[antiwar-van] Fire This Time Newspaper Vol. 4 Nr.7 Now Avaliable!

Mon Jul 30 19:24:56 PDT 2007

====FIRE THIS TIME NEWSPAPER====
Vol. 4 Nr.7
>>>>NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
HTTP://WWW.FIRETHISTIME.NET

Volume 4 Issue 7 of Fire This Time Newspaper includes
articles on the crisis of war and occupation in
Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia. Featured in both
Spanish and English are articles on the recent
repression in Suchitoto El Salvador, Fidel Castro's
Reflections and an article on imperialist exploitation
of water resources by our contributor from Cuba,Manuel
Yepe. And following the recent Mobilization Against
War & Occupation Anti-war Hip Hop Festival, this issue
also includes an interview with Guatemalan Hip Hop
artist and activist SPIN. Look inside for much, much
more! 

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>>>>CANADA IN AFGHANISTAN: 
A DEFEAT FOR THE CANADIAN RULING CLASS
-By Mike Chimenti
As the genocidal Canada/NATO occupation of Afghanistan
continues unabated, all of the quality of life
indicators for Afghan civilians continue to reflect
what every Afghan already knows – the occupation is
destroying any chance of a decent life in
Afghanistan...
Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_afghan.html

>>>> "HELP ME! WHICH WAY TO GO?"
US RULING CLASS DIFFERENCES DEEPEN OVER IRAQ POLICY
-By Shannon Bundock
A rift has emerged among America’s political leaders.
Well, perhaps ‘emerged’ is the wrong term, it is
better to say that this rift has deepened

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_iraq.html

>>>> YOU CANNOT SELL WHAT IS NOT YOURS:
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND THE QUESTION OF PRIVATIZING
WATER IN BC
-By Aaron Mercredi
“If you want a piece of the river, you better get
running ‘cuz it’s moving fast” These words were spoken
by an Anishnabe woman at a forum I attended a few
weeks ago on the privatization of BC Hydro and its
effect on Indigenous communities and citizens in this
province

Full Article: 
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_in_h2o.html

>>>> STATE TERRORISM AND THE HOPES OF JUSTICE AND
PEACE IN EL SALVADOR
-By José Angel
In the early hours of Monday the 2nd, July 2007 in the
historic city of Suchitoto (Flower-Bird in the nahuatl
language), the current corrupt government of El
Salvador exposed their neoliberal policy to the world
that can only be carried out through state terrorism

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_elsalv.html

>>>> TERRORISMO DE ESTADO Y LAS ESPERANZAS DE JUSTICIA
Y PAZ EN EL SALVADOR
-Por José Angel
En horas de la mañana de el día Lunes 2 de Julio de
2007 en la histórica ciudad de Suchitoto (Pájaro-flor
en idioma nahuat) el actual gobierno corrupto de El
Salvador deja al descubierto ante el mundo entero su
política neoliberal que solamente puede defender con
un terrorismo de estado...
Artículo Completo:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_elsalv_es.html

>>>> MICHAEL MOORE’S SiCKO EXPOSES INHUMAN U.S.
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
-By Thomas Davies
For anyone who wasn’t worried about the growing
privatization of the Canadian medical system, Michael
Moore’s new film, “SiCKO” can hopefully serve as a
much-needed eye-opener

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_health.html

>>>> REFLEXIONES DEL PRESIDENTE FIDEL CASTRO
“AUTOCRÍTICA DE CUBA”
La Dirección Nacional de la UJC acordó informar la
siguiente medida cuando concluía su aplicación: "El
pasado sábado 7 de julio, el Buró Nacional de la
Juventud Comunista decidió ajustar el plan de fuerzas
a movilizar por las Brigadas Estudiantiles de Trabajo,
bajo el principio de emplear a los estudiantes en
tareas de orden social y recreativo, en número
ajustado al mínimo necesario y en sus municipios de
residencia, para evitar la transportación

Artículo Completo:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_fidel_es.html

