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GRAPHICS Issues 451-480

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14th Jan 2005 | Issue 480 - SETTLEMENTAL - an eyewitness account of life for the Palestinians under the occupation by Israel...

3rd December 2004 | Issue 476 - UKRAINE GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT - How the authoritarian regime in Ukraine stage-manages the illusion of a 'democracy', to quell revolutionary popular currents.

29th Oct 2004 | Issue 471 - HARASSMENT LIFE SCIENCES - as the 'Protection From Harassment Act’ is used to screw an Animal Rights Protester...

22nd October 2004 | Issue 470 - The European Social Forum hits London, and the Wombles become a big target for Met Police repression...

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15th October 2004 | Issue 469 - INDY - STRUCTABLE! - Last week internet servers in the UK hosting 21 Indymedia (IMC) sites were seized by the FBI, following a request by Swiss and Italian authorities. Indymedia have been unable to get any more information as to what the exact reasons are, but this is a continuation of attacks on independent media by the US Government.

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3rd September 2004 | Issue 466 - I.D.EAL CITIZEN - The proposed Children’s Bill will create a database of every child in the country - as Britain continues to sleepwalk into a surveillance society...

6th August 2004 | Issue 464 - FIRST FOR PROFIT - As Neo-Labour public transport policies are tied up with PFIs and subsidising the profits of the private companies involved, such as the First Group...

23rd July 2004 | Issue 463 - PAY AS YOU LEARN - Neo Labour have announced their five year plan for education, to end the comprehensive schools system and replace it with specialist schools, foundation schools and city academies. This “new breed” of schools will give greater freedoms for headteachers to set everything from the wages they pay their teachers to what sort of kids are allowed in the school, and give parents more ‘choice’ where they send their kids. It will also open the back door even further for private companies to get involved in education...

9th July 2004 | Issue 462 - IRAQ-ING UP THE PROFITS...

2nd July 2004 | Issue 461 - SHUT YOUR CAKE-HOLE - “The new global order has condemned people to death. They don’t care if people live or die.” - Joseph Stiglitz, The World Bank’s former Chief Economist

Sixty years ago this month, Western leaders got together at Bretton Woods to redesign the world’s financial systems, creating the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. But while they lend cash to ‘developing’ countries to help them run construction projects and meet budget deficits, their real role is to ensure that the international economy is geared to boosting the profits of Western corporations.

18th June 2004 | Issue 459/460 - G8 WAY TO HELL - “The G-8 prescribes neo-liberal policies that accelerate the concentration of wealth, attack workers’ rights, jeopardise employment, lower living conditions for the vast majority of the population, disrespect cultural differences, and harm the environment.” Dissent Network.

Last week the leaders of the eight richest countries of the world (G8) got together for the annual knees up to sort out the worlds problems, this time at the opulent Sea Island, a private luxury resort in Georgia, USA. While SchNEWS realises the world’s in a mess, asking these gangsters to sort it out is like asking a Michael Jackson to do your babysitting…

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4th May 2004 | Issue 456/7 - BITE THE BALLOT - “The government’s recent actions show that we must be cautious about claiming that only fascists use refugees as scapegoats. The truth is that the BNP has only been able to campaign so successfully on this issue because the climate is so open for it to do so. The venom of the press and mainstream politicians has normalised the message of the BNP fascists.” - Kate Taylor, Searchlight Magazine

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14th May 2004 | Issue 453 - NORM RULES OK? - “It is easier and less costly to change the way people think about reality than it is to change reality” - Morris Wolfe, PR consultant.

7th May 2004 | Issue 452 - BORN TO BE FILED - As the government publishes the Children’s Bill, which is supposed to protect children from abuse, but rather than putting more money into social services, it will create an Orwellian database of every child in the country (11 million people)...