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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
4:51 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - major stories... Bolivia, Ecuador, France BOLIVIA: Mass protests overthrow government A new wave of mass protests broke out as a controversial gas bill passed parliament Marchers from El Alto descended on the capital en masse Congress was evacuated as protesters marched on it Demonstrators broke through cop lines and nearly reached Congress Police attacked the protesters with water cannons Protests for nationalisation of gas were also held across the country After sell-out on gas privatisation and redistribution issues, government faces new rebellion from El Alto slum-dwellers and peasants Protests continued for weeks, with attempts made to involve the police and military in repression Eventually President Mesa was forced to step down in the face of unrest, and plans to install far-rightist Vaca Diez as a replacement also fell apart http://www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=5658 http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={0033281F-72E6-4ED2-8018-3DA66F2BE910}&language=EN http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/05/24/BoliviaProtests_050524.html http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/mayo/vier27/23bolivia.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4605487.stm http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={6CB971C9-695D-45DA-B39B-4FBA65C260D2}&language=EN http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1527 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1529 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1528 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/5/27/17740/3054 http://newsocialist.org/index.php?id=305 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/7/212555/4105 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N11216611.htm http://www.counterpunch.org/webber05092005.html http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0613/p06s01-woam.html http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/6/223313/0055 http://www.internationalist.org/boliviaexplodes0506.html http://www.internationalist.org/lapazeyewitness050606.html http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/7/213122/3581 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/7/213122/3581 http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/junio/mier8/24boliv-i.html http://www.americas.org/item_19790 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/6/17431/08183 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050606-1947-bolivia-unrest.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1866 http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news502.htm http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/630/630p12b.htm http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/630/630p12.htm http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/627/627p24.htm http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=11301 http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=4805a676cefd60167d027f0472dfcccb http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4557379.stm http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1487077,00.html http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/18May2005_news36.php http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4551293.stm http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=111838®ion=4 http://news.monstersandcritics.com/southamerica/article_1001070.php/Protests_continue_in_Bolivia_over_gas_industry http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/17/1420227 http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050517-074136-8407r.htm http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0505/S00201.htm http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BD7FC3AAA-AC63-4057-9F0F-F76EDBC7C33D%7D&language=EN http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=CqOLSqeidyM9SAxzPys1WCM90zxn0CW Protest paralyses main airport http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/10/content_3065769.htm Protests derail Congress http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4594615.stm The people take La Paz http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/5/31/20717/4474 http://www.marxist.com/Latinam/bolivia-revolutionary-crisis010605.htm The uprising of miners and peasants http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2003/11/102035.shtml Interview with Bolivian activists http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/25/1414214 Tear gas in the Andes – The Nation article on the protests by Christian Parenti http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050613&s=parenti Water wars continue in El Alto http://www.cupe.ca/www/p3_alert__march_2005/bolivia_water_fight_ The first few days of the second gas war http://www.newsocialist.org/index.php?id=286 The revolution must continue (Fifth International analysis) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2110 http://www.allheadlinenews.com/cgi-bin/news/newsbrief.plx?id=2235625374&fa=1 New government tries to divert protest into parliamentarism http://www.marxist.com/Latinam/bolivia-parliamentary-trap130605.htm Bolivian people’s assembly launched http://www.marxist.com/Latinam/bolivia-peoples-assembly090605.htm Mass organisations form revolutionary council http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00243.html Statement by "Coordinadora de Defensa del Agua y el Gas" http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00251.html Bolivia “in pre-revolutionary situation” – UNIPA, Brazil http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00274.html Analyses of the unfolding crisis from PO, Argentina http://www.po.org.ar/poen/2005/poen900/poen900004.htm http://www.po.org.ar/poen/2005/poen903/poen903003.htm http://www.po.org.ar/poen/2005/poen904/poen904003.htm Peasants occupy gas plant in protest over local services http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4316562.stm Is reform enough? – Carlos Herrera, Bolivian Bolivarian http://www.axisoflogic.com/cgi-bin/exec/view.pl?archive=130&num=18327 Bolivia crisis peaks http://www.axisoflogic.com/cgi-bin/exec/view.pl?archive=130&num=18192 Mesa warns of civil war threat http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/09/news/bolivia.php Mesa resigns in bid to stop protests http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=alF4AE34J_TE&refer=top_world_news Thousands protest in Bolivian capital http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/06/07/bolivia.unrest/ Mesa’s concessions fail to stop protests http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4608111.stm Protests derail Bolivian Congress session http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5834012 Behind the crisis http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0613-24.htm Neoliberalism is not an option in Bolivia http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0609-27.htm Zero Hour in Bolivia http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0609-32.htm Tear gas in the Andes – the Bolivia crisis http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0527-28.htm Bolivia Mayday protests http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/04Bolivia.html After the uprising http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/24bolivia.html CPGB general analysis of the Bolivia revolt http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/581/bolivia.htm CPGB criticises MAS http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/582/bolivia.htm On the march against imperialism http://www.revolutionarycommunistgroup.com/frfi/185/185_bol.html http://www.revolutionarycommunistgroup.com/frfi/186/186_bol.html http://www.revolutionarycommunistgroup.com/frfi/184/184_bol.html Interview with COB activist http://www.revolutionarycommunistgroup.com/frfi/186/186_int.html Bolivia crisis leads to replacement of president http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs/default.asp?3,69,3,717 The Other Insurrections http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6321 Victory in Bolivia! http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-2/548/548_05_Bolivia.shtml http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-1/547/547_06_Bolivia.shtml http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-1/545/545_02_Bolivia.shtml Make the revolution permanent http://www.workerspower.com/index.php?id=78,791,0,0,1,0 http://www.workerspower.com/index.php?id=77,729,0,0,1,0 Byebye Mesa http://www.counterpunch.org/hylton06072005.html Bolivia on the edge of revolution http://www.counterpunch.org/maass06082005.html http://www.counterpunch.org/gott06142005.html The agony of stalemate http://www.counterpunch.org/hylton06022005.html http://www.counterpunch.org/hylton06142005.html Bolivia erupts http://www.counterpunch.org/webber05202005.html Back to the streets in Bolivia http://www.counterpunch.org/webber05092005.html Recovering Bolivia’s oil and gas http://www.counterpunch.org/olivera06102005.html Messy situation as protests continue, coup threatened http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050602115940229 Indigenous protest in Bolivia http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/05/26/penhaul.bolivia/index.html Nationalisation or Death – rebellion in Bolivia http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050528133134702 Bolivia explodes in sharp class battle http://www.internationalist.org/boliviatoc.html The first two days of Bolivia’s new gas war http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/article.php3?id_article=799 Protests by workers and indigenous people rock the ruling class http://socialismandliberation.org/mag/index.php?aid=445&PHPSESSID=a65f90fb525e7bb8829076a53bed7298 Behind the uprising http://www.nosweat.org.uk/article.php?sid=1315 Dual power in Bolivia http://blackcat.enzyme.org.nz/bolivia_s_laboratory_of_dual_power?PHPSESSID=7ccf617ed753bcd84dc1b90a5976939f Struggle goes “inside” http://blackcat.enzyme.org.nz/bolivias_gas_war_moves_inside Reversing the tide in Bolivia http://resist.ca/story/2005/6/7/123841/2664 Gas protests continue http://resist.ca/story/2005/5/30/124130/456 New uprising in Bolivia http://resist.ca/story/2005/5/24/62955/1715 Protesters demand nationalisation of oil and gas http://www.themilitant.com/2005/6923/692353.html http://www.themilitant.com/2005/6924/692405.html http://www.themilitant.com/2005/6925/692504.html “Last week Bolivia’s congress was forced to meet in the former colonial capital Sucre, as La Paz’s streets were out of their control. Then congress had to be suspended after military Special Forces killed a member of the mineworkers union Juan Coro as he was en route to protests, and peasant union members took over the Sucre airport.” http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20224.htm Narcosphere reports http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/12/214534/676 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/10/185538/941 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/10/11925/5827 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/9/235156/3341 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/9/84257/46598 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/9/2014/37723 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/7/213122/3581 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/7/3226/45623 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/3/20745/10741 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/2/202837/7248 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/2/91950/40629 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/1/203744/6962 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/1/1938/47554 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/5/31/20717/4474 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/5/31/82723/2089 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/5/30/191911/883 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/5/27/233342/114 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/5/27/17740/3054 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/5/24/174716/841 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/5/24/131418/002 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/5/19/31431/1005 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/5/17/2492/77016 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/special/bolivia_en Vaca Diez behind death of miner http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/9/172426/1456 Airport strike against Vaca Diez http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/9/14829/09416 Strikes across Bolivia http://www.workersliberty.org/node/view/4235 Rebellion topples president http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6715 http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6716 http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6682 http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6683 Warning of civil war, Bolivia’s President resigns http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/boli-j09.shtml http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/boli-j03.shtml ECUADOR: More protests against Gutierrez over corruption lead to toppling of government General strike and mass protests force resignation of former leftist Gutierrez What began as small liberal protests over supreme court stacking, turned into a mass popular mobilisation forcing the resignation of the president In a day of unrest in Quito, dozens were injured by fumes and one confirmed dead in clashes A week-long state of emergency was a pretext for massive police violence, but hundreds of thousands defied the repression Congress was stormed and briefly occupied Once again, popular masses marched on Quito and effectively overthrew a government The once popular Guttierez quickly sold out to neoliberalism, angering his former supporters http://www.marxist.com/Latinam/ecuador_uprising210405.htmhttp://english.people.com.cn/200504/20/eng20050420_181962.html http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=es%7Cen&u=http://ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/04/9325.shtml&prev=/language_tools http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=es%7Cen&u=http://ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/04/9119.shtml&prev=/language_tools http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=es%7Cen&u=http://peru.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/15440.php&prev=/language_tools http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=es%7Cen&u=http://ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/04/9117.shtml&prev=/language_tools http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=es%7Cen&u=http://ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/04/9001.shtml&prev=/language_tools http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=es%7Cen&u=http://ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/04/9012.shtml&prev=/language_tools http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/624/624p15.htm http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00448.html http://www.po.org.ar/poen/2005/poen896/poen896004.htm http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0421-02.htm http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0420-08.htm http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/11ecuador.html http://www.revolutionarycommunistgroup.com/frfi/185/185_ecu.html http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050415234604452 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=200504221111009 http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/article.php3?id_article=788 http://socialismandliberation.org/mag/index.php?aid=404 http://www.libcom.org/newswire/stories.php?story=05/04/24/0273450 http://www.themilitant.com/2005/6918/691801.html http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20217.htm http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/4/19/17234/5833 http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/4/17/1740/70522 http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6462 http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6376 http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-1/541/541_11_Ecuador.shtml Hmmm… time for another President to go? http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0501-30.htm Revolt was “middle-class” says US Marxist group http://www.themilitant.com/2005/6919/691953.html Latin America: Docile no more http://mondediplo.com/2005/06/12latinamerica What Ecuador’s people think of politics and politicians http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/4/18/20454/9033 Interview with indigenous leader http://www.narconews.com/Issue37/article1274.html New crisis in Ecuador – protesters demand nationalisation of oil and redistribution of oil wealth Workers and peasants blocked highways and occupied airports and oilfields The new president has declared a state of emergency and sent the army to seize the oilfields http://www.themilitant.com/2005/6934/693462.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4168070.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4164840.stm http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/8/20/6222/57479 Workers and peasants push for power http://www.marxist.com/Latinam/bolivia-workers-peasants080605.htm Latin America in revolt – a continent defies the US http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/624/624p24.htm Photos from the march which overthrew Gutierrez http://ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/04/9157.shtml http://ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/04/9090.shtml http://ecuador.indymedia.org/es/2005/04/9086.shtml General strike and protests in Cuenca, Quito http://boston.indymedia.org/feature/display/35430/index.php Reports on repression http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1733998.php http://newswire.indymedia.org/en/newswire/2005/04/822012.shtml As you probably know, Lucio won the elections in Ecuador in a very much Chavez-like agenda. Upon taking office he, unlike Chavez, forgot all his promises and turned to neoliberalism, against the people and being a servant to the US following on Uribe's footsteps. ALl the insults to the Ecuatorian people have been very much ignored until early April when he, with a rigged supreme court, acquitted former president Abdala Bucaram who had being removed from office for corruption (an ecuatorian Carlos Andres if you will). Once acquitted, Bucaram comes back to Ecuador. That angered the Ecuatorian people and gives grounds for one side of the right to play politics against the president (other side of the same right). They called a strike against the president and the supreme court on Wednesday 13th (of all dates!!). It was a top-down strike without any power of convoking the masses. However, there was a real issue that was hurting the Ecuadorian people, thinking of demonstrations, the people started to think of it on a more spontaneous manner and after that day there were public gatherings and demonstrations that increasingly gathered more people. At first it was mostly upper middle class but as the days progressed the country has been warming up and now there were more people joining the opposition but only from the middle class. Yesterday there was a big gathering going to the congress. There were about 30 to 40 thousand people (you might have heard a lot more from the media but it was only that many) that marched peacefully towards the congress. The demonstration got around the presidential palace where it was stopped by the guards with tear-gas. Nothing, that was not completely predictable if you know how this things tend to develop. The country keeps warming up and there will not relent until the accomplish something. At first it was the dismissal of the corrupt supreme court. They accomplished it but the anger for Lucio's abuses was too much and by now they want Lucio to resign. I doubt that they will calm down until Lucio steps down. Now let me make clear that this movement is strictly from the middle class. Even in the large demonstration of yesterday (April 19th) there wasn't any representation from the lower economic or ethnic groups. That the movement is from the middle class means two things. One, that it is demographically unimportant. As we discussed the middle class comprises only some 20% of the Ecuadorian people. If they went into a strike and paralyzed the country economically they could choke the economy and get Lucio to resign but by bulk of people they are limited in what they can do. The other consequence of that being a middle class movement is that it is fundamentally, and above all, a peaceful movement. So, there will not be any violent movement to force Lucio out of office. Nobody wants unrest in the country (certainly not the people that are in the business of placing and replacing governments in Latin America) and there will be a solution sooner rather than later. What I see will happen is something that has been rehearsed many times and works surprisingly well every time. The president and the vice-president will play good cop bad cop games. Lucio cancel the civil rights, and the vice-president, Alfredo Palacios, condemns the action. Lucio represses the people and send hordes to produce violence and the vice-president condemns it as well. The media plays along to demonize Lucio (which is not hard to do) and the Vice-president uses the spotlight of the media to champion the cause of righteousness and civil rights. The president resigns or is removed from office and the Vice-president takes the well-deserved job after his performance. He rallies the people against Lucio and when he is uncharged everybody wins. The people are happy because the accomplished their goal and go back home happy as happy can be because they succeeded in their cause (oops as I type this I hear that Lucio was removed from office by the congress just as I typed it three lines ago!!!). This formula has been used many times. It happens in 1997 when the removed Abdala Bucaram, it happened in 2000 when they removed Jamil Mahuad, it was used also in Bolivia in 2002. The people had rallied to the streets to protest against the privatization of the natural gas and water. The president Sanchez Lozada repressed the demonstration and the vice-President condemned it. They had a week or so stand off while the people fought in the streets against the public forces. Then the president resigned and Carlos Mesa (the vice-president) took office as the hero of the country. The people went back home only to see the new president continued with the privatization of the natural gas and water just as the former president was doing but the people was demobilized already. So long as it is a middle class movement, as it has been, this formula should work out as it has in the past. The lower classes and indigenous movements have not supported the movement but they will if the country continues to warm up. That might be the reason that the Congress rushed to remove him now before the real uprising comes. If there is a real uprising or if the middle class do not bite the hook, then some real changes might come about. Ecuador is a key country for Plan Colombia and the imperial control of South America. If Ecuador joins the Axis of good Colombia will end up coming our way sooner rather than later. It is uncertain so far if the Ecudorian people will fall for the trick of switching Vice presidents or not. There is a large crowd in the congress that do not let the, now, president go to the presidential palace. The events are very interesting and relevant to the future of South America Jesus (Jesus A Rivas, Vivabolivar list) Ecuador: overflowed 16 political class Q.S.V.T. Apr 2005 00:22 GMT In Quito (Ecuador) new forms of protest are being invented. Wednesday with "cacerolazo" began, Thursday followed with "reventón" of globes, and today "tablazo" is made. Everything began with a proposal of a listener in Radio the Moon, that continued transmitting without interruptions to receive the telephone calls of people who call to their neighbors to go out. The conductor of the program that seted out like citizen information channel, Alpaca Velasco, received anonymous threats of death. The political class is overflowed, and in SEVERAL COUNTRIES already they begin to manipulate the information, in order to facilitate the repression. One of the coreadas phrases is: THAT ALL GO AWAY!!!!! ================= More information: Ecuador Indymedia http://ecuador.indymedia.org Radio the Moon (online) http://www.radiolaluna.com ================ http://www.lahora.com.ec/ultimahora.asp#41926 DAILY HOUR 15/04/2005 - 3:03:35 p.m. After "reventón" summons "tablazo" against Government of Exempt Ecuador (EFE) Once passed "cacerolazo" of the last Wednesday and "reventón" of Thursday, thousands of Ecuadorian are prepared to carry out tonight, in Quito, "tablazo" against the Government of the president of Ecuador, Lucio Gutiérrez. The original protests began after the Government reduced importance to a manifestation led by the authorities of the province of Pichincha, whose capital is Exempt, that afternoon had little pursuit during the morning and of the last Wednesday. But at night, a nourished group of demonstrators surprised the police that guarded the Supreme Court of Justice, which they were impotent to repress the shouts of those who demanded the cease of the members of the high court and the resignation of Gutiérrez. "Outside Bright outside", "Cease of the Court de facto", coreaban the demonstrators, who insisted to the massive movement to the shout of: "The one that does not jump is Bright". The situation at night made worse Thursday for the Government, when the protests were multiplied in diverse sectors of Quito, by where at least 5,000 people made sound the horns of their cars or globes and casseroles were congregated with. The night of "reventón" took its name from the thousands of globes that were punctured to call the attention with the noise in a day that extended until the dawn in scenes little seen in Quito, that it has 1.6 million inhabitants. 15/04/2005 - 5:53:54 p.m. Today to 21h00: Mass media become echo of ´El Tablazo Several radial mass media of the city of Quito, through their regular programmings, were made echo during this day of the car call that maintains the resident Ecuadorian community in the Capital, to continue with the marches against the Government of the president, Lucio Gutiérrez. Transmitters like Cinnamon, America, Brilliant (Chain Democracy), Quito, Center, Columbus, among others where the Moon is included, radio that is canalizing the citizen inconformidad, have come announcing the manifestations for tonight, to which they have denominated it "the Tablazo" and that to say of consulted people will surpass the previous manifestations like the Cacerolazo and the Reventón: Think that the 50 thousand people will reach. Exempt radio and its informative space Ecuadoradio, after announcing the news coverage of tonight, fourth informative emission communicated to its hearing the transfer of his, for 23h00, this way presenting the Ecuadorian community and the outside the development these unusual events in Ecuador. The conductors of the radial programs, of all the musical sorts, not only that opened their microphones to their listeners so that they invite the population to be united to the Tablazo, but who supported with Alpaca Velasco, director of the informed space the Key, of Radio the moon. "Paquito, we are four broadcasters here that we are going to defend to you", he said to a pair of speakers of Radio Cinnamon to rate of tropical music. Radio Watchtower of the city of Guayaquil, according to Alpaca Velasco, could be integrated to the transmission of tonight. ecuadorinmediato.com =========================== http://www.diario-expreso.com/html/politica.asp DAILY EXPRESS 15/04/2005 "reventón" of Quito put to the regime in Maxima alert the protests took the streets last night inhabitants of the capital the capital became last night the epicenter of the popular displeasure again. At least 15 marches, organized of spontaneous form, filled the streets as much to the south, as in the center and north of the city. The popular pressure forced the Government to carry far the measures and the Congress was surrounded after the meeting that finished to 21:50; the same it happened in the palace of Carondelet and the Supreme Court of Justice. The call had like protagonist to "Radio the Moon again" that organized the denominated protest "reventón". This consisted of exploding to 21:00 all the globes that the demonstrators had between their hands. To that hour, at least ten thousand people located in the sector of the Carolina obeyed the order with a contagious enthusiasm. Somebody began to distribute a leaf with the direction of the deputies of Pichincha; others suggested "we go to the Court", but the majority chose to remain shouting against the Government. The march began to grow with the passage of time. The people dressed in the t-shirt of the Selection and the children turning the covers of the pots subjects of gossip, returned to become presents/displays like the previous night. Passed the 22:00, the demonstrators chose to be placed the Court in front of, but the police force interrupted its step again. Meanwhile, motorized marches and on foot looked for to arrive at the Congress. To 23:00, the minister of Government returned to endorse the position of the regime in the subject of the Court, while people followed in front of the institutions of the State. The night of Wednesday however, the communication by cellular had a preponderant place in the protest. In the cellular one of Carolina Prexel, a message noticed to him that one night very long was approached: "In the Carolina: 21:00 ". It was not necessary nothing else so that this young person who lives in "San Carlos", to the north of Quito, went to the traditional park of Quito. Two hours before, already it had taken a pot, a bucket and it was united to hundreds of mothers of family, children and young people to protest in "cacerolazo" characterized by his espontaneidad and call. It was Wednesday 13 of March and the last hours of provincial unemployment did not promise anything in special. Suddenly, the noise of casseroles in the streets was listened to, some vehicles made sound his claxons and the shout of "all outside, the first dictator", crossed the curtains and blinds of houses, departments and condominiums. In their district, at least five hundred people did the same and went to the park to shout under the light of a bonfire. Suddenly that cellular message arrived and next to another group of young people it undertook way towards the Carolina. Near the 21:00 they came together citizen of the south, like the Magdalena, the Footwear; of the north: Carapungo and Calderón, as well as of other sectors, that to the radio call the Moon left armed of a pot, a bucket, drums... Altogether, the people of at least twenty districts, of the fifty and two sectors in which the city is distributed, decided to leave her addresses and to prolong the protest in the morning and afternoon. A good number faced the Police in the low ones of the Supreme Court, until to 24:00 they undertook the way to the house of president Lucio Gutiérrez in the sector of the Fulling mill. There they began to shout from the road its displeasure, under the surprised glance of both police of the entrance. In other residential sectors like "the Gasca" and "San Gabriel", people caught bonfires, closed the transit and began to organize themselves of spontaneous form. There it was Edmundo Mendoza, owner of the commercial premises of the Rumipamba avenue (North of Quito) shouting against "Lucio and Ayerve" in spite of the influenza that still suffers. "I wanted to go out to shout, but my son advised to me that he did not do it by my disease". However, he was until the 01:00 wide-awake one, listening to the expressions of people by the radio. Others, like Víctor Jimbo, president of III the stage of the Urbanization "San Pedro Claver", took their loudspeaker, with which regularly it calls to mingas, and asked for the people who concentrated themselves in the English park. "I obtained Solely that ten families integrated themselves to the protests; clear that first it was necessary to convince the housewife ". Little by little, more people were adding themselves, until a good group ignited a bonfire and again it began to walk. The broadcasting Alpaca Velasco filled its mailbox of messages twice. That is to say, in one night it received on six hundred writings. He, even, marched towards the park the Carolina, the Supreme Court and the residence of Lucio Gutiérrez, pressed by hundreds of people who before the call of the radio had responded to the initiative to organize "cacerolazo". At dawn of yesterday they began to circulate other messages summoning to the citizens for today, in times of the night, to "farra antidictatorship", an idea that also will be irresistible for Quito. Today the south of Quito will be "farra against the dictator" in the capital was one of the most important poles of the popular displeasure. Marches from the sector of the Michelena, the Conception and San Bartolo tried to arrive at the Congress, but the Police prevented the access them. The main site of concentration was the sector of the Villaflora, where six thousand people at least crossed the main streets of the city. After that long-haul, whole families returned to their departure point and began to sing the national anthem of natural and sudden form. To "Radio the Moon" began to arrive suggestions for the protest from tonight. Some raised to take several avenues and to seat in the same ones; others raised to arrive at the Historical Center. Finally, the Moon raised the protest of "farra against the dictator" or "San Viernes against the dictatorship" that had great welcome between the hearing. The same one was left decree after several telephone calls. Some of the same ones proposed to advance until the Swissotel, where supposedly the President had met with members of the Roldosista Party. Outside the city also protests took place, basically in Cumbayá and Conocoto. In this zone, at least thousand people began to organize a manifestation by several zones. ===================== http://www.elcomercio.com/noticias.asp?noid=125236 DAILY COMMERCE 15/04/2005 cacelorazo went a punishment to the partisanship Its organization around a radial station - the Moon was the lapidaria test that an important segment of the society does not feel represented by a political class that, through the Democratic Left (YOU GO) and Pachakutik, took the reins from the Assembly of Quito. On the contrary, it was the sample of which before the incapacity of the political parties to lead citizen protests, people look for other spaces that viabilicen their exigencies. In this case it was radial means that one is against the government of Lucio Gutiérrez. For Jose Laso, director of Communication of the Andean University, that spontaneous manifestation demonstrates that there are "new channels of inconformidad and protest that exceed the partisan logic". Laso explains east behavior in the fact that the citizenship "has the impression that is agreed to and negotiated to its backs". To this the strategy of the Regime is added, which aims to discredit any action that has a partisan border, like the Assembly of Quito, led by the mayor Alpaca Moncayo and prefect Ramiro González (YOU GO). In that sense, the psychologist Francisco Peralta considers that the radial station became a scene where people "took control of her opinion creating a commitment with his to think, to say and to do". In effect, in last the 48 hours, radio the Moon received a rain of calls in which most of people it expressed his displeasure and it was committed to participate in acts with new shades, like ' cacerolazó. In parallel form, the participants criticized to most of televising means, accusing it "to by ricochet hide to the acts against the Government and the Court". To say of Jose Laso, that attitude is explained in the necessity of people to feel represented in the spaces contemporary public: the mass media. However, that expectation was truncated and even for either direction of two-way working by several reporters, who described the nocturnal protest as "vandalism". On the matter, Peralta says that the citizenship protested because it felt that the "vandalism" came from certain means, that they hid information "to defend interests". Although cacerolazo was an alternative channel, the sociologist Jorge Leon considers that that lack of representativeness can generate another type of manifestations, that can be "radical and violent", as it happens in other latitudes. The marrow the citizen displeasure looks for alternative spaces the parties. In the case of cacerolazo, one radio was the one that articulated the protest. ===================== http://www.lahora.com.ec/noticiacompleta.asp?noid=332548 DAILY the Exempt HOUR - Friday, April 15, the 2005 power of the casseroles the tribune of the Shyris and other points of the city congregated yesterday at night to thousands of people who with slogans and blows in the casseroles requested the exit of the president of the Republic, Lucio Gutiérrez. Globes, Flags, whistles, placards and the t-shirt of the selection were the symbol with which the civil society identified itself that is not in agreement with the Government. All shouted by the exit of Lucio Gutiérrez and the destitution of the Court and the courts, their proposal is, that assumes the power the Vice-president, Alfredo Palacio, while a generational change is made in the policy. The march of casseroles expands To 21h00 last night burst hundreds of globes by several points of the city and the whistle of the cars intensified like signal of protest and rejection to Gutiérrez. This happened in the sector of the Central University and in the Greater Seminary where they were autoconvocaron around 300 people who went with torches and casseroles to the CSJ by the route of the Metrobús. In the Italy park another group met to go to the CSJ; nevertheless to the height of the Chamber of Commerce of Quito, by the Amazon Avenue the presence of the military and police was evident, the Supreme Court she remained surrounded and watched all the night. Also they added Cotocollao, the Villaflora, the Painted one, Carapungo and the Gasca. With the motto "it is not a speed fight, but of resistance", the inhabitants of Quito concentrated themselves in several places of the city to request the exit of Gutiérrez. In the south, in the Rodrigo de Chávez also a considerable number of people met. LAHORA Thousands of Ecuadorian at night protest against Gutiérrez the Ecuadorian capital returned to be shaken tonight by the multitudinal protests of groups of citizens against the Government of president Lucio Gutiérrez. Tens of groups went out of unexpected and spontaneous form in more than twenty Quito districts to protest against the Government and the Supreme Court of Justice. The peculiar mobilization triggered the night of Wednesday last through initiative of many citizens who through the transmitter "Radio the Moon" summoned to a denominated protest "cacerolazo". The demonstrators demand that the controversial court is reorganized, who has been the target of the critics since its president, Guillermo I castrate, decided to annul the judgments who by presumed corruption weighed against their friend, ex- governor Abdalá Bucaram. Tonight, "Radio the Moon" has not interrupted its signal to receive hundreds of telephone calls of people who call to their neighbors to go out. In the Shyris avenue, in the commercial center of Quito, 5,000 people shouted "Lucio at least went" and "Bucaram to the jail", while in the Michelena street, to the south of the city, 3,000 demonstrators requested "that all go away", including the governor, the judges of the Supreme Court and the hundred of deputies of the Congress. In the district San Carlos, to the north of the large city, more than thousand citizens, between parents of family, housewives, old, young and young, they crossed several streets of the sector "waking up" to the neighbors so that they are united to the protests. Some people, through the "Radio the Moon", summoned a