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  • No to the proposed European constitution ! Solidarity with the French left’s campaign to vote "No" !
    10 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The proposed European constitution, adopted by EU member states on 18 June 2004 and currently being subjected to various types of ratification in countries across the EU, is a danger to democracy. It is an attempt to impose a socially destructive and economically neo-liberal order on a European scale.
    If the constitution is adopted, life for those living in the EU will be increasingly subjected to the laws of the free market and governed by institutions which defy any form of popular (…)

  • The Dutch don’t like Bush either
    9 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Thousands protest Bush Dutch visit
    MAASTRICHT, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of anti-war activists protested U.S. President George W. Bush’s visit to the Netherlands on Saturday, saying the man who started the Iraq war should not pay tribute to those who died in World War II for Dutch freedom.
    Bush will attend a ceremony Sunday marking the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe at the Margraten battlefield cemetery 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Maastricht, where the graves of (…)

  • Schroeder asks Moscow for forgiveness - will America ever ask nation like Vietnam for forgiveness
    8 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    60 Years after the defeat of the German Nazis. The German chancellor Schröder ask Russia for forgiveness. 27 Million Russian have been killed during the WW II and these victims of war are almost forgotten.
    Instead we see Bush helding ridiculious speeches asking Russia to apologize for the occupation of Eastern Europe countries.
    Moreover the death toll created by American warfare 5 years after the D-Day is outperforming the victims of WW II.
    Also the shady deals in Chile where America (…)

  • Twenty Iraqis have been killed and 22 injured in US air attack: Poland pulls troops early 2005
    12 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Twenty Iraqis have been killed and 22 injured after US helicopters and heavy artillery bombed houses in al-Rummana village, north of al-Qaim city, Aljazeera reported.
    Seven children, six women and three old men were among the dead, witnesses said, while the injured included 13 children, seven women and two old men.
    The witnesses added that the shelling started after US forces, who landed near al-Qaim on Monday night, came under repeated attack.
    Early reports indicated one house was (…)

  • Manchester : April 2nd European day of action Demonstrate against Deportations Rally against Racism
    23 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    European day of action Demonstrate against Deportations Rally against Racism Saturday April 2nd 2005 South Manchester March March with Mansoor Hassan and family 12.30pm, Whitworth Park Wlimslow Road Manchester North Manchester March March with Farhat Khan and family 12.00 noon, Goldstone Park, Cheetham Hill Road/Waterloo Road Manchester Central Manchester March March with Debbie Mgijima and Moses Kayiza 12.30pm at the HIV memorial, "the beacon of hope", Sackville Park, Sackville (…)

  • Together for another Europe: social - egalitarian - peaceful - in solidarity
    18 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Meeting point: Porte d-Anderlecht near « Gare du Midi », Brussels - Belgium
    1.30 pm: special events - music - stands 3.00 pm: social movement’s demonstration departure
    On 19th March there will be a European demonstration in Brussels. It will be a colourful event with many demands. The first part is the -Youth March for Work-. They will be followed by the trade unions, calling for a -Social Europe-. The Social Forum will form the third part of the demonstration, under the title: (…)

  • Protest against an international NATO conference in Sweden
    10 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    An international NATO conference with all its members and its partners will be held in the north of Sweden on May the 24-25. Among other participants we can see the USA foreign minister Condoleezza Rice and UKs Jack Straw.
    It will be held in the part of the country there we act and we and a big number of organisations in Sweden will cooperate to protest loudly against any participation of Sweden in this partnership. We are living in a democratic country and can’t accept an organisation (…)

  • Sofia Says US Troops Killed Bulgarian Soldier In Iraq, Demands Explanation
    8 March 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Sofia Says US Troops Killed Bulgarian Soldier In Iraq, Demands Explanation UPDATE 2: President Summons US Ambassador 07.03.2005 SOFIA (bnn) - Staunch U.S. ally Bulgaria on Monday demanded explanation from Washington after a probe showed American troops shot and killed a Bulgarian soldier in Iraq by negligence.
    “This is a grave incident and the confirmation of the facts leads to the conclusion of problems in coordination and operative interaction between the allies,” President Georgi (…)

  • Protesters Call Bush ’No. 1 Terrorist’ (Germany)
    24 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Alexandra Hudson
    MAINZ, Germany - About 12,000 protesters, many carrying banners reading "Bush go home," "No. 1 Terrorist" and "Warmonger," marched through the German city of Mainz on Wednesday, but were mostly kept away from the visiting U.S. president.
    The official rally, which was twice as big as expected, never got within earshot of President Bush, but a small group of protestors rushed toward his car as he left to visit a U.S. base in nearby Wiesbaden. Police wrestled several (…)

  • Germany : ’If you don’t take a job as a prostitute, we can stop your benefits’
    23 February 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Clare Chapman
    A 25-year-old waitress who turned down a job providing "sexual services’’ at a brothel in Berlin faces possible cuts to her unemployment benefit under laws introduced this year.
    Prostitution was legalised in Germany just over two years ago and brothel owners ­ who must pay tax and employee health insurance ­ were granted access to official databases of jobseekers.
    The waitress, an unemployed information technology professional, had said that she was willing to work in (…)