Category: social revolution

Brutal Belarus Crackdown

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Brutal Crackdown in Belarus

By Pavol Stracansky
PRAGUE, Feb 9, 2011 (IPS) – Repressions in Europe’s last dictatorship show no signs of abating despite EU sanctions and international condemnation. International rights watchdogs warn that human rights abuses in Belarus have reached a “new low”, and activists say that no one appears safe from Alexander Lukashenka’s brutal crackdowns in the wake of his controversial re-election as president.

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54406

Sexist Genocide in Guatemala

Surviving the Sexist Genocide in Guatemala

by TheFree Mikegilli on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 10:38pm

By Danilo Valladares

GUATEMALA CITY, Feb 8, 2011 (IPS) – “He would punch my head all the time, pull my hair, smack and kick me. And he would make me wear long sleeves to hide the bruises; even on my wedding day I had a black and blue mark on my arm,” Heidi Velásquez told IPS in Guatemala.….

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Mubarak family fortune $70bn

Mubarak family fortune could reach $70bn, say experts | World news | The Guardian

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Egyptian president has cash in British and Swiss banks plus UK and US property

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Amazon drought> billions of tree deaths

Mass tree deaths prompt fears of Amazon ‘climate tipping point’ | Environment | guardian.co.uk

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Scientists fear billions of tree deaths caused by 2010 drought could see vast forest turn from carbon sink to carbon source

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Capitalists kill children

Darfur children collage

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Q&A: Hunger, Food Shortages Fuel Uprisings – IPS ipsnews.net

The rise in food prices and growing hunger, one of the causes of the popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and other countries in the Arab world, is due to financial speculation and not a lack of arable land, says Janaina Stronzake, a leader of Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST).

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