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China, Tibet and U.S.-sponsored counterrevolution

02-04-2008 22:52 | Anti-militarism | History | Repression | World

How could progressive people be on the same side as Bush, the CIA and the ultra-right? How do we explain the paradox of progressive people supporting a movement that is financed and supported by the proponents of the U.S. Empire, as well as by all of the other old European colonial powers that had divided, humiliated and looted China for a full century prior to the 1949 revolution?

Boycott Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Sign Petition Now!

02-04-2008 16:59 | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

EveryOne Group (www.everyonegroup.com) is promoting a petition (www.petitiononline.com/fortibet) and an international campaign to ask for an immediate halt to the harsh sociocultural repression underway in Tibet, a repression perpetrated by the Chinese authorities towards thousands of innocent people.

Kenyan Green tear gassed

01-04-2008 19:35 | Ecology | Gender | Repression | World

Nobel laureate and all round eco-warrior and politician Wangari Maathai was tear gassed in Kenya!

London Olympic Flame Route protests 6th April

31-03-2008 14:58 | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World

"Fears of violent clashes on London's streets grow as flame becomes symbol of protest over Tibet".
Its a crap article from the The Observer, Sunday March 30 2008, but it highlights some interesting informational material for those who wish to join in actions against the Olympics in China, the 2012 London Olympics and the historical part Olympic Games in general have in repression and gentrification in host cities. Affinity group action opportunity!! Spread the word!!

UK government deports 60 Iraqi Kurds; no one notices

Andy Worthington reports on the forced deportation of 60 Iraqi Kurds from the UK last Thursday, which has not been reported in any major media outlets at all.

Alms for the Poor, Smash Libel Tourism, ebook

Naughty Brit mercenaries in Equatorial Guinea, UK government up to its neck in shit??? D Notice anyone?
Saudi Billionaire and Wahabbi Dog sues global publisher in UK court for libel. You can be sued too!

Repost of a report of protests outside Chiapas State Government HQ

English/Spanish Translation report of hunger strike and police reaction in Chiapas by an eye witness Gabriela.

Mumia Wont Die, Yet!

27-03-2008 20:40 | Anti-racism | Other Press | Repression | World

From BBC

Reclaiming Human Rights In Birmingham

Birmingham , it's time to reclaim your rights to choose before the big fat coorporate butts sit on you and extinguish your right to a creativity , diversity and most of all YOUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE for good.

Team Tibet

25-03-2008 05:08 | Analysis | Culture | Repression | World

“Team Tibet” is a short documentary film which follows a group of Tibetans living in exile in India, who want Tibet to be able to take part in the 2008 Olympics.

Filmed August 2007 in McLeod Ganj and Delhi, it asks: Why did they flee Tibet? What is the situation in Tibet under Chinese occupation? What are their hopes for the future of their country, people and cultures? And What about the 2008 games?

Save Tibet! Boycott the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

24-03-2008 21:29 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

EveryOne Group (

http://www.everyonegroup.com) is promoting a petition and an international campaign to ask for an immediate halt to the harsh sociocultural repression underway in Tibet, a repression perpetrated by the Chinese authorities towards thousands of innocent people.
The leaders of EveryOne, the authorities and people of goodwill who sign the petition below are promoting the Boycott Campaign of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and sporting and cultural events in the People’s Republic of China. They will also be supporting the “Beijing 2008 Gold Medals for Human Rights” campaign, with gold medals coined by EveryOne Group being awarded to all the athletes who decide not to take part in the Olympic Games out of solidarity with the people of Tibet.

The Role of the CIA: Behind the Dalai Lama's Holy Cloak

24-03-2008 18:53 | Globalisation | Other Press | Repression | World

This incisive article by Michael Backman outlines the relationship of the Dalai Lama and his organization to US intelligence.

In all likelihood US intelligence was behind the protest movement, organized to occur a few months prior to the Beijing Olympic games.

Free Tibet demo in Central London

24-03-2008 18:12 | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World

As a response to the Chinese crack down on the Tibetan up-rising in Tibet and the general repression of Tibetans, a demonstration was arranged, marching from outside the Chinese embassy to Trafalgar Square. Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters turned out to a spirited demonstration with shouts for China to leave Tibet.

Obama's Multiracial Coalition and the Politics of Racial Reconciliation

23-03-2008 18:47 | Anti-racism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Obama's unconditional affirmations that America is “inherently good”, that white racism is not endemic, that “radical Islam” is the enemy, that apartheid Israel is a “stalwart ally”, and that his pastor and spiritual mentor, a man who accurately reflects the views of most of Black America is an angry, divisive old uncle stuck in the fifties and sixties --- all these may restore his credentials among whites as the candidate of “racial reconciliation”. But what is being reconciled here? Aside from the color of the president's face, what is being changed?

Chinese embassies under international attack

23-03-2008 16:00 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

A Chinese government spokesperson claimed that 17 embassies and consulates in the 10 countries had been attacked, including the use of an incendiary device in San Francisco, as shown below.

Hugo Chavez and the Obama/Clinton Twins

22-03-2008 23:44 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Repression | World

The Obama/Clinton statements about the South American crisis are pretty much like their statements on every other foreign policy issue. They differ very little from one another or from the Bush administration.

HLS Activists Charged - Please Support!

17 activists, many or all of whom had their houses ransacked by the police, have now been charged with conspiracy to blackmail Huntingdon Life Sciences. They are all now facing the courts in what will be several of the most important and biggest trials the animal rights movement has ever seen.

Tibet Hunger Striker Speaks Out

22-03-2008 00:59 | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World

Over the past week several Tibet supporters, many of whom were students have held a vigil and series of 24 hour hunger strikes opposite the Chinese Embassy in London. One of the hunger strikers, Terry Bettger, has spoken of the purpose of the action and the importance of a sustained protest against the Chinese crackdown on those protesting inside Tibet.

"Democratic Imperialism": Tibet, China, and the National Endowment for Democracy

21-03-2008 11:57 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

While in recent years far more information has been made available concerning the CIA’s violent linkages with Tibetan forces, to date only one article has examined the connection between Tibet’s current independence campaigners and an organization that maintains close ties with the CIA, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).

Houseless on a Hillside

20-03-2008 15:45 | Palestine | Repression | Social Struggles | World

House demolitions, near Yatta village south of Hebron in the West bank on the 19th march 2008.

The Christian Peacemaker Teams, a human rights action group based in the area telephoned the office of IMEMC (the International Middle East media Centre) in Beit Sahour near Bethlehem.

“Three houses belonging to Palestinian villagers are being destroyed by the Israeli army with bull dozers”

World Repression Newswire Archive

China, Tibet and U.S.-sponsored counterrevolution

Boycott Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Sign Petition Now!

Kenyan Green tear gassed

London Olympic Flame Route protests 6th April

UK government deports 60 Iraqi Kurds; no one notices

Alms for the Poor, Smash Libel Tourism, ebook

Repost of a report of protests outside Chiapas State Government HQ

Mumia Wont Die, Yet!

Reclaiming Human Rights In Birmingham

Team Tibet

Save Tibet! Boycott the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

The Role of the CIA: Behind the Dalai Lama's Holy Cloak

Free Tibet demo in Central London

Obama's Multiracial Coalition and the Politics of Racial Reconciliation

Chinese embassies under international attack

Hugo Chavez and the Obama/Clinton Twins

HLS Activists Charged - Please Support!

Tibet Hunger Striker Speaks Out

"Democratic Imperialism": Tibet, China, and the National Endowment for Democracy

Houseless on a Hillside

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