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  • Groix Island - NO TO THE CODS BREEDING: SIGN THE PETITION !
    26 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Several people contacted us to ask if they could use our website to start a petition against a cods breeding project in the south of Groix Island (French west coast). We can only encourage this action and we have made contacts with several associations that will not fail to bring us support.
    ( image source : http://www.veganimal.info/article.php3?id_article=18 )
    “Waste from fish and food, chemical products used as disinfecting agents, antibiotics against parasites, steroids to produce (…)

  • Italian Election: Berlusconi and his fascist and populist allies have to be defeated
    24 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Interview with Mariangela Casalucci
    Italy shortly goes to the polls. This is a vital election, and the left parties, Rifondazione Comunista and Partito dei Comunisti Italiani are participating in Romano Prodi’s L’Unione coalition in an attempt to defeat Berlusconi.
    Socialist Unity Network spoke to British based Italian activist, Mariangela Casalucci.
    - Socialist Unity Network: Can you briefly explain your own political background?
    Mariangela Casalucci I am a member of Rifondazione (…)

  • A call from the Collettivo Bellaciao General election in Italy
    24 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    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 (…)

  • EVIL OR STUPID: IT DOESN’T MATTER
    22 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by David R. Hoffman
    I once saw a bumper sticker that read: “I’ve never made a mistake. I thought I did once, but I was wrong.”
    Well I have made a mistake. And today I must apologize to loyal PRAVDA.Ru readers, and to the thirty percent of Americans still enamored with the Bush dictatorship.
    George W. Bush is not evil. He’s just stupid.
    On second thought, this stupidity does make him susceptible to the Machiavellian machinations of evil men, like Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Donald (…)

  • Fearing More Unrest, French Leader Weighs Weakening Law
    21 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By CRAIG S. SMITH
    Facing crippling strikes and growing civil unrest, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin today discussed with lawmakers watering down his contentious new labor law. But union leaders, who have refused to enter into a dialogue with the government until it has rescinded the law, showed no signs of budging on their promise to mount nationwide protests and strikes next week.
    "The basic demand of the youth and of employees is that the law be withdrawn," said Gérard (…)

  • French right looks to PM for way out of crisis
    21 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Jon Boyle
    PARIS - France’s ruling conservatives looked to Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin to chart a way out of a youth jobs law crisis on Tuesday as the threat of a national strike and fresh protests kept up the pressure.
    The large public sector is expected to join a one-day work stoppage on March 28 and high school students took to the streets on Tuesday around France to demand Villepin withdraw the contract they say removes job security for young people.
    Deputies from the (…)

  • SAS soldier quits Army in disgust at ’illegal’ American tactics in Iraq
    21 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Sean Rayment
    An SAS soldier has refused to fight in Iraq and has left the Army over the "illegal" tactics of United States troops and the policies of coalition forces.
    After three months in Baghdad, Ben Griffin told his commander that he was no longer prepared to fight alongside American forces.
    He said he had witnessed "dozens of illegal acts" by US troops, claiming they viewed all Iraqis as "untermenschen" - the Nazi term for races regarded as sub-human.
    The decision marks the (…)

  • French unionist seriously injured
    21 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Riot policemen drag away an unidentified unionist from the PTT-Sud who was seriously injured on the Nation square in Paris, Saturday, March 18, 2006, during clashes between protesters and riot policemen, following a students and unionists demonstration against the First Job Contract, known as CPE.
    The unionist was unconscious and in serious condition Monday, March 20, 2006, police and hospital officials said.
    The PTT-SUD union claimed the 39-year-old man had been "violently trampled by a (…)

  • More than 1.5 Million Demonstrators : Monsieur Prime Minister, Revoke Your CPE!
    19 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by UNEF (National Union of Students of France)
    Monsieur Prime Minister, revoke your CPE [Contrat Première Embauche — First Employment Contract]!
    Once again, the demonstrations against the CPE were an enormous success. More than one and half million people poured into the streets to make the Prime Minister understand that they want the revocation of the CPE, period.
    Demonstrators in many marches exceeded 10,000, nay 100,000: more than 350,000 people in Paris in fact, 130,000 in (…)

  • France : a look at the growing revolt against CPE
    15 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin unveiled his labour law liberalisation package CPE on the 16th of January. He said that “urgent” action was needed to “bring the French labour market into the modern era”. The law would see employers hire 18-26 year olds on two year contract that would allow them to fire the youths without notice, and without explanation.
    In responce, student union bodies called for a week of meetings and mobilisation from 30th january including a call for a (…)