Global/International

Whales hunting ban - final vote

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 17/06/2010 - 5:29pm

It's crunch time in the fight to protect whales! Let's get to 1 million signatures this week, before the final vote -- forward the email below to everyone!

Dear friends,

The international vote that could legalize commercial whale hunting is just days away. 650,000 of us have signed the petition to protect whales, and an Avaaz team is on the ground to make sure we're heard -- let's super-charge this campaign by hitting 1 million signatures! Add your name and then forward this message:

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Human safaris threaten tribe on Indian Andaman island

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 16/06/2010 - 10:29pm

SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE

June 16, 2010

The survival of the Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands is being threatened by human safaris run by local tour operators.

[The Andamans are a group of Indian Ocean archipelagic islands in the Bay of Bengal between India to the west and Myanmar (formerly Burma) to the north and east.]

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Global/International

Protest targets Italian government over Ethiopian dam disaster

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 15/06/2010 - 7:32pm

SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE

June 15, 2010

Demonstrators outside the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome today will urge the government to deny Ethiopia €250 million for construction of the controversial Gibe III dam.

The dam will devastate at least eight tribes living in the country’s Lower Omo Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Australian Wikileaks founder targeted by the Pentagon

Submitted by Flowerpower on Mon, 14/06/2010 - 3:42pm

Since June 7th , U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning, has been in custody in Kuwait as he is investigated for releasing the footage of U.S. state terror in Iraq to Wikileaks entitled Collateral Murder . The Pentagon now apparently wants to find and question Australian Wikileaks founder Julian Asange over this and other documents Wikileaks may have. This is an outrageous attempt by the U.S.

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Global/International
Australia
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Feature
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iraq war
Wikileaks
Bradley Manning
Collateral Murder
Internet freedom

More dodgy materials exposed - The Age and John Garnaut case continue

Submitted by Wei Ling Chua on Mon, 14/06/2010 - 12:14pm

On 24 May 2010, I posted my 2nd report in regard to The Age and John Garnaut’s dodgy journalism case under the heading: “Media Accountability - The Age must say ‘Sorry’ to Australians”. As promised in the report, I then notify The Age Newsdesk, John Garnaut, Media Watch and Walkleys Foundation the following day (25 May 2010).

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Global/International
Australia
Keywords: 
free speech
media disinformation
The Age
John Garnaut

PHILIPPINES: Marcoses come close to full circle

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 11/06/2010 - 11:38pm

With three of them now holding elective posts – including one senator – the Marcoses have come close to full circle.

Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the only son of the ousted president, was among the new senators-elect proclaimed last May 15, five days after the country's first automated elections. His mother, Imelda Romualdez-Marcos, is the new representative of Ilocos Norte's second district. His sister, Maria Imelda Josefa “Imee” Marcos, is Ilocos Norte's new governor.

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Global/International
Keywords: 
human rights
democracy
Philippines

Penan jungle people score victory over Malaysian Borneo loggers

Submitted by Diet Simon on Fri, 11/06/2010 - 1:03pm

By Bruno Manser Fonds

(26 April 2010))

LONG SABAI, SARAWAK / MALAYSIA. Two logging road blockades (pictured) erected by Penan communities have caused a Malaysian timber giant, Samling, to withdraw its bulldozers from the rainforests on the upper reaches of the Akah river in Malaysian Borneo.

The blockades had been erected in March 2010 near the villages of Long Sabai and Ba Kerameu at two strategic locations. The communities had announced that the Penan were willing to fight for the conservation of their last virgin jungle.

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Slack Radio mp3

Submitted by huxwell on Fri, 11/06/2010 - 10:25am

http://media.libsyn.com/media/kaputtradio/kr__157_slack_radio.mp3

When schizophrenia meets daily news, and common sense becomes assaulted with popkitch culture products - I know it's a busy week, but...there must be somewhere some slack...

collage show with news media-youtube-video and sound-samples

length: 29:55 min 128 kbps stereo 27.4 MB

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Keywords: 
news
dystopia
humor
collage

Bushmen face agonising wait for right to water

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 10/06/2010 - 12:12pm

SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE

June 9, 2010

A High Court judge on 9 June reserved judgement on the Kalahari Bushmen’s bid to gain access to a borehole which they rely on for water.

The Bushmen were at the Botswana High Court to hear their application for permission to use their borehole which the Botswana government has banned them from using.

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