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HAITI: Profit-Driven “Slum Reconstruction” Will Cost “Hundreds Of Millions”
Three years after its star-studded launch by President René Préval, actor Sean Penn and various other Haitian and foreign dignitaries, the model camp for Haiti’s 2010 earthquake victims has helped give birth to what might become the country’s most expansive – and most expensive – slum. Continue reading
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BRICS from Below!
In Durban, South Africa, five heads of state meet on March 26-27, to assure the rest of Africa that their countries’ corporations are better investors in infrastructure, mining, oil and agriculture than the traditional European and US multinationals. The Brazil- Russia-India-China-SA (BRICS) summit will also include 16 heads of state from Africa, including some notorious… Continue reading
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Video: NATO vs The 1st Amendment
This video shows the early stages of the growing Chicago movement against the newly minted extraordinary police powers ordinance (dubbed the “sit down and shut up” laws). Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street Newslinks 5-6 October 2011
6 October 2011 — williambowles.info Wall St Occupation: ‘All wronged by corporate forces are our allies’ Green Left Weekly issue #782 Today at 12:28 peter_b The declaration published below was unanimously passed by all members of Occupy Wall Street on September 29. It is the first official document for release. Receive an official press copy Continue reading