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Thread:Comments:New Jersey students protest proposed budget cuts/Comments from feedback form - "Students walked out to protest..."

Students walked out to protest the serious cuts made by Governor Christie, who cut 10 million dollars in state aid this year to the public schools and will not deliver 14 million in state aid next year. This action penalized frugal school districts by forcing them to drain their surpluses to meet 2010 district goals. Also, he called for teachers to take a voluntary pay-freeze and to contribute higher rates to their medical plans. He is also going after their pension funds and the lowering the way they will pay out to 20 and 30 year teachers. He wants them to also pay a 1.5% increase into their medical plans. Before the school board elections he asked all voters to fail the budgets of those districts whose teachers did not take a volutary pay freeze. Meanwhile, he will not sign back into law a tax on those who earn over $400,000 a year. He believes the highest earners in New Jersey need a tax break because too many are leaving New Jersey. He is calling this sharing the sacrifice. Meanwhile, he is singlehandedly dismantling public education in New Jersey as we know it. Unless teachers retire in droves ( perhaps, his goal) art, phys ed. and extra curricular activities will not be funded and parents will be asked to pay as they go for these extras!


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Thread:Comments:Belgium passes ban on full face veil/Useless, discriminatory and against liberty

1. A man doesn't need to wear a mask or a veil to conceal identity. Have you read about Sherlock Holmes? He could perfectly imitate a sailor, an old lady or anyone else without a mask. So skillful criminal will not attract attention by a mask or a hood. He will learn to impersonate.

2. Some people (Muslims?) prefer to wear a veil. Some time before veil wasn't unusual for the West. Nowadays this ban will be a ban against Muslims.

3. And it will be a ban against liberty to wear whatever you want. Will set of sunglasses + mask against sand/dust be considered a full face veil, for instance?

>Nobody should be able to obscure their identity when in public.

It means a surveillance state. I think the opposite: you should be able to obscure your identity as much as you can in public (and in private, too, though you will not need it).

>The full face veil says that women are not a part of society and must be covered up.

Or it says that the woman it shy and modest and prefers to hide her face.

Besides, many people in fiction like the Count of Monte Cristo are also seen wearing a disguise/mask. It doesn't imply that they are not a part of society.

Among the Tuareg of West Africa, women do not traditionally wear the veil, while men do. The men's facial covering most probably relates to protection against the harsh desert sands as well; it is a firmly established tradition. Men begin wearing a veil at age 25 which conceals their entire face excluding their eyes. This veil is never removed, even in front of family members.

>I think it's shameful that tax dollars will paid for the passing of this law, and even more disgraceful that tax dollars will be spent trying to enforce it.

Yes, it's a security theater, and it is putting more pressure on Muslims.


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Thread:Comments:Belgium passes ban on full face veil/An outrage, and a tragedy./reply (4)

Yes, the Rwandans did the killing, but in the even responsiblity ultimately rests with the Belgians, as it was a result of a century of racist indoctrination and enforced apartheid by the Belgian colonial authorities of the Tutsi and Hutu. at the time of the genocide, the belgians were in a stronger position than any other nation to intervene to stop the slaughter, but they simply looked the other way and washed their hands of it. And yes, banning KKK masks is also an attack on human liberty but it is most certainly not comparable to banning veils. The former is a public symbol of hatred intended solely to offend, while the latter is a deeply personal observance of religious duty.


