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*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
Middle Paraná Social Forum The Middle Paraná Social Forum has now a date
"Another world is possible"
In the end of the year encounter, called by the Mobilizing Committee
of
the Middle Paraná Social Forum (FSPM by its initials in Spanish), the
citizens and social organizations present constituted themselves into
an
Assembly resolving the date for the realization of the second edition
of
the Forum....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 4:54am PST
Why has India blocked foreign tsunami aid to the Nicobar and Andaman islands? The remote Andaman and Nicobar group suffered a devastating blow from the December 26 tsunami. The low-lying and mostly uninhabited chain of 572 islands in the Bay of Bengal was the closest Indian territory to the epicentre of the massive earthquake. As well as being swamped by the sea, it was hit by a series of substantial aftershocks....
Posted: Mon, Jan 24, 2005 9:52pm PST
Chavez nationalises VENEPAL under workers control Hands Off Venezuela Campaign...
Posted: Thu, Jan 20, 2005 11:07am PST
RECLAIM THE STREETS!!!--San Diego, CA--J20 
Street Party in San Diego! Meet at 7pm, at 3rd and Broadway, on January 20th to reclaim our streets from the chains of cars and commerce for the liberation of community and creativity.
What to bring? What to wear? What will this look like? Wear your favorite Dia De Los Muertos outfit or your favorite Irish outfit or your favorite celebratory outfit! Bring noisemakers, drums, bagpipes! Be prepared to dance and celebrate the the reclamation of public space, the commons, autonomy and collecti...
Posted: Tue, Jan 18, 2005 2:42am PST
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