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Patricia Verdugo RIP
international / gender and sexuality / other press Friday February 29, 2008 13:21 by Obit   text 3 comments (last - saturday march 29, 2008 20:39)   image 1 image
" We should preserve in adults the confident and Joyful attitude of children"

Patricia Verdugo has died. She helped form in Chile 'The Women's Movement for Life' ( 1983), which comprised
women politicians, activists and writers;a cauccas of women opposed to the Pinochet regime. The WML
organised protests against Pinochet .

She was a journalist , an activist and an academic, who in the immeadiate aftermath of her father's assasination
began her career to expose the Pinochet Regime.

She founded 'Hoy' , established 1977. The Publication operated throughout the dictatorship and retained an
independent critical position against the dictatorial regime.
Her books included; 'Bucharest 187' and 'The Claws of the Puma' (1989) read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday February 28, 2008 15:54 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - friday february 29, 2008 14:38)
Yet another Iranian Trade Unionist is threatened with flogging by the Iranian Theocratic Regime. His "crime"? Participating in "illegal" Mayday demonstrations. Here is an appeal from Iranian Trade Unionists, support them in their struggle against the Iranian Dictatorship.

A summons for the administration of a flogging has now been issued for Tayyeb Chatani for participating in the May 1st event last year. Mr Chatani works at Par Rees factory, where he is an active shop steward. Eleven of the workers arrested for taking part in the May 1st event last year in Sanandaj were sentenced to 91 days in prison and 10 strikes of the lash. The Appeal Court changed the sentences to fines, but upheld the sentence of 10 lashes. So far, the lashing have been carried out in the case of 3 workers: Seddigh Amjadi, Habibollah Kalekaani and Faares Gaviliaan. The only crime of these workers is having participated in the May Day ceremony in Sanandaj. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Thursday February 28, 2008 14:25 by Joe   text 5 comments (last - sunday march 30, 2008 21:31)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday praised Japan’s “firm” stance on Iran as the Zionist state agreed to strengthen ties with Japan. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday February 27, 2008 18:24 by Seán Ryan
An article that's currently doing the rounds is one which the authorities wish would quietly go away.

Let's not forget that we in Ireland facilitate this barbarity by allowing the unfetterd access of our airports and airspace to the CIA. Wink wink... Nod nod... read full story / add a comment
Crime and justice Image from Iranian Women's Group
international / crime and justice / other press Tuesday February 26, 2008 19:49 by C Murray   text 4 comments (last - wednesday march 05, 2008 12:21)   image 5 images
The 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women began meeting at the United
Nations Headquarters in New York yesterday and will be in session until the seventh of March.

A coalition of over 150 International Non-Governmental Organisations who represent the
Civil Society Groups on advocating for stronger gender reform architecture (GEA) will be in
session. Mostly these groups are known on Indymedia and the IMC's because they
have not stopped bringing the issue of Measurable Reform in the area of gender
equality to the table. and Ban Ki-moon agrees.
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http://www.ettehade.net
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Tuesday February 26, 2008 14:45 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 06, 2008 15:48)   image 1 image
This an extract of a letter from The National Union of Dismissed and Unemployed Workers of Iran To the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) regarding workers being flogged for participating in May 1st actions in Iran. Full text at the link.

Dear Friends,

As you are aware the police and security forces assaulted last year’s peaceful May 1st rally in the city of Sanandaj, battered workers, and arrested 13 of them. Among them were Mr. Shays Amaani and Mr. Seddigh Karimi, President and Executive Committee member of our union, respectively. They were released on a $50,000 bail each after 42 days in detention. The court sentenced them to two-and-a-half years’ imprisonment. We appealed, but the Court of Appeal has not yet given its verdict. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday February 26, 2008 14:04 by John Cornford
Jim Moody interviews Ahmed Hussain who has defected from the SWP to the Conservative Party.

JM: Why have you left Respect (Independent) group on Tower Hamlets council?

AH: Initially the four of us left the party because of the leadership: it was not going anywhere. It was just out of order, because everyone was doing what they wanted to do. The reason I left the new group is because we were trying, but we were not going anywhere to help the community.

The other thing is, the party itself is just not going anywhere because the electoral commission has put an embargo on the name. You can’t really re-establish the party all over again. It was quite hard to do with Respect. People had elected me to the council to serve them, and that was not happening because I was concentrating more on party problems. That was why I thought I should move on to another party. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday February 26, 2008 01:59 by Abu Saad   text 29 comments (last - sunday may 29, 2011 23:14)   image 3 images
Bono has a hard decision to make . Live up to his old "Sun City" Anti-Apartheid stance.... or ignore Palestinian suffering in order to delight the Israeli military regime with a cultural visit. read full story / add a comment
Graph of the minimum extent reached of Arctic sea ice each summer
international / environment / other press Friday February 22, 2008 00:06 by Terence   image 1 image
This is a must listen podcast and presents the case that we are in grave danger with the climate as the effects of global warming are happening much quicker than anyone has in public admitted. According to Philip Sutton, we need to declare a Sustainability Emergency. In this report, he outlines how the existing institutes have failed.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday February 21, 2008 21:50 by .   text 4 comments (last - saturday february 23, 2008 08:53)   image 1 image
The United States did not begin seeking permission from governments before using their airspace and facilities for rendition until after the 2002 flights in question, according to a State Department official. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday February 21, 2008 16:14 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 13, 2008 12:43)
Yet again the US Occupation Forces have launched an attack on The Iraq Freedom Congress.