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Thread:Comments:Belgium passes ban on full face veil/Useless, discriminatory and against liberty/reply

On that note, many feminist critics argue that the expectation in contemporary Western societies for a woman to wear sexualised clothing revealing large areas of of her body is a form of patriarchal oppression


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Talk:Bomb scare closes Times Square, New York

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editprotected + Scoperta autobomba a Times Square, Manhattan paralizzata per ore pl:Nowy Jork: bomba na Times Square --Diego Grez return fire 21:10, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

 * ✅ - or it's about to be ;) Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:29, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

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I know it is 8 years ago but how was "Pakistan" and "Taliban" ever in the categories??? --SVTCobra 05:23, 1 May 2018 (UTC)


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Thread:Comments:United Nations: More people with access to cell phones than toilets in India/Alarmist report from the UN/reply (2)

How many times do you use a toilet in a day? Exactly. What's the purpose of a cellphone? To stay with you constantly. I'm currently in halls of accommodation in a University in the UK - and our flat has 12+ cell phones, and 4 toilets. Anyone from the UN reading this? Hence - in terms of pure numbers - there is never a need for as many toilets as the number of cellphones.

IF they're not counting numbers - how exactly do they define 'access'? Asking you where you go in the morning? Indians are the most creative in the world I might add - if you really wanted to go, and were worried about sanitation - you might even walk into a restaurant, sit down for two minutes, drink your complimentary glass of water to get you prepped, walk into the toilet, do your business, and run like hell, before the owner admonishes you. Yes, it probably doesn't happen, but I've just given Bollywood an idea, and restaurateurs headaches. :P

Moreover, a VAST VAST part of India still lives in rural areas - where it literally is "jhaadi ke peeche" (behind the bushes), or "railway ki patri pe" (near the train tracks) (the latter because the elevated bed of gravel for the tracks shields you from passers-by), and in the fields. This has been done for eons! It's biological waste going back into the environment - no problems there.

The issues raised are of water contamination - and this may be attributed to so many different causes. In villages, it's broken down methods of water collection, in cities - it's the same, but it the latter there is also the sheer lack of amenities, and it's a pain associated with numbers, and the large population.

What they'd be much better off doing - first, is to isolate the collection of drinking water, and ensure it's free from contamination. Things as simple as preventing solid run-off from accumulating in a reservoir. I say that because you can take the horse to the water, but it's tough to make it drink. i.e. you can build toilets, but will people pay to use them?

In rural areas - they have access to their local wells and lakes - and they've never had problems for years. The arrival of these capitalist factories, and pollution of these water bodies with effluents of chemical harm, as opposed to biological virulence is a much bigger problem.

Also, a mobile phone occupies your personal space, a toilet needs plumbing and real estate. The capitalists so vaunted for bringing about the phone revolution (might I add that the government phone provider BSNL is still the largest, and the one with most penetration), and connecting people with phones only do things where there is potential for profit. Even if you set up a toilet with an LCD TV for a display of ads, and charged people Rs. 10 a go (they wouldn't go - mind you, they'd just urinate somewhere else - this is inertia) - you wouldn't make as much advertising revenue. A mobile phone on the other hand - as incrementally lucrative as is the lacuna in numbers of toilets and phones. One makes you money, the other costs money. Arguably, the cost is offset by that you'd need to spend on healthcare, but we're talking about the account books of the immediate service provider here.

Admitted, under "CSR" they are building free and tolled- toilet booths (Nirmala toilets - as part of a cleaner Bangalore is a project being undertaken by IT Giant Infosys), but the government has installed toilets at public spaces too!

All in all, yes- more has to be done - especially to clean up - and make functional the toilets that already exist. Having had to use these public toilets - which are hardly cleaned, I wouldn't be surprised if the use promoted infection rather than the opposite.

I'm only miffed that the UN has a WHOLE HOST OF OTHER MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES - where SOLUTIONS ARE NOT SO OBVIOUS - to consider, and SHOW ITS EXPERTISE IN, as opposed to taking an acknowledged problem, currently being worked on - and make a hue and cry about it. What's worse is that the report insidiously links it to a sector in which India is leading the world (cheap, remote communication) and somehow transfers the moral blame for the sanitation problem onto this brigade. I wouldn't call it deliberate, but it adds vitriol to the cabinets of the cynics who scoff at India, and her resilient resurgence, trivialising the legitimate no-mean-feat accomplishments in the telecom sector. While I assume leaders are more mature than to point out such niggles in state-discussions, to try and damage India's projection of herself as a serious power, such reporting will become the cynosure of a discussion that two people might have at a pub - and will always defeat anything positive said about India. They will know - in the back of their minds, that it's a futile attempt to resist the soft-power conquest, but they still continue to take others' dirty linen and wash it in public. But hey, we know how to live with shit.


