G8- Protest began in earnest last Saturday
7,000 protesters gathered in Le Havre on Saturday to protest the upcoming G8 conference in Deauville, France. For those not familiar with the area, the rough distance from Deauville to Le Havre is 9...
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Royal Barriere -Deauville, France Just a few thoughts on the irony of the upcoming G8 meeting in the Normandy seaside resort of Deauville, France . . . I read this afternoon in Radio France...
View ArticleUPDATE ON THE G8: SANITIZED FROM THE REAL WORLD
Police have established one security cordon around the conference center where the leaders are meeting, and another perimeter encompassing all of Deauville. Local ports, train stations and the airport...
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and that future would be a future controlled by the rich and their corporations--People like David Koch, Richard Mellon-Scaife, Betsy DeVos and corporations like ExxonMobil and General Electric who are...
View ArticleIf Obama wants to lead a free world, he should abolish the G8
The Best Suggestion for the G8 that I've yet to read: If Obama wants to lead a free world, he should abolish the G8 Here is an excerpt. Timothy Barton Ash's response to Obama's Westminster speech "....
View ArticleTunisians behaving badly — Attack Migrants
The Guardian reports that More than 1,000 migrants who fled fighting in Libya have been left without shelter in the Tunisian desert after locals burned and looted a refugee camp near the border,...
View ArticleThinking more about attendees to the G8 in Deauville and untold stories
(Post #1) I know who is NOT on their guest list: Ha Joon Chang Chang, born in South Korea in 1963 is one of the leading heterodox economists and institutional economics specializing in development...
View ArticleG8 Prime Minister Kan and President Obama need a basic lesson in Body...
Here is a still from a video of the President and Kan talking at the G8 Summit. Notice how their legs are crossed away from each other. This indicates disagreement.
View ArticleLibya calls on Russia to Mediate
Libya is calling on Russia to mediate a cease-fire, a sign that Moammar Gadhafi's regime may be ready to bring about an end to the months-long war. In a telephone call, Libyan Prime Minister...
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