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Mother Jones' Michael Mechanic interviews William Poundstone about the mathematical impossibility of designing a perfectly fair plurality voting system.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010308E.shtml

For AlterNet, Joshua Holland writes: "While it's true that the big three have similar stances on a number of issues, on Iraq - the one that Democrats and swing voters say is either their top concern, or No. 2 after the economy - the top candidates' differences couldn't be more significant. In fact, only John Edwards among the top three Dems would effectively end the occupation of Iraq within a year of taking office."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010308D.shtml



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Leslie Thatcher reviews Dahr Jamail's book, "Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Reporter in Occupied Iraq," and interviews him about viewing the US occupation through the eyes of Iraqis.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010308B.shtml



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Truthout's Jason Leopold reports, "When Congress returns from its winter break in mid-January and continues its probe into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes, the lawmakers may be interested in speaking to Mary O. McCarthy."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010308A.shtml



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Sometimes bad dreams do come true. My bad dream was that the government issued quarantine, and forced everybody to be vaccinated for some fake disease. In my dream, I took my family, and fled to the hills to avoid being vaccinated. Now...

http://www.newstarget.com/022434.html


Informant: Dorothee Krien



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http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/

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http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6989/


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From ufpj-news



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Being exposed to the microwave (2.45GHz) radiation constantly emitted by WiFi routers is as safe as being in the main beam from a phone mast. But is that safe? Comparing the levels with those emitted by a mobile phone is not very helpful since we do not know those are safe either! There is evidence in some studies of longer term users of increased brain tumour risk on the side of the head they hold the mobile. There are reports of cancer clusters around phone masts but the government refuse to investigate. However 2 scientific studies in other countries show a trebling of cancer risk for exposure under 10 years . It may be more informative to compare the levels of microwaves with those that naturally existed up until 15 years ago when this technology started. You would find the levels are up to trillions of times higher now because the background microwave level is virtually zero. Is it sensible to compare these with light or with what used to exist in the microwave part of the spectrum? The European wide REFLEX project found human DNA shattered after short exposure to the levels we are exposed to now. The radiation intensity in the main beam from a phone mast is the same order of magnitude as a few meters from a WiFi router. (You can hire measuring equipment and see for yourself) These levels are below guidelines which is why the HPA is so confident about its study. However the guidelines are only intended to protect from short term heat shocks and do not protect against long term lower levels of exposure where heating is not the issue. All the independent scientists are calling for a revision of these out of date guidelines.

If you must have WiFi rather than cables then I would advise turn it off when not in use and especially at night.

For more information and links to scientific research see http://www.mastsanity.org


Sarah



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/03/6150/



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Alaska Oil Exploration to Begin

Warren Bull, BBC News: "The US government says it will offer exploration rights for oil and gas in a north-western region of Alaska.... But environmental groups fear the effects on wildlife in the region, including the polar bear population."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/010308EA.shtml



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Wed Jan 2, 3:19 PM

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - If you're late for work, a driver using a cell phone may be to blame. U.S. researchers said on Wednesday that people who use cell phones while behind the wheel impede the flow of traffic, clog highways and extend commute times.

Read More...
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080102/tecnology/tech_usa_phones_traffic_col_1


Informant: Mark G.

David M. Herszenhorn reports for The New York Times: "Congressional Democrats like to boast that the rules, in the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, will go a long way toward ending the influence-peddling that has become common in American politics. But writing a strong law does not necessarily mean that strict interpretation and robust enforcement will follow."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010308O.shtml



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Mary Ann Akers and Paul Kane report for The Washington Post, "As if the House page scandal involving former representative Mark Foley (R-Fla.) hadn't done enough damage to Republicans, now we discover that legal bills arising from it landed former speaker J. Dennis Hastert's campaign committee in hot water with the Federal Election Commission."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010308M.shtml



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Truthout's Scott Galindez writes: "The corporate media over the last couple of months has been pushing a notion that John Edwards sounds 'angry.' Are we witnessing another attempt to take down a candidate that threatens the corporate power structure? Do we have a repeat of four years ago when the media made a big deal about Howard Dean shouting over the crowd noise?"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010308J.shtml



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Reviewing F. William Engdahl's "Seeds of Destruction"
http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman020108.htm


Informant: Speakingbear

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Agribusiness Giants seek to gain Worldwide Control over our Food Supply

I've noticed that you've got only the first part of Stephen Lendman's book review.

