Archive for September, 2009

[Common Dreams] 17 Held in Protest Outside Health Insurer’s Offices

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
by Colin Moynihan

Right-wing and antigovernment activists — a few of them wielding not only signs but even loaded firearms — have organized some of the angry protests surrounding the health care debate. But in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning, a different sort of health care protest took place, led by left-leaning groups who accused insurers of greed and called for nationwide, single-payer health insurance.

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[anarkismo.net] Clinton y la domesticación de Haití

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Artículo escrito para un próximo libro que se publicará en Uruguay en contra de la ocupación de Ayití. Este volúmen es coordinado por el Comité Democrático Haitiano en Argentina.

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Private contractor ineptitude at Belfast hospital

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Saw this report on TV last night, sick patients had to be left in wheelchairs and trolleys because of private cutbacks resulting in no clean bed linen.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8281562.stm

Patients moved in sheet shortage

Some patients had to be moved from their hospital beds

A clean laundry shortage at Belfast’s Mater Hospital meant bed sheets could not be changed for several hours. Some patients had to sit on trolleys, and Unison spokesman Denis Keating said it was not the first such incident.
"Next week we will have a clean supply of bed linen to the wards but that in no way addresses the concerns that we have regarding today," he said.
A Belfast Health Trust spokeswoman said a new cleaning contract with a private supplier begins next Monday.
She added that until then, there was an adequate supply of laundry and contingency arrangements were in place.
Surgical wards A and B were worst affected by the shortage.

[A Infos] (en) History: Resolution adopted at the Anarchist Communist Congress, Octob

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
"We believe that terrorist acts are the result of decisions made by individuals or by the circles that support them; so centralized terror, in which an individual plays the role of executor of the decisions of others, clashes with our concepts." —- "Attentats" and anarchist practice —- In our literature, it has often been said that individual or collective acts of protest against the present social organization - of the sort described as acts of terrorism - are inevitable. In non-revolutionary periods, they often indicate an acquisition of social consciousness and stimulate the desire for independence among the masses. They provide an example of individual heroism in the service of the general cause and serve to awaken the majority of people who are indifferent. …

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[anarkismo.net] "Attentats" and anarchist practice

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Resolution adopted at the Anarchist Communist Congress, October 1906, London
"We believe that terrorist acts are the result of decisions made by individuals or by the circles that support them; so centralized terror, in which an individual plays the role of executor of the decisions of others, clashes with our concepts."

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[anarkismo.net] "Attentats" and anarchist practice

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Resolution adopted at the Anarchist Communist Congress, October 1906, London
"We believe that terrorist acts are the result of decisions made by individuals or by the circles that support them; so centralized terror, in which an individual plays the role of executor of the decisions of others, clashes with our concepts."

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[anarkismo.net] Atentados y práctica anarquista

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Resolución adoptada en el Congreso anarcocomunista de octubre de 1906 en Londres
"Pensamos que el acto terrorista es el resultado de la decisión de individuos aislados o de círculos que les ayudan. Por eso el terror centralizado, en el que un individuo ejecuta las decisiones de los demás, va en contra de nuestros principios."

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[anarkismo.net] Mais 6 lançamentos da Biblioteca Virtual Faísca!

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Dando continuidade ao seu projeto de lançamento de livros on-line, a Faísca Publicações apresenta seis novos lançamentos. Abaixo, enviamos um breve comentário de cada um dos lançamentos.

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[socialistworld.net] Ireland: Socialists campaign against anti-worker Lisbon Treaty

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Capitalist establishment conduct a campaign of fear to secure a yes vote in second referendum

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[anarkismo.net] Atentados y práctica anarquista

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Resolución adoptada en el Congreso anarcocomunista de octubre de 1906 en Londres
"Pensamos que el acto terrorista es el resultado de la decisión de individuos aislados o de círculos que les ayudan. Por eso el terror centralizado, en el que un individuo ejecuta las decisiones de los demás, va en contra de nuestros principios."

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