Website / newspaper / journal / web based media updates: Jan 9th - Jan 18th

by Bea Dewing Sun Jan 18, 2004 03:09 dewingbm at tjsl dot edu

San Diego honored Martin Luther King this morning with a parade which boasted military bands, ROTC and JROTC cadets, Scouts - and a large contingent of peace marchers loosely associated with the peace coalition Activist San Diego. The peace group followed Veterans for Peace marchers, some of whom wore bits of old military uniforms, one wearing a huge papier-mache image of a brown-skinned woman in a headscarf and peace sign earrings, carrying a baby. Banners included sayings like "These colors don't run the world" (with US flag), "End the Occupation" and "Support Sanity" with Israeli and Palestinian flags, and many peace quotes from Martin Luther King's writings and speeches.

The mostly Black crowd along the parade route reponded with enthusiasm to the signs carried by the peace marchers, including a painted banner of Saint MLK with a halo, and a satiric picture of George W. Bush with a mushroom cloud rising from his empty skull and the words "Depleted Cranium: America's WMD." A tape of one of King's Anti-Vietnam War speeches played as the peace marchers danced, drummed, chanted and waved peace signs to the crowd.

King's words and the crowd's reaction were a reminder that the poor and the un-privileged know they have the most to lose from war and occupation. The San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice recognizes this inequity by targeting anti-military-leafleting to schools in Black and Latino neighborhoods, and will be featuring Hispanic peace activist Fernando Suarez, father of a son killed in Iraq, at an upcoming event on Jan. 19. See http://www.sdcpj.org for details.

by ipsiphi Sat Jan 17, 2004 18:34

this site presents news on the "sans papiers" movements in France with specific regard for information to Italian solidarity groups. It is not the "site" of the "sans papiers" movement but rather is fed by and moved by those miriadly diverse groups that make up that movement.
And is closely linked to the Italian based movement for the development of European Citizen's rights.

by ipsiphi - 23 Sat Jan 17, 2004 16:30

So that the reader might contemplate Socio-cultural transformations of gender and sexuality in the modern Middle East, with particular attention to how these transformations are inter-articulated with conceptualizations of modernity and secularism in the French, German and Spanish States.

link to Spiked online
http://www.spiked-online.com/Printable/00000006E01B.htm

From the January 19, 2004 issue: Can French secularism survive Islam? http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/583lxmcr.asp?pg=2

by Socialist Worker Links Fri Jan 16, 2004 14:41

SWP links

Irish Socialist Worker

http://www.swp.ie/html/socialistworker.htm

Marxist Resources page

http://www.swp.ie/html/marxist_resources.htm

Also, the Irish SWP maintain a links pages with a good general selection of links, with a listing of sister publications and in particular a listing of all online trade unions based or with branches in this country.

http://www.swp.ie/html/links.htm


General International Socialist Tendency sites

http://www.istendency.net

http://www.internationalsocialists.org


Resistance MP3 audio archive

http://www.geocities.com/resistancemp3


Finally,

Socialist Review/International Socialism Journal Archive

http://www.socialistreview.org.uk

http://www.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/

by iosaf ipsiphi Fri Jan 16, 2004 13:40

on the Palestine Hotel Shooting of two journalists by soldiers of the USA during the Iraqi War.
Reporters Without Borders called yesterday for the reopening of the enquiry into who was really responsible for the US Army's "criminal negligence" in shooting at the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad on 8 April 2003 and causing the death of two journalists - Ukrainian cameramen Taras Protsyuk (of Reuters news agency) and Spaniard José Couso (of the Spanish TV station Telecinco TV5). [Mr Couso was the son of the former secretary general of the IU party, "united left" which is the main marxist formation in Spain, in Catalonia being permanently pacted with the Green party and presently part of the tripartite government].

The call came in a report of the press freedom organisation's own in-depth investigation of the incident, which gathered evidence from journalists in the hotel at the time, from others "embedded" with US Army units and from the US military soldiers and officers directly involved.

The report said US officials at first lied about what happened and then, in an official statement four months later, exonerated the US Army from any mistake or error of judgement. The report provides only some of the truth about the incident, which needs to be further investigated to establish exactly who was responsible.

Pentagon spokespersons said right from the start that an M1 Abrams tank opened fire on the hotel in legitimate self-defence in response to "enemy fire" coming from the hotel or the area around it. This line was maintained and emphasised at the highest official level in the days that followed.