Here's the full article.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7735

Potential Health Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8148

Unleashing GMO Seeds: "Food is Power"
Reviewing F. William Engdahl's Seeds of Destruction, Part 3.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7849


Informant: Dorothee Krien



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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/03/conservationists_rap_arctic_drilling_plan/


Informant: Teresa Binstock



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Arctic
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Immer mehr Staaten überwachen ihre Bürger
http://www.golem.de/0801/56777.html



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by Devvy Kidd

Today is the Iowa caucus. In five days the New Hampshire primary will take place. Candidates from the Republican and Democrat parties are attempting to get the vote, no matter how many lies and false promises they have to make. The exception is Congressman Ron Paul http://devvy.net/candidates/paul_final.html , whose voting record for 22 years and his absolute consistent stand on constitutional government cannot be disputed. No flip-flopping, no tarts in the back ground, no scandals and this man will never sell us out to any special interest group in this country or globally, i.e., the Bilderberg group of world totalitarian monsters........

http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd333.htm



The Secret of Ron Paul's Success

by Cliff Kincaid

Many in the media are intrigued by Rep. Ron Paul’s success in the presidential campaign but usually focus on how much money he is raising. In terms of issues, some think he is rising in the polls because of his opposition to the Iraq War. That may be a factor, but my research convinces me that he is doing well primarily because he has a traditional Republican message of returning to smaller and less expensive government. More than that, however, he is talking about the threat posed by global institutions........

http://www.newswithviews.com/Kincaid/cliff196.htm



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Christian Science Monitor
by Gail Russell Chaddock

01/02/08

Ron Paul still looks surprised when his calls to follow the Constitution and restore a sound currency set off whoops of approval at a campaign stop. The 10-term GOP congressman from Texas has been making these points for 30 years, with little to show for it beyond hundreds of House votes on the short end of 434 to 1. Critics called him a crank. But lately, his views and values — the product of a lifetime of intense, self-directed study — are finding an audience. His message is basic: freedom and limited government. Repeal the welfare-warfare state. Get out of Iraq, now. Abolish the income tax. End the war on drugs. Put the dollar back on a more solid footing...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0102/p01s08-uspo.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Dominick Armentano

01/02/08

Presidential election years usually are not recessionary but next year will be an exception. Several economic factors are colliding in an almost perfect storm to markedly slow the general economy and the stock market. The most important signal flashing recession is, of course, the subprime mortgage fiasco. After years of monetary inflation on the part of the Federal Reserve, individuals and families with poor credit were suckered into low-down-payment/low-interest adjustable mortgages that simply cannot be maintained or repaid under current conditions...

http://www.mises.org/story/2805


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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CNet

01/02/08

According to a new international privacy report, governments around the world are increasingly invading the privacy of citizens with surveillance, identification systems, and archiving of private data. Driven by concern over immigration and border control, countries have been quick to implement database, identity, and fingerprinting systems, according to the 2007 International Privacy Ranking report...

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9838743-7.html?tag=newsmap


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Bloomington Pantagraph

01/02/08

U.S. admissions of Iraqi refugees are nose-diving amid bureaucratic in-fighting despite the Bush administration’s pledge to boost them to roughly 1,000 per month, according to State Department statistics obtained by The Associated Press. For the third straight month since the United States said it would improve processing and resettle 12,000 Iraqis by the end of the current budget year on Sept. 30., the number admitted has actually slid, the figures show...

http://tinyurl.com/25nyyt


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Dying Hegemons
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6667a18a-b888-11dc-893b-0000779fd2ac.html


From Information Clearing House



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An Open Letter to Pastors and Church Leaders
http://www.lewrockwell.com/barnwell/barnwell85.html

Don Garlits on 25 reasons he supports Ron Paul
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/garlits1.html

Read More Open Letters
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/open-letters.html



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Joe Napsha of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports: "Americans are putting in more hours at work, about 42.5 hours in 2006, compared to about 37.5 hours in 2003, according to time-use surveys by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. The extra hours are a result of fewer employees to do work, fears of job security, a need for overtime pay and a hope for advancement, experts say."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/010208LA.shtml



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Kirk Johnson, The New York Times, says, "Sheltered for many years by federal species protection law, the gray wolves of the West are about to step out onto the high wire of life in the real world, when their status as endangered animals formally comes to an end early this year."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/010208EB.shtml



