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[ AMERICA LEADS THE WORLD IN SHOCKS ]

 

American policy in the Middle East has gone from Clinton's interventionism to Bush's alleged ‘non-involvement’- yet when Israel walked from the UN conference, the USA was right behind it with little debate. Whatever the right or wrong of Israel's position, either you are involved - or you’re not.

 

 

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NEWS                             <read, inform, know>

 

[ POLICE CLEARED OF BRUTALITY IN GENOA ]

Frances Kennedy

 

An Italian parliamentary committee investigating allegations of brutality and disorganisation by police during the G8 summit in Genoa has, in effect, absolved the police in its final report

 

 

[ NOSTRADAMUS ‘QUOTE’ WAS MODERN INVENTION ]

Charles Arthur

 

 

Did Nostradamus foretell the downing of the World Trade Centre towers?

 

 

[ ROOTS OF RACISM ]

 

After the unprovoked racist murder of Stephen Lawrence, where the six suspects were never brought to justice, the MacPherson Report condemned institutional racism in the police force and the Crown Prosecution Service has been officially declared institutionally racist. A black person is more likely to be brought to trial and dragged through the courts on minor offences with flimsy evidence, than their white counterparts.....

 

[BLACK PANTHER PARTY COFOUNDER BOBBY SEARLE RELATES STRUGGLES OF 1960S ]

On June 20, Seale returned to New Haven, and spoke about the relationship between the radical politics of the 1960s and the rebirth of activism and today's growing worldwide movement for social justice...

 

[ EARTH FIRST! ACTIVIST AND BOMBING VICTIM                                                         DARRYL CHERNEY DESCRIBES LAWSUIT ]

Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Darryl Cherney who explains what the activists hope to gain from the lawsuit and the relevance of the case to progressive movements across the nation.

 

[ CONFERENCE WILL NOT BE COSY ]

Richard Moriarty
 

The Labour party conference will herald the start of a "very difficult period of relationship" between the government and trade unions, warned a union leader today.

 

 [ LIES, VIDEOTAPE AND SEX ROCK INDIA ]

 

The Indian news website whose exposure of bribery and influence-peddling has rocked the government says it has also filmed army officers demanding sex with prostitutes.

 

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SPECIAL REPORT                    <discuss, rant, expose>

 

[ CHINA’S EXECUTION FRENZY ]

 

Even as the international spotlight was focused on China's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games, the Chinese authorities embarked upon a frenzy of executions as part of their latest "Strike Hard" campaign against crime. Hundreds have been executed for drug offences under the slogan "treasure life, reject drugs".

 

 

[ OSAMA BIN LADEN: THE GODFATHER OF TEROR? ]

Robert Fisk

 

The first time I met Osama bin Laden inside Afghanistan it was a hot, humid night in the summer of 1996. Huge insects flew through the night air, settling like burrs on his Saudi robes and on the clothes of his armed followers. Bin Laden was always studiously polite. I had already met him in Sudan and would spend a night, almost a year later, in one of his mountain guerrilla camps, so cold that I awoke in the morning with ice in my hair.

 

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ARTICLES                            <chat, learn, hype>

 

[ THE ETERNALLY RAGING ABORTION DEBATE ]

 

From a purely pragmatic perspective, it doesn't make sense to deny abortions outright, or after only a few weeks when it's not clear if you're even pregnant or not. No matter what the law, abortions will happen; whether they are safe depends solely on the legality of the procedure.

 

[ ANARCHY- THE ONLY WAY? ]

 

As I read, watch and hear about the riots in Genoa, Seattle, and other cities, I see a large amount of violence and anger. The 'Corporate Media' and others try to use the violence and the anarchy to discredit the message that all of these groups are shouting.

 

 

[ DEATH PENALTY MADNESS ]

 

From time to time, people talk about when the death penalty is appropriate,

and some think it should be re-introduced to Canada. The death penalty is never appropriate and should not be reinstated in Canada.

 

 

[ FIGHT FOR JUSTICE ]

On Christmas Eve 1984, Nora Lopez waited for her husband Jose Eduardo to meet her at her office in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, but he never arrived.

 

[ GUN CONTROL ]

 

Hand guns are designed, marketed and sold for a single purpose: to kill people.

 

[ PROTECT ME ]

 

The role of government has bloated far beyond what it should be. The government shouldn't be in the business of protecting people from their own stupidity, only the stupidity of others.

 

[ PROUD TO BE DIFFERENT ]

In the recent history of social activism and advocacy, the battle has mostly been to pressure government and business into being fair when it comes to equal opportunity.

 

[ TRUE LIBERALISM ]

Many admit that freedom is the most important asset one can have.  And some think that freedom is fine up to a point but they would much rather have convenience and comfort.

 

 

 

[ THE AUSTRALIAN PARADOX ]

 

All those many years ago the first settlers toiled to ‘tame’ the earth for the future generations of this sunburnt nation known as Australia… and strangely I find myself out in the sun shovelling pebbles into a wheelbarrow

 

 

[ MUSLIM MASSACRE ]

Six years ago it was an almost unimaginable crime. On a single day, 11 July 1995, more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys are estimated to have been executed in the town of Srebrenica in the former Yugoslavia.

 

 

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INTERVIEW                            < speaking out >

 

[ COMPOSITE INTERVIEW WITH NOAM CHOMSKY ]

‘The likely perpetrators are a category of their own, but uncontroversially, they draw support from a reservoir of bitterness and anger over US policies in the region, extending those of earlier European masters. There certainly is an issue of "political authority and power.” ’Questions from various phone and periodical interviews...and answers. In 5 Parts from www.zmag.org  1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

 

 

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POLITIK ESSENTIALS                  < stuff you should know>

 

[ TIBET EXPOSED ]

 

This month we look at the social & political upheaval in Tibet, an issue which has received mass media coverage in the past years and has many championing the rights of the Tibetan people.  The issue is made complicated by religion and Communism. While contemporary poets have warned us against taking the word of men devoted to either we have little choice but to smell both piles of potential horseshit to find out which smells the best.

 

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SPOTLIGHT ON                          <global expose>

 

[ MALCOLM X  ]

 

As another anniversary of Malcolm X’s murder passes, the smoking gun have compiled an extensive collection of documents chronicling his death, including New York Police Department, FBI, prison, hospital, grand jury, and medical examiner records that have never previously been disclosed. From ballistics evidence and eyewitness accounts to a chilling autopsy photo and the bullet-riddled documents found in Malcolm's breast pocket, these documents offer a remarkable picture of a brutal crime.

 

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SLINKSTER RECOMMENDS                 <where to now?>

 

The Africa Action site incorporates the American Committee on Africa (ACOA),The Africa Fund, Africa Policy Information Center (APIC). The site carries information on a variety of campaign issues including Africa's Right to Health, African women's rights, Landmines, Southern Africa Floods, and democracy in Nigeria.

 


The Digital Freedom Network  (DFN) develops and promotes the use of Internet technology for human rights activism around the world. DFN designs online campaigns, makes technical information more readily available to activists, and provides an online voice to those attacked for expressing themselves.  DFN helps human rights organizations use the Net in their work by developing Net-based campaigns and by providing modest technical assistance to organizations in need, all free of charge. DFN also publishes news about human rights issues provided by other organizations as well as documents written by activists and those who have been attacked for their work

 

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