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World Conscience as a Superpower
A revolution in thinking against mechanical models of action and knowledge has occurred in the past 30 years..The new thinking about knowledge and society understands non-linear, non-instrumental and non-rational dimensions....
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 8:25am PST
Ghosts of G8 haunt Genoa
More than 70 Italian police officers, many of them senior commanders, are about to go on trial accused of orchestrating a campaign of police brutality at the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001 and then organising a huge cover-up....
Posted: Sun, Feb 6, 2005 5:31pm PST
"A Subtle Form of Hypocrisy"
Between 1980 and 2003, $1.8 trillion in interests alone flowed from the South to the North. the heavy debts of developing countries more than tripled inthis time period....
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 11:13am PST
Chiapas Events in Sacramento, Davis and Santa Rosa
Don't miss the Chiapas Support Committee Northern California Tour with Ramon Penate Diaz and Miguel Pickard!...
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 10:24am PST
Protesters hold Nigeria oil plant
Hundreds of men and women have invaded an oil installation operated by Chevron Texaco in Nigeria's Delta region....
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 11:16pm 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
Chiapas Support Calendar of Events
Ramon Peñate Díaz, La Red de Defensores Comunitarios por los Derechos Humanos (the Network of Community Defenders for Human Rights), Chiapas, Mexico And Miguel Pickard,
Center for Economic and Political Research for Community Action (CIEPAC), Chiapas, Mexico will be talking at these events.....
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 4:47pm 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
Why America does not win hearts
It is almost three years since some American outfits started the quest for the reasons behind United States' unpopularity all over the world. Global polls were held to determine the degree of dislike in various parts of the globe. The results must have surprised many in Washington: it wasn't just the Muslims -- even the Europeans did not trust their ally....
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 6:37am PST
10th Annual San Francisco Anarchist Book Fair
March 26th is almost upon us. Better book your flights soon....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 8:44pm 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
Deficits, the Dollar, and IEDs
Bill Gates, the world's richest man, is now betting against the dollar. "I'm short the dollar," says Gates. "The ol' dollar, it's gonna go down." Will the dollar be one day the target of attacks by hedge funds? Recently the dollar rallied a bit, but short-term fluctuations aside, the dollar has nowhere to go but down. Gradually or suddenly and precipitously? It may be possible to engineer gradual devaluation of the dollar and stimulate US export, shrinking the US tra...
Posted: Sun, Jan 30, 2005 1:22pm PST
Civilisation, primitivism and anarchism
An intelligent, thoughtful examination of the primitivist tendency of thought in contemporary anarchism....
Posted: Sun, Jan 30, 2005 12:40pm 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