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DNC Street Market & Fair (news & Info)

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Mon, 2010-06-21

Above are photos of the first and second DNC - Downtown Eastside Neighborhood Council Street Market & Fair.

"Smashing success" shouted Wendy Pedersen of the DNC - Downtown Eastside Neighborhood Council. "The event is better than we imagined."

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Protesters Prevent Unloading of Israeli Ship at Port of Oakland

Syndicated from Common Dreams

Promoted by blackandred on Mon, 2010/06/21 - 2:47pm

by Sean Maher

Hundreds of peace activists prevented the unloading of an Israeli ship at the Port of Oakland Sunday by forming a picket line...The longshoremen's union largely cooperated with the picket line. No workers tried to cross it..."We consider this to be a huge victory and a historic moment...This is the first time this has happened, that an Israeli ship was blocked from unloading in a U.S. port."

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Facebook: Between Commodification and Representation

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Mon, 2010-06-21

When Guy Debord wrote The Society of the Spectacle in 1967, his avowed aim was the construction of a theoretical weapon that would be a...

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Beck and Liddy Speak Out on Soccer ... Oh Joy

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Mon, 2010-06-21

Glenn Beck hates soccer. He says real Americans don't like soccer...Real Americans according to Beck and his fellow right wing bigots means whit...

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Powers of Eight

Syndicated from Dominion Paper on Mon, 2010-06-21

The G8 accounts for a small portion of the world’s population, but a majority of its power. Through their influence over international financial institutions and their economic and military dominance, the G8 countries shape the world’s economic structures.

Download a pdf version of this infographic.

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Gov. Jindal, Oil Firms Challenge Obama Deepwater Drilling Ban

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-21

by Mary Rickard and Ernest Scheyder

NEW ORLEANS/LAFITTE, La. - A U.S.

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Overconsumption is Costing Us the Earth and Human Happiness

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-21

by Celia Cole

If you really want to understand a country, a society, or even a
civilization, don't turn to its national museums or government
archives.

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Roundup resistant weeds pose environmental threat

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Mon, 2010-06-21

When the weed killer Roundup was introduced in the 1970s, it proved it could kill nearly any plant while still being safer than many other herbi...

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Arbitrary Government Kidnapping Under the Cloak of 'Objectivity'

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Mon, 2010-06-21

Mohamed Hassan Odaini, a Yemeni sent by his family to study in Pak, was kidnapped by the Islamabad government in 2002. He was 17 at the ...

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South Africa activists stage 'Poor People's World Cup'

Syndicated from Infoshop News on Mon, 2010-06-21

South African activists are staging a "Poor People's World Cup" to protest the exclusion of poor communities from the FIFA tournament....

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Toronto Cops Don't Deserve a Free Ride

Syndicated from Media Co-op

Promoted by blackandred on Mon, 2010/06/21 - 12:18pm

By Dawn Paley - June 21, 2010

Toronto cops are getting a free ride in the corporate media in the lead up to the G20 summit, as protesters are presented as the biggest threat to security in the city...But what the media is ignoring is the track record of the Toronto Police, which indicates they represent a far larger threat to the community than protesters.

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Police Add Water Cannon to G20 Arsenal

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-21

by Jesse McLean

TORONTO - Police have added a water cannon to their arsenal as they step up security ahead of this week’s G20 summit in Toronto.

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Coalition Urges FCC to Block Proposed Merger of Comcast-NBC

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-21

by Gautham Nagesh

WASHINGTON - A coalition of media
companies, unions and nonprofits is urging the Federal Communications
Commission to block the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal.

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Groups Urge FCC To Block NBC-Comcast Merger

Syndicated from Slashdot on Mon, 2010-06-21

GovTechGuy writes "A coalition of media companies, labor groups and privacy advocates have combined to urge the FCC to block the proposed merger of NBC Universal and cable giant Comcast. In a letter sent to the FCC Monday (PDF), the groups argue the new $30 billion entity would have unprecedented control over the media landscape, raising antitrust concerns.

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Israeli ship blockaded in San Francisco, dockworkers refuse to cross picket

Syndicated from Libcom on Mon, 2010-06-21

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