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Relentlessly, Israel's war on Gaza continues.

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By David Correia

"What has been the consequence of labor's embrace of conservative politics and financialization? Pension fund values have collapsed, public sector employees are under assault, benefits have disappeared and layoffs are commonplace."

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By MICHAEL MARQUSEE - August 25, 2010

Swaziland is a small country with a big problem. The 1.3 million inhabitants of the land-locked southern African kingdom live under the thumb of one of the world’s last absolute monarchies, a venal and repressive regime whose plunder of the country is systematic and comprehensive.

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By Yossi Sarid - 18.08.10

Zionism has 70 faces, and each of us has the right to chose the face he prefers. If the face of Zionism resembles that of Im Tirtzu and its funders, we should consider a face transplant.

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August 24, 2010

Locally-based activists...are mounting a picket line at the Port of Vancouver's Delta Port facility at Roberts Bank, south of Vancouver, as part of a mounting international campaign to put pressure on the government of Israel...“The behaviour of the Israeli government has been going from bad to worse...We are going to be out there today to tell Zim and other Israeli companies that their business won't be allowed to continue normally as long as Israel's blockade on Gaza continues...”

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By Tim Kennelly - August 25, 2010

On March 13, 2008, Canada's Parliament voted to extend the country's military “mission” in Afghanistan to July 2011. The motion by the minority Conservative government was supported by the opposition Liberals. The war makers correctly estimated that fixing an exit date would deflect mounting opposition to the war among the Canadian public and buy time for Canada's continued participation.

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By Krystalline Kraus - August 25, 2010

I am updating yesterday's post with the information finally released from the Ontario Attorney General regarding the official tally of the G20 related charges from Monday, August 23, 2010. To do the math, 1090 were arrested on G20 related charges and only 227 people remained charged after Monday's court hearings.

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By Pratap Chatterjee - August 25, 2010

...[T]he mission of their military-led “provincial reconstruction team”...appeared to be in direct conflict with those of the “capture/kill” team of special operations forces...whose mandate was to pursue Afghans alleged to be terrorists as well as insurgent leaders. That team was leaving a trail of dead civilian bodies and recrimination in its wake.

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By Neve Gordon - August 25, 2010

As Israeli citizens, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman want us to prove our loyalty to the flag by supporting a policy of oppression and humiliation. We must champion the separation barrier in Bi’lin and in other places throughout the West Bank...We are also expected to bow our heads and remain silent every time government ministers, Knesset members and public officials make racist statements against Arab citizens.

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By Autonomous Resistance - August 22, 2010

A 28 page...zine...that provides a brief history of the Black Bloc and the autonomist/anarchist movements from which it arises in W. Europe and N. America.

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Obama's bogus pullout belies the daily violence in Iraq, a nation destroyed, and belligerently occupied for the duration.

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By Krystalline Kraus - August 24, 2010

Of the 1,090 people picked up during the G20 Summit, only 303 were charged and told to appear in court on August 23, 2010. Of the 303 charged (by rough estimate; the Attorney General said official stats were forthcoming), 100 people (nearly a third) had their charges dropped or diverted if they agreed to contribute to a charity, do community service or sign a peace bond.

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What Washington did to Haitians is being repeated in Pakistan.

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By Stefan Christoff - August 24, 2010

Under fluorescent lights at the U.S./Canada border, south of Montreal, questions on the war in Iraq and the Palestinian Intifada were fired towards me by officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security..."Can you tell me what you think about the war in Iraq?" questioned the young American man in uniform.

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By PETER GELDERLOOS - August 23, 2010

The main targets of [the "War on Terror"] are Muslims and Middle Eastern or South Asian immigrants, radical environmentalists, and anarchists. In one sense, not so much has changed, as immigrants also bore the brunt of the Red Scare. The resounding difference is the general silence outside the most directly affected communities...How many people today even know the names of Tarek Mehanna, Marie Mason, and Eric McDavid?

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Colombia is a corrupted fascist narco-state and America's closest South American ally.

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