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1 commentsHello. Here's a couple of Youtube links to a song I wrote for Amnesty Buskers everywhere. Version 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYTbmX5OGfc Version 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E_RYlRcAzE&feature=channel_page Sorry if it's a bit earnest – I tried to keep it upbeat! Feel free to use it/ change it/ play it. I'll post more versions as I think of them.The title is taken from Jonathan Plast updated Sun 14 Mar 10 at 21:54author AmnestyBusker -
49 commentsI was inspired to write this blog because of my own experience of, what I feel is, injustice within the criminal justice system. About 18 months ago I was out with friends when a male bouncer came into the women's toilets and told us to leave the club. As I went to get my coat the man grabbed me from behind, restricting my airway so in a panic I bit his arm to defend myself. Him and his frilast updated Sun 14 Mar 10 at 16:56author Theageoforwell -
1 commentsThe EU is poised to reach agreement on a multi-billion euro bail-out for Greece after weeks of crisis, senior officials have told the BBC. The rescue package would provide loans and guarantees for Greece if it asked for help financing its deficit, says the BBC's Gavin Hewitt in Brussels. Eurozone finance ministers are expected to have a proposal finalised as early as Monday, our clast updated Sun 14 Mar 10 at 16:16author sparbirillo
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1 commentsGermany and France would be the main backers, with no contribution from Britain and other non-euro countries, he adds. The deal would have to be constructed to get around rules governing the euro currency which prohibit a bail-out for a country on the brink of insolvency. And any potential rescue package will be hugely controversial in Germany, where there is strong opposition tolast updated Sun 14 Mar 10 at 16:15author sparbirillo
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1 commentsGreece's austerity measures have sparked protests and nationwide strikes. European Union rules state that no nation in the euro bloc should have an annual budget deficit which is higher than 3f its gross domestic product. Greece has pledged to reduce its deficit from 12.7o 8.7uring 2010. Its long-term deficit-cutting plan aims to cut the budget shortfall drastically, to lesslast updated Sun 14 Mar 10 at 16:14author sparbirillo
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0 commentsLabourStart has been asked to launch another campaign in support of Mexican workers whose labour rights (and human rights) are being denied. Some 30,000 technical and professional employees of PEMEX (the huge public Mexican petroleum complex) finally won the right to unionize upon their third attempt. The new union's victory was short lived. Some fifty leaders and activists active in thelast updated Sun 14 Mar 10 at 12:41author Eric Lee
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0 commentsTehran's general attorney informed the world that they have arrested 30 people in connection with the 'Syber War' the US and the West have waged against Iran by allocating a budget to promote the internet services for the Iranians. Among the media, Radio Farda, Radio Zamaneh and VOA and an organisation, Iran Proxy have been named as the recipients of money from the US. This is against the fact tlast updated Sun 14 Mar 10 at 12:2author Neda -
0 comments57 trade union leaders of the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers' Union (GBGWU) were summarily sacked, without recourse, in late 2009 when miners at the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) went on strike. BCGI is 90wned by the Russian aluminum company RusAl and 10y the government of Guyana. The company gave 600 miners the choice of accepting one of three bargaining proposals, and whenlast updated Sat 13 Mar 10 at 17:58author Eric Lee
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0 commentsI'm finding it increasing difficult to write about how relations with the police in Northern Ireland should improve with a helicopter hovering loudly above my neighborhood. Is it the loud noise that's making it difficult to concentrate, or the nagging feeling of futility and frustration with such a project? The fact of the matter is that I personally doubt (though I have no solid evidence flast updated Sat 13 Mar 10 at 11:35author Liz N -
0 commentsThe Archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Schonborn, has said that the celibacy of priests could be one of the causes of the sex scandals that have been rocking the Catholic church. Many people must have said or thought the same thing but he is the most senior Catholic to admit that there might be a connection.last updated Sat 13 Mar 10 at 9:13author VeggieKris