March 15, 2010
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GM Food: get the facts first
The EC has just allowed GM crops into Europe, ignoring the concerns of the public. I’ve signed a petition for independent research and a moratorium on GM crop development. With 1 million citizens’ signatures, we can make an official legal request to the European Commission. Sign below and let’s get to 1 million Continue reading
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Pambazuka News 473 12 March, 2010: Links & Resources (Pambazuka Editor)
1. Action alerts, 2. Announcements, 3. Zimbabwe update, 4. Women & gender, 5. Human rights, 6. Refugees & forced migration, 7. Social movements, 8. Emerging powers news, 9. Elections & governance, 10. Corruption, 11. Development, 12. Health & HIV/AIDS, 13. LGBTI, 14. Environment, 15. Land & land rights, 16. Food Justice, 17. Media & freedom… Continue reading
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Bernd Kramer, "Zimbabwe's Land Reform Is Common Sense" By Grasian Mkodzongi
Zimbabwe’s land issue has generated unprecedented debates both within and outside the country. The debates, which followed the dramatic occupations of white farms by rural peasants in the late 1990s, are generally polarised between those who support radical land reform and those who support market-orientated reforms. The former stand accused of supporting Mugabe’s regime while… Continue reading
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2010 Phyllis Clarke Memorial Lecture – Operating in the Obama Moment: Challenges for Progressives
Bill Fletcher Jr. is a longtime labour and international activist and the former President and chief executive officer of TransAfrica Forum. He is the executive editor of The Black Commentator, and founder of the Center for Labor Renewal. His latest book is Solidarity Divided. Continue reading
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Danish Anti-terror law imprisons Irish writer for supporting FARC and Venezuela’s Bolivarian process
The next e-mail I will be getting from my compatriot Patrick Mac Manus will be from jail … he has just been sentenced to 6 months prison by a Danish judge for collecting and donating money to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Continue reading
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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) welcomes landmark EU court ruling, calls for intensifying grassroots BDS
According to the Fourth Geneva Convention, all Israeli colonies are illegal and constitute war crimes. The BNC calls on all 27 member states of the European Union to implement the court’s findings in full and without delay, as a first step towards a full ban on Israeli colonies’ products. We also urge the citizens and… Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 1145 15 March 2010: THE ANTI-WAR MAJORITY IGNORED BY POLITICIANS
The British Army is taking casualties at a level not seen since the 1950s, with six British soldiers killed in as many days earlier this month. The United Nations reported recently that Afghan civilian deaths doubled in 2009. Two thirds of the British public believe the war is unwinnable and all the troops should be… Continue reading
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Russell Tribunal on Palestine-What’s next?
The Barcelona session focused on EU obligations and failings. The London session will focus on corporations profiting from the occupation but also on labour rights in Palestine-Israel and the role third party States play in letting those violations take place. Continue reading
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Len Aldis Interview on Agent Orange
15 March, 2010 — Len Aldis Continue reading
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The Decline of Israel: Interview with Jonathan Cook
In a wide-ranging interview with the New Left Project, Nazareth-based journalist Jonathan Cook describes the increasingly repressive nature of Israeli society and the prospects for a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict Continue reading
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Israeli assassination procedure
Targeted Killing is a procedure that allows the IDF to kill suspects in Terror without trial if the IDF has reasons to believe the killing will prevent future terror attacks and that an arrest it not possible. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 