It's International Labour Day, let's celebrate!

Avanti popolo, alla riscossa, bandiera rossa, bandiera rossa. Avanti popolo, alla riscossa, bandiera rossa trionferà. Bandiera rossa trionferà, bandiera rossa trionferà, bandiera rossa trionferà. Evviva socialismo e libertà. Degli sfruttati l'immensa schiera La pura innalzi, rossa bandiera O proletari, alla riscossa Bandiera rossa trionferà. Bandiera rossa la trionferà Bandiera rossa la trionferà Bandiera rossa la trionferà Il frutto del lavoro a chi lavora andrà. Dai campi al mare, alla miniera All'officina, chi soffre e spera Sia pronto è l'ora della riscossa Bandiera rossa trionferà. Bandiera rossa la trionferà Bandiera rossa la trionferà Bandiera rossa la trionferà Soltanto il socialismo è vera libertà. Non più nemici, non più frontiere Sono i confini rosse bandiere O socialisti, alla riscossa Bandiera rossa trionferà. Bandiera rossa la trionferà Bandiera rossa la trionferà Bandiera rossa la trionferà Nel solo socialismo è pace e libertà. Falange audace cosciente e fiera Dispiega al sole rossa bandiera Lavoratori alla riscossa Bandiera rossa trionferà. Bandiera rossa la trionferà Bandiera rossa la trionferà Bandiera rossa la trionferà Evviva il comunismo e la libertà!

Voran, du Arbeitsvolk, du darfst nicht weichen, die rote Fahne, das ist dein Zeichen! Voran mit frischem Mut auf neuen Bahnen, die roten Fahnen wehn dir voran! Blutrote Fahnen grüßt das Sonnenlicht, blutrote Fahnen rufen zum Gericht! Blutrote Fahnen werden Sieger sein, sie tragen neue Hoffnung in die Welt hinein. Im Schacht, im Werkstattsaal, wo jeder schaffe, die rote Fahne sei eure Waffe! Der Zukunft reiches Glück, ihr könnt es ahnen, die roten Fahnen wehn euch voran! Blutrote Fahnen grüßt... Es wird die neue Zeit den Haß bezwingen, die rote Fahne wird Frieden bringen. Zu freien Menschen formt sie Untertanen, die roten Fahnen wehn euch voran! Blutrote Fahnen grüßt...

Forward people, to the rescue Red flag, red flag Forward people, to the rescue Red flag will triumph. Red flag will be triumphant Red flag will be triumphant Red flag will be triumphant Long live socialism and freedom! The exploited's immense formation Raises the pure, red flag Oh proletarians, to the rescue Red flag will triumph. Red flag will be triumphant Red flag will be triumphant Red flag will be triumphant The fruits of labor will be for he who works! From the country to the sea, to the mine To the workshop, those who suffer and hope Be ready, it's the hour of vengeance Red flag will triumph. Red flag will be triumphant Red flag will be triumphant Red flag will be triumphant Only socialism is true freedom. No more enemies, no more frontiers The borders are red flags Oh socialists, to the rescue Red flag will triumph. Red flag will be triumphant Red flag will be triumphant Red flag will be triumphant Only in socialism is there peace and freedom. Bold, conscious and proud ranks Unfurl the red flag in the sun Workers to the rescue Red flag will triumph. Red flag will be triumphant Red flag will be triumphant Red flag will be triumphant Long live communism and freedom!

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The Group of States against Corruption publishes report on Austria

And the report includes quite devastating critique particularly
regarding the police and other executive bodies.

"Overall, the Austrian police and prosecutorial bodies are
perceived as not being independent enough, and sometimes
suffer from a lack of staff, training opportunities and
coordination mechanisms."

read more (incl. full report in English, French and German):
Group of States against corruption (GRECO) Website

Oh well, as if a concerned Austrian citizen would not have suspected it.
reSist! *www

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here's a song that quite hits the mark:

Here's a video of protesters in Iceland Central Bank (1.12.2008, 18:14).
This is a good sign coming from Iceland, where people don't
believe the global financial crisis verbiage of the political and
economic elites anymore. May this spirit sweap over to the most
remote and sleepiest places of the world, including the 'island of
bliss' (you know what I mean?:)))
reSist! *bt

Very clever of JPM, though I think they have reckoned without
the people who will be very angry and take action once they're
getting conscious of the dirty pure personal gain game by
egoistic pigs happening behind the world financial markets'
curtains.

JPMorgan Responsible for the Destruction of U.S. Financial System
The tag team of JPMorgan as the monster and Goldman Sachs
as its harlot represent a powerful pair that is more responsible
for destroying the entire US financial system than 95% of the
American public has any awareness. The colossus of
JPMorgan is a monster, a predator, nurtured by pond scum. It
has gobbled up Chase Manhattan, Manufacturers Hanover,
Chemical Bank, Bank One, and more over the past two
decades. Their profound presence in keeping the US Treasury
Bond yields down can never be understated. They do so by
managing 85% of the credit derivatives on the planet. They
distorted usury prices, as in price of borrowed money, thus
aggravating the LIBOR (London InterBank Offered Rate)
market in a very visible manner.

read more at disinfo!
reSist, and btw smash capatilasm;-) e-m

Great news! Environmental groups win protection for polar bear:
U.S. government grants polar bear Endangered Species Act
Listing due to global warming.
Read the press release here

now that's a well-crafted interactive movie to raise awareness for
people's obsession with stuff, the dictatorship of consumerism,
and what to do about and against it.
check it out here:

11-12 april
it feels really good to know that such actions of civil 'reclaim the
streets' resistance are taking place. they are needed more than
ever! yes, there is hope - change will come!
click on the pic to get the info:

reSist *www

Government Study Predicts Two-Thirds of Polar Bears Could
Perish

A series of new studies by the United States Geological Survey
(USGS) forecast that two thirds of the world’s Polar bears will
disappear by the middle of this century. While alarming, the
studies’ conclusions – which predict the loss of all Polar bears
found in Alaska - are nonetheless considered conservative since
they are based on moderate projections that estimate ice-loss in
response to future climate warming scenarios.

Read more at POLAR BEAR SOS

Lakota Sioux Indian representatives declared sovereign nation
status on Wednesday, December 19th 2007 in Washington
D.C. following Monday’s withdrawal from all previously signed
treaties with the U.S. Government. The withdrawal, hand
delivered to Daniel Turner, Deputy Director of Public Liaison at
the State Department, immediately and irrevocably ends all
agreements between the Lakota Sioux Nation of Indians and
the United States Government outlined in the 1851 and 1868
Treaties at Fort Laramie, Wyoming.

“This is a historic day for our Lakota people,” declared Russell
Means, Itacan of Lakota. “United States colonial rule is at its
end!”

“Today is a historic day and our forefathers speak through us.
Our Forefathers made the treaties in good faith with the sacred
Canupa and with the knowledge of the Great Spirit,” shared
Garry Rowland from Wounded Knee. “They never honored the
treaties, that’s the reason we are here today.”



These are great news for those who (still) believe in poetic
justice and a slap in the face for the U.S. authorities who
usually ride roughshod over people's rights and liberties
without paying the bill for those misdeeds. It is to be hoped
that more indigenous peoples will follow suit.

Read more at the Independent Media Center.

For a brilliant historical account of the dispossession, expulsion
and deprivation of the Native American Indians in the late 19th
century see Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.