Archive for February 15th, 2012
The stark choice between a fascist or an imperialist course in Syria should be discarded for a third and better course.
By Joseph Massad
http://www.aljazeera.com
2012 February 6 10:28:22
In the context of the US invasion of the Gulf in 1991, British academic Fred Halliday announced his new right-wing affiliations in the British newspaper the New Statesman by declaring: "If I have to choose between imperialism and fascism, I choose imperialism." It never occurred to Halliday that he
February 15, 2012
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A stunning, powerful, and beautifully filmed tribute to Britain's peace movement. Beating the Bomb was produced by Meera Patel and Wolfgang Matt. Madmoviesonyoutube brought the film to YouTube with this introduction:
Beating the Bomb covers 50 years of the Peace movement in Britain against the historical and political backdrop of the atomic age.
Now called 'nuclear deterrent', nuclear weapons have shaped the power structures that rose out of the rubble of WWII and underpin them
February 15, 2012
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HOUSTON, Texas – On January 30, 2012, activists and members of the Houston Peace Council converged on the Greek Consulate located at 520 Post Oak Blvd. in an effort to support Steelworkers at the “Helleniki Halivourgia”. The action was peaceful, orderly and disciplined.
The purpose of the action was to support steelworkers who have been on strike since October 31, 2011 and have been met with very harsh, anti-labor tactics employed by the companies for which they work.
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