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This week on Bill Moyers Journal, "On the Friday after the Iowa caucuses, Paul and Kucinich will give their perspectives on the results, the politics and the process as the field heads to New Hampshire."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010208U.shtml



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Margot Roosevelt of The Los Angeles Times reports: "California and 15 other states filed suit against the federal government today for denying them the right to restrict carbon dioxide emissions from cars and trucks, a major cause of global warming."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010208R.shtml



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US special forces snatch squads are on standby to seize or disable Pakistan's nuclear arsenal in the event of a collapse of government authority or the outbreak of civil war following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

http://snipurl.com/1webl


From Information Clearing House



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Benazir Bhutto was poised to offer proof that Pakistan's election commission and shadowy spy agency were seeking to rig an upcoming general election the night she was assassinated, a top aide said.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10485055



Bhutto Murder Theories Used as Political Tool
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,526141,00.html


From Information Clearing House



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US-LED coalition and paramilitary forces in Iraq were responsible for some 24,000 violent civilian deaths in 2007, according to an independent group monitoring casualties in the war-ravaged country.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22999216-2,00.html


From Information Clearing House

By Abid Ullah Jan

Alternative media is the West is falling prey to the ISI propaganda to save Musharraf.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18989.htm



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Writing for Geneva's Le Temps, Jean-Jacques Roth posits that sane environmental policies will provide the only way through the globalization-induced polarizations of identity and income inequality that increasingly characterize our world.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010208G.shtml



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The Bush Legacy

Conservative Courts Likely to Be Bush Legacy

David G. Savage, of The Los Angeles Times, writes, "After nearly seven years in the White House, President Bush has named 294 judges to the federal courts, giving Republican appointees a solid majority of the seats, including a 60%-to-40% edge over Democrats on the influential U.S. appeals courts."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010208F.shtml



The Bush Legacy (Take One)

Tom Engelhardt writes for TomDispatch, "If you don't mind thinking about the Bush legacy a year early, there are worse places to begin than with the case of Erla Osk Arnardottir Lilliendahl."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010208H.shtml



The Bush Legacy (Take Two)

Tom Engelhardt imagines what it would be like to rid ourselves of one legacy of the Bush administration - the "Global War on Terror."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010908I.shtml



The Legacy of Bush II

Robert Scheer writes for Truthdig: "Curb your enthusiasm. Even if your favored candidate did well on Super Tuesday, ask yourself if he or she will seriously challenge the bloated military budget that President Bush has proposed for 2009. If not, military spending will rise to a level exceeding any other year since the end of World War II, and there will be precious little left over to improve education and medical research, fight poverty, protect the environment or do anything else a decent person might care about." And, The New York Times editorial board writes: "President Bush's 2009 budget is a grim guided tour through his misplaced priorities, failed fiscal policies and the disastrous legacy that he will leave for the next president. And even that requires you to accept the White House's optimistic accounting, which seven years of experience tells us would be foolish in the extreme."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020608G.shtml



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http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0102-03.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/02/6112/

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1968: Always Something Next

Writing for Truthout, Michael Winship says, "Lately, much has been made of the fact that 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of the tumultuous year 1968. A History Channel documentary by Tom Brokaw, Tuesday's New York Times column by Bob Herbert, various articles and media commentaries - all have made the point, that, as Herbert wrote, 'One of the astonishing things about 1968 was how quickly each shocking, consciousness-altering event succeeded the last, leaving no time for people to reorient themselves. The mind-boggling occurrences seemed to come out of nowhere.'"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010208S.shtml



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/02/6108/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/02/6121/

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End of the short road

The American Spectator
by Jennifer Rubin

01/21/08

Iowa showed the potential for Mike Huckabee and South Carolina demonstrated his limits. The pundits waxed lyrical after Huckabee’s win in Iowa. He had transformed GOP politics or redefined the Reagan coalition or signaled the revenge of social conservatives or ushered in a new ‘change’ storyline for the primary season. Well, perhaps it was something simpler and more limited. Huckabee beat Mitt Romney in perhaps the only setting he could win. In the highly personalized retail politics of Iowa, in caucuses in which neighbors bring neighbors (and church congregants bring their fellow congregants) out to vote, Huckabee’s engaging personality and brand of identity politics could flourish. … This in a nutshell was a vote for who Huckabee was — a congenial small state governor, populist, and Baptist minister — not for what policies he espoused...

