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international / racism & migration related issues Wednesday June 25, 2008 - 12:16 by no borders   image 1 image
Saturday 5 July 2008, is the global day of action against the G8. A few days later, the G8 summit in Japan will start. In the Netherlands, you will also be able to help beat the system on that day, by participating in the collective game 'Enter Fortress Europe'. People abroad can also join in... ... read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous Tuesday June 24, 2008 - 21:45 by Bazooka Joe   image 1 image
CIA Torture Transport log ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Tuesday June 24, 2008 - 20:37 by -   image 1 image
An Israeli Border Policeman on the perimeter of a farewell airport ceremony for French President Nicolas Sarkozy apparently shot himself on Tuesday in a incident that did not endanger the visiting leader, Israel Radio said.

The shooting occurred while a military band was playing and went unnoticed by Sarkozy and Israeli leaders at the ceremony. Dark-suited men then quickly ushered Sarkozy and his wife up the stairs of their plane. In a panic, Sarkozy's wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, rushed up the stairs ahead of her husband. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Monday June 23, 2008 - 19:14 by John Meehan
Voters in the Republic of Ireland drove a stake through the heart of the Lisbon Treaty, a rewrite of the European Union Constitution, in a Referendum which took place on June 12 – The result was announced on Friday June 13 2008.

No campaigners made this a memorably unlucky date for EU boss Jose Manuel Barroso and his gang of privateers and wannabe military adventurers – a ruling class élite still smarting from its 2005 European Union Constitution referendum defeats in Holland and France.

The No side won with 862,415 votes (53.4%) against 752,451 (46.6%) for the Yes of the 1,621,037 people who voted (turnout was 53.1%). ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Monday June 23, 2008 - 17:58 by noborders   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 24, 2008 - 17:02)   image 1 image
14 non-EU national humans without visas escaped from a illegal immigrant detention centre near Paris after a fire was lit inside the building at the weekend. The centre made headlines earlier this year when detainees went on a hunger strike. During a long sutained agitation inside the 2 detention centers in Vincennes in the suburbs of Paris , detaining a total of 273 people, during which a detainee died last Friday, the detainees started a protest, the cops answered with gas. Sunday a demo was organized in front of the center (by RESF and 9th Sans Papers collective), a fire started inside both centers, the detainees were violently evacuated
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international / gender and sexuality Monday June 23, 2008 - 16:21 by pat c
Amnesty International believe that womens rights activists in Iran are at risk of torture. Please send appeals to the Iranian President and judiciary. Full text at link.

Mahboubeh Karami, journalist and women’s rights defender, was arrested by plain clothed security forces on 13 June.The bus that Mahboubeh Karami was on travelled past Mellat Park, Tehran shortly after a demonstration had been held there. 200 other people are known to have been arrested in connection to the demonstration. Amnesty is not aware of any violence on the part of the protesters. The current whereabouts of all are unknown and they are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Monday June 23, 2008 - 15:11 by pat c
A woman has been arrested in Iran. Her "crime"? Publicising the fact that she had been sexually harrassed. Full text at link.

A female student in the Iranian city of Zanjan who alleged she was sexually harassed by a senior male lecturer - triggering a massive demonstration by her fellow students - has herself been arrested. The nature of the charge against the woman - who said she was molested by the vice-chancellor of the university - is unclear, but the local prosecutor is reported to have said that publicising certain crimes is worse than the crimes themselves. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday June 20, 2008 - 18:48 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - friday june 20, 2008 - 22:13)
Yassamine Mather continues her analysis of Political Islam. Here she illustrates how the left both in Iran and Internationally had illusions in the Tehran government. Full text at link.

The defenders of Iran’s islamic regime, including those on the international left who maintain illusions in the radicalism of political islam, refer to Iran’s foreign policy, especially in the first decade of its existence after the 1979 uprising, as a sign of anti-imperialism within the islamic movement. But they are silent about Iran’s foreign policy during Irangate or in support of US policy during the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Friday June 20, 2008 - 18:36 by Chekov   text 1 comment (last - friday june 20, 2008 - 22:17)
A new detailed look at the Lisbon treaty campaign, the European Context, the significance of the vote, the media coverage and why the campaign went the way it went.

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international / anti-war / imperialism Friday June 20, 2008 - 18:31 by pat c
Chris Strafford reports on the HOPI School which had sessions on Women, Sanctions, Working class in Iran, National Minorities and 1979. Full text at link.

Hopi chair Mark Fischer opened the event by explaining that Hopi’s message has found a “resonance” in the workers’ movement. Two important unions, PCS and Aslef, have affiliated, proving the majority of the Stop the War Coalition leadership wrong. At both conferences the delegates found Hopi’s principled stand - against imperialist war, against the theocratic regime - was not too complex, but blindingly obvious. Mark reminded comrades of the growing threat of imperialist attacks on Iran, either directly from the USA or from its regional watchdog, Israel.

