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Dr. Suzan D. Johnson Cook Honors MLK Jr.’s Memory |
by William Hughes
liamhughes (nospam) comcast.net (unverified) |
15 Jan 2007
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Martin Luther King Jr., a hero of the Civil Rights Movement, was assassinated in Memphis, TN, on April 4, 1968. His impressive legacy, however, lives on. For the last 25 years, the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore has honored his memory with a commemorative lecture. On Jan. 13, 2007, Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook filled that role with distinction. She called on her audience to do their part, “to make a difference,” and to be “strengthened by our struggle.” |
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Greece: Anarchists take over the Polytechnic University in solidarity to the May 6 prisoners |
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14 Jan 2007
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Greece: Anarchists take over the Polytechnic University of Athens in solidarity to the May 6 prisoners -2 of them are on hunger strike for 46 and 28 days respectively- |
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If you only read the US press, you must be very confused about Venezuela |
by eva gollinger
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14 Jan 2007
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If you only read the US press, you must be very confused about Venezuela. The extreme levels of distortion, lack of fact checking and source verification and outright manipulation of information in the US media on Venezuela is quite troubling and dangerous in a nation that has waged wars based on false data and misleading policies. |
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Principled Dutch ASN Bank ends relations with Veolia |
by Adri Nieuwhof
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14 Jan 2007
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This week, ASN Bank, a Dutch bank based in The Hague,1 announced that it would end its relationship with Veolia Transport, and all companies that benefit from Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory. |
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The Israel Veolia "Connexion" |
by Adri Nieuwhof
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14 Jan 2007
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Veolia's partnership in an Israeli project for a tramline, to be constructed on occupied Palestinian territory in East Jerusalem has drawn the attention of advocacy groups around the world who have responded to the call by Palestinian civil society for campaigns of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. Building on an earlier article [1] about the tramline in East Jerusalem let us further explore the background of the transnational company Veolia Environment. |
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LOCAL News :: Human Rights |
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Israeliophiles and nationalists - that's apartheid! |
by paxnow
paxnow (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified) |
13 Jan 2007
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Israeli nationlists and patriots such as Alan Dershowitz
and Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe have challenged
Jimmy Carter's visit to Brandeis.
A 'left Zionist" and former education minister of Israel
defends Jimmy Carter's use fo the word 'apartheid' to
describe Israel occupation of the Palestinians. |
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FOIA,Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and SEC Chris Cox's Enron,Merrill Lynch conflict of interest |
by Tony Ryals
endosam (nospam) lycos.com (unverified) |
13 Jan 2007
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So SEC Chairman Christopher 'WMDS' Cox who lies about 'securities' the way he lied about WMDs in Iraq that sent thousands upon thousands of people to their deaths while allowing money to be laundered around the world post 911,including in known terrorist suspect money laundering havens such as Kuala Lumpur and Dubai through the help of U.S. 'market makers' such as Charles Schwab,Refco, vFinance,etc.,etc.,is being asked through use of the Freedom of Information Act or FOIA about conflict of interest in sweeping his law firm's former clients corrupt involvement with Enron under the rug.Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales also deserves much of the discredit for what is going on inside and outside the SEC as well. |
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