October and November 2005 Postings

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ADDED NOVEMBER 14

Buy Nothing Day: 無買 デー」今年も開催！消費をもう一度考える・行動する日

Bush in Japan Protests 「反ブッシュ」ムーブメントの盛り上がり

International Green Network Newsletter #53-1

including:

(1) BAN TERMINATOR SEEDS JOIN THE GLOBAL CAMPAIGN
(2) U.S. BEEF STILL BANNED IN JAPAN
(3) TECHNOLOGY AND TOTALITARIANISM
(4) ENVIRONMENTAL JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

ADDED OCTOBER 24

Asahi Shinbun fires labor union members. See
Asahi Shimbun is anti-labor

Latest from Asia Watch
Koizumi’s Kingdom of Illusion, Why China’s Workers are Losing Their World, The Kashmiri tragedy, A Very Lonely Japan, People Power: Have Okinawan protests forced Tokyo and Washington to rethink their base plan?
All are here

Latest from Japan Press Service
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ZNet: Iraq, Europe, MidEast, U.S., Participatory Economics, Labor, Race, Repression and more
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Inter Press Asia
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Labor News in Asia
From NUGW, Zen-Toitsu, etc.

From the New Standard (Well researched stories)
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