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German journalist held by police in Salzburg
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30 Jun 2001
A German photojournalist from Berlin was held by officers from the Taurus (special operations) unit early on Friday evening. Note the Austria IMC link below for more news; there is presently not a link to it on the sidebar with other global IMCs. Also, read the earlier threats made by Austrian authorities, to be posted as a comment to this article. They are rather sinister, considering the way the police are now treating the press. ML
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We're on 'Fast Track' to Trading Away Democracy
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30 Jun 2001
So-called "free" trade is really a misnomer for the destruction of a long tradition of democracy. Corporations, elevated to the status of personhood by Supreme Court decisions that undermine the rights of real citizens, no longer wish to submit themselves to the democratic processes that mediate our system of government. They would rather enjoy a special, elevated status and use the powers of government to impose their rule on the people, who they view as subservient consumers who should not have the right to limit corporate rule in any way. ML
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IMC Weekly PDF #11
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30 Jun 2001
News and analysis from the IMC global network
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Pro-Democracy Convention Launches Electoral Reform Campaign
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30 Jun 2001
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Ron Daniels, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, who discusses the goals of the Pro-Democracy convention (A RealAudio version of this Interview may be found At http://www.btlonline.org).
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Patient's Bill of Rights Fails to Address Underlying Issues of U.S. Health Care
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30 Jun 2001
Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with PNHP's coordinator, Dr. Quentin Young, who has practiced medicine in Chicago for five decades and been in the forefront of the struggle for health care reform.
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Papua New Guinea Revolts Against World Bank
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29 Jun 2001
What started as a peaceful student sit-in against privatisation may yet erupt into a nationwide uprising ... News summary including elsewhere unpublished, primary source eyewitness account and analysis/commentary from PNG movement leader.
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Labor Beat covering Leedham at Teamsters Convention
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29 Jun 2001
Labor Beat, the Chicago-based rank-and-file news group, is providing same-day worldwide coverage of the Tom Leedham campaign against Hoffa at the Teamsters convention in Las Vegas. The text stories and exciting video clips are published via the Chicago IMC.

Go to chicago.indymedia.org
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Fighting the Organized Rape of Our Daughters and Sisters: The Flesh Trade War
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29 Jun 2001
A wave of attention and criticism has been accumulating around the issue of trade. Now another type of trade, that of children trafficked into the military and prostitution has also begun to raise questions within the mainstream consciousness. Slavery, a supposed relic of the past, still exists in many forms all over the world.
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The Race to Incarcerate: 2,000,000 and Growing
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29 Jun 2001
Visit http://utah.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=703&group=webcast
for the full story - put together from Angela Davis' speech in Utah during International Women's Day, a workshop about prison issues during the "People's Summit on Globalization" in Colorado in March, and interviews with local activists and officials.
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'Oil On Mars' Creates Worries That The VP Really Is THAT Fucking Stupid
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29 Jun 2001
Vice-president Dick Cheney announced today that he would be heading a brave new resource assessment committee that will probe the possibility of beginning US oil drilling on the planet Mars by as soon as 2003......
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