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Montreal Neo-Nazi Gets Two Years for Armed Assault

Last Wednesday in Montreal an eighteen year old neo-nazi was sentenced to two years prison for stabbing two Arabs in downtown Montreal and assaulting a taxi driver. The scumbucket, whose name we are not given because he was under 18 at the time, was one of a gang of neo-nazis …

Up to 30% off Kersplebedeb Titles: Left-Wing Books dot Net

Once upon a time i had a nice website. People thought it was nifty, and that made me glad. Then along came web 2.0, and increasingly my poor little kersplebedeb website became about as impressive as a cluttered desk, on which it’s barely possible to find anything, never mind anything …

Major Victory in Adil Charkaoui Case

The following from the Justice for Adil campaign: Security certificate regime suffers another blow But the battle against ‘big brother’ is far from over … Four years after Adil Charkaoui was placed under draconian “preventive conditions”, he will finally be able to walk out of his front door without his …

Pacifism as Pathology Mini-Review

Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America by Ward Churchill My review rating: 4 of 5 starsi had given this book two stars from memory – what had stuck in my mind was Churchill’s conflation of what happened to the Jews during the Holocaust …

RSS Feeds by Label

Many of us on the left, either as individuals or on behalf of organizations, have tried our hand at blogging. For myself, as someone who maintains several websites, a longtime frustration has been that the energy i am putting into the blog does not automatically get integrated into what else …

Greece’s Urban Guerillas

The following article from Newsday.com about urban guerillas in Greece: Analysis: New brand of domestic terror in Greece seeks maximum havoc By ELENA BECATOROS | Associated Press Writer 3:12 AM EST, February 19, 2009 ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A new and possibly more dangerous generation of Greek extremists is escalating …

Prisoners Savagely Attacked by Racist Guards at SCI Camp Hill, PA

This from the Human Rights Coalition=Fed Up!, this report on what is being called the “Inauguration Day Atrocity”, where six men were targeted for assault with chemical and electrocution weapons by guards calling them “niggers” in retaliation for these prisoners continuing to file grievances, pursue civil litigation, expose prison conditions …

Hundreds of Kids Jailed to Help Pay for Judges’ Pampered Lifestyle

More dog-bites-man news here – two judges in Pennsylvania set up a kickback scheme whereby they would get paid for sending kids to private kiddie prisons. One imagines they’ll get in trouble for having gotten caught, but we’ll see: Monday, February 16, 2009PA Judges Accused of Jailing Juveniles for Cash …