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Thread:Comments:Belgium passes ban on full face veil/Comments from feedback form - "A little short, im py opinion,..."

A little short, im py opinion, maybe a few more paragraphs longer with more background.


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5.9 magnitude earthquake in Pichilemu, Chile revives fears of new tragedy

May 3, 2010 Another strong aftershock hit Chile early Sunday morning. The aftershock reached a magnitude of 5.9 with the epicenter located nineteen kilometers west of Pichilemu, according to the Geological Survey (UCGS).

The UCGS has also reported that the quake reached a depth of 30.1 kilometers and that the intensities in the were: Pichilemu,  and : VI; Rancagua, Santa Cruz, Lolol and : V;,  and : IV; , , , , , , , Santiago de Chile, Valparaíso and : III.

However, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that it reached a magnitude of 5.8; had a depth of 8,5 kilometers; and that the epicenter was located 65 kilometers at the southwest of, Valparaíso; 100 kilometers at the west of Rancagua, O'Higgins 105 kilometers at the northwest of , and; 135 kilometers at the southwest of Santiago, Metropolitan Region.

(National Emergencies Office), reported that Talca, located 258 kilometers south of Santiago, was the city where the aftershock was felt the strongest. Pablo Marín of ONEMI told no casualties were reported and only some telephone lines had collapsed.

More than eight aftershocks hit the area, has reported the University of Chile Geological Survey. On Sunday:
 * at the 14:52:31 local time (18:52:31 UTC), magnitude 3.3, reached a depth of 15 kilometers with epicenter three kilometers at the northwest of Pichilemu;
 * at 15:22:57 (19:22:57 UTC), magnitude 4.3, had a depth of 32.6 kilometers with the epicenter nineteen kilometers northwest of Pichilemu;
 * at 15:46:29 (19:46:29 UTC), magnitude 4.7, with a depth of 29.7 kilometers, the epicenter was located fifteen kilometers north of Pichilemu;
 * at 16:02:46 (20:02:46 UTC), magnitude 3.7, with a depth of 30.7 kilometers and the epicenter was located ten kilometers northwest of Pichilemu.

On Monday:
 * at 02:21:45 (06:21:45 UTC), magnitude 3.9, with a depth of 15.5 kilometers and the epicenter was located 2 kilometers east of Pichilemu;
 * at 02:33:28 (06:33:28 UTC), magnitude 4.6, with a depth of 15 kilometers and epicenter located 16 kilometers northwest of Pichilemu;
 * at 02:49:25 (06:49:25 UTC), magnitude 5, had a depth of 9.2 kilometers and epicenter 16 kilometers northwest of Pichilemu;
 * and at 11:43:35 (15:43:35 UTC), magnitude 3.6, depth of 28.7 kilometers and epicenter located 11 kilometers north of Pichilemu.


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Nepal Maoists begin strike to overthrow government

May 3, 2010The opposition political group in Nepal has begun a nationwide strike in an effort to force the ruling government to step down.

The strike has entered its second day, after Nepal's Prime Minister,, refused the demands of the Maoists to resign last night. After his refusal, a strike was immediately called. There are thousands of protesters in Nepal's capital,, and most businesses across the country have closed for the strike. Emergency vehicles are the only traffic allowed to move in the streets.

Protesters say they are peaceful, although police claim to have confiscated weapons and explosives. Although so far no violence has broken out, and the mood in the streets is described as festive, the government has deployed additional police in the capital, and security forces are on high alert.

