Democracy Now! 2010-06-01 Tuesday

As much as I intended to cover the pending designation of GNP National Monument in Montana, that will have to wait until next time.

OTTAWA— "Intifada, Intifada," the Arab word for "uprising," was one of the proclamations yelled by hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered yesterday in front of the Human Rights Monument on Elgin Street, Ottawa.

This brutal assault was aimed at hundreds of non-violent activists who had come from all
over the world to denounce the blockade of Gaza that has been in force for over three
years. The flotilla was bringing aid for Gaza. So far 16 deaths and thirty injuries have
been reported. The captured ships are being towed to Haifa, so as to avoid reporters
gathered in Ashdod.

What I would do with $55,000: Our need for accountability and our failure to realize opportunities and build movements<br />
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A rather strange figure is moving to centre stage in Irish politics, that of the trade
unions - absent from mass struggles until recently and weakened over the decades of social
partnership, they are now the only possible source of a movement that can confront attemps
to transfer the cost of the recession to working people. This statement does not come with
out some qualms.

Alberta’s Tar Sands and Idaho’s Wilderness Gateway

Unfiltered By Nick Gier, Unfiltered 5-31-10