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Pre-EU Mayday Press Propaganda! Oh YES! - Associated Newspapers in Ireland

16-02-2004 18:42

front page IoS
"ARMY ON STANDBY FOR RIOT" - Who could forget that screaming hysterical pre-Mayday 2000 Evening Standard headline, and all the other classics we've seen! Well after several years of hysterical (state-led) press propaganda here, the Irish press now gets a crack at the same dynamite cache of cliches... (and the tricky covert art of infiltrating open meetings!>>>)

But seriously, this is an important topic, and it's high time more corporate journalists spoke out against this kind of so called journalism.

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Italian State TV Journos Threaten to Resign Over Berlusconi Censorship

16-02-2004 17:23

Main journalists of Italian state TV threaten to resign over censorship and disinformation....

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Ngo Factor At Wsf Worries Activists

16-02-2004 11:11

In the third week of January, close to 90,000 people from around the world gathered in Mumbai as part of the fourth World Social Forum (WSF). The level of organization and sheer number of activists and intellectuals who participated in this event reflected the growing intensity and momentum of the anti-globalization movement.

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Valentines RTS in San Francisco

15-02-2004 13:19

San Francisco: Reclaim the Streets and Desires: The RTS Valentine's Day Street Party began at 12 noon at Haight & Stanyan streets on Saturday February 14th. A ship of about 300-400 pirates marched from Golden Gate park and eventually took over the block of Haight & Ashbury and the party was in full swing with a full-on sound system with rotating djs, a pirate marching band, street theater, couches, mattresses, paint splattered on GAP, and an impromptu soccer game in the middle of the street. There was also a breakaway solidarity action that marched to the nearby Safeway.

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The World economic Forum - European Economic Summit: Warsaw

15-02-2004 11:47

THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM - EUROPEAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT
Warsaw, Poland April 28-30, 2004

THE ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC FORUM
WARSAW, POLAND APRIL 28-30, 2004

On the eve of accession to the European Union (significantly planned for May 1 to change the nature of that holiday), the European Economic Summit (which was cancelled in Dublin due to planned protests) is coming to Warsaw.

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York Sainsbury's target of Palestine Solidarity Action

15-02-2004 02:40

Yesterday (14th Feb) members of York Palestine Solidarity Campaign made an unanounced visit to the central York branch of Sainsbury's to show the manager how much Israeli stuff could be found in his store. The response was totally not what we expected.

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DISSENT - Anti G8 Day (London Sat 21st Feb)

14-02-2004 14:22

An invitation to a day event (& evening social) to discuss the forthcoming G8 Summit in the UK in 2005. SATURDAY 21ST FEB. 2pm

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FTAA negotiations failed at meeting in Puebla

14-02-2004 00:18

At the start of february representatives of 34 american states have met for one week in Puebla, 65 km south of Mexico City, to negotiate about the introduction of the free trade area of the Americas.
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Puebla in opposition to the FTAA (span: ALCA) negotiations.
10 years after the introduction of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Area, the US is persuing an expansion of the free trade area over the continents for the 1. Januar 2005.
The talks have been abandoned after 4 days without result.

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Honduras: Declaration by Popular Resistence Organization

12-02-2004 20:54

Translated declaration of struggle from Honduran coordinating organization

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"The Fourth World War" in Oxford

12-02-2004 20:37

The Fourth World War
Sunday 22 February 2004 7.30pm Northgate Hall, St Michaels Street. £2/3.
Local campaigns info stall. Bar open until 10.30pm. All welcome.

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Haitian Free Trade Zone Workers Unionize

12-02-2004 18:15

In the latest attempt to protect the rights of Workers at the Caribbean's newest Free Trade Zone papers have been filied for the regestriation of a trade union.

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4.5 yrs for J18

11-02-2004 20:51

American Anarchist Gets Sent down For J18
Jim Borek Sentenced to 4 1/2 Years


Subject: American Anarchist Gets Sent down For J18

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sherwood solidarity action

11-02-2004 13:27

An Action against Bellway Homes took place in Reading on Saturday 7th february.

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Genoa G8 - final charges of 'criminal association' dropped

10-02-2004 23:59

On Tuesday 3rd Feb 2004, all 93 people arrested & beaten in the raid on the
Diaz school in Genoa 2001 were finally discharged from the accusation of
"criminal association".
The 73 police who are now accused have been refused permission to move their
trial away from Genoa.

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Recent 4x4 & other subverts spotted around London

10-02-2004 22:06

'Highly developed...to create climate chaos'
...for your joy and delectation

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Mayday '04: Come to Dublin, Ireland! No to Fortress Europe!

10-02-2004 16:33

Call for Mayday 2004: come to Dublin, Ireland!
Dublin Grassroots Network
See:  http://geocities.com/eufortress/

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Fortune on Pentagon Climate Change Risk Study

10-02-2004 15:44

In depth article raising the stakes in the climate change debate. No longer how do we stop this, now it's 'what the hell are we going to do to mitigate the effects'... Note the parts relating to europe. Many people have long suspected that the increasing tendancy towards some united 'Fortress Europe' is simply a preperation for much worse times to come...

Read full article here:
 http://www.fortune.com/fortune/technology/articles/0,15114,582584,00.html

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Greenpeace Evidence: disappearing glaciers of Patagonia

10-02-2004 15:33

Greenpeace today released new visual evidence of the impacts of climate change. Dramatic new photos of Patagonian glaciers taken by a research team on board the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise show the extent of glacier retreat this century, when compared to photos of the same glaciers taken from the same point in 1928.

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Abdul Hadi Palazzi - Manipulating Muslims VII

10-02-2004 15:00

Seventh part - This text on the adventurer Abdul Hadi Palazzi is taken from a website (  http://www.ifrance.com/amipalazzi) which shows how the Muslim community is being manipulated by some quite surprising characters, for political reasons.
I am putting this article up in several instalments, as it is quite long - bear with me and skip if you find it boring.
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