[antiwar-van] Fire This Time - Vol. 4 Nr. 2 Now Available!

Thu Mar 15 20:46:06 PDT 2007

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Vol. 4  Nr.2
>>>>NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
HTTP://WWW.FIRETHISTIME.NET

Volume 4 Issue 2 of Fire This Time includes a special
focus on Black History Month, with speeches by the
revolutionary leaders, Thomas Sankara, Malcolm X,
Martin Luther King Jr. and Maurice Bishop. In addition
there are updates on war and occupation in Somalia,
Iraq and Afghanistan. As well, this issue includes an
indepth article on security certificates, secret
trials and the attacks of the government of Canada on
immigrants and refugees. You will also find the latest
article by our contributor from Cuba, Manuel Yepe,
printed in Spanish. In English, two special articles
on Cuba focus on women's liberation in the Cuban
Revolution, and the political impact of the improving
health of Fidel Castro. In addition, we have included
the latest statement of the women of Six Nations in
regards to the land reclamation in Caledonia.

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>>>>Somalis Struggle Against Occupation 
-By Thomas Davies
The calendars say that it has been two months since
the US backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia. The
current events scream of a country thrust backwards by
foreign troops, but also of a people thrust forward by
their fight against foreign occupation, and their
attempt to restore the stability and progress they had
been nursing before the invasion

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt42_somalia.html

>>>>Cuban Revolution and Women’s Liberation 
-By Tamara Hansen
Every year March 8th comes as a day to celebrate the
accomplishments of women; to commemorate women who
have been lost – as victims of oppression or heroines
for our liberation; and to reaffirm the goals and aims
of our continued fight for equality

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt42_cubawomen.html

>>>>What Iraq has the US Created?  
-By Shannon Bundock
50,000 hired killers swarm the streets of Iraq. After
the US military itself, mercenaries form the second
largest force in Iraq, enormously outnumbering even
the closest US allies

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt42_iraq.html

>>>>“Taliban Rising” in Afghanistan? Or the Rise of a
Popular Resistance? 
–By Nita Palmer
The daily news reports from Afghanistan warn of a
major offensive by Taliban forces in the coming
months, and that NATO forces must do all they can to
protect Afghans from the Taliban. Yet, on February
17th NATO soldiers shot and killed an innocent Afghan
civilian walking near their convoy

Full Article:  
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt42_afghan.html

>>>>Prisoners of the War at Home  
-By Ivan Drury
Under the “Security Certificate” provision of the
“Immigration and Refugee Protection Act”, Immigration
Canada can have anyone who is not a Canadian citizen
arrested and detained indefinitely

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt42_secrettrial5.html

>>>>Fidel Gaining Strength and Health! 
-By Tamara Hansen
In July 2006, after undergoing an emergency operation-
Fidel Castro - Commander-in-Chief of Cuba,
provisionally handed over his responsibilities to the
first Vice President of Cuba, Raul Castro. 
Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt42_fidel.html

>>>>Homes Not Games! 
-By Nita Palmer
In her BC Provincial budget speech on February 21st
Finance Minister Carole Taylor declared that “Budget
2007 is a major step towards ensuring that every
British Columbian has access to a safe, appropriate
and affordable place to call home.”

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt42_homes.html

An exclusive for Fire This Time:
>>>>La Táctica de las Comparaciones  
-Por Manuel E. Yepe  
Comparar al proyecto revolucionario cubano con otros
procesos sociopolíticos de izquierda se ha convertido
en los últimos tiempos, en un pasatiempo nada ingenuo
para promover, en el campo de las ideas, la
desconfianza y la desunión en fuerzas progresistas a
escala continental y mundial.  
Full Article En Español:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt42_yepe.html

>>>>Three Speeches by Malcolm X
Look at the American Revolution in 1776. That
revolution was for what? For land. Why did they want
land? Independence. How was it carried out? Bloodshed.
Number one, it was based on land, the basis of
independence. And the only way they could get it was
bloodshed

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt42_malcolm.html

>>>>A Time to Break the Silence 
–By Martin Luther King Jr.
Excerpt of speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King
was given on April 4th 1967, precisely one year before
Dr. King’s assassination on April 4th 1968, in
Memphis, Tennessee

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt41_mlk.html

>>>>The Grenada Revolution 
-By Maurice Bishop
Excerpt from Bishop Speech - Address Given by Prime
Minister Maurice Bishop at the International Airport
Site to Commemorate Jeremiah Richardson Day, Sunday,
April 18, 1982 

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt42_bishop.html

>>>>Save Our Trees, Our Environment, Our Lives 
–By Thomas Sankara
Thomas Sankara was an anti-imperialist and
revolutionary leader who led a Revolution in Burkina
Faso in the 1980s, as the people of that West African
country struggled to overcome poverty, hunger,
illiteracy, and all the ills of underdevelopment and
oppression. 
Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt42_sankara.html

>>>>Six Nations Struggle Continues 
–By Aaron Mercredi
For one year now, the people of Six Nations have stood
on their reclaimed land at the entrance to the Douglas
Creek Estates

Full Article:
http://www.firethistime.net/ftt42_6nations.html

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more than 150 shops, bookstores and community centers,
as well as in major cities in Canada from Victoria to
Montreal. Fire This Time also is distributed on the
streets of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland during the
first two weeks after the publication.
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