Europe
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European Parliament Elections Results Country by Country
Across Europe political parties opposed to globalisation, unaccountable elites, uncontrolled immigration and fascism have won several seats in the European parliament, and are poised to win further success in national elections, heralding a victory for what the liberal establishment and money serving media (MSM) tools of the globalist elite term ‘right wing’ Continue reading
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Joe Higgins, “the Best Fighter Money Can’t Buy,” Elected as MEP
“This is a roar of opposition by ordinary people in Dublin to the savage policies of the Fianna Fáil-Green Party government in making working people and the unemployed pay for a crisis caused by speculators, by big developers, and by big bankers, facilitated by Fianna Fáil.” — Joe Higgins Continue reading
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Guillaume Andreux and Charlotte Pello, “Ken Loach: ‘Make the Interests of Ordinary People Come First’”
Hundreds of thousands of people are now abandoning the old way of doing politics, tired of the establishment that has caused the current social situation. If we don’t take advantage of this moment, we may have to wait another 15 to 20 years before finding a new political opportunity. That’s why I think the NPA… Continue reading
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Nebojsha VUKOVIC (Serbia) NATO: slaughter of civilians and drugs
While NATO exists, there will exist such parallel stories: the one about the alliance’s humanitarian mission, the other (which is less frequent) about death and destruction NATO is guilty of. Continue reading
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United Europe Represses the Right to Protest Against NATO By Ivan Drury
On April 4th the leaders of the NATO member countries met on the French-German border in Strasbourg France for the 60th anniversary of NATO. A major demonstration was organized to oppose this meeting, the occupation of Afghanistan, and to call for the dismantling of NATO. Continue reading
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Serb Demonization as Propaganda Coup By Edward S. Herman
With Yugoslavia no longer useful as an ally after the fall of the Soviet Union, and actually an obstacle as an independent state with a still social democratic bent, the NATO powers aimed at its dismantlement, and they actively supported the secession of Slovenia, Croatia, the Bosnian Muslims, and the Kosovo Albanians. Continue reading
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“I Am a European Roma Woman” (Directed by Farkas Csaba, Bársony Katalin, and Kohut Péter)
This campaign film by Amnesty International and Mundi Romani drawing attention to the importance of women and the complexity of the Roma identity Continue reading
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ROME DIARY: MARCH 2009 UPDATE—FASCIST TIMES IN THE LAND WHERE LEMON TREES BLOOM By Gaither Stewart
The disconcerting reality behind the statistic is that while Italy ages and Italians produce less children, immigration is providing the growth of the nation that until a few decades ago was an emigration country and Italian workers spread over north Europe. Continue reading
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How Ireland Went Bust By Harry Browne
The unemployment rolls in the Republic of Ireland are growing by more than 30,000 per month. It might not sound like a lot, but on a straight per-capita comparison, in a state of some four million people, that’s more than three times worse than what’s been afflicting the US. Continue reading
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Inside the rebellion in Greece
A look at the roots of Greece’s ongoing uprising, and the youth at the center Continue reading
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THE ALTERNATIVE CONSULTATION ON EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS POLICY
Please take a few moments to complete the survey and have your say on EU justice and home affairs policy: Continue reading
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Let’s turn the ‘civil war’ into a media war By William Bowles
I must say that the independent media have done a damn good job in exposing the sham that is the ‘civil war’ in Iraq. However, before we get all righteous, the corporate/state media still need to be called to task over their distorted and misleading coverage, replete with every stereotype; ethnic, religious, ‘tribal’, et al,… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 15 December 2005 (42/05)
15 December 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU-USA: Rendition and removing refugees raise the same issue – transit flights 2. EU: European Parliament votes in favour of “deal” on mandatory data retention 3. EU Presidencies of the Council of the European Union: 2006-2018 4. Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill 5. Council of Europe… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 5 December 2005 (41/05)
5 December 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU: Commission proposes compulsory registration of NGOs 2. EU: Two reports on Human Rights Proofing EU Legislation and Scrutiny of Subsidiarity 3. EU: More openness or just a drop in the ocean? The need for Freedom of Information in the EU 4. EU: Mandatory data… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 23 November 2005 (40/05)
23 November 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU: Biometric EI ID Cards to be introduced by the back door 2. EU: Opinion of the Advocate-General on the European Parliament’s case on EU-US PNR deal 3. Russia: UK Human rights lawyer deported 4. UK: Health on-line: public attitudes to data sharing – NHS… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 10 November 2005 (39/05)
10 November 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news Observatory on the surveillance of telecommunications in the EU UK-EU: Data retention and police access in the UK – a warning for Europe UK: Statement from the families of the men who have been detained pending deportation France: Statement opposing the state of emergency UK: Top… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 1 November 2005 (38/05)
1 November 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU: Mandatory data retention – Guide to the issues and documents 2. UK: Information Commissioner’s report on the ID Card Bill 3. UK: Home Office reports on racial incidents 4. European Civil Liberties Network (ECLN) 5. Spain: “Transparency and silence” report on freedom of information… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 27 October 2005 (37/05)
27 October 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news “ESSAYS ON CIVIL LIBERTIES AND DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE” A collection of sixteen Essays were specially written for the launch of the “European Civil Liberties Network” (ECLN) on 19 October: www.ecln.org Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 12 October 2005 (35/05)
12 October 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU: Data retention: Council to back down over legal basis, but asks EP to rush through 2. EU: European Ombudsman finds Council has given no valid reasons for continuing to legislate behind 3. EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 12 October 2005, Luxembourg 4. Italy:… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 28 September 2005 (34/05)
28 September 2005 — Statewatch Full contents see: www.statewatch.org/news 1. EU: The UK presidency has drawn up draft Council conclusions on regional protection 2. EU: Terrorist recruitment: a Commission’s Communication 3. EU: Civil society letter to MEPs on data retention proposals 4. EU: Final text of the European Commission proposals on the mandatory retention 5.… Continue reading
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