Sgt. Shawn Gibson, the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) tank gunner who fired the fatal shot, and his immediate superior, Capt. Philip Wolford, who authorised it, denied they had fired because of shooting from the hotel. They said the 4-64 Armor Company of the 3ID's 2nd Brigade, which was stationed on the Al-Jumhuriya Bridge soon after US troops entered Baghdad, was in fact seeking to neutralise an Iraqi "spotter" monitoring and reporting on US military activity. Some of this data caused the US Army to change its line slightly in its official report released on 12 August 2003. It did not speak of direct shooting but of an "enemy hunter/killer team" which required a response in legitimate self-defence. This too was a lie - by omission.
read more at:
http://www.rsf.fr/article.php3?id_article=9045

The Reporters Without Borders investigation was carried out by French journalist Jean-Paul Mari, with help from the French weekly magazine Le Nouvel Observateur, which Reporters Without Borders warmly thanks.

link:http://permanent.nouvelobs.com/index2.html
Download the report in pdf at the link:
http://www.rsf.fr/IMG/pdf/Palest_hotel_report.pdf

by redjade Fri Jan 16, 2004 11:47

Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam

Delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr April 1967 At Manhattan's
Riverside Church

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0115-13.htm 

After the French were defeated it looked as if independence and land reform would come again through the Geneva agreements. But instead there came the United States, determined that Ho should not unify the temporarily divided nation, and the peasants watc hed again as we supported one of the most vicious modern dictators, our chosen man, Premier Diem. The peasants watched and cringed as Diem ruthlessly routed out all opposition, supported their extortionist landlords and refused even to discuss reunificatio n with the North. The peasants watched as all this was presided over by U.S. influence and then by increasing numbers of U.S. troops who came to help quell the insurgency that Diem's methods had aroused. When Diem was overthrown they may have been happy, but the long line of military dictatorships seemed to offer no real change, especially in terms of their need for land and peace.

The only change came from America as we increased our troop commitments in support of governments which were singularly corrupt, inept and without popular support. All the while, the people read our leaflets and received regular promises of peace and democracy, and land reform. Now they languish under our bombs and consider us, not their fellow Vietnamese, the real enemy. They move sadly and apathetically as we herd them off the land of their fathers into concentration camps where minimal social needs are rarely met. They know they must move or be destroyed by our bombs. So they go.

They watch as we poison their water, as we kill a million acres of their crops. They must weep as the bulldozers destroy their precious trees. They wander into the hospitals, with at least 20 casualties from American firepower for each Viet Cong-inflicted injury. So far we may have killed a million of them, mostly children.

What do the peasants think as we ally ourselves with the landlords and as we refuse to put any action into our many words concerning land reform? What do they think as we test out our latest weapons on them, just as the Germans tested out new medic ine and new tortures in the concentration camps of Europe? Where are the roots of the independent Vietnam we claim to be building?

by redjade Fri Jan 16, 2004 11:10

Beijing has fulfilled its commitment by cancelling 31 African countries' debts totalling US $1.27 billion.

During the second China-Africa trade summit held this week in Ethiopia, China said it would provide enhanced support for Africa, without any political discrimination. Both African and Chinese delegates agreed that there was vast potential for growth in trade between China and Africa, and that this was vital for Africa's development. Chinese and African leaders vowed to build stronger political and economic ties to counter western dominance in world affairs and improve the standing of poor countries.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200312170547.html

by redjade Fri Jan 16, 2004 10:51

Outer Ring Road Protest

found at
http://www.liffey-i.com/

OUTER Ring Road campaigners delivered 1,500 submissions to an Bord Pleanála on January 9, Friday last. The date was designated for final submissions on an Environmental Impact Statement on a short section of the road in the Lucan area.

An Bord Pleanála gave planning permission for most of the road to be developed; but asked for an EIS on the section from Balgaddy roundabout to Woodies interchange, before delivering a decision on it.

Traffic projections in the EIS suggest a traffic increase of some 11 times the present volume, within 15 years, if the road is widened as proposed by the County Council.

Locals said roads are already trafficked enough without drawing more traffic onto a new distributor road running parallel to the M50.

Protestors hope to see the Planning Appeals Board open a public hearing into the plan where they could expand their case.

