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  • Internet Sales Tax Gets a New Champion

    Syndicated from Slashdot on Sat, 2010-07-03

    Archness1 writes with an excerpt from Declan McCullagh's piece at CNET about the recently renewed push for a sales tax on Internet purchases, led by Massachusetts Representative Bill Delahunt. "At the moment, Americans who shop over the Internet from out-of-state vendors usually aren't required to pay sales taxes.

  • UK Gov't Launches 'Your Freedom' Website To Seek Laws Worth Repealing

    Syndicated from Slashdot on Sat, 2010-07-03

    Firefalcon writes "The UK Government launched Thursday the 'Your Freedom' website, headed by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, to 'identify laws that should be repealed.' In a recent tweet, Police State UK pointed out an article in the New Statesman which appeals for people to call on the Government to repeal the ill thought-out Digital Economy Act that was rushed through Parliament without su

  • (en) US, Oakland, To Everybody Coming Out to 14th and Broadway - Anarchist statement on the upcoming Mehserle verdict.

    Syndicated from A-Infos (English) on Sat, 2010-07-03

    We are anarchists who live in the Bay. We are OUTRAGED by the murder of Oscar Grant, and
    we are pissed at continuing police violence and disregard of communities' health and
    safety. We're writing this letter to all the people who are going be in the streets the
    day of Mehserle's verdict. ---- PEOPLE BEEN TALKING BEHIND OUR BACKS ---- Some folks have
    been calling us "outside agitators".

  • (en) US, Media, Oakland after Mehserle* verdict

    Syndicated from A-Infos (English) on Sat, 2010-07-03

    As Oakland braces for the reaction to the verdict to the Johannes Mehserle trial*, which
    could come as soon as today or Tuesday, there are strong indications that activists from
    other parts of the state plan to converge on Oakland. Several blogs are calling on their
    members to converge in downtown Oakland the evening after the verdict is announced.

  • Freedom for Aafia!

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sat, 2010-07-03

    Presentation of petitions at the US embassy in Canberra, demanding justice for Dr Sidiqque, a woman kidnapped by Pakistani forces and now in Guantanamo.
    Organised by the Canterbury Bankstown Peace Group and the Justice for Aafia Coalition.
    To join the bus trip contact Raul 0403 037 376.

  • Documentary screening: The Life of Dr Aafia Sidiqque.

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sat, 2010-07-03

    Pakistani doctor who was detained, tortured and raped by Pakistani forces and then sent to Guantanamo, where she faced charges of shooting at prison officers. Plus speakers and organising meeting for further actions. Meet at US and Pakistani Consulates, Martin Place, city. Ph Raul 0403 037 376.

  • Balaclava! VMC Broadsheet Issue 15

    Syndicated from Media Co-op

    By Vancouver Media Co-op - July 1, 2010

    The July 15-31 issue brings out voices from the hot streets of resistance to the G-20 in Toronto and Vancouver, with special dispatches from VMC contributors who made the trip to Toronto.

  • June in Review, Pt II

    Syndicated from Dominion Paper on Fri, 2010-07-02

    G8/G20 was confronted, Toronto police lied, millions in Europe strike, and US oil rigs nationalized

  • Citizens Detained for Hours in Rainstorm as G20 Ends

    Syndicated from Media Co-op

    By Christian Peña - June 28, 2010

    People were seen shaking and very scared as [they] talked to family and friends on their cell phones. By 6:30 pm it began to rain heavily on the crowd. One young man held up a sign that said, “Everything will be OK” as riot cops banged their shields. Riot cops had been slowly going into the crowd and arresting people one at a time. They even enclosed a hot dog vendor and a woman in an electric wheelchair.

  • USSF Wobbly Report Back

    Syndicated from Infoshop News on Fri, 2010-07-02

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  • "Toronto is a Microcosm of G8/G20 Policies"

    Syndicated from Media Co-op

    By Maya Rolbin-Ghanie - June 30, 2010

    Queer rights, migrant rights, women's rights and "citizen's" rights were all blatantly violated throughout the course of the protests...both in and out of the detention centre, much as in countries affected by G20 policies. In detention, accounts of racist remarks, sexual assault and harassment, solitary confinement for queer people, and [denial of]...food, water, warmth, phone calls or legal counsel were all reported by detainees.

  • G20: Shut Doors = Broken Windows

    Syndicated from Media Co-op on Fri, 2010-07-02
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  • Indian Government Threatens RIM, Skype With Ban

    Syndicated from Slashdot on Fri, 2010-07-02

    gauharjk writes "India's Department of Telecommunications has been asked by the government to serve a notice to Skype and Research In Motion to ensure that their email and other data services comply with formats that can be read by security and intelligence agencies, or face a ban in India if they do not comply within 15 days.

  • CCPA Senior Economist calls Statistics Canada’s census decision "senseless"

    Syndicated from CCPA on Fri, 2010-07-02

    The CCPA's Senior Economist, Armine Yalnizyan, has decried the recent government decision to elmiinate mandatory long-form questionnaires in the gathering of census data.

  • Oil Spills Boost Arsenic Levels in Ocean: Study

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2010-07-02

    PARIS - Oil spills can boost levels of arsenic in seawater by suppressing a natural filter mechanism on the sea bed, according to a study published on Friday in a specialist journal.