Month: Feb 2016

Dr Vandana Shiva (David) vs. Monsanto (Goliath)

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A leading light and hope for me in the fight against the evil that is Monsanto and its moneyman Bill Gates is Dr. Vandana Shiva. Please visit her website athttp://www.navdanya.org.

I have watched Dr. Shiva take on this megalithic corporation on behalf of Indian farmers, 250,000 of whom have already been lost to suicide because they believed Monsanto’s false claims to better production with GMO crops and pesticides. Lured in by these false claims, they mortgaged everything to buy in. Destruction ensued and crop after crop failed and families were thrown off ancestral land… Continue reading “Dr Vandana Shiva (David) vs. Monsanto (Goliath)”

Dublin: Squat City

[Dublin] Squat City has been liberated!

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Spread the word friends. The warehouse will soon be full of words; the garden has begun regrowing community; music and paint about to burst across the city.

At the lower end of Grangegorman and where the block continues along North Brunswick Street, acres of warehouses and yards and houses and space space spaces have been laying vacant far too long, once again. From developers to NAMA to developers to judge’s friendsand back to developers for more and more money while people and places rot.occupy Ireland

We who need a home have housed ourselves. We who need good work have found it. No pay — no problem. We invite you to join us for fun and struggle. Stay tuned for updates and events — we intend many things — and a brilliant surprise event is in the making to warm up your cold winter hearts for what’s to come. Continue reading “Dublin: Squat City”

Fracking water causes Cancer: Here’s the proof

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Here’s The New Study The Fracking Industry Doesn’t Want You to See

 Submitted by Claire Bernish via TheAntiMedia.org,

Though fracking industry proponents scoff at any intimation their so-called vital industry poses even scant risks to the public, a new study published in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology just proved those critics right — fracking wastewater causes cancer.

Using human bronchial epithelial cells, which are commonly used to measure the carcinogenesis of toxicants, researchers confirmed fracking flowback water from the Marcellus Shale caused the formation of malignancies. Continue reading “Fracking water causes Cancer: Here’s the proof”

Turkey attacks Kurds: SMS appeals as Families die in Besieged Basements

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…Latest news from Sur: Urgent… – LAST MINUTE DİYARBAKIR (DİHA) –Our agency’s reporter Mazlum Dolan, has been trapped in a basement of the Sur district of Diyarbakır with families.
Latest SMS from Sur basement: We cannot breathe, we will suffocate here
Mazlum Dolan, reporter of Dicle News Agency (DİHA) has been trapped in a basement of the Sur district of Diyarbakır with families.
Mazlum Dolan, reporter of Dicle News Agency (DİHA) has been trapped in a basement of the Sur district of Diyarbakır with families.

AMED- The attacks have continued in the area around basements where 200 people have been trapped.

Fatma Ateş, trapped in Sur basement, seriously wounded JINHA

AMED – Mazlum Dolan, reporter of Dicle News Agency (DİHA) has been trapped in a basement of the Sur district of Diyarbakır with families.

Urgent need for ambulances in Sur DİHA reporter Mazlum Dolan, who has been reporting for Amed’s Sur district for the past 80 days is now trapped in a basement with families, emphasized the urgent need for ambulances…
– See much more at: http://www.bestanews.com

Continue reading “Turkey attacks Kurds: SMS appeals as Families die in Besieged Basements”

Black British solidarity with Calais refugees

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petrel41's avatarDear Kitty. Some blog

This video shows Zita Holbourne and other activists from Britain visiting the Calais refugee camp in France on 19 September 2015.

By Zita Holbourne in Britain:

Fighting for survival in the Calais jungle

Thursday 18th February 2016

ZITA HOLBOURNE explains how she and fellow black activists have overcome racist border guards, obstructive officials and a lack of funds in order to bring desperately needed aid to the refugees in Calais and Dunkirk

FOR the past six months Black Activists Rising Against Cuts (Barac UK) has been carrying out humanitarian work to support refugees in Calais stuck in limbo living in inhumane conditions in the shanty town there. It’s known as the “Jungle” but many refugees we have met find that term derogatory.

On our first visit we joined a peaceful march in Calais organised by local charities, refugees and anti-racist organisations from Britain.

We took aid and gave…

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Free Leonard Peltier, wrongly imprisoned 40 yearz

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Human pack animals at Europe’s 6m high Spanish Gates

Earning a living on border of Morocco’s Spanish enclave

For Moroccan porters, smuggling goods through the border of Melilla exacts heavy toll and brings a meagre income.

from Jose Colon  at AJE with thanks

A man at the border pushes back some women trying to cross with packages on their backs. [Jose Colon/MeMo/Al Jazeera]

Melilla, Spain – At 6:30am, the sun has not made its appearance yet  and the border of Melilla’s Chinatown quarter is illuminated by the orange glow of street lamps.

The border crossing is a maze of wires and winches that convey a sense of unease and fear.

The  six metre-high border fence across the road, contributes to the feeling of a hostile environment that surrounds Melilla, the tiny Spanish enclave in the northeast of Morocco. Ahead, on the Moroccan side, the murmur of distant shouts and blows can be heard.

A man with a whip strikes at the load carriers. It is believed that local authorities hire Moroccan enforcers to keep order. [Jose Colon/MeMo/Al Jazeera] Continue reading “Human pack animals at Europe’s 6m high Spanish Gates”