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Destroying permanent jobs - could it make the most profitable beverage in the world? CASUAL-T®. DISPOSAL JOBS CAN DO THAT http://www.iuf.org/casualtea

IUF Condemns Murders of Russian Union/Social Activists, Calls for Government Action In a letter to the heads of the Russian government dated January 26, the IUF has called for swift action by the authorities in the face of growing violence against trade union and social activists. http://www.iuf.org/den5665

Nestlé USA Ordered to Pay Back Wages to 6,000 Workers Clocking Off for Work Clothes Changes http://www.iuf.org/den5649

"War is Peace" Vid Projected on Israeli Embassy, Dublin/Ireland, Demanding the Immediate Expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90742 T

his video is made up of a list of the signatories of an open letter compiled to support the demand that the Israeli ambassador to Ireland be expelled 'until such time as there is a complete end to Israel's war on Gaza and its continued slaughter of the Palestinian people.' The list is combined with Creative Commons footage from Gaza released onto the web by Al Jazeera. The Al Jazeera TV channel continues to update their Creative Commons page with more recent footage from Gaza.

It was projected onto the exterior of the Israeli embassy in Dublin on the evening of the 19th of January as a response to a 'PR attack' on Ireland by an Israeli Minister fresh over here from overseeing the slaughter in Gaza. Those involved in the collection of signatories, the action at the Israeli embassy, and the production of the video would appreciate any efforts made by others who support this action to spread this video through their blogs, websites and online social networks.

Irony greetings on this day that John Howard gets his Freedom Medal or is that Feardom Metal from nearly ex-Prez Bush ? Did anyone see the Chicago 10 doco on SBS la

http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/108968/Chicago-10/blog/Documentaries-SBS

"All the World's Watching" yes saw the Chicago 10 animated drama doco, it was marvellous seeing the actual defendants and film footage from 1968. The title is drawn from a quote by Rubin, who said, "Anyone who calls us the Chicago Seven is a racist. Because you're discrediting Bobby Seale. You can call us the Chicago Eight, but really we're the Chicago Ten, because our two lawyers went down with us." Recognised some street scenes from Haskell Wexler's actual footage used also in his film Medium Cool which is a classic about role media as much as street protests. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064652/

Out-takes from Medium Cool are used in the Brett Morgen film. There is a doco about the making of Medium Cool which I am yet to see but sounds interesting: http://www.thestickingplace.com/film/look-out-haskell/

http://teacherdudebbq.blogspot.com/

Thousands of students and other groups took to the streets of Athens and Thessaloniki yesterday Jan 9th 2009 to protest the present Greek government and its policies. The government has announced that it has decided on a policy of zero tolerence in dealing with Greece's recent wave of unrest and the change in the ruling New Democracy party's change in tactics was seen in a more aggresive stance on the part of the MAT (Greek riot police) on Friday.

However, the change in tactics has proved to be less effective than hoped for as most of the arrests carried out the Athens authorities turned out to be lawyers acting as volunteer legal advisors to those taking part in yesterday's march. The 18 lawyers have filed a suit against deputy minister for law and order, after the head of the riot squad that detained them said that he was carrying out a "political decision", according a report on the Greek TV station Skai's, web site.

Funeral procession mourns state violence, demands end

Providence Rhode Island January 9th 2009

On a cold January Friday afternoon , about 40 people gathered to march in solem funeral procession through Providence. Folks from throughout Providence responded to the call to action from the radical queer "What Queer" collective and gathered at Burnside park to stand against government violence and mourn the victims of the state here, all over the nation and abroad. As we prepared to march to locations throughout Providence people displayed banners and signs reading "End all occupations" , "End US aid to Israel" as well as the Palestinian flag. The banner that lead the procession read "End Government Violence" with two hands linterlocked in solidarity with the words "Providence, Athens, Gaza" forming a triangle around the hands, the banner was the fabulous banner of the "What Queer" collective.

SHAC Enemy of the State

"There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!"

Mario Savio http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=tcx9BJRadfw

more: http://tinyurl.com/3b46o2

The terrorism of truth is the only one that can be of benfit to the proletariat. - Giofranco Sanguinetti http://antagonise.blogspot.com/2006/08/rage-against-machine.html

“To confront ideas that radically alter our perception of the world is one of life's most unsettling yet liberating experiences." http://au.youtube.com/user/antagonised

http://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=1609 It was High Noon today in Carlton, but the Sheriff didn’t show.

More protests in China - Jan 4 2009

There have been further protests by workers in China as the economic crisis prompts attacks on conditions, jobs and pay.

On December 28th ground crew at Hong Kong's international airport walked out in a three-hour protest against cuts to announced bonus payments, grounding flights. The 1,000 workers were employed by Hong Kong Airport Services Ltd. The economic crisis was cited as the reason for the attampted clawbacks by company bosses.

Riot police monitored a protest outside a textile factory in Humen town, Dongguan, on the 29th of December. The protest followed a chef in the factory canteen being "worked to death" after being on shift for 10 days straight. His family and co-workers objected to the pitiful compensation payment offered by factory bosses and the department of labour, and organised the demonstration. Despite the riot police arriving, the local police attempted to play down the size of the protest in the media, adding nonetheless that "In an economic crisis, such cases happens frequently."

Let Normality Sink In It's Own Crisis

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ0u3F01_E8

The maker http://au.youtube.com/user/Wormdei

29 December 2008 A few days after uploading my piece "In Vino Veratis", I was sent an excerpt from the blog http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog/ with very similar ideas, only coming from the point of view of those busy throwing things at police in Greece. The first quote is from http://amoryresistencia.blogspot.com/

, also covering the events from an anarchist-eye view. Further pictures expropriated from

http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php

... Rebel poetry and riot porn. Greece is the word, space is the place, now is the time. "Merry Crisis And Happy New Fear".

More interesting vids see

http://au.youtube.com/user/takvera

http://au.youtube.com/user/noworldorder7

On 18th December "flash mob choir" sung:

CHORUS buy more stuff! stuff! buy more stuff! stuff! buy more stuff! stuff!

any kind of stuff will do (stuff!)

just as long as it's brand new (stuff!)

matte or shiney, pink or blue (stuff!)

put your hand on it and feel (stuff!)

now you know you want the real (stuff!)

go down to the place that deals (stuff!)

CHORUS

what can we do,

we think that we need it

even though we're too full to eat it

we have a beast that says we must feed it

all of the TV channels decreed it

CHORUS

buy more stuff,

pay for it later on your card,

put it all in a big fat house,

look at it fondly when you're done,

do it all over......

http://exp-melb.blogspot.com/2008/12/flashmob-choir-cbd-18-dec.html

Stephen Taberner leads an impromptu choir , instructing Australian voters in the appropriate action to take; on Saturday the 24th of November. Shot and edited by Harry Williamson - Vote the bastards out !

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=vziDROl_MJo

" That the nation of leeches that conquered this land

Are the biggest and bravest and boldest and best

And yet where in your history books is the tale

Of the genocide basic to this country's birth "

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=tl08n8_b3Sw

LYRICS: My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying Buffy Ste Marie

Now that your big eyes have finally opened

Now that you're wondering how must they feel

Meaning them that you've chased across America's movie screens

Now that you're wondering how can it be real

That the ones you've called colorful, noble and proud

In your school propaganda They starve in their splendor

You've asked for my comment I simply will render My country 'tis of thy people you're dying

Now that the longhouses breed superstition

You force us to send our toddlers away

To your schools where they're taught to despise their traditions Y

ou forbid them their languages, then further say

That American history really began

When Columbus set sail out of Europe, then stress