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The Prime Minister and the King of Fraud

John Prescot | 09-02-2009 13:23 | Sheffield | South Coast

No, you just could not make it up. If you are a taxpayer in the UK that rather large wodge of money that you invested in RBS, Northern Rock, HBOS, Bradford and Bingley and Lloyds is being looked after by a chap called Glen Moreno. But whats that- he´s supposed to be a bit of a dodgy geezer?. And he´s in charge of giving out the bonuses? I don´t believe it

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Obama and 9/11

Imagine yourself within the mind of Barack Obama, the first African American president of the United States of America. You are a man who knows how 'the system' works. This knowledge has been accrued at hard struggle, and by a remarkable and unique ability to adapt to any environment because you spent a lifetime as an exotic specimen in every environment, from Kansas to Kenya -- both African and American, Muslim and Christian, black and white. But you always displayed your native nobility -- tribal nobility on your father's side; nobility of spirit on your mother's -- and you were, with rare exceptions, accepted on your own terms. You were born under the sign of Leo, the lion, the natural leader; and your intelligence was honed with great discipline, under the influence of strong women.

RBS- please Darling, can we have some more

Anti-crisis | 08-02-2009 17:09 | Sheffield | South Coast

The begging by poverty stricken bankers at RBS for extra cash to pay for their high class whores and caviar and foie gras canapes seems to have paid off. Chancellor Darling and Supreme Leader Brown have agreed that there is a real need for these poor unfortunate bankers to get a bonus from the state owned bank.

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Freedom Fighters, Terrorists or Schlemiels?

Condi Rice: “What we’re seeing here, in a sense, is the growing birth pangs of a new Middle East.”

Jon Stewart: “Birth pangs? Yes, I believe today’s contraction took out a city block.”

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Obama and the Empire

I've said all along that whatever good changes might occur in regard to non-foreign policy issues, such as what's already taken place concerning the environment and abortion, the Obama administration will not produce any significantly worthwhile change in US foreign policy; little done in this area will reduce the level of misery that the American Empire regularly brings down upon humanity. And to the extent that Barack Obama is willing to clearly reveal what he believes about anything controversial, he appears to believe in the empire.

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If the pro-war left is dead, what’s next?

Neoconservatism thinking, according to E.D. Kain (via Sullivan), goes like this: The Islamic world is nothing like the Western world. We have few, if any, of the same values and virtually no historical commonality save our shared, centuries-old conflict with one another. The Islamic world, by and large, has none of the laws or customs necessary to develop an organic democratic society the way Western nations have. Therefore, the only way to achieve peace with the Islamic world is for them to adopt our notions of plurality, democracy, and humanism. They won’t do this on their own because of their lack of shared values, and so it follows that we must intervene on their behalf to impose these values, and fashion democracies for them in our image.

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Dirty Socks: Who Will Get My Vote?

'I have some good news and some bad news,' the sergeant in the joke tells his men. 'The good news is that you are going to change your dirty socks. The bad news is that you are going to exchange them among yourselves.'

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The future of Azerbaijan- an eternal presidency, no foreign broadcasts, no freed

In an interview with Day.az, the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Lluis Maria de Puig expressed his regret over the broadcast ban of foreign radio stations as well as concern over recent constitutional amendments. These changes seriously undermine the possibility for a democratic state in Azerbaijan especially because Azerbaijan took the responsibility to abide by the principles of democracy, respect for law and human rights when joining the Council of Europe.

How the 'press' treats homeless people!!

beatonthestreet | 08-02-2009 02:54 | Repression | Sheffield

The Lancashire Evening Press has outdone itself again with the lack of balanced reporting regarding a homeless person speaking the truth against a tory sc******bag

Im appealing for people to get in contact withe paper and register their disgust!!
or even offer advise as to get shit done!!!

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RBS dole scroungers

Hildy Johnson | 06-02-2009 13:10 | Sheffield | South Coast

In yesterdays blog entry BBC journalist, Robert Peston, went to great lengths to try to "impartially" make the point that taxpayers should bite the bullet and fork out at least a billion quid to pay bonuses to bosses at RBS- the popular bank now owned by you.

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Slow Resettlement for Palestinian-Iraqi Refugees

The start of 2009 offers little hope to the residents of Al Tanf, a refugee camp on the Syrian-Iraqi border housing over 700 Palestinians who had fled persecution in Iraq. No country has given any concrete pledge to take any of the refugees for resettlement in 2009, leaving them to battle the cold desert weather this winter with more despair than ever.

What crisis?

Hildy Johnson | 05-02-2009 13:06 | Sheffield | South Coast

It is a matter of great importance that we, the people, quit talking and thinking about the “crisis” in the worlds financial system as if it was somehow something to do with us. It only has to do with us to the extent that we believe in it. The “crisis” does not exist, unless we come to understand it as a crisis of what once was.

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Barnbrook to speak at the Royal Heckmondwike

News again reaches us that The Royal Public House in Heckmondwike intends to hold a BNP meeting

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A 'Racist' Strike?

http://underclassrising.net/ | 31-01-2009 19:25 | Sheffield

Hundreds walk out of their workplace. On the second day the strike spreads, pulling up to a thousand workers out on secondary action across sites in Northern England and Scotland - much of it illegal under the anti-trade union laws Labour has, to its eternal shame, left on the statute books. In short, an outbreak of the very 'spontaneous' actions of our class that would normally excite the left in this country.

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Activism & Social Change Seminars @ University of Leeds

++++ 2009 SEMINAR SERIES ++++

All @ Geography Lecture Theatre, East Building

http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/info/school/contact.html

No need to book.

Wine reception and book sales will follow each seminar

Q&A : Water Pushed to the Limit

SANTIAGO, Jan 30 (Tierramérica) - When it comes to water, "humanity does not have the full awareness of the danger it is facing and will only act under extreme circumstances. The bad news is that those extremes are drawing near," Manuel Baquedano, president of the Chilean non-governmental Institute of Political Ecology, told Tierramérica. *

Rossport Solidarity Camp Speaking Tour -February 2009

Shell to Hell | 29-01-2009 15:23 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Sheffield

Come along and find out why we should all get ourselves over to Ireland this spring!
People from the campaign are coming over to give talks & show films about the battle against Shell in Co.Mayo Ireland.

The Worlds largest pipe laying ship, the Solitaire is due back in Ireland this Spring.... find out how you can help stop it from destroying the community and environment.

Copenhagen Climate Summit:do we cheer them on, block them in or close them down?

What? Mads and Sofie (Danish activists Klimax) will kick off a discussion about the movement to stop climate change.

Sheffield Hallam Occupied in Solidarity with Gaza

Students of Sheffield this evening occupied an upper floor lecture theater in Sheffield Hallam University after a meeting on the conflict in Gaza.

The Landless Workers Movement and the American "bubble"...

Emilio de Lima | 28-01-2009 17:44 | Globalisation | Sheffield

The next elections and our national history can both charge you for some unfortunate incidents, President: I am sure the ministers of the Supreme did not know that "Raposa-Serra-do-sol" is a rich mineral province, full of rare, expensive and strategic metals and Certainly neither they knew it was full of foreigners or they wouldn't have granted it to our noble brothers of the forest. There are similar attempts in progress, Mr. President, this time involving major public companies, which delivered to individuals, further impede the lives of our people.

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