The Zapatista uprising began 15 years ago under the banner of democracy, justice, and liberty. Over the course of those 15 years, indigenous and peasant communities have upheld their struggle despite the government’s counterinsurgency agenda.

Vancouver safe injection site protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Vancouver, May 28, 2008 – In a landmark ruling released yesterday, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled that InSite, North America’s first safe injection site, is protected by the Canadian Constitution.

Two Warriors from the Native Youth Movement (NYM) have just completed a 20 stop speaking tour against the 2010 Winter Olympics planned to be held in unceded Coast Salish Territories.

General Musharaf who took power in a coup d’état on October 12, 1999, had declared emergency rule and imposed strict security measures on November 3rd 2007, 2 months before a scheduled election in Pakistan.

On December 7, 2005, one of the largest roundups of environmental and animal liberation activists in American history began. Using the code name Operation Backfire, the FBI arrested seven people in four different states, for allegedly taking part in a wide variety of actions the government attributes to the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). Since then, many other people have been caught up in what has been called The Green Scare, and just recently, most of the defendants were sentenced to prison.

A call-out to anarchists interested in sharing our living history, ideas, debates and vision via a new program to educate and build understanding of the diverse voices and tendencies within anarchist struggles globally.

Free Speech Radio News:

On the four year anniversary of a historic squat eviction in Toronto, Canada, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty held a demonstration to reclaim abandoned buildings for poor and homeless people in the city. CKUT's Aaron Lakoff reports from Toronto.

Elliott Feldman joins the "Friday Morning After" on CKUT Radio to discuss Bush's $450 Million Slush Fund from the softwood lumber deal.

LEADED/UNLEADED: The State Unleashed (Lebanon), 2004, 40 mins.
(Arabic w/ English subtitles)
A film produced by Indymedia Beirut and is download-able online in two versions, big original DVD and smaller avi.

Leaded/Unleaded documents the May 2004 labour demonstrations in the poorest
neighbourhoods of Beirut that were violently repressed by the army. There has
been little focus on the perpetual economic crisis in Lebanon, where upwards of
40% of the country's population lives below the poverty line. Many link the
current economic crisis to ex-prime minister Rafik Hariri’s neo-liberal
economic policies in post-war Lebanon. (Hariri was murdered in a bomb-blast in
downtown Beirut on February 14th of this year.)

Sarah talks about the circumstances that led to the arrest and eventual death of Bill Rodgers, a long-time activist accused of arson. Bill was found dead in his cell of an apparent suicide, but there are many unanswered questions surrounding his death.

Bill was one of 6 activists arrested on December 7, all charged with arsons, all facing life in prison.

Video – Anarchists Attack the Headquarters of the Greek Riot Police and the Police Special Forces

Last night I was watching TV. It was about 3 in the morning. The show was a Hawaiian based cop show, where the 'heros' were big beastly men, with tattoos and macho attitudes, out to search and arrest a marginalized person

I was amazed, appalled, and astounded, Does the average North American really think this show promotes positive social values?

The show i was watching, though i didn't catch the name, seemed to be a rerun of every conversation i have ever had with a cop. They had the same 'superior' attitude, the same paternal voice, and the same 'i am being sympathetic but you are wrong' message.