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Feminist Self-defense: No God! No Master! No Sexist Aggressions! El Libertario, Venezuela 2008-06-05 10:58 PM

* El Libertario published in its 51st edition (Venezuela, Novermber - Dicember 2007) a text compilation that expresses important aspects of what anarchism proposes may be done to face the growing problem of gender violence. (image/gif)

2 Million PETA members win with KFC Canada.. Help KFC US Cave Chicken Rights 2008-06-04 12:31 PM

With 2 million members and 12,000 pickets against KFC around the world, KFC Canada has acceded to requests for less brutal slaughterhouse methods. It's time to build pressure on KFC in the US. (image/jpeg)

Workers walk off MGM Mirage Dubai World CityCenter Site in Protest MGM Mirage Dubai World CityCenter Constructio 2008-06-03 11:45 PM

Union leaders: We’ll picket until contractor meets demands for increased safety (image/jpeg)

Letter from Ivan and Bruno from the prisons of Fresnes and Villepinte @ 2008-06-01 11:48 PM

Greetings to all friends, to all those who are not resigned to the situation in which we live: police occupation of the streets, of the cities, raids, deportations, arrests, daily difficulties, the dispossession of our lives; the situation that pushes us to cede a major part of our lives to the bosses of every genre, to those who preside over our destinies, to power. If we've taken the road of revolt, it's for all these reasons, to retake the power over our lives, for the freedom to live. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Solidarity week against repression in France at June, 9-16 solidarity 2008-05-31 6:45 AM

Ivan, Bruno and Damien got arrested on January 19, 2008 on the way to the demonstration against the detention centre of Vincennes (near Paris). They were carrying home made smoke powder and bent nails (to slash tyres). At the police station, they refused the finger print identification and DNA taking. Ivan and Bruno are jailed, Damien is under judiciary control. (image/jpeg)

Executive Signing Statements Ann Ikemann 2008-05-29 10:15 PM

Pharaoh Bush - Let My People Go (image/jpeg)

Hope Under Siege: Pittsburghers in Palestine, A Photo Show Jonas Moffat 2008-05-20 2:37 AM

Hope Under Siege: Pittsburghers in Palestine, a Photo Exhibit June 19 at the Shadow Lounge, 6-9PM Please join the Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee as they reveal their photographs from Occupied Palestine. Hear eyewitness accounts from Palestinians and Pittsburghers who have seen and experienced life under the gun. View the scenes of hope and the images of despair. Share the truth with the world about 60 years of dispossession and a hope that refuses to perish. (image/jpeg)

another police coverup on "the crooked mile" jim zender 2008-05-15 12:30 AM

the other day i wrote a story about a huge adult who i witnessed beating the crap out of a teen, who thanks to the star beacon i now know his age, he was only 16. i broke up the fight filed a report at the scene, came home before it was even over and wrote coverup will follow. the next morning cops @ my door trying to give me the shaft as they have been doing for years. right then and there i re reported the incident to them as well butt i was sure hear again, the blind eye of american justice would sirface. so i wrote a letter to and even got so frustrated i posted my first i report. i sent the letter to the following people. letter to council sent to: Mayor Francis Cervas 4688 Fairway dr. Village administrator Edward Somppi village hall Mike Baker council president 4703 taylor dr Zoning Inspector/Code enforcement officer officer Joseph Masianka village hall Council woman Wilma Reppert 4873 presidential dr 5.12.08 jim zender (image/jpeg)

May 4th, 1970: Can it happen again? Akeeba 2008-05-06 9:30 AM

Maoist China foreign policy: 1970s and 1980s Nigel Harris 2008-05-05 12:51 PM

The Mandate of Heaven (Excerpt). A detailed account of Maoist Chinese foreign policy is beyond the scope of this article, but some examples will illustrate the central thesis: that China’s foreign policy is in no way different from that of other world powers. The Three-Worlds Theory was used to justify Chinese alliances with right-wing reactionary governments during the 1970s and 1980s. (image/jpeg)

Struggling for the autonomy of Venezuela’s social movements El Libertario, Venezuela 2008-05-04 5:20 PM

* This editorial comes from issue #53 (May-June 2008) of El Libertario, a Venezuelan anarchist voice of ideas and proposals for action. It confirms our commitment to autonomous social mobilization, which has already begun to express itself through concrete struggles from below, as in the recent steelworkers conflict. (image/gif)

5th Anniversary of "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq Peter Stern 2008-05-02 8:04 PM

Happy 5th Anniversary, America! (image/jpeg)

Northeastern Anarchist #13, Spring 2008 Out Now! NEFAC 2008-05-01 10:52 PM

Workers at Sanitarios Maracay Fight for Dignity Cleveland Militant Labor in the 40s Vermont Communes in the 60s Public Sector Strike in South Africa The Ecological Challenge and more... (image/jpeg)

Locked out Steelworkers Rally, Confront Management Robert Rossi-Independent Labor Correspondent 2008-05-01 10:43 PM

