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Pentagon: Suicides of U.S. Troops Rising in Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 21 U.S. troops have committed suicide in Iraq, a growing toll that represents one in seven of American "non-hostile" deaths since the war began last March, the Pentagon said on Wednesday....
Posted: Wed, Jan 14, 2004 5:10pm PST
British peace activist shot by IDF dies in London hospital
The Israeli embassy in London on Wednesday promised that the government would "ensure that justice is served" in the case of a British activist who died late Tuesday night, nine months after he was shot in the head by an Israel Defense Forces soldier in the Gaza Strip....
Posted: Wed, Jan 14, 2004 4:56pm PST
Paradoxical Upswing: The Growth Puzzle
"Productivity is a very important standard of economic power. Productivity measures how much an economy produces per working hour.. A computer does the work. Vast numbers of office jobs have disappeared in the United States.. Will the person disappear like the horse in agriculture?"...
Posted: Wed, Jan 14, 2004 10:46am PST
Indymedia Video Introduction of the World Social Forum (video/mpeg 1.9MB)
First Video from Indymedia at the WSF in Mumbai India...
Posted: Tue, Jan 13, 2004 9:12pm PST
Tom Hurndall Dies, mudered by Israeli military sniper
Tom Hurndall, shot by a Israeli sniper in April and ever since in a coma, dies in London....
Posted: Tue, Jan 13, 2004 4:29pm PST
U.S. Arrests Iraq's Union Leaders
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (12/10/03) -- US occupation forces in Iraq escalated their efforts to paralyze Iraq's new labor unions with a series of arrests this weekend....
Posted: Tue, Jan 13, 2004 12:57pm PST
Reporte de la movilización en Monterrey
Boletín de prensa. Monterrey, México, 12 de enero 2004. Miles de policías parar acallar la voz de la conciencia, es así como el gobierno asegura el capital pese a l saber de los pueblos ¿si realmente es bueno lo que hacen, por qué necesitan tanta policía, tanta potencial represión?...
Posted: Tue, Jan 13, 2004 11:55am PST
Issue #13 of Canada's Grassroots National Newspaper
The Dominion is a free, not-for-profit newspaper available in print and online....
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 10:23pm PST
The price of globalization
In a shrinking world, wages seek the lowest level...
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 7:13pm PST
Bringing Art To Postwar Iraq
These are reposts of updates from Iraq from Jo Wilding's blog...
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 2:15pm PST
Support alternative media in 2004!
A fundraising appeal from the folks who bring you Infoshop.org. The website celebrates its ninth anniversary this week. In 2004 we hope to expand the project and create a more solid base for the project's future....
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 12:17pm PST
Haiti, mother of liberty
While the world?s major news media minimize Haitians? support for their government, this picture tells the truth: A sea of Haitians came out New Year?s Day to celebrate their bicentennial and the leadership of President Aristide....
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 12:59pm PST
Honor Haiti, Honor Ourselves
Part I: Jan. 1, 1804 ? Jan. 1, 2004
This day is sacred.
It is the 200th anniversary of the Haitian Revolution.
Fought by Haitians.
Won for us all....
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 12:57pm PST
9 People Hurt in Haiti Student Protests
Students took to the streets last week as part of an alleged movement to remove Haiti's Pres. Aristide from power....
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 12:52pm PST
Huge rally marks 1804 Haitian revolution
In an effort that is eerily reminiscent of the campaign against Allende’s Chile in the 1970s or against Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela today, the U.S. government has bankrolled anti-Aristide political groups, including the so-called “Democratic Convergence,” with tens of millions of dollars. It has sought to paint Aristide as incompetent and unstable, and urged him to resign. Violence is also escalating: more than 30 Lavalas members and supporters have been killed by anti-government paramilitaries o...
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 1:58pm PST
Iraqi protesters shot dead in Amara
A confrontation between police and demonstrators in the south eastern Iraqi city of Amara has left at least seven people dead....
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 1:42pm PST
Teflon Tyrant
Guantánamo captives still have zero legal rights, as of today (Jan. 10). Yet Saddam has been given rights, along with POW status, by the U.S. government....
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 8:26am PST
Future Questions: Corporations and Globalization
"A society in which everything is privatized has no common property. Such a society no longer needs to know how to live together and in common." Keepinbg public what is public and regulating financial markets are key future questions....
Posted: Fri, Jan 9, 2004 3:17pm PST
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 1/9/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.2MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Spain, Russia,China, and Cuba....
Posted: Fri, Jan 9, 2004 2:22pm PST