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  • DEAN REED, AMERICAN REBEL
    17 December 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By David R. Hoffman
    From the beginning he was destined to become an “American Rebel.” Even his name presaged this reality. Dean, his first name, was the last name of the actor James, who became a cultural icon after his 1955 appearance in the movie Rebel Without a Cause. Unfortunately that same year, just as this twenty-four-year-old actor was beginning to enjoy his fame, he died in a car crash.
    His last name was Reed, shared with the radical journalist John, an eyewitness to the (…)

  • Globalisation and the Media (+ video, 21’)
    14 December 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    A documentary exploring how the mass media shape public opinion on the ’War on Terror’ and economic Globalisation. Offers a wide range of viewpoints from broadcasters, journalists, alternative media activists, and news editors. We investigate the bias of Television news during the protest blockades of the IMF and the G8 summits.
    Includes a shocking report on state suppression of alternative media in Europe. Discover how new technology, such as the internet and camcorders, is challenging (…)

  • Diaries from troubled times
    7 December 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Natasha Greenblatt
    American college student Rachel Corrie was 23 when she was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip, March 16, 2003. Some of her emails home, released by Corrie’s parents after her death and serialized in The Guardian newspaper, caught the attention of British actor Alan Rickman. After receiving a large package of previously unreleased journals, emails, and to-do lists from Corrie’s parents, Rickman and journalist Katharine Vinerthey edited them into a play. (…)

  • The University That We Want in France
    4 December 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    An appeal by teachers at the University of Paris-VIII Vincennes - Saint-Denis - a petition to halt the "Law for the Reform of the University"
    We, teachers, researchers and members of the personnel of the University, state our categorical opposition to the Law for the Reform of the University (LRU), our total support for the student protest movement and our participation in that movement.
    Under the misnomer of “autonomy” (autonomy of management, but neither intellectual nor scientific (…)

  • DECLARATION OF WORLD AGAINST WAR CONFERENCE (LONDON, DECEMBER 1st)
    4 December 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    This conference of delegates from peace, anti-war, anti-imperialist and liberation movements across the world declares its opposition to the “endless war” prosecuted by the US government against states, peoples and movements in all parts of our planet.
    We oppose the interference of the US and its allies in sovereign states, and assert the right of all peoples to self-determination. We support all people fighting for peace and against imperialism.
    In particular, we demand:
    * An (…)

  • Dec 1st London World Against War Conference: Videos
    3 December 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Stop the War Coalition hold a successful international peace conference in London on 1st December
    The World Against War conference was a follow up to international conference hosted in 2005.
    Peace and anti war groups from South America, the Middle East, USA, South Asia, Canada and Europe participated in the conference. The conference discussed the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan and opposition to any attack on Iran. It also looked at the broader struggle against war and for (…)

  • Demolishing homes in the Empire, from New Orleans to Gaza: Rachel Corrie knew that ‘We Reap What We
    29 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    “On 16 March 2003 in Rafah, occupied Gaza, 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie from Olympia, Washington, was murdered by an Israeli bulldozer driver. Rachel was in Gaza opposing the bulldozing of a Palestinian home as a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement.”
    This was a pivotal moment for many around the world. It proved once and for all that there are brave and selfless Americans who are willing to sacrifice their lives to undo what has been done. Israel has (…)

  • Mike Robertson Arrested As He Climbs The Eiffel Tower For Burma
    20 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Filmed by a Bellaciao’s friend
    by Mick Ryan
    Mike Robertson (45) of Wareham, Dorset, the deep-water soloist, photographer and recent Banff award-winning author of Deep Water was arrested on Monday whilst climbing the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
    Mike was protesting against Total’s - the French oil company, based in Paris - continued involvement in Burma, despite the elected Prime Minister and leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar (Burma), Aung San Suu Kyi’s wishes that they (…)

  • ANTI-WAR : WHERE ARE ALL THE PROTEST GONE ?
    3 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com Posted on October 30, 2007, Printed on November 2, 2007 http://www.alternet.org/story/66433/
    Photo : http://www.whatreallyhappened.com 01/19/03
    DC PROTEST SEEN FROM THE TOP OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT
    As I was heading out into a dark, drippingly wet, appropriately dispiriting New York City day, on my way to the "Fall Out Against the War" march — one of 11 regional antiwar demonstrations held this Saturday — I was thinking: then and now, Vietnam and (…)

  • Fight the War Yourself or Just Shut Up
    27 October 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Camillo "Mac" Bica t r u t h o u t | Perspective
    Monday 22 October 2007
    Recently, at a community forum on the war in Iraq, three individuals who termed themselves collectively as the "Patriots" made the argument that the war in Iraq was, and continues to be, necessary and important to fighting the war on terrorism, creating stability in the Middle East, and perhaps, even to prevent World War Three. Interestingly, none of the three "patriots" were, are, or intend to become (…)