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Zapatistas: Intergalactic encounter The Zapatistas from Chiapas, Mexico, announce their plans for a intergalactic encounter “from below and from the left”. Intergalactic because they struggle for “a world in which all worlds can fit”....
Posted: Sat, Nov 26, 2005 8:52am PST
APEC: mass protests and political tension in South Korea Angry protestors clashed with police outside the 21-nation Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting held in the South Korean port city of Busan last weekend. Like protests against Bush’s recent visit to Latin America, the demonstrations of South Korean workers and farmers expressed widespread hostility to the global capitalist order and Washington’s criminal war in Iraq....
Posted: Fri, Nov 25, 2005 6:17am PST
Wake-up Walmart Black Friday Nov 26 Action Send Walmart corporation the message that we don't want sweatshop products and a union busting corporation in our local community!!...
Posted: Tue, Nov 22, 2005 4:42pm PST
A Debate: Does Wal-Mart Work or is it a High Cost for Low Price? Wal-Mart - the world's largest retailer - has been in the headlines recently with the release of a new documentary "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" that criticizes the company's labor practices. A film defending the company, "Why Wal-Mart Works: And Why That Makes Some People Crazy," has also been released. We host a debate over Wal-Mart with the communications director of Wal-Mart watch and the filmmaker of "Why Wal-Mart Works."...
Posted: Fri, Nov 18, 2005 8:10am PST
Defend the uprising of the youth of France DEFEND THE UPRISING OF THE YOUTH OF FRANCE
DOWN WITH THE ‘CHIRACAILLE’
FOR THE SOCIALIST UNION OF EUROPE
For two weeks, a huge revolt of the most neglected, humiliated and downtrodden youth of the neighborhoods and ghettos ringing the big cities has shaken France and has profoundly moved Europe and the whole world....
Posted: Mon, Nov 14, 2005 6:11pm PST
McChesney Interviews Robert Greenwalt, producer of the film "The High Cost of Low Prices." Media Matters features host Bob McChesney in conversation with a Robert Greenwalt, the filmmaker of OutFOXed, and now an exposee of WALMART's business practices....
Posted: Sun, Nov 13, 2005 4:11pm PST
US Senate feigns outrage over big oil’s windfall profits The joint hearing of the US Senate’s Energy and Commerce committees on oil profits Wednesday had its comical side. Republican and Democratic lawmakers, many of them millionaires themselves and recipients of fat campaign contributions from the oil companies, feigned dismay and even outrage over the vast sums that have poured into the coffers of big oil—and the pockets of its CEOs—as a result of soaring fuel costs over the past several months....
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 7:58am PST
Why US big business is pleased with Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court President Bush’s nomination of Samuel Alito to fill Sandra Day O’Connor’s seat as an associate justice meets the demands of the corporate elite for another vote on the Supreme Court to slash government regulation of business operations. Alito has, at the same time, expressed sufficiently reactionary views on “hot button” issues such as abortion to placate the religious extremists who torpedoed last month’s nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers....
Posted: Wed, Nov 9, 2005 6:29am PST
Failed Policies, Marginalization Sparked Riots: Jose Bove PARIS, November8 , 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – A prominent French anti-globalization activist blamed the worsening urban unrest on failed government's integration policies as well as the social and economic marginalization of immigrants....
Posted: Tue, Nov 8, 2005 2:24pm PST
The Fox In The Henhouse: How Privatization Threatens Democracy We speak with Si Kahn and Elizabeth Minnich, authors of the new book, "The Fox In The Henhouse: How Privatization Threatens Democracy" that exposes the damage privatization has done in several areas of society including, schools, prisons and the military....
Posted: Mon, Nov 7, 2005 7:25am PST
Two Social Movement Leaders Detained: Crackdown in Colombia November 4, 2005
Two Social Movement Leaders Detained
Crackdown in Colombia
By PHILLIP CRYAN...
Posted: Fri, Nov 4, 2005 7:27am PST
Buy Nothing Day ~ TARGET WAL-MART 
The Buy Nothing Day holiday (BND) has caught on somewhat and may very
well be one of the best vehicles we have in terms of getting to a
healthier, happier, saner, sustainable way of life. With that in mind
the following is a collection of ideas about what we can do to make
BND more effective by bringing it to America's largest corporate
retailer known as WalMart. If you are down with these ideas (and want
to make them more effective) please repost and forward this article by
email and/...
Posted: Fri, Nov 4, 2005 2:44am PST
Nov. 2, 2005, a Glorious Day to Drive Out the Bush Regime in mid-Pac A lively day of anti-Bush Regime activities rocked the peaceful mid-Pac paradise of Honolulu yesterday. In the pre-dawn morning, 6 giant & colorful banners--bearing "STOP the WAR," "End the Occupation," & "Drive Out the Bush Regime" were hung over the rush-hour traffic at 3 overpasses on the H-1 freeway & the Pali Hwy. That was just the beginning of a lively & provocative Day of Resistance events......
Posted: Thu, Nov 3, 2005 1:30pm PST
Bush bird flu plan includes windfall for pharmaceuticals giants President George W. Bush’s announcement Tuesday of a $7.1 billion plan to combat the threat of an avian influenza pandemic has drawn criticism from scientific experts and the state and local authorities mandated to implement much of the program....
Posted: Wed, Nov 2, 2005 10:34pm PST
Bush faces mass protests, opposition to trade pact in Argentina Wracked by multiple political crises at home and receiving the lowest approval rating for any recent US president, George W. Bush is leaving the country Thursday to face an even more hostile audience....
Posted: Wed, Nov 2, 2005 6:54am PST
F-U-H2: Introducing the official H2 salute 
Introducing the official H2 salute. Fuck you and your H2!...
Posted: Tue, Nov 1, 2005 11:58am PST
Energy companies announce record profits amidst soaring prices for US consumers This week, the major international energy companies announced sharp increases in profits for the third quarter. The energy giants are benefiting from a prolonged period of rising energy costs, exacerbated in September by the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The record profits are being paid directly from the pockets of millions of Americans, who face increased gasoline prices and the prospect of sharply higher home heating bills during the winter....
Posted: Sat, Oct 29, 2005 12:00am PDT
Wal-Mart’s myth is shattered. All eyes on “secret” memo. On Wednesday, the New York Times broke the story of a secret Wal-Mart Board of Directors memo obtained by Wal-Mart Watch. Today, just 24 hours later, millions of people around the world are discovering the true ruthlessness of Wal-Mart's business practices....
Posted: Thu, Oct 27, 2005 9:38pm PDT
Geldof, Bono and Live 8 Are Blairpoop and Bushit. 
Today the U.K. newspaper The Independent published an article by Stuart Hodkinson which finally exposes the truth about Bob Geldof and Bono...
Posted: Wed, Oct 26, 2005 9:10pm PDT
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