In another poor move; the occupying troops has made another attempt to eliminate the voice of freedom from Iraq by raiding the IFC headquarter in Baghdad on 12 February when they forced themselves in, verbally and physically assaulted the guards and stood them out in the rain for several hours. It is understood from the many previous incidents that these attempts are not to look for weapons or investigations regarding terrorist activities; but in fact they are to intimidate and eliminate any voice that objects the occupation and its puppets.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday February 21, 2008 14:42 by John Cornford   text 3 comments (last - monday december 15, 2008 23:36)
James Turley writes on how in Respect Chris Bambery claimed that Secularism ‘justifies’ islamophobia. Yet now Socialist Worker demands separation of church and state.

Bambery writes on islamophobia in media and establishment reactions to the speech. The Sun’s “bash the bishop” campaign and David Blunkett’s reference to something “external to this country” is a breath away from “there ain’t no black in the union jack”. The article implies that the pro-islam stance of the SWP has hardened since the break with Galloway. He writes that in spite of talk of muslim ‘backwardness’, many of the foundations of science were commonplace in islamic culture by the middle ages. True -science would not be doing well without the concept of zero. But it buys into the logic of the ‘clash of civilisations’. The idea of religions competing in some cosmic dog-show for the prize of ‘most progressive’ is ridiculous in itself without Bambery on the judges’ panel. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday February 21, 2008 12:10 by tomeile   text 5 comments (last - wednesday march 24, 2010 09:54)
Catherine Nevin’s appeal against her conviction for murder began in the Court of Appeal yesterday. Ms Nevin was convicted in 2000 of the murder of her husband Tom at their pub, Jack White's Inn, Brittas Bay, on March 19, 1996. The appeal will be based on evidence that prosecutors failed to disclose at her original trial that witnesses , William McClean and former provos Gerry Heapes and John Jones ,were long-standing police informers . Nevin’s lawyer ,Anne Fitzgibbon , is seeking access to classified documents including security files which indicate that Mr McClean was a suspect in the Dublin/Monaghan bombings of 1974.
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Naunynstreet in the district Kreuzberg in Berlin
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday February 21, 2008 09:08 by autonom   image 1 image
Since the famous rebellion in the district Kreuzberg in the german capital Berlin at 1st of may 1987 every year there are streetfights and resistance. Now the 90 minutes video documentation from 1987 to 2007 is available in english for free download. read full story / add a comment
Solidarity ti the Crew at the lugh!
national / crime and justice / other press Wednesday February 20, 2008 12:03 by Negotitated Programme for Government   image 1 image
The Green Party has employed someone to update it's website and
provided for us , the party political consumer of branded politics, a useful pdf and bullet
point link to the Green/FF :'Negotiated Programme For Government'

Wherein people will find their policy on Environment:-

'The Transposition of the Aarhus Convention into Law'

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday February 19, 2008 18:44 by Cael   text 3 comments (last - wednesday february 20, 2008 14:00)
Irish people all over the world will be saddened to hear that Maggie Hughes, the mother of Francis Hughes, has passed on to her eternal reward. She gave her most precious treasure for the cause of Irish freedom. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dilís.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday February 19, 2008 17:15 by Miriam Cotton   text 5 comments (last - friday february 29, 2008 12:41)
"Wikileaks Under Attack: California Court Wipes Wikileaks.org Out of Existence
Mon Feb 18, 2008 at 06:20:15 AM PST
One of the most important web sites in recent months has been Wikileaks.org. Wikileaks has upset the Chinese government enough that they are attempting to censor it, as is the Thai military junta. Wikileaks is now under attack from a censorship effort by a California court."

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international / gender and sexuality / other press Monday February 18, 2008 16:47 by Gender aware
While many Indymedia readers are probably not fans of any of the prospective presidential candidates in the US, I thought this analysis of the coverage was quite interesting and worth putting up. While I don't agree with all the points made, it does provide some interesting and disturbing commentary on the media coverage, and the way in which feminisation of the candidates is seen as a way of degrading them (particularly in relation to Clinton, of course). While I'm not her greatest fan, I do think some of the points made here and the examples given show how deep the distrust of female leadership still goes in Western society. Obama has faced some ethnocentric bias too, but it seems his charisma and gender are saving him from the worst of it. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Monday February 18, 2008 12:52 by Joe   text 3 comments (last - friday february 22, 2008 04:34)
Raymond Gilmour who served as a British agent inside the IRA and who has now been left, penniless, homeless with a heart condition and post traumatic stress disorder by his handlers is now giving free advice to other potential rats. Don't do it! read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Sunday February 17, 2008 19:08 by Abkhazian Basque with a South Ossetian granny.   text 12 comments (last - wednesday october 15, 2008 08:44)   image 3 images
Here are some useful links so you and your family or friends can follow the recognition of Kosovo.
This will help you recognise Kosovars in your local community and avoid embarassment should you find yourself in the awkward situation of distinguishing between an Albanian and a Serb.

Their government http://www.kuvendikosoves.org/
Their "thank you site" http://www.kosovothanksyou.com/
Their newspapers http://www.kosovapress.com/ http://www.newkosovareport.com/
Their Telly http://www.rtklive.com/ http://www.rtv21.tv/site/?id=1,0,0,1,a read full story / add a comment
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