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  • Hundreds excluded from ’antisocial’ forum
    15 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Matthew Tempest
    A near stampede marred the opening ceremony of the 2004 European Social Forum in London last night, as up to a thousand rain-soaked activists were barred entry to the Southwark Cathedral reception.
    Up to two thousand delegates queued in the London dusk and repeated cloudbursts for the event which was due to kick off the three-day conference of European global justice activists, only to find around half turned away. A potentially dangerous bottleneck was created as (…)

  • Debate 3 - John Kerry wins again, sweeps debates
    14 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Steven Leser
    John Kerry made history last night. He is the only Presidential candidate in history to shut out an incumbent President three to zero in Presidential debates. The faces of the Bush campaign people in the after debate discussion said it all. Once the Gallup poll came out that showed Kerry won 52% to 39% their faces dropped and they started attempting to downplay the effects of the debate on the election. But, their words were inadequate to spin away what their expressions (…)

  • Echoes in the Wind
    14 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Manuel Valenzuela
    At once hauntingly real, philosophically placid and fictionally captivating, Echoes in the Wind takes us on a journey both into the deepest regions of humankind’s inner demons as well as our greatest qualities. Through the eyes and introspections of its characters, Echoes in the Wind manifests human realities, dreams, conditions and histories that resonate a warning to us all, an echo in the wind trying to awaken us to our true reality, not the charade we have been (…)

  • ESF radio from rampart
    14 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    Announcing ’radio rampART’, set up to provide coverage of the ESF in London over the next few weeks...
    http://radio.indymedia.org:8000/rampART.m3u
    It’s up now, for testing purposes, so ’tune in’ and let us know how it sounds.
    Streaming from the Indymedia icecast server in the USA, our feed will loop various segements from previous events plus some live stuff as we test the system and learn the ropes during the next few days.
    By next days, on the run up to the ESF, we should be (…)

  • Double Standards and Curious Silences. Amnesty International: A False Beacon?
    14 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by PAUL de ROOIJ
    Given the current escalation of Israeli depredations in Gaza and the daily US bombings of Falluja, it is interesting to examine Amnesty International’s (AI) statements on the situation. AI is widely viewed as an authority on human rights issues, and thus it is of interest to analyze its output on these recent events. Careful scrutiny of AI’s record reveals that, its typical response to the daily obscene deeds by either Israeli or US armies is a few barely audible (…)

  • ’Corporate’ ESF sparks rival conference
    14 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Matthew Tempest
    A rival counter-conference to this week’s European Social Forum in London is being planned to protest at the "hijacking" of the anti-war, global justice event by mainstream organisations and individuals such as the trade unions and the mayor of London.
    This week’s ESF - the third annual meeting of leftwing and environmental activists from across Europe - is expected to attract around 20,000 people from across Europe for three days of debate. It will culminate in a (…)

  • ESF London : delegates gather to put world to rights
    14 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    20,000 campaigners expected to discuss challenges posed by globalisation and neo-liberalism
    by Tania Branigan
    Padmanabhan Krishna Murthy had only just arrived in London, but yesterday afternoon he had one matter on his mind: how to find Marx’s grave in Highgate cemetery.
    Its inscription - "Workers of all lands unite" - seemed an apt summary of the reason for his latest trip. The Indian trade union leader is one of hundreds of overseas delegates who have arrived in London for the third (…)

  • James Baker’s Double Life : A Special Investigation
    14 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Naomi Klein
    When President Bush appointed former Secretary of State James Baker III as his envoy on Iraq’s debt on December 5, 2003, he called Baker’s job "a noble mission." At the time, there was widespread concern about whether Baker’s extensive business dealings in the Middle East would compromise that mission, which is to meet with heads of state and persuade them to forgive the debts owed to them by Iraq. Of particular concern was his relationship with merchant bank and defense (…)

  • An exhibition of Iraq war
    13 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    An exhibit that speaks directly to our hearts and reminds us of the human cost of war.
    by Mary Ellen McNish
    Over 1,000 pairs of empty combat boots tagged with the names of U.S. soldiers who died in the Iraq war ­ will be displayed, together with a 24-foot “wall” of names and incidents identifying Iraqi civilian deaths.
    The Eyes Wide Open exhibition is a multimedia journey through the words, images, and sounds of the Iraq war. Visitors move through a vivid memorial to the war’s soldier (…)

  • Breaking Ranks
    13 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    More and more U.S. soldiers are speaking out against the war in Iraq — and some are refusing to fight.
    by David Goodman
    After returning home to Pennsylvania, Mike Hoffman founded Iraq Veterans Against the War. "You realize that the people to blame for this are not the ones you are fighting."
    MIKE HOFFMAN would not be the guy his buddies would expect to see leading a protest movement. The son of a steelworker and a high school janitor from Allentown, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in the (…)