On Wednesday, May 1 members of United Steelworkers Local 5032 and their supporters rallied outside Calgon Carbon’s (NYSE: CCC) annual shareholder’s meeting. Union members have been locked out of their jobs at the company’s Neville Island facility for just over two months. The company is demanded that union workers submit to massive cuts in healthcare and pensions before returning to work; locked out union members have stated that they are committed to winning a fair contract that preserves their pensions and keeps healthcare affordable. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Something smells different in Cuba Movimiento Libertario Cubano 2008-05-01 6:04 PM

ººº With respect to the situation in Cuba these past few weeks, the Cuban Libertarian Movement – MLC (affinity group of Cuban anarchists in exile) speaks up to answer the unknowns and the challenges facing Cuban society. Ours is the voice of uncompromising commitment to freedom, equality and solidarity that has always been the sound of the Cuban anarchists. (image/jpeg)

Rising Health Care Costs: the tsunami that never ends Peter Stern 2008-04-30 10:33 AM

The giant wave soon will engulf us all. People just can't afford the rising costs of health care! (image/jpeg)

MGM MIRAGE STOP THE UNION - BUSTING The United MGM MIRAGE Casino Security Guards 2008-04-29 9:36 AM

MGM MIRAGE NAMED AS LAS VEGAS UNION-BUSTER OF THE YEAR (image/jpeg)

April 19 International Protests Say: Mumia Must be Freed Now! Kevin Gilroy, Partisan Defense Committee 2008-04-21 8:06 PM

Upcoming international united-front protests demand Mumia’s immediate freedom: Sydney, Australia, on April 23; Mexico City on April 24; Chicago and Los Angeles on April 26. For more information: www.partisandefense.org. (image/jpeg)

Warren Community and Clergy Coalition is Ready to Make Change Jason Denzin 2008-04-18 3:40 AM

Anarchism in Venezuela, past and present El Libertario, Venezuela 2008-04-17 11:11 PM

* This is a brief outline of the libertarian footprint in the history of Venezuela, prepared by members of the Collective Editorship of El Libertario www.nodo50.org/ellibertario. We hope that this serves as a useful point of reference for those who are interested in the subject. (image/jpeg)

Bitterness, Hope and Obama in Western PA Carl Davidson 2008-04-16 12:48 AM

[Commentary on the Phoney Anti-Elitism Campaign Against the Least Elitist of the Three Main Candidates, by Carl Davidson, Beaver County resident, Solidarity Economy Organizer, and Antiwar Activist.] Photo: Obama at October 2002 Antiwar Rally . (image/jpeg)

Texas County Democratic Convention Ten Times the Usual Size KKoskipaa 2008-04-15 2:28 PM

This is a documentary of a Senate District Democratic Convention in Houston, Texas on March 29, 2008. The Senate District comprises half of Harris County. (image/jpeg)

The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal: an interview with author J. Patrick O’Connor Hans Bennett 2008-04-13 6:07 AM

In his new book, O’Connor argues that Abu-Jamal was clearly framed by police, and that the actual shooter was a man named Kenneth Freeman. O’Connor criticizes the local media, who, he says “bought into the prosecution’s story line early on and has never been able to see this case for what it is: a framing of an innocent and peace loving man.” (image/jpeg + 3 comments)

Anti-Racist Wednesday alice 2008-04-03 4:38 AM

About 50 anti-racist protesters demonstrated outside the Garage Door Saloon in Oakland on Wednesday, April 2 from 9-11pm to bring further attention to the presence of a racist bar in Pittsburgh. (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

TODAY: Internet Forum by Cuban Students about the Cuban Five posted by F Espinoza 2008-04-02 12:15 PM

The main purpose of the forum will be to discuss what Cuban university students and those in the rest of the world could do to help the release of the Five Cuban men, who were arrested for having infiltrated Miami- based anti-Cuba groups and trying to prevent criminal actions against the island. (image/jpeg)

Cuito Cuanavale’s Victory was Neto’s Dream posted by F Espinoza 2008-03-27 4:30 PM

The victory in Cuito Cuanavale made the dreams of the father of the Angolan homeland, Agostinho Neto, come true, Cuban Major General Leopoldo Cintras Frias said here on Saturday. (image/jpeg)

Wetback Wednesdays: Just the Tip of the Iceberg by Marc Tacchini 2008-03-27 1:53 AM

A brief explanation on why the "Wetback Wednesdays" at the Garage Door Saloon is a bigger deal than the media is making it out to be. (image/jpeg + 37 comments)

Cross-over voting illegal - Will Limbaugh get busted? Steven Rosenfeld 2008-03-26 4:51 PM

Will Rush Limbaugh Be Indicted for Voter Fraud? By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet Posted on March 21, 2008, Printed on March 26, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/80392/ (image/jpeg)

Clinton like McCain: more of the same bill penn 2008-03-26 12:27 PM

Hillary is McCain Lite (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

On the Picket Line at American Axle Larry Duncan 2008-03-25 2:12 AM

Scenes, interviews from autoworkers picket line at American Axle in Three Rivers, MI. Google Video link and dvd ordering info. (image/jpeg)

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