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In response to:Darwin helps to save rare Galapagos mockingbird

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:09:22 +0100

The Galapagos Islands are one of the most beautiful places on Earth, evolution here is constantly happening.

In response to:Economic crisis, workers resist

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:16:33 +0200

A Global Week of Solidarity with the Unemployed
September 20- 25 (During the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA [USA])

Yes to Jobs & Human Needs; No to War & Wall Street Greed

* Sunday, September 20 - Rally & March for a Real Jobs Program
* Building a Tent City in Pittsburgh for the Unemployed & Supporters the weekend before the G-20 Summit
* Organizing Caravans of Unemployed People and Supporters to Converge on Pittsburgh during the week of September 19-26
* Marches, Protests and Events Before and During the G20 Summit addressing demands such as: Bring the Troops Home from Iraq & Afghanistan Now! & Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, World-Renown Political Prisoner, Journalist, Activists and 'Voice of the Voiceless!"

In September the eyes of the world will be on Pittsburgh, where the G20 countries will meet to consider what to do about the biggest global economic crisis since the 1930s. The heads of governments, finance ministers and central bankers that will be in Pittsburgh for the summit hear the concerns of bankers and corporate executives all the time. They need to listen to the voices of the millions of people who have lost their jobs and their homes because of the crisis. The Bail out the People Movement, a coalition of community, labor, religious, and grassroots activists, wants to help dramatize the crisis of joblessness, and the need for action both in the U.S. and worldwide to the G20 summit. It is now clear that the stimulus legislation passed by the U.S. Congress in March has done little to stop the loss of jobs. There is no recovery for the unemployed, the underemployed and the poor; and things are only getting worse. This is why we’re asking you to help make the idea of a Global Week of Solidarity with the Unemployed from September 19 through September 26, the week of the G20 Summit, a reality.

A TENT CITY AND MARCH FOR JOBS On Sunday, Sept. 20, the tent city will open with a rally and march for jobs. The main site for the tent city will be next to the Monumental Baptist Church in an historic section of the African-American community of Pittsburgh called “The Hill.” This location is just a short walk or march from the convention center where the G20 summit will be held, and from the rest of downtown Pittsburgh. Unemployed people and their supporters will inhabit the tent city from Sept 20 through Sept. 25. Additional locations for other encampments in Pittsburgh are being considered as well. This is why we’re asking you to help make the idea of a Global Week of Solidarity with the Unemployed from September 19 through September 26, the week of the G20 Summit, a reality.

IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE – THIS IS A WEEK OF SOLIDARITY WITH YOU The Week of Solidarity with the Unemployed is also a week of solidarity with those who have lost their homes to foreclosures and evictions; those who have been forced to take part-time or temporary jobs because there are no full-time jobs; workers who have seen their wages and hours cut; autoworkers whose plants have been closed; immigrant workers who are fighting for their rights; communities that are fighting gentrification and budget cuts to social programs; students who are being forced out of school because of the debt burden and rising tuition cost; the survivors and displaced victims of the Katrina/Rita hurricanes and the government's criminally negligent response; poor and working people everywhere, especially in poor countries who are bearing the cruel brunt of the economic crisis; workers everywhere fighting for the right to organize and in the U.S. for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act in the U.S.; All who need single payer health care; retirees who need their healthcare & pensions safeguarded; and young people, especially Black and Latina/o youths whom the system has condemned to a jobless future.

IT’S TIME TO BAILOUT THE UNEMPLOYED WITH A REAL JOBS PROGRAM In the days before and during the G20 summit, events and marches will take place to emphasize this central point: More than just another stimulus package is needed. It’s time for a serious, direct and massive jobs program on par with the Works Progress Administration of the 1930s. We must fight for a real jobs program for the unemployed and underemployed that pays a living wage performing socially meaningful work; and an income for those unable to work. Any claim that the resources for a serious jobs program are not available must be rejected. If governments, particularly the U.S. government, can make available trillions of dollars for bailing out banks and corporations as well as funding the Pentagon’s endless wars, & Occupations, they can find the resources to bail out the unemployed and underemployed.

