Indymedia-Quebec (CMAQ) - Guerre / War

War Is Commonsense

Fri, 09 May 2008 23:53:25 -0400

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Today's commonsense is tomorrow's absurdity.

J. Zerzan in Montreal for anarchist bookfair: local contestation flares up

Fri, 09 May 2008 22:55:38 -0400

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Mayday Alert -- Texas Update

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:40:12 -0400

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Four veteran military professionals continue to update the public about the Mayday Alert, which is becoming the most discussed false flag analysis in recent US history.

Maoist China foreign policy: 1970s and 1980s

Sun, 04 May 2008 04:33:32 -0400

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The Mandate of Heaven (Excerpt). A detailed account of Maoist Chinese foreign policy is beyond the scope of this article, but some examples will illustrate the central thesis: that China’s foreign policy is in no way different from that of other world powers. The Three-Worlds Theory was used to justify Chinese alliances with right-wing reactionary governments during the 1970s and 1980s.

May Day Communications from the Working People of Iraq to the Workers and People of the World !

Thu, 01 May 2008 13:02:51 -0400

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Shared by US Labor Against War

The first message is a May Day greeting from a broad cross-section of union leaders from many different unions and labor federations in Iraq as an expression of their appreciation for the solidarity demonstrated by organized labor, working people and all peace-loving people of the world in support of their efforts to end the foreign occupation of Iraq and the sectarian violence that occupation has spawned.

The second is a statement of solidarity from the General Union of Port Workers in Iraq to the members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in support of the decision by ILWU members to shut down all the ports on the West Coast as a demonstration of their opposition to the war and occupation of Iraq.

[Canada & war] An Open Letter to Michael Ignatieff (April'08)

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:24:40 -0400

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by Bruce Katz

Bruce Katz is a founding member and current Co-President of Palestinian and Jewish Unity/ Palestiniens et Juifs Unis (PAJU), a member of the executive committee of the Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine, and a member of Independant Jewish Voices.

L'État est le plus froid des monstres froids. Il ment froidement; et voici le mensonge qui s'échappe de sa bouche: Moi l'État, je suis le peuple.*
-Friedrich Nietzsche

Imprisonment at Guantánamo Bay is not a joke: hand out flyers wherever Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantánamo Bay is playing

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:33:43 -0400

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Next week, the comedy Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantánamo Bay will start playing in theaters across the country. Detention at Guantánamo Bay is no joke. Hand flyers out wherever the movie plays and spread the truth about Guantánamo Bay. (more info what follows)

Stop Wave of Attacks against Colombian Human Rights Defenders

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:27:54 -0400

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Action & Info - Human Rights First

Four Colombian trade unionists--some of whom were reportedly associated with a March 6 demonstration protesting state and paramilitary human rights violations--were killed between March 4 and March 11. Members of human rights organizations have been subject to physical attacks, harassment, office break-ins and thefts of files in the past weeks. Over two dozen organizations and individuals received death threats purporting to come from paramilitary groups in the capital, Bogota.

Naomi Klein - Israel, Don't Act Normal (online video)

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:20:19 -0400

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On March 28, 2008, Naomi Klein gave the keynote address at the event at Canada's first ever Independent Canadian Jewish Conference, attended by over 100 Jews against the occupation of Palestine from over a dozen organizations in over 20 cities across Canada.

The video of her talk is now online and covers the upcoming 60th anniversary celebrations of the founding of Israel, the boycott/divestment/sanctions movement, and the significance of the growing Jewish anti-occupation movement in Canada. »»»

In a context of grave financial crisis, the rise of the imperialist tensions

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:43:41 -0400

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It allows to notice once again that, whatever are the "opinions", "the feelings" and "the points of view" that can express a high-level representative of a national bourgeoisie at given moment, the decisions which it is brought to take are at first and above all determined by the global interests of this national bourgeoisie.

Suggested link:
bcommuniste.ifastnet.com/

Afghanistan: Around 40 civilians killed in a deadly airstrike by US-led coalition (RAWA April'08)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:25:09 -0400

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PAN, April 7, 2008 — Around 20 bodies had been dug out from the debris, saying most of the victims were women, children and old people.
- Abdul Moeed Hashmi, relayed by RAWA News in Afghanistan.

See also: January 24, 2008 - U.S.-led air raid killed 11 in Afghanistan which sparked protests said.
Some 200 villagers marched toward Ghazni town to protest against the latest strike, witnesses.
- Reuters, relayed by RAWA News.

CANSEC 2008 Opening Night Shut Down!

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:09:01 -0400

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On Tuesday evening, Ottawa anarchists succeeded in shutting down the opening night of Canada's largest arms fair!

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youtube.com/watch?v=xXvYHf_oI8s&feature=related

CBC: Canadian UN Officer Reported Israeli War Crimes Before Attack: Widow

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:14:04 -0400

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This is what the police would refer to as 'an open and shut case', yet the Harper Regime, which has closely aligned itself with Zionist Extremism and its colonial, military state in Palestine, refuses to seek justice for this Canadian soldier, murdered for telling the truth. All while Harper claims to "support the troops" in order to perpetuate their continued death in Afghanistan.

The Witch Hunt Phenomenon

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:03:47 -0400

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Americans look back at the Salem Witch trials as an aberration within American history perpetrated by twisted primitives crouched on the edge of a vast wilderness.

A General Debate on Iraq: Odom Vs. Petraeus

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:45:38 -0400

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Captain Eric H. May, the Internet intelligence writer, presents two opposite ends of the Iraq war debate in the persons of retired Lt. General Odom and Iraq commander General Petraeus. As always, the captain offers commentary and controversy on a topic badly in need of it!