nocturnal manifestation to besiege the Parliament, whereas others suggested to march until the presidential Palace of Carondelet. In the environs of the Supreme Court also 7,000 people have concentrated themselves, which they demanded the destitution of the judges and rejected the anonymous threats of death that has received the director of "Radio the Moon", the journalist Alpaca Velasco. According to journalistic sources, more than eight hundred police they have bet themselves in the environs of the Parliament to prevent that the marches arrive until that enclosure, whereas in the Supreme Court more than one hundred agents they prevent the access of the demonstrators to the seat of the Court. The protests have been pacific, although the participants have rejected with indignation the declarations of the president, who hours before had labeled "the forajidos" protestants as and calculated that they were "very little". "Here it does not have forajidos nor we are four pelagatos", indicated a woman whom the exit of the power of president Gutiérrez asked, whom accused, like other hundreds of people, of "treasonous and dictator". On the other hand, the minister of Government (Inner), Oscar Ayerve, diminished the protests in Quito and said that in the capital "importance new features have not taken place". Ayerve admitted the right of the people to pronounce itself and announced that the Government has the intention to support amendments to the statutory law of the judicial function, to reorganize the Supreme Court. Exempt EFE autoconvoca tonight to the 'TABLAZÓ to follow with protests the manifestations of the citizens in Quito, who have had a protagónico paper from the night of Wednesday 13, has solved to follow with the protests under new initiatives, and for tonight of Friday a form of denominated expression ' Tablazó has looked for, which must as objective demand the resignation of president Gutiérrez and the diverse powers of the Ecuadorian state. The proposal has been raised by the own Quito settlers, who through the transmission that maintains Radio the Moon, in constant form they have called to suggest protest forms, and for that reason the idea has arisen from 'tablazó According to has been explained, it is which to 21h00, all the citizens whom they love to protest, they are united in its districts, and with two tables in its hands they let know its displeasure with the necessary noise. The initiative includes the accomplishment of marches by all the city, which make feel that noise that is come off striking of 'tablazó. The manifestations have been lead to protest in pacific form, thus many of the summoned ones to these marches have become to concentrate in sites like the Avenue of the Shyris, to the north of Quito, in redondel of Villa Flora, to the south, and in the districts of the city that has forty spontaneous marshalling areas. The reclamation that has been sent from the first moment at which the citizenship turned upside down in spontaneous manifestation, is that the resignation of president Gutiérrez is demanded, but the slogan of ' outside todos' has been added with which they express the rejection to the Ecuadorian political class, that has created one serious political crisis of illegality in Ecuador. ecuadorinmediato.com Outgrowth of uprising – government defies IMF http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2015 ECUADOR: Further protests – protesters target oil production The unleashing of repression led to mass popular resistance, with state buildings trashed and looted http://english.people.com.cn/200508/18/eng20050818_203279.html http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/08/24/afx2190591.html http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/wkrs-a23.shtml FRANCE: Mass uprising over police repression and social alienation after youths are electrocuted fleeing cops Running battles pitted riot cops against large numbers of youths, many of them hooded, who built barricades out of bins and burning cars Crowds of youths burn symbols of authority, build barricades and fight police in Paris and other cities The CRS presence, intended to suppress the revolt, is taken as a provocation, sustaining ongoing unrest The revolt, focused in minority communities, forced police to flee on several occasions Insurgents are demanding the resignation of the quasi-fascist minister Sarkozy, whose crackdown freakery has fuelled unrest Police stations were besieged during the unrest, and insurgents formed teams to fan out and outmanoeuvre police Insurgents showed sophisticated tactical awareness, forming small groups which evaded police assaults As statists downplayed the unrest and engaged in macho posturing, it escalated repeatedly, with police lured into ambushes on the eleventh night Unrest spread from Paris to 300 other towns and even into Belgium and Germany The state went from one repressive measure to another, flooding areas with police and using archaic fascist/colonial curfew laws designed to smash the Algerian independence struggle A bigot was killed after picking on youths seen burning rubbish bins, as youths defend themselves against the threat of arrest (NEWSCLIPPING COMPILATIONS) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3155 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3157 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3160 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3161 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3156 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3158 Analysis and political appeals (compilation) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3159 More links http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3111 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3115 As the unrest calms in Paris, it begins in other places Police curfews spark unrest in Lyon, with youths fighting police in the city centre Sarkozy is forced to flee as crowds disrupt a speech to cops http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3195 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3196 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3197 (16 Comments |Comment on this)
4:51 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - summit protests in Scotland and Argentina G8 PROTESTS – EDINBURGH, GLENEAGLES, AUCHTERADER, STIRLING Liberals try to hijack dissent, head off effective protest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1633 Protest suppression threats create possibility of unrest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1632 Smygo archive of mainstream media stories http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6473 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6497 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6511 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6555 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6649 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6633 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6683 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6659 G8 protests http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news503.htm G8 protests roundup http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/633/633p16.htm Massive but ineffectual “Make Poverty History” demo supports debt cancellation http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/02/uk.g8.edinburgh.ap/ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/07/02/world/main705975.shtml http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/07/02/poverty_protesters_march_in_scotland/ http://english.people.com.cn/200507/04/eng20050704_193869.html http://politics.guardian.co.uk/development/comment/0,15709,1520216,00.html Mass march on eve of summit – thousands attend but little action organised http://www.workerspower.com/index.php?id=47,750,0,0,1,0 Anarchists attacked by police while joining mass march Police attack distorted by media as part of authoritarian hype http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/315846.html http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=731222005 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1678699,00.html http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=730822005 Virtual rally accompanies mass demo http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2139385/g8-protests-virtual Sail 8 boat protest flops http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/03/usail8.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/07/03/ixportaltop.html Orkney anti-poverty march http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20227.htm Jews against the G8 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6693 G8 July 5 – street carnival/protest held in Edinburgh http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/07/05/1120329419394.html http://worldrevolution.org.uk/index.php?id=36,139,0,0,1,0 http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=244520 http://www.sabcnews.com/world/other/0,2172,107700,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4650343.stm http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15828537%255E910,00.html http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=148291770&p=y48z9z476 http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=244520&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/ http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00041.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00095.html http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=6787 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050703095019973 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050705091830418 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050705091520900 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2005070509081850 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050705072233902 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050705071027636 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050704091522672 http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20227.htm http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6912 http://worldrevolution.org.uk/index.php?id=36,139,0,0,1,0 Media goons blame trouble on protesters as usual, arselick Geldof http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050705091027544 July 6: small protest at Dungavel; others target oil refinery http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=745702005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4653843.stm http://www.workerspower.com/index.php?id=47,752,0,0,1,0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4649365.stm http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=744652005 http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20228.htm http://www.workerspower.com/index.php?id=47,752,0,0,1,0 Faslane Big Blockade goes ahead – hundreds blockade the military base http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/04/g8.naval.protest.ap/ http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5040743.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4660711.stm http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1520913,00.html http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=29337 http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20227.htm Protesters target Menwith Hill http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=6789 1500 on anti-war march http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20227.htm July 7 – protesters march on G8 and tear down perimeter fence Police attack with dogs, helicopters and riot goons http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=354846&in_page_id=1770 http://www.workerspower.com/index.php?id=47,753,0,0,1,0 Police play cat-and-mouse with Auchterader march, try to ban and then are forced to back down by the threat of unrest Protesters blocked from attending by police repression held protests and blocked roads in Edinburgh Sell-out Geldof also staged his own sectarian march http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/July/theworld_July152.xml§ion=theworld http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=qw1120673160888B261&set_id= http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/07/07/2003262537 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050706071147661 http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1733043,00.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050706-08063700-bc-g8-protests.xml http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/July/theworld_July150.xml§ion=theworld&col= http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=749692005 Thousands of marchers join Auchterader march on summit Some tear down the fence and get inside the security perimeter before being attacked by police http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Police-reinstate-cancelled-G8-protest/2005/07/06/1120329496548.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4654767.stm http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050706/w070650.html http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-summit7jul07,0,1138667.story?coll=la-home-world http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=751692005 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=354846&in_page_id=1770 http://www.channel4.com/news/content/news-storypage.jsp?id=1342194 http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00113.html http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050706222327797 http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20228.htm http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6928 http://www.workersliberty.org/node/view/4370 http://www.workerspower.com/index.php?id=47,753,0,0,1,0 http://www.channel4.com/news/content/news-storypage.jsp?id=1342194 Protesters kept from Auchterader, attacked by police in Edinburgh http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/article.php3?id_article=843 http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6924 http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20228.htm http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6959 Police attacks on Stirling protesters headed for Auchterader lead to mass unrest A Burger King is targeted and police lines attacked as protesters resist police repression Rail and road links were blockaded by protesters Police were forced to retreat under an onslaught on several occasions Protesters using arm-links pushed back police lines The M9 to Gleneagles was brought to a standstill by blockades and running battles http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4654767.stm http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=qw1120673160888B261&set_id= http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=751692005 This is how to deal with fascist pigs! Black Block take on police state in Stirling, enforce freedom of movement against police lines, and sab corporations http://www.indymedia.org.uk/rtsp/2005/07/317379.rm Stirling black block Anarchists succeed in storming main road despite repeated police attacks and blockades http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00139.html Report from Stirling and related protests http://www.counterpunch.org/tina07122005.html Campsite besieged http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=894 Fascist pigs blockade Stirling eco-camp This vindictive action was a kneejerk after police were outclassed in clashes in Stirling http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=78706056&p=787x643x Stirling camp besieged http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050707070126511 Police persecution of activists and others – pub besieged http://groups.google.com/group/alt.anarchism/browse_thread/thread/e4a6e11b65a07c6c/2f6863b75f799327?hl=en Rundown of police repression from Legal Defence and Monitoring Group http://groups.google.com/group/alt.anarchism/browse_thread/thread/132565b3e5fe2160/64f68f06f8fc4478?hl=en Police fascism in Stirling http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/586/letters.htm More on repression http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20228.htm In run-up to G8, pigs encourage snitching of unusual actions/people, and SNP support anti-protester crackdowns http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20216.htm Morag Balfour, SSP candidate for Glenrothes, has condemned police requests for personal details of visitors to Fife during the G8 summit as a "disingenuous breach of privacy". Morag was responding to the revelation that hotels, bed and breakfasts, camping and caravan sites were being asked to provide details of bookings coinciding with the summit between 6-8 July 2005. http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20218.htm Pigs try to divert protest from within earshot of Gleneagles, to rural village http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20221.htm As told to SchNEWS: “I went up to the G8 protests with three friends....we were trying to find a quiet spot as far away from the Stirling site as possible. We found a lovely derelict farm, belonging to a friend of a friend of a friend. We put our tents up and twenty minutes later 11 van loads of Met police arrived, 7 of them Armed Response Units....They asked us if we knew each other and when we said “yes” they hauled us out of our cars, handcuffed us, threw us into a cell for 30 hours and finally charged us the next day. “When I’d finally been to court and released on bail (conditions to leave Scotland directly with an escort and not to deviate from a set route etc.) and the police returned my possessions to me, my car keys were missing. It turned out that the Met had stolen all of our cars and sent them to a scrap yard, which wouldn’t release them without a £200 payment. The cars had been legally parked and even the Scottish police were shocked that the Met had stolen them illegally. Anyway, long story short, I was in breach of bail ‘cos I couldn’t leave Scotland as ordered without my car, as all my keys and my boss’s house, business and safe keys were on the keyring...and it all went downhill from there!!” http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news507.htm One attendee at the protests in Scotland last week was sitting at a bus-stop waiting for a bus when the forces of Law and Order come screeching up beside him. Out jumped six of Scotland’s Finest who promptly searched him and, having found nothing dubious on him, reached for a half-empty can of lager left under the seat he was on. Said suspect was then arrested for “street drinking” and held for 30 hours. This is despite the fact that the person-in-question has not touched alcohol for 15 years! http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news503.htm Protesters occupy crane in debt relief protest http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=354692&in_page_id=1770 Environmentalists target Grangemouth refinery http://icayrshire.icnetwork.co.uk/othernews/news/tm_objectid=15700681&method=full&siteid=73592&headline=activists-protest-at-oil-refinery-name_page.html GOOD ONE! Bush collides with cop while cycling at summit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4658327.stm London bombings no shock to activists http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0708-02.htm Class War activist’s G8 blog http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00112.html Personal accounts http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00249.html John Ross’s account of the G8 events http://www.counterpunch.org/ross07192005.html Personal account from Starhawk http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050705212449201 Irish Dissent report http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050705070910989 Various reports http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6911 Blog from the protests http://worldrevolution.org.uk/index.php?id=36,129,0,0,1,0 Collection of links on the G8 protests http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/resistg8/reports/index.htm G8 ELSEWHERE: Sheffield G8 meeting met with protests despite police state http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/2005/398/index.html?id=np4.htm G8 solidarity rally in Houston, Texas http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00027.html Solidarity protest in Kansas City attacked by police http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00135.html Bristol (UK) activists occupy posh flat development project in solidarity with G8 protests http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00136.html Richmond G8 protest disrupts Massey Coal HQ http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050712131312987 West Coast G8 protest http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050708221334880 Anti-G8 critical mass in West Sussex, UK http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050417050053956 School students walk out http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6960 PALO ALTO: Anarchists outwit police on Reclaim the Streets march Police cruiser smashed, and police forced away from march Stores were targeted, and protesters de-arrested as police attacks were repelled Goods were appropriated from some stores while others were trashed http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00319.html http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/05/1738691.php http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/05/1738667.php http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00388.html http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/1716119.php http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/1716116.php http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/1716115.php http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00344.html http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050523145355810 Anarchist anti-war rally in Palo Alto – demonstrators evade police http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/06/1749518.php http://voice.paly.net/view_story.php?id=3051 Second anarchist demo in Palo Alto marks G8 summit http://voice.paly.net/view_story.php?id=3185 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2016 SAN FRANCISCO: Anarchist protest coincides with G8 Anarchists sabbed corporate targets and used news-stands to block police manoeuvres One pig was injured while involved in a vicious attack on protesters Pigs allege protesters tried to block their car with a mattress and set it on fire http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/09/BAprotest09.DTL http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/news/070905_nw_officer_injured.html http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=3573694&nav=5D7lbwvL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/10/BAG5UDLNU01.DTL Vindictive statists prosecute protesters for self-defence http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3588113 http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3578563 Whinging pigs complain about being outclassed http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=3582142 http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3581196 RICHMOND: Another G8 solidarity protest – protesters blockade Massey over mountaintop destruction http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783738485 ARGENTINA: Activists “leaflet-bomb” US-linked companies ahead of Bush visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3083 Mass unrest over suspension of train service; trains torched In five hours of insurrection, commuters fought cops and torched a cop car http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4399362.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4399672.stm Protesters revolt against Bush visit and US summit in Mar del Plata Thousands march against neoliberalism and some throw stones and start fires during battles with cops Police had fenced off the summit, but protesters stormed police lines, answering tear gas with Molotov cocktails and stones They also torched a bank during clashes which coincided with the summit opening Teachers and public sector workers went on strike against the Bush visit and joined the protests Hundreds also protested against Bush in Brazil, Venezuela and Panama, and in Buenos Aires and 200 other cities In Buenos Aires, a banner was draped on a monument and a US flag burnt Later, shops and government buildings were targeted in downtown Buenos Aires Some piqueteros marched on the US embassy, while others blocked roads 4 police were injured in Rosario while attacking protesters who targeted a Citibank branch In Neuquen and Mendoza, protesters targeted US multinationals Protesters also attacked a McDonald’s in Uruguay and spraypainted the financial district before coming under vicious attack from police and bankers who collaborated to beat protesters http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3198 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3199 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3200 (Comment on this)
4:50 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - Huaxi, China CHINA: Police in Huaxi expelled from area by popular uprising over pollution Police sent to smash a peaceful protest by elderly residents were driven off by stone-throwing crowds Elderly people had established a tent city as part of a blockade, but were attacked by cops Protesters also overturned and trashed cop cars The initial protest was a call for the relocation of chemical plants blamed for pollution – the latest in a two-year-long campaign to curb pollution from the factories Locals are unable to grow crops because of the pollution Up to 30 cops were put out of action, while protesters numbered in tens of thousands http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/3133588 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/international/asia/13cnd-riot.html?oref=login (bugmenot login: abbaabba1 and password abbaabba1) http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3036 http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3013 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1565554,00.html http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050412-094927-8968r.htm http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050412/asp/foreign/story_4604285.asp http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6560 Video http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2005/06/14/VI2005061401932.html?referrer=emaillink (Comment on this)
4:49 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - China in revolt CHINA: Land grab leads to mass protest and clashes as police interfere Four villagers were earlier arrested by soldiers as they tried to stop bulldozers moving in Protesters demonstrated for at least three successive days On the third day, they besieged a government building demanding the four be released Up to 7000 farmers are under threat from the land grab in Guangdong http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GG04Ad02.html Workers revolt at Futai textile factory Strike over ban on independent unions and organisations leads to mass unrest with cop vehicles torched Workers revolted after a road-block was attacked by security guards Workers also throw stones and bricks as cops attack with tear gas and batons Company guards and regular cops were driven off in a hail of stones before riot cops finally smashed the protest http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/17/AR2005071700931.html Peasants in Qianjin village clash with cops in anti-road protest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GreenLeft_discussion/message/20411 Unrest over pharmaceutical plants – villagers confront riot cops Xinchang villagers involved in day-long pitched battles, throwing stones at cops Dongyang unrest closes plant – police routed – 6 cops allegedly killed during the unrest Workers attack police positions after rumours that 2 elderly women were killed Reports suggest up to 74,000 mass protests happen every year in rural China http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2177 http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/04/18china.html http://www.fifthinternational.org/index.php?id=14,74,0,0,1,0 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3353140a12,00.html http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050719-0452-china-factoryclash.html Students in Jiangxi fight cops and overturn cars during unrest over fees and other issues http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=148063026&p=y48x6373z Unrest in Chizhou after traffic accident; supermarket looted A police station was stormed, power cut to it and firecrackers thrown inside http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/30/content_455671.htm http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/06/29/report_china_traffic_dispute_becomes_riot/ http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20050801-071517-7024r.htm http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002417597_chinariot03.html http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/639/639p20.htm Shengyou: Farmers revolt over land grab – six killed http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=afvVWc73TaJ0&refer=top_world_news Government needs to listen to popular concerns, says security chief “In the latest riot on Sunday, in the poor eastern province of Anhui, armed police who tried to quell the disturbance were driven back by rocks and firecrackers. Later, power to the police station was cut and fireworks thrown inside.” http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050630171242870 Jianxia, Zhejiang: protesters occupy factory blamed for pollution and illness Around 600 protesters blockaded the entrance, shutting workers inside “This is only the last in a wave of nationwide social agitations and unrest. On Sunday 26 June, more than 10,000 people rose up in the streets of Chizhou city in Anhui province, after a car with four men ran over Liu Liang, a young pedestrian. The protesters set fire to two police cars on the scene and to the “guilty” car. They also threw fire crackers and stones at the local police station.” http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050703073027507 Environmental protest over lead poisoning Protesters clash with cops, stoning police lines and trashing police vehicles “After the initial melee with police, thousands of demonstrators torched police cars and broke into government offices, witnesses reported.” http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/08/25/china_protest/ http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/08/21/dozens_hurt_after_china_factory_protest/ More on Zhejiang “After the initial melee with police, thousands of demonstrators torched police cars and broke into government offices” http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050821171250687 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050415055107976 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050415084858835 CHONGQING: 10,000 workers blockade steel plant to oppose lay-offs and repression Police viciously attacked workers, injuring dozens and allegedly killing two http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16923733%5E2703,00.html Farmers clash with cops in Inner Mongolia over land grab Police were overwhelmed and fled as farmers overran a road-building site and seized equipment The road was being built on farmers’ land which the state had seized http://groups.google.com/group/alt.anarchism/browse_thread/thread/23e7ca29d1ece9c5/a9b15808426a4a38?hl=en http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6762 http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050728/asp/foreign/story_5044108.asp Strike and picket at Inner Mongolia factory met with state violence http://www.libcom.org/newswire/stories.php?story=05/07/10/5165237 Hebei farmers regain land after uprising Six farmers were killed by security forces in clashes over a land grab without compensation, to build a nuclear waste site http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050723162245323 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4702339.stm http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050721-12215400-bc-china-farmers.xml Agrarian rebellions in China http://www.po.org.ar/poen/2005/poen910/poen910008.htm Beating of student sparks mass unrest in Chizou, Anhui Student beaten by guards of rich car-driver – incident sparks mass unrest against the rich “By the end of the evening, 10,000 Chizhou residents had filled the streets, some of whom torched police cars, pelted overwhelmed anti-riot troops with stones and looted a nearby supermarket bare.” http://info.interactivist.net/news/05/08/11/2251212.shtml?tid=13 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/chin-j15.shtml Farmers protest in Beijing suburb over Olympic-linked land grab http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j25.shtml Unrest in Dacen, Guangdong – peasants clash with riot cops in protests over corruption Villagers threw up barricades and blocked roads Meanwhile in Qinghai, Tibetan peasants burnt down government offices in protests about taxation In Ximen village, Jiangxi, protesters blockaded a rail line for six hours in a protest over corrupt land deals http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/chin-j20.shtml Repression of strikers in Xianyang http://www.nosweat.org.uk/article.php?sid=1267 Massive strike at Shenzen WalMart factory http://www.nosweat.org.uk/article.php?sid=1269 http://www.libcom.org/newswire/stories.php?story=05/04/22/6742982 http://www.workersliberty.org/node/view/4125 Shengyou: “Hundreds of hired thugs have attacked protestors in rural China, killing six people and injuring over 50 others… The villagers fought them off and captured one of the men, who admitted he had been hired in Beijing to "teach a lesson" to the farmers, and he would be paid $12 for his work.” http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20225.htm Article on social conflict in China http://blackcat.enzyme.org.nz/china_capitalist_discipline_and_rising_protests?PHPSESSID=7ccf617ed753bcd84dc1b90a5976939f Farmers fight goons over land grab in Shengyou – six killed http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6571 Dispute over pollution in Jingxin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6747 Taishi: “Angry residents have made the village hall a squatters' camp. They've evicted the mayor, who's also the local Communist Party chief, and seized village budget records, suspecting malfeasance. They've set up sentinels in case police riot squads come to evict them.” http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6876 Villagers rout police in Huankantou http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6186 http://www.workerspower.com/index.php?id=66,531,0,0,1,0 DAYE, HUBEI PROVINCE: Mass unrest – 10-20,000 protesters fight police after police attack small protest Locals are angry at plans to merge the city into a larger municipality Police set dogs on an initial protest and beat some protesters In response, thousands storm government offices two days later Government buildings and vehicles were smashed during the unrest http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1751822,00.html http://www.geocities.com/ericsquire/articles/dogs/reuters050809.htm HUASHUI: Protests, unrest force closure of pollution sites Villagers warn of further unrest if politicians backtrack http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050826-06194400-bc-china-villageprotest.xml (Comment on this)
