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Mauritanian coup poses test of international commitment to democratic transformation ISN 2008-08-17 2:30 PM
The newly installed 11-man military junta has moved quickly to assert its authority in recent days, naming former ambassador to Belgium Moulaye Ould Muhammad Laghdaf as prime minister Thursday in a move clearly designed to curry favor in Brussels and placate international concerns regarding the potential for further instability. "The French have also played a pretty significant role on the security front," Porter said, explaining that Paris admitted that French security advisors were involved with Mauritanian security services after a French voice was audible in amateur video of a firefight with Islamic militants posted on the internet. The junta appears particularly concerned to placate US, EU and French concerns regarding its future actions and will be seeking the gradual reinstitution of bilateral ties and aid ahead of early elections. In doing so, Abdel Aziz has sought to play on the military's role in anti-militant operations, cemented through involvement in the US Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative (TSCTI, 2005) and earlier Pan-Sahel Initiative. Abdel Aziz has criticized Abdallahi for allowing alleged Islamic militants to be freed via the court system, indicating that junta rule will bring a tougher stance and likely interference in judicial jurisprudence. "The US has been the destination for most Mauritanian oil so far and you also have the French [involved] to a certain extent," Zounmenou said. The seeming decision by major foreign investors and companies, active in the country's few major export industries, to continue with business as usual will serve as a major boost to the junta as it seeks to convince the international community of the viability of its rule. The generals have been seen as pro-business," Porter said. A source tells ISN Security Watch that the junta has moved quickly behind the scenes to reassure business partners and boost foreign investment particularly in the economically crucial extraction industries. Asked if Paris and Washington would be pressuring the military to hand back the reins of power to Abdallahi, Porter said, "No […] The priority for the US and Paris would be on maintaining state stability, pushing the military council towards holding new elections but not undermining the state's overall viability." (text/plain)

Support Eric Speaking Tour Headed Your Way... Sacramento Prisoner Support 2008-07-25 8:56 AM
We're hitting the road... (text/plain)

What Will It Take to Defeat the War? Internationalist Group 2008-07-17 5:43 PM
On June 28-29, an “Open National Antiwar Conference” was held in Cleveland, called by a newly minted National Assembly to End the Iraq War and Occupation. Over objections from the conference organizers, centrally Socialist Action, the assembly voted to change the name to include reference to the war on Afghanistan, and to emphasize the connection with U.S. backing for the Zionist occupation of Palestine. (The sponsors of the confab were so right-wing that they feared losing “unity” with Democratic Party supporters of Israel and the Afghanistan war!) What did not change at all was the popular-front character of the new outfit, tying it to the bourgeois parties despite the fig leaf of electoral “independence.” Making this utterly clear, it was decided not to call a national antiwar mobilization prior to the November elections explicitly in order to court those forces who wish to aid the Democrats (and therefore want to avoid making problems for the presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama). Here is the leaflet issued by the Internationalist Group at the conference. (text/html)

BTL:Colombia Hostage Rescue Weakens Rebel Group, Could Initiate Peace Talks Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2008-07-12 9:16 AM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

VP Candidate: Congress receives failing grade on flood disasters Stewart A. Alexander 2008-06-23 2:24 PM
Socialist Party USA and Peace and Freedom Party deeply regret the unfortunate events that have created a great lost for so many in the Midwest. Both socialist parties are demanding that Congress end the funding for the illegal Iraq War and invest in socially useful jobs that will create employment opportunities and good paying jobs for millions of working people rebuilding the U.S. infrastructure and providing immediate relief for all flood victims. (text/plain)

USAID May Outsource Global Cash-Distribution Function thepeacockreport 2008-06-22 2:23 PM
"Someone in the State Department or at USAID likely already is planning to leave government service and enter the private sector to get that contract," the source said. "That's just how things are at State. You can be sure that there's an official or a group of officials who are currently making plans to start their own company, use their inside connections to secure the contract, and become millionaires at the expense of the average working stiff." (text/plain)

Extreme Telecomm Surveillance Being Rammed Through Friday x 2008-06-19 11:30 PM
call now! (text/plain)

Eric McDavid Update Sacramento Prisoner Support 2008-06-19 8:41 PM
Eric was finally able to call yesterday... (text/plain)

Tuesday, June 17th - Call-in for Bashir Hameed Anarchist Black Cross 2008-06-15 6:48 PM
There will be a 'Call in' on Tuesday June 17th between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight time (7-10am pacific time) in support of political prisoner Bashir Hameed. (text/html)

Eric McDavid Moved to Victorville Sacramento Prisoner Support 2008-06-13 9:01 PM
Eric McDavid moved - new address (text/plain)

Daniel McGowan Transfered - Threat of Madison Grand Jury Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan 2008-06-12 2:55 AM

Daniel McGowan has been moved to the Columbia County Jail in Portage, Wisconsin. The reasoning for his move is unknown, but could be related to an as yet to be convened grand jury in nearby Madison. (image/jpeg)

Some Good News about the Environment Gregory Esteven 2008-05-27 7:26 PM
Discusses the successes of the land trust movement as well as the importance of the Farm Bill, which was re-enacted by the US Congress earlier in May. (text/plain)

Open Letter to Black America in Support of Cynthia McKinney various 2008-05-20 2:28 AM
Cynthia Mckinney has demonstrated that she wants, and is fighting for, real, systemic change; which is the only change that will address the health care, employment, judicial, and environmental needs of all people. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Breakdown FM: Arab Hip Hop in Full effect-The Nakba pt1, 2, 3 ytzhak 2008-05-19 9:58 PM

