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  • Alleged Mossad spy arrested in hit-squad case
    12 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    By JUERGEN BAETZ, Associated Press Writer Juergen Baetz, Associated Press Writer – Sat Jun 12, 2:26 pm ET
    BERLIN – An alleged Mossad spy from Israel wanted in connection with the hit-squad slaying of a Hamas agent in Dubai has been arrested in Poland, officials said Saturday.
    The man, using the name Uri Brodsky, is suspected of working for Mossad in Germany and helping to issue a fake German passport to a member of the Mossad operation that allegedly killed Hamas agent Mahmoud (…)

  • IRLANDE : IPSC Calls for huge mobilisition
    4 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Flotilla Deportees to Speak at Mass Demonstration in Dublin Date(s) : 5 Jun 2010
    Time(s) : 2:00PM
    Area : Dublin
    Venue : The Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Sq
    Flotilla Deportees to Speak at Mass Demonstration in Dublin on Saturday
    IPSC Calls for huge mobilisition Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
    Press Release - 2nd June 2010, 4.30pm
    The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has called a mass demonstration for 2pm this Saturday in Dublin at which the Freedom Flotilla (…)

  • Global systemic crisis – From «Eurozone coup d’Etat» to the tragic solitude of the UK
    18 May 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Global systemic crisis – From « Eurozone coup d’Etat » to the tragic solitude of the United Kingdom, the pace of global geopolitical dislocation accelerates Public announcement GEAB N°45 (May 16, 2010) -
    Just as anticipated by LEAP/E2020 in issues N°40 (December 2009) and N°42 (February 2010), spring 2010 really marks a tipping point of the global systemic crisis, characterized by a sudden expansion due to the intolerable size of public deficits (see issue N° 39, November 2009) and the (…)

  • Join the Facebook page in solidarity with the people of Greece "Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay"
    9 May 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
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    "On May 5, there will be a general strike in Greece. It would be a good idea for the European movements to make of this day a day of solidarity to the Greek people and international resistance to the IMF-EU neoliberal policies." Yannis Almpanis (member of the Network for Political and Social Rights)

  • Europe Attacks Kurds
    16 March 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Europe Attacks Kurds Garbis Altinoglu, 13-15 March 2010
    Facts and Fallacies At 5 A.M. on March 4, Belgian police raided the offices of ROJ TV, the voice of Kurdish people, BDP’s European office and several other addresses in Belgium. 30 people were taken into custody, including Remzi Kartal and Zubeyir Aydar and several journalists. Belgian media sources said around 300 officers took part in raids in Brussels, Antwerp and other Belgian cities. The Belgian police put (…)

  • We work, we strike
    3 March 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Vittorio Longhi
    The 1 March protests saw immigrant workers in Europe down tools to raise awareness of the discrimination they face
    A peaceful and colourful spectre seems to be haunting Europe. It’s a grassroots movement of migrants and activists claiming for participation and protesting against discriminatory immigration laws in France and in Italy. Monday 1 March, the first "day without immigrants, 24 hours without us" cannot but be considered a milestone in foreign workers’ fight (…)

  • Nude Protest: Airport Body Scanners in Germany (video)
    1 March 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The underwear bombers Christmas Day attack has prompted calls for the increased use of full-body scanners at airports.
    So to protest, members of the Pirate Party in Germany organized a fleshmob of people who stripped down to their skivvies last Sunday and converged on the Berlin-Tegal airport.
    The protesters marked their bodies with a number of messages such as, Something to hide? and Be a good citizen — drop your pants.
    One woman has the word diaper scrawled on her lower back with an (…)

  • Letter sent by ELDH to the european governments about Western Sahara
    25 February 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Letter sent on 02/24/2010, by Mr Thomas Schmidt, General Secretary of European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) to the european governments :
    Dear Sir/Madam,
    With interest but also with great concern we have read the Statement by the Council of the European Union after the Eighth Meeting of the EU-Morocco Association Council, dated 7th December 2009.
    We fully agree with the statement of the European Union when mentions the need of “promotion of human (…)

  • The reform of the fisheries policies to be discussed in the EP
    22 February 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    The European Parliament will hold a mini plenary session in Brussels this week (24-25 February). The reform of the common fisheries policies is one of the items on the agenda. The EPs opinions on the EU’s fisheries policies have become very important, since the institution now has full co-decision rights within this area. I think that one particular area of the fisheries policies of the EU deserves special attention, namely the fisheries agreements with developing countries.
    The (…)

  • Spanish Politician’s Image Used in Damaging Photograph
    17 January 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Roomy Naqvy
    This is off the wires right now and is recent news. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has used the photograph of a Spanish lawmaker as part of a digitally enhanced Osama bin Laden picture, angering him. They have subsequently expressed regrets for the procedure. It is the leftist lawmaker, Gaspar Llamazares. He was justifiably angry at the mix-up. Llamazares’s grey hair, jaw line and forehead were simply pasted by an FBI technician and no one bothered to cross check (…)