4:49 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - Latin America in revolt against neoliberalism NICARAGUA: VICTORY FOR PROTESTERS Calm Returns to Managua as Nicaraguan Protests Prevail Managua, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) The Nicaraguan capital returned to normal Friday, after several days of police repression against popular marches demanding government action against the high cost of living. The Executive´s negotiating commission, universities, students, and transportation workers recently agreed to assign a 1.8 million-dollar subsidy to public transport companies. With this decision, bus fare in the capital would be fixed at 2.50 cordobas (0.15 dollar cents) and bus owners would supply the deficit caused by increased oil prices. When negotiations concluded, student leader Yasser Martinez said this was a victory of the working people, impoverished by neoliberal measures. Meantime, Legislator Gustavo Porras told Prensa Latina the massive protests were the ´trigger´ that made it possible to overcome the government-fueled crisis. He also condemned President Enrique Bolaños for having commanded the police repression against the protesters. ´It was a challenge, an offense against rebellious people that know how to face and defeat any tyranny,´ Porras stressed. The approved initiative guarantees 3-month funding for transport workers, while a long-term agreement benefiting over 850,000 citizens who use public transportation in Managua is under way. Similarly, preferential tariffs for low-income people will be established in the future. Mass protests demand resignation of president http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=pt%7Cen&u=http://www.midiaindependente.org/pt/blue/2005/04/315534.shtml&prev=/language_tools http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=pt%7Cen&u=http://www.midiaindependente.org/pt/blue/2005/04/315622.shtml&prev=/language_tools Transport price rises lead to popular insurrection Clashes with cops as mass arrests and injuries sustained As Bolanos speaks to marchers who reach Presidential Palace, he falls under a hail of missiles A wave of police repression has been unleashed as students, workers and civil society groups protest http://blackcat.enzyme.org.nz/nicaragua_sitting_on_a_powder_keg_again http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050426131315594 http://blackcat.enzyme.org.nz/nicaragua_students_clash_with_police_over_oil_costs BELIZE: More on April’s unrest http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050425180142540 http://resist.ca/story/2005/4/23/12209/3125 PERU: Thousands protest free trade deal with US Farmers, construction workers and pharmaceutical workers joined mass protests in the capital Lima Transport workers also went on strike in several areas The free trade deal is criticised for raising prices of pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals and other items Many artists joined the march, demanding cultural protections http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/15/content_3223100.htm http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={096B38E5-BDBD-4A0B-9B36-0F8603BCFC71}&language=EN http://www.rednova.com/news/international/173635/thousands_of_peruvians_protest_us_trade_pact/ http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B096B38E5-BDBD-4A0B-9B36-0F8603BCFC71%7D&language=EN http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1956 PERU: Seven killed as cops attack copper-mining protest Protesters from rural communities tried to march on a site where a multinational is exploring with a view to mine – apparently aiming to close it down Local demonstrators fear that mining could lead to pollution Police viciously attacked the protesters; dozens were injured and at least eight are still missing, as police shot into crowds of protesters An energy minister was besieged by protesters angry about the violence http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050805142054601 Protests target Tintaya mine – again Mine shut down after occupation by locals demanding greater benefits from the company Villagers torched and ransacked parts of the grounds http://www.minesandcommunities.org/Action/press661.htm http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2005-08/2005-08-03-voa13.cfm?CFID=22159336&CFTOKEN=21632886 PANAMA: Mass protests against neoliberal retirement “reforms” Strikes called across the country; hundreds arrested in ongoing protests Thousands of demonstrators fought police in Panama City Students and workers have fought police and looted cars in three days of protests http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={AC7ABFBA-359C-4417-82FF-435F995A30A5}&language=EN http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1535 http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-05-25-voa22.cfm BRAZIL: Mass march by MST; clashes in capital as police attack Thousands of landless peasants march on Brasilia US embassy and government buildings targeted Police attack march - 50 injured in resulting clashes The unprovoked police attack occurred during a march on congress http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3284837a12,00.html http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10126084 http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=42198 http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5010797,00.html http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aruTxgygbx7w&refer=latin_america http://www.politinfo.com/articles/article_2005_05_18_2209.html http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N17557679.htm http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1268&storyid=3144231 http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050518-114139-3046r http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-5-17/28842.html http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/05/16/international/i185812D83.DTL http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5793810&cKey=1116396316000 http://news.monstersandcritics.com/southamerica/article_1000827.php/More_than_12000_land_reformists_march_on_Brazilian_capital http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/breakingnews/view.asp?msgID=9029 http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=111653®ion=4 http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p15.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2013 http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0519-05.htm http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0520-20.htm http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050521103659351 http://www.libcom.org/newswire/stories.php?story=05/05/17/3297675 http://www.themilitant.com/2005/6923/692351.html http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20221.htm http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6527 http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news505.htm Mayday launches 2-week march by landless workers http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=28502 Thousands of landless workers occupy 12 farms http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4415205.stm http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=639573 Brazil's poor are cut down after a 150-mile protest march By Andrew Hay and Tiago Pariz in Brasilia 19 May 2005 A 17-day protest march by 12,000 landless Brazilian peasants ended in violence as activists fought police and demanded faster government land resettlement to cut rural poverty. More than 50 people were injured when mounted riot police charged demonstrators at the end of a gruelling 150-mile march on Tuesday to pressure the left-wing Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to meet land reform promises. But leaders of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) met Mr Da Silva, known widely as Lula, and said they reached a deal to boost reform spending. Government officials denied any accord. More than 30 MST activists and 20 paramilitary police suffered bruises and broken bones after protesters tried to cross a police line at Congress. The mounted officers made repeated baton charges in the worst protest violence in Brasilia in years. "They just came at us without provocation," said Gabriel Silveira, an MST activist, as he staggered on the grass before Congress, complaining of a blow to his shoulder by police. Police Major Nevitton Pereira Junior said two officers could lose their sight after being speared in the face by bamboo poles. He showed welts where he said he had been beaten. MST leaders have threatened to increase the pace of land occupations, and could drop traditional support for Lula if he fails to meet a promise to settle 430,000 families by 2006. He has come nowhere near fulfilling that election pledge after focusing on market-driven economic policies and big-farm producers in an attempt to achieve a steady growth rate. MST leaders stated after meeting Lula that he agreed to free nearly half the land-reform spending frozen in 2005, about 700 million reais (£155m), and hire 1,300 land reform agents to speed settlement of families. The agrarian reform minister, Miguel Rossetto, said the meeting had been "positive" but the government had made no deal and it was hoping to present its proposals by the end of yesterday. MST leaders showed no sign of easing up on farm invasions, which worry foreign investors and can cause political headaches for Lula as the opposition accuses him of being soft on "crime". Joao Pedro Stedile, an MST leader, told cheering activists near Congress as police looked on: "With the energy of this march we have to raise occupations even higher, with this energy we have to attack economic policy." Since Lula's Workers Party moved from its leftist roots the MST has lost its most powerful political backer. The MST invades ranches to press the government to purchase and resettle unused land. The end goal is to cut deep land inequality where 1 per cent of Brazil's 180 million people control 45 per cent of its farmland. Leaders of Brazil's peasant movements said they still backed Lula but could end support for his 2006 re-election campaign unless he spends more on landless settlement. "When we get to the election period we are going to discuss this," said Romario Rossetto, a national co-ordinator of the Via Campesino movement which represents small farmers. (Comment on this)
4:48 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - Anti-Poverty Revolts (Yemen, Guinea, Ghana) YEMEN: Mass uprising over fuel subsidies and other cuts in the capital Sana’a and other towns Over a dozen protesters killed in fighting with police; some reports suggest armed clashes Protesters burned tyres, trashed government buildings, threw stones and tried to storm the ruling party HQ and presidential palace Corporate stores, banks and advertising hoardings were also targeted The government had previously withdrawn the subsidy cut several times after protests Thousands were involved in the unrest and related protests http://www.guardian.co.uk/yemen/Story/0,2763,1532978,00.html#article_continue http://www.yobserver.com/news_7546.php http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=861&p=front&a=1 http://www.yobserver.com/news_7547.php http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1992 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1990 http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0721-03.htm http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050720160803235 http://info.interactivist.net/article.pl?sid=05/07/22/2034209&mode=nested&tid=14 http://resist.ca/story/2005/7/20/164829/091 http://resist.ca/story/2005/7/23/103856/860 http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/635/635p16.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4703173.stm http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/July/middleeast_July534.xml§ion=middleeast GUINEA: Youths loot rice in food price unrest Protests over food shortages – protesters block roads and throw stones Youths with sticks and stones blocked traffic and burnt tyres Prices have again risen as the government has not delivered promised subsidies to traders http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10348.html http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6DU5VB?OpenDocument&rc=1&emid=ACOS-635PLK http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-07-06-voa44.cfm GHANA: Protest over social amenities – youths fight cops sent to suppress protest Protesters shut down water plant during prolonged pitched battles http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=86657 (Comment on this)
4:47 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - Anti-Tyranny Revolts ETHIOPIA: Mass protests and stone-throwing over alleged election rigging Police open fire on demonstrations, killing at least 26 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/10 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/09/AR2005060901890.html http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=10049 http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=10051 http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=10067 http://info.interactivist.net/article.pl?sid=05/06/10/1132236&mode=nested&tid=1 http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6744 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/ethi-j23.shtml http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2005-06-12-voa22.cfm http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15557557%5E1702,00.html http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Ethiopian-protest-leaves-22-dead/2005/06/09/1118123928605.html http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/08/content_3056866.htm http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1717139,00.html http://news.softpedia.com/news/Addis-Abeba-Riot-Kills-23-11570.shtml Opposition supporters fight police sent to smash pro-democracy protests Ten people were killed in days of clashes over disputed elections Mass injuries and arrests have also been reported Protesters responded with force to the repression, and some cops were injured http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4402578.stm http://news.monstersandcritics.com/africa/article_1059188.php/Sporadic_gunfire_in_Ethiopia_as_riot_police_chase_protestors http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4395874.stm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3136 How many more killings will it take, to make a ruler a dictator? http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?issue=211 Crackdown spreads beyond capital http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28603 Why does the world ignore Ethiopia’s elections? http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28320 SUDAN: Southern Sudanese revolt in Khartoum and elsewhere after mysterious death of leader Garang Protesters smashed cars and shops, started fires and fought police Cops responded murderously, slaughtering over 100 people Resisters defied fascistic curfew orders, taking to the streets with clubs http://www.southsudan.net/garang16.html http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8778297/ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/01/world/main712980.shtml http://www.guardian.co.uk/sudan/story/0,14658,1540346,00.html http://www.benadorassociates.com/article/17487 http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1749204,00.html http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/27795FD0-DFD2-4B79-B5AD-98C9D4536E95.htm http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=996202 http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=10888 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/08/05/2003266504 http://english.people.com.cn/200508/04/eng20050804_200110.html http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F089B7BE-2495-4F3F-8ABC-BFA827A7943F.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/04/content_3307141.htm http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1749204,00.html http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-sudan02.html http://www.leadingthecharge.com/stories/news-0053765.html TOGO: More clashes as opposition supporters march against hurried elections Opposition supporters and riot cops fought running battles http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4417969.stm And again as deposed son of former president wins allegedly rigged election Burning barricades went up the moment the “result” was declared Opposition supporters threw rocks and targeted cars, while riot cops roamed the streets http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=4c54359668d50bb2 http://www.liberianonline.com/liberia-news351.html http://www.tiscali.co.uk/cgi-bin/news/newswire.cgi/news/reuters/2005/04/26/world/angrytogoyouthsprotestafterpollresult.html&template=/news/templates/newswire/news_story_reuters.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050426-18414500-bc-togo-election.xml http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1114518065172B232 http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050428/NEWS06/504280491/1012 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050427124156372 http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=28472 http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=46559 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/togo-m11.shtml http://resist.ca/story/2005/4/27/6528/41982 http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20218.htm http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6395 Growing repression as unrest feared http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=27942 Human rights groups allege hundreds killed in post-election clashes, massacres http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=47116 http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=47283 20 killed in several days of clashes as regime troops attack Residents conscripted by troops to clear up debris 600 reportedly fled across the border to Benin in the aftermath of the clashes http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4494475.stm DR CONGO: Unrest over a the “delay” (cancellation) of elections Two protesters are killed by police who fired into the crowd in Mbuji Mayi Protesters threw rocks, built barricades and burned down political party offices Police chased and attacked crowds, and at least six people were killed nationwide There were also clashes in Brussels as Congolese exiles demonstrated http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=136&art_id=vn20050518071829491C903077 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1732 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4558187.stm http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-06-30-congo_x.htm 10,000 march in Kinshasa against delaying of elections http://www.politinfo.com/articles/article_2005_07_09_2210.html KENYA: Protests and clashes as President sells out on promise to reduce powers Protesting youths stoned police as the streets around parliament became a battleground One person is shot as looters target shops and cars http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4699037.stm Police attack constitution protesters – 3 killed Protesters battled police sent to suppress the protests http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1825779,00.html 3 people, including a child and a teenager, killed by cops during protests over constitutional changes Protesters fought police in Kisumu while trying to stop a rally in support of the changes http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,6119,2-11-1447_1825779,00.html Car torched, protesters injured as opponents and supporters clash http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=254954&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/ IVORY COAST: Thousands protest extension of presidency; protesters block roads and burn rubbish and police attack with teargas and fire in the air http://english.people.com.cn/200510/31/eng20051031_217944.html http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/30/news/briefs.php LIBERIA: Unrest over alleged election irregularities – opposition supporters attacked by police Protesters threw stones at riot cops and marched on election commission buildings http://news.monstersandcritics.com/africa/article_1061551.php/Liberian_riot_police_disperse_demonstrators_with_teargas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3178 UGANDA: Police attack demo against Museveni third term Peaceful protest broken up by police; result is running battles As police attack, crowd responds with stones, disperses and re-emerges near parliament http://uganda.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/06/29/anti-dictatorship_demo_in_uganda_crushed.html KENYA: Protests continue over constitutional issues Protesters fought riot cops in Nairobi for several days, and a cop murdered one person for alleged looting http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/07/20/world/main710484.shtml http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-7-20/30469.html http://www.publiuspundit.com/?p=1391 NEPAL: Students stage pro-democracy demonstrations and battle police in Kathmandu Protesters, some of them masked, blocked roads and threw stones in an attempt to defend their blockades from police attacks The protests followed the conviction of a former prime minister by a royalist kangaroo court http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4744375.stm PHILLIPINES: Thousands join protests against Arroyo http://www.etaiwannews.com/World/2005/07/14/1121308067.htm http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/07/14/MNG8NDNJA91.DTL http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.philippines14jul14,1,7420864.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/07/13/thousands_demand_philippine_leader_quit/ http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/634/634p19b.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200506/s1389822.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1863 http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3699 http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050713-06330900-bc-philippines-arroyorally.xml http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw1121251320755B214 http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050713/w071346.html http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-07-13-voa30.cfm http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8BALM9G0&apc=9002 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2034 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2045 http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2239/2005-6-11/148@246385.htm http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/08/03philpinesb.html http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs/default.asp?3,69,3,719 State of the Nation Address protested http://a-manila.org/newswire/display/91/index.php http://a-manila.org/feature/display/25/index.php Farmers storm Department of Agriculture as part of Arroyo protests Hundreds of protesters trashed windows and ransacked the office, putting officials to flight Protesters also hung anti-WTO banners and demanded an overhaul of the ministry http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050715125135943 Protesters in Cebu storm statist barricades – 3 goons injured Statists had attacked with teargas and water cannons when people tried to enter a government building http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=43379 Farmers and fisherfolk barricade road to protest State of the Nation Address http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2044 Overseas protests by Filipinos and supporters in Hong Kong, Australia, Canada and US http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2096 Public transport workers stage strike to get Arroyo out http://www.mindanews.com/2005/07/25nws-transport.html Crisis resurfaces in October – police attack student, worker and church protests near the presidential palace http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Philippines+%26+South+Asia&month=October2005&file=World_News2005101591234.xml http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Philippines+%26+South+Asia&month=October2005&file=World_News2005100533852.xml http://news.inq7.net/top/index.php?index=1&story_id=52380 http://www.newsflash.org/2003/05/hl/hl019224.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3086 Clashes as cops disrupt march towards presidential palace Crackdown on anti-government protests sparks repeated instances of clashes between cops and protesters http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=57562&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 Protesters defy march ban, storm bridge http://news.inq7.net/nation/index.php?index=1&story_id=54106 http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2005/10/21/riot.mars.downtown.manila.rally.(12.33.p.m.).html Army infiltrators caught during Quezon City rally http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20051022.hed03.html PHILLIPINES: Police attack rally against state terror Protesters were demonstrating against assassinations of political dissidents The police baton-charged and arrested protesters, with many injured http://www.bulatlat.net/news/5-9/5-9-terror.htm http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2005/04/07/11.hurt.as.police.disperse.protest.near.ipu.summit.(3.10.p.m.).html http://www.bulatlat.net/news/5-9/5-9-terror.htm EUSKADI: Fascistic ban on separatist protest leads to a day of clashes in San Sebastian Masked youths built barricades and battled police, and rallied in defiance of a ban http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=65286360&p=65z8666z EAST TIMOR: Protesters rallying against Indonesian president attacked by state police Protesters rallied at the site of a massacre by Indonesian army forces and came under attack They later regrouped at an opposition party HQ where they were besieged http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/622/622p20.htm http://www.asia-pacific-action.org/statements/apisc_timoreseprotestersattacked_090405.htm MAURITANIA: Israeli official visit prompts mass demonstrations Massive protests, mainly by students, are attacked by cops Protesters defend themselves by throwing stones at cops A police blockade of the university prompted fierce clashes with students wishing to march on government offices Hundreds of students shouted slogans against normalisation with Israel Protesters also burnt tyres and painted anti-Israeli graffiti, and some burnt Israeli flags Protesters allege Mauritania, one of only three Arab League countries with ties to Israel, is sucking up to America to get money http://quickstart.clari.net/voa/art/df/2005-05-02-voa26.html http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/05/1714116.php http://www.solomonia.com/blog/archives/005837.shtml (rightist blog reproduces deleted Reuters report) http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-05-02-voa26.cfm http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer&cid=1114568596700&p=1078113566627 http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/14D039ED-B4D3-4843-9FF8-A76DFFED8460.htm http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050503/2005050304.html IRAN: Unrest in the mainly Arab area of Khuzestan Anti-regime protesters trashed copshops, cop cars and government buildings This happened after state forces attacked a peaceful pro-independence rally At least one, and maybe up to three, were killed by statists who used live ammo Some protesters fought back with stones; 200 were arrested http://www.keralanext.com/news/indexread.asp?id=182018 http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/04/a061d904-b1d9-422d-ba6e-dd4ee7520924.html http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5BBF33C0-DAB8-45C3-B690-EC0F2BB70FFC.htm http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=161245 More unrest in November as Arab nationalists march and stole police lines http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=37416&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN: Unrest in Kurdish areas after police attack Iraq election celebration Protesters target vehicles and shopfronts and set up burning barricades Police were also bricked in the revolt in Mahabad http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=32553&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=33892&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs Killing of Kurd sparks protests and unrest Iranian troops deployed in the thousands to suppress mass protests in Iranian Kurdistan Hundreds of protesters with sticks and stones stormed government buildings and military posts There are reports of a vicious state response, including shots from troops and helicopters, and mass arrests http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,12858,1543031,00.html IRAN: Soccer game used as opportunity for protest; police attack fans http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/newswire/news2005/041605-iran.htm IRAN: Mass uprising in Darivan, a suburb of Shiraz, over a land grab More than 1000 locals blockaded roads and burned tyres in anti-government protests The unrest was triggered by plans to seize farmers’ land to build a cemetery http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1833 SYRIA: Kurds stage heroic resistance to police attack on separatist march After police attacked a PKK commemoration event, protesters threw stones and trashed police cars http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/August/middleeast_August443.xml§ion=middleeast&col= http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B8FC6DA1-82D0-4670-B74A-8B5C408D04DB.htm KURDISTAN/TURKEY: Protests and unrest as state agents accused of bombing murder Locals accuse Turkish intelligence and police agents of planting a bomb aimed at a dissident Protesters threw rocks at cops and attacked government buildings in Hakkari City, Semdinli and other towns http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4430022.stm INDIA: Attacks on minority shrines and mosques by state agents leads to uprising Protesters stone demolition agents and hold them hostage Officials are gheraoed for six hours until demolitions stop http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050418/asp/nation/story_4628949.asp (Comment on this)
4:47 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - Worker Revolts GURGAON, INDIA: Police attack picket lines, sparking controversy and clashes Hundreds were injured as workers defended themselves against the police violence, building barricades and allegedly torching police vehicles Police also made mass arrests Picketers were demanding the reinstatement of sacked colleagues On a second day, workers protested outside a hospital demanding treatment for injured comrades Police again attacked the workers, leading to further clashes Workers used hit-and-run tactics to stay ahead of police lathi-charges Protesters also targeted local authorities for not taking action against the police A bandh is later called to protest the attack, though this is sparsely observed The strike also hit Honda’s profits as production slumped at the affected factory http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2131 (compilation of stories) http://www.counterpunch.org/naveen07302005.html http://www.counterpunch.org/sainath07292005.html http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j30.shtml http://www.countercurrents.org/india-reddy180805.htm INDIA: CITU trade unionists hold united rallies over contract labour, demanding regularisation and other measures Contract labourers storm office after police attacks – several arrested http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may132005/district1917312005512.asp http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may132005/district204112005512.asp http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/14/stories/2005051409430300.htm Bengal factory shut down by strikers who blockade it; management driven out http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050516/asp/bengal/story_4745444.asp BANGLADESH: Police attack sweatshop picket line, injuring workers http://independent-bangladesh.com/news/jul/21/21072005ts.htm#A1 http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidDate=2005-07-21&hidType=LOC&hidRecord=0000000000000000053339 http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_20164.shtml CAMBODIA: Uprising at garment sweatshop after boss disappears http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/article_1028615.php/Cambodian_factory_workers_released_after_riot ZAMBIA: Unrest in mining towns as miners strike and revolt They are in an ongoing strike demanding that the mine company’s profits be shared with workers through wage rises Angered by reports the strike had ended and the disappearance of a negotiator, miners confronted police, attacked mine property and tried to storm a supermarket They also smashed shop windows, targeted cars, stoned a corporate executive, and looted mine offices Later, miners allegedly planted explosives to sabotage lighting underground, shutting down the mine An opposition leader demanded to be arrested for inciting the unrest, blaming the government for workers’ conditions http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/28 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/33 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/30 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/35 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050720202313483 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2005071616174186 http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/wrks-j22.shtml http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/euro-j15.shtml Police teargas mine safety protesters after accident http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/wkrs-m27.shtml Mine ends with concessions, but workers feel sold-out http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6993 SOUTH AFRICA: Police attack on protesters leads to denunciations Protesters demanding more retrovirals for people with HIV and AIDS were viciously attacked by police Police opened fire with rubber bullets – at least 50 were injured by these and in the crush as people fled http://www.dispatch.co.za/2005/07/15/Easterncape/acops.html http://www.dispatch.co.za/2005/07/16/Easterncape/act.html http://www.gaynz.com/news/default.asp?dismode=article&artid=2603 http://www.gaynz.com/news/default.asp?dismode=article&artid=2607 http://www.news-medical.net/?id=11715 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/13 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/14 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0507/S00152.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/15 SOUTH AFRICA: Workers fight police as union march is attacked Workers try to break through police cordons, scuffle with cops and try to un-arrest a worker victimised by police The protest was against privatisation http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=238622&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/ http://www.finance24.com/articles/business/display_article.asp?Nav=ns&lvl2=buss&ArticleID=1518-1786_1706414 SOUTH AFRICA: Municipal workers clash with cops during demonstrations held to coincide with a mass strike Workers spill rubbish bins in the streets in protests over pay, and threw bottles at a manager Others stormed a cordon, tried to tear down a fence, and threw bottles at the police Dozens were arrested as police tried to suppress the protest; official stewards also interfered Strikers also stormed factories to shut down scabbing operations, and one security guard was reportedly stabbed Protests were held at civic centres across the country, including Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria Meanwhile, the strike by 200,000 municipal workers shut down municipal offices, buses and other services There were conflicting claims about the effectiveness of the strike http://www.sabcnews.com/economy/labour/0,2172,109164,00.html http://www.witness.co.za/content/2005_07/35835.htm http://www.sabcnews.com/economy/labour/0,2172,109201,00.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2745 http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=271&fArticleId=2642477 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20050728064441661C724082 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1123670166279B241 http://www.sabcnews.com/economy/labour/0,2172,109220,00.html http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=594&art_id=qw112254120124B241 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=594&art_id=qw1122546780281B241 http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/&articleid=246563 http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/2005/07/28/news/n01_28072005.htm http://www.dispatch.co.za/2005/07/28/Easterncape/amarch.html http://www.sabcnews.com/economy/labour/0,2172,109133,00.html http://www.sabcnews.com/economy/labour/0,2172,109148,00.html http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/&articleid=246530 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=qw112254120124B241 http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=129&fArticleId=2621855 http://www.sabcnews.com/economy/labour/0,2172,108230,00.html http://www.sabcnews.com/economy/labour/0,2172,108244,00.html http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=594&art_id=vn20050713070443187C785636 http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=2622490 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=594&art_id=vn20050712125833326C217485 http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=245207&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/ http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/&articleid=245169 http://www.sabcnews.com/economy/labour/0,2172,108205,00.html http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/zones/sundaytimesNEW/newsst/newsst1121162600.aspx http://www.finance24.com/articles/default/display_article.asp?Nav=ns&ArticleID=1518-25_1736261 http://www.libcom.org/newswire/print.php?story=05/07/12/5019605 http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/&articleid=245140 http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=245140&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/20 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2203 http://www.labournet.net/world/0507/samwu1.html http://www.libcom.org/newswire/stories.php?story=05/06/28/8278557 http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6941 Deadlock in strike continues into August http://www.labournet.net/world/0508/samwu1.html Union protest as cops fire at peaceful picket http://www.labournet.net/world/0507/samwu2.html PHILLIPINES: Strikers storm Lepanto gold mine http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j30.shtml http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j18.shtml http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j04.shtml Strike eventually ended with state-mandated compromise http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/lab-j09.shtml KUWAIT: Bangladeshi migrant workers storm Bangladeshi embassy in protest over unpaid wages Passports were looted and cars and other items damaged, as well as the interior of the building which was overrun About 1200 workers were involved http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4486601.stm http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=162201 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050424/wl_sthasia_afp/kuwaitbangladeshlabour_050424124045 Migrant workers strike over unpaid wages at another company in Kuwait http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=162189 After migrant protest, workers victimised Migrant workers allegedly deflate tyres on cars in protest over death of worker due to medical neglect at sweatshop http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/Viewdet.asp?ID=5298&cat=a NIGERIA: Workers protest at port management meeting, attempt blockade and disruption http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/25 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/36 PHILLIPINES: Mayor intervenes to avert strike clashes Cops were trying to get scabs into a hotel, and later attacked pickets Workers are striking over bosses’ refusal to sign an agreement with the union http://www.thefreeman.com/local/story-20050602-31145.html Hotel could close as strike continues Workers will blockade if management intransigence continues http://www.thefreeman.com/local/story-20050603-31186.html http://www.thefreeman.com/local/story-20050521-30695.html GHANA: Irate workers blockade managers’ offices, keeping them inside The stevedores were holding a demonstration inside the plant over deteriorating plant and machinery and poor work conditions http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/9 MARSEILLES: Striking sailors fight cops to shut down port, throwing flares and pieces of metal and turning water cannons against the cops Brand-new cars were trashed, items thrown and fires set as workers defended positions against riot cops They also took refuge on a ship and turned a water cannon on the cops http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=19215&name=Striking+Marseille+seamen+battle+with+riot+police http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050418180127938 Blockade at Marseille port and ferry occupied in protests over privatisation of ferry service http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2005/09/27/ap2246714.html CORSICA, FRANCE: Mass protests and blockades against privatisation – strikes close airports, ports Riot cops launch attacks on pickets blockading a port http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/01/corsica.strike.ap/ Corsican ferry occupied in anti-privatisation protest – army attack In response, workers strike in Marseille and revolt in Bastia http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/2005/410/index.html?id=np2.htm POLAND: Miners fight police in Warsaw as police interfere with protest over retirement Angry miners fought back against teargas-lobbing cops after at first ignoring police provocations The government backed down over the “reforms” after the unrest http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/pola-a20.shtml TAIWAN/THAILAND: Thai migrant workers revolt over corruption and unpaid wages in Kaohsiung Labourers working on the subway system burnt down a management office during unrest over exploitation They also damaged other buildings and fought police with stones The unrest sparked calls for reform and the sacking of a minister “Late on Sunday August 21, 2005 a violent riot erupted by more than 1,600 ethnic, migrant workers building a mass transit railway project in Kaohsiung Taiwan. Workers set fire to their dormitory in southern Taiwan, burnt cars and hurled rocks at police after some were apprehended.” http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/08/29/2003269589 http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=49913&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/08/24/2003268934 http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/GH24Ae02.html http://www.aglob.ru/en/events/?id=412 http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/09/05/62283.html http://nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/23/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_18407558.html http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/08/23/2003268802 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2005/08/26/opinion/index.php?news=opinion_18437239.html http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=4054http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6924 http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/taiwan.thaiworkers.reut/index.html Worker revolt opens issues of corruption and poverty http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/11/07/2003279103 (Comment on this)
