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  • Nuclear train death: "Strategy to scare us"
    30 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Göttingen (Germany) anti-nuclear activists have reflected on the dangers of railway actions after a train killed one in France. The following was stated at a demonstration by the AntiAtomPlenum Göttingen on 8 November, a day after Sébastien Briat died:
    “Perhaps for many of us it became clear for the first time yesterday that it is not just a cat-and-mouse game we play, we have to play, every year.
    ”But the fatal accident in Avricourt did not come from nowhere. In earlier years it was a (…)

  • Talks start on a calmer Palm Island
    28 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    Police and community leaders were holding talks following a riot by residents angered over a death in custody on Palm Island, off the north Queensland coast.
    After a quiet night on Palm Island, police were hopeful for an end to the emergency situation declared on Friday when angry residents set fire to the police station, courthouse, a police officer’s house and a stolen police car.
    Police said about 80 officers had been flown in from nearby Townsville, Cairns and Brisbane and had (…)

  • Bush assassination plot foiled in 2001
    26 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    In the summer of 2001, just months before 9/11, George W. Bush flew to Genoa, Italy to attend the economic summit of 8 leading industrialized nations. What did 50,000-80,000 protesters have to do with a terrorist assassination plot? Nothing.
    July 21, 2004 (revised Nov 26, 2004) 2nd-Op
    The G8, as it’s called, includes the leaders of Germany, France, Russia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Britian and the United States. They met in Genoa in late July 2001, 7 weeks before 9/11. 7 weeks before the (…)

  • Rioters burn Palm Is police station
    26 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A riot has broken out in the Indigenous community on North Queensland’s Palm Island, after the release of an autopsy conducted on a man who died in police custody.
    Authorities are trying to restore law and order on the island, and armed police are being sent from Townsville.
    Up to 300 islanders have stormed the police station, setting fire to it with a petrol bomb. They also destroyed the police residence.
    Fire officials trying to control the blaze have reportedly been threatened by (…)

  • Protest plans force Bush to curtail Ottawa visit
    26 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Levon Sevunts
    TORONTO - President Bush won’t have to rescue his Secret Service bodyguards during his upcoming visit to Canada as he did recently in Chile, Canadian security officials said. But with thousands of protesters expected to demonstrate against Mr. Bush, the White House decided to cut short his visit to Ottawa and travel to Halifax instead. Mr. Bush is expected to be in Canada on Tuesday and Wednesday on his first official visit to the country since his re-election. (…)

  • Canada : protesters get ready for Bush visit
    26 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Rick Grant
    Despite U.S. President George W. Bush’s efforts to avoid booing by giving a speech in Halifax and not in Parliament, protesters are preparing to yank the welcome mat from underneath his feet when he arrives in Nova Scotia next week.
    The venue change has not kept protesters from mobilizing to rally against Bush in Halifax.
    Tamara Lorincz, a spokeswoman for the Halifax Peace Coalition told The Canadian Press that her group is promising a peaceful but "very bold and creative (…)

  • On the Spot: Moving On with MoveOn
    25 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    MoveOn mobilized hundreds of thousands before the election. This weekend, almost 20,000 people met to tell them what they should be doing next. But can they turn all that energy into a unified progressive vision?
    by Rachel Neumann
    The waiting list was long; only a lucky 60 people found their way to this San Francisco location on Sunday, Nov. 21. With a friend in common - the progressive online organization MoveOn.org - conversation came easily; they converged on the San Francisco loft, (…)

  • Chilean police arrest 120 demonstrators against globalization, Bush
    18 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Around 120 protesters were arrested here Wednesday after they crashed with police in a rally against globalization and US President George W. Bush, who will arrive here for Saturday’s economic leaders meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
    Some 500 protesters, most of them from university and middle school, marched along the main Alameda street in downtown Santiago,chanting slogans against globalization and President Bush.
    The police used tear gas to disperse (…)

  • Why signing the Petition to Congress to investigate the 2004 Election is vitally important now
    13 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Why signing the Petition to Congress requesting an investigation into the Presidential Election of 2004 is vitally important Rick Gagliano | November 13, 2004
    While the media overlooks the obvious - that six Congressmen have called for a GAO investigation into electronic voting, that Ralph Nader has initiated a recount in New Hampshire, that the Green and Libertarian candidates are pushing forward with plans for an Ohio recount, that Bev Harris at BlackBoxVoting.org has filed a massive (…)

  • Calm Before the Storm
    12 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Rick Gagliano | 11/12/04 Is the sizzle off the steak, or are we on a break? Today feels like a typical Friday in some ways, in others it is quite unusual. It’s gotten quiet in my email box, though citizens across America continue to sign the petition at a steady, measured pace not unlike that of a growing, advancing army.
    The media still has not picked up on the petition, though I note that all efforts - including Moveon.org’s petition to Congress, Ralph Nader’s call for a recount in (…)