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Protestors Gather to Declare: Protest Is Not TERRORISM!
, 11.10.2007 21:08
On Saturday afternoon, October 6, 2007, under a brilliant sky, fifty activists converged on the plaza in Maverick Square in East Boston, Massachusetts to sound the alarm about events in El Salvador. Led by CISPES and joined by the Cambridge-El Salvador Sister City Project and Centro Presente, the rally was called to bring attention to the arrests of 13 people in Suchitoto for simply speaking out against the government’s water privatization policy. Speakers throughout the afternoon outlined the new anti-terror law under which the thirteen were charged with acts of terror and face up to 50 years in jail for being at or near a lawful protest.
Racism in the Law Everywhere: New Statement on the situation in Toledo
, 11.10.2007 20:07
Racism in the Law Everywhere: New Statement on the Situation in Toledo
Tropa de elite acreana leva terror e violência a ocupação no Bahia Velha
, 11.10.2007 18:38
DESOCUPAÇÃO EM BAHIA VELHA
Aboriginal Rights
, 11.10.2007 16:09
No justice without apology - Howard must make peace with Aboriginal Australians
Portway Park & Ride Expansion Criticised
, 11.10.2007 09:07
Park and Ride be expanded from a 320 to 820 parking spaces - but is it worth it? Park and Ride be expanded from a 320 to 820 parking spaces - but is it worth it? Kathryn Courtney-O'Neil writes: Bristol City Council are proposing that the Portway Park and Ride be expanded from a 320 car parking space site to an 820 parking space site. This would add a further 500 spaces to an already underperforming Park and Ride site that they admit "is not used to capacity" and "fallen below our expectations and has been slow, but there has been an 8% increase in usage in the past year". This is five and a half years since it originally opened in April 2002. But I forget. Government grants are being thrown at this and similar projects so why should we care anyway. It's not our money or is it?! ...The Council want to add a further 500 car parking spaces "to coincide with the opening of Cabot Circus and be ready for other future projects". However the traffic flow continues the same in both directions throughout the day, to and from Avonmouth Industrial Estate which is heavily used due to no public transport availability and of course being docks, warehousing, industrial and other business in the area....So what if the Portway Park and Ride expansion went ahead? Say if the research they were given was incorrect, the Government grants run out, the Park and Ride again falls below expectation and there is no money in the kitty to keep it running what then? Does it go bust and the site is closed leaving people that use the service high and dry? Do they try and get someone else to take it over? Do they go cap in hand to the Council and ask the city (that's all Bristolians many of which won't be using the service for obvious reasons, for example live no where near the area) for a hand out to keep it running because it expanded beyond the demand of the service. And is it fair on the Park and Rides that are self supporting? How long would that continue? And you know the people who lose out? It's the people who are currently using the service. Why should they suffer? They didn't do the market research, were unlikely to be included in the current research that Bristol City Council have used so far in the leaflet, and were not responsible for the purse strings either....Full article.| Portway Park and Ride (Bristol) should not be allowed to expand. | www.myspace.com/portwayparkandride | Portway Park & Ride Discussion Group | Other Transport News: Camp Hope: Taking Action to Stop Airport Expansion in Gloucestershire | Councillors and passengers say 'Get well soon First' | Chooseday: Tuesdays Without Cars-- Launch Coming Up! |Contribute An Article | How To Contribute Articles - A Brief Guide | Add To The Calendar