4:45 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - Social Cleansing Resistance and Revolts Against Repression AFGHANISTAN: Opium destruction stopped by armed protesters who stoned the eradicators and exchanged gunfire with them Dozens of villagers gathered to stop the destruction of their crops Farmers are angry that, while eradication through repression is well-funded, the alternative crop strategies proposed by the government have never emerged; crop destruction thus leads to impoverishment and famine There are unconfirmed reports that one villager died during the clashes http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/4b05b2231975707f7ea0572980e7c660.htm INDIA: Anti-eviction protest attacked in Digha, India The start of the drive saw clashes as residents resisted eviction Police attacked with lathis and teargas to smash a road blockade http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1115067.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1113700.cms ZIMBABWE: As social cleansing continues, mass actions begin to bite There have been uprisings led by women from the townships http://www.socialistunitynetwork.co.uk/voices/gwisai.htm http://www.spa.gov.sa/newsprint.php?extend.252884 http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=817 http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/629/629p20.htm Revolts in Harare as crackdown intensifies – residents throw stones, block roads, loot a shop and damage vehicles Residents fought a pitched battle after vendors resisted police destruction http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A49786 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=vn20050526112055297C729430 Opposition alliance “bungles protests” http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/jun10a_2005.html#link2 Socialists organise stay-away to protest purges http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1845 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1846 Opponents call for resistance http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1910 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1978 South African anti-privatisation activists’ statement http://www.apf.org.za/article.php3?id_article=88 “Residents rioted Thursday night in at least one township on the southern edge of Harare as police arrested street vendors and burned their kiosks.” http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050527123156347 Lessons from the general strike http://blackcat.enzyme.org.nz/lessons_learned_from_the_stay_away_general_strike_in_zimbabwe?PHPSESSID=7ccf617ed753bcd84dc1b90a5976939f Stay-away gets going http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28517 Work stoppages and street battles in the townships http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6659 WOZA women arrested for protesting against crackdown http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28727 Social Forum calls for action http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs/default.asp?3,69,3,713 SRI LANKA: Tsunami-devastated villagers stage protests over relief “Nevertheless, a pitched battle erupted in the evening. Hundreds of angry protesters gathered at the Urawatta bridge and blocked the main Colombo-Galle road with a makeshift barricade of rocks, logs and tsunami debris. When police moved in to remove them, demonstrators attempted to beat them off by throwing stones. Those in the forefront of the protest were mainly women. Other demonstrations have taken place in the same areas. On June 12, some 2,000 people from four coastal villages between Ambalangoda and Galle—Paraliya, Totagamuwa, Akurala and Seenigama—used a bus to block the Colombo-Galle highway for hours. Again there was a violent clash as police attacked the protesters with batons and rifle butts. Four people were arrested. The following evening, hundreds of people again blocked the road to demand the immediate release of those arrested. The police were compelled to back down and free the prisoners. After police officials promised to look into the problems, the protests subsided. The protest we witnessed flared up because nothing had been done.” http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/sril-j25.shtml BAHRAIN: Clashes at protest over welfare, as police sabotage march on parliament Protesting over the absence of social welfare funds from the budget, unemployed workers and others stormed police lines Hundreds gathered in various places and stormed police lines; 20 people were injured Protesters used sticks and stones after cops attacked people gathering for the protests http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=117226&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=28118 http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=117227&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=28118 INDONESIA: Land grab in Kembangan sparks clashes Marketing office stormed and trashed and documents burnt as 100 protesters took action Many were injured as police stormed the office to end an occupation http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1804 KENYA: Land grab sparks protests and unrest – opponents tear down fences and battle police over the corrupt reallocation of state land to political allies of the powerful http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=39029 EGYPT: Peasants drive off armed goons with stones in dispute over land grab http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=7246 TAGUIG, PHILLIPINES: Residents blockade roads to prevent demolition of homes http://news.inq7.net/top/index.php?index=1&story_id=53089 JAIPUR, INDIA: Police massacre protesting farmers after farmers stone police in water dispute http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10330774 http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050614/asp/nation/story_4865007.asp GREECE: Locals resist toxic mud dumping, riot cops attack but protesters fight back http://www.7days.ae/content/view/3427/5/ HOLLAND: Squat evictions resisted, burning barricades built Riot cops stoned, forced to retreat; paint bombs thrown; one eviction delayed by five hours http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00269.html BRAZIL: Squatters resist eviction at two-year-old occupation Police violently stormed the squat, but were met with bricks and sticks from the rooftop – one cop was knocked unconscious http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050817125503637 GHANA: Clashes break out as police attack refugees returning from protest Refugees had marched to the Ivorian border to demand resettlement, but were deported to the camp Once there, they came under attack from police, but resisted and forced the police to retreat Refugees also blocked roads and burnt offices and other parts of the camp during the unrest Many refugees are now on the run because of fear of violence and murder by cops Some participants cited poor food and sanitary conditions as reasons for the revolt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3181 SUDAN: Clashes over attempt to evict internal refugees 14 cops and 20 refugees killed in clashes, as refugees took weapons from offices and stormed copshops This happened after police opened fire on a peaceful protest against the evictions The massive clearance of refugees from a shanty-town settlement to a desert area caused impoverishment and homelessnes http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=47216 MOROCCO: Protests in Tamassint over repression, political imprisonment and earthquake rebuilding As police surround the town, supporters organise a march against political imprisonment Protesters meet police attack with stones; cops injured and cop cars damaged Sit-ins organised as protesters surround, besiege Tamassint http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/article.php3?id_article=810 Tamassint prisoners organise hunger strike http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/article.php3?id_article=811 Hunger strike by students at Fez university http://uganda.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/06/21/solidarity_with_the_student_of_fes_university.html OGONILAND, NIGERIA: Murder of youth by police sparks uprising Hundreds of protesters carried the body in a procession before storming a copshop The copshop and cop cars were trashed, and cops forced to flee http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20050517T170000-0500_80664_OBS_NIGERIAN_POLICE_KILL_YOUTH_IN_UNEMPLOYMENT_PROTEST__TRIGGERING_RIOT.asp http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17624400.htm http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050517/API/505171262 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-nigeria-riot,1,6977217.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apafrica_story.asp?category=1105&slug=Nigeria%20Riot Uprising against police in Ogale, in the Niger Delta, after police shoot a protester dead Youths stormed and torched a copshop and trashed police cars, and protested at oil plants http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1733 NIGERIA: Revolt by traders as anti-“crime” vigilantes carry out mass arrests and abuse Claims that 32 people died in vigilante cells sparked unrest among traders in Aba http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3369674a12,00.html SRI LANKA: Pigs open fire on protesters demanding removal of a checkpoint – murder one protester http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4530717.stm KOREA: Peace protesters storm airforce base and fight back when attacked by cops The protest was about the deployment of US missiles in Korea Protesters against a US military base expansion plan clash with cops Protesters threw stones and steel pipes in an attempt to storm the base at Pyongtaek About 20 pigs and 80 civilians were injured in the clashes http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_191202711.html http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=12194 http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200507/11/200507112245305079900090309031.htmlhttp://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1368973.htm http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050713124916675 http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1379601.htm WEST PAPUA: Clash in Papua over show-trial of separatists – cops attack protesters, protesters respond by stoning cops and trashing buildings Protesters also threw bottles at the courthouse http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SODA-6C99N4?OpenDocument http://www.westpapuanews.com/articles/publish/article_2292.shtml Student protesters demand dismissal of top pig over repression http://www.asia-pacific-action.org/news/jp_papuastudemandkapolribdismissed_170505.htm Protesters denounce UN decision to give Papua to Indonesia http://www.kabar-irian.com/news/msg03375.html (Comment on this)
4:44 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - Anti-Capitalist and Related Revolts WASHINGTON: IMF and World Bank meetings protested at A16 mobilisation "Spank the Bank" event attracts hundreds, but well down on some previous years Only a few hundred turn out for small protests away from the venue However, tens of thousands march against Iraq war and IMF/WB in Washington http://jakarta.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=147 http://indymedia.org.nz/feature/display/31403/index.php http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59447-2005Apr16.html http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0418-06.htm http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2005041808563614 http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/09/F37E473D-2A29-453A-9D17-111BFAABD827.html http://www.akbank.com/en/reuter_news.asp?Story_ID=nN24309340 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3066 Pictures http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/index.php?name=news ASSAM, INDIA: Protests shut down World Bank meeting for two hours Protesters from local activist groups occupied the building and forced the delaying of workshops http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3184 POLAND: Protests organised against Council of Europe summit Warsaw turned into “fortress city” for summit Protesters tried to storm the blockade around the meeting venue, and resisted police attempts to surround them; 11 were later arrested http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00292.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00225.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00261.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6385 UKRAINE: Protest at WEF forum – activists picket meeting, moon photographers http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00313.html http://groups.google.com/group/alt.anarchism/browse_thread/thread/786b861a65cd7ce9/08887abb2c2df255?hl=en GREECE: Uprising in Salonika against economic summit – 1000 anarchists fight cops http://chiapas.mediosindependientes.org/display.php3?article_id=115016 Video http://d.turboupload.com/d/60833/Salonica_Greece_Riot_10-9-05.rar.html MAYDAY GERMANY: Clashes as police attack anarchist protesters Police side with Nazis and attack thousands of counter-demonstrators Later, they disrupt an anarchist demo against rightist media barons, leading to further clashes Later, heroic anarchists storm police lines at a street festival Police attack revellers and arrest 65, and there are some clashes, but less than last year - apparently because there's less cops about http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L01684673.htm http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5740462&cKey=1114972519000 http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00025.html http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2005050115581390 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6258 LONDON MAYDAY: Police attack protesters near Hackney supermarket 80 or so had converged on the supermarket for unspecified actions (NB how cops claim to have "foiled" the protest – this is not what Indymedia posters are saying...) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4503967.stm http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4489353 http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/PA_NEWA10688321114962808A00?source=PA%20Feed http://www.lse.co.uk/uknews.asp?story=YW112188Q&news_headline=police_disperse_may_day_store_protestors&nw=yes TOLEDO, US: Anti-fascist uprising as fascists descend on town Rock-throwing protesters forced cancellation of a Nazi march and battled cops http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1220600 http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/10/16/anti_nazi_protest_turns_violent_in_ohio/ http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051023/NEWS16/51023002/-1/NEWS SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA: Students hold Tent City protest against cuts and low pay for staff Hundreds of students are rallying and camping out in the area, dubbed as an alternative university Police have attacked the camp and made violent arrests, and the university are threatening to expel protesters http://www.theksbwchannel.com/education/4395006/detail.html http://www.nbc11.com/news/4393614/detail.html http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2005/April/19/local/stories/01local.htm GERMANY: Anti-Nazis rally to counter Nazis in Erfurt and Essen Oinkers attack Erfurt anti-Nazis with water cannons http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113619391666 DENMARK: Thousands protest Bush visit http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/06/content_3184845.htm http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=148526162&p=y485z6868 http://english.people.com.cn/200507/07/eng20050707_194522.html http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/fremmedsprog/English/article.jhtml?articleID=263280 The day before, hundreds of anarchist youths marched against Bush and burnt US flags http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=148430852&p=y4843y558 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/06/content_3181232.htm http://www.etaiwannews.com/World/2005/07/07/1120702303.htm AUSTRALIA: Immigrant solidarity protesters target Villawood Baxter-style protests on a smaller scale target the concentration camp in Sydney http://baxter05.info/?action=newswire&parentview=754 Villawood residents stage rooftop protest http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/14/1089694426302.html Vigil at Melbourne immigrant detention camp http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/625/625p6g.htm BAXTER 05 - coverage from Indymedia http://www.indymedia.org/en/2005/04/114240.shtml http://baxter05.info/?action=newswire&parentview=507 http://perth.indymedia.org/?action=newswire&parentview=9584 http://sydney.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=53639&group=webcast http://baxter05.info/?action=newswire&parentview=486 http://baxter05.info/?action=newswire&parentview=684 http://darwin.indymedia.org/?action=newswire&parentview=4062 HOUSTON, TEXAS: Protesters oppose Halliburton meeting Protesters flank the area around the meeting Some occupy the building itself for a period Police viciously attack protesters, using "pain compliance" torture methods http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=6089 http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/ap/2005/05/18/ap2038357.html http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3187759 http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050518-033352-5840r.htm http://www.click2houston.com/news/4503548/detail.html http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/apbiz_story.asp?category=1310&slug=Halliburton%20Shareholders http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/wire/sns-ap-halliburton-shareholders,1,6256330.story?coll=sns-ap-investing-headlines http://news.monstersandcritics.com/business/article_1001054.php/Protests_at_Halliburton_meeting http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050518/APF/505181018 http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/business/11677715.htm http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0519-21.htm http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050519074633521 CZECH REPUBLIC: Raver murdered by cops during vicious police attack on legal rave Hundreds injured in vicious police attack against the Czechtek festival Some reports suggest self-defence by some in the crowd http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=7428 http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0809-09.htm http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050730/w073046.html GREECE: Protesters storm asylum concentration camp, break through police lines and enter the centre http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news511.htm Video http://athens.indymedia.org/media_file.php?id=190&type=video Anarchists repel fascist demo http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050918150056638 http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050917-22174900-bc-greece-protestclash.xml (Comment on this)
4:44 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - Student Revolts CAMEROON/AMBAZONIA: BUEA UNIVERSITY Cameroon riot cops murder strikers 2 strikers at the University of Buea shot dead by riot cops Students ransack parts of the campus and fight cops They build barricades after a sit-in is smashed The Governor is prevented from entering the campus Demands included free or cheaper food, lower fees, the right to resit exams, and other matters Police intervention takes the form of humiliation and abuse of students Student union formed as result of strike http://ambazonia.indymedia.org/en//2005/04/1015.shtml http://www.postnewsline.com/2005/04/stronguniversit.html http://www.postnewsline.com/special_report_the_university_of_buea_crisis/ http://www.africanindependent.com/cam_university_riots_ubsu_onekon_intv_conditions051205.html http://www.postnewsline.com/2005/04/strongpolice_ki.html http://southafrica.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/8093_comment.php http://www.postnewsline.com/2005/04/strongminister_.html#more http://www.postwatchmagazine.com/2005/05/biya_deploys_wa.html http://www.postwatchmagazine.com/2005/06/making_the_scnc.html#more http://www.postwatchmagazine.com/2005/06/what_the_studen.html#more http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs/default.asp?3,69,3,710 http://www.all4all.org/2005/05/1871.shtml http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=46886 http://www.postnewsline.com/2005/05/strongthe_battl.html Strike called off after concessions on food prices, resits and other matters http://www.postnewsline.com/special_report_the_university_of_buea_crisis/ Students in Yaounde have also taken to the streets http://ambazonia.indymedia.org/en//2005/04/1007.shtml ZAMBIA: Student uprising over refusal to raise grants Protesters stoned vehicles and blockaded main roads, and forced the Presidential motorcade to turn back Students battled police for three hours before being pushed back onto the university campus http://www.namibian.com.na/2005/May/world/05B2BF4FEF.html http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=qw1116315363895B251 Zambia police arrest 51 university students at riot 18 May 2005 17:37:58 GMT Source: Reuters (full report) LUSAKA, May 18 (Reuters) - Zambian police arrested 51 university students on Wednesday after they began stoning cars during protests which began three days ago, police said. "The situation is very tense at Unza (the University of Zambia) and we have called in police reinforcements. The students have blocked the main road (to Lusaka airport) and they are burning car tyres," police spokeswoman Brenda Muntemba said. Students say the protests are over a government refusal to increase their funding. Muntemba said the students had started stoning vehicles and he had not ruled out witness reports that motorists were also being targeted. Police had arrested 51 students and charged them with riotous conduct, she said. A student leader told Reuters the protests were sparked by a government refusal of a request to raise their research allowances to $170 from $85. "Our project allowances have remained static for almost 10 years. We want the government to listen to us and increase these allowances," a student leader said on condition of anonymity. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18443583.htm 51 students arrested as repression escalates http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/18/content_2968564.htm Unrest continues as students try to march on a TV station Cops attack with teargas http://www.zamnet.zm/newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=3&id=1116495008 Students block roads in grants protest http://allafrica.com/stories/200505190270.html MADAGASCAR: Student uprising over cost of living Student protesters burnt tyres and threw rocks and petrol bombs at cops, who attacked with tear gas At least five cops were put out of action, leaving their comrades annoyed Students are enraged by price rises, meagre subsistence allowances and cutbacks http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=qw1114014063845B253 UGANDA: Student unrest in Kampala over increase in university fees Students from Makerere University protested the fee increases and fought police Students burn cars, loot shops fight police and barricade themselves into hostels, as unrest paralysed several parts of the city Police murdered one student during the unrest, and later arrested dozens of students http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3173 http://southafrica.indymedia.org/news/2004/11/7029_comment.php KERALA, INDIA: Students protesting admission standards clash with cops Cops blocking the planned route were stoned as students tried to march on college buildings http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:1jLt3xg1wX0J:www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200507022023.htm+%22Students%27+protest+turns+violent,+30+injured%22&hl=en NIGERIA: Students protest fuel prices – state office stormed and looted, shops closed down Riot cops murder three protesters while trying to suppress the unrest http://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=09/02/2005&qrTitle=Students%20protest%20fuel%20price%20hike%20in%20Edo&qrColumn=NIGER%20DELTA KENYA: Motorist shoots student during campus revolt in Nairobi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/40 PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Students torch vice-chancellor’s car in protest over expulsions Several other cars were also torched in the unrest as part of a student boycott The protest is over expulsions of students with low grades Students stoned a security vehicle before coming under attack from armed cops The vice-chancellor was eventually forced to step down http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/png-uni-head-steps-down-over-student-unrest/2005/07/31/1122748527382.html http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Police-fire-warning-shots-at-PNG-uni/2005/07/26/1122143830270.html http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/600386 http://www.abcasiapacific.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1415398.htm http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1413789.htm http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1413045.htm http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1412913.htm http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1412691.htm PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Police murder schoolchildren resisting removal of headmaster Police sent to arrest the teacher for fighting police found the building blockaded, and students fought police violence by throwing stones and other items At least two children were killed and 35 wounded as police opened fire with guns http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4396228.stm http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17140979%5E663,00.html http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200511/s1497396.htm UGANDA: Protesting school students clash with police and target home of school boss http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/23 ZAMBIA: High-school students revolt over water shortages, trashing school buildings http://www.zamnet.zm/newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=5&id=1120202891 INDIA: Students take over Jadavpur University in protest over exclusions Students stage fast and sit-in; attacked and electrocuted by cops When this abuse was exposed, students and others mobilised on a huge scale Spontaneous student general strike held, with mass rallies and other actions University turned into liberated zone as painters, singers and other artists move in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1646 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1648 http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050418/asp/calcutta/story_4616269.asp http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050419/asp/calcutta/story_4630712.asp http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050420/asp/calcutta/story_4634882.asp SUDAN: Two students killed as security forces attack protests http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:426376f1:12f8ec70e7c389e7?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=8208748 KOLKATA, INDIA: Student protests http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6894 PAKISTAN: Student uprising at Gomal University after student is murdered by security guard – vice-chancellor’s car torched http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_17-5-2005_pg7_29 GREECE: Police officer shoots student during impromptu demo against the officer’s defiance of a ban on cops in universities In response, thousands of anarchists and human rights activists march Protesters faced off with police, firebombed banks and built burning barricades Police also attacked a hundreds-strong solidarity demo demanding the release of detained protesters http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1708346,00.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00137.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00180.html http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/59 http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/55 http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/51 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050520112418402 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2005051019034060 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2005051122230245 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050512075547632 http://www.libcom.org/newswire/stories.php?story=05/05/11/6447964 http://www.libcom.org/newswire/stories.php?story=05/05/11/6346371 http://www.libcom.org/newswire/stories.php?story=05/05/13/4164774 Further mass protests as 2500 gather for anti-fascist demo – cops attack protesters and unleash repression Protesters respond with Molotovs and pitched battles erupt http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050520202001190 http://www.libcom.org/newswire/stories.php?story=05/05/23/4197898 http://www.libcom.org/newswire/stories.php?story=05/05/25/2078728 Youths target riot cop van in reprisal for shooting http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050515181929277 QUEBEC STUDENT STRIKE VICTORY! “The seven week Québec student strike launched on February 24 ended with the government backing down on certain issues and a radicalization of many Québécois youth.” http://resist.ca/story/2005/7/13/53919/4820 http://resist.ca/story/2005/4/16/101448/899 http://www.themilitant.com/2005/6917/691711.html Quebec student strike – a battle won, a struggle that must continue http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/article.php3?id_article=780 Quebec student unrest http://quebec.indymedia.org/en/node.php?id=20474 LIBERIA: Former child soldiers rise up in revolt over unpaid school fees UN troops fired in the air after the rebels trashed shops and a voting station http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1703604,00.html (Comment on this)
4:43 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - Township Rebellions and Prison Uprisings SOUTH AFRICA: New wave of urban unrest over services, cutbacks http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/safr-j14.shtml CATO CREST, DURBAN: Squatters battle police Informal residents staged a peaceful march which was disrupted by police repression When they realised police wouldn’t let them march, they stormed police lines and stoned police Residents are angry that they are still in an informal settlement when low-cost housing is being built in the area Police drove the protesters off, but they responded by building burning barricades at the entrance to their settlement http://www.dailynews.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=499&fArticleId=2500562 PHOMOLONG TOWNSHIP, SOUTH AFRICA: Clashes with police as residents protest over service delivery Municipal buildings burnt down and roads barricaded as residents defy police attacks for several days http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1685819,00.html DURBAN: Revolt and blockade in settlement http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/622/622p20c.htm Durban residents confront cops when barred from meeting PM http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/625/625p13c.htm DURBAN: Hundreds of informal traders yesterday pitted themselves against Metro Police in Durban during an angry protest against the city's latest campaign http://www.themercury.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=283&fArticleId=2524918 PORT ELIZABETH: Cops stoned and burning barricades erected as mayor visits township Mayor forced to flee as protests over service delivery continued http://iafrica.com/news/sa/618253.htm Protesters in Port Elizabeth block roads in housing protest http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,104756,00.html Residents of De Doorns township blockade road in services protest Burning tyres and mounds of rubbish shut the road Two protesters and two cops were injured in clashes, and police attacked with rubber bullets http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=244715&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/ Resistance in Cape Town – residents burn tyres, blockade roads and stage nonviolent protests http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2014 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/06/05/wsafr05.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/06/05/ixportal.html http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1709889,00.html http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/628/628p17b.htm Housing protests in Port Elizabeth and Cape Town – roads blocked http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4595235.stm http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6658 PORT ELIZABETH: Housing protesters block road with burning barricades http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,6119,2-7-1442_1743095,00.html WORCESTER/DE DOORNS and KHAYELITSHA: Roads blocked in township protests "If it means we must make this country ungovernable, we will do so until they listen to our demands" http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=244715&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/ FRANKFORT, ORANGE FREE STATE: Residents barricade roads, and resist police attacks in protests over service delivery They also stage later protests over political trials of protesters http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1754849,00.html http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1754117,00.html KGOTSONG, BLOEMFONTEIN: Residents battle police, blockade roads and trash buildings in protests over service delivery http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1758603,00.html http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1758483,00.html http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=qw1124798941505B216 VRYBURG TOWNSHIP: Protesters throw petrol bombs, block roads in protests over dismissal of councillors http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1768881,00.html JAMAICA: Uprising after police assassination – gang and community members in Spanish Town kept police out for two days in Spanish Town Some residents fought police with guns, while others built burning barricades http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20051031T210000-0500_91568_OBS_GANGSTERS_RULE.asp http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20051103T220000-0500_91729_OBS_PASTOR_BLAMES_POLITICIANS_FOR_RIOT_IN_SPANISH_TOWN.asp Uprising after police kill man and allegedly torch his house to cover it up Protesters expelled police from the community and built burning barricades http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20050412T220000-0500_78624_OBS_ANOTHER_POLICE_SHOOTING__ANOTHER_PROTEST.asp JORDAN “Police manhunt sparks riot, attacks in Jordan” “Rioters have smashed 25 cars and beat policemen looking for two criminals in a poor eastern district of the Jordanian capital, a police spokesman said yesterday.” NIGERIA: Orile police division attacked after allegedly killing a bus passenger Residents threatened to torch a police station and blocked roads http://www.independentng.com/news/nnsep090507.htm TRINIDAD: Unrest over violent arrest and frame-up – police prevented by crowds from taking suspect Protesters blockade roads with rubbish and old appliances, set up burning barricades, and throwing bottles and stones Cops opened fire when surrounded by protesters http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=92724249 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=92919863 NEW YORK: Protesters against a supermarket development destroy the building in a storm of bricks http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/328269p-280590c.html BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT: Small uprising after motorcyclist dies – police chase motorcyclist to death leading to unrest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1915 NEW ORLEANS: Armed insurrection in flood-devastated city As army occupies and stops people leaving, there are reports of residents arming themselves and shooting at national guard units and helicopters http://www.livejournal.com/users/mparent7777/2443853.html Police attack “looters” instead of rescuing survivors http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/sep2005/loot-s01.shtml Blackwater mercenary goons deployed to occupy New Orleans http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/091005A.shtml Genocide in New Orleans, and other news from Indymedia http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2543 Evacuees, supporters protest at White House http://www.nbc4.com/news/4950213/detail.html McGEHEE, ARKANSAS: Locals stand up to police intimidation Police “gun” raid turns sour for pigs as locals rebel, back down officers Community uprising after cops blockade area http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050715124648261 http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2005/07/14/news/news2.txt McKINNEY: Freedom fighters battle police over fireworks ban Attack on freedom of assembly by fascistic police is met with defiance and resistance Police sent to attack revellers are hit with fireworks and bottles, despite viciously attacking with teargas and injuring bystanders Police who choose to attack instead of retreat, claim to have “no choice” because freedom is unthinkable for them http://www.courier-gazette.com/articles/2005/07/06/news/news01.txt http://www.texarkanagazette.com/articles/2005/07/06/local_news/news/news04.txt GREECE: Uprising by Iraklis volleyball fans barred from greeting victorious players at the local airport Riot police sabotaged attempts for a celebration by blocking the airport Angry fans responded by storming police lines and throwing rocks and petrol bombs http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm3574_20050404.htm http://www.iht.com/getina/files/237309.html BIRMINGHAM: Uprising in the Lozells area as inter-ethnic tensions spill over into fighting with police Although unrest began as tension between black and Asian youths, it later included attacks on lines of riot cops sent to interfere with freedom of movement and otherwise violate rights http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3146 VENICE, ITALY: Attack on “tramp” with dogs sparks unrest on ferry – “punks” resist repressers and hospitalise bigots http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200508291540-1112-RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia BRITISH-OCCUPIED IRELAND: Residents stage sit-in and later revolt over Loyalist parade in Ardoyne, and others resist in Derry and elsewhere http://www.newsletter.co.uk/story/21369 http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=149137558&p=y49y38z64 http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5936858&cKey=1121160912000 http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/12/nireland.parade.reut/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5136415,00.html http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=116990&Sn=WORL&IssueID=28115 http://www.utvlive.com/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=62518&pt=n http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/08/08ireland.html Activists later target police with firebombs in clashes sparked by the repression 60 pigs injured while attacking protesters with water cannons http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/07/12/international/i063201D49.DTL http://politics.guardian.co.uk/northernirelandassembly/story/0,9061,1527327,00.html http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15730114&method=full&siteid=89488&headline=60-cops-hurt-in-orange-protest-riot--name_page.html Protesters pipe-bomb pigs during unrest over Orange parade in Ardoyne http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=149243458&p=y49z44y64 http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=44458&version=1&template_id=38&parent_id=20 Unrest in Cushendall over violent arrest by police Cops attack with CS spray after being surrounded by an angry crowd Three cops were injured during the showdown, and cops were forced to withdraw http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4213958.stm Cops also face mass unrest over alleged brutality in arrests in a Protestant area http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=16849 Unity against state violence: Catholic joins Loyalist uprising across sectarian divide, to strike at the common enemy – cops http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4256152.stm PERPIGNAN, FRANCE: Racist killing sparks mass revolt by North Africans http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8DF43FF5-34D0-48BA-A9DB-1661CFC5D139.