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=12605


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Huckabee
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iowa
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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/02/6129/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/02/6125/



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http://rense.com/general79/rebel.htm


Informant: Good

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Ernest Hancock: Ron Paul Revolution

http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/56af2dcda6786de0?hl=en



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYExyBqm1CE



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Erlebt die deutsche Hochschullandschaft eine gezielte Kampagne gegen den Widerspruchsgeist unangepasster Zeitgenossen, oder gestattet der Bologna-Prozess einfach nur keine Störgeräusche? Ein Gespräch mit dem Bildungsjournalisten Karl-Heinz Heinemann.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26903/1.html

Anders als in den USA ist der Umgang mit Elektroschrott in der EU gesetzlich geregelt. Trotzdem landen Millionen Tonnen auf heimischen Müllkippen oder werden exportiert.

Mehr unter...
http://www.jungewelt.de/2008/01-03/022.php

http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article3301065.ece



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Ian Swanson reports for The Hill, "All three favorites for the Democratic presidential nomination have said they will look into changing the controversial North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) if elected president."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010208O.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=NAFTA

Michael R. Gordon reports for The New York Times, "John Edwards says that if elected president he would withdraw the American troops who are training the Iraqi army and police as part of a broader plan to remove virtually all American forces within 10 months."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010208N.shtml

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Edwards Breaks with Establishment Consensus on Iraq
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/02/6116/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+withdraw
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Adam Cohen writes for The New York Times: "When Mr. Raymond opened a political telemarketing firm, he was hired by a Republican challenging a New Jersey Democratic congressman. Mr. Raymond's company - in a plan he says he hatched with the challenger's advisers - called liberal Democrats and urged them to vote for the Green Party candidate. Those same advisers, he says, gave Mr. Raymond another assignment: to call white households asking them to vote for the Democrat, using the voice of, as he puts it, a 'ghetto black guy.' He also called union households, using voices with thick Spanish accents." Meanwhile, David Espo reports for The Associated Press, "In the final days of a close campaign, likely Democratic caucus-goers in Iowa report receiving phone calls providing unflattering information about all three of the party's major presidential hopefuls."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010208M.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Adam+Cohen

Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the 9/11 commission, write in an op-ed for The New York Times: "the recent revelations that the CIA destroyed videotaped interrogations of Qaeda operatives leads us to conclude that the agency failed to respond to our lawful requests for information about the 9/11 plot. Those who knew about those videotapes - and did not tell us about them - obstructed our investigation."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010208J.shtml

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9/11 Commission Leaders Blast CIA on Interrogation Tapes
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/02/6114/

9/11 Commission: Our Investigation Was 'Obstructed'
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/02/6109/



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Heise Newsticker - Germany

Die US-Regierung will voraussichtlich im Frühjahr mit RFID-Chips bestückte Identitätskarten für den Grenzverkehr zwischen den USA und Kanada, Mexiko...

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/101197



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Bundeswehr: Armee der Arbeitslosen

„Die Bundeswehr bedient sich bei der Nachwuchsgewinnung gezielt aus dem Reservoir junger Arbeitsloser. Kooperationen mit Jobcentern machen es leichter…“ Artikel von Ralf Wurzbacher in der jungen Welt vom 28.12.2007 http://www.jungewelt.de/2007/12-28/045.php


20. Dezember 2007 Wuppertal: „Farbiges Weihnachtsgeschenk“ für das BIZ

„Gegen die Normalisierung von militärischen Auslandseinsätzen und gegen eine schleichende Militarisierung von Innenpolitik hat eine „AG Abrüstung jetzt“ mit Bezug auf die „aggressiven Werbekampagnen in Arbeitsämtern, Schulen und Universitäten“ in der Nacht (vor einem Bundeswehr-Werbetermin im BIZ) „ein kleines farbiges Weihnachtsgeschenk am Berufsinformationszentrum hinterlassen“. Die Werbeveranstaltung fand trotz „Farbschmierereien“ unter erhöhten Sicherheitsbedingungen statt…“ Siehe die Dokumentation bei „Bundeswehr wegtreten!“ http://www.bundeswehr-wegtreten.org/w_2007_12_20.html


