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pBy SHELDON RICHMAN - Counterpunch Weekend Edition/p pWhen it comes to conserving the national-security state, it matters little which party is in power./p pa href=http://mostlywater.org/state_torture_america target=_blankread more/a/p

pBy Noam Chomsky - Sunday, May 05, 2013/p pIn this episode of iPress TV's/i documentary program renowned American academic Noam Chomsky says the United States would be recognized as a leading terrorist state if international law is applied./p pa href=http://mostlywater.org/noam_chomsky_us_top_terrorist_state_video target=_blankread more/a/p

pBy Mark Weisbrot - May 05, 2013/p pRecent events indicate that the Obama administration has stepped up its strategy of “regime change” against the left-of-center governments in Latin America, promoting conflict in ways not seen since the military coup that Washington supported in Venezuela in 2002. The most high-profile example is in Venezuela itself, during the past week. As this goes to press, Washington has grown increasingly isolated in its efforts to destabilize the newly elected government of Nicolas Maduro./p pa href=http://mostlywater.org/us_seeks_get_rid_left_governments_latin_america target=_blankread more/a/p

The Bakken shale lands as new sacrifice zone for polluting oil gas extraction. Four voices from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana North Dakota on dark side of the fracking boom.

The Bakken shale lands as new sacrifice zone for polluting oil gas extraction. Four voices from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana North Dakota on dark side of the fracking boom.

The Bakken shale lands as new sacrifice zone for polluting oil gas extraction. Four voices from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana North Dakota on dark side of the fracking boom.

The Bakken shale lands as new sacrifice zone for polluting oil gas extraction. Four voices from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana North Dakota on dark side of the fracking boom.

Robert Andrew Scott brings you experimental, psychedelic and folk music of the late-60s; post-punk of the late-70s / early-80s; synth-based pop / noise / punk; 20th / 21st century composition; dreamy / shoegazing pop; and exotic world music styles.

pAs a freelance broadcast technician, some days I have to get up at 3AM to run camera, lights, and sound for corporate news shows like Good Morni...

img align=left src=http://www.anarkismo.net/cache/imagecache/local/attachments/may2013/100_75_1_1_5_0_0_0_0_0_fabianaranedamitin.jpg title=fabianaranedamitin.jpg alt=fabianaranedamitin.jpgFabián Araneda, vicepresidente de la FECH, es un dirigente universitario muy especial, a quien sus compañeros de la coordinadora Luchar suelen llamarlo “el primer trabajador”. Él vive en Pedro Aguirre Cerda, es fanático de Colo Colo y de la serie Spartacus, de hecho en twitter se hace llamar @elperrotracio por su evidente parecido con este personaje histórico, que al igual que el gladiador que organizó un ejercito de esclavos rebeldes en contra Roma, siendo considerando posteriormente como el primer revolucionario de origen popular, Fabián es de los pocos, o quizás el único dirigente estudiantil del último tiempo, que trabaja por necesidad y no por un anhelo de autonomía. br / br / También es importante mencionar que es un compañero de origen popular y de ahí su cercana relación con el contexto social, el cual viene principalmente ligado a su experiencia personal. Por eso, sabe cómo piensa la mayoría de los jóvenes endeudados y esforzados, porque él también es uno de ellos. Además, esta cercanía y origen modesto se ve reflejado en lo sindical, debido a que como mencionábamos anteriormente, el compañero es trabajador, lo que le permite establecer un vínculo directo con el mundo sindical. Por esto, La Batalla conversó con Fabián sobre los trabajadores, su vida y el movimiento estudiantil, entrevista que te invitamos a leer a continuación.br

img align=left src=http://www.anarkismo.net/cache/imagecache/local/attachments/may2013/100_75_1_1_5_0_0_0_0_0_estrategiahenriquealvesrenancalheiros.jpg title=estrategiahenriquealvesrenancalheiros.jpg alt=estrategiahenriquealvesrenancalheiros.jpgRenan deu a dica, apontando o caminho através da lógica de um cardeal do Congresso acostumado a legislar em causa própria e de seus pares. br

