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IV 445 February 2012 PDF

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PDF of IV 445 for download

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Call to action – Reclaiming our future: Rio +20 and Beyond

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Mon, 2012-02-27

On 20-22 June 2012, governments from around the world will gather in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to commemorate 20 years of the “Earth Summit”, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) that first established a global agenda for “sustainable development”.

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Condemn the killings of CPI(M) activists, stand up for democratic rights for all

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Mon, 2012-02-27

Pradip Ta and Kamal Gayen, two Burdwan district CPI(M) leaders, the former an ex-Member of the Legislative Assembly, were killed as the result of an armed attack by Trinamul Congress forces, in a clear case of mob lynching.

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Against the Rule of Capital; For the General Strike

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Mon, 2012-02-27

The industrial strike initially called for 28 February is all set to become a general strike. For the last two years, the UPA government has virtually refused even to negotiate with workers and their unions over any issue. Meanwhile, working class militancy has been picking up after a long period. In India, only about seven per cent of the working class is organised.

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Coup bid reveals extremism within

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Sun, 2012-02-26

Bangladesh's army has won paludits as leading United Nations peacekeepers, but the January coup attempt against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government has exposed lurking religious extremism within its ranks.

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Occupy, longshore workers challenge anti-union bosses

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Sat, 2012-02-25

<i class="spip">Time</i> Magazine designated its “Person of the Year 2011” as “The Protestor.” To make clear that its reference was to what the editors considered the most important development of the year, Time added to its cover-page headline: “From the Arab Spring to Athens, from Occupy Wall Street to Moscow.” Its feature story began, “No one could have known that when a Tunisian fruit vendor s

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Hunger is man-made and man can unmake it

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Sat, 2012-02-25

Jean Ziegler interviewed by Éric Toussaint on the occasion of the release of his last book: Destruction massive, géopolitique de la faim, Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 2012.

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Face the enemy in unity or back the chauvinists and perish

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Fri, 2012-02-24

Pro government trade union leaders claim that a certain group of people backed by International Non Government Organizations is conspiring against the country, when it is on the right track for development after 30 years of protracted war.

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The regime lashes back

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Mon, 2012-02-20

Ahmed Shawki reports from Cairo on February 3, a day when Hosni Mubarak and his regime struck back with savage violence directed at protesters demanding that he go.

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In defence of the Ultras: their message and our response – Egyptian Revolutionary Socialists on the football stadium massacre

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Mon, 2012-02-20

What message was the crime committed against the Ahly Ultras—that killed more than 75 martyrs—meant to deliver? Was it to punish the forces and groups that 
participated in the revolution and that still continue to oppose the SCAF [The ruling army council]?

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From despair to resistance

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Mon, 2012-02-20

On Sunday 12 February 2012 the people of Greece, in demonstrations and street fights all over the country expressed in a massive, collective and heroic way their anger against the terms of the new loan agreement dictated by the EU-ECB-IMF Troika.

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The Russia of the indignant

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Sat, 2012-02-18

The elections in Russia took place as usual, with massive fraud and the pressure of the regime to ensure the victory of the ruling party, United Russia. What has changed is the scale of the protests against this fraud.

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What priorities, tasks and ambitions for the citizens' audit in Europe?

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Sat, 2012-02-18

At a time when the Greek Campaign for the Audit of the Public Debt is being imitated a little all over Europe, a first assessment of its activity is necessary in order to draw useful lessons for everyone.

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Is the "Green economy" the new Washington consensus?

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Fri, 2012-02-17

This text was presented by the Working Group on the "Green Economy" at the Porto Allegre Social Forum in January 2012.

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Major anti-nuclear conference in Japan calls international day of action

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Fri, 2012-02-17

On January 14-15 2012 more than 10,000 participants from more than 30 countries attended a Global conference for a nuclear free world in Yokohama, Japan. More than 100 guest speakers addressed the conference which included those who had witnessed the disaster of Chernobyl in 1986 and the US nuclear test site on Marshall Islands as well as Fukushima.

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