The Maoists say that the ruling government is not supported by Nepal's citizens, as it has been unable to draft a constitution for the country or made any effort to continue the peace process in the country. The Maoists, which have a majority in Nepal's, are advocating to lead a national government.

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal commented: "We have been accused of playing a conspiratorial role in the creation of the constitution by the main opposition party, when they should be helping and participating in a creative way."

The leader of the Maoist party,, Nepal's former prime minister, said he hoped "[w]e'll be able to come to an understanding because our movement is completely peaceful and in the democratic norms and with the huge participation of the masses of peoples ... Our minimum demand is having a national unity government and a peace and constitution."


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Talk:Chilean earthquakes in the O'Higgins Region: photoessay

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The OR is that ... I took all the pictures :P --Diego Grez let's talk 16:18, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit request for minor copyedit by-proxy
The following changes are my suggestions for improvements to the style, but not substance, of the article:

 * First caption: I'd change "feel down" to "collapsed"
 * Second caption: "become dead" -> "been dead"
 * Seventh caption: "like the" -> "including the"
 * 8th caption: remove the first "that" and the first comma
 * 16th caption: "seen clearly" -> "clearly seen"
 * 17th caption should be rewritten entirely to "the location of the Colchagua museum prior to the 2010 Chile earthquake."
 * 18th should be rewritten to "Another house in Santa Cruz destroyed by the erthquake"
 * 32nd should be "A" house that served as "a" refuge...
 * HJ Mitchell  Penny for your thoughts?   16:09, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ I think I got em all, but not sure. Cheers, C628 (talk) 18:36, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm. The description that you corrected was just that shows as text. Try adding the same to the caption of each image (when you move the cursor over it). --Diego Grez return fire 02:43, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

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Please add Category:Lolol --Diego Grez return fire 17:28, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Please add Category:2010 Pichilemu earthquake and Category:O'Higgins Region too. --Diego Grez return fire 19:47, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Benny the mascot (talk) 20:01, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

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editprotected Wikilink La Cruz Hill > La Cruz Hill --Diego Grez return fire 17:51, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
 * See discussion at Talk:People from Pichilemu, Chile leave La Cruz Hill. --Pi zero (talk) 13:57, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 21:38, 6 September 2010 (UTC)


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Thread:Comments:Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico reported to have reached coast; offshore drilling ban announced by Obama administration/Spill Baby Spill/reply (2)

The only reason for the silence from the conservative media is that there is very little conservative media in general. Conservatives are very angry about this ban. Exclusively watching CNN or NPR, as you apparently do, however, would lead you to believe otherwise.


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Obviously offshore drilling itself is not to blame for the incident. It is the people involved in this particular oil rig that should be held accountable since no other offshore drillers did anything wrong.


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MediaWiki talk:Common.css/Portal:Chile

editprotected Please change the URL to http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Wikinews_Chile.svg/150px-Wikinews_Chile.svg.png Thanks. --Diego Grez let's talk 16:36, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
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Welcome to the Wikinews World News Quiz, giving you a chance to test your knowledge on this week's news.

Last Updated: May 2, 2010

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It's not like this hasn't happened before. Like at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I guess who ended up footing the bill and being snuffed when they asked for some compensation.


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RACIST


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Wikinews interviews Brittany Phelps, administrator of the United States Pirate Party

May 3, 2010

Wikinews reporter Peter Coti interviews Brittany Phelps, administrator of the, who talks about her job and her goals.

Interview
Who are you and what do you do?

For the past three months, I've been the administrator of the United States Pirate Party. In general, I direct and oversee the activities of the USPP. At the moment, my most challenging task is to cultivate state parties across the US. Without them, the national party is essentially insolvent.

What is the Pirate Party?

The United States Pirate Party is a relatively new party in the U.S., currently undergoing a revival after having been founded a few years ago. We are similar in nature to the various Pirate Parties found internationally, though we differ somewhat in platform and formation.

What are the goals of the Pirate Party?

We are dedicated to protecting Americans' rights to privacy, freedom of information, reforming the patent and copyright systems, and ensuring government transparency.

