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Kenya and the Crimes of Colonialism

Kikuyu are rounded up for internment and interrogationduring white Kenya’s “Operation Anvil”, April 24th 1954 The dirty war Britain fought to maintain its control of Kenya was tantamount to genocide. The entire Kikuyu nation (the largest national group within Kenya) was considered to be under the sway of the Mau …

Stan Goff Rejects Marxism

Stan Goff, retired Special Forces, anti-war and feminist activist, author of Hideous Dream, Full-Spectrum Disorder: The Military in the New American Century, and Sex & War, (former?) member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization… has now renounced Marxism. Or at least, has renounced Marxism as a doctrine, though perhaps not …

[Indymedia] Mohawk Political Prisoner Challenges Jurisdiction of Colonial Courts

The following from Indymedia: Mohawk Political Prisoner Challenges Jurisdiction of Colonial Courts By Fiona BeckerIndymediaNovember 30th, 2006 Over 50 people packed the Cayuga courthouse on Wednesday for Trevor Miller, a Six Nations Mohawk of the Turtle Clan, as Trevor declared to the court that the colonial Canadian system has no …

[Movie Review] Songbirds, a Musical Documentary about Women in Prison

Songbirds, a film by Brian Hilllyrics by Simon Armitage, music by Simon BoswellUK / 2005 / Betacam / 62 min / englishContact: Sue Collins, Century Films, Studio 32, Clink Street Studios, 1 Clink Street, Londres SE19DG Angleterre. T: +44-207-378-6106 F: +44-207-407-6711 | sue.collins@centuryfilmsltd.com | www.centuryfilmsltd.com i saw Songbirds somewhat by …

December 2nd: A Second Vigil for Mohamed Anas Bennis

The following is a call for a second vigil for Mohamed Anas Bennis, to be held this Satruday December 2nd in Montreal. Translation by yours truly… Early on the morning of December 1st 2005, on the corner of Kent Street and Côte des Neiges, an incident involving one (or more) …

The Case of Mohamed Anas Bennis, Eleven Months Later

Mohamed Anas Bennis,shot dead by Montreal’s killer copson December 1st 2005 Montreal’s Collective Opposed to Police Brutality have released the following document summarizing the past year’s bullshit whitewash of the police killing of Mohamed Anas Bennis. This killing, the brazen secrecy and disrespect on the part of the government, and …

Opposing the Far-Right in India… in New York City

i just finished listening to this great interview with Biju Mathew, an anti-capitalist and anti-fascist Indian activist living in New York City. Mathew was interviewed by Montreal radical journalist Jaggi Singh about the connection between neo-liberalism, migration and the rise of the Hindu fundamentalist far right within the South Asian …

Stephen Harper Confronted in Montreal

The following about an action in Montreal earlier today… MONTREAL, NOV 24 2006. — Over twenty people held a demonstration this morning to disrupt a press conference given by Stephen Harper at the Montreal General Hospital, in front of a hand-picked audience of young Conservatives from McGill University. Despite heavy …

1960s-80s Political Repression in Mexico

Mexican authorities recently released a report on the government’s use of violent repression to crush its opponents during the 1960s-80s. The full report has now been posted on the Web site of the National Security Archive.