Details are available on the Council site http://www.sdcc.ie or at http://www.iol.ie/~geof/outer_ring_road_part_two.htm

by iosaf ipsiphi - (slowly slowly as is his way) Thu Jan 15, 2004 13:37

aporrea serves primarily the Venezuelan sections of the international Bolivarian linked groups. So here you may read in multiple translations news from Venezuela and occasionally it's neighbours.
Aporrea has been around for a while and is often used by European journalists who still haven't got a fully paid for expenses included posting out there.

by iosaf - ipsiphi Tue Jan 13, 2004 15:58

http://www.moviments.info
"the useful guide" presented in hardcopy and virtual form a guide to all social movement collectives based in Catalonia and some beyond.
http://nodo50.org
umbrella site for anarchist and anti-authoritarian collectives spain, including some of the more prominent okupe kasas and CNT groupings.
http://sindominio.net
umbrella site for anarchist and anti-authoritarian collectives based in Bcn, Catalonia and spain, including the Les Naus collective and madrid indymedia.

by tony b Tue Jan 13, 2004 13:56

world socialist website . Site of the international committee of fourth international. Daily news reports.
http://www.wsws.org

by Cavan Liiberation Frontal Tue Jan 13, 2004 13:46

www.donegalforum.com
www.peacenews.info
www.gnn.tv
www.commondreams.org
www.crimethinc.com
www.adbusters.org
www.culturejammers.org
www.alternet.org
www.democracynow.org
www.squat.net
www.schnews.org.uk
www.netaction.org
www.selfed.org.uk
www.earthfirst.org
www.corpwatch.org
www.corporatewatch.org.uk
www.aljazeera.net
www.aljazeera.info
www.2600.org
www.robert-fisk.com
www.bilderberg.org
www.eco-action.org
www.westpapuanews.com
www.electronicintifada.net
www.globalresearch.ca
www.mcspotlight.org
www.globalinfo.org
www.fromthewilderness.org
www.copvcia.com
www.motherjones.com
www.mediachannel.org
www.tenc.com
www.protest.net
www.sustainable.ie
www.moveon.org
www.nologo.org
www.positivenews.org.uk
www.opensecrets.org
www.theecologist.org
www.permacultureactivist.net
www.urban75.org
www.worldwatch.org
www.narconews.com
www.wholeearthmag.com
www.truthout.org
www.gregpalast.com

by Eoin Dubsky Mon Jan 12, 2004 14:18

a) Znet (http://www.zmag.org/weluser.htm)
Huge site filled with commentaries and multimedia from Noam Chomsky on US Foreign Policy to Ike Naijaman on Nigerian public spending. Excellent site indeed! Also links to content from Le Monde Diplo and New Left Review.

b) Cursor (http://www.cursor.org/)
Daily blog on the media and society, mostly news coverage of US foreign policy stuff. Kinda like MediaLens (UK, http://www.medialens.org/), only more enjoyable to read. Also contains hyperlinks to lots of media outlets.

c) A-Infos Radio Project (http://www.radio4all.net/)
Huge collection of broadcast quality (mostly) recordings for MP3 playback or playback on local radio. Even broader than Znet.

d) Information Clearing House (http://informationclearinghouse.info/)
This is an admirable one-man-show collecting much of the same sort of content you'd expect to find at the other links above. Some things included here though, like a DivX of John Pilger's latest documentary, are unique.

e) ActiveLink (http://www.activelink.ie/)
The good folks at ActiveLink run a website copy of their popular Irish activist/events newsletter. Community groups and NGOs of all colours and sizes contribute to this Irish resource.

f) Irish eco news (http://www.friendsoftheirishenvironment.net/subscribe.html)
Friends of the Irish Environment (and Irish environmental NGO) keep a web copy of their environmental news mailing list here. You can also get it in your inbox to find out what environmental news has been printed in the Irish papers daily.

by ipsi Mon Jan 12, 2004 13:29

for chomsky fans- one of the main servers of the global indymedia network (serving pages mostly in North America but many in Europe too) has been named after Noam Chomsky.

The migration was achieved over the 2003/2004 winter holidays.
not a single little dot over an eye or a slash on a tea was lost.
information is power.

by Corky Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:38

Issue 3 of CAC was released just before Christmas with a theme of housing related issues. CAC is distributed in shops/cafes/libraries around Cork and handed out at certain events. CAC is a free "zine". Copies of Issues 2 and 3 (none available for Issue 1) may be obtained by e-mailing:
corkanarchists@yahoo.com
The editorial collective welcomes feedback, submissions for articles, letters, etc which may be posted to the e-mail address above.

by redjade Mon Jan 12, 2004 04:35

http://www.chomsky.info

by Bad Subjects Mon Jan 12, 2004 00:00

New issue on anti-Iraq War and anti-FTAA demonstrations.
BAD SUBJECTS
Issue 65

PROTEST CULTURES

In the wake of the past year's widespread demonstrations against the Iraq War and economic globalization policies, the Protest Cultures issue of Bad Subjects begins the new year by examining the role of demonstrations and cultural protest in creating and sustaining opposition to militarism, neo-liberalism, and suppression of domestic dissent. Issue contributors from six countries write on socialism and peace protests; protest and neo-liberal human rights ideology; strategies and ethics of street protest; media representations of protesters; the anti-FTAA demonstrations in Miami; political organization emerging from protests; and the architectures, languages, art and dances of protest.

