You know the scene. At gatherings of the world's elites, mostly nonviolent protests against war, against globalization marginalizing more and more people suddenly turn violent. While there are some on the left who do not exclude damage to property, even the most militant know that the police provoke violence in order to frighten away all protesters. And so most … [Read more...] about G-20 violence the result of agents provacateurs? Not the first time for Canada
Japan Tobacco Kills People and Lies: (JT 2007: We don’t believe smoking causes cancer. JT 2010: We never said that)
Recently Roger Pulvers wrote a piece criticizing JT saying that smoking does not cause cancer, followed by a rebuttal by JT claiming that it never said any such thing. Hideyuki Yamamoto of JT lled. In fact, the very same person quoted recently by Pulvers, a Toshimasa Kurita, said it in 2007, in this piece by Al Jazeera (Pulvers' article and the JT rebuttal afre … [Read more...] about Japan Tobacco Kills People and Lies: (JT 2007: We don’t believe smoking causes cancer. JT 2010: We never said that)
Chinese Intellectuals Protest Expoitation by Honda, Foxconn, Unfair Working Conditions
Position Statement of Old Revolutionaries on the Present Upsurge of Worker Action in Chinahttp://chinastudygroup.net/2010/06/old-revolutionaries-on-the-present-upsurge/ by Li Chengrui, et al. | 13 June 2010 | 2 Comments | Last modified: 13 Jun 9:34 pm Chinese version below and on Critique & Transformation. Translator’s note: “Regarding the present upsurge of worker … [Read more...] about Chinese Intellectuals Protest Expoitation by Honda, Foxconn, Unfair Working Conditions
From the Ground: BP Censoring Media, Destroying Evidence (and US Gov helping them)?
Published on Friday, June 11, 2010 by The Huffington Post by Riki Ott Orange Beach, Alabama -- While President Obama insists that the federal government is firmly in control of the response to BP's spill in the Gulf, people in coastal communities where I visited last week in Louisiana and Alabama know an inconvenient truth: BP -- not our president -- controls the … [Read more...] about From the Ground: BP Censoring Media, Destroying Evidence (and US Gov helping them)?
Close the U.S. School of Torture: Protester released from jail
/rotate.phpJudge Faircloth Change of Heart?Michael Walli Released from Jail!Today, only three days after he was sentenced to six months of federal prison for carrying the protest against the School of the Americas onto Fort Benning, Michael Walli was released from jail.Early Thursday, Michael was ordered to pack up his belongings from his jail cell. He expected that he would … [Read more...] about Close the U.S. School of Torture: Protester released from jail