Aus: LabourNet, 2. Januar 2008

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Bundeswehr: Armee der Arbeitslosen

Bundeswehr wegtreten - Videoclip
http://media.de.indymedia.org/media/2009/03//243099.avi


Aus: LabourNet, 23. März 2009

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Köln: Werbeoffiziere ausgesperrt. "Wir müssen draußen bleiben"

„4. Mai: Kurz vor Eintreffen der Werbeoffiziere zum regelmäßigen Rekrutierungstermin der Bundeswehr am Kölner Arbeitsamt Mitte um 14 Uhr wurde der Veranstaltungsort per Fahrradschloss verschlossen…“ Bericht von Bundeswehr aussperren vom 05.05.2010 bei indymedia http://de.indymedia.org/2010/05/280360.shtml


»Bundeswehr hat sogar eigene Büros in Arbeitsämtern«

Gegen Kriegspropaganda und Rekrutenwerbung gibt es im Internet eine Landkarte für antimilitaristische Aktionen. Gespräch von Michael Schulze von Glaßer mit Markus Wiedermann von der antimilitaristischen Initiative »kehrt marsch – Den Bundeswehr-Werbefeldzug stoppen« in junge Welt vom 05.05.2010 http://www.jungewelt.de/2010/05-05/040.php


Antimilitaristische Initiative veröffentlicht Bundeswehr-Werbetermine

„Die Initiative „kehrt marsch“ hat Termine von Bundeswehr-Werbeauftritten im Internet veröffentlicht und ruft antimiltaristische und friedensbewegte Aktive zu Protestaktionen auf. Die Termine stammen zum Teil aus einer Bundestagsanfrage der Abgeordneten Ulla Jelpke (LINKE), zum Teil von Internetseiten der Bundeswehr und der Agentur für Arbeit. Sie werden auf der Seite www.kehrt-marsch.de in einer interaktiven Karte dargestellt…“ Pressemitteilung vom 26.04.2010 (pdf) http://www.kehrt-marsch.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/pmkehrtmarsch2010.pdf

Siehe die Aktionsseite „kehrt marsch“ http://www.kehrt-marsch.de/


„DHL muss sich aus der Militär-Logistik zurückziehen“. Dachverband unterstützt die Initiative Zivile Post 2011

„Der Dachverband der Kritischen Aktionärinnen und Aktionäre unterstützt den Vorschlag von zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen für eine neue Unternehmensstrategie „Zivile Post 2011“. Damit kann die Deutsche Post und ihre Logistik-Sparte DHL den vollständigen Rückzug aus der Militär-Logistik erreichen. Wegen der zunehmenden Militarisierung des Unternehmens beantragen die Kritischen Aktionäre bei der Hauptversammlung am 28. April in Frankfurt, dem Vorstand die Entlastung zu verweigern…“ Pressemitteilung vom 27. April 2010 (pdf) http://www.kritischeaktionaere.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Pressemitteilungen_2010/Pm_Post_2010-04-27.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 6. Mai 2010



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Wird die Montags-Demo in Hannover mit Stasi-Methoden observiert ?

„Die Montagsdemo in Hannover wurde am 05.02.2007 (vom Verfassungsschutz ?) gefilmt. Aus dem Fenster des Cafés der Buchhandlung Weiland filmte ein Observations-Team die Montagsdemo vom 05.02.2007. Als das Observations-Team auch noch den Pausenraum des Personals nutzen wollte, schritt die damalige Leiterin des Buchhandel-Kaufhauses Weiland ein, stimmte laut Zeugenaussage einer Ausweitung der Überwachung in ihrem Arbeitsbereich nicht zu. (…) Der Film könnte beweisen, dass die Demonstration friedlich war, aus den Reihen der Demonstranten keine Körperverletzungen ausgingen. Der Prozess gegen zwei der Angeklagten wird am 07.01.2008 im Amtsgericht Hannover um 9.00 Uhr in Saal 2219 (Altbau) Volgersweg fortgeführt.“ Aus der Pressemitteilung vom 26.12.07. Siehe dazu: „Fiese Tricks von Polizei und Justiz? Prozesse in Hannover !“ Alptraum beschreibt in der Januar-Ausgabe (Seite 1 und 5) das Gesamt-Geschehen, das Bestreben der Polizeidirektion Hannover, die Versammlungsfreiheit und die Meinungsfreiheit einzuschränken. (pdf) http://www.gegen-sozialabbau.de/downloads/012008.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 2. Januar 2008



