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Kanya D'Almeida, Inter Press Service: 'As the contagious effects of democratic uprisings radiate from North Africa to North America, New York Citys exploited workers and students are not about to let the opportunity for mass struggle pass them by. The 'Day of Rage Against the Cuts' has been in the works for over four months, one of the protests organizers told IPS, ever since New York's recently appointed Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo openly declared his intention to slash spending on public education and healthcare and lacerate the budget previously allocated to state agencies by over half a billion dollars in order to close an estimated budget gap of $10 million.'

http://www.truth-out.org/new-yorkers-rage-against-cuts68797

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Demokratie. Streikverbot. Alles wie in USA...

Die ägyptische Übergangs-Militärregierung macht offensichtlich ernst mit der Demokratie: Wie in verschiedenen Bundestaaten der USA soll es ein Streikverbot geben... Diese Paralelle zieht in einem ersten Bericht zu der Gesetzesinitiative 'Egyptian military outlaws worker actions for justice' auf der Seite des Left Labour Reporters William Rogers am 24. März 2011: http://leftlaborreporter.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/egyptian-military-outlaws-worker-actions-for-justice/

Siehe dazu auch: 'Draft Law Criminalizes the Right to Strike' die Stellungnahme des Unabhängigen Gewerkschaftsverbandes Ägyptens und des gewerkschaftlichen Beratungszentrums CWTUS vom 23. März 2011: Naheliegenderweise lehnen die oppositionellen Gewerkschafter das Dekret völlig ab und kündigen masiven Widerstand an: http://www.ctuws.com/Default.aspx?item=867

Sowie: 'Egypt: public transport workers establish independent union" am 28. März 2011 bei libcom, worin berichtet wird, dass die GewerkschafterInnen des Kairoer Nahverkehrs dafür gestimmt haben, sich aus dem alten Verband zu lösen und der unabhängigen Föderation anzuschliessen - mit über 10.000 Mitgliedern, sicher einer der Gründe, weswegen die Regierung sich bemüssigt fühlt, Rechte einzuschränken..: http://libcom.org/news/egypt-public-transport-workers-establish-independent-union-25032011

Und:'Labor protests continue in Cairo and other governorates' - ein knapper Überblick über neue Streikaktionen am 30. März 2011 bei Al Masry al Youm: http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/380803

Aus: LabourNet, 1. April 2011

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Starmail - 27. Mär, 22:45

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Confining Manning and Falling Into the Outer Darkness

Kieran Manjarrez, Woodchipgazette: 'For a brief moment, Decembers WikiLeaks scandal caused us to remember the forgotten Private Bradley Manning who was arrested in June 2010 and to this very day languishes in a perpetually lit white box, forbidden virtually all sentient stimulation or social contact... For two decades, extreme isolation and depersonalization have been standard and routine features in the American Gulag. The effects of these regimens both on individuals and on constitutional standards of justice are devastating.'

http://www.truth-out.org/confining-manning-and-falling-into-outer-darkness68793

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Starmail - 27. Mär, 22:39

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The US Constitution: A Reality Check

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/1063.html

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Starmail - 27. Mär, 14:00

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Housings Double Dip

By Mike Whitney

Prices are falling, home equity is drying up, foreclosures are at record highs, and the incentive to 'walk away' and let the bank take the mortgage-loss has never been greater.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27772.htm

US Finances Rank Near Worst in the World: Study

By Jeff Cox

The US ranks near the bottom of developed global economies in terms of financial stability and will stay there unless it addresses its burgeoning debt problems.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27770.htm

Household wealth down 23% in 2 years: Fed

The average American familys household net worth declined 23% between 2007 and 2009, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/24/pf/financial_crisis_outcome/index.htm

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Starmail - 27. Mär, 08:14

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Libyan Rebel Commander Admits his Fighters Have Al-Qaeda Links

By Praveen Swami, Nick Squires and Duncan Gardham

Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafis regime.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27768.htm

Libyan 'Revolutionaries' Arent So Revolutionary

By Against the Empire

I am amazed at the police state that they have designed and who is in power in Benghazi. It was no doubt a complete error on the part of so-called 'progressives' to take the side of these rebel forces (never mind those who hailed them as 'revolutionaries').

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27771.htm

Coalition strikes kill 114: Libya official

Mr Omar said 104 people were killed in Tripoli and the suburbs between Sunday and Wednesday, while 10 were killed in Sirte, the hometown of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, some 600 kilometres south of the capital.

http://bit.ly/fXcJuD

UK Has 350 Special Forces In Lybia Assisting Rebels

The Daily Mail can reveal there are an estimated 350 already mounting covert operations. The troops in Libya were drawn from a squadron of SAS and SBS personnel, some who have been in the country for a month and are being re-supplied with water, food and ammunition via airdrops from Cyprus.

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John McCain Was In Favor Of Supplying Military Aid To Gaddafi

In August 2009 he led a delegation of senators, including fellow hawks Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman, on a trip to visit the Libyan leader in Tripoli. Discussed during the visit was delivery of -- get this -- American military equipment to Gadhafi (a man with American blood on his hands no less).

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/22/john_mccain_libya/index.html

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Toxic Intervention: Are NATO Forces Poisoning Libya With Depleted Uranium as They 'Protect' Civilians?

Dave Lindorff, This Cant Be Happening: 'President Obamas criminal launch of an undeclared and Congressionally unauthorized war against Libya may be compounded by the crime of spreading toxic uranium oxide in populated areas of that country... Images of Libyan civilians and rebels celebrating around the burning hulks of the Libyan armys tanks and armored personnel carriers, which had been hit by US, French and British aircraft ordinance in the early hours of the US-led assault on the forces of Col. Muammar Gaddafy, could well have been unknowingly inhaling the deadly dust of the uranium weapons favored by Western military forces for anti-tank warfare.'

http://www.truth-out.org/toxic-intervention-are-nato-forces-poisoning-libya-with-depleted-uranium-they-protect-civilians68787

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Starmail - 27. Mär, 08:06

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Samstag, 26. März 2011

What Can Afghanistan and Pakistan Teach Us About Nonviolence?

David Swanson, WarIsACrime.org: "I was never even taught the name Badshah Khan. Were you?.. Khan was a Pashtun, or Pathan, as are many members of the Taliban today... Khan, like Gandhi, taught the elimination of anger and fear, and the dominance of strength, love, and courage. Khan opposed passivity, and advocated fighting with the most powerful weapon available: nonviolence... And, as people learn from those who have gone before, it is entirely possible that most of what Khan achieved has yet to happen. In fact, we are all in a lot of trouble if that does not prove true. Unless ignoring and bombing Libya, for example, are not the only two conceivable options, violence will be the end of us all.'

http://www.truth-out.org/what-can-afghanistan-and-pakistan-teach-us-about-nonviolence68771

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Starmail - 26. Mär, 22:34

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