>>>> REFLECTIONS OF PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO “CUBA’S
SELF-CRITICISM”
The National Directorate of the UJC (Communist Youth
League) agreed to communicate the following measure as
it was concluding its strategy: “Last Saturday, July
7, the National Bureau of the Communist Youth decided
to tighten up the plan for the mobilization of forces
of the Student Work Brigades (BET), guided by the
principle of using students for tasks of a social and
recreational nature, in numbers adjusted to a
necessary minimum and within municipalities where they
reside, in order to avoid relying on transportation...
Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_fidel.html

>>>> SOMALIA 6 MONTHS AFTER OCCUPATION: A BALANCE
SHEET OF AN IMPERIALIST PLOT
-By Thomas Davies
On December 28th of 2006 the earth shook in
Mogadishu.US backed Ethiopian troops took control of
the Somali capital, and were soon followed by US
planes firing on civilians across the country

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_somalia.html

>>>> THE WAR OVER WATER
–By Manuel Yepe – From Cuba
Since ancient times access to water has been a source
of power and conflict

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_yepe.html

>>>> LA GUERRA POR EL AGUA
–Por Manuel Yepe
El acceso al agua ha sido, desde la más remota
antigüedad, fuente de poder y de conflicto

Artículo Completo:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_yepe_es.html

>>>> 26TH OF JULY MOVEMENT AND DYNAMISM OF CUBAN
REVOLUTION
-By Tamara Hansen
In the early morning hours of July 26th 1953, the
darkness of night was just lifting on the town of
Santiago de Cuba. Around 150 young rebels drove in a
suspicious row of cars through part of town, however
they went unnoticed because no one was yet awake

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_july26.html

>>>> INTERVIEW WITH RAMÓN LABAÑINO (ONE OF THE CUBAN
5): LOVE IS NOT IMPRISONED
– By Liset García
   The news talks about how the regimen of the prison
where you are imprisoned is particularly rigorous. How
is the life of Ramón behind the barbed wire? 
    -U. S. P Beaumont is a maximum security prison,
and like all its kind in the United States it houses
the most violent, most dangerous, most aggressive
prisoners, and so the system of imprisonment is
severely strict, restrictive and intimidating

Full Interview:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_ramon.html

>>>> ENTREVISTA CON RAMÓN LABAÑINO: EL AMOR NO ESTÁ
PRESO
–Por Liset García
En el mínimo espacio de una celda no cabe un hombre
como Ramón Labañino Salazar o cualquiera de sus cuatro
hermanos. El espíritu, las ideas, su historia
individual barcan una dimensión imposible de
aprehender, y sobre todo de encarcelar. Lo peor para
quienes decidieron confinar a estos héroes el 12 de
septiembre de 1998, es que tampoco han conseguido
arrestar la verdad

Entrevista Completa:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_ramon_es.html

>>>> RCMP PEPPER SPRAY NATIVE CHILDREN
–By Aaron Mercredi
It was supposed to be a celebration for two victorious
sports teams returning from a tournament in Vancouver.
But, the grand entrance of the Sechelt’s First Nations
soccer teams on to their reservation on the Sunshine
Coast, which has become a community tradition, was
interrupted by RCMP violence and pepper spray

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_pepper.html

>>>> ELECTIONS CALLED IN CUBA: THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY
LOOKS LIKE!
-By Tamara Hansen
For many years the government of the United States,
whether it is the democrats or republicans in power,
has been labeling Cuba as a country without free
elections and with a dictatorship. They complain that
there is no freedom of speech, a single party
political system and that Fidel is a tyrant who
imprisons all of his opponents

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_cubaelec.html

>>>>A LYRICAL AND POLITICAL FIGHTER INTERVIEW WITH HIP
HOP ARTIST SPIN
-By Noah Fine and Shakeel Lochan
Hip Hop culture and all its components was born in an
environment of racism, gentrification, suppression and
violence within the eastern US

Full Interview:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt47_spin.html

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