THIS IS A GLOBAL CALL BECAUSE JOBLESSNESS IS A GLOBAL CRISIS Mass unemployment is a global phenomenon. The right to a job at a living wage must be a global demand. Instead of being pitted against each other, unemployed and working people across the world can only improve their conditions by working and fighting together for their common interests. Activists and organizations everywhere are encouraged to support the Global Week of Solidarity with the Unemployed and organize events in conjunction with it.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S FINAL CAUSE: THE RIGHT OF ALL TO A JOB OR AN INCOME The need and the right of everyone to either a job or a guaranteed income is the cause that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated the last year of his life to. The present global economic depression has made King’s last cause even more urgent today than it was when he was alive. Dr. King also knew that: no matter the magnitude of suffering, governments do not respond if those who are suffering remain invisible and silent. Even a history-making president like Obama is still not a substitute for the mass movement for social justice. During the depression of the 1930’s, President Franklyn Delano Roosevelt once told labor leaders who were asking him to do more to help workers and the poor “I agree with you, now make me do it”. FDR’s advice applies to President Obama too. The purpose of the Global Week of Solidarity with the Unemployed is to make sure that people who are usually ignored are seen and heard.

ORGANIZING CARAVANS OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE AND SUPPORTERS TO PITTSBURGH Over the next 10 weeks, organizing will be going on in every region of the country to bring caravans of unemployed people and supporters to Pittsburgh in Sept.

THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:

* Have your Union/Community/Religious or Student Organization.endorse - http://www.bailoutpeople.org/septg20endorse.shtml

In response to:Pro-US Afghans killing each other

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:12:04 +0200

U.S. dismayed at Afghan release of drug smugglers

Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:33pm IST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's recent pardon of five convicted heroin smugglers is a disappointing setback to Kabul's U.S.-backed fight against the narcotics trade, the State Department said on Wednesday.

A spokesman for Karzai said last week the five pardons took place several months ago after the intercession of tribal chiefs, long a tradition in such matters in Afghanistan.

One of those released was a close relative of Deen Mohammad, who is running Karzai's campaign for re-election in the Aug. 20 presidential poll, a source with knowledge of the case said. The man was jailed for more than a decade in 2007 for smuggling more than 220 lbs (100 kg) of heroin.

"It is disappointing ... when successfully prosecuted traffickers are later released, as has occurred recently," the State department said in a statement.

"This undermines the work of the Afghan Ministries of the Interior and Counter Narcotics," it said.

The State Department said the U.S. Department of Justice, had given some $6 million to develop Afghanistan's Criminal Justice Task Force, a body set up in May 2005 to investigate and prosecute leading drug traffickers.

Karzai has been leading Afghanistan since the removal of the Taliban after a U.S.-led invasion in 2001 and won the country's first presidential poll three years later.

He has been under fire from Western leaders over poor governance, endemic corruption and for the booming drugs trade since the Taliban's fall.

Afghanistan is the biggest opium poppy producer in the world, with opium also funding the Taliban-led insurgency.

In response to:Israeli soldiers on Gaza abuses

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:48:09 +0200

Fatah leaders ban Al-Jazeera

Palestine: The Western-backed West Bank administration has announced that it has suspended the operations of Al-Jazeera in the occupied territory, accusing it of siding with Hamas.

The decision will only affect Al-Jazeera operations in the West Bank, where President Mahmoud Abbas is in charge not Hamas-administered Gaza.

Yesterday, Al-Jazeera quoted a figure in Mr Abbas's Fatah party saying that Mr Abbas had conspired with Tel Aviv to kill Yasser Arafat.

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/world/world_in_brief__79

In response to:Rare frog and snake found in India

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:15:32 +0200

I feel the same.

In response to:McCain's Top Strategist Lobbied For Iran-Linked Firm

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:08:47 +0200

Hi skip2468

In response to:McCain's Top Strategist Lobbied For Iran-Linked Firm

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:29:48 +0200

Hi from NZ

In response to:What is happening at Blogsome and Blogger blogs?

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:08:07 +0100

Hi marjan, I see ... I hope your Blogsome blog will come back soon. I have basically had no trouble with my Blogsome blog since 27/06/2007, also not today.

In response to:What is happening at Blogsome and Blogger blogs?

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:58:40 +0100

It happen to my blog too... http://marjan.blogsome.com is inaccessible today.