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President Morales playing football at 6,000 meters
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday June 18, 2008 - 13:50 by Eric Blair   image 2 images
Bolivian President Evo Morales has led a campaign to get FIFA to revoke its ban on playing football at altitude. Described by Morales as "football apartheid". the ban effectively discriminated against Andean nations Bolivia, Ecuador and Columbia. The article illustrates Morales connection with football, the FIFA ban and the campaign which has led FIFA to revoke the ban at its 58th congress in Sydney. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday June 18, 2008 - 00:05 by Catalan Solidarity   image 1 image
E-news service of the Catalan Solidarity: Ireland Committee

June/July 2008 E-news service Llbertat! Saoirse! No.11

1. Introduction
2. International Solidarity with Franki
3. Visc a Barcelona! - I’m From Barcelona!
4. Garraf Demands Release of All Catalan Political Prisoners
5. Protests Continue: LLIBERTAT FRANKI
6. Free Franki Now!
7. Solidarity With Political Prisoners: April 17th
8. Catalan Prisoner Solidarity: Messages Of Solidarity
9. Who We Are!
10. Subscription Details ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday June 17, 2008 - 19:34 by SP   text 2 comments (last - wednesday june 18, 2008 - 12:34)
A 15 minute video on the detention and deportation of Scott Parkin by the Australian Security Intelligence Oraganisation. In 2004 Scott Parkin a nonviolent anti-war activist organiser from Texas was detained in Australia as a possible national security threat and deported. Video contains interviews with Scott and Australian activists.
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international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday June 17, 2008 - 17:10 by tomeile   text 15 comments (last - tuesday june 24, 2008 - 23:28)
Spiegel Online writes that a broad ,cross party consensus is emerging in Israel for an attack on Iranian nuclear facilites. Dani Yatom an ex Mossad chief ,but a Knesset member for the Israeli Labour Party and not considered a hawk ,is quoted as saying "We no longer believe in the effectiveness of sanctions .A military operation is needed if the world wants to stop Iran."
Bruce Riedel, a Middle East expert who spent many years working for the CIA, says that an Israeli strike before the end of Bush’s presidency is the most likely scenario and that , if that happens , the middle east will go up in flames. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Tuesday June 17, 2008 - 11:21 by David Manning & Miriam Cotton   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 17, 2008 - 13:37)
A two-part interview with concluding analysis of how even journalists who make a big effort to write independently can subconsciously adopt the dominant framing of the mainstream media. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday June 15, 2008 - 16:02 by pat c   text 4 comments (last - saturday november 28, 2009 - 16:04)
Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi opposes any aggression by US Imperialism and also speaks on how repression in Iran has been stepped up. Full text at link.

With the international community fixated on Iran's nuclear ambitions, Ebadi says there is dwindling scrutiny of human rights in her homeland, and Ahmadinejad, has taken advantage of this to increase repression."Since the world started focusing on the nuclear programme, the human rights situation in Iran has worsened every day," says Ebadi, who won the Nobel prize in 2003. Dozens of activists have been prosecuted and condemned to prison, the lash or both. Arrests, detention and judicial harassment are increasing, with journalists, lawyers, students and trade unionists particularly targeted.

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international / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday June 15, 2008 - 00:51 by neep
Full on trucker revolt going on in Spain is leading to mini-riots, looting, chaos. There are plenty of other revolts of a similar kind going on around the world right now and I suppose you could easily add in the Irish Fishermen. Forced cuts in Fuel use / fuel price hikes are the equivalent of steep wage cuts. But not much sympathy. PPL think. oh those nasty truckers and fishermen - they're causing global warming. Between a rock and a hard place. Anyone got on the ground reports from Spain? This stuff exaggerated? ... read full story / add a comment
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international / history and heritage Saturday June 14, 2008 - 15:23 by misspix   text 10 comments (last - tuesday august 12, 2008 - 15:47)   image 2 images
AN IMPORTANT forum of the world’s leading archaeologists is to debate the controversial M3 motorway route near the hill of Tara in County Meath. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous Saturday June 14, 2008 - 13:34 by Bazooka Joe   text 1 comment (last - monday june 16, 2008 - 10:24)   image 1 image
An attack carried out on Friday night at the main Sarposa prison in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar has freed bout 400 political prisoners and 750 others. A water truck full of explosives was driven up to the main gate killing 15 guards and breached the walls. About 30 people then attacked the prison using rocket propelled grenades and running inside with assault rifles to free the detainees. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday June 13, 2008 - 18:13 by Bazooka Joe   text 4 comments (last - monday june 16, 2008 - 11:11)   image 1 image
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that detainees held at Guantanamo Bay have the right to appeal their indefinite imprisonment without charges to US civilian courts ... read full story / add a comment
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