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EUROPEAN WORKING GROUP "ENLARGEMENT TO THE CEEC"
Report and decisions taken by a Working Group’s meeting at the European Preparation Assembly (AEP) in Istanbul, April 16-18 2004
The meeting was held at the initiative of the old II ESF 2003 Working Group "Enlargement to the East", on the basis of the balance-sheet and proposals after the Paris Saint-Denis II ESF (8-pages document distributed previously in English, French and Polish on the different electronic lists; see proposals in part (…)

I. Practicalities. 2
A. Locations. 2
B. Transport between venues. 2
C. Sessions and timings. 3
D. Accommodation. 3
E. Registration. 3
F. Websites and email 3
G. Note on translation/interpretation. 4
H. Office space. 4
I. Programme. 4
J. Culture. 5
II. Organising structure and process. 5
K. European Assembly. 5
L. UK Organising Committee. 6
M. Affiliation to UK Organising Committee. 6
N. Organising Committee Meetings. 6
O. UK Co-ordinating Committee. 7
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By Gavin du Venage in Cape Town
April 27, 2004
SOME of the worst human rights violators of the apartheid era, including a man who helped kill 14 civilians while they slept, have been employed as security contractors in Iraq.
A South African killed in Iraq two weeks ago once worked for a secret apartheid death squad known as the Civil Co-operation Bureau. The CCB specialised in assassinating civilians who sympathised with black liberation movements.
Gray Branfield, 55, was the latest (…)

– featuring-
Topical Singer/Songwriter JUDY GORMAN Punk-Folk
Troubador KIRK KELLY Labor Singer JOHN PIETARO
Activist/Poet/Musician ATIBA KWABENA Unionist Spoken
Word Collective 3 POETS 4 PEACE
Celebrate May Day, the international day of the
worker, in NYC’s historic Union Square Park. This
concert will feature music and poetry, traditional
and new, in an open-air setting in the shadow
of Gandhi’s statue. May Day is the people’s
holiday, (…)

Geneva convention ’breached’, agencies warn Tash Shifrin http://www.societyguardian.co.uk Aid agencies have warned that the Geneva convention is being breached in Falluja, Iraq, amid serious concern about the safety of civilians in the city where at least 600 people have been killed by coalition forces.
The medical emergency charity Merlin has issued a sternly worded statement, saying its fears for the safety of people in Falluja were "based on our experience on the ground (…)

It’s Personal
Skye Perryman
Nearly a million people from more than 60 countries flooded Washington, D.C. Sunday to participate in the March for Women’s Lives, a demonstration that called for reproductive freedom, healthcare, family planning, and rights for women both in the United States and abroad. The march issued a call to action against the Bush Administration’s persistent efforts to thwart reproductive choice and streamline healthcare and resources for women.
Prior to the march a (…)

by Howard Zinn
It seems very hard for some people—especially those in high places, but also those striving for high places—to grasp a simple truth: The United States does not belong in Iraq. It is not our country. Our presence is causing death, suffering, destruction, and so large sections of the population are rising against us. Our military is then reacting with indiscriminate force, bombing and shooting and rounding up people simply on "suspicion."
Amnesty International, a year after (…)

Around 150 former Italian activists, condemned in Italy for actions linked with the political and social upheaval of the 1970s, have emigrated to France. Since 1981, they have been legally residing there on the promise made by the former French President Francois Mitterrand. He promised that they would always have safe refuge there so long as they renounced their past political activities, did not go underground, and did not involve themselves in politics. Some of them are now being unfairly (…)

Sign it NOW :
Almost 50 organisations and movements from some 20 European countries are on the Chernobyl Memorial day April 26th launching a European Campaign for collecting 1 million signatures against nuclear power.
For a period of maximum one year, the aim is to collect signatures and activate more organisations to join the campaign in order to convince all European countries to take the following measures without delay : to stop or prevent the construction of new nuclear power (…)

April 19 - Tyranny Day
By Christopher di Armani
Throughout history, April 19th is a day of resistance to tyranny. Funny, really, that governments the world over would choose to persecute their citizens on the same day, year after year. Guess those too stupid to learn from history truly are condemned to repeat it.
April 19, 1775 - Lexington and Concord. Those pesky American Minutemen decided they weren’t about to take any crap from British troops determined to take their arms.
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