La inoportuna muerte de Javier Diez Canseco Cisneros tras un cáncer fulminante agarra a la izquierda latinoamericana y peruana fuera de base. Diagnosticado a inicios de febrero del 2013 de un cáncer al colon, este resultó un sarcoma agresivo que se hizo metástasis y lo mató en pocas semanas. Dirigente político y analista fino desde fines de los años 60, cuando era estudiante en la Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú, JDC fue el decano del congreso peruano. Salió electo para la Asamblea Constituyente de 1978 y se quedó en el Congreso de la República tres décadas con dos intermedios, cuando Fujimori cerró el congreso en 1992 y cuando corrió a la presidencia en el año 2006. Fue el último representante de la izquierda en el Congreso de la República en el Perú habiendo sobrevivido los colapsos generados por el violentismo de Sendero Luminoso y por la reacción del Fujimorismo de los años 80 y 90 respectivamente. Odiado por muchos y temido por bastantes fue implacable con todo lo que no le sonaba a justo, honesto y coherente. Percibido como el radical por la prensa de derecha, era el que buscaba guardar la coherencia de sus principios, la manera de llevar a cabo las alianzas. Por esto fue respetado por los políticos con experiencia de todas las tendencias. No corrió la misma suerte ni con los sinvergüenzas ni con los inexpertos. Con su muerte la izquierda peruana se queda sin voz pública y sin articulador y la derecha sin adversario visible.br

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Summary of BACKCHAT prog no 18 / 2013 Intors Stephen Loft- Simson world expert on Sedan Chairs Part 1 Martin Reiser-poem The Glass Chair Music from the film Titanic-the sinking of the Titanic Feature on a visit to the Titanic Exhibition Belfast. Chauncy Cameron and Helen Dewbery on the their poetry film ‘There is Nothing in the Garden shown at the Cheltenham Poetry Festival 2013. Malcolm Grieve reads The Highway by Ray Bradbury

The Palestinian town of Beit Ommar is in the Hebron district of the West Bank, close to six Jewish settlements. Artist and activist Tamara Weller visited Beit Ommar through her work with the Palestine Solidarity Project. There's more information at palestinesolidarityproject.org.

pMotherrsquo;s Day began not just as a day to honor mothers, but as a day for mothers to express solidarity with one another and against the war...

pimg align=right src=http://www.iww.org/sites/default/files/images/SCU.preview.jpg alt= /On Thursday, May 2 the Sisters' Camelot managing collective posted a long public statement on the internet addressing the current standoff between them and our striking union of canvass workers. Their statement is full of inaccurate information. Below are the most egregious inaccuracies, each with a concise explanation of the truth./p pi1. Sisters' Camelot: ldquo;We operate as an egalitarian democracy where no one member has a larger voice than any other, and all participate equally in the decision-making process. Anyone in the in the community ndash; including the canvassers ndash; can become a member of our collective and therefore have a full voice in its operations.rdquo;/i/p pTHE TRUTH: The collective has refused to allow some canvassers to join the collective when they showed interest. Other canvassers have decided the collective has been hostile towards them and the canvass in general. Many canvassers who have tried addressing canvass-related grievances through the collective process equate it to banging their head against a brick wall. Some canvassers are unable to attend Monday morning meetings because of obligations as parents, students, and workers at other jobs. The 6 collective members have hiring and firing power over us and the collective process has failed to address the grievances of canvassers, so we unionized to bring balance to the power dynamic in our workplace. Telling us to use the collective process is classic boss speak for telling workers they should go through pre-existing channels instead of unionizing./p pi2. SC: ldquo;After the group gave a list of demands (some, but not all, being reasonable), they gave the collective one hour to meet their demands. If not, they declared they would strike.rdquo;/i/p pTHE TRUTH: In our first meeting with the managing collective after unionization, we (the union) carefully went through our demands and allowed them an hour to ask any clarifying questions about them. They chose to only ask a couple questions, using about 5 minutes worth of their allotted hour. Then we gave the collective another hour to discuss in private and expected negotiation to begin after that. We stated very clearly that we did not expect negotiations to finish that day; we just wanted them to move forward in good faith. We stated that we did not expect to get all of our demands; that many of them were flexible, and as long as negotiations went ahead in good faith we would not strike. The managing collective simply refused to negotiate with our union./p div class=og_rss_groups/divpa href=http://www.iww.org/en/content/sisters-camelot-union-debunks-employer-propaganda target=_blankread more/a/p