What are some things you personally want to change about the government?

There are a great many things I could bring up in regards to changing in the government, so I'll keep it to my three greatest concerns: Transparency, privacy, and ballot reform. Firstly, transparency is required from our government in all but the most dire situations. President seemed, at first, to be promising in this regard, but again and again since he took office, he has proven that hope to be ill-placed. is hidden from requests, more light is not shed about torture techniques, and numerous bills, most memorably the recent health care reform, are not brought to light for the promised number of days--how is this transparency?

My second qualm, privacy, is boiled down very simply--as technology grows, so does the ability to invade the privacy of citizens for the sake of a potential safeguard. This route is far from affective [sic] in its proposed function. We should take the time to find more effective ways to reduce crime without invading the privacy of law-abiding citizens. Not doing so is to treat each and every American as a criminal without a trial.

And, thirdly, ballot access. While not necessarily a plank of our platform, it is a challenge that the USPP will have to face early on. There is a long standing idea that the United States has two political parties, and that's it, end of story. I can't help but wonder of these people--do you think that the country was founded between these two parties alone? We are a nation of many people, with many ideas and many opinions. To try and simply this to a black and white dichotomy does a disservice to the nation and its people. There are shades of gray.

How did you get involved with the party?

I got involved last fall after hearing of the success of our European counterparts in their elections. I was certain that someone had started a Pirate Party in the U.S., but was surprised that I hadn't heard about it already, so I went looking. And here I am.

Do you think you have a chance against other parties?

I have no disillusions about it being difficult, but I am convinced that we have the capability to do so, yes. Furthermore, I welcome the challenge.

If you could change anything right this second about the government what would it be?

I think if I had the opportunity to change anything, it would be one of the three that I covered in question 4. I'm inclined to say ballot access, considering the immediate impact it would have for the USPP and other smaller parties, but transparency and privacy would be close contenders.

Could you take this test, and let us know where you stand on the political spectrum?

After taking the test, I got a 60%/40%, which put me just inside the zone for a "Centrist". Sounds about right. Anything else you want to add?

Just today we launched a new website, as part of our effort to restart the movement in the United States, so I invite all who read this to waltz on over to our website and take a look. Thanks for reading!


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1) Who are you and what do you do? For the past three months, I've been the administrator of the United States Pirate Party. In general, I direct and oversee the activities of the USPP. At the moment, my most challenging task is to cultivate state parties across the US. Without them, the national party is essentially insolvent.

2) What is the pirate party? The United States Pirate Party is a relatively new party in the U.S., currently undergoing a revival after having been founded a few years ago. We are similar in nature to the various pirate parties found internationally, though we differ somewhat in platform and formation.

3) What are the goals of the pirate party? We are dedicated to protecting Americans' rights to privacy, freedom of information, reforming the patent and copyright systems, and ensuring government transparency.

4) What are some things you personally want to change about the government? There are a great many things I could bring up in regards to changing in the government, so I'll keep it to my three greatest concerns: Transparency, privacy, and ballot reform. Firstly, transparency is required from our government in all but the most dire situations. President Obama seemed, at first, to be promising in this regard, but again and again since he took office, he has proven that hope to be ill-placed. ACTA is hidden from FOIA requests, more light is not shed about torture tecniques, and numerous bills, most memorably the recent health care reform, are not brought to light for the promised number of days--how is this transparency?

My second qualm, privacy, is boiled down very simply--as technology grows, so does the ability to invade the privacy of citizens for the sake of a potential safeguard. This route is far from affective in its proposed function. We should take the time to find more effective ways to reduce crime without invading the privacy of law-abiding citizens. Not doing so is to treat each and every American as a criminal without a trial.

