Symposium for a social railway

Markus Euskirchen | 24. April 2009 | Filed under: Mobility | Leave a comment

Symposium on a social railway on Saturday, 16/05/2009 with opening events on the evening of Friday, 15/05/2009 in Düsseldorf and Cologne. Organised by the German coalition against railway privatisation “Bahn für Alle”, the German Green Party (North Rhine-Westphalia) and the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), Britain. See pdf-Flyer or read more

Protest Rallies Against Turkish Dam Continue

Markus Euskirchen | 22. April 2009 | Filed under: EnergyWater | Leave a comment

Critics of the ill-conceived Ilisu Dam in Turkey today held protests and rallies all over Europe in front government buildings, banks and companies involved in the dam project. Actions were planned for Paris, Milan, Rome, Perugia, Berlin, Stuttgart and other German cities today, March 14, to mark the International Day of Action for Rivers, Water Continue reading →

Doug Henwood: Nationalize the Banks!

Markus Euskirchen | 21. April 2009 | Filed under: De-PrivatizationFinances | Leave a comment

Doug Henwood delivered ”Nationalize the Banks! What Does it Really Mean?,” on a panel organized by the Socialist Register, at the Left Forum, New York City, April 19, 2009: “The title of our session reminds me of that glorious week in Seattle back in December 1999. At that time, and for a little while afterwards, Continue reading →

What Has Free Software Got to Do with Patents on Pigs?

Markus Euskirchen | 15. April 2009 | Filed under: ActorsBiodiversity/gen.RessourcesPractical Struggles | Leave a comment

Munich, Germany. Marienplatz. Richard Stallman will speak at a joint rally against bio- and software patents in front of the European Patent Office. Read more at No Patents on Seeds and about the action day in Bavaria on April 15th (in German)

Creative Commons: The sound of Berlin

Markus Euskirchen | 9. April 2009 | Filed under: Fun Stuff/Oddities | Leave a comment

Berlincast.com was launched by Yukio Van Maren King in June of 2005 as a platform to list some recordings of different public spaces in Berlin. The sounds are published under a Creative Commons license and can be downloaded and remixed.Hear more

International Appeal for Support of the Film Project “Water makes money”

Markus Euskirchen | 7. April 2009 | Filed under: Water | Leave a comment

Every single contribution is needed, so that a film criticising the advancing privatisation of WATER, the basis of our existence, can be made! Read more

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