Against War
Smash EDO update: stay (or get) involved!
from smash-edo, 29 May 2009: "Now when the dust has settled on the events of Mayday, it is important that we keep up the pressure on EDO/ITT.
As always, noise demos are continuing outside the factory between 4 and 6 every Wednesday and there are a few other special demonstrations lined up throughout June and July..." more
Visiting Daddy in prison: A Palestinian ordeal
from sumoud, 11 May 2009: "Spending time with her dad requires that six-year-old Jinan undertake a bizarre and arduous odyssey... At home in the beleaguered West Bank town of Qalqilya, Jinan asks the same question she always does: "Mommy, why does Daddy have to sleep on the Israeli side?" And her mother, Salam Nazal, comforts her by saying: "Because that's where the best Palestinian men go to sleep, and your father is one of them..." more
Newswires: Sri Lanka
Updated daily: Articles from external newswires filtered for the keywords: Sri Lanka, Tamil, LTTE... more
Solidarity with students: Open letter from some Greek soldiers
from louvain, 5 April 2009: "Hundreds of soldiers from the 42 state areas state: We refuse to become a force of terror and repression against the mobilisations; We support the struggle of the school and university students and the workers. We are soldiers from all over Greece [it’s necessary to point out here that in Greece conscription is still in practice and that it effects all male Greeks; most or maybe even all of the people signing this are bound to be people who are serving their compulsory military service at the moment - not army recruits]. Solidarity with students..." more
Collapse the security architecture! Against NATO, G20, G8, Frontex and the "Stockholm Programme"
from email, 2 April 2009: "Since the end of the last millennium a modification of the "security architecture" within the EU takes place, which have been accelerated by the attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States. Visible phenomena are for example the entanglement of internal and external security, a "pooling" of prosecution authorities and intelligence sevices and a simplified data exchange..." more
Anti-Militarist Network days of action announced: 3-6 April 2009
from email, 18 March 2009: "No To War! A Call To Action! At the beginning of April 2009 NATO meets in Strasbourg to celebrate its 60th anniversary. This is no time to celebrate. This is a time to take action. The movement against militarism in the UK is building. Collective actions in response to the recent attacks on Gaza have shown the potential of the anti-militarist movement to mobilise and affect both the public consciousness and those directly complicit in the murder of innocent people..." more
May Day: Mass street party in Brighton against war and greed, Monday 4 May 2009
from email, updated 14 April 2009: "Brighton, May 4th 2009, 12 noon, wear red. Bring passion, drums, sound systems, radios and stereos... For centuries Mayday has brought people together and out onto the streets. People danced for the coming summer and the fertility of the crops.
People marched in remembrance and solidarity with their fellow workers around the world. People gathered in their cities to fight against global capital and exploitation. Smash EDO invites you to a celebration of all these aspects of Mayday..." more
Newswires: Smash EDO / Brighton
Updated daily: Latest articles from external newswires filtered for the keywords: EDO, Mayday, MBM, Brighton... more
Newswires: South Asia
Updated daily: Articles from external newswires filtered for the keywords: Sri Lanka, Tamil, India, Pakistan, Delhi, Islamabad, Karachi, Mumbai, Bangladesh, Dhaka... more
Newswires: Gaza / Palestine / Israel
Updated daily: Recent articles from external newswires filtered for the keywords: Gaza, Hamas, Palestine, Israel... more
Newswires: Afghanistan
Updated daily: Articles from external newswires filtered for the keywords: Afghanistan, Karzai, Hamid, Taliban, RAWA, khost, miran, shah, kabul, haqqani... more
Newswires: NATO Summit 2009
Updated daily: Articles from external newswires filtered to include the keywords: NATO, Kehl, Strasbourg, Baden-Baden... more
Newswires: Guantanamo
Updated daily: Articles from external newswires filtered for the keywords: Guantanamo, Al-Qaeda, Gitmo... more
Newswires: Iran
Updated daily: Articles filtered from external newswires for the keywords: Iran, Tehran, Isfahan, Natanz... more
Newswires: Iraq
Filtered articles from external newswires, keywords include: Iraq, Baghdad, Basra, Baquba, Fallujah, Sadr, Badr, SIIC, SCIRI, Mehdi. more
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