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„Hilfsorganisationen gehen davon aus, dass durch den Einsatz der EU-Grenzschutzbehörde Frontex vor den Kanarischen Inseln mehr Flüchtlinge sterben, weil die Wege länger und gefährlicher werden. Im Laufe des Jahres haben 12.000 Menschen die Überfahrt von Westafrika auf die Kanarischen Inseln geschafft. Das sind deutlich weniger als im Vorjahr, trotz allem kann dies kaum als Erfolg der EU-Grenzschutzbehörde Frontex gewertet werten, die mit Luft- und Seeüberwachung versucht, die Urlaubsinseln abzuschotten. Wurde im Vorjahr von 6.000 Menschen gesprochen, welche die gefährliche Überfahrt nicht überlebten, gehen Hilfsorganisationen davon aus, dass diese Zahl deutlich gestiegen ist, weil die Wege immer länger und gefährlicher werden. Frontex dementiert mit merkwürdigen Zahlen, die selbst mit den den Angaben des spanischen Innenministeriums nicht übereinstimmen…“ Artikel von Ralf Streck in telepolis vom 25.12.2007 http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26912/1.html


Aus: LabourNet, 2. Januar 2008

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Was ist FRONTEX?

Aufgaben und Strukturen der Europäischen Agentur für die operative Zusammenarbeit an den Außengrenzen

In der Reihe "Materialien gegen Krieg, Repression und für andere Verhältnisse" (Nr. 4) ist soeben eine Broschüre zur europäischen Grenzschutzagentur FRONTEX erschienen. In ihr werden Funktion, Tätigkeit und auch die Entstehungsgeschichte der Agentur umfassend beschrieben. Die 52-seitige Broschüre kann entweder kostenlos (gegen Porto) unter berlin@tobias-pflueger.de oder bei der IMI heruntergeladen werden (pdf): http://www.imi-online.de/download/FRONTEX-Broschuere.pdf

Siehe auch das Inhaltsverzeichnis bei der IMI http://www.imi-online.de/2008.php3?id=1680


Aus: LabourNet, 15. Januar 2008

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Neue Berichte über Frontex: Bootsflüchtlinge werden abgedrängt - Menschenrechtliche Leitlinien fehlen noch immer - Deutsche Beamte nehmen Flüchtlingsbooten Treibstoff und Lebensmittel weg

„Die EU-Grenzschutzagentur hat neue Zahlen über die von ihr koordinierten Einsätze auf dem Mittelmeer und vor der westafrikanischen Küste vorgelegt. Diese belegen, dass die Zurückdrängung von Flüchtlingsbooten auf hohem Niveau weitergeht. Sie werden in Drittstaaten zurückgedrängt, ohne dass sie Asylanträge stellen können. Erstmals wurde durch eine ARD-Dokumentation bekannt, dass auch deutsche Beamte an den illegalen Praktiken, Flüchtlingsboote durch Wegnahme von Treibstoff und Lebensmittel zur Umkehr zu zwingen, beteiligt sein sollen. Diese illegale Praxis stellt einen Angriff auf das Leben der Betroffenen dar und steht zudem in eklatantem Widerspruch zu den menschenrechtlichen Verpflichtungen der EU-Mitgliedstaaten…“ Bericht vom 15.08.2008 auf der pro asyl-Kampagnenseite www.stoppt-das-sterben.eu http://www.stoppt-das-sterben.eu/de/news/detailansicht/news/frontex_illegale_praxis_geht_weiter/back/9/chash/70cf4422ce/index.html

Siehe dazu:

ARD: "FRONTEX-Einheiten zwingen Flüchtlinge ohne Nahrung und Treibstoff zur Umkehr"

„Einheiten der EU-Grenzschutzagentur Frontex entnehmen den Flüchtlingsschiffen im Mittelmeer Treibstoff und Nahrungsmittel, um sie zur Umkehr zu zwingen. Dies geht aus dem ARD-Radiofeature «Krieg im Mittelmeer» (Koproduktion NDR/SWR) des Dokumentarautors Roman Herzog hervor…“ Bericht bei borderline-europe - Menschenrechte ohne Grenzen e.V. http://borderline-europe.de/news/news.php?news_id=55

