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Invasion of Rabbits.

Is it the year of the cat or rabbit?

(SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine) - Twelve years have already passed after the last Cat year which we celebrated at the end of the last century – in 1999. And here comes an unexpected metamorphosis.

Of course we knew that the year of cat is also the year of hare or rabbit for some Asian people, but nobody expected that rabbit to come to us and pull over by all paws... his competitors.

`Obstructing Business`: South Koreans on the March

What I saw in Korea was a beautiful thing, true solidarity among people...

(SEOUL) - I was in Seoul, South Korea this month at the invitation of the wonderful EBS TV Documentary Festival, and was truly, happily surprised to see a resurgence of activism among ordinary Koreans.

Don't get me wrong. Since its founding, Korea has had a tradition of fierce, die-hard activism (which Koreans themselves may attribute to a diet high in garlic and red pepper, as well as their commitment to social justice), but this ferocity seemed to have gone dormant in the mid-nineties.

Human Rights: History Repeating Itself?

The period 1923-28 saw a significant retrenchment and weakening of the Palestinian national movement.

(BETHLEHEM) - History sometimes repeats itself though with variation.

In 1923-1928, we had weak and divided and bickering Palestinian political leadership, paralyzed political process, an aggressive colonial power, and a Palestinian police force and local leadership that acted as a subcontractor for the occupation. But then Al-Buraq uprising changed things.

Palestinian Statehood: The Ayes And The Nays

Israel's apartheid is strikingly similar to what was seen in South Africa, Pilger's documentary goes to the heart of the matter.

(MELBOURNE) - John Pilger, renowned investigative journalist and documentary film-maker, is one of only two journalists to have twice won British journalism’s top award; his documentaries have won academy awards in both the UK and the US.

In a New Statesman survey of the 50 heroes of our time, Pilger came fourth behind Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela.

Imperialism: Bankers, Drug Wars and Genocide

On one side of the “war on drugs” are the major Wall Street banks; on the other side, the White House and its imperial military strategists and in the ‘middle’ are 90 million Mexicans and 40,000 murder victims and counting.

(NEW YORK) - In May 2011, Mexican investigators uncovered another mass clandestine grave with dozens of mutilated corpses; bringing the total number of victims to 40,000 killed since 2006 when the Calderon regime announced its “war on drug traffickers”

Backed by advisers, agents and arms, the White House has been the principal promotor of a ‘war’ that has totally decimated Mexico’s society and economy.

Crime and Punishment

Due to cruel and unnecessary arrests The Freedom Theatre has hired a lawyer to represent its members.

(JENIN, Occupied Palestine) - An appeal for moral and financial support following a new wave of harassments against The Freedom Theatre by the Israeli army

The Freedom Theatre in Jenin refugee camp was attacked by the Israeli army on the 27th July. Two of its members, Adnan Naghnaghiye and Bilal Saadi were taken. On the 22nd of August they were released from Israeli custody.

From Cheerleader to Enemy of the State

From the Book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War published by Trine Day.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - The long, flouncy curls from Judy Davis's cheerleader days are gone. Her straight blonde hair is now cut short. Large blue eyes stand out in a face pale without makeup.

Her soft Southern drawl has an undertone of determination. "It's taken me awhile, but now I'm glad to be considered an 'unsuitable influence.'

Rajiv Gandhi Murder: Tamil Nadu Activists Fret and Fume Over Death Row

By recommending the hanging, the Union home ministry was only sending out a strong message to the state where Tamil nationalism was gaining momentum, she remarked.

(CHENNAI, India) - Tamil activists across the state have hit out at the Centre for showing discrimination in rejecting the clemency petition of the three Tamils convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and confirming their death sentences.

This, while allowing Parliament attack case convict Afsal Guru, and Ajmal Kasab, held guilty of the Mumbai blasts, to survive.

High School Students Tell Sears and Land`s End: End Sexual Abuse of Factory Workers

Students at high school near Sears headquarters demand response to campaign on Change.org; call for an end to sexual abuse at Sears factory in Jordan.

(CHICAGO) - A group of high school students from Chicago, Illinois are joining a popular campaign calling on some of the biggest brands in America - including Sears and Land’s End - to pull their orders from Classic Factory in Jordan, where managers have been accused of serially raping young female workers.

The students launched a petition on Change.org following allegations that Sears has been buying garments made at Classic Factory in Jordan, where dozens of workers have accused factory managers of sexual assault.

Occupied Palestine - 26 & 28 August 2011

While the Occupation is business as usual for Israel, there should be no business with Israel.

(OCCUPIED PALESTINE) - This important roundup of information by our dear friend and associate Anna O'Leary in Ireland, is what all news outlets should carry, but do not. It does not just reveal the tragedy that Israel represents to so many people in the Middle east, it is specific, measuring just a small window of time.

Israel routinely claims victim status while annihilating the very people it stole the land it claims to own.