See http://eserver.org/bs/65

by Shane - HRfC Sun Jan 11, 2004 18:04

Galway-based human rights group Human Rights for Change have just got our website up and running. Its a bit basic at the moment, but keep an eye on it for updates soon. The address is: http://www.humanrightsforchange.org Our position paper on Global Trade and Human Rights is up on the site for those interested.

We can be contacted at
humanrightsforchange@yahoo.com

by Franklin Lopez - subMedia Sun Jan 11, 2004 17:42

A short film inspired by crimethinc.'s 'Days of War, Nights of Love' Chapter 'L is for Love' - 'Join the Resistance, Fall in Love' The film was made possible by a grant from the from the City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs.
Greetings IMCistas!

My name is Franklin López and I am filmmaker based in Atlanta GA. I just completed a short film using the text from 'Days of War, Nights of Love' Chapter 'L is for Love' - 'Join the Resistance, Fall in Love'

I am pretty happy with the results and hope you are too. You can find a copy of the film here.http://submediatv.com/
or the direct link is http://submediatv.com/fall_in_love/JTR_mp4.mov
It's a pretty hefty download (116mb - yikes) but I am trying different compressions to make it smaller and retain most of the quality.
You will need quicktime 6 to see it - http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

Soon I will have a DVD translated into several languages and I plan to place the entire DVD file on my site for people to to download and burn at will. I plan to make a few hundred copies to help pay for my next film based on a different chapter from 'Days...' I am undecided as to which one yet.

I also plan to screen the film in as many places as possible, maybe y'all can recommend a few willing screening rooms across the world. Did I mention the city of Atlanta gave me money to make this film, haha, I don't think they saw it coming but that's another story.

Anywho, feel free to contact me with feedback etc.

cheers

Frank

by Jose - EDN Sun Jan 11, 2004 17:17 jesais at laposte dot net

Look this Video and don't get scared!
If this is the futur of the EU, then thank you and welcome back home to 'normality'!
video: windows media at 2.0 mebibytes

by David Sun Jan 11, 2004 13:54

Brought to you by many of the same people who operate and contribute to ZNET, this is a new independent media site. Unlike indymedia, all contributors are paid for their journalism which aims to be fair and accurate beyond anything the corporate media will produce.
They do not accept advertising so they are reliant on donations from people who believe this is a worthwhile service. It is of course, Non Profit.

by Stephen Boyd - Socialist Party - CWI Sun Jan 11, 2004 02:39

Re: CWI website
CWI Website news
The website of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) has been relaunched with a new look, new information and web address.
Access the CWI website now at www.socialistworld.net

Latest articles include:

Britain: 20 years ago - When Liverpool beat Thatcher

France: Joint electoral list of the far left offers big possibilities

by narc - Anarchomedia Sun Jan 11, 2004 02:37 editors at anarchomedia dot org

A little splash of paint here, a little splash of paint there, not to mention better layout.
Hi folks,

Anarchomedia has been relaunched and we need help keeping the content up do date. The site now has fully functional forums for anarchists and anyone else who wishes to take part in debate.

For those of you out there planning any events email us at editors@anarchomedia.org and we can upload your event, it'll be displayed on our snazzy new upcoming eventwire on the frontpage.

Readers will soon be able to download PDF's of zine's, leaflets and posters from the Resources [PDF] section and visitors who run an anarchist/libertarian website for an organisation, zine or whatever can avail of free publicity by adding a link in the libertarian group section of the site.

We have introduced four 'special coverage' sections, shannon warport, eu 2004, saloniki 7 and killer cola, so if anyone is involved in any of these get in contact and we'll see about setting up an account so you can upload content.

If you're interested in taking part send us an email at editors@anarchomedia.org

narc
Anarchomedia

http://www.anarchomedia.org

by Voice - Socialist Party Sat Jan 10, 2004 19:09

Socialist Party newspaper
The January 2004 edition of the 'Voice' is now online
It includes articles on:
Latest govt cuts
Bin Tax
Prison Privitisation
Local & Euro elections
SIPTU elections: vote Derwin
Water Charges
Racist Attacks
NIPSA elections
Stop the Nazi BNP
Iraq
US economy
Germant: 350,000 protest agianst Schroeder

Front page of december edition

by hs - sp/cwi Fri Jan 09, 2004 19:46

reports and features from around the world
The Committee for a Workers International to which the Socialist Party is affiliated has revamped and relaunched it's international website. It features reports and features from all over the world. It is updated daily and available in nine languages.