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http://www.no-fortress-europe.eu/sh... These days, immigration is one of the main issues on the European Union’s agenda. Currently, the European Parliament is debating a proposal for a directive establishing "Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegal staying third-country nationals". The proposed directive is (...)
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by Bellaciao Paris

Worldwide news & intergalactical scoop, especially for you, on Bellaciao: let The Team introduce you to the first video ever realized from A to Z (nigggthhhts of hard work :)) by Biche, Sirieix, Thom, Dr Furioso, La Louve, Bellaciao Collectif, 3x0, Le Scarabée, recorded, engineered and mixed Farra Vox studios: "SILVIO MON AMOUR"

Our italian friends, comrades and compatriots are about to chose new parliamentarian, new government on the 13d and 14th of april...what a harsh choice - well we have to admitt, it’s not that easy to choose between "Lovely left rainbow-bears" or "Mister Rotten"?! :)

No, we’ kiddin’... & please, have no hesitation: "VAFF... SILVIO" !!

Please enjoy this little jewel, thought and made joyfully by us (with our little nimble hands, yes yes!) for you, and, above all, don’t forget: send Buffoonsconi back to the backroom of History, for good.

(Bella)Ciao tutti.
Dr Furioso, Thom, Charlie, Brunz et La Louve
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By European Left

1. The agreement on a mandate for a new IGC to work out a new EU Treaty decided by the Heads of State during the last European Council is a clear sign of the lack of added value of this governmental Europe for the improvement of citizens’ life.

The governments have decided to include in a new Treaty and through amendments of the previous ones the main part of the Constitutional Treaty – rejected by the French and Dutch peoples. The Party of the European Left criticises this decision for two reasons: its methods and its substance.
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An evening proposed by the association SURVIE and the CIJS (Justice for Thomas Sankara International Collective), with the support of Bellaciao Collective and the Parisian circle of the Italian Communist Refoundation Party.

Commemoration of the 19th anniversary of Thomas Sankara’s death.

Movies presentation:

“Captain Thomas Sankara, requiem for a murdered president” in the presence of the producer Ms Thuy Tiên Yo
Sankara commited to memory” in the presence of the director Michael Phelippeau
“When Sankara...” an Armand Gauz short film, in the presence of the director
Debate with the directors, Odile Sankara, Paul Sankara and Bruno Jaffré
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The Party of the European Left (EL) has appealed to the heads of the European Union (EU) and European governments to play a more active role in the present conflict in the Middle East.
In a statement adopted August 1 by the EL executive committee, the organisation says it is bewildered by “the weak, irresponsible position of the EU and European governments with seats on the UN Security Council, faced with the necessity to exert maximum pressure on all (...)
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1 comment (AGI) - Rome, Aug. 11 - The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Fausto Bertinotti, has sent the Frammartino Family a message of condolences for the death of the young man killed in Jerusalem.
"The news of the violent and tragic death of Angela has profoundly saddened and distressed me," writes Bertinotti. "The humanitarian commitment and the spirit of solidarity of a young man serving the people and the primary needs of a population devastated by war and terrorism have a very high civil (...)
More... If you want to answer... (AGI) - Rome, Aug 11 - Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema send a message to the relatives of Angelo Frammartino, the young man killed yesterday in Jerusalem.
"I am deeply grieved by the terrible news which has reached you, I would like to express my profound condolences for the loss of your son, who died tragically while on a very appreciated humanitarian mission.
On this occasion, I would like to express my hope that light be shed on the cause and the responsibilities of the event as soon (...)
More... If you want to answer... Rome, Aug 11 - "I was consternated and anguished to hear the news of the barbaric murder of young Angelo Frammartino, who was involved in a mission of solidarity for Palestinian children.
This brutal murder is part of the violence which is upsetting the entire region," wrote Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in a message to the CGIL Secretary General, the ARCI President and the Mayor of Monterotondo.
"It must be ended as soon as possible through more effort from the international (...)
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Rome, August 11 - A 24-year-old Italian aid worker was stabbed to death in Jerusalem on Thursday evening.

Israeli police described the murder of Angelo Frammartino as a politically motivated "act of terrorism".

Police detained five young Palestinians during the night, but later released them without charge.

Frammartino, a law student from the town of Monterotondo near Rome, was working as a volunteer at a summer camp for Palestinian children run by Italian trade union CGIL.

He was stabbed twice in the back and once in the throat at about 8pm during an evening out in the Israeli capital.