SWR2 Feature: Krieg im Mittelmeer. Von der Cap Anamur zu Frontex und Europas neuen Lagern

Infos und Text der Sendung von Roman Herzog (Produktion: NDR/SWR 2008) beim SWR http://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/feature/-/id=659934/nid=659934/did=3510294/w8hs6t/index.html

Mit Flöten gegen Frontex. Aktionstag gegen die EU-Grenzschutzagentur in Lübeck

""Frontex zwingt Flüchtlinge und Migrantinnen auf immer gefährlichere Fluchtrouten, z.B. vor den Kanarischen Inseln. Der Tod derjenigen, die versuchen nach Europa zu gelangen, wird dabei bewusst in Kauf genommen", erklärt Christian Homuth vom Lübecker Flüchtlings-forum e.V. Verantwortlich für die Ausbildung von Frontex-Einheiten ist in Deutschland die Bundespolizeiakademie in Lübeck St.-Hubertus. Durch "mid-level courses" werden dort Grenzpolizeioffiziere der mittleren Befehlsebene in europäischer Zusammenarbeit geschult. 550 Menschen aus Lübeck und vom Antirassistischen Camp in Hamburg haben deshalb am 19. August vor der Bundespolizeiakademie demonstriert. Am Nachmittag gab es einen Umzug durch die Innenstadt…“ Bericht und Diaserie (27 Fotos) beim Umbruch-Bildarchiv http://www.umbruch-bildarchiv.de/bildarchiv/ereignis/190808frontex.html


Aus: LabourNet, 26. August 2008



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„Die vom Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung initiierte Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen die sechsmonatige Speicherung aller Verbindungsdaten ist heute beim Bundesverfassungsgericht in Karlsruhe eingereicht worden. Erstmals in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik haben rund 30.000 Menschen einen Rechtsanwalt mit der Erhebung einer Verfassungsbeschwerde beauftragt. Der Arbeitskreis veröffentlicht zugleich Empfehlungen zum Schutz vor der ab 2008 geltenden „Totalprotokollierung der Telekommunikation“…“ Presseerklärung des Arbeitskreises Vorratsdatenspeicherung vom 31.12.2007 http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/184/1/lang,de/


Trauerzug mit dem "Privatsphäre"-Sarg durch die Republik

“Guten Rutsch ins Jahr 1984!” Bericht: Demonstration gegen die Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Berlin

„Ein Großteil der Teilnehmer des 24. Chaos Communication Congresses (24c3) folgte am Abend des 29. Dezember dem spontanen Aufruf verschiedenster Organisationen, gegen die Vorratsdatenspeicherung zu protestieren…“ Bericht vom 29.12.2007 mit Bildern und Video http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/183/55/lang,de/


31.12.: Trauermarsch durch Hamburg wegen verlorener Privatsphäre

„In Hamburg wurde am Montag, den 31.12.2007 um die verlorene Privatsphäre der Bürgerinnen und Bürger in Deutschland getrauert. Ein Trauerzug trug einen Sarg als Symbol für den Verlust von Privatsphäre, Grund- und Bürgerrechten durch die Innenstadt…“ Bericht vom 31.12.2007 mit Fotos und ZDF-Video http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/181/1/lang,de/


Der Sarg wird jetzt eine Woche lang durch Deutschland touren und am 6. Januar auf der Demo gegen den Schäuble-Auftritt in München ankommen.

Die Touren-Daten
https://wiki.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/Bundessarg

„Was zählt ist Freiheit“ – Infos zur Demo am 6. Januar 2008 um 12.30 Uhr an der Konferenzhalle Theresienhöhe anlässlich der Rede von Wolfgang Schäuble unter dem Motto „Was zählt ist Sicherheit“ http://wiki.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/Was_z%C3%A4hlt_ist_Freiheit


Vorratsdatenspeicherung: Big Brother darf loslegen

„Bundespräsident Horst Köhler hat das umstrittene Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung und zur Telekommunikationsüberwachung unterzeichnet. Sein Sprecher Martin Kothé sagte am Mittwoch, der Bundespräsident habe das Gesetz intensiv geprüft: "Es lagen keine durchgreifenden Gründe vor, die ihn an der Ausfertigung gehindert hätten." Artikel in der Frankfurter Rundschau vom 27.12.2007 http://www.fr-online.de/in_und_ausland/politik/aktuell/?sid=544e0bb5360be3ce1b1d93dc315c1a51&em_cnt=1263609