And, thirdly, ballot access. While not necessarily a plank of our platform, it is a challenge that the USPP will have to face early on. There is a long standing idea that the United States has two political parties, and that's it, end of story. I can't help but wonder of these people--do you think that the country was founded between these two parties alone? We are a nation of many people, with many ideas and many opinions. To try and simply this to a black and white dichotomy does a disservice to the nation and its people. There are shades of grey.

5) How did you get involved with the party? I got involved last fall after hearing of the success of our European counterparts in their elections. I was certain that someone had started a pirate party in the U.S., but was surprised that I hadn't heard about it already, so I went looking. And here I am.

6) Do you think you have a chance against other parties? I have no disillusions about it being difficult, but I am convinced that we have the capability to do so, yes. Furthermore, I welcome the challenge.

7) If you could change anything right this second about the government what would it be? I think if I had the opportunity to change anything, it would be one of the three that I covered in question 4. I'm inclined to say ballot access, considering the immediate impact it would have for the USPP and other smaller parties, but transparency and privacy would be close contenders.

8) Could you take this test, and let us know where you stand on the political spectrum? http://www.theadvocates.org/quizp/index.html After taking the test, I got a 60%/40%, which put me just inside the zone for a "Centrist". Sounds about right. 9) Anything else you want to add? Just today we launched a new website, as part of our effort to restart the movement in the United States, so I invite all who read this to waltz on over to pirate-party.us and take a look. Thanks for reading!

Thank you for your time! Brittany Phelps United States Pirate Party Administrator

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Peter Coti  wrote: Hello, I am the reporter from wikinews, here are some questions I would like to ask you:

1) Who are you and what do you do?

2) What is the pirate party?

3) What are the goals of the pirate party

4) What are some things you personally want to change about the government?

5) How did you get involved with the party?

6) Do you think you have a chance against other parties?

7) If you could change anything right this second about the government what would it be?

8) Could you take this test, and let us know where you stand on the political spectrum? http://www.theadvocates.org/quizp/index.html 9) Anything else you want to add?

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Any questions or concerns e-mail me back or PM me on IRC.

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Thanks!!! Peter Coti Wikinews journalist

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Wikinews:Briefs/May 02, 2010

Intro
From Wikinews, the free news source, this is the Audio Wikinews Brief for Sunday, May 2nd, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and here are today's top stories:

Bomb scare closes Times Square, New York (0:17)
A suspicious vehicle containing a bomb was discovered in New York City's Times Square yesterday, causing the evacuation of streets surrounding the area. Reports say the vehicle, a Nissan Pathfinder, had smoke coming from the back of it around 6.30 p.m. local time, and unconfirmed reports say an unknown man ran away from the car.

The area was evacuated and a bomb squad, using a remotely operated robot, removed a package from the vehicle. Officials removed gunpowder, consumer-grade fireworks, two five-gallon cans of gasoline, three propane tanks, electrical wiring, and two clocks with batteries that apparently were fashioned as one or two detonators. The bomb has been described as "amateurish" but could have caused serious damage to Times Square if it had detonated. No casualties or injuries were reported.

Police have not named a suspect and are reviewing security footage in the area. The car used by the suspect was stolen with a non-matching license plate but its legitimate owner owner does not appear to be involved in the accident.

Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico reported to have reached coast; offshore drilling ban announced by Obama administration (1:24)
The Obama Administration in the United States has announced that the government was immediately banning all new offshore drilling until the investigation into an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed. The announcement came just a month after the administration relaxed restrictions on offshore drilling.

Oil from the spill, which occurred on April 20th when the oil platform Deepwater Horizon exploded, killing 11 workers, has begun washing ashore, and while officials have not confirmed the reports, winds continue to push the slick northward towards land, and conditions are deteriorating, making cleanup of the spill increasingly difficult.

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Since the beginning of the operation, more than 18,000 gallons of an oil/water mix have been recovered from the ocean, and after a successful test burn of oil, plans are being made to scale the burns up.

The operation to clean up the spill has accelerated in recent days, with the US Navy having joined the effort, as well as resources from the Coast Guard and British Petroleum, the lessor of the rig at the time of the explosion.