People in his home town described him as a polite, cheerful, conscientious young man.
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8 comments Taking into the most serious consideration the ongoing war in Lebanon as well as the military oppression of the Palestinian people, particularly in the Gaza strip,
Considering the shocking news on the growing humanitarian catastrophe the ongoing battles in South Lebanon and the air rides on civilian targets in almost all parts of Lebanon create for the people of that country,
Realizing the results of the political talks a delegation of the Party of the European Left had with politicians and (...)
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Il Manifesto

Fausto Bertinotti, Secretary of the Italian Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), talks to Valentino Parlato, founding editor of the Communist daily Il Manifesto, about the challenges facing the next center-left government, the challenges to Marxist orthodoxy posed by the powerful rise of democratic mass movements, and the development of the Party of the European Left, a project which Bertinotti is leading in Italy. (Translated by Vittorio Longhi)

These days much has been said and written about Fausto Bertinotti, the political shifts he has taken, and his innovative and even daring approach to the problems faced by the Italian and European left. One afternoon recently, the editor-in-chief of Il Manifesto, Gabriele Polo, political editor Cosimo Rossi, and I went to talk with him. The result was a useful and thought-provoking conversation, full of interesting digressions.
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2 comments The Emerging New Euroleft
by Hilary Wainwright Manchester
From my desk in the north of England, the grass seems considerably greener—or the poppies redder—across the water in Europe. Here in Britain political look-alikes compete frenetically for the center ground, and politicians of the radical left are sidelined by a grossly disproportionate electoral system. In contrast, Norway’s Left Socialist Party is part of the government; Italy’s radical Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (...)
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Information on General Election in Italy 2006

The result of our party is excellent: Rifondazione has increased its votes everywhere, both in percentage and in absolute votes: from 5% achieved at the 2001 election to 5.8% at the Chamber of Deputies or lower house (from 1,867,712 votes to 2,229,604) and 7.4% at the Senate, the upper house (from 1,707,175 to 2,518,624). 41 MPs will represent our party at the lower house (instead of 11) and 27 senators at the Senate (instead of 3). This is the largest parliamentary representation ever achieved by Rifondazione. We are moreover the second-largest party at the lower house and the third-largest one at the Senate within the Union coalition.

On last 9 and 10 April elections for the lower house and the upper house (for voters over 25) took place with about 47 million Italians eligible to vote. The turnout was very high: 83.6%, which is the largest participation in the past fifteen years.
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by Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Police fought running battles with rioters in central Paris last night as youths attacked officers with bangers, bottles and concrete at the end of a mass demonstration against a youth employment law that has caused a political crisis for Jacques Chirac’s ruling party.

Trade unionists and student leaders said up to three million people took to the streets across France yesterday - the second time in eight days that the country has seen its biggest street demonstrations in almost 40 years. The protests, including one by hundreds of thousands of students and scholars who marched through central Paris, were mainly peaceful.
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On the 9th of April there will be the general election in Italy.

For the first time Italians living abroad can use a postal vote to participate in the election and vote for constituency representatives, and one of the constituencies is Europe.

In this election there will be a coalition of the parties in the left (DS, Margherita, Italian Comunists, Rifondazione Comunista, Democratic Socialist and Green) called UNIONE which has as the prime mininster candidate Romano Prodi. You will find the programm and all the information on www.unioneitmondo.it

Silvio Berlusconi is unfortunatly well known in Britain also for the recent scandal which involves David Mills, Tessa Jowell’s husband. He is accused of corruption having payed money to produce false evidences in his favour.
More... If you want to answer... We, the European Left, gathered in Athens on the 29th and 30th of October, 2005, acknowledge that the crisis currently afflicting Europe has no borders, and that the neo-liberal policies decided upon in Brussels and by the national governments are to blame for it. These choices have been made over a period of many years, and the result is in front of our eyes, now.
We also acknowledge that the peoples of Europe, who have suffered most from these policies, are fighting against them and (...)
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See below the EL Executive Board motion to the 1st Congress of the Party of the European Left, Athens 2005.

Introduction
1. building peace
2. building another economic model for a social Europe
3. building participatory and radical democracy
4. building alliances

INTRODUCTION

The first Congress of the Party of the European Left is being held at what is truly an "extraordinary" time: today we are faced with the huge challenge of opening a new political and social cycle in Europe. Since 1 May 2004 we have been living in an enlarged European Union of 25 member states, witnessing new developments in the European continent that are added daily. People in all European countries - no matter whether EU members or not - wonder what our continent will look like in the future. It is not only possible today to build up "the other Europe"; it is essential.
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We invite all italians to partecipate to primary election the 16th of October and vote for Fausto BERTINOTTI.

There will be elections in Italy on the 6th of April 2006, and in preparation for this the coalition of the left is holding primaries to choose the candidate who will run against Berlusconi.

The poll will take place on Sunday 16 October from 9am til 10pm in a place TBC. All Italian citizens currently living in every countries in the world, even temporarily (i.e. students to, for instance), have a right to vote in the primaries.

We would be grateful if you could send this message to all the Italians you know who live in your country, to let them know this is happening. All those who are interested in voting should contact us at bellaciao@riseup.net

Here the list of polling stations in the world :
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Dear friends,

we would like to ask your help in disseminating this message.

There will be elections in Italy on the 6th of April 2006, and in preparation for this the coalition of the left is holding primaries to choose the candidate who will run against Berlusconi.

We recently formed the Bellaciao Collective of Great Britain, a group dedicated to supporting the political activities of the progressive sections of the Italian diaspora in the UK (more on the group at the end of this message). Through this group we have now obtained the establishment of a polling station in Manchester for the primaries of the left coalition.
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