More of the Same Is Not Health Care Reform, It's a Placebo

A well-considered discussion of scenarios that may occur post Peak Oil.

This is the fifth of a seven part series

Statement by Eowyn Rieke, wife of Brian Conley. Brian Conley had been involved with Indymedia for many years, including working on some collaborative Indymedia video projects. He has worked on media and human rights issues in the United States, the Middle East, and Latin America (particularly in Mexico).

Friends, Comrades, Artists, Writers, anyone with a Camera,

The fight against the NAFTA Superhighway in Southern Indiana is in full swing! On May 19th, the first tree sit went up in the branches. Over two weeks later, it's still there and growing! This marks the beginning of this Summer's direct action campaign against I-69... but only the very beginning. There's more to come, and we need to find ways to document and publicize everything that is and will be happening.

Viewpoint Indymedia Antwerp concerning law affair against protest against slaughter

The controversy of racist material emanating from within IMC UK continues. A recent attempt from a local collective to break the deadlock was rebuffed and the block on hiding the offending material restated.

Mr. Arthur Topham, publisher of The Radical Press in Canada, has become the latest free speech target for the Israel Lobby. Is North America destined to go the way of Western Europe by designating and prosecuting "thought crime"?

We are progressive, caring, socially advanced, egalitarian and freedom-loving Anti-Zionists. Here we present to you our Grand Marching Song. Set to John Philip Sousa. All together:

There is mounting evidence that military and police forces in charge of “security" for the SPP Summit in Montebello, this past weekend deployed "provocateurs" in order to instigate violence.

Many people have already seen the powerful video evidence posted to the YouTube website by independent journalist Paul Manly. The five-minute clip shows a remarkable scene near one of the green zone police lines, where a set of three “provocateurs", dressed as protesters and wielding rocks, are confronted by a group of trade unionists and young protesters, who suspect them of being police agents.

The video and photo evidence are shared in an Montebello-Indymedia article (follow the link below)

You can view recent pictures from Montebello here>>

More soon... including those you may add !

Two Indymedia on the current SPP "summit"...

With the illegal “war on terror,