Direct Action (SolFed) #27 2003

The statue of liberty sits atop a pile of skulls on a petrol pump.

An issue of this anarcho-syndicalist magazine published by the Solidarity Federation and themed around "Evil Empires".

Submitted by Fozzie on September 6, 2022

Contents

  • How green is my biofuel? Given the oil wars, is the European Union scared of running on empty? There's more to green fuels initiatives than meets
    the eye.
  • Evil Empires - A short history: From the Romans to the Bushes (sic) in a 10-minute read.
  • The spOILs of war: Because the oil trade is based on the dollar, oil-importing countries are hooked on it. This sustains almost unlimited military spending by the US to secure more oil. Meanwhile, oil-exporting countries have billions of dollars to invest back into the US economy.
  • The Serbian resistance
  • This slaughter must be stopped!
  • Foil the base
  • Legalising contamination
  • Crap comrades
  • MayDay
  • Indian summer
  • Elections retrospective
  • On the edge: 'T&G' Clmrles; Met's new riotcop; Royal scroungers; Doorstep bully; Justice Italian-Style; Protesters hijack radio; What will you send?; WMD Bristol; GM Update; Witch-hunting
  • international news:
    US, India, Australia, China, Poland, Iceland, Italy.
    Feature: Jordan's Sweatshops
    globalfocus: Latin Troubles
    Venezuela/Colombia/Argentina: Updates on the mayhem in South America, as unreported in the mainstream
    media.
  • Imperial ambition: An interview with Noam Chomsky.
  • blairedvision: A Lower Class Degree - Education, education, education? What the HE White Paper really means.
  • justicepage: Mumia, Prison Survival, Giannis Serifis
  • reviewfeatures: CD Activism:
    Informed Dissent - anti-war benefit compilation Video CD with footage of anti-war actions, music videos and Noam Chomsky interviews.
    The activist toolbox - complete guide to activism in credit-card size from the UHC Collective.
    Chomsky on terrorism - Chomsky's most anticipated lecture ever.
    30 years on - retrospective on Small is beautiful - a study of economics as if people mattered.
  • book reviews
    The new rulers of the world - John Pilger
    hotlines - call centre I inquiry I communism
    Anarchism vs. Primitivism - Brian Sheppard
  • Anti-globalisation... and the myth of the ‘good’ oppressor: Many have tried to articulate the aims and rationale of the anti-globalisation movement. Within some of the more popular arguments lurk suspect theories that mistake the symptom for the cure. Anti-globalisation... and the myth of the ‘good’ oppressor: Many have tried to articulate the aims and rationale of the anti-globalisation movement. Within some of the more popular arguments lurk suspect theories that mistake the symptom for the cure.
  • notes+letters
  • DA resources: Info ., upcoming events, campaigns, friends & neighbour

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