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Alienated at work? Don't sell yourself.

16-05-2008 17:56

Legislation since the 1990s has introduced a focus on mass education , performativity and marketisation in British Higher Education alienating the workers at the base in the universities.

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Call for action at UN Biodiversity Summit - Bonn, Germany - 16-30 May

15-05-2008 15:31

Call for action to protect biodiveristy, family farms & stop privatisation & the loss of more land to monoculture at the UN Biodiversity Summit in Bonn, Germany - 16-30 May.
Driving out small farmers and peasants, genetic manipulation, deforestation, use of pesticides ...it will all be at stake at this Summit.
Ref: www.aseed.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=563&Itemid=1

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**Vancover APC Fight the Olympics - London Talk

15-05-2008 14:34

*Vancover Anti Poverty Committee Fight the Olympics:
Public Talk on Wednesday the 21st of May*

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TONIGHT !!! Interspace / LONDON preparation meeting

15-05-2008 13:46

TONIGHT !!! Interspace / LONDON preparation meeting
@ Bowl Court Squat 8 pm

See you there !!!

Interspace: International meeting for squats and autonomous spaces
 http://interspace.blogsport.de/

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Stopping Corporate Globalization

14-05-2008 16:18

What can we do to help stop corporate globalization?

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Bilderberg 2008 evades all scrutiny in Vouliagmeni, Greece

14-05-2008 00:23

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Well the old tricksters did it this year. They evaded all our efforts to track them down to a precise date and venue. There has been a lot of Bilderberg searching activity on the forum (
 https://217.72.179.7/members/www.bilderberg.org/phpBB2/ ) including examination of bilderbergers' schedules, checking of hotels but no definite answer.

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Trial of Malaysian Activists is Ongoing.

12-05-2008 09:26

Civil Society postcard images from Suaram.
A writer to two sites in Ireland, Noor aza Othman has been on trial since
wednesday last. She is a regular commentator on both  http://www.indymedia.ie
and  http://www.village.ie on issues pertaining to Women's Rights and Eco.
info at:  http://www.suaram.net

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A discussion with the leader of Pakistan Labour Party

11-05-2008 21:30

A discussion with the leader of Pakistan Labour Party, Farooq Tariq, has been organised by the Pakistan Solidarity Campaign. The meeting is convened just as the leaders of the Pakistan People's Party(Bhutto's party) and Pakistan Muslim League(Nawaz) have announced their failure to restore the judiciary demanded by the various movements in Pakistan, particularly the Lawyers movement. Please try and attend as the meeting might give us the oppurtunity to discuss what we can do to support the lawyers movement and other democratic and civil rights movements in Pakistan.

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Free software revolution in Latin America

10-05-2008 22:59

The stronghold for the free software revolution has migrated to Latin America. All throughout Central & South America, socialistrevolutionaries have been taking power and one of the tools in their revolutionary arsenal is free software and free knowledge.

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Supernote Enigma: american economic warfare against North Korea

09-05-2008 23:19

The supernote claims made against North Korea by the US government indicate a plan of economic terrorism and sabotage disguised as a jusitified penalty for an international crime. Read more about this latest round of hypocrisy, whereby North Korea is accused of doing what the evil empire is: economic warfare

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June 14: Climate Change After Party

08-05-2008 23:43

Climate Caper, the after party for Climate Change, London will be hosted by The Synergy Centre.

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The unethical monstrosity that is the Large Hadron Collider

08-05-2008 23:26

this is NOT an article addressing the issues that you normally find related to the LHC, i do not care about black holes or other cosmic dangers. This article addresses the very real threat to democracy that CERN poses through its latest experiment, an all to human threat.

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Peak Food: Blaming the Victims

08-05-2008 22:39

I've already written about this in previous posts under the 'hidden holocaust' theme, but am prompted to re-address this issue given the way it's been dealt with by mainstream media and associated 'experts'.

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Population Against Corporation: Benefit Cd for Shell To Sea Campaign

07-05-2008 18:25

DiY label Front Cover Productions has just relased an archive CD as a benefit for the Shell To Sea Campaign.

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Public meeting with delegation of Colombian social movements

07-05-2008 16:07

at Amnesty International UK's Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London

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WDM asks tough questions on climate change

07-05-2008 11:25

The World Development Movement is running a series of high profile debates on climate change which are set to get your heart beat racing. In London, on Thurs 8 May, Caroline Lucas green MEP and speaking for the globalisation agenda is Clare Fox. In Cardiff, on Sat 10 May, we're talking about biofels and whether they can still be part of the mix in light of the global food crisis. Wrapping up in Manchester on Tues 13 May, Pro flying, anti-environmentalist Brian Wilson, chair of the pro-aviation lobby Flying Matters takes on John Stewart, who is leading the fight against airport expansion at Heathrow and beyond, as chain of Airport Watch.

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May Day 2008 : What is the Task Facing Facing Workers in Britain?

06-05-2008 18:13

What is holding back the workers movement in Britain and what do the workers need to do to break out of this situation.

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South Africa: Activist found murdered on Mayday

04-05-2008 07:54

"The police force exists for no other purpose than to keep the workers and the poor in slavery, the capitalists and the politicians in power. We cannot call on the cops to protect us from crime, when they are the armed force of the biggest criminals of all. It is only by self-organisation, self-defence and direct action that we can win water, houses, electricity or decent working conditions – and ultimately build a great global movement of the workers, the poor and the peasants, to free ourselves of the cancers of greedy capitalists, lying politicians and murderous cops."

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Fuel vs Food: Climate Change and Our Solutions

04-05-2008 02:34

Biofuels are just one of the many solutions that have been advanced to solve the energy crisis - but they are also harming our food production and leading to starvation.

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Election Fraud in the news again . . . . but its those that aint that are worst

03-05-2008 15:26

From the accepted profession of old western cold war operators in the 1950s (- see most accepted history, plus "COUP", the old 1960s textbook on the subject ) rigging elections has gotten a bad name, as "dictators" legitimise themselves with what others claim are stitched up polls . . . . but surely, if the experiences of those old operators is accepted ( where did they get to, eh ?) - its the criminal semi-coups - selecting the susceptible, easy-to-blackmail, or "pre-spun" people from EACH party thats the problem the world should worry about most - on the basis of how much the influencers of their opinions - or those they might appoint - could shake bungs out of the assortment of slushfunds, "commissions", etc in todays world of shutting down fraud enquiries "in the national interest", or complicity for the sake of the "defence of the realm" - it aint that much of a surprise that people might think they could get away with it, at least long enough to leave a few other people to take the rap. . . . or suffer the effects of the escape of poison from the drains of the new "supersafe" citycentre testing lab . . . . etc
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