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4594019.stm AUSTRALIA: Small uprising in Inverell after violent arrest by cops http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200509/1452962.htm?newengland ISRAEL: 500 youths riot in Afula, damage property, burn trees By Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondent Approximately 500 youth rioted late Friday night in the center of the northern city of Afula, vandalizing property and setting fire to trees. Damage was cause to office buildings in the area. Police arrested four of the youths, all residents of Afula, two aged 16, and two 21-year-old men. They will be brought for a remand extension Saturday evening. The reason for the disturbance was not apparent. The youths gathered at Independence Square in the city's center and began to riot. During the disturbance, two palm trees were set on fire. The fire spread, damaging an electric pole and a dental clinic nearby. The youths attempted to attack police officers, including Border Police, Yassam riot police and firefighters. There were no injuries. http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=617682 JAMAICA: Prison uprising and breakout attempt – several killed http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2005/04/02/prison.shtml http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050402-10015900-bc-jamaica-prisonriot.xml TURKEY: Prison uprising in protest over disciplinary action against inmate Prisoners started a fire as part of the protests http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1729 LUCEBURG, GEORGE COUNTY, AMERICA Uprising at Christian borstal causes massive damage http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050412/NEWS01/504120304/1002 ARIZONA: Prison unrest – screw slips over and injures himself http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/local/11356940.htm RENOUS, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA: Prison uprising – yard trashed, buildings attacked Prisoners refuse to return to cells in protest; some reports blame prison smoking bans http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050426/NEWS01/50426003 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1113769142239_34/?hub=Canada http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2005/04/17/1001344-cp.html http://www.smokersclubinc.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=723 http://maritimes.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/10430.php SWEDEN: Prison uprising wrecks prison – prisoners protest overcrowding http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=1634&date=20050618 MALTA: Uprising at prison over interference in trading http://www.maltamedia.com/news/2005/ln/article_6589.shtml PAKISTAN: Prison uprising at Sargodha jail in Pakistani-controlled Punjab – screws taken hostage, 20 injured including 10 screws http://pakistantimes.net/2005/06/25/top16.htm http://www.arap.so36.net/prison/riot/riot2005.html PITTSBURGH: Prison unrest sends screws to hospital in dispute over TV rights INDIA: Unrest at Cuddalore jail QUEBEC: Prisoners barricade themselves into cells to protest jail conditions WISCONSIN: Prisoners rush guard in prisoner removal dispute TASMANIA: Prison uprising followed by siege TURKEY: Prisoners start fires at maximum-security prison SULLIVAN COUNTY, US: Prisoners burn materials and pelt screws in jail revolt MADISON: Prisoners revolt over searches and theft of items by screws http://www.arap.so36.net/prison/riot/riot2005.html TULARE COUNTY, US: Prisoners “organise resistance” and defy guards http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050611/NEWS01/506110326 NIGERIA: Uprising at Ikoyi Prison over attempts to move prisoners At least 16 people, 6 screws and 10 cons, died during clashes as screws made violent attempts to quell protests The record office and chief warder’s office were torched during the unrest Three prisoners were murdered by screws during the unrest http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1803432,00.html http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=28827 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/africaresistance/message/39 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3060 Later reports reveal that overcrowding and prisoner transfers without consent were the main causes of the revolt, and that 10 inmates and 5 screws died during the revolt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3075 http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1803432,00.html SWANNANOA, US: Youths rise up in cafeteria at youth centre http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050602/NEWS/50602004/1001 AUSTRALIA: Prisoners at Risdon Prison hold officer hostage and seize control of reception area for three days http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/628/628p10.htm BAXTER CONCENTRATION CAMP: Refugees revolt against mistreatment, damage buildings http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Riot-causes-70000-damage-to-Baxter/2005/07/25/1122143765672.html IRAN: Major prison revolt in Tehran – cell removals resisted, screws captured http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2783 PHILLIPINES: Uprising at Bulacan jail – prisoners resist as screws attack celebration – one prisoner killed, probably by screw gunfire http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=46687 MINERAL WELLS, HOUSTON: “Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler confirmed a "riot" was in progress at the Corrections Corporation of America pre-parole transfer facility on Highway 180” (WFAA) “Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler. Fowler said his department was called Saturday night about the riot.” (Houston Chronicle) CALIPATRIA, US: Uprising at prison; screws murder inmate during unrest linked to overcrowding http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050904-9999-1n4prison.html THAILAND: Uprising at Lobpuri prison http://www.thaisnews.com/news_detail.php?newsid=144777 AGRA, JORDAN: Uprising over torture and mistreatment at Agra jail after suicide by inmate Screws murdered one insurgent inmate during six hours of unrest Prisoners seized control of the jail for two hours, burnt buildings and fought screws The Jordanian government has been forced to look into abuses due to the unrest http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3065 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4280830.stm UK: Protests, uprising at Strangeways Prison over mistreatment http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/173/173349_riot_squad_drama_at_strangeways.html BRAZIL: Prison revolt after gunmen aid escape bid; prisoners trash parts of prison and fight screws Three died in clashes between the gunmen and screws, including 1 screw and 2 inmates http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/29/content_3416075.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/28/content_3412642.htm RENOUS, CANADA: Prison revolt – prisoners refuse to return to cells http://maritimes.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/10142.php HINDLEY YOI, UK: Uprising at youth prison http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1586671,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/4314994.stm http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/176/176851_prison_youths_in_7hour_riot.html ARGENTINA: Inmates burn down prison in protest over repression – 32 killed as screws trap inmates in burning building http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/17/content_485578.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1483464.htm EDO, NIGERIA: 120 inmates escape during uprising http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3089 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Violent riot in Moca prison: 1 dead, several injured MOCA.- One dead and several injured is the result of a violent riot in the jail of this municipality. while the prison compound’s security was reinforced with members of the National Police from Santiago and other nearby town. The riot in the facility, which is managed by the National army, which caused alarm in the vicinity where it is the prison enclosure, was began when several inmates resisted being transferred to the Public Jail at Puerto Plata. The body of the inmate, who has yet to be identified, was taken to the public hospital here. Preliminary reports indicate that there are several wounded in the prison, located in the country’s north central region. http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=6677 KYRGYZSTAN: Insurrection at prison colony – prisoners kill politicians and take control Gunfire was heard as police stormed the building Uprisings sparked by poor living conditions forced screws to withdraw from a number of prisons Only a month later did the police dare to attack again http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=32155 http://www.turkishweekly.net/comments.php?id=1791 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/21/content_3664367.htm http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/10/D5559D09-DB4F-460F-BF2D-10E541185AAF.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3135 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3137 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3140 ROXBURY: Prisoners block cell doors in protest over restrictions on personal items http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=123312&format=html SAN DIMAS: Small uprising at US youth prison; windows smashed http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3145515 (Comment on this)
4:42 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - Western Sahara, Manipur, Kashmir WESTERN SAHARA: New intifada breaks out – students and others protest Defiance and confrontations abound as security forces attack demonstrators and jail some for long terms Protests begin after a crackdown on a small protest over a transfer of a prisoner to Morocco This sparked larger protests in El Aaiun which later spread to other cities, including the Saharawi community within Morocco http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2005053113164878 http://www.themilitant.com/2005/6932/693260.html http://www.themilitant.com/2005/6925/692551.html http://www.afrol.com/articles/16438 MANIPUR: Women protest against militants’ bandhs http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1317514,000900030008.htm http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=1.09.120405.apr05 Protests against planned eviction of Lei-Ingkol village http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=3.12.110505.may05 Teachers launch indefinite strike http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/labo-a27.shtml Journalists strike to protest pressure from armed opposition groups http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050618/asp/northeast/story_4882186.asp Naga students burn government offices in protest over lathicharge http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Naga+students+protest+govt+decision&id=75717 Students stage 2-day shutdown to protest abduction of student unionist by armed opposition group http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=114245&n_date=20050907&cat=India Protests after police killing echo last year’s uprising – protesters march on home of state official http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051012/asp/northeast/story_5346949.asp http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3079 Journalists strike over threats from armed opposition groups http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3130 Medical staff stage dharna over similar issues http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3131 Protest opposes local development project http://www.kanglaonline.com/index.php?template=headline&newsid=23630&typeid=2 Thousands in Manipur protest Armed Forces Act Sunday August 21 2005 00:00 IST IANS IMPHAL: Hundreds of protestors shouting anti-government slogans Saturday took to the streets in Manipur demanding withdrawal of legislation that gives the army unlimited powers to deal with militancy, police said. A police official said some 2,000 to 2,500 people holding placards marched through the main thoroughfares in the capital to demand withdrawal of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) that provides unlimited powers to the security forces to shoot or arrest anybody without a warrant. The protest march was organised by the Manipur chapter of the London-based human rights organisation, Amnesty International. "People are being killed and raped with impunity by security forces taking advantage of the AFSPA," said T. Singh, a civil rights campaigner, who took part in the procession. Army and paramilitary soldiers followed the protestors in mounted vehicles to prevent them from creating any trouble. "The protest march passed off peacefully without any trouble," said police official Dhiren Singh. An Amnesty activist said the organisation would be lobbying worldwide to pressurise India into repealing the controversial law. "The legislation is nothing but draconian, and unless repealed, scores of people in Manipur will continue to be shot dead by the security forces without any rhyme or reason. This is nothing but a scar on democracy," the activist said on condition of anonymity. "We shall intensify our protest and if New Delhi does not accept our demand than the state would go up in flames." In July last year, Manipur was in turmoil when a 32-year-old woman detained under the troops' special powers died in military custody - allegedly after being raped. The security forces said she was a rebel. The state was virtually under siege for about two months with protestors holding rallies and demonstrations demanding the withdrawal of the legislation. One protester died after setting himself on fire and a group of young women drew nationwide attention to the cause by demonstrating naked outside a military camp. There are more than 19 rebel outfits active in Manipur, bordering Myanmar, with demands ranging from secession to autonomy. More than 10,000 people have died in the insurgency in Manipur during the past two decades. http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:Ed8fZfdhlxwJ:www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp%3FID%3DIEP20050820085329%26Page%3DP%26Title%3DNation%26Topic%3D0%26+%22Thousands+in+Manipur+protest+Armed+Forces+Act%22&hl=en KASHMIR: Protests in Kupwara over killing of youths by soldiers http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1181490.cms http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_25-7-2005_pg7_1 Rallies protest plans by Indian state to murder Kashmiri separatist The death sentence, for involvement in a paramilitary attack, has galvanised opposition in Srinagar and elsewhere Traders and workers have staged general strikes and demonstrations Shops, schools, post offices and government buildings were all shut down Lawyers also shut down the courts to register a protest against the sentence A sit-in was also held in the sentenced man’s hometown http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/August/subcontinent_August162.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= http://www.7days.ae/global-news/kashmir-strike-in-protest-over-death-sentence.html http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200508/06/eng20050806_200597.html http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2005/kashmir20050805b.html http://www.abcasiapacific.com/news/stories_to/1432957.htm http://www.eians.com/stories/2005/08/08/08kas.shtml http://www.pakistantimes.net/2005/08/06/kashmir1.htm http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2005/kashmir20050808c.html http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_7-8-2005_pg7_32 http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=47397&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22 http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=324917 Children protest against attack on school by armed opposition group http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Ceasefire&slug=Children+protest+attack+on+Srinagar+school&id=72976&callid=1 http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/may/13jk1.htm http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/May/subcontinent_May487.xml§ion=subcontinent Journalists march in protest over police violence http://www.kashar.net/kashmir/complete.asp?id=1093 http://www.kashar.net/kashmir/complete.asp?id=1107 “Massive” protest in Triath to oppose assassinations http://www.kashar.net/kashmir/complete.asp?id=1086 Protesters block road and overrun army checkpoint in protest over beating of youth http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1117574.cms Massive student rally organised by leftists http://www.marxist.com/Asia/pakistan-red-storm160705.htm Hundreds demonstrate on Mayday http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/04kashmir.html In aftermath of earthquake, locals loot stores to obtain needed supplies http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/arc_Articles.asp?Article=124135&Sn=WORL&IssueID=28205 Labour rallies on Mayday http://www.expressindia.com/kashmir/full_story.php?content_id=45896&type=ei Angry Crowds Protest Delays in Reopening Kashmir Border By DAVID ROHDE and SALMAN MASOOD Published: November 8, 2005 Protests marred the partial opening of a crossing point along the line of control dividing the Pakistani- and Indian-administered portions of Kashmir. http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/08/international/asia/08quake.html&OP=b479549Q2FNWgiNndcTEdd8kNkQ51Q51VNQ7EQ7ENQ51bNu28gE2e8ud2eQ25NeTueNQ51bQ5CyeAgBm8aQ25 (Comment on this)
4:41 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - Palestine PALESTINE: Gunmen protest against Abbas http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60318-2005Apr17.html Palestinian militants demand jobs for ex-militants and victims of Israel http://www.zeenews.com/links/articles.asp?aid=212427&sid=WOR Unemployed people and people with disabilities demonstrate in Gaza and trash government buildings http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20050618-063217-9650r.htm Gaza militants storm building in jobs protest http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1405655.htm New unrest over unemployment – protesters in Khan Younes blockade roads and shops Police attack a march on the governor’s office, prompting clashes http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1046068.php/Gaza_protest_turns_sour_10_injured Protest against poverty at UN office in Gaza http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050910-10032500-bc-mideast-poverty.xml Palestinian students write protest letters to Sharon http://home.maryknoll.org/index.php?module=MKArticles&func=display&id=401&office=global Muslims plan protests to defend al-Aqsa http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200504/200504100017.html Attempt to ban youths from worshipping at al-Aqsa leads to clashes 7 pigs injured as youths at the mount resist repression http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Security/5511.htm Al-Aqsa protest http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0B34E4C7-C940-45BA-B3AE-E16270AE328D.htm Protesters form human shield to protect al-Aqsa http://www.amin.org/eng/uncat/2005/april/apr11.html Israelis injure 13 demonstrators defending al-Aqsa http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/10/content_2811835.htm Thousands protest al-Aqsa threat across Palestinian territories http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=14176 Six Soldiers Wounded in Riot Near Bethlehem - Amos Harel and Arnon Regular Six Israel Defense Forces soldiers and four Palestinians were wounded Wednesday in the village of Tsurif, southwest of Bethlehem, in an incident that began when an army jeep overturned during a routine patrol of the village, injuring four soldiers. Dozens of Palestinians residents surrounded the jeep, pelting the injured soldiers and rescue forces with stones and cinder blocks. (Ha'aretz) Further details: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=564773&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=564773&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y&_loopback=1 Arabs within Israel stage strike, protests over massacre http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2005-08/05/article01.shtml Protest over ban on Arab students at sports centre in Israel http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Trends&loid=8.0.225782017&par=0 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3190 Palestinians and activists protest against Israeli rubbish dump, block roads and clash with soldiers http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/563727.html Hamas activists protest US desecration of the Qur’an http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/575824.html http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=10167 Protesters mark foundation of Israel with demonstrations http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1116172837630_8/?hub=CTVNewsAt11 http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8388 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1116172837630_8/?hub=CTVNewsAt11 http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/918.shtml Nakba Day marked by pilgrimage to abandoned villages http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/575393.html Protests mark one year since apartheid wall ruling http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/7385/1/278 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/palmedialert/message/461 Nonviolent protests continue throughout West Bank http://pnn.ps/english/archive2005/feb/week3/210205/21febdemo.htm Protesters demonstrate on behalf of “administrative” prisoner http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=81895 Palestinian prisoners stage hunger strike to highlight their plight during a summit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1821 Palestinian political prisoners begin hunger strike over “meaningless” release programme http://www.palestinenet.org/english/archive2005/may/week5/290505/29mayadrabasra.htm Solidarity protest at Ofer concentration camp, to support jailed wall protester http://www.ainfos.ca/05/aug/ainfos00006.html Pictures https://israel.indymedia.org/newswire/display/3558/index.php Hunger strike by Palestinian political prisoners over mistreatment of Koran http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7737 http://resist.ca/story/2005/6/24/72232/4098 Prisoners stage one-day hunger strike against solitary confinement http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=Enews&id=3105 http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12278&Itemid=1 Political prisoners end hunger strike as PA agrees to look into their demands http://www.arap.so36.net/prison/riot/riot2005.html Human Barrels block annexations wall At 6-00 AM this morning Israeli forces securing the building of the annexation wall in the west bank village of Bil'in found five human barrels blocking the construction route. Four Israelis and one Swede barricaded themselves inside metal barrels placed on the route of the annexation wall that is to annex 50% of Bil'in farm land. Palestinians Israelis and internationals were demonstrating around the barrels. The military announced the area a closed military zone and arrested five Israelis and one international using metal cutters' to pry the peace activists out of the barrels. Before his arrest Johan Persson from Sweden explained why he was in a barrel on the route of the annexation wall " It is the responsibility of the international community to enforce international law. Since our governments and the UN are allowing Israel to continue committing war crimes with impunity it has become the responsibility of citizens like myself to do what we can to stop them" 10 Israelis Arrested and Beaten at Bil'in Anti-Wall Demonstration May 6, 2005 Bil'in, Ramallah, West Bank 10 Israeli non-violent peace activists were gassed, arrested, and severely beaten with batons by Israeli soldiers today at an Anti- Wall demonstration in the village of Bil'in west of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Several Palestinian demonstrators were wounded by rubber coated metal bullets. 3 were treated for tear gas inhalation. Arrestee Rabbi Arik Asherman of Rabbis for Human Rights was seen being beaten to the ground after being handcuffed. Today's demonstrators, including 150 - 200 Palestinians from Bil'in, 70 Israelis from the groups Rabbis for Human Rights, Anarchists Against the Wall, and Gush Shalom, and the International Solidarity Movement, left the village and headed for the path of the Wall being cut through Bil'in's olive fields. They carried signs reading "Stop the Wall", "No to the Wall" in Arabic, Hebrew, and English. No construction was occurring today on the site, but Israeli soldiers stood guard. As marchers approached the path of the Wall they were told it was a closed military zone and that the demonstration was illegal. As they continued peacefully walking forward they were met immediately by tear gas being fired on them. Soldiers then attacked demonstrators beating the Israelis with wooden batons and arresting them. The soldiers continued beating demonstrators even after being handcuffed. Sound grenades and rubber coated steel bullets were also fired at the crowd. Several Palestinians received minor wounds in the head, legs, and stomach. One person was hit in the head with a tear gas canister. Several demonstrators were also treated for gas inhalation. The 10 arrestees are being held by the police at Givat Ze'ev settlement near Jerusalem and are reported to be currently being released. Today's demonstration, organized by village residents against the construction of the annexation Wall through their olive groves, is the most recent action in a very active popular campaign against the Wall. Two days ago, Palestinians joined by International and Israeli activists chained themselves to olive trees. 11 were arrested and released. The Nakba day of 15th May 1948 was commemorated in the village of Bil'in in another protest against the apartheid fence - the present link in the chain of the Zionist occupation. At 05:00 in the morning, members of the local committee of village, Anarchists against the fence, and international activists arrived at Bil'in's work site along the route of the separation fence. The activists fortified themselves inside iron barrels, chained themselves to each other and refused to go away. Their aim was to prevent the bulldozers from continuing in the building the apartheid fence which confiscate more than half of the lands of the village. At 06:00 in the morning, 10 jeeps of the army, border police, and police arrived. At 07:00 6 israeli activists were detained, amongst them a photographer who was not even taken part in the action. Their excuse was it is a closed military area. At 07:30 - the time the report was written, there were still army forces there, and people worry the village will be victim of a violent suppression of the village. Adar Interesting pictures from the action are at: https://israel.indymedia.org/newswire/display/3137/index.php Electronic media of Israeli main daily: Breaking News from http://www.ynetnews.com/ Anti-fence protesters detained Israelis and Palestinians belonging to an anarchist group clashed with IDF soldiers Sunday morning in a bid disrupt construction work on the West Bank security fence. During the clashes, which took place in the village of Bil’in, forces detained six protesters, the IDF said. Six International peace activists arrested in the West Bank Village of Bil'in for chaining themselves to imperiled olive trees along side Palestinian and Israeli activists, were set free today. On 4 May, residents of the village of Bil'in near Ramallah organized a non-violent protest against the annexation Wall where they were joined by Israelis and Internationals in chaining themselves to the olive trees while others demonstrated. Bil'in farmers had received notice the previous day that eighty five olive trees would be uprooted to make way for the illegal Wall and called for International and Israeli support. After a stand off that lasted four hours, the Israeli military using excessive force cut the chains and dragged away twelve of the non-violent protesters, arresting 6 Internationals and 5 Israelis. All the Palestinians who were initially detained were all released. All 5 arrested Israelis were released after agreeing not to return to Bil'in for 15 days. The deportation hearing scheduled for the six International Activists this morning never took place. Instead, after holding them for over 26 hours, the police made an offer reportedly from the Israeli Ministry of the Interior that they be released under the condition that they would not enter a closed military zone. To which all agreed save one who was also released. When asked why he participated in the protest by chaining himself to an olive tree, released activist Gabe Gao from the United States, who is of Jewish descent, said: "The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel's Separation Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is illegal and must be dismantled. The confiscation of Palestinian land and destruction of Palestinian property has nothing to do with 'security'. It is the responsibility of the international community to pressure Israel to adhere to international law. Since my government is not taking action, I feel it is my moral obligation to act in opposition to this crime." The activists report being beaten and treated with excessive force during their arrest by Israeli Boarder Police and the Israeli Defense Force citing video and photographic evidence (available upon request). Greek activist, Maria, requested medical attention for a blow to the head and injuries to her legs and arms sustained during the arrest. Instead She was brought to an interrogation room and repeatedly insulted with racial slurs. She received medical treatment only after 12 hours and repeated requests. Initially she was informed by Israeli ambulance drivers that the fee for thorough treatment would be 350 NIS, but eventually she was treated without charge. The Greek consulate is intervening in order to obtain her medical records which the Israeli police have refused to release. Eleven arrested in attempt to non-violently stop olive trees being uprooted by Israeli Military in Bil'in Eighty five olive trees are currently being uprooted by the Israeli Military in the West Bank village of Bil'in to make room for the illegal annexation wall. As part of a Palestinian Non Violent resistance campaign against The Wall sixteen people including nine Palestinians chained themselves into the olive trees this morning in Bil'in while fifty others demonstrated. After a stand off that lasted four hours the Israeli military cut the chains and dragged away twelve of the non-violent protesters. Yesterday the residents of Bil'in received notice from the Israeli Army about the uprooting and demolition of the ancient olive trees and rallied International and Israeli supporters to demonstrate alongside them today. The Military police used excessive force during the arrests. One of the arrestees, a woman from Greece, suffered a blow to the head while being beaten by Israeli soldiers. An Israeli protestor was kneed in the groin and a Norwegian protestor had his legs forcibly spread to a 180 degree angle. Of the eleven arrested there were two Americans, two Swedish, one Norwegian one Greek and five Israelis. (All the Palestinians who were initially detained were all released.) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 01/05/05 Two protesters hospitalized with wounds sustained at anti-Wall demo in Bil'in today [Ramallah, West Bank] 12-year old Ahmed has a metal fragment lodged in his skull. A Norwegian protester who was standing next to Ahmed was also hit by a ricocheting fragment of what he says were live rounds fired in their direction by Israeli soldiers two hundred meters away. 23-year old Hamze is suffering from an injury to the back of his head from a gas canister that was shot at him directly from short range. The demonstration that began as a calm and peaceful protest was met with rubber coated metal bullets, tear gas and sound bombs fired indiscriminately into the crowd. The Israeli military did not produce a closed military area warrant and so had no legal grounds to disperse the demonstration. The confrontation then escalated to stone throwing from some of the Palestinian youth, and Israeli soldiers began shooting live rounds in the direction of the protesters. In a demonstration held last Thursday, undercover Israeli provocateurs threw stones at Israeli soldiers and border police. Special forces used a gas powered gun, not previously used in the West Bank, capable of firing rapid rounds of plastic bullets filled with a white powder (which is currently being analyzed) that caused intense pain to the people shot. Two Palestinians, Riad Bornat and Ilyan Abu Rahma, who were assaulted and dragged away by the provocateurs, are still being held in Israeli custody. Today's May Day demonstration was attended by workers and farmers from Bil'in, accompanied by Israeli and international activists to protest the theft of their livelihood. Before the current Intifada mmany Bil'in residents worked in Israel. Today with unemployment soaring at over 60% the village depends on its agricultural land to survive. More than half of Bil'in's land, 2,300 dunams, will be lost beyond the Wall and has been earmarked for settlement expansion. 3 April, 2005 Israeli suffering brain hemorrhage due to injury during Anti-Wall Protest Israeli activist, Jonathan Pollack, was hit in the head by a tear gas canister shot from an M-16 when Israeli soldiers fired at an anti-Wall demonstration in the Ramallah region village of Bil'in. He was hospitalized in Tel Hashomer hospital in Tel Aviv, received internal and external stitches and diagnosed to be suffering from a hemorrhage in the brain. His medical situation is currently stable and he is conscience. One hundred protesters gathered in front of the Israeli Ministry of Defense this evening protesting the tactics the Israeli military uses in its attempts to silence dissent against the Wall. The village of Bil'in has continued it's resistance to the Wall, which will effectively confiscate fifty percent of their agricultural land, despite nightly raids, harassment and arrest campaigns by the Israeli military conducted against the village. ISM (The International Solidarity Movement) is currently maintaining a presence in Bil'in to document and report human rights abuses. Despite Israeli claims that the Wall is intended to safeguard the security of its citizens the route of the Wall near Bil'in has been specifically designed to incorporate the current construction of the settlement of Menora in addition to the existing settlement of Kiryat Sefer. Thousands protest across many towns and villages on anniversary of International Court ruling against apartheid wall Thousands march in Ramallah, KafrThulth protesters marched on roadblocks and tried to reclaim land, and in Beit Liqya protesters were teargassed leading to clashes http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/962.shtml Bil’in protests mark a year from the ICJ ruling – after a long peaceful protest, Israeli forces attack http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3984.shtml http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11999&Itemid=1 Protesters set up cage to blockade Bil’in wall building (picture) https://israel.indymedia.org/newswire/display/3362/index.php ISM reports from caged protest in Bil’in and other anti-wall protests http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palsolidarity/message/1214 Protesters carry gravestones in Bil’in protest http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11875&Itemid=1 Bil’in protesters build mock fence to blockade real fence route http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3898.shtml 20 protesters injured as soldiers attack Bilin crowd; noise weapons used http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11517&Itemid=1 Six injured, 18 arrested in Bilin http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12600&Itemid=1 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3109960,00.html More arrests and injuries as soldiers attack demo http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12707&Itemid=1 Bilin, 21 April - peace protest becomes warzone https://israel.indymedia.org/newswire/display/3033/index.php Report on Bilin demonstration http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4006.shtml Arrested activists stage prison solidarity http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1996 Wall protests continue in Bilin, M’Nazil http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00130.html Bilin uses two-wave tactic to protest wall http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00278.html Protesters chained into barrels block wall route http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00216.html Cage protest http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00371.html Solidarity protest with injured and invalids of Bilin http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00121.html Bilin – three victories amid a sea of tragedies http://www.ainfos.ca/05/apr/ainfos00414.html Bilin protest attacked http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6834 Pigs lie about Bilin violence http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050728014701291 Bil’in protesters carry gravestones in protest http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/06/17/crackdown-on-non-violent-resistance/ Pics http://freckle.blogs.com/photos/bilin_tombs/index.html Protesters chained in cylinders block wall route http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/07/20/protesters-blocked-the-path-of-the-annexation-barrier/ http://freckle.blogs.com/photos/strength_in_unity Palestinians present “gift house” to soldiers http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/07/30/palestinians-give-the-israeli-military-a-gift-house/ Soldier joins Bilin demo http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/08/12/soldier-joins-bilin-protest/ Young Palestinian women lead Bilin march http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/08/16/young-palestinian-women-lead-demonstration-against-the-wall-in-bilin/ Protesters attacked with noise weapon http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/06/08/stink-bombs-and-the-scream-bilin/ More Bilin stories http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00343.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00365.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/aug/ainfos00061.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00468.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00309.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00100.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00028.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00272.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00046.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/apr/ainfos00487.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/apr/ainfos00377.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/apr/ainfos00366.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/apr/ainfos00270.html http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/36 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050806023850990 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2005073008572329 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050813062343168 http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/07/news/mideast.php Something astir in Bilin http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00304.html Apartheid Wall foundations dismantled in Bil’in – protesters fight back as soldiers attack http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/944.shtml Continuing demonstrations – and attacks by soldiers – in Bilin http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=2262 http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/910.shtml http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10781&Itemid=1 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00301.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palsolidarity/message/1186 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/palmedialert/message/416 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palsolidarity/message/1192 http://imemc2.thinkhost.net/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=10153&Itemid=2 http://imemc2.thinkhost.