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Huge Underwater Oil Plumes Found in Gulf of Mexico

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Sun, 2010-05-16

by Jeffrey Collins

ROBERT, La. - Scientists have found huge plumes of oil lurking under the surface of the water in the Gulf of Mexico, as BP hit a snag in its latest effort to slow down the oil blasting out of a broken undersea pipe.

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(en) US, Four Star Anarchist Organization invitation: Come out to the Chicago Anarchist Film Festival

Syndicated from A-Infos (English) on Sun, 2010-05-16

For Anarchism In Chicago and Throughout the World ---- With the absence of Finding our
Roots or larger anarchist gatherings, the 10th Chicago Anarchist Film Festival offers an
opportunity to share ideas, reunite with old friends, meet new people and watch amazing
radical films. CAFF points to the importance of long term projects development in
movement building and creating momentum.

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Saving the casino: America's economic recovery strategy

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Sun, 2010-05-16

There is a much larger casino operating in the United States. It variously goes by the name banking, stock and bond investing, commodities speculation, asset-backed securities, and myriad instruments classified as derivatives which get their value from some underlying security or commodity.

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Abortion Foes Capitalize on Health Care Law

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Sun, 2010-05-16

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

Abortion opponents fought passage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to the bitter end, and now that it's the law, they're using it to limit coverage by private insurers.

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Activists defend forests and koalas

Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-05-16

Sun, 18/04/2010

By Ash Pemberton

A coalition of communi

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Regional left statement: Thailand needs democracy!

Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-05-16

Sat, 17/04/2010

The Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM); Working People's Association (PRP) of Indonesia, People’s Democratic Party (PRD) of Indonesia, Turn Left Th

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Quest for Oil Leaves Trail of Damage Across the Globe

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Sun, 2010-05-16

by Tom Knudson

Like many of her neighbors, Celina Harpe is angry about the oil
pollution at her doorstep. No longer can she eat the silvery fish that
dart along the shore near her home. Even the wind that hurries over the
water reeks of oil waste.

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HIDTA Task Force on Border Mired in Corruption Charges

Syndicated from Narco News on Sun, 2010-05-16

ICE Agents Who Blew the Whistle on Fellow Law Enforcers’ Fraud, Waste and Abuse Faced Swift Retaliation From Their Agency

By Bill Conroy

Via the Narcosphere

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Thailand: Army Brings Death and Carnage to the Streets

Syndicated from Common Dreams

Promoted by blackandred on Sat, 2010/05/15 - 10:48pm

by Sian Powell

A day of violence on the streets of the Thai capital left at least ten dead and 125 wounded after renewed fighting erupted in the city's commercial heart yesterday. Soldiers fired bullets and teargas into the fortified encampment held for weeks by anti-government protesters, and street battles erupted in the city centre.

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Campaigners Believe War on Climate Change Will Be Stymied

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Sat, 2010-05-15

by Mark Leftly, Jonathan Owen, Jane Merrick and Mark Jewsbury

Fears that the UK's fight against climate change will be lost in the confusion of the Liberal-Conservative coalition were underlined yesterday when divisions between the two parties were exposed over n

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BP Accused of Using Gulf of Mexico as 'Toxic Testing-Ground'

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Sat, 2010-05-15

by Jacqui Goddard

State officials are angry that federal regulators gave the company permission to try out new chemical techniques to break up and hold back the growing tide of oil.

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'Nobody is Winning,' Admits McChrystal

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Sat, 2010-05-15

by Patrick Cockburn

Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in London yesterday as US generals express doubts that the fight against the Taliban is having any success.

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Anarchy is struggle for life, freedom and dignity

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Sat, 2010-05-15

The general strike on May 5 against the harshest financial anti-social measures imposed the last decades became the moment for the expression of a ...

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Kenney's critics defend refugee rights

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Sat, 2010-05-15

On Friday Jason Kenney, Canada’s minister of citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism, spoke at Halifax’s Marriot Hotel as part of a national conference on citizenship and immigration law. In his speech, “Balanced Refugee Reform”, he argued for a streamlined immigration system to fast track a 60,000-claim backlog of refugee applications.

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The workers' and trade-union movement in 2009: consolidation and dispersion

Syndicated from International Viewpoint on Sat, 2010-05-15

At the beginning of 2009 Russian workers took the crisis in a rather passive way, even though in May-July we witnessed a surge of activity, initially in the form of an explosion of street actions and other forms of protest that were fairly uncontrolled and not envisaged by the legislation on the resolution of work-related conflicts.

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