A Speech by a RAIM Comrade on the 8th Anniversary of the Invasion of Afghanistan October 28, 2009

A Speech by a RAIM Comrade on the 8th Anniversary of the Invasion of Afghanistan
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The following was delivered by a RAIM comrade on October 7th, 2009, the 8th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan. In the speech, the RAIM comrade tells the audience of anti-war and police brutality activists, anarchists and RAIM supporters that the problem [...]

RAIM: Afghan Locals Give U.S. Occupiers Proper Goodbye October 7, 2009

Afghan Locals Give U.S. Occupiers Proper Goodbye
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On Saturday, October 3rd hundreds of insurgents stormed two remote military bases near the Pakistan border in Afghanistan. A proper goodbye– the attack killed eight occupiers from Fort Carson and injured many more as they were preparing to relocate from rural outposts to larger bases in more populated areas [...]

RAIM: Harvest Season Means Forced Labor for Uzbek Children September 28, 2009

Harvest Season Means Forced Labor for Uzbek Children
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Every September, hundreds of thousands of Uzbek children begin two months of forced labor in the country’s cotton fields. Receiving almost nothing in wages and acting in accordance with state mandate, schools are closed and children become virtual slaves as the harvest season rolls in.
In the fields, children [...]

RAIM: Amerikan E-Waste Poisons Chinese September 6, 2009

Amerikan E-Waste Poisons Chinese
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E-waste increasingly flows from the U.S. to the Third World. E-waste is made up of computers, cell phones, and other electronics that have been thrown away. For example, Amerikans throw out 133,000 computers a day and 100 million cell phones a year. Electronics contain harmful, toxic materials such as lead, cadmium, mercury, [...]

RAIM: Amerika’s Fierce Appetite September 3, 2009

Amerika’s Fierce Appetite
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The U.S.-based organization Feeding America claims that 1 in 8 Amerikans “suffer from hunger.” The First Worldist advocacy group warns, “You may know someone who is hungry and not even realize it.” By contrast, in the Third World, hunger is easy to spot: malnourished, boney bodies, and swollen bellies. In Amerika, it is [...]

RAIM: Obama: more troops, more imperialism, more of the same August 27, 2009

Obama: more troops, more imperialism, more of the same
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The election of Barack Obama as president was promised as bringing a different direction to U.S. foreign policy.  But as recent news shows, Obama will continue U.S. imperialist policies, for one by increasing the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.  In the beginning of his term this [...]

1,013 Afghan Civilians Killed in First Half of 2009 August 25, 2009

1,013 Afghan Civilians Killed in First Half of 2009
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A U.N. mission has reported that 1,013 civilians have been killed in combat in Afghanistan during the first half of the year, up 24% from the same period in 2008. Civilian deaths have not been restricted to Afghanistan. On January 23rd, less than three days after his [...]

Movie Review: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra August 15, 2009

Movie Review: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a Hollywood action movie packed with CGI-enhanced martial arts; explosions; sci-fi hi-tech weapons; chase scenes and topped off with near superhuman ‘good’ and ‘bad guys.’ Typical of Hollywood-type action movies, the plot centers around preventing the bad guys from attaining global [...]

Sacred, Indigenous site made into fill-dirt for new Sam’s Club, revolution needed August 3, 2009

Sacred, Indigenous site made into fill-dirt for new Sam’s Club, revolution needed 
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In Oxford, Alabama something awful is happening. A hill, on top of which lies a Native American rock mound, is being destroyed in order to procure fill-dirt for a new Sam’s Club a few miles away.
The rocks were arranged on the 200 foot [...]

RAIM:Review of ‘The Old Future’s Gone: Progressive Strategy Amid Cascading Crisis,’ a talk by Robert Jensen June 29, 2009

Review of ‘The Old Future’s Gone: Progressive Strategy Amid Cascading Crisis,’ a talk by Robert Jensen
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Last month, author and activist Robert Jensen spoke in Denver at an event sponsored by Argusfest entitled “The Old Future’s Gone: Progressive Strategy Amid Cascading Crisis.”  It was based on a writing that has circulated among left-liberal websites.  A professor [...]

RAIM:Conflict Heats Up in Oil-Rich Niger Delta June 25, 2009

Conflict Heats Up in Oil-Rich Niger Delta
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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has recently released statements refusing offers of amnesty by the Nigerian state and, as of June 6th, given local and foreign oil workers 72 hours notice of an “imminent attack.” “The warning also applies to greedy individuals from oil [...]

RAIM: Obama Administration Boycotts U.N. Conference on Racism, Imperialists Walk Out During Ahmadinejad Speech April 29, 2009

Obama Administration Boycotts U.N. Conference on Racism, Imperialists Walk Out During Ahmadinejad Speech
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On April 20th, the so-called United Nations opened its first World Conference Against Racism in eight years. The United States announced ahead of time that it would boycott the conference; similar announcements were made by Israel, Germany, Canada, Australia, and the Netherlands. Were [...]

RAIM: Amerikans Support Escalation in Afghanistan April 24, 2009

 

Amerikans Support Escalation in Afghanistan
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Nearly two-thirds of Amerikans back President Barack Obama’s recent decision to strengthen occupation forces of Afghanistan, according to a new public opinion poll conducted by the Washington Post and ABC News. These most recent figures are part of Amerikans’ long standing support for the onset, and in this case escalation, of [...]

RAIM:Remember Luis “Junior” Martinez March 31, 2009

 

Remember Luis “Junior” Martinez
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“To die for the people is weightier than Mount Tai…
Wherever there is struggle there is sacrifice, and death is a common occurrence. But we have the interests of the people and the sufferings of the great majority at heart, and when we die for the people it is a worthy death.”
- Mao [...]

ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Sudanese President, U.S. Tightens the Screws on Africa March 23, 2009

ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Sudanese President, U.S. Tightens the Screws on Africa
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On March 4th, 2009, the International Kangaroo Court (ICC) charged Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, with five counts of crimes against humanity and two counts of war crimes. The charges, which stem from the conflict in Darfur, are the first of their [...]