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An agreement by the group of seven most industrialised nations (G7) over the weekend to back 100 percent debt cancellation for poor nations has been applauded by long-time debt campaigners, but they warn that the proposal still faces some tough decisions....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 11:44pm PST
China has "eclipsed" the US as a consumer nation
China has overtaken the United States in the consumption of basic agricultural and industrial goods, a new survey says....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 11:18pm PST
Updates and Information on Ryan Lewis’s Case and How To Support Him.
A Federal Grand Jury has been convened to invesitgate the case and area anarchists....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 2:19pm PST
The economy ought to serve humanity; humanity should not serve the economy. Beware the neo-liberal idolization of growth and competition! If growth becomes a law, ecological collapse is unavoidable. If competition is made absolute, mass unemployment will occur everywhere....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 7:35am PST
The common worldwide practice of saving heirloom seeds from one year to the next is now illegal in Iraq....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 11:32pm PST
"The theory of the end of work is nonsense. It is part of an ideology. We are not in a crisis but in a process of change in which the whole labor force is no longer needed.. Our problem is that we stubbornly cling to an old concept of work.."...
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 7:21am PST
WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 15, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
WHERE: Crest Cafe (on K Street, between 10th and 11th streets) in Sacramento. Governor Schwarzenegger will be attending an opening of the "Get Shorty" sequel, "Be Cool," at the Crest Theatre next door to the Crest Cafi....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 1:09am PST
Are you in favor of deregulating the Drug Industry?...
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 12:19am PST
NEW YORK -- The blue blood Mayflower Madam argued that the oldest profession was merely "naughty," not criminal....
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 11:03am PST
Since 1998, when current President Hugo Chavez won a popular election in Venezuela, the U.S. government has worked tirelessly with the oligarchy in that country to overturn Chavez’ presidency. Chavez was re-elected in 2000, again by a large turnout from the people....
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 8:46pm PST
On January 20th at the Reclaim the Streets demonstration in downtown San Diego, journalist Carly Delso-Saavedra and activist Janice Jordan were both arrested on charges that, according to witnesses, were fabricated. If you have photos or videotape of any arrests made that night...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 8:35pm PST
Michel Chossudovsky, Editor: The Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG) is an independent research and media group of progressive writers, scholars and activists committed to curbing the tide of "globalisation" and "disarming" the New World Order. The CRG webpage at http://globalresearch.ca based in Montréal publishes news articles, commentary, background research and analysis on a broad range of issues, focussing on the interrelationship between social, economic, stra...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 6:35pm PST
January/February 2005 issue of Working Class Resistance is now Online
In this issue:...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 12:39pm PST
MOSCOW -- Tens of thousands of Russians protested across the country Saturday against a law replacing transportation and medical benefits for pensioners with cash payments, but were countered by massive rival demonstrations organized by pro-Kremlin forces....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 11:45pm PST
Before you buy your sweetie those roses for Valentine's Day, pause for a moment to consider where they come from, and at what cost -- and what can be done to give a bit more joy not just to the flowers' recipients, but their producers....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 11:23pm PST
The largest and most influential think tanks occupy a priveleged position in America. Their pundits dominate the airwaves with tightly crafted recommendations and justifications for US policy on subjects ranging from taxation to foreign policy. Most print media looks no further than the largest think tanks, the American Enterprise Institute or Brookings Institution, for a pithy, prefabricated view on any given subject. Yet relatively little is known about how think tanks select and hire th...
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 1:40pm PST
Protest the Domination of Unaccountable Financial Monsters Like the IMF & World Bank!...
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 10:08am PST
It is our present leadership we should fear. Let us not be a nation so cowardly that it can be bullied by the implication that criticism is unpatriotic....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 8:00am PST
A new credit card aimed at millions of low-income families is to charge interest at up to 70% - the highest ever charged by a credit card company....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 1:24am PST
2/15/04, Tuesday, come to Richmond City Council meeting and help get a handle on the superfund-level site that developers are stirring up and poisoning us with...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 6:39pm PST