in London's Parliament Square with 20 photos.

The Fourth Estate

06-04-2010 18:55 | Other Press | World

Freedom of the press is a constitutional right Americans hold dear. For many it is perceived as a liberty every person should have the freedom to express and is a facet and symbol of our culture itself. Often referred to as the fourth branch of government or the fourth estate most people believe journalists rights to go on the record with what they know to be protected by law. Most Americans simply take for granted journalists are sources of independent information and believe they express the first amendment when many of us feel we can't.

Fossil Fools Weekend roundup

The West Midlands Climate Action Fossil Fools weekend at the Huntington Lane camp saw people arriving at the camp throughout the four days to help with the ongoing construction of the camp. There was also a banner drop and an attack on the camp before the weekend gathering had even started

Is Iran a Threat to Global Security? US is Waging War against the Wrong Country

05-04-2010 13:24 | Anti-militarism | History | Iraq | World

All of what's happening right now resonates with the developments which we've been a witness to two years before the invasion of Iraq. New York Times is exactly replaying the unpleasant scenario it had devised to convince us that the late dictator Saddam Hussein has had Weapons of Mass Destruction. History is being repeated once again and Iran is now subject to a backbreaking, multilateral psychological warfare in addition to the previously-running economic embargo. The very fact that Iran is still standing on its own feet demonstrates the powerful will and strong capability of this nation; however, what's really happening behind the scenes? What will happen if U.S. or its Middle East subordinate, Israel, attack Iran?

Apartheid (by Latuff)

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

Non-violent protest under pressure in the West Bank

05-04-2010 10:43 | Anti-militarism | Palestine | World

At two o'clock this morning, the Israeli Occupation Army (forcefully
entered a house in Howarah Town, South of Nablus. The house, which was
empty at the time, is used as an office for the Michigan Peace Team.

http://www.michiganpeaceteam.org

No Borders Paris: Day of Mass Action for Free Movement

04-04-2010 22:08 | Migration | Repression | World

A transnational day of action for freedom of movement is in the pipeline. The event will take place in Paris on 15th May, target soon to be announced....

See the (translated) callout, below, book the date in your diary, start forming your affinity groups, and check the blog for updates.

Washington Asserts Colonial-Style Control of Haiti at UN Donors’ Conference

04-04-2010 17:24 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

"Referring in his remarks to the conference to a social and human tragedy with few parallels in modern history—to which he greatly contributed during his two terms as president—Clinton spoke as if he were discussing a corporate merger or the setting up of a new hedge fund. “My job in the next 18 months,” he said, “is going to be to try to connect the inside and outside forces in a way that maximizes the input and the impact of all the players, and minimizes the frictions and transaction costs.”

Aside from setting up more garment sweatshops, the main component of the “reconstruction” plan submitted by Haitian President Préval with the blessing of Washington appears to center on relocating impoverished workers from Port-au-Prince to more rural areas. This would serve the two-fold function of permitting a gentrification of the capital, making it more attractive to foreign investors, and disaggregating the working class in the hope of dissipating its potential social and political power."

Demo's continue against Noah's Ark Zoo

04-04-2010 15:13 | Animal Liberation | World

Seven BARC ( bristol animal rights collective ) voulenteers paid another visit to Noah's Ark Zoo Farm today to brave the rain and educate the punters about this scummy zoo. We were pleased to do this demo as part Zoo Awareness Weekend 2010 ( Saturday 3rd - Monday 5th April )

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Easter 2010: Way Past Time To Break Silence On Militarism

04-04-2010 14:53 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | World

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death,” warned Martin Luther King Jr. in his famous speech at Riverside Church in New York City on April 4, 1967, 43 years ago this Easter Sunday.

The speech was titled “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.” It was delivered exactly one year to the day before his 1968 assassination in Memphis.

The people who heard that speech recognized it as one of the most powerful speeches ever given articulating the immorality of the Vietnam War and its destructive impact on social progress in the United States.

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