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Two wall protesters KILLED
The Israeli army has just killed two peaceful anti-wall demonstrators in Bidu, near Jerusalem.
The two are: Mohmmed Sabel Rayan from Beit Duqqu village and Zakariya Eyad from Beit Iksa village....
Posted: Thu, Feb 26, 2004 11:36am PST
UN warning over spy allegations
British spies would have undermined the United Nations' work if it was true they bugged Secretary General Kofi Annan's office, says a UN spokesman....
Posted: Thu, Feb 26, 2004 11:03am PST
UK spies bugged UN chief, claims Short
British agents spied on the United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in the run-up to the Iraqi war, the former International Development Secretary Clare Short claimed today....
Posted: Thu, Feb 26, 2004 11:00am PST
Freedom, not Full Employment
"The prosperity of our country is the prosperity of all citizens.. Justice commands that all citizens share in this prosperity.. Unemployment is not a sign of poverty but an expression of the productivity and assets of our country.. We propose an unconditional basic income for all citizens.."...
Posted: Thu, Feb 26, 2004 5:28am PST
AEI to Colombia: "I Can't Give You Anything but Guns, Baby"
Mark Falcoff's February 23, 2004 American Enterprise Institute post, "Facing up to the Conflict in Colombia" broaches an important topic. But Falcoff does not face up to reality as promised....
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 8:51pm PST
Copy Adorno, Go to Jail?
Intellectual property "owner" of Adorno's "Anti-Semitism and Fascist Propaganda" - posted within - are suing textz.com. Mirror this file....
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 3:40pm PST
Kurds demand vote on independence
Kurdish activists have collected 1.7 million signatures on a petition demanding a referendum on the future of northern Iraq's Kurdish region....
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 12:52pm PST
Chaos and fear grip Haiti capital
Looting has erupted in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, which advancing rebels have vowed to capture....
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 12:50pm PST
Arrested: Two American ISM Activists
TWO ISM AMERICAN ACTIVISTS ARRESTED WHILE PROTESTING AGAINST THE WALL (one still held as of press time)...
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 11:11am PST
Haiti: Throttled by history
Haiti's political class has failed it, but the first black republic has also been squeezed dry by a vengeful west...
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 10:37am PST
Clean the Oil out of the Whitehouse
2004 Election : Clean the oil out of the White House
$74.7 billion for an oil war? That's your tax money folks! Unless you collect serious dividends from Exxon-Mobil, Shell, Texaco, BP, Haliburton, Bechtel, Nabors Industries Ltd, and any of the other companies that will be granted 're-construction' contracts in Iraq, you should be outraged....
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 10:36am PST
Renowned Haitian Journalist Michele Montas Discusses Haiti
Award-winning Haitian journalist Michele Montas fled Haiti last year after her bodyguard was killed and continued threats against her forced her close her radio station and leave the country four years after her husband, Jean Dominique, was assassinated....
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 10:14am PST
Aristide Warns of Possible Refugee Crisis in Haiti
In the past week, more than 400 Haitian refugees have reportedly landed on beaches in Jamaica and the Turks and Caicos Islands. We speak with the Center for Constitutional Rights' Michael Ratner who has dealt extensively with the issue of Haitian refugees for many years....
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 10:13am PST
Haiti's Lawyer: U.S. Is Arming Anti-Aristide Paramilitaries
As opponents of Haitian President Aristide reject a U.S.-brokered peace plan, we speak with Ira Kurzban who has served as General Counsel for the government of Haiti since 1991. [includes transcript]...
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 10:12am PST
Aristide supporters prepare for last stand in Haiti capital
Supporters of Haiti's embattled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide steeled themselves for a last stand in the capital, Port-au-Prince, yesterday. They faced a rapidly expanding rebel insurgency which tightened its grip on the country's second-largest city, Cap-Haitien, and vowed to have the country under its control within two weeks....
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 9:55am PST
Plea for a Critical Christianity
"For me, a critical Christianity is a Christianity oriented forwards. Adaptations to existing conditions and a mere status quo are questioned., Dreams of a better world are dreamt here.." K. Luthi is an Austrian liberation theologian....
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2004 5:45am PST
AHP News from Haiti 2/18-24
Prime Minister Yvon Neptune calls on the opposition Platform to adopt the
plan proposed as a way out of the crisis by the international community, and thus
put an end to the escalation of violence......
Posted: Tue, Feb 24, 2004 3:55pm PST
Canada - Wildcat Strikes and Ongoing Workers' Struggles
Workers' Struggle in Quebec and British Columbia (Canada)...
Posted: Tue, Feb 24, 2004 2:36pm PST