So this year Isreal celebrated its 60th anniversary and many western world leaders including our tyrannical president George Bush went over to the middle east to celebrate.... In San Francisco Arab Hip Hop artists from all over the country gathered at Civic Center plaza to let their voices be heard. They used music as way to bring people together communicate their anger and frustrations. The day long festival was a one of a kind event and we captured many of the moments. ...We close out our interview with longtime community activist Kali Anku of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. He talked to us about the importance of building solidarity and connecting the plight of those displaced in new Orleans with those displaced in Palestine. (image/jpeg)

BTL:Group Demands Answers on Bush Surveillance of Guantanamo Attorneys Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2008-05-19 2:03 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

Eric McDavid Update Sacramento Prisoner Support 2008-05-11 6:31 AM
post sentencing update (text/plain + 1 comment)

May Day Strike Against the War Shuts Down All U.S. West Coast Ports Internationalist Group 2008-05-05 3:37 AM
On May 1, every port on the West Coast of the United States was shut down to demand an end to the U.S. war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. The historic May Day walkout by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is the first time ever that an American union has struck against a U.S. war. The union ranks defied the rulings of an arbitrator, who twice ordered them to go to work. They overcame the capitulations of the ILWU leadership, which didn't want the work stoppage in the first place, tried to water it down and cowered before the threats of legal action while waving the flag. The employers' Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) declared the May 1 port shutdown an "illegal strike." But after all the huffing and puffing from the bosses' mouthpieces, the dock workers pointed the way to defeating the imperialist war by mobilizing working-class power. In the end, it was more than a work stoppage. The dock workers' May Day strike against the war was a first step, a show of what it will take to bring down the warmongers in Washington. Their "symbolic" action was felt all the way to Iraq, where dock workers in two ports stopped work in solidarity with the ILWU. But it was only a beginning. What is needed is not only industrial action but a political offensive against the Democrats and Republicans, the partner parties of American imperialism, to build a class-struggle workers party. (text/html)

MAYDAY ALERT -- TEXAS UPDATE SFC Donald Buswell 2008-05-04 11:31 PM
Four veteran military professionals continue to update the public about the Mayday Alert, which is becoming the most discussed false flag analysis in recent US history. (text/plain)

BTL:Pentagon War Propaganda Operation Exposed Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2008-05-02 3:32 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain + 1 comment)

“50 Shots Equals Murder!” John Tarleton 2008-04-30 7:58 AM
Sean Bell Supporters Take It to the Streets on Friday (text/plain)

You are invited to Mountain Justice Summer 4 Vicente Rosa 2008-04-24 6:48 PM
Mountain Justice Summer Camp 
May 17 - 23 
Harlan County, Kentucky (text/plain)

Anarchism in Venezuela, past and present El Libertario, Venezuela 2008-04-17 11:47 PM

* This is a brief outline of the libertarian footprint in the history of Venezuela, prepared by members of the Collective Editorship of El Libertario www.nodo50.org/ellibertario. We hope that this serves as a useful point of reference for those who are interested in the subject. (image/jpeg)

Eric McDavid Update - New Address and Sentencing Sacramento Prisoner Support 2008-04-16 6:38 AM
Eric has a new address and sentencing moved...again (text/plain)

Increase in Repression in Oaxaca anon 2008-04-16 6:34 AM
The repressive and violent environment suffered by the people of Oaxaca has increased in the last few months. Kidnappings, detentions and assassinations have continued to be a policy of the State in Oaxaca, used by the Government of Ulises Ruiz to stop our people's legitimate struggle. We now wallow in the death of our comrades Teresa Buatista Merino and Felicitas Martínez Sánchez who were ambushed and assasinaed this past week on April 7, 2008. (text/plain)

Obama Purges All Anti-War Volunteers x 2008-04-16 12:42 AM
who owns ya baby? (text/plain)

WHEN THE US CONGRESS DENIED THE MASSES OF AMERICANS THEIR POSSIBLE FREEDOMS! Lawyers For Poor Americans 2008-04-15 11:39 PM
When the wealthiest country in the world continues to allow the enslavement of the tens of thousands of their own innocent Middle Class and Working Poor to decades of false imprisonment,it's time to ask for International help!Currently there are reported to be 100,000 falsely imprisoned Americans living along with the estimated 2,000,000 US prison population nationwide.America now has the very unique distinction of not only being rated the #1 in the World for having the largest prison population,but America also has the distinct rating of having the largest wrongfully imprisoned prison population in the World as well.Our US Congress affords themselves all the perks and salary most Americans could only dream about,but ask anyone of these Leaders Of The Free World to protect our Middle Class or Working Poor Americans from continuing to be falsely imprisoned endless decades due to the lack of federal appeal legal counsel being afforded them, and you just might be thought of as being crazy? (text/plain)

National Petition to End Sweatshops and Slavery in the Fields mega 2008-04-07 9:16 PM
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) - an organization of low-wage workers based in Immokalee, Florida - has launched a national petition campaign to demand that Burger King and other food industry leaders work with the CIW to improve the wages & working conditions of the workers who pick their tomatoes, and join with the CIW in an industry-wide effort to eliminate modern-day slavery & human rights abuses from Florida's fields. (text/plain)

BTL:Iraqi Government Assault on al-Sadr's Militia Fails Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2008-04-05 5:07 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

African Americans Are Spellbound H. Lewis Smith 2008-04-04 3:29 AM
African Americans from all walks of life—ranging from doctorate degree owners, academia professionals, ministers, politicians, or corporate executives, to ill-educated people—share a commonality when it comes to the n-word: They are mesmerized by its hypnotic influence. (text/html + 1 comment)

Not One More, War Clare Bayard (repost) 2008-04-03 10:57 PM
A deeply moving reflection on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War -- 4,000 soldiers lost and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis -- and the importance of military resistance, historically and in the present. (text/plain)

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