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Nato ‘covered up’ botched night raid in Afghanistan that killed five
The Times: A night raid carried out by US and Afghan gunmen led to the deaths of two pregnant women, a teenage girl and two local officials in an atrocity which Nato then tried to cover up, survivors have told The Times. In a statement after the raid titled “Joint force operating in Gardez makes gruesome discovery”, Nato claimed that the force had found the women’s bodies “tied up, gagged and killed” in a room. more >>
India: Act Now: Tell Maersk to stop anti-union violence on Mumbai ports; send e-mail protests
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Afghanistan’s Kandahar hit by suicide bombers, 30 dead
BBC News: At least 30 people have been killed and 46 wounded in four suicide bombings in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, hospital officials say. The first blast happened at about 2000 (1530 GMT). Officials said the biggest attack was aimed at the city's main prison. The Taliban said they carried out the bombings as a "message" to Nato. more >>
Guyana: Stop union-busting – respect workers rights
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WaPo: Unemployment rate for young veterans hits 21.1 percent
The unemployment rate last year for young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars hit 21.1 percent, the Labor Department said Friday, reflecting a tough obstacle that combat veterans face as they make the transition home from war. more >>
Hope and Terror in the land of the Jumma
An eerie calm has returned to the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, where, just two weeks ago , the military opened fire on the Indigenous Jumma People, killing 6 and injuring more than two dozen men, women and children. Sadly, painfully, it is not the first time the peaceful Jumma were put through such [...] more >>
Bangladesh: 21 Workers Die in a Fire at H&M Factory
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India: Maersk urged to intervene to settle Indian port drivers’ agreement
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Afghan police recruits abusing drugs, US report finds
BBC News: Drug abuse is rife in the Afghan police force with up to four out of 10 recruits testing positive for illegal drugs in some areas, a US report says. The report for the US Congress said the illegal drugs trade "undermines virtually every aspect" of efforts to secure Afghanistan. Afghanistan produces 90% of the world's opium and the drugs trade is a key source of funding for the insurgency. more >>
Camberley Mosque
As someone who devotes much energy to battling Islamophobia, it is important equally to oppose false cries of Islamophobia whenever any Muslim group is thwarted. Otherwise "Islamophobic" will become a meaningless pejorative just as "Anti-semitic" is thrown at any rational critic of Israel. Having looked at the dispute over Camberley Mosque, I feel that it is the Bengali community which is acting with gross insensitivity. They wish to pull down a listed Victorian building to build a mosque. I would oppose that were the proposed replacement a mosque, synagogue, church or Tesco. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8561342.stm The old scholl has in fact been in use for many years as an Islamic centre. There is no threat to that. It is demolition of the building which is objected to. It strikes me that the very large and sturdy building looks ideal for sympathetic internal conversion to make it a better mosque. Failing that, the community can do what anybody else has to do whose needs have outgrown a listed building, and move the mosque elsewhere. I encountered a similar arrogance and insensitivity from some members of the Muslim community while campaigning on Whalley Range in Blackburn, when I was faced with a demand that a pub close to a mosque be closed down. I replied that the pub had been there for over a hundred years before the mosque. The deliberate spread of fear and hatred of Muslims by politicians, media and security services is a real problem. But what we must insist is that Muslims are treated both no worse and no better than anybody else. more >>
Okanagan Band launches road block to protect their water supply
The Okanagan Indian Band (OIB) launched a “protective blockade” this morning, February 23, at the Okanagan campsite near Bouleau Lake in southern British Colombia. A member of the greater Okanagan Nation, the OIB say they have been left with no choice but to stop the logging company Tolko Industries from endangering their water supply. “This [...] more >>
Bangladesh military opens fire on Indigenous Jumma People
Eight people are dead and more than two dozen have been injured after the Bangladesh military, on Feb. 20, 2010, opened fire on a group of Indigenous Jumma villagers in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh. Four villages sponsored by the United Nations were also burned to the ground by a group Bengali settlers [...] more >>
Don’t mine us out of existence
UK-based mining company Vedanta Resources threatens the human rights of indigenous communities in the Indian state of Orissa. Email the Indian authorities now: http://bit.ly/vedantareport Even though the UK-based mining company Vedanta Resources tries to make itself look like a victim, it is the Dongria Kondh who will lose everything if Vedanta gets its way. In April [...] more >>
Death traps – work, home, fire and the poor in Bangladesh
LibCom An examination of the ever-present threat of fire in the lives of the working class after yet another textile factory fire kills 21 workers – while slum fires also have a devastating affect… On Thursday 25th February 21 workers died in a fire at the Garib and Garib sweater factory in the southern district of Gazipur, [...] more >>
Underreported Struggles #35, February 2010
In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Indigenous People in Ecuador Call for a “Permanent Mobilzation”; 5,000 Dongria Kondh protest against Vedanta Resources; Bangladesh army opens fire on Indigenous Jumma; Okanagan Band launches protective blockade against logging. Feb 28 – Indigenous People in Ecuador Call for “Permanent Mobilization” – Indigenous representatives and leaders have issued a call for [...] more >>
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Poland: Demonstration in support of the Rozbrat squat, Poznan, 8 March 2010
from email, 9 March 2010: "On Monday, 8th March, about 50 people from Rozbrat squat Collective made a demonstration in front of the gate of Poznan International Fair Center, where a congress of local councils from all over Poland was taking place. Shouting slogans “City is not a company. Rozbrat stays!”, the anarchists blockaded the gate. Many cars with the officials were forced to turn back..." more
Reclaim the Future 5: A vast day/night party event in a liberated, occupied space in London, 5 September 2009
from email, updated 6 September 2009: "Reclaim the Future 5 is a vast all-day all-night information and party event in a liberated, self-managed occupied venue somewhere in London on Saturday 5 September 2009.
* At least two rooms of live bands 9pm-4am
* DJs 4am-7am
* Cabaret * Workshops and stalls all afternoon - info on the arms trade, the G20, prisoner & detainee support, squatting, samba, permaculture, climate change, bike repair, and more... more
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