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10337&Itemid=1 http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=Enews&id=2469 http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11233&Itemid=1 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3067369,00.html http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/palmedialert/message/394 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palsolidarity/message/1170 http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=81109 http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050923-11144900-bc-mideast-barrier.xml Protester injured by troops as Bilin protests continue http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3067369,00.html Protests – and attacks on protests – continue in Bilin http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/626/626p15b.htm “Walking coffins” protest in Bilin http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11377&Itemid=1 Protests, arrests and clashes continue in Bilin http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12779&Itemid=1 http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12784&Itemid=1 Demonstrators in Bilin chain themselves to olive trees http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/572362.html http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/palmedialert/message/413 Reports from Bilin and elsewhere http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00173.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00199.html Beit Surik and Bilin protests http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00445.html Imneizil and Bilin protests http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00441.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00333.html Protests in Ramadin, Marda, Bilin – in Ramadin, police chased protesters into the town, where clashes with youths ensued http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00164.html Crackdown on peace protests in Asira, Bil’in and elsewhere http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2007 Palestinian boy murdered as protesters against the wall come under attack in Beit Lakiya http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1120789233505&p=1078027574097 http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/961.shtml http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050708-1814-israel-palestinians.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1120789233505 http://www.politinfo.com/articles/article_2005_07_08_2116.html http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=116594&Sn=WORL&IssueID=28111 Villagers of Marda continue to resist – several injured as troops attack demo http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/939.shtml Marda protests oppose destruction of olive trees http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/06/24/week-of-palestinian-nonviolent-resistance-met-with-violence/ Farmers stop Marda tree-cutting for three hours http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/06/05/farmers-stop-tree-cutting-in-marda-for-three-hours/ Video of olive-tree chaining protest in Marda http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/05/04/video-from-bilin-olive-tree-chaining/ Breaking through at Marda – protest disrupted by statists http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00065.html Marda villagers resist the wall http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/630/630p18b.htm Several injured as Salfit protesters join Bil’in demo http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/949.shtml Imneizil villagers stop bulldozers http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/948.shtml Salfit protesters suppressed using colonial-era laws http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2739 Kfar Haris wall protesters injured with teargas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2161 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2163 Al-Ramadin villagers mount bulldozer in wall protest http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/06/07/villagers-mounted-bulldozer-in-al-ramadin/ Dozens injured as army attacks Qalqilya wall protesters http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12445&Itemid=1 http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12563&Itemid=1 Soldiers attack Qalqilia protest http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12563&Itemid=1 Soldiers attack wall protest near Salfit http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11977&Itemid=1 http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11565&Itemid=1 March against the wall in Salfit http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11504&Itemid=1 Five injured as IOF attacks wall protest in Salfit http://english.wafa.ps/body.asp?field=Enews&id=3543 Wall protest in Salfit – protesters wounded and arrested http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00148.html Activists march in Tel Rumeida; attacked by soldiers – 32 arrested http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3088411,00.html Protesters march on Muqata against apartheid wall http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/922.shtml Beit Surik protesters block wall-building http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00009.html Israeli troops clash with farmers in Dir al-Asal, near Hebron, over land grabs and sheep theft during construction of the Apartheid Wall http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10957&Itemid=1 Protesters resist house demolition in Haifa http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11545&Itemid=1 Demonstrators in Ma’Sha attacked http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00179.html Land Day protest at al-Walaja, near Bethlehem, over house demolitions http://bethlehemghetto.blogspot.com/2005/04/land-day-activities-continued-al.html Ten Palestinians injured in confrontation with settlers and soldiers in Liban al-Gharbi http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/08/11/0-palestinians-injured-by-israeli-soldiers-in-liban-al-gharbi/ Protests in Immatin village over land grab http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1901 Immatin demo viciously repressed http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jul/ainfos00255.html More on demos in Immatin http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/08/26/we-shall-overcome/ Grannies protest settler violence http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6235 Clashes as protesters target Greek Patriarch over land sale http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10931&Itemid=1 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050429/wl_nm/mideast_church_dc_1 http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/573800.html Youths resist as Israeli army invades Jenin; 1 murdered by troops http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12866&Itemid=1 Fighters claim to have repulsed entry of tank into Rafah http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13018&Itemid=1 Peace protesters rally in Tel Aviv after killing of Palestinian youths http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/572451.html Hundreds rally in Tel Aviv for peace protest after shootings in Beit Lakiya http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00059.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00160.html http://www.labournet.net/world/0505/wall4.html Jenin residents secure end to clashes between Palestinian militias http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/23888331-47BA-41F6-9018-5DDD4C6CE5BB.htm Nonviolent resistance as Israelis demolish homes in Khader village, near Bethlehem http://pnn.ps/english/archive2005/jul/week4/270705/27julalkhader.htm Hebron residents protest at internal checkpoints http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/palmedialert/message/482 Salfit activists march against checkpoints http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13032&Itemid=1 Gaza Strip residents reclaim destroyed farmland http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4408479.stm Hebron visit sabotaged by Israeli statists http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00447.html Environmental activists from the GreenCourse movement and residents of Nitzan protested on Friday against the building of temporary housing for evacuated Gaza Strip settlers on the Nitzana dunes. The protestors blocked bulldozers at the construction site with their bodies and managed to halt work for several hours. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/581345.html Palestinians and activists march in Kfar Harrs, attacked with tear gas http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/01E3A851-6268-4F72-B5D3-A64B395301AB.htm Christian Peacemaker Teams organise nonviolent protest in Hebron http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12970&Itemid=1 Roadblocks removed in Asira al Shamaliya village near Nablus http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palsolidarity/message/1195 Roadblocks dismantled by protesters between Nablus and Asira Al'Shamalia http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00217.html Checkpoint demo near Nazlat Issa http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/07/08/demonstration-against-a-checkpoint-near-the-village-of-nazlat-issa-2/ http://freckle.blogs.com/photos/nazlat_issa/ Soldiers surround, abuse roadblock protesters in Asira http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/07/22/israeli-army-surrounds-asira-demonstrators-shoots-one-villager/ Protest at Huwara checkpoint http://resist.ca/story/2005/7/27/95550/4949 Clashes in Hebron after incursion by Israeli troops http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11151&Itemid=1 More protests against the Apartheid Wall in Saffa http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/894.shtml Apartheid Wall protested in Salfit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1571 Al-Aqsa Brigade militants storm government office in jobs protest http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1405655.htm Nakba Day marked by pilgrimage to abandoned villages http://resist.ca/story/2005/5/13/15715/6171 Clashes in Tsurif near Bethlehem; traffic accident is followed by showdown between stone-throwers and soldiers http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=564773&contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y Roadblock in mid-Jerusalem protests against segregation of city http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/598767.html Shu’fat Palestinians demonstrate to defend their presence in Jerusalem http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/977.shtml Palestinian health workers go on strike for pay increase http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4DD05B3A-4EAF-4C55-9B19-261596928837.htm Palestinian teachers strike for higher pay http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6263 http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php4?article_id=6263 http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/am/publish/article_11355.shtml Women in Black protest outside Ariel settlement, against expanding settlements http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/08/19/belfast-women-protest-expansion-of-settlements-in-the-west-bank/ Israeli army attacks demonstration of people with disabilities http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2005/06/08/israeli-army-attacks-disabled-demonstrators/ Druze refusenik sentenced three times over http://www.imemc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11470&Itemid=1 Renamed street sign sabbed http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3117083,00.html Israeli road signs get activist makeover http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00064.html Protest over football game for Arab team scheduled for Ramadan http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/othersports/2050AP_SOC_Israel_Ramadan.html Israelis Protest Travel Restrictions Against PA Motorists 12:22 Oct 23, '05 / 20 Tishrei 5766 (IsraelNN.com) Members of left-wing Israel’s Peace Now organization protested on Sunday morning against the travel restrictions prohibiting Palestinian Authority (PA) residents from traveling on Israeli roads in Judea and Samaria. The protest took place in southern Jerusalem at the entrance to the Minharot Tunnel Highway. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz has reinstated travel restrictions following two shooting attacks, one fatal, occurring an hour apart from one another. The perpetrators in both cases made an easy getaway by traveling on the Route 60 towards a nearby PA autonomous area. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=91635 Banksy targets Apartheid Wall http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4748063.stm Street art marks Nakba Day in Tel Aviv http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00227.html http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050511194224153 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050511113019125 Graffiti on the Apartheid Wall and related targets – pics http://bethlehemghetto.blogspot.com/2005/05/easy-when-you-know-how-more-graffiti.html http://bethlehemghetto.blogspot.com/2005/04/collection-of-spray-cans-were-seen.html http://bethlehemghetto.blogspot.com/2005/04/this-watchtower-is-first-one-that.html http://bethlehemghetto.blogspot.com/2005/04/posted-by-peacerider_27.html http://bethlehemghetto.blogspot.com/2005/04/baby-speaks.html http://bethlehemghetto.blogspot.com/2005/04/posted-by-peacerider_111460330079466675.html http://bethlehemghetto.blogspot.com/2005/04/any-guesses.html Banksy does the Apartheid Wall http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0805-06.htm http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=7169 Caravan of Justice suppressed, activists deported http://www.palestinemonitor.org/nueva_web/updates_news/updates/caravan_4_justice.htm Children from Bilin protest at Israeli Supreme Court http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00234.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/jun/ainfos00228.html Mutiny over food in IDF http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2172 (Comment on this)
4:40 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - Iraq and Afghanistan IRAQ: Massive anti-US protests in Baghdad, on site where Saddam statue was felled Demonstrations also held in Ramadi and Najaf Mass anti-occupation demonstrations by Shiites and Sunnis in Baghdad, Samarra, and elsewhere http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0520-03.htm http://www.juancole.com/2005/07/sunnis-demonstrate-in-baghdad-as.html http://www.livejournal.com/users/mparent7777/1684454.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4429137.stm http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=5723 http://www.postfallspress.com/articles/2005/04/10/news/news03.txt http://www.juancole.com/2005/04/up-to-300000-demonstrate-in-baghdad.html http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0409-02.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1341814.htm http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/2581/2/ http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0520-03.htm http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=5721 http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/04/quit-iraq-largest-popular.html Thousands of Shiites and Sunnis protest occupation, sectarianism http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0520-03.htm More mass protests in late August http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=7271 Protesters firebomb British occupation troops and torch two tanks in protest over exchange of gunfire between occupiers and Iraqi security forces in Basra British troops had stormed an Iraqi prison to release British soldiers arrested by Iraqi forcess British troops are forced to retreat under hail of petrol bombs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3059 http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=123&art_id=qw1127152801946B262 http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5293485,00.html Hundreds demonstrate in Samarra http://www.juancole.com/2005/04/demonstration-in-samarra-ash-sharq-al.html Shi’ites demonstrate after detention of cleric Media sources estimate 6000 protested in Najaf, Nasiriyah and Kufa http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/183837 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050520/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_protests http://www.kcbs.com/pages/kcbs/news/news_story.nsp?story_id=71706925&ID=kcbs&scategory=Computers Baquba students march against US occupation and arrests of students http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=April2005&file=World_News200504122302.xml Students burn flags in protest against US; release of detained students demanded http://iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/article/46139 General strike to protest occupation and blockade in Ramadi http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=11845&s2=19 General strike in Ramadi against US blockade http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6522 Anti-occupation protests in Hit, Ramadi, Samarra and Mosul – Iraqi Islamic Party denounced for collaboration http://www.jihadunspun.com/index-side_internal.php?article=104821&list=/home.php Police murder protester in Samarra during clashes over government jobs http://iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/article/55095 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1783 Textile workers strike in Baghdad http://www.uuiraq.org/english/211.htm http://www.uuiraq.org/english/210.htm Protest over the arrest of a tribal leader in Baghdad July 3, 2005. Wahied al-Homaidi, the secretary-general of the Mesopotamian Tribes Union of Iraq, was arrested and his offices were searched by coalition forces on Saturday, witnesses said. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz Protest in Baghdad over police brutality http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/20AAF6C7-6357-4140-899F-3382CEA2FA6A.htm Police open fire on protesters in Tikrit, attacking 1000 marchers demanding resignations over a political killing http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13472&s2=08 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=2813&click_id=2813&art_id=qw1120724101464B262&set_id=6 http://www.breakingnews.ie/2005/07/07/story210507.html Nasiriya energy workers strike and protest http://www.wpiraq.net/english/2005/uui-nasirya.htm Police shoot at protesters demonstrating against water shortages http://www.uuiraq.org/english/191.htm Health workers strike in Kirkuk and elsewhere against pay cut http://www.uuiraq.org/english/204.htm Samarra police open fire on unemployed protesters http://www.uuiraq.org/english/192.htm Street vendor crackdown protested in Nasiriya http://www.uuiraq.org/english/166.htm Uprising in Abu Ghraib concentration camp – prisoners stone guards as escape attempt foiled http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1868 http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=2813&art_id=qw1118130840700B262&click_id=2813&set_id=1 Three break out of Abu Ghraib http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2005/20050526_1363.html Saddam’s lawyers strike over safety http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BA20D208-83A4-4AEF-A807-B9F9949F30C6.htm Protests over corruption in Mosul, Iraq; Kurdish domination denounced http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3139 Taxi drivers protest “police terrorists” over ban on right-hand-drive cars Drivers storm government building; police and soldiers shoot and beat them http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1861 Mass protests in Mosul secure release of women held as hostages by US forces http://iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/article/54086 http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=12775&s2=20 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1812 Oil exports halted by strike in Basra – workers demand local reinvestment of profits http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050717-09433000-bc-mideast-flags.xml http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1958 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4690601.stm http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13827&s2=18 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4690601.stm http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=70934 http://www.newsocialist.org/index.php?id=386 http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13997&s2=23 FWCUI statement on oil strike http://www.uuiraq.org/english/197.htm Protests on Kuwait border http://www.livejournal.com/users/mparent7777/1684454.html Iraqi doctors strike over harassment, abuse by police and soldiers http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wned/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=785608 http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=13877&s2=20 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1969 UUI marks Mayday http://www.uuiraq.org/english/171.htm Unemployed workers march in Nasiriya to protest inhumane government policies http://www.uuiraq.org/english/166.htm “Strike” by airport company suspends Iraq flights http://www.iraq-news.de/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1731 Iraqi activists organise boycott of US goods http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=12364&s2=08 Women in Baghdad protest for rights under new constitution http://www.livejournal.com/users/mparent7777/1684454.html US retaliates against Iraqi student protesters http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1975 Shiites hold protests against sectarian attacks in Najaf and elsewhere http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=11920&s2=21 March in Qayara, dubbed by the US as “anti-terrorism”, includes demands for the release of political prisoners http://www.livejournal.com/users/mparent7777/1684454.html Attacks on oil pipelines continue http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=726553 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/05/content_2919593.htm http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-05-10T113656Z_01_MOR040313_RTRUKOC_0_ENERGY-IRAQ-ATTACK.xml 223. April 13 - bomb on oil pipeline near Kirkuk killed an Iraqi oil security chief and eight of his men, who were in the process of defusing another explosive device, and sparked a fire on the pipeline. 224. April 17 - attack near Fatha on oil pipeline from Kirkuk to the Bayji refinery. 225. April 18 - twin blasts at an internal oil pipeline near Kirkuk. 226. April 25 - insurgents blew up pumps used for domestic supplies near Bay Hassam, 19 miles west of Kirkuk. 227. May 4 - attack on an oil pipeline that links northern Kirkuk oil fields to Baghdad. The attack took place near Balad. 228. May 10 - attack on an oil pipeline complex near Kirkuk. 229. May 11 - a mortar round struck the Iraqi Oil Ministry complex in Baghdad. 230. May 11 - three bombs were planted on different parts of the oil pipeline in Kirkuk's Dibiz district. Two of the three exploded, heavily damaging the pipeline. 231. May 11 - attack on an oil pipeline near Bayji. 232. May 11 - a bomb exploded at Iraq’s largest fertilizer plant in Basra, killing one person and wounding 23. The blast set fire to a gas pipeline. 233. May 11 - a bomb was planted near the oil ministry in central Baghdad. 234. May 12 - an insurgent blew himself up as he tried to sabotage an oil pipeline near Kirkuk. 235. May 13 - attack on the Athana pumping station that feeds the northern pipeline. 236. May 27 - attack on pipeline in the western outskirts of Baghdad. 237. June 3 - 8 a.m. attack on pipeline between Kirkuk and the Dibis refinery, about 30 miles west. 238. June 8 - saboteurs blew up a main oil pipeline near Kirkuk. 239. June 8 - saboteurs opened connections between two pipelines near the Bayji refinery causing oil spill. 240. June 9 - 8:00 p.m. saboteurs blew up a major oil pipeline five miles east of the Bayji refinery. 241. June 15 - insurgents blew up a pipeline near Baghdad that transports crude oil between Bayji and Daura. 242. June 23 - attack on pipeline carrying crude from Kirkuk to Bayji, near al-Fathah. 243. June 25 - attack on oil pipleline leading from Kirkuk to Ceyhan. 244. June 24 - pipeline linking the southern fields around Basra to Daura. The attack took place near Yusifiyah. 245. June 28 - attack on pipeline in southwestern Baghdad. 246. June 29 - attack on a natural gas pipeline linking storage facilities in Yousfiyah, south of Baghdad, to a plant in Baghdad. 247. July 3 - attack on a key feeder pipeline that leads to the Daura refinery. 248. July 8 - mortar attack on the Daura oil refinery hit a pipeline attached to one of the reservoirs. 249. July 20 - attack on an oil pipeline that connects Bayji and Baghdad. 250. July 20 - 6:00 a.m. a roadside bomb exploded under the pipeline that goes from Kirkuk to the Daura refinery. 251. July 20 - late night attack on oil pipeline between Mahmoudiyeh and Latifiyehin in southern Iraq. 252. July 21 - insurgents incinerated an oil pipeline west of Samarra. 253. July 26 - two Iraqi security personnel were killed and three wounded by mortar fire near Bayji while guarding an oil pipeline. 254. July 28 - a bomb hit an oil pipeline conecting Bayji and Kirkuk. A gas pipeline that supplies Bayji power station was also damaged during the attack. 255. July 28 - a bomb on a railway line hit a train carrying oil products near Baghdad, causing a huge fire. 256. August 3 - an explosion damaged a pipeline used for shipping fuel to a Baghdad power plant north of the capital. 257. August 4 - 5:00a.m. three explosions set ablaze a pipeline near Kirkuk. 258. August 20 - attack on a major line between Bayji and Baghdad stopped electricity supply to the capital. http://www.iags.org/iraqpipelinewatch.htm Oil sabotage costs billions http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/07/03/afx2121847.html Protesters stone cops, ostensibly for failing to stop suicide bombing http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050513/NEWS06/505130512/1012 Samarra unrest over services http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0807/iraq.html Iraqi Kurds protest at UN offices over repression against Kurds in Iran; police attack the protesters http://www.theage.com.au/news/iraq/kurdish-protest-halted/2005/08/07/1123353208981.html Iraqis protest arrest warrant for Shiite leader http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=20050710153620215 Uprising at Camp Bucca after detainee denied medical treatment http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/140962/1/.html http://www.uruknet.info/?p=10900&hd=0&size=1&l=x http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/05/content_2789409.htm http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3238556a12,00.html On 4th of May 2005, a student protest was organized in Sulaymania in Iraqi Kurdistan against corruption in the city's administration and poor academic standards in the universities. In this demonstration, Rebwar Aref, a member of the central committee of Worker communist party of Iraq, gave a speech that was greeted enthusiastically by the protesters. Comrade Aref is a well-known political figure and a former political prisoner of the Ba'ath regime who had a death sentence hanging over him. He is now responsible for the Campaign to try Saddam Hussein and Director of the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees. The comrade's militant speech, his political record and the warm response of the crowd clearly infuriated the PUK security forces. They moved to arrest him. Rebwar Aref was detained on 5th May 2005 and taken to the PUK's main security office in Sulaymania. His fate is currently unknown. This is not the first time that the PUK has violated basic political liberties - PUK has even killed its opponents, not simply attempted to silence them with arrests and repression. The life and safety of Rebwar Aref must be protected. We demand his immediate and unconditional release. Rebwar's only 'crime' was his solidarity with the students of Sulaymania University and his active support for their just demands for a better education and basic rights. PUK has a shameful history of persecuting political activists and banning the activities of the groups that do not share its political perspectives for Kurdistan. In July 2000 they closed the offices of the Worker communist party of Iraq, banned its activities and killed five of its members. General Strike Called To Resist Attack On Qaim (GI Special) 17 June, 2005 BBC The US military has launched a major offensive involving some 1,000 troops. The US operation in western Iraq began before dawn, with witnesses reporting fierce gun battles in the towns of Qaim and Karabila. The leader of Qaim's Muslim Clerics Association called on businesses to remain closed in protest at the US attack, which, he says, is endangering civilian lives. "The US forces are escalating the situation and we will declare a general strike after Friday prayers," Mudhafar al-Ani was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying. Eleven Detainees Briefly Liberate Selves From Iraqi Prison April 16, 2005 The Associated Press, BAGHDAD, Iraq The military says that eleven detainees have escaped from an Iraqi prison, but ten are believed to have already been captured. One detained prisoner says the group escaped through a hole in the fence that surrounds the Camp Bucca prison. The detention center is the largest in Iraq. Officials will not say why the prisoners are being detained. Iraqi demonstrators hold a protest calling for the release of detained men in the town of Karma April 15, 2005. Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the town to demand the Iraqi government and U.S. forces to release Iraqi prisoners and mujahideen fighters from prison. The banner reads ' the people of Karma demand the release of detainees from prison'. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal Three break out from Abu Ghraib http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=12071&s2=26 IRAQ WAR Recruiters face youth and student resistance http://socialismandliberation.org/mag/index.php?aid=361&PHPSESSID=a0416d62fb91235e3b5b75f0a4fdcb55 Strike by Filipino workers at US base over working conditions http://news.inq7.net/nation/index.php?index=1&story_id=38476 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4588723.stm http://news.inq7.net/top/index.php?index=1&story_id=38342 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2178 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050530070948973 Iraq-bound soldier holds up interstate in suicide bid http://www.mcduffiemirror.com/stories/063005/new_063005_1611_2.shtml CNN interrupted on air by war opponent http://www.livejournal.com/users/mparent7777/890941.html Another fragging case grips the US military http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1811 Vets defy cops to distribute counter-recruitment propaganda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1802 Iraqi “government” troops refuse to obey US orders http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1864 Marine has cousin shoot him in leg to avoid return to Iraq http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8583296/ Benderman jailed – “a moral leader of the nation” imprisoned http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=14207&s2=30 Distraught soldier threatens suicide http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2750 Soldiers Arrested: Wanted To Burn Flag July 4, 2005 Army Times Some National Guard soldiers are donating blood in Rapid City, S.D., to make up for about 40 units reportedly destroyed by one of their comrades. Serafin Delgado with the West Virginia National Guard, is accused of breaking into United Blood Services, causing thousands of dollars of damage, and destroying the blood units. According to police, Delgado got into an argument with other members of his unit and said he wanted to burn an American flag. Reports indicate he found one at the Blood Services office but couldn’t pull it off the pole, so he broke into the building. Delgado is being held in the Pennington County Jail. GUANTANAMO BAY: Prisoners stage hunger strike, demand religious respect and fair trials http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1420814.htm http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0722/guantanamo.html http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/07/21/guantanamo_inmates_declare_hunger_strike/ http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8497 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8520 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8547 http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0721-15.htm Released reports reveal heroic resistance by Guantanamo inmates http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8135 Journalist’s heroic defiance of captors http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8067 Omar Deghayes goes on hunger strike http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news512.htm IRAQ/JORDAN: Iraqi police trainees revolt in Amman http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050612-052612-2030r.htm Unrest among recruits to Iraqi army http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/02/content_3297660.htm AFGHANISTAN, PALESTINE, INDONESIA, PAKISTAN: Muslims protest over US desecration of Qur’ans Nine killed during protests in Afghanistan Government buildings torched, shops looted, UN offices targeted http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1368560.htm http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=11930&s2=23 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,157901,00.html http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0527-01.htm http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0514-07.htm http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/musl-m14.shtml Desecration protests in Palestine http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7797 Desecration protest in Duraz http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7773 Thousands march in Jabaliyah, Gaza, and al-Halil, West Bank http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7250 PAKISTAN: Thousands rally to protest Koran desecration http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_26-5-2005_pg7_46 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7794 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7679 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7231 Lawyers hold desecration protest http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7680 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7548 BANGLADESH: Thousands hold march despite police interference http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7809 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7678 INDIA: Thousands of Muslims protest in Mumbai http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7795 BJP minority branch march in Delhi (?! Hindu chauvinist party protesting anti-Muslim actions?!) http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7657 Women stage march http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7542 Thousands hold dharna in Chennai http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7485 BAHRAIN: 3000 rally over Koran desecration http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7796 TANZANIA: Hundreds of young Muslims rally http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7681 CANADA: Hundreds rally at the US consulate http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7578 MOROCCO: 2000 hold sit-in near parliament http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7579 MALAYSIA: Protesters burn US flags in protest http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7537 Police attack abuse protest http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7411 EGYPT: Protests against Koran abuse also target the government http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7536 LEBANON: Hundreds march, calling for closure of US embassy http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7541 KASHMIR: Strike in protest at Koran desecration http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7520 Protests in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir also http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7446 INDONESIA: Thousands protest at US embassy in Jakarta http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7424 Hundreds gather for protest at mosque http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7229 SOMALIA: Thousands march in protest http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7410 IRAN: At least a thousand march in Qom http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7376 Angry protest over desecration in London; also Calcutta, Somalia and Palestine http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/18759971 US media covers up reasons for unrest http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0523-32.htm Indonesia: hundreds protest http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_14-5-2005_pg4_7 Protests in Afghanistan, Pakistan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1620 Thousands of Muslims protest in Somalia http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3288095a12,00.html Why Muslims revolt over Qur’an desecration – a discussion http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GF07Aa01.html Women, students protest at UK embassy over interference Some students threw stones at the embassy and at once point cops attacked the protesters http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=36317&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/29/content_3559711.htm AFGHANISTAN: Mass protests in Kabul and elsewhere over allegations of mistreatment of the Qur’an at Guantanamo Bay Passing American troops were stoned and fired into the air before quickly fleeing Protesters reportedly spread throughout the city of Jalalabad, which was rendered uncontrollable Further protests occurred in numerous other cities and regions http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20050512&hn=19444 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1608334,00.html http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.afghan19may19,1,415344.