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Recent Israel, Iran, Iraq, Wall Street, and more: from Information Clearing House, ZNET, and other sources
As news comes in with various takes on the legitimacy of the presidential vote in Iran, not much is cleaer except one thing: the hypocrisy of western news media and government offcials who downplay, ignore or criminalize dissent in their own, supposedly democratic country but are its most vociferous defenders when the perpertrators are the so-called "rogue states". Here are … [Read more...] about Recent Israel, Iran, Iraq, Wall Street, and more: from Information Clearing House, ZNET, and other sources
DemocracyNow! Japan/デモクラシー・ナウ
2009年6月5日（金） 20年経って振り返る天安門事件 中国の反体制運動家ワン・ジュンタオ（王軍濤）と米ジャーナリストのフィリップ・カニンガムに聞く20年前、民主化を要求して北京の天安門広場に集まっていた学生たちに軍が発砲しました。世界各地で天安門事件20周年の行事が行われる中、著名な中国の反体制運動家ワン・ジュンタオとアメリカ人ジャーナリスト、フィリップ・カニンガムに話を聞きます。ワンは禁固13年の有罪判決を受け、現在は米国で亡命生活を送っています。カニンガムは天安門事件の際に学生たちのデモに参加しており、このほど Tiananmen Moon: Inside the Chinese Student Uprising of … [Read more...] about DemocracyNow! Japan/デモクラシー・ナウ
Stop Starbucks (from Tokyo Spring)
The IWW have been at the forefront of the campaign to organise Starbucks and have recently won a series of legal cases against the corporation. Check out the Stop Starbucks! campaign video and click here to sign a petition for Howard Schultz, the CEO of the coffee giant. Click here for the IWW Starbucks union, and here for the IWW main page. … [Read more...] about Stop Starbucks (from Tokyo Spring)
Are leading Democrats Afraid of a Special Prosecutor to Investigate Torture?
by Jeremy ScahillPublished on Friday, April 24, 2009 by RebelReports There are not exactly throngs of Democratic Congressmembers beating down the doors of the Justice Department demanding that Attorney General Eric Holder appoint a special Independent Prosecutor to investigate torture and other crimes. And now it seems that whatever Congress does in the near term won't even be … [Read more...] about Are leading Democrats Afraid of a Special Prosecutor to Investigate Torture?