November 16, 2009
- John Chuckman

During his trip to Asia, President Obama called for the government of Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi, a noted dissident who has spent years under house arrest.

It made headlines, a fact which tells us more about the role of media as an outlet for government press releases than in communicating genuine news.

Obama’s was hardly a brave or innovative act when you consider that it is a universally-condemned military junta keeping Aung San Suu Kyi penned up.

Dear Washington, it's time for a divorce.

Today, November 5th, a province-wide day of action is taking place as part of the “Campaign for a Poverty Free Ontario”. In Toronto, a rally and a march on the financial district are organized by the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP – www.ocap.ca). This day of action aims to denounce the consequences of the ongoing crisis on the workers and the thousands of people condemned to survive in often unbearable conditions of poverty.

This booklet tells the story of an activist over a period of about 35 years. For him, it is an easy enough transition from nationalist to Maoist groups, for almost all of them are fundamentally nationalist, with the Stalinist justification of the concept of "socialism in one country" for the latter.

We have just published a booklet, "From Nationalism to Internationalism."

* The latest demonstration of political criminalization of autonomous social movements by the Venezuelan government is exposed by Rafael Uzcategui, a member of the anarchist collective El Libertario.

As this text is written, Lusbi Portillo, professor at Zulia University (in Maracaibo) and environmental activist in solidarity with the indigenous movement is in hiding to protect his life and physical integrity. During the events of October 13 in the Sierra de Perijá two yukpas were killed and five more wounded in a conflict arising from the demarcation of indigenous land. The regional police announced that an arrest warrant against the professor for “drug possession” was imminent. This is not the first time the professor is criminalized for his active solidarity with the demands of the original peoples, but because the way the events are evolving – an investigation of the events has been decreed “national security” by the authorities – he decided to take preventive measures by going into hiding.

Looking at health inequalities in Canada, and how class and nation have affected the course of the H1N1 pandemic here, and what is likely in the months to come.

The purpose of this virtual exchange forum would be to encourage discussion between groups of the communist Left.

An analysis of The Climate Cahnge Challenge and the failure of Democracy, by David Shearman and Joseph Wayne Smith (Praeger, Westport, Connecticut, 2007, 181 pages).

If only humanity had the wit to reap the benefits this golden opportunity provides..

Greeks , Jews,immigrants and roma people are trying to beat the occupation of their country from Hrisa Afga! We are calling every internationalist comrade to help us!

http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=1095275

READ THIs article, very carefully,and translate it... You will find a very important information about the situation in Greece... Wherever you search, even in Athens Indymedia, you will face the tolerance of Greeks, even anarchists to the palikaria (karagiozides) of Hrisa Afga....

Awarding Obama/Soetoro - or whatever they call the by them selected next 'front man' in the White House - the Nobel Peace Prize, reminds most people of the unbelievable awarding of this Prize to another infamous global war criminal: Henry Kissinger. Vietnam was still burning in 1973, and Le Duc Tho, who was supposed to share the Peace Prize with Kissinger, said the whole 'Nobel Prize business' was 'dishonorable'. Obama and the 'Norwegian Nobel Committee' again prove whom they work for...

The full story about the dark roots of the Nobel Medal. It's not noble at all. http://tinyurl.com/ygwyzdv

- Henk Ruyssenaars, Foreign Press Foundation

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DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY WEALTH~CARE FOR ALL THE HEAVILY INVESTED INTERNATIONAL AND AMERICAN BILLIONAIRES IN THE CURRENT U.S. HEALTH FOR THE WEALTHY SYSTEM WILL NOT END ANYTIME SOON... IT WILL ONLY BE RE~ARRANGED TO MAKE SURE ALL THESE MEGA CAPITALISTS PROSPER IN JUST ANOTHER FASHION **

Workers belonging to the Coalition Against Contractualization (KONTRA) today marched to Mendiola to mark the anniversary of the signing of Proclamation 1081 that imposed Martial Law 37 years ago and to reaffirm their vows to never again let the country slip into darkness.