Un petit récit et une photo des derniers événements de la vélorution montréalaise accompagné de quelques réflexions personnelles sur le sujet...

FINDINGS OF INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO LEBANON

Filipina overseas workers in Lebanon are being treated like “modern-day slaves," this was the main finding of Filipinos who had just arrived from Lebanon as part of an international civil society and parliamentary delegation.

Ah Ouais! On avance!
A personal account of the august 25th Critical Mass Bike Parade
By Charlieo

As usual, there were fifty or sixty cyclists gathered at Phillips Square for our monthly celebration. It was bright and sunny, which suited our beach party theme somethin' lovely. I parked my bike, custom-fitted with
my ficus plant, Frank, roped to the handle bars. Said hi to some friends, smoked a smoke, and then walked around to say hi to everyone else. I had a stack of cards produced by the Pivot Legal Society (www.pivotlegal.org) and Equity Access (www.legaloutreach.mcgill.ca) to give out to everybody. These include a statement for the police, and a brief explanation of our basic rights as citizens, just in case!

Recordando las lecciones de la historia, y teniendo en cuenta la naturaleza humana, nuestro modo de ser, nuestro grado de cultura, podemos afirmar, sin temor de equivocarnos, que en estos momentos se cierran todos los caminos de la democracia argentina, y que han de ser imposibles de salvar mediante candidaturas y contubernios puramente electoralistas.

“Murderers of justice! This is what Congressmen who will vote for the dismissal of the impeachment complaint against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) will be remembered as.", said AKBAYAN (Citizens Action Party) President Ronald Llamas today on the information that the House Committee on Justice will terminate the impeachment proceedings today.

* Este texto, escrito por la redacción del periódico El Libertario para el # 48, agosto 2006, explica con detalles y hechos porqué es una verdad a medias la afirmación del actual gobierno venezolano referida a que, a diferencia de sus épocas anteriores, hoy se ejerce sin coerción alguna en el país el derecho a manifestar publicamente en favor de las reivindicaciones colectivas.

* El nuevo número del vocero de la Comisión de Relaciones Anarquistas (CRA) de Venezuela comienza a distribuirse, con contenidos de imprescindible lectura para quienes se interesen en aproximarse a una voz ácrata de ideas y acción que ya es bien conocida en los medios radicales alternativos de Venezuela y de todo el ámbito de habla hispana.

Le moins qu'on puisse dire, c'est que l'annonce de la découverte d'un nouveau "complot terroriste" par la police britannique, qui a retenti comme un coup de tonnerre et occupé le temps d'antenne de toutes les chaînes d'information continue de ce monde plus tôt cette semaine, est arrivée à point nommé pour l'impérialisme US et les forces qui le soutiennent.

Ce samedi 12 août 2006, à 9h00 du matin, les forces d'occupations ont attaqué les locaux du Parti communiste-ouvrier d'Irak à Kirkuk. Elles sont revenues à midi, mais n'y ont trouvé personne, car l'information avait circulé.

The giant Bank of England is a privately owned institution which is not subject to regulation by the British Parliament, and is in effect a sovereign world power. Like the privately owned money printing shop called 'Federal Reserve' in the United States.