By Phil Davison
If President Bush thought a weekend beach break in Argentina would get him away from his Washington woes, he is about to be proved wrong. Tens of thousands of South Americans are descending on Mar del Plata to protest against the US President.
Can you imagine one of the leaders at the G8 summit slipping out between sessions, through the security cordon, to join in a street demonstration of bearded anoraks against the summit’s most powerful participant, George Bush? (...)
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Bush faces showdown with Chavez ’the Kid’
5 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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Bush faces Latin fury as popularity sinks at home
5 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
14 commentsBy Rupert Cornwell
President George Bush, his presidency foundering and his popularity at record lows at home, ran into new protests abroad yesterday at a Western hemisphere summit in Argentina - a gathering that is theoretically focussed on trade but which has so far only served to highlight the battered image of the US across Latin America.
Mr Bush went into the 34-nation meeting intent on promoting traditional US doctrines of free trade and liberal market economics, with the goal of (...) -
Bush to face mass Argentine protest over ’imperialism’ during his visit
3 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
By Adam Thomson
Anti-US protesters are planning a mass demonstration against President George W. Bush’s visit to Argentina this week for the Summit of the Americas in the seaside resort of Mar del Plata.
Luis D’Elía, who heads one of the country’s so-called piquetero movements - leftwing groups of disaffected unemployed - said the protest would bring together up to 100,000 people and would include popular figures such as Diego Maradona, the former Argentine soccer star.
"The idea is (...) -
AFL-CIO calls for Dec. 10 Mobilization: Largest-Ever for Workers’ Rights
1 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
3 commentsWorking families and their allies are gearing up for the nation’s largest-ever mobilization to support workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain collectively. Throughout the week of Dec. 5-10, thousands of workers in 63 cities—and the number is growing daily—will take the fight to restore workers’ freedom to form unions to the White House, statehouses and front doors of employers that deny workers’ rights.
The nationwide events are part of a massive global mobilization on Dec. 10, (...) -
European Free Arts demonstration against repression of Free Parties and Teknivals
31 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
12th november 2005
European demonstration of Sound Systems in Strasbourg
Meet at 14:00 (13:00 GMT) in PLace de la Republique in the center of Strasbourg
We demand the right to exist,
We demand the end of systematic and unjustified repression against us,
We demand the condemnation of countries such as the Tcheck republic for brutally repressing our organised events for no justifiable reason,
We demand the right to be treated as socio-cultural performers; because our events are (...) -
Hundreds of Howard U. Students Greet Laura Bush With Protest Threatened With Arrest, Students Refuse to Back Down
30 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
8 commentsOn Thursday, October 27, hundreds of Howard University students greeted Laura Bush with a militant protest against the war in Iraq, the criminally negligent and racist conduct of the federal government in response to Hurricane Katrina and cuts in education.
Holding signs that read, "2000 Dead, End Occupation: Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti..., Money for Education Not War," the students began their demonstration at 11am in protest of Laura Bush’s presence on the Howard University (...) -
Protests mark 2,000th US fatality in Iraq
27 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsProtesters across the United States have taken part in hundreds of vigils and rallies to mark the 2,000th US military death in Iraq.
Anti-war activists say their movement is rapidly growing in strength and now speaks for a majority of Americans who believe President George W Bush’s decision to invade Iraq was a mistake.
The death last weekend of a soldier, wounded in combat in the southern Iraqi city of Samarra earlier this month, pushed the toll to 2,000.
"We’re seeing rapid (...) -
Brutality trials start for top Italian police
13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 comment· G8 protesters claim they were gassed and beaten · New laws could render convictions meaningless
in Rome
Seventy-five people, including some of Italy’s most senior police officers, go on trial in the next two days, accused of taking part in an orgy of brutality against protesters during and after the demonstrations at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa.
Court papers seen by the Guardian show that one police witness gave a written statement describing his colleagues "beating young people (...) -
Trial forces Italy to relive shocking police brutality
13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
By Peter Popham in Rome
Italy is about relive two of its most shocking episodes of alleged police brutality as the trial of officers accused of illegal behaviour over attacks on anti- globalisation protesters proceed in Genoa.
The attacks occurred as the G8 summit of July 2001 in the port city was winding down after days of peaceful mass demonstrations by 200,000 people from all over the world, and violently anarchic protests by a small group known as the Black Block.
Today the trial (...) -
Reclaiming the American Legacy of Civil Disobedience
13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
By Sari Gelzer
What can all Americans do about their desire to see change in America? Practice civil disobedience.
This flavor of action is not just for radicals. Civil disobedience is the role of citizens within the political system and has a much broader legacy than one was taught to think. Civil disobedience, practiced by various movements of people, has been responsible for forcing politicians to comply with the demands of its citizens. Civil disobedience is how "slavery (...)