military and law enforcement

Steven. — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:02:34 +0000

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Mutinies by Dave Lamb - histories of mutinies in World War I

1961-1973: GI resistance in the Vietnam War

Titan prisons: "consultation" ends, construction set to begin

Django — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:51:35 +0000

A new report by the Prisons Reform Trust has accompanied the end of the “consultation” period on the government's policy of constructing huge new “titan” prisons, which Gordon Brown has stated will mean the beginning of construction of the jails.

War on the streets in Armenia

little_brother — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:07:51 +0000

Eight people, including a child, were killed by police and around 100 were injured including 33 police. An apparently unrelated border fire-fight on 4/3/08 in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, disputed with neighbouring state of Azerbaijan with whom Armenia is still technically at war, broke a ceasefire agreed in 1994, killing 12 Armenian conscripts.

France: Carrefour strikers issued with summonses

jef costello — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:35:43 +0000

Workers at the hypermarket have been on strike since February the first.

Prisoner riot reverses smoking ban

catch — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:19:46 +0000

On Tuesday, smoking was banned both inside and outside of Quebec's 18 prisons. Just before midnight on Thursday, 30-50 prisoners rioted and set fire to a wing at the Orsainville detention centre near Quebec City. This was met by a statement from Public Security Minister Jacques Dupuis the morning after, stating that prisoners would be allowed to smoke outside.

France: first suicide in new youth prison

jef costello — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:34:45 +0000

The youth was being held in an établissement pénitentiaire pour mineurs (EPM penitentiary establishment for minors.) in Meyzieu. This EPM was the first in the country and since its opening it has been plagued with problems. The prison authorities kept the news from other inmates until Monday "to avoid an explosion". So far five of the planned seven EPMs have been opened.

Bangladeshi garment workers out again and escalating

Ret Marut — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:26:51 +0000

The Ninety-third Division - Black US soldiers' struggles in World War II - Nelson Peery

Ret Marut — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:38:39 +0000

Matiushenko, Afanasy Nikolaevich 1879-1907

Battlescarred — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:09:13 +0000

Afanasy Nikolaevich Matiushenko
Also spelled Afanasiy Matyushenko, born 1879 - Kharkov, Russia, died 20 October 1907 - Sevastopol, Russia

The Potemkin mutineer
Afanasy Matiushenko was the son of peasants from Kharkov province in the Ukraine. He was born in 1879, in the village of Dergachi. His father had to give up the unrewarding work of farming to become a shoemaker.

France: immigrants demonstrate against repression

jef costello — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:02:26 +0000

With the openly anti-immigration policies of the government immigrants have found themselves targetted by police. This is part of a worrying racist trend in contemporary French politics.