On 16th December activists will attempt to take over the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen for a day and set the agenda. We speak to one of organisers of the various mass actions that are planned for the talks.

Dirty Electricity
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Professor Tim Jackson, advisor to UK government (Sustainability Commissioner). New book on "Prosperity Without Growth, Economics for a Finite Planet" does't duck challenges of peak oil, climate, economic crisis. Redefining "prosperity" beyond GDP. Interview from Ecoshock Show 091120 22 min

In his professional capacity as an army psychiatrist, he undoubtedly heard the deepest fears, hatreds, and perhaps racist revulsions against Arabs and Muslims, as expressed by his military comrades. What kind of stresses and conflicts could this have sparked in the man's mind?

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This is an update on the student takeover of the CSU-Fresno library. The audio below is 3:45 minutes long.

One of the greatest theorists, analysts and critics of colonialism was the late Martinican psychiatrist Frantz Fanon, but Dr. Fanon's work dwelled on the crises of colonialism in Africa. We like to think that colonialism was a problem of yesteryear -- the '60's, '70's and early '80's. It's history -- right?

Venezuela News Headlines #92 (Audio: 11min, 14sec) Chavez Rejects U.S. Mediation in Venezuela-Colombia Spat, U.S. Withdrawal is "Only Solution" - Chavez Says Venezuela Will Defend Itself Against Colombian-U.S. Aggression - Venezuela Declares Commitment to Peace and Dialogue, Prepares Defense of Natural Resources - United Socialist Party of Venezuela Elects Congress Delegates amidst Debates over Party Direction - Venezuelan Government Takes Hold of Two Largest Coffee Companies - Venezuela Destroys 32,000 Firearms to Fight Crime - Venezuelan Trade Unionists Organize to Defend the "Bolivarian Revolution"

Students and allies shut down University of California Santa Cruz and occupy Kresge Town Hall.

After my first year in exile accused of Australia's rarest crime (60C - just google it), the gang law media frenzy started because of what happened at Sydney Airport in March 2009.Before that I was campaigning against this law (and so were some MP's!), that happens to offically be the first outlaw motorcycle gang law ever introduced in Australia.

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday November 16th, 2009.

Peenacker America - a place where godless nazi savages
rule their dying existence for escaping war criminals.
Robbing US blind with as BOASTED!, a belligerent
ignorance on the simplest precepts of Justice; such as
evidence to actually convince ourselves of something.
Bush closed 911 investigations.

As conventional sources of oil become rarer the energy corporations have started the mass extraction of oil from the tar sands of Alberta. This is a filthy process that involves vast open cast mines, tailing ponds that can be seen from space and the use of huge quantities of water and energy making it a major cause of climate change. On Saturday Heather Milton Lightening of the Indigenous Environmental Network spoke to a national Shell to Sea meeting in Dublin about this struggle (last night she spoke in Inver, Erris). This is a 50 minute recording of that talk and the discussions that followed it.

As the UN climate talks end in Barcelona, the prospects for getting a fair deal which will be strong enough to stop catastrophic climate change are looking slim. In response, a handful of people in Australia and the US have started a hunger strike for Climate Justice.

Quilombo Arte Presents OTHERGROUND all stars showcase Bocafloja, Para la Gente (PLG), Guerrilla Queenz, Poetic S, and Machetero at the Watsonville Brown Beret's Art Space.

Hoods Unite, Bang for Freedom!: Immortal Technique, Cesar A. Cruz, and the Watsonville Brown Berets at O'Connell High School in San Francisco's Mission District.

Listen to WILD TIME host Thomas Janak in conversation with Ahmed Diab
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Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for November 7th to the 13th, 2009