Trade
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ACTA in UK: 10 years in jail for ‘illegal downloads’
UK web surfers have caught a grim glimpse of the future with Internet users being threatened with 10 years in jail for “illegal downloading” after a prominent music file-sharing site was shut down shortly after Britain signed the notorious ACTA bill. Continue reading
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NATO Has Failed Libya’s Stricken Civilians By Charles Gray
By setting up the conditions for his fall, since it was NATO airpower that ultimately defeated Gaddafi, not the rebels, NATO and the nations advocating intervention bore full responsibility for the consequences. Continue reading
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ACTA: “Usurps Congressional Authority”, “Threatens Numerous Public Interests”, “Backroom Special Interest Deal”, a “Masquerade”
Now everyone is talking about ACTA. But – because ACTA is complicated, and is just starting to receive coverage – most are not sure exactly what ACTA really is, or why we should be concerned about it. We’ll give you an executive summary of what you need to know. Continue reading
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Anonymous calls for anti-ACTA rallies, Poland suspends bill — RT
A wolf in sheep’s clothing – that’s how ACTA opponents have described the international copyright treaty. Thousands are to protest in Sweden on Saturday while in Poland the legislation has been suspended after attacks on government websites. Continue reading
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What is ACTA? – Max Keiser
Although the proposed treaty’s title might suggest that the agreement deals only with counterfeit physical goods (such as medicines) what little information has been made available publicly by negotiating governments about the content of the treaty makes it clear that it will have a far broader scope and in particular will deal with new tools… Continue reading
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Meet ACTA- PIPA and SOPA’s Big Brother
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is an international treaty that threatens free speech and your privacy online. Imagine if your ISP could censor their networks, police what you did online, and with greater ease turn your information over to authorities. That’s the danger that ACTA poses, and it’s got to be stopped. Continue reading
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SOPA, PIPA and now ACTA Newslinks 19-24 January 2011
25 January 2012 — williambowles.info 012 As cyberspace turns its attention to the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, has been quietly signed or ratified by most of the developed world and is arguably the biggest threat to Internet freedom yet Max Keiser and Stacy HerbertYesterday at 17:57 Continue reading
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An ACTA of war: secret censor tool to shake up world wide web
As cyberspace turns its attention to the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, has been quietly signed or ratified by most of the developed world and is arguably the biggest threat to Internet freedom yet. Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: January 6, 2012
6 January 2012 — Stop NATO Five NATO Soldiers Killed In Southern Afghanistan Azeri Role In Afghan War: Trade-Off For NATO Support In Caucasus Canadian Warship In NATO Mission In Mediterranean. Strait Of Hormuz? U.S., Israel To Hold Unprecedented Interceptor Missile Exercise ‘Peacekeeping’ In Thailand: Swedish NATO Officer Dies In Crash Continue reading
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#OWS and the Young Trade Unionists by Mark Nowak
If you head down to the IBEW Local 24 Union Hall Auditorium on W. Patapsco Avenue in Baltimore on the first Tuesday of any month, you’ll encounter a meeting of an energetic group of young union members from the Metro Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area. Continue reading
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November 30 Strike: student planning meeting tonight, plus demo details
As you’re probably aware, on Wednesday 30 November millions of public sector workers will be taking strike action across the country. A full list of unions taking action on the day is available here, but what’s clear is that N30 it set to see a major stepping up of resistance to austerity in the UK. Continue reading
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Make war, make money: UK profits from Libya mess — RT
First, British bombs tore it apart. Now, British companies will get paid to put it back together. Libya is open for business, and UK firms are being encouraged to join the gold rush. Continue reading
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Make war, make money: UK profits from Libya mess — RT
First, British bombs tore it apart. Now, British companies will get paid to put it back together. Libya is open for business, and UK firms are being encouraged to join the gold rush. Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street and then the World Newslinks 7-10 November 2011
10 November 2011 — williambowles.info 10 November 2011 Introducing the Robin Hood tax Links – International journal of socialist renewal Today at 13:09 Notes from a talk at Occupy Wellington on October 29, 2011, to coincide with the #RobinHood global march By Grant Brookes, Tax Justice Campaign (New Zealand) The campaign for a Robin Hood tax Continue reading
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#OWS, Times Square, and the Global Labor Movement By Mark Nowak
Trade unionists I’ve spoken with around the world have related, over and again, how participating in the occupy movements have transformed their opinions. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 17 August 2011: Save Yourselves, Not Obama / Black Libya City Falls / Prez Bachmann
17 August 2011 — Black Agenda Report – News, commentary and analysis from the black left It’s Too Late To Save The Obama Administration. Can We Still Save Ourselves? By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Two and half years into the Obama presidency, some of us spend more time mooning over pretty pictures of Continue reading
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South Africa Tells Exactly Why It Is Terrified Of A Walmart-Massmart Merger
The sheer scale of Walmart’s international operations made government’s intervention necessary. Walmart’s revenue is estimated to be $408 billion – larger than South Africa’s GDP. In 2004, Walmart, if it was measured as a country, would have been China’s 8th largest trade partner and would have a GDP larger than 75% of countries worldwide. In… Continue reading
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