Aus: LabourNet, 2. Januar 2008



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Common Dreams
by Cindy Sheehan

01/01/08

I rode from the Veteran’s for Peace Convention in Dallas on the “White Rose,” a bus that had a huge ‘IMPEACH’ written on the side of it. On the bus was a picture of Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans and some of the quotes of the series of 5 leaflets that the Society spread denouncing Hitler from June 1942 to February 1943, when they were caught and executed. …. Gold Star Families for Peace and the Camp Casey Peace Institute has joined a group called the “White Rose Coalition” that will be carrying a large copy of the Constitution at the end of the parade and the Backbone Campaign’s Chain Gang will be following the parade. Many activists will tag along with our “Impeachment” banners, signs and other means of protest to call national attention to the accountability issue. Being involved in this particular action has engendered the most hate mail for me since I left the Democratic Party!

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/01/6102/



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Washington Post

01/01/08

The federal government will soon offer passport cards equipped with electronic data chips to U.S. citizens who travel frequently between the United States and Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean. The cards can be read wirelessly from 20 feet, offering convenience to travelers but raising security and privacy concerns about the possibility of data being intercepted...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/31/AR2007123101922.html?hpid=sec-tech


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

01/01/08

The military’s reliance on unmanned aircraft that can watch, hunt and sometimes kill insurgents has soared to more than 500,000 hours in the air, largely in Iraq, The Associated Press has learned. And new Defense Department figures obtained by The AP show that the Air Force more than doubled its monthly use of drones between January and October, forcing it to take pilots out of the air and shift them to remote flying duty to meet part of the demand...

http://tinyurl.com/2cnczq


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

USA Today

01/01/08

Five years after passage of a federal law to create electronic registration databases to deter voter fraud, the new technology is posing hurdles that could disenfranchise thousands of legal voters, a USA TODAY examination finds. From Florida to Washington, voters have been challenged because names or numbers on their registration forms did not exactly match other government databases, such as Social Security and motor vehicle agencies...

http://tinyurl.com/3ahyux


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Defaults on privately insured U.S. mortgages rose 35 percent in November to a record, an industry report today showed, adding to evidence the U.S. housing slump is deepening.

http://snipurl.com/1wb09


From Information Clearing House



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ABC and Fox News Channel are narrowing the field of presidential candidates invited to debates this weekend just before the New Hampshire primary, in Fox's case infuriating supporters of Republican Ron Paul.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071231/ap_en_tv/tv_debate_limits_1


From Information Clearing House



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Mexico is going high tech to better track the movements of Central Americans who regularly cross the southern border to work or visit.

http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=7551974&nav=0w0v


From Information Clearing House



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On the day she was assassinated, Benazir Bhutto was due to meet two senior American politicians to show them a confidential report alleging that Pakistan's intelligence service was using US money to rig parliamentary elections, officials in her party said yesterday.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3116090.ece



U.S. policy shown vulnerable to Qaeda strikes

An al Qaeda role in the murder of Benazir Bhutto would show that the militant group can dramatically thwart U.S. foreign policy more than six years after President George W. Bush set out to defeat it.

http://snipurl.com/1wazs


From Information Clearing House



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By Arthur Donner & Doug Peters

The United Nations publishes a Human Development Index that ranks countries in terms of life expectancy, literacy, education and standard of living. The latest published data were based on 2005 statistics. The U.S., despite its vast wealth and power, placed only in the 12th position among industrial countries. The top four countries were Iceland, Norway, Australia and Canada.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18982.htm

By David Olive

For the first time since the end of the Cold War, America isn't alone on top.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18985.htm



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By S.M. Hussain

We believe that the fundamental battle taking place in Pakistan is between the secular and western-based educated pro-American elites, against the Islam-championing hard core religious types.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18983.htm



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By Scott Ritter

History will show that this period of relative "calm" we attribute to the surge is but the pause before the storm. Hillary Clinton is correct to label the surge a failed strategy. But her motivation for doing so rests more with her desire to position herself politically on the domestic front than it is a reflection of a thoughtful Iraq policy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18981.htm



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The Failing Empire
http://www.lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan75.html



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