So far, the cleanup operation has laid around 210,000 feet of containment booms to protect vulnerable wildlife areas along the Gulf Coast. Yet, despite the efforts, many are still worried about the potential consequences of the spill, and officials said that the damage could end up being more than that caused by the Exxon Valdez oil spill 20 years ago, which spilled 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound.

Stones thrown by protesters in Kashmir kill civilian (3:24)
A middle-aged civilian has been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir after anti-India separatists threw stones at a bus in Srinagar. The victim, Shafiq Ahmad Sheikh, died in hospital after the stone struck his head.

The stone-pelting incident occurred in the Batmaloo area before the separatists marched to the local United Nations office to protest against Indian administration in Kashmir and "growing human rights abuses".

Farooq Ahmad, Inspector General of Police of the state, said Sheikh was an employee of the State Board of School Education and was traveling by bus to his office when the attack occurred. The attackers have since been charged with murder.

On this day in history (4:11)
In 1952, The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 made its maiden flight from London to Johannesburg.

While initially a hit with passengers, including Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mother of England, who were early passengers, problems with the plane soon surfaced. Exactly one year after the plane began operations, on May 2 1953, a flight leaving from Calcutta, India, crashed in a severe tropical storm six minutes after take off, killing all 43 on board. The crash was attributed to a structural failure of the airframe due to metal fatigue.

In the wake of these and other disasters, all remaining Comets were withdrawn from service. When a new design, the Comet 4, was introduced to service in 1958, the new Boeing 707 and the Douglas DC-8 were already being flown and orders for the Comet dried up, with the last one delivered in 1964.

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And those are the top headlines for Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

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Eurozone approves Greece bailout

May 3, 2010 The European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have agreed to provide the ailing Greek economy with 110 billion euros (US$146 billion) worth of loans over three years. Finance ministers from the sixteen countries that use the euro – known as the eurozone – approved the plan yesterday.

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German chancellor Angela Merkel commented on the proposal yesterday, saying: "The programmme is without alternative to safeguard the stability of the euro."

The Greek government yesterday predicted that the country's gross domestic product would drop by four percent this year; it also forecast the national debt, currently at 115% of GDP, will increase to 149% in 2013, before going down.

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Australian rules football: Traralgon, Maffra two games clear on top of 2010 Gippsland Football League ladder

May 3, 2010

and sit atop the 2010 Gippsland Football League (officially Gippsland League, GL) ladder after convincing wins over  and  respectively. The Gippsland League is the only major Australian rules football competition in the region according to the Victorian.

Traralgon kept Sale to five goals and fourteen for the first three quarters while scoring eleven goals and eleven behinds, a lead of thirty three points. In the end they ran out 40 point winners, 17-15 (117) to 10-17 (77).

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Talk:Australian rules football: Traralgon, Maffra two games clear on top of 2010 Gippsland Football League ladder

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1QG 	1QB 	2QG 	2QB  	3QG 	3QB  	4QG 	4QB  	PTS Maffra 	       4 	6 	6 	12 	14 	16 	18 	17 	125 Morwell 	2 	2 	4 	8 	6 	9 	12 	11 	83

1QG 	1QB 	2QG 	2QB  	3QG 	3QB  	4QG 	4QB  	PTS Traralgon 	3 	5 	7 	8 	11 	11 	17 	15 	117 Sale   	3 	1 	4 	7 	5 	14 	10 	17 	77

1 	   	Maffra  	        4  	4  	0  	0  	0  	482  	290  	166.21  16 2 	 	Traralgon        	4 	4 	0 	0 	0 	479 	303 	158.09 	16 3 	 	Drouin          	3 	2 	1 	0 	0 	343 	233 	147.21 	8 4 	 	Sale            	3 	2 	1 	0 	0 	298 	219 	136.07 	8 5 	 	Morwell         	4 	2 	2 	0 	0 	445 	383 	116.19 	8 6 	 	Leongatha       	4 	1 	3 	0 	0 	234 	340 	68.82 	4 7 	 	Wonthaggi Power 	4 	1 	3 	0 	0 	221 	448 	49.33 	4 8 	 	Moe             	3 	0 	3 	0 	0 	214 	349 	61.32 	0 9 	 	Warragul        	3 	0 	3 	0 	0 	143 	294 	48.64 	0