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002280350_quran19.html http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=750099 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8466958 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL105529.htm http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=751936 http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20050511T220000-0500_80298_OBS_AFGHANS_PROTEST_OVER_ALLEGED_FLUSHING_OF_QURAN_IN_US_JAIL_IN_CUBA.asp http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1611925,00.html http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8485195 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3278573a12,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5003446,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5001555,00.html http://www.politinfo.com/articles/article_2005_05_12_1500.html http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/05/13/build/world/30-protestors-shot_v.inc http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/05/8412e94f-ad24-46cb-b4b7-aedef1b174df.html http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-woafgh0513,0,2406674.story?coll=ny-world-big-pix http://www.truthnews.net/daily/2005050047.htm http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/05/13/terror/main694999.shtml http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/11/afghans_protest_alleged_quran_desecration/ http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5772639&cKey=1115801450000 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1366484.htm http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4998057,00.html http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=747146 http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Afghan-protest-against-Koran-desecration-turns-violent/2005/05/11/1115585025901.html http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=746739 http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=54734 http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050510/w051034.html http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/manawatustandard/0,2106,3275928a6408,00.html http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-05-10-voa39.cfm http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4996883,00.html http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-05-11T065656Z_01_YUE121890_RTRUKOC_0_RELIGION-AFGHAN.xml http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4997591,00.html http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/May/subcontinent_May396.xml§ion=subcontinent http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=754086 http://english.people.com.cn/200505/12/eng20050512_184781.html http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=8190 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Afghan%20US%20Protest http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1268&storyid=3106376 http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4998238,00.html http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-05-11-voa19.cfm http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-05-11-afghan-riot_x.htm http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/07/27/us_moves_to_defuse_afghan_tension/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2181 http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0510-06.htm http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0516-05.htm http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0511-07.htm http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7244 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7249 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7238 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7217 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7203 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7193 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050513095655430 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050511103803255 http://www.themilitant.com/2005/6921/692162.html http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6523 http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-1/544/544_05_Afghanistan.shtml http://www.antiimperialista.com/view.shtml?category=9&id=1116189067&keyword=+ Unrest bodes ill for US role http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=11287 RAWA on Qur’an protests http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2002 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/message/6464 America persecutes detainees held during unrest http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7422 AFGHANISTAN: NATO sends F16 jets to crush mass protests in Takhar province as thousands protest against regional governor http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050530-1030-afghan-nato-protests.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1974 Protesters disrupt opium eradication Armed protesters confront US-backed forces and stone government forces http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=46645&SelectRegion=Asia Protests and clashes in Herat after US soldiers fight with local police Two people were murdered by police who opened fire on a crowd celebrating the anniversary of the Soviet defeat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1718 http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Afghanistancopes&slug=Two+killed+in+Herat+clashes&id=72332&callid=1 Women protesters oppose abduction of Italian aid worker, call for release http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/17/content_2966447.htm Villagers demonstrate against rape http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1803 Resistance fighters break out of US prison http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1892 Jailbreak at Bagram – four demonised prisoners escape http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0711-07.htm http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8319 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8248 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8237 Afghan youths want US out http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0530-27.htm Afghan communists break out of prison http://www.antiimperialista.com/view.shtml?category=9&id=1119186430&keyword=+ Displaced persons storm UN compound, trash offices in protest after roof collapse http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=118679 Kashmiri asylum seekers protest for rights http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=121491 Protests, roadblocks in Mazar-i-Sharif over assassination of election candidate http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4305790.stm Women protest against arrest of humanitarian worker http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/17/content_2966447.htm http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/world/userobject1ai1105156.html BAGRAM UPRISING Prisoners handed over to Afghan cops due to uprising http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8699 http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=7194 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8639 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8640 http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0726-08.htm http://www.livejournal.com/users/mparent7777/1684454.html http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/afgh-j28.shtml http://www.freep.com/news/nw/afghan27e_20050727.htm Afghans protest killing of Islamic cleric 16 Oct 2005 11:42:47 GMT KHOST, Afghanistan, Oct 16 (Reuters) - About five thousand Afghans protested on Sunday against the assassination of a pro-government religious figure in a suspected Taliban bomb blast, urging the government to protect Islamic clerics from further attacks. Mullah Ahmad Khan was killed on Friday after a bomb planted in his mosque's pulpit went off just before prayers in Tanai district in eastern Khost province. Fifteen worshippers were wounded in the blast which officials said was part of the Taliban's campaign against supporters of President Hamid Karzai. No Taliban official could be reached since Friday for comment about the killing of Khan. Members of the radical group have in the past killed a number of influential clerics who had preached against the militants. The protests were led by Khost University students but also extended to several provincial districts, witnesses said. "We call on the government to protect the Ulemas (clerics) and arrest culprits for Khan's killing," said Sher Alam, one of the organisers. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL334240.htm (3 Comments |Comment on this)
4:39 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia IRAN: Journalist goes on hunger strike; protesters demand release http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0715/p06s03-wome.html http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1033384.php/Clashes_as_students_protest_arrest_of_dissident_in_Teheran http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1953 Exiles mark anniversary of revolt in numerous cities http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2798 Political prisoner solidarity protest attacked http://www.counterpunch.org/fiyouzat07142005.html Mayday marked with vigour by workers http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050506073356643 http://www.socialismnow.org/html/kulen010505.htm Textile worker protest attacked; hundreds more detained as anti-regime protests spread http://www.labournet.net/world/0508/iran2.html Tehran bus workers rally to protest attack by pro-regime goons http://www.labournet.net/world/0505/iranbus1.html Labour protests in several cities http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/euro-j29.shtml Mayday in Iran http://www.wpiran.org/wb177%20may%20day%20in%20iran.htm Workers’ protests across Iran http://www.wpiran.org/LN0622workers%20protests%20for%20pay%20and%20imprved%20cnditions.htm Mass protest at “phony election” in Tehran and other cities; protests and clashes with election organisers in Mahabad, Sanandaj, Boukan, Kamyaran and Sardasht http://www.wpiran.org/LN0617election%20marred%20by%20protests.htm Protest near Tehran University calls for release of political prisoners http://www.wpiran.org/LN071505%20protest%20for%20freedom%20of%20political%20prisoners%20in%20Iran.htm Iran-Khodro workers strike for minimum wage http://www.wpiran.org/LN071605Iran-Khodro%20Workers%20Went%20on%20Strike%20Demanding%20450.000%20Touman%20Minimum%20Wage%20.htm Kashan textile workers march http://www.wpiran.org/LN072005%20Hundreds%20of%20Kashan%20Textile%20Workers%20March%20towards%20Tehran.htm Jailed human rights lawyer begins hunger strike http://www.arap.so36.net/prison/riot/riot2005.html Hundreds protest against undemocratic Iranian elections in Tehran – boycott urged http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2454 Police smash pre-vote protest http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=32467&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs Women protest barring of women candidates from elections http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_7304.shtml Protest at British Embassy over imperialist pressure http://www.payvand.com/news/05/aug/1150.html Textile workers’ protest attacked http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/637/637p18h.htm Textile workers march on Tehran http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/635/635p14i.htm Thousands of workers take part in anti-regime protests and strikes http://www.ncr-iran.org/content/view/219/69/ Protesters stage annual rally to support the Palestinian cause http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4385804.stm Iranian students protest over sex segregation and religious repression 7,000 angry students came under attack from regime goons in the protest in Najaf-Abad, in Isfahan http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4062 Students stage sit-in outside parliament http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=31958&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs Iranians protest US desecration of Qur'an http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=22&art_id=qw1116420123127U232 Students stage sit-in outside parliament http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=31958&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs IRAN/GLOBAL: Protests in five cities over executions of gay men in Iran http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/2005aug/1001.htm TURKEY: Prison activists arrested Three members of the Association for Inmates’ Families' Solidarity were taken into custody yesterday from the Parliament garden as they attempted to chain themselves to a gate as a way of protesting the street beatings of fellow members in Trabzon last week. http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=11016 Hundreds protest police killing of Kurdish boy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1444 Human rights protesters attacked by rightist goons while protesting lynchings http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=10510 Online protest over EU report’s failure to mention headscarf ban http://www.zaman.com/?bl=national&alt=&hn=21309 Union organised in spite of intimidation http://lnn.laborstart.org/more.php?id=481_0_1_0_M Police attack solidarity demo supporting conscientious objector http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00390.html http://www.ainfos.ca/05/may/ainfos00415.html Unionisation battle at textile subcontracting site http://www.labournet.net/world/0506/turkey1.html Protest against US military base http://www.antiimperialista.com/view.shtml?category=9&id=1119345484&keyword=+ http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=48107 Strike planned at aerospace sweatshop http://www.imfmetal.org/main/index.cfm?n=47&l=2&c=11317 NGOs stage Uzbek human rights protest http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=42329 TURKEY A group of people whose relatives have disappeared held a protest yesterday in Galatasaray Square in conjunction with International Week of the Disappeared, observed in Turkey May 14-31. Nearly 40 people carrying photos of their relatives shouted slogans. JORDAN: Prisoners accused of “terrorism” stage hunger strike against verdicts http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1034781.php/Jordan_al-Qaida_prisoners_on_hunger_strike Prisoners stage hunger strike against death penalty http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050720-07564900-bc-jordan-prisonerstrike.xml Rally to protest alleged al-Qaeda bombings http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1302562 http://www.10tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4102319&nav=LUESMuat SYRIA: Protest over UN inquiry, US threats – tens of thousands of Syrians oppose US interference http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/October/middleeast_October601.xml§ion=middleeast&col= http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174158,00.html http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/October/middleeast_October582.xml§ion=middleeast Lawyers strike as part of UN protests http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=781284 LEBANON: Sit-in over electric wires near homes http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=16842 Palestinians protest against threats to al-Aqsa http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050508-095447-5224r.htm http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=14176 Armenians protest Turkish PM visit over Armenian genocide http://www.azg.am/?lang=EN&num=2005061704 Protest over attack on journalist http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E4C5C98D-8CBF-41BD-8CFA-C7BB6C30817E.htm YEMEN: Journalists protest against trial of colleague http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=CqOGAWeidEwvTzw4TAM91CM5HBgLZDhm Doctors and pharmacists strike http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/wkrs-j08.shtml KUWAIT: Fijian migrant workers strike http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2005/May/05-24-06.htm Migrant workers from Fiji strike in pay dispute http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j04.shtml U.A.E.: Bangladeshi migrant workers stage protest for unpaid wages http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2005/July/theuae_July437.xml§ion=theuae&col= QATAR: Nepalese migrant workers strike briefly in concern over colleague’s death http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&month=July2005&file=Local_News200507123329.xml BAHRAIN: Workers strike, demonstrate over sackings http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=112423&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=28059 http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=112496&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=28060 Protests over unemployment and police brutality http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/20BF3806-5DC7-47F1-817C-05E428176A34.htm http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20050619-124052-4246r.htm SAUDI ARABIA: Prisoners at Hayer Prison stage hunger strike http://www.jihadunspun.net/intheatre_internal.php?article=102394&list=/home.php& TUNISIA: Successful hunger strike by security workers http://www.union-network.org/uniproperty.nsf/0/1B7B0015476C76CFC125704A00301CAD?OpenDocument MOROCCO: Moroccans protest at accusations of migrant abuse Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:28 AM GMT RABAT (Reuters) - Scores of Moroccan humans right activists protested on Thursday at reports of abuse by the authorities against migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who use the country as a springboard to Europe. Some 200 activists and passersby gathered near parliament in the Rabat. Some chanted: "We are all African" while holding lit candles. Others carried placards reading: "Morocco cannot become Europe's immigration policeman" and "No to racism". The protest coincided with the deportation by Morocco of hundreds of African migrants. They have been arrested after violent attempts to break into Ceuta and Melilla, two Spanish enclaves surrounded by Moroccan land. International and local rights groups have said the Moroccan authorities have abandoned hundreds of migrants, including pregnant women and children, in the desert while other migrants complained of beatings and of being fed little. Moroccan officials say they are respecting human rights. http://za.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-10-14T062708Z_01_ALL423324_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-MOROCCO-IMMIGRATION-PROTEST-20051014.XML Moroccans protest al Qaeda's threat to kill hostages 06 Nov 2005 14:08:48 GMT Source: Reuters CASABLANCA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Thousands marched through Morocco's biggest city on Sunday to protest al Qaeda's decision to kill two Moroccan hostages in Iraq. Holding banners and chanting "Muslims are brothers. A Muslim does not kill his brother" and "'Yes' to freedom, 'No' to terrorism and barbarity", the protesters marched through Casablanca, a city of 6 million and Morocco's financial capital. Al Qaeda has said it decided to kill the Moroccan embassy employees, Abderrahim Boualem and Abdelkrim al Mouhafidi because of Morocco's support for the U.S.-backed Iraqi government. Top Moroccan officials, ministers, pro-government and opposition party leaders and trade unions and rights groups, led the protest to put pressures on al Qaeda to free the two men. Some members of Islamist parties which back Iraqi insurgents fighting U.S.-led forces in Iraq also joined the march. "All Moroccans are with Iraq, all Moroccans are innocent," the marchers chanted. Morocco's influential organisation of Islamic scholars, known as the High Council of the Ulema and the Councils of Ulema in the Moroccan Kingdom, dismissed al Qaeda's argument that its verdict to kill the two embassy employees was "God's judgment". "The two Moroccans would be considered martyrs if this iniquitous verdict were to be carried out as they were carrying out a duty assigned to them by their nation and legitimate state," the Moroccan Islamic body said on Saturday. Organisers and local government officials said more than 150,000 people took part in the peaceful march while reporters said the anti-Qaeda protesters numbered more than 10,000. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06694154.htm EGYPT: Students rally against Mubarak http://groups.msn.com/SituationinMiddleEast/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=4247 http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4932737,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1458025,00.html http://www.obviousnews.com/breakingnews/stories/obviousnews-557596.html http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=7962 Mayday protests demand reform http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/740/eg10.htm Academics hold march demanding the security services stay out of universities’ affairs and defending academic freedom http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050419-1407-egypt-academics.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113790878483 http://www.keralanext.com/news/indexread.asp?id=184681 http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=April2005&file=World_News20050420298.xml Asbestos dispute continues http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/752/eg8.htm Egyptian journalists rally against repression http://www.aljazeerah.info/April%202005%20News/19%20n/Egyptian%20Newsmen%20Protest%20Colleagues%20Imprisonment.htm Bedouin protest “terror” arrests http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=73c605aa95eed94c Anti-Mubarak protests continue; protesters clash with police http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2E5E01FA-7F7D-4BCE-A1B0-C0E1605F9EC6.htm Four-month long Esco strike ends – “partial victory” hailed http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/745/eg9.htm http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/743/eg42.htm Police and goons smash referendum rallies http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=15402 http://www.counterpunch.org/fisk05272005.html Students protest against “emergency laws” http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1458025,00.html Police attack anti-torture protest http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5100443,00.html Students rally against Mubarak http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113272267505 Demonstrations against US occupation of Iraq http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1789 Anti-Mubarak protesters beaten in Cairo http://groups.msn.com/FriendsOfIndependentPalestine/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=7584 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-egypt31jul31,1,7194376.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true Protests over alleged vote-rigging by Islamist opposition group http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=15013 Assault on protesting women stirs anger, not fear http://groups.msn.com/ArabsOntheNet-Activated/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=5405 Anatomy of a protest – one protest is soon two http://www.abc.net.au/ra/pacbeat/stories/s1420324.htm Mubarak’s goon squads http://www.counterpunch.org/fisk05272005.html Thousands protest sexual harassment of activists http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4600133.stm Simmering dissent – the persistence of popular protest in Egypt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1917 Journalists protest against repressive laws http://www.ameinfo.com/63550.html Families of detained Islamic activists stage protest http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/July/middleeast_July135.xml§ion=middleeast&col= http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050705-10443100-bc-egypt-protest.xml Laura Bush visit protested http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7918891/ Women protest detention of relatives http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=6983 Protest targets sexual harassment by regime loyalists http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7631 Hundreds detained after anti-government protests http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7145 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2005052506590544 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050527105027885 Goons attack demonstrators http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6646 http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6648 Activists protest against goon violence on earlier demo http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6694 Police blockade striking weavers http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6456 Victory for asbestos workers http://www.nosweat.org.uk/article.php?sid=1375&mode=thread&order=0 Textile workers stage hunger strike over boss’s threats http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/wkrs-m27.shtml Textile workers strike for higher pay http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/labo-a19.shtml Protest at state security HQ over torture http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/749/eg7.htm Tourism workers protest against bomb attacks http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/76A7EAF6-2D73-4D73-B078-C67340F6092B.htm Mubarak “win” marked by protests http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4BB84C5D-63A8-4B00-9CAC-09412FAF82E0.htm http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050912/2005091206.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4234162.stm KABYLIE: Marches commemorate, celebrate uprising http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050424040158893 TUNISIA: Demonstrations against Sharon disrupted by pigs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1612 Imprisoned journalist on hunger strike http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=27885 UZBEKISTAN: Mass uprising against tyrant Karimov ends in bloodshed Protesters in Andijan and other border towns in the Ferghana Valley revolted over mistreatment of locals Their first action was to storm a prison to free locals stitched up on charges of being Islamists Armed rebels then fought government troops for several days The eventual victory for Karimov’s forces was followed by massacres of thousands, with many more fleeing across the border http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2005/s1372071.htm http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=10545 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,156617,00.html http://www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/world/national/2005/05/16/uzbekistan050516.html http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4568650 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15301957-38197,00.html http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L13175511.htm http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0514uzbekistan14.html http://www.freep.com/news/nw/uzbek14e_20050514.htm http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-1/544/544_05_Uzbekistan.shtml http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10125572 http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20050513T210000-0500_80405_OBS_SOLDIERS_KILL____AS_UZBEK_S_PROTEST_SPREAD_.asp http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/May/theworld_May300.xml§ion=theworld&col= http://www.wral.com/apworldnews/4484701/detail.html http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050514-104058-7735r.htm http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/05152005/world/42496.htm http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3280861a12,00.html http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15301957%255E401,00.html http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/uzbe-m16.shtml http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/uzbe-m14.shtml http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5002783,00.html http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=82187&cat=Asia http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4540041.stm http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/civilsociety/articles/eav051305.shtml http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4544599.stm http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1484252,00.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=CNWIAVAYETUMLQFIQMFCM5OAVCBQYJVC?xml=/news/2005/05/17/wuzbek17.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/05/17/ixnewstop.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1619 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/13/AR2005051300458.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1619 http://www.countercurrents.org/uzbek-auken150505.htm http://www.countercurrents.org/uzbek-galima150505.htm http://www.countercurrents.org/uzbek-boehm150505.htm http://www.countercurrents.org/uzbek-howden170505.htm http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=530712005 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1647 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C2089-1622286%2C00.html http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/05/12/kyrgyzstan-050512.html http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0607-06.htm http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0516-04.htm http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0514-03.htm http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/18uzbekistan.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/06uzbekistan.html http://www.revolutionarycommunistgroup.com/frfi/185/185_uzb.html http://www.fifthinternational.org/index.php?id=14,80,0,0,1,0 http://resist.ca/story/2005/5/16/18422/6476 http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/2005/393/index.html?id=pp2a.htm http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news498.htm http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/631/631p17b.htm http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/627/627p15.htm After Andijan, opposition reports protests in Samarkand http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/06/0f466954-1f05-43a1-be7f-d71eb99063f6.html Before the massacre – thousands protest for justice http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7211 Second massacre in Pakhtabad as regime loses control http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0517-06.htm UK helped train army involved in massacre and supplied hardware http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1300&id=676492005 http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1300&id=577302005 Uzbekistan blows the lid on the lie about liberty http://www.guardian.co.uk/oil/story/0,11319,1495880,00.html Uprising triggered by rights violations http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0518-06.htm Political and economic problems leading up to the crisis http://www.scottishsocialistvoice.net/back%20issues%2005/issue%20221.htm Uzbek tyrant, America’s ally, makes Saddam look good http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0525-28.htm http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0518-30.htm http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0516-27.htm Karimov – Bush’s favourite terrorist http://www.counterpunch.org/maass05212005.html Uzbek cops smash attempts to hold protest over Andijan massacre http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=7597 “Uzbekistan’s most orderly protest” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4540041.stm Protesters oppose trial of youths as “extremists” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4532407.stm Unrest spreads from Andijan to Korasuv http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4549873.stm Accusation that 7000 were murdered in the Uzbek “genocide” http://www.muslimuzbekistan.com/eng/ennews/2005/05/ennews25052005_4.html Is the British state using political Islam for its own ends? http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/GE27Ag01.html US opposes calls for investigation at NATO http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/13/AR2005061301550.html Political Islam and US geopolitics http://www.asiantribune.com/show_article.php?id=2473 Diplomats venture into the Uzbek issue http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/GF16Ag01.html US manoeuvres in Uzbekistan http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_18270.shtml Uzbekistan and the latest oil grab http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1662 Eyewitness report http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4544229.stm What lies behind the protests? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4543847.stm Earlier protest in Andijan http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4532407.stm The role of the US in Uzbekistan http://reflectioncafe.blogspot.com/2005/05/violence-in-uzbekistan-and-role-of.html Conspiracy theories, anyone? http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/06/uzbekistan-guuam-andijan-riots-and.html http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/diplomatic/foreign.htm Uzbekistan after the massacre http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=2&p=13027&s2=26 Uzbek president massacres 7,000 in Andijan genocide http://www.muslimuzbekistan.com/eng/ennews/2005/05/ennews25052005_4.html Video/presentation on the massacre http://www.dawah.tv/broadcast/uzbekdemon.rm Refugees put number of dead in thousands http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=CNWIAVAYETUMLQFIQMFCM5OAVCBQYJVC?xml=/news/2005/05/17/wuzbek17.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/05/17/ixnewstop.html http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=530712005 http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6CF3A2?OpenDocument Uzbek clashes spread to neighbouring towns http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1484252,00.html Karimov – America’s “special dictator” http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/GE17Ag01.html UZBEKISTAN: More protests… Police confront peasants outside US embassy – 100 arrested http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050504-113526-1604r Villagers barred from protest http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/04/0d5ccc5b-d911-4293-b420-94930a217c07.html Protesters in Kara-Su border town demand release of locals http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/21/content_2985192.htm Women hold angry protest at US embassy in Tashkent in protest over land grab Military forces violently smash the protest http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4509325.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4512003.stm Peasants protest outside US embassy, clash with cops http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050504-113526-1604r KYRGYZSTAN: Protesters demand resignation of Speaker over links to overthrown regime http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/04/0e52c3d3-3efd-416a-98e8-be49f0b0c91c.html Clashes over refusal to register election candidate – protesters force their way into government headquarters and battled pigs Seven injured as security guards open fire on protesting market traders http://washingtontimes.com/world/20050617-102133-4920r.htm http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=669382005 Security guards open fire on protesting market traders at hotel in Osh http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4087822.stm Pollution protest blockade wins government promise http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/08/ee56b1c0-8516-46c8-a744-f00ec83578ed.html http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/08/be28bb22-e97c-4cc8-8343-99e9a7f40208.html http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2005/08/2-TCA/tca-020805.asp#371520 Opposition protests over prison revolt – possible corruption alleged http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4373552.stm http://www.turkishweekly.net/comments.php?id=1791 Protests in solidarity with Uzbek dissidents http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20050519&hn=19735 http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may202005/foreign1755422005519.asp http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=772785 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/577144.html KAZAKHSTAN: Police attack tent protest over housing shortages http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/October/theworld_October186.xml§ion=theworld&col= (Comment on this)
4:38 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - South Asia NAGALAND: Protesters torch government offices after police injure protesters in lathicharge Protests are continuing over an ethnic dispute with Manipur http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Naga+students+protest+govt+decision&id=75717 INDIA: "Minor unrest" at factory after Dalit self-immolates http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/29/stories/2005042918860300.htm Electricity workers stage dharna http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20050519012631&Page=K&Title=Southern+News+-+Karnataka&Topic=0 Fisherfolk march on parliament http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/26/stories/2005042603750500.htm Miners' strike shuts down Indian colliery http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/26/stories/2005042604240600.htm http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/27/stories/2005042709410400.htm http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/23/stories/2005042310020400.htm Lecturers start relay hunger strike to protest sacking http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/26/stories/2005042602870300.htm Electricity strike in Punjab http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/21/stories/2005042105420300.htm Chennai textile strike ends with deal http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B8F43D9E4-B719-411C-B2E8-6A5B6471609A%7D&CATEGORYNAME=Tamil+Nadu Nurses' strike shuts down hospital http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=125795 Drug suppliers launch indefinite strike http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/06/stories/2005040614000300.htm Tirupati teachers hold dharna over unpaid wages http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/05/stories/2005040502180300.htm College teachers demonstrate http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/09/stories/2005040910790300.htm Food workers mobilise against privatisation http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=138646 http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=138808 Elementary school teachers protest for regularisation http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1954 Doctors protest over cost-cutting http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=188266 University staff and students protest against political expulsions; boycott call empties campus http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050418/asp/calcutta/story_4616269.asp http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050419/asp/calcutta/story_4630712.asp http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050420/asp/calcutta/story_4634882.asp Flash strike by Kochi bus workers http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/03/stories/2005060319020300.htm Boss besieged by transport workers http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050531/asp/siliguri/story_4806615.asp Strike/lockout in contract dispute closes Apollo Tyres http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=131862 Relay fasters demand reinstatement of sacked workers http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/01/stories/2005060114220300.html Sugar mill workers stage protests against privatisation http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=132069 EPSL workers stage protest against sackings and retrenchment http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050602/cth1.htm#18 Demonstration held over job insecurity and safety http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jun32005/district18463200562.asp Informal steel workers strike over wages and other issues http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/03/stories/2005060320600300.htm Nurses stage strike over management harassment http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050526/asp/calcutta/story_4785927.asp Teachers stage candlelit protest over poor services http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=131191 Dispute at jute mill – lockout begins http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/27/stories/2005052703880500.htm Hawkers protest against non-recognition, privatisation and layoffs http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=131220 Massive protest against privatisation in Punjab Protest against privatisation of government schools http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=131349 http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050528/ldh2.htm http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050517/punjab1.htm#11 Power loom strike in Karnataka http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/28/stories/2005052800710300.htm Strike halts tea production in Assam http://www.zeenews.com/links/articles.asp?ssid=50&aid=217768&newsid=BUS http://www.libcom.org/newswire/stories.php?story=05/07/11/7696808 ‘Anganawadi’ workers stage dharna seeking wage revision http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/20/stories/2005052012900300.htm Farm workers’ strike called off after talks http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/05/20/stories/2005052001091700.htm Workers at small employees’ organisation protest over planned layoffs http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=130315 Wholesale market workers stage protest, strike http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/21/stories/2005052108600300.htm Coca-Cola workers demand reopening of plant condemned by campaigners http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/24/stories/2005052408730300.htm Punjab cycle workers stage rally over attack on rights http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=129081 Karnataka plantation workers stage protest http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/13/stories/2005051303800300.htm Assistant cooks hold rally http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may132005/district202432005512.asp UP railway workers strike over suspension http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/14/stories/2005051411260500.htm Contract workers' dharna HYDERABAD: Fifty persons working on contract basis at the Marri Channa Reddy Human Resources Development Institute staged a dharna on the campus on Wednesday seeking justice. http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/02/stories/2005060215730400.htm Bandh callThe all-Assam Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Unemployed’s Association has called a 12-hour state bandh from 6 am on Monday, demanding filling up of about 30,000 vacant posts in government departments as backlog for SC and ST candidates. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050530/asp/northeast/story_4803792.asp Construction workers arrested CUDDALORE: Over 900 construction workers were arrested in Cuddalore district when they staged a demonstration in support of their demands that included payment of pension and family pension. http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/18/stories/2005051806690301.htm Ghatshila: Employees of Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) will go on a day’s token strike in support of their demands on June 1. Jharkhand Copper Majdoor Union general secretary Devi PrasadMukherjee said HCL leaders will meet Union mines minister Shishram Ola and submit a four-point charter of demands, which includes re-opening of Sidheshwar Chapri open cast mines, increasing the capacity of flash smelter at Maubhandar factory from 16,000 to 32,000, implementing wage revision which is pending since 1997 and increasing the retirement age of employees from 58 to 60 years. Mukherjee said if the HCL management does not take any positive step to implement the wage revision, the workers will go on strike. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050520/asp/ranchi/story_4762427.asp#5 Student protesters stage bandh – oil and gas sites shut down http://www.reuters.co.in/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type=businessNews&localeKey=en_IN&storyID=8516600 Chennai trade unionists protest against foreign investment and demand end to anti-union laws http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=82536&cat=India http://newstodaynet.com/17may/rf5.htm Massive tea strike in West Bengal over poverty wages (collection of stories) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2130 West Bengal tea strike ends with wage deal http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=100656&n_date=20050726&cat=Business Strike in textile town demands action on pollutants http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=100634&cat=India Indian truckers paralyse border in protest over truck seizures in Bangladesh http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jul262005/national202282005725.asp Postal workers protest over impact of merger http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=141253 Pepsico hires scabs as strike continues http://www.libcom.org/newswire/stories.php?story=05/07/10/5308830 Mayday protests http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/04india.html Kerala and Punjab government workers strike http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j30.shtml Aluminium workers strike, telecom workers protest http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j23.shtml Power workers, bank workers and teachers take action http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j16.shtml Andhra Pradesh transport workers on strike over bankruptcy Power workers protest for unpaid salaries Water workers demonstrate http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/lab-j09.shtml Teachers, cashew workers demonstrate http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/lab-j02.shtml Tamil Nadu bank workers protest College teachers stage short strike http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/labo-a27.shtml Hunger strikes, protests by health workers Municipal workers, dam workers, and biscuit factory workers hold protests http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/labo-a20.shtml Childcare workers protest over wages Small business employees protest over job cuts http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/labo-m28.shtml Kolkata bank strike Tamil Nadu transport workers walk out Punjab electronic workers protest retrenchment http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j25.shtml Indefinite strike by steelworkers Auto-workers walk out in Jharkand Power strike in Tamil Nadu Childcare workers strike Dockworkers hold pickets against privatisation http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j18.shtml Chemical workers continue strike Steel workers walk out, electronic workers protest Tamil Nadu electric workers strike, Calcutta nurses launch work boycott Construction workers demonstrate http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j11.shtml Kerala farm workers hunger strike Tamil Nadu transport workers protest for pay rise Cooperative workers, plantation workers, unemployed demonstrate http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/lab-m21.shtml Rickshaw drivers protest ban Headload workers blockade Kerala state office http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/lab-m14.shtml Coir factory workers strike in Kerala http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/labo-m07.shtml Textile workers' demonstration SALEM: Members of textile associations staged a demonstration here on Wednesday as part of their State-wide agitation called by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Tamil Nadu Textile Workers' Unions in support of their charter of demands. The police arrested 321 agitators and released them in the evening. In Namakkal, the police arrested 209 members of textile unions and released them later http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/28/stories/2005072801500300.htm INDIA LABOUR NEWS: Railway workers hold protest at gate over pay Mill workers arrested protesting for bailout and other demands Cashew workers hold relay hunger strike over pay; get concessions Unemployed Mangalore chemical workers hold dharna Punjab teachers hold protests over detention of strikers Passport and port staff protest over privatisation Strike in Tirupur mill town over dyeing closures Bank workers hold rally for nationalisation Anganwadi workers protest Tamil Nadu government workers stage rally for reinstatement Nurses stage one-day strike Ex-university staff member goes on hunger strike over alleged nonpayment of dues Jailed teachers go on hunger strike after being arrested for protesting at minister’s house over casualisation Farmers protest fuel prices Biochemical workers protest over betrayal of promises on wages Beedi workers protest for minimum wage Fruit vendors demand end to raids Kerala state finance workers strike over sacking of managers for strike action Construction workers demand pay increase Balco construction workers stage walkout over death of worker, trash company vehicles Workers protest anti-union policies of government Health inspectorate workers protest outsourcing http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2132 Cashew workers go on fast Valparai plantation workers strike over wages Hospital workers go on hunger strike Relatives of jailed teachers burn effigy University workers stage demo over vacancies Telephone exchange workers continue protests Lawyers strike against vacancies Medicine companies targeted by protesters for anti-union practices University staff protest over manhandling by librarian http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2137 Andhra Pradesh miners strike for pay increase Power workers strike over privatisation Textile workers strike over bonuses http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/labo-a30.shtml Childcare workers stage sit-down in Ludhiana Dockworkers protest for wages University staff demand reinstatements http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/labo-a16.shtml Police arrest hundreds of workers as textile and government workers protest Tamil Nadu railworkers protest http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/labo-a06.shtml Workers protest over conditions in Andhra Pradesh Kerala bank workers march Textile workers protest closure Punjab income tax staff strike http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/lab-a13.shtml Grounded flight sparks passenger protest http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050417/asp/nation/story_4625282.asp Protesters disrupt train services in protest over service cutbacks http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050711/asp/jamshedpur/story_4974907.asp NEW DELHI: Hundreds of irate residents of a south Delhi neighbourhood took to the streets on Sunday to protest against their water pipes running dry (Newindpress) Leftist protest over fuel prices disrupts traffic http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1154939.cms Javadpur students stage march in solidarity with hunger strikers http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=304884 Students protest against new IIT admission rule Hindustan Times - India Angered by the Government's decision to restrict admission into IITs only for those with 60 per cent marks, about a hundred students on Tuesday held a protest… New IIT rules: Students protest in Delhi NDTV.com - New Delhi,India ... 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"We are here to protest against the new entrance exam procedures," said a student. “Bar girls” protest against ban http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Bar+girls+in+Delhi+to+protest+against+ban&id=71399 http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=33353&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22 Mumbai traders continue anti-VAT shutdown http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1079486.cms “Bar girls” take protest to premier’s constituency http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Bar+girls+protest+in+Patil's+constituency&id=73034 Outrage after police attack poverty rally http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1615 Hawkers disrupt trains in protest over accident death http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050705/asp/calcutta/story_4949918.asp Kolkata sex workers march to demand legalisation http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1094337.cms Protests over poor roads in Bangalore, and over byelaw crackdown in Koramangla http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3183 Traders continue protest Our Correspondent / Mangalore November 07, 2005 The meeting of trade bodies of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh which was held here on Saturday under the auspices of the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI). It unanimously resolved to continue their non-compliance by not paying service tax till it is withdrawn. The meeting decided to form a confederation of southern states federation of commerce and industry based in New Delhi to liaise with the Union government on matters concerning members of the trade bodies. It also decided to intensify its non-compliance of payment of service tax by consigners/consignees. A Srinivas Rao, president of KCCI felt that the government was treating traders as second class citizens and making them a victim for the budget deficit. Vishwanath Kamath, chairman of the action committee urged the government to abolish service tax imposed on traders. The meeting was presided over by S Babu, president, Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=204768 Protest by journalists over police abuse forces government inquiry http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050830/main5.htm Hunger strike at Nagpur jail over transfer of official http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Nagpur+jail+inmates+protest+DIG%92s+transfer&id=73769 Farmers blockade road and protest at office over electricity non-payment crackdown http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050531/punjab1.htm#26 Kerala farm workers stage fast (NOTE: this campaign later ended in agreement) http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/17/stories/2005051710950300.htm Prisoners break out while in transit http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050707-05535200-bc-india-jailbreak.xml Nagpur prisoners go on hunger strike to protest transfer http://www.arap.so36.net/prison/riot/riot2005.html Bangalore local language activists storm IT business site, stone campus http://www.uniontribune.org/news/computing/20050928-0753-tech-india-language.html Farmers protest land grab in Uttar Pradesh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3084 Transport workers stage AIDS awareness rally http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/16/stories/2005051608650300.htm Protests over tsunami aid irregularities in Kerala http://mathaba.net/x.htm?http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=212268 Residents protest at Ludhiana council meeting over sewage, water shortages and other issues http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2132 Kashmiri Pandits protest over relocation http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=304154 Protest in Kerala over failure to build sea wall after tsunami http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2740 Demonstrators demand a right to work http://www.flonnet.com/fl2212/stories/20050617001804400.htm Monsoon Death Toll in India Passes 850; Hundreds Protest Los Angeles Times - CA,USA BOMBAY, India -- Hundreds of angry demonstrators blocked traffic for hours Saturday to demand restoration of drinking water and electricity. Naxalites take up pesticide pollution to seek support http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1622 Activists gather to oppose river diversions http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=43189 Hundreds of environmentalists protest channel building; mass arrests made http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/July/subcontinent_July71.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1948 Animal rights activists protest against animal sacrifice http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3129 Feminists protest over naming of settlement in honour of sati http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1731 Gay rights activists protest criminalisation of gay lifestyles http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Gay+activists+protest+in+Mumbai&id=77519 Plachimada protesters against Coca-Cola attacked, arrested en masse http://www.indiaresource.org/news/2005/1065.html Major rally in Plachimada against Coca-Cola http://www.indiaresource.org/news/2005/1036.html Residents protest Coca-Cola with flyposters http://www.ndtv.com/money/showbusinessstory.asp?slug=Coke+unit+faces+protest&id=26159 Another protest against Coke, this time in Gangikodan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3068 Students protest over alleged deliberate failings at MS University, Vadodara http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=138704 Nursing students protest over fees http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=139377 Tibetans rally against visit by Chinese tyrant http://www.tibet.ca/en/wtnarchive/2005/4/10_6.html Indian Tamils protest slander by Sri Lankan minister http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=15539 Sikhs demonstrate for independence http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050607/asp/nation/story_4836313.asp Pro-opposition students revolt in Kerala http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200507022023.htm Sikhs stage protests over hearings on pogroms; police attack protesters with water cannons http://www.panthic.org/news/125/ARTICLE/1665/2005-08-14.html?sid=7be98dc73db5a94a970e6d7a35fa0381 http://www.panthic.org/news/126/ARTICLE/1671/2005-08-14.html?sid=c6c687a9b47706248509614a7ad517d8 Dalits hold strike and protests over pogroms by upper-caste opponents http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4216290.stm The People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals,Sanjeevani,Animal Rights Fund staged a silent protest on Thursday at the Mahatma Gandhi statue on M.G. Road (Bangalore, Karnataka, India)against the death of the circus animals in Mumbai last Monday. The protestors were dressed in black and mourning. As many as 21 animals - four sea lions, 10 dogs and seven cats - were burned to death as the event management company that had brought the circus from Russia had abandoned the animals. They were imprisoned in three rooms which caught fire. Only three dogs survived, though they suffered severe burns and are undergoing treatment. MEGHALAYA: Opposition activists attack home of politician Students and others call bandhs as agitation for a Garo state intensifies http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050626/asp/frontpage/story_4916195.asp PAKISTAN: Villagers protest over army land grab http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_13-4-2005_pg7_17 Massive telecom strike against privatisation http://au.news.yahoo.com/050530/19/uj45.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4593753.stm Striking workers under attack from army – workers arrested using terrorism laws http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1847 Victory for telecom strike – strike called off as privatisation postponed indefinitely http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4610167.stm Successful strike at PTCL telecom service against privatisation http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1921 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1916 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1913 Workers occupy, defend PTCL HQ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1920 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2009 Army to occupy installations http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/1979 Collection of articles on PTCL http://www.socialistworld.net/index2.html?/category/telecom.html The strike from beginning to end… Workers strike against privatisation http://www.socialistworld.net/index2.html?/category/telecom.html Complete shutdown across Pakistan http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/26apakistan.html Strike continues as negotiations fail, crackdown begins http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/26pakistanb.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/29pakistan.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/01pakistan.html Ten-day strike forces retreat – privatisation postponed indefinitely http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/04pakistan.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/06pakistan.html Negotiations with government break down http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/07pakistan.html Workers re-occupy PTCL HQ in protest after breakdown of talks http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/08pakistan.html Repression escalates as conflict continues http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/08pakistan.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/15pakistan.html Strike resumes, remains solid in spite of sell-out http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/16pakistan.html Strike ends after three weeks in partial defeat – privatisation begins, but with big concessions to workers and the possibility of further action if it continues http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/21pakistan.html Report of agreement between management and PTCL, weeks after strike http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_5-8-2005_pg7_1 More on PTCL http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/07/11pakistan.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/21pakistan.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/16pakistan.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/15pakistan.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/08pakistan.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/04pakistan.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/29pakistan.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/26pakistanb.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/26apakistan.html http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/2005/398/index.html?id=np2.htm http://www.workersliberty.org/node/view/4360 http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=6650 http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-2/549/549_11_Pakistan.shtml August – new phase of PTCL struggle begins http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cmkp_pk/message/2933 Protests at Pakistani embassies across Europe Pakistani consulate occupied in Glasgow; warship picketed in Ireland http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/16pakistanlobbies.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/02pakistan.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/27irelandc.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/23scotland.html Fisherfolk rally against contract system, arrests; hold token hunger strike http://www.pff.org.pk/article.php3?id_article=58 http://www.pff.org.pk/article.php3?id_article=57 Fisherfolk stage protest over economic issues and repression http://www.kashar.net/technews/complete.asp?id=1118 A prominent women's rights activist was detained for organizing a road run to protest the government's ban on women taking part in marathons alongside men. Police arrested more than 40 participants from several NGOs and political activists before the start of marathon race organized by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and Joint Action Committee. Arrested people included Asima Jahangir, Hina Jilani, Farooq Tariq, Senator Iqbal Haider, Azra Shad, Riffat Maqsood, Shamim Aslam, Nasir Iqbal, Shahtaj Qazalbash, Muhammad Tehsin, Gulnar and Janisar Baloach. Marathon Race was planned from Qazafi Stadium to Qalma Chowk but the city government stopped the race and arrested participants. Police severely tortured during the arrests, especially women were dragged from hair. Police also tortured women inside the van after the arrests. All the arrested activists were released after one hour. Khalid Mahmood Mixed marathon attacked by cops http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_15-5-2005_pg1_3 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_22-5-2005_pg1_2 Victory for campaign against political dismissal at Quetta hotel http://www.iuf.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ID=2203&view_records=1&ww=1&en=1 Union announces success in unionising Coca-Cola plants http://www.iuf.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ID=2193&view_records=1&ww=1&en=1 Concessions end trainee doctors’ strike http://www.dawn.com/2005/07/04/nat37.htm Deprived worker threatens to self-immolate http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2005-daily/12-07-2005/metro/i13.htm Protests over attacks on madrassahs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2190 http://www.cageprisoners.com/articles.php?id=8575 Mayday activities in 18 cities http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/02pakistan.html Protest in Peshawar over ban on female local election candidates http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cmkp_pk/message/2812 Health employees protest over jobs http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/labo-a30.shtml University lecturers force reinstatement of sacked professor http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/lab-a23.shtml Opposition general strike unsuccessful http://news.monstersandcritics.com/southasia/article_1047042.php/Pakistan_strike_is_largely_ignored Protests over planned crackdown on Islamists http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/07/22/musharraf050722.html “Walk for Justice” in support of hotel workers http://www.iuf.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ID=2356&view_records=1&ww=1&en=1 Thousands take part in Mayday protests In Lahore, workers block roads and burn tyres http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050501/wl_sthasia_afp/maydaypakistan_050501101134 Police disrupt commemmoration of slain unionist http://lnn.laborstart.org/more.php?id=430_0_1_0_M Police attack refugee protest in quake-hit town Refugees were marching to protest demolition of a makeshift refugee camp http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20051111-1626-southasia-quake-protest.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3174 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/3176 Labour Party Pakistan women leader beaten up by police Nazli Javed, national finance secretary of LPP and a Lahore local body counselor was severely beaten up by police on 3rd May during the journalist demonstration at Mall Road Lahore. She bravely fought with the police when the police started beaten charge. She snatched the stick of one police constable after he and some other attacked her. She started beating the police constables who started running away. Nazli did not run away even after the rain of lathi charge on her. Instead she kept the traditions of Okara peasant women who had several times fought with police using the wooden sticks. Several LPP comrades came to her help and fought with her against the police brutality. Nazli photographed being beaten up was printed in several national dailies including Daily Express. Now she has several blue spots on her body. Building a resistance culture is one of the priorities of LPP in recent times. This was a fine example of that. Fighting with the section of working class and showing examples of bravery. I was yesterday at Punjab Journalist Union office and every one was of full praise of Nazli. Farooq Tariq general secretary Labour Party Pakistan Rape protest includes self-immolation http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1734450,00.html SINDH The Long March from Sukkur to Karachi Sindh Confronts Musharraf With March of Thousands Against Kalabagh Dam Special SAT Report KARACHI, March 28: As General Pervez Musharraf continues his officially sponsored rallies to lobby for the Kalabagh Dam, thousands of Sindhis have been marching with their nationalist leaders from Sukkur to Karachi against the proposed Dam, with their rally ending with a huge demo before the Chief Minister House in Karachi today. But while the entire spectrum of Sindhi activists has joined hands for the cause, their 685 kilometers Long March has been largely ignored or down-played by the mainstream Pakistani news media, ostensibly under Army pressure. Leaders of the Awami Tehrik, including Rasul Buksh Paleejo have been making fiery speeches in the last two weeks during their march and participation in their rallies have seen from a few hundred men and women to thousands. The remarkable aspect, however, has been the focused attention paid by the Sindhi Press to not just the anti-Dam rhetoric but to the larger anti-Punjab sentiment in Sindh. Among the mainstream political parties, former PM Nawaz Sharif has been the most prominent in extending support, surprisingly for the Sindhis, as top leadership of the PPP is relatively muted on the issue. According to the Sindhi Press, when the Long March entered Thatta on March 24 the city observed a unique show of solidarity as thousands welcomed the marchers with slogans that gave General Musharraf the stark choice, between the Kalabagh Dam or Pakistan. Chants of "Karballa, karballa, sindh lai karballa," "Pervez Musharaf ker Ailan, Dam khapey ya Pakistan," ringed the air. Thousands of political activists, lawyers and people from various walks of life staged a sit-in on the National Highway. Activists of the Awami Tehrik, Sindhiani Tehrik, People's Party Parliamentarians, Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz and members of the District Bar Association participated in the sit-in which resulted in suspension of vehicular traffic for over two hours. On the occasion, AT Chief Rasool Bux Paleejo, PPP leader Babu Ghulam Hussain, Sindhiani Tehrik president Zahida Shaikh, educationist Aapa Maryam Majidi and others delivered speeches and Sarvaich Sujawali and Wasand Thari recited national songs. Paleejo has been relentless and vivid in his remarks. He told the rally countries cannot survive on the basis of religion and appealed to the conscience of the Pakistani and South Asian people to raise their voice against the oppressive rule of Punjab. He accused General Musharraf and his group of committing dacoity on waters of the River Indus and said supply of water to Sindh had been stopped to create hatred between Sindh and Punjab. Paleejo has not been sparing the Sindhi feudal lords who are hand in glove with the Pakistan Army. "The General has hired the services of some feudals who had a track record of selling out for their petty interests," Paleejo thundered. However, he warned that the rulers must beware that 40 million people of Sindh would fight for their legitimate rights till the last drop of their blood. The Sindhi leader accused Punjab of disregarding major water agreements, saying Chashma-Jhelum and Taunsa-Punjnad canals could not be opened without the consent of Sindh. He said undemocratic forces first took over the administration of the country by force and then initiated what he called the anti-Sindh Thal canal project. The vested interests are creating hatred and disharmony among the provinces and those leaders, who were betraying the people of the smaller provinces, would be taken to task. On its 17th day men and women came out on the roads of Hyderabad to welcome the March participants. Workers of Anti-Greater Thal Canal Action Committee, Sindh Water Committee Pakistan People's Party, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Taraqi Pasand Party, Sindhi Adabi Sangat, Sindh Hari Committee, PPP (SB), JUI-F, Awami National Party, Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, Sindh National Party, Sindh National Council and student of Sindh University, Mehran University, Tando Jam Agricultural University and LMC joined hands. More than 200 leading writers, intellectuals, water experts and journalists and several dozens lawyers were also marching with the protesters. Speakers, besides Mr Paleejo, included Ayaz Latif Palijo, Wishnoo Mal, Agah Shahabu Din, Dr. Dodo Maheri, Abrar Qazi, Zahida Shaikh, Mahboob Abro, Dilshad Bhutto, Parwano Bhatti, Nazeer Naz, Amanu laah Sial, Zafar Leghari, Tarik Khoso, Qadir Ranto, Husna Rahoojo, Jeejee Zareena Baloch, Taj Joyo, Dr. Khalil Qazi, Nazeer Memon and others. Many of the fiery speakers warned that if any individual or party compromised on Kalabagh or any other dam, it will be declared a traitor to Sindh and its entry in rural areas would be banned by the Sindhi masses. Paleejo received standing ovation when he said the people of the province were capable of resisting such moves if they were pushed any further. He accused General Musharraf of acting against national interests just to remain in power. Awami Tehrik Central Leader Ayaz Latif Paleejo, an advocate, urged the leaders of all the parties to join in the efforts for the rights of Sindh. He warned western leaders that their endorsement of present rulers has encouraged them to destroy the fate of 40 million peace loving Sindhis. Admiring the role of Fazil Rahoo, Nazeer Abbasi, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Soreh Badshah Pagara, Murtaza Bhutto, Lala Asad, Ayaz Samon and others, the speaker urged living leaders of Sindh including Pir Pagara, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Asif Ali Zardari and Mumtaz Bhutto not to compromise and not to lose hope in the masses. They were urged to join the peace loving common Sindhis on roads, villages and in towns. Ayaz Paleejo condemned the brutal attitude towards Balochs and invited the Urdu speaking population to join hands with Sindhi masses against Kalabagh Dam. He asked Altaf Hussain and MQM to come forward and support the PONM's strike on 31st March. The role of the media in ignoring the Sindhi protest was also condemned. Specially mentioned were CNN, BBC, Geo, Indus and ARY satellite channels. The peaceful but resolute march by the Sindhi nationalists for almost a month proves the inherent strength of their conviction and their commitment not to allow the Pakistan Army to play with their rights, just as Balochistan is already in flames and a fundamentalist wave has taken political control of the NWFP. Analysts say with all the smaller provinces up in arms against the Center, General Pervez Musharraf has only Punjab to depend on and that may not be enough for him to continue on this war path for long. BANGLADESH: Sit-in strike in support of workers killed in sweatshop collapse http://lnn.laborstart.org/more.php?id=450_0_1_0_M Emotions run high as workers stage rally at site of disaster http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_18734.shtml Factory dispute ends with agreement http://www.itglwf.org/displaydocument.asp?DocType=Press&Index=1184&Language=EN Protest against attacks on journalists http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=24601 Journalists rally after attack by police http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=26636 http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=26633 Jute mill workers stage countrywide strike The strike is over privatisation, government unresponsiveness, and other issues http://financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=7/20/2005§ion_id=5&newsid=6074&spcl=no http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_20074.shtml http://www.bharattextile.com/newsitems/1995758 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1172646.cms http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_20108.shtml http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2005-daily/17-07-2005/business/b8.htm One-day general strike after bombings http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4168226.stm Strike in EPZ over harassment of female workers http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j30.shtm Child workers protest against child labour http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j25.shtml Protests over US Congressman’s “bomb Mecca” remark http://pc540.blogspot.com/2005/07/bangladeshis-protest-us-politicians.html Labour rallies mark Mayday http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_18075.shtml Pro-opposition unions call off strike http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_17476.shtml SRI LANKA: Tamils protest over lack of tsunami relief http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=14664 BBC services disrupted by strike http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=14970 Graduates rally, demanding jobs http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=15395 http://www.colombopage.com/archive/July16113800JV.html Journalists march to protest killing of pro-rebel e-journalist http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7BDCBE5643-84A7-4355-951C-FD1F3D396CF3%7D&CATEGORYNAME=National Strike by non-academic university staff reaches 1-month milestone, then ends as salary anomalies are addressed http://www.colombopage.com/archive/July28112327UN.html http://www.colombopage.com/archive/July28195752UN.html http://www.colombopage.com/archive/July1540536UN.html Graduates protest for jobs http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=15395 Socialist May Day in Colombo http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/06/04mayday01.html http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2005/05/02srilanka.html Timber and health workers protest http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j30.shtml Teachers, graduate workers, cooperative workers, and university staff all stage protests http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j23.shtml Health workers picket ministry against privatisation http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/labo-j16.shtml Strike on Dunkeld estate over unpaid wages http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/lab-j02.shtml Transport, university workers strike http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/lab-j02.shtml Road workers protest for job security Hotel workers picket over tsunami-linked sackings http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/labo-a27.shtml Sacked textile workers demand jobs Health workers demand job security http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/labo-a20.shtml Development officers stage hunger strike to demand tsunami allowance Transport workers stage sick-out over pay http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/labo-m28.shtml Transport workers strike to demand unpaid salaries Council workers demand tsunami allowance http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j25.shtml http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j18.shtml Transport workers protest in Colombo http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j11.shtml Farm workers strike, demanding promised raise Postal workers picket; mineral workers stage hunger strike http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/labo-j04.shtml Engineering and health workers walk out http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/lab-m21.shtml Power and oil workers protest against privatisation Train drivers strike for pay rise http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/labo-m07.shtml Cooperative workers protest land grab State workers protest over work irregularities Transport workers strike over unpaid wages http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/labo-a16.shtml Supermarket workers demand government buyback Surveyors strike over conditions http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/lab-a23.shtml Month-long university strike ends http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/iutu-a03.shtml Government workers protest over conditions Power workers picket for outstanding salaries http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/labo-a06.shtml Tamils and Muslims protest racist remarks; journalists protest mistreatment http://www.eians.com/stories/2005/08/08/08tam.shtml Schools shut in protest against Tamil Tiger assassinations http://www.colombopage.com/archive/October14130317JV.html Fisherfolk protest over inadequate tsunami aid http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4372564.stm Labour, political rallies across the country mark Mayday http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2005/05/01/pol01.html Workers protest port privatisation plans http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=197669&category=Frontend&Country=SRI%20LANKA Strike threat prevents oil privatisation http://au.news.yahoo.com/050329/3/tpeh.html Rail wildcat strike wins reinstatement of manager http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/04/06/news11.htm (Comment on this)
4:37 am	On the Barricades Spring-Autumn 2005 - Southeast and East Asia NEPAL: May Day marked by labour marches http://www.gefont.org/events/mayday05.htm Protests planned for Mayday http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200504241957.htm 10,000 join Mayday protests against King http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/2615/10_000_take_to_streets_in_protest_over_Nepal_s_king Protest against registration of fake union – 1000 workers demonstrate http://lnn.laborstart.org/more.php?id=448_0_1_0_M Student protest attacked in Kathmandu http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=45925 Students hold nationwide strike to protest shootings http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_14-5-2005_pg4_19 Students under attack – security forces open fire on protesters and blockade university http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=38756 Arrests and injuries as police attack pro-democracy demonstration http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=36609 10,000 march in Kathmandu, demand restoration of democracy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalresistance/message/2004 Phone workers protest over ban on mobiles http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullstory.asp?file