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Drug Industry Is Being Deregulated
Are you in favor of deregulating the Drug Industry?...
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 12:19am PST
Behind the U.S. Policy in Venezuela
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
URGENT: Your Help Needed to Protect Free Speech in San Diego! Please forward widely!
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
CoopRadio.org: Michel Chossudovsky of globalresearch.ca: UPDATES - Feb. 14 at Noon – 1PM,
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
Latest Issue of Working Class Resistance Online Now
January/February 2005 issue of Working Class Resistance is now Online
In this issue:...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 12:39pm PST
*Reclaim the Commons!* Philadelphia, June18-21 *Call to Action!*
All who dare to paint
poems of resistance on walls of oppression, dance in city streets in
defiance of police states, and plant seeds of sedition in the shadows
of Empire: come to Philadelphia!...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 6:17pm PST
BTL:5th Annual World Social Forum Tackles Global Justice Issues
Interview with Njoki Njehu, director of the 50 Years is Enough Network, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 6:40am PST
Gijón, Spain: Shipyard workers in struggle
The shipyard workers of Naval Gijón continued their year-long struggle against privatization today, February 10, with more burning barricades. There was also a small scuffle with the riot police....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 7:18pm PST
Noam Chomsky discusses Bush and Strategies to Control the 'Beast'
Imperial Presidency: Strategies to Control the Great Beast
By Noam Chomsky
It goes without saying that what happens in the U.S. has an enormous impact on
the rest of the world-and conversely: what happens in the rest of the world
cannot fail to have an impact on the U.S., in several ways. First, it sets
constraints on what even the most powerful state can do. Second, it influences
the domestic U.S. component of "the second superpower," as the New York Times
ruefully describ...
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 6:03pm PST
Make Poverty History Rally
On February 3, 2005, thousands of people gathered in Trafalgar Square in London to demand the elimination of world poverty from the G7. Nelson Mandela delivered the keynote speech adjacent from the South African embassy, the site of anti-apartheid demonstrations during Mr. Mandela’s imprisonment....
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 5:48pm PST
Day of Coordinated Action Against Mountain Top Removal: Help
This is a call out to all those who want to help get active in mountain top removal...There is a coordinated day of action nati0onally taking place on Bebruary 10th. Get wild! Get active!...
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 8:08am PST
The FTA and Peru: Description and Analysis
This is an analysis of the FTA and its implication in Peru....
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 1:01pm PST
Chavez: Capitalism must be transcended
Hands Off Venezuela Campaign...
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 4:40pm PST
Venezuela’s Chavez Closes WSF with Call to Transcend Capitalism
Venezuelan President Chavez told the World Social Forum that capitalism can't solve the world's problems and must be transcended through "true socialism"....
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 11:52am PST
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins was an economic hit man for the CIA. He told the story of how the CIA undermined and overthrew governments throughout the world. His presentation was given at a workshop at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil....
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 10:33am PST
World Social Forum Closing Ceremony
Wrap up story of the fifth World Social Forum held in Porto Alegre, Brazil...
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 7:33am PST
Pictures from the World Social Forum
These pictures were taken at the march on the opening day of the World Social Forum. Local media is reporting that there were over 200,000 participants in the march. There are over 100,000 registered participants at the conference which is being held in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The theme is A NEW WORLD IS POSSIBLE....
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 4:48am PST
Should the Anti-war Movement Support the Iraqi Resistance?
A discussion on strategy and tactics in the anti-war movement...
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 4:32am PST
The Global Media Democracy Movement
World Social Forum participants discuss how to hold corporate media accountable and how to build the alternative/independent media network....
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 2:39am PST
Australia’s tsunami aid package: neo-colonialism laced with hypocrisy
The $A1 billion “Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Reconstruction and Development” pact that Prime Minister John Howard announced with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta in early January was motivated by considerations that have nothing to do with humanitarianism. On the contrary, the Australian government has seized on the terrible impact of the Asian tsunami as the pretext for furthering its economic and strategic interests in Indonesia and throughout South East Asia...
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 8:28am PST