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Talk:Australian rules football: Maffra win 2010 Gippsland Football League grand final

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 * Broadcast and streamed online by Gippsland FM (need to confirm)

Background

 * Gippsland Football League
 * Changed name from West Gippsland Latrobe Football League
 * 9 team competition
 * Garfield left to join Elinbank and District Football League
 * Wonthaggi joined from the Alberton Football League
 * Disputed move for about five seasons
 * Finally got moved at the end of 2009
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 * only major league in gippsland: vcfl
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 * north gippsland
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Gippsland Football League (this version)

Ground

 * Morwell Recreation Reserve

Event

 * Maffra (First, defeated Traralgon in second semi)
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 * HT 8-10
 * 3QT 13-14
 * FT 17-17

 * Drouin (Fourth, defeated Leongatha in elim, defeated Morwell in first semi, defeated Traralgon in prelim)
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 * HT 8-8
 * 3QT 12-9
 * FT 15-11

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 * Under 18's Traralgon 5-6 (36) defeated by Leongatha 10-13 (73)
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first of all maoists should be ready to be transformed ln civilian party, r they ? having extortion ,intimidation, combatants ,paramilattery youth org training with khukuri n lathi how can say peaceful demonstration ?theur these type or unlawful deeds r main obstacle for succession of peaceprocess n statute drafting.


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Earthquake in Haiti causes surge of earthquake-related news

After the tragic incident in Haiti, reporters suddenly found themselves unable to turn their attention away from the earthquakes that, for so long, went ignored by the media. Specialists claim that this shouldn't be confused with a lack of other important things to talk about.


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It actually helps if you already know the law in Belgium, instead of spouting off like most of the poorly-informed people here crying "religious intolerance" or, even more ignorantly, "racism".

First off, this has bugger-all to do with Rwanda. So get that cretinous bee out your bonnet folks.

And, as nobody seems to actually know, it is already illegal in Belgium to go aound with a mask on. I covered the anti-Scientology protests in Brussels. Demonstrators were threatened wih arrest if they wore the iconic V for Vendetta masks popular for those protests.

So, on that basis, why should anyone get a special exemption for something as stupid as a medieval religious edict?


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Well, maybe because the tecnonic plates have been very active lately. Remember the California earthquake, the Chile earthquake, the Solomon, China's, and all of them?


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These articles are not being written by international reporters with a disaster-fetish, but rather by people living in the region affected. If you want these reporters to stop writing about earthquakes, please inform the ground beneath their feet that it needs to stop shaking long enough for the reporters to get distracted by something else;).

Also, here at Wikinews we have a decided lack of reporters. If you feel that we aren't covering something important, please, write the story and submit it for review. Nothing makes us happier than getting a reporter capable of producing quality material.


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Hi, I saw your comment on this article. Here at Wikinews we have a decided lack of reporters. If you feel that we aren't covering something important, please, write the story and submit it for review. Nothing makes us happier than getting a reporter capable of producing quality material. Gopher65talk 16:29, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

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Bangladesh storms kill at least 23

May 3, 2010 Stormy weather in Bangladesh left at least 23 people dead over the weekend and thousands more homeless. The storms, which are common between April and June, swept over the area and destroyed crops and trees.

Most of the deaths were said to have occurred when farmers harvesting rice paddy fields were struck by lightning. Six were in the. Additionally, the lightning killed two teenage brothers in tending to cattle in a field near their home.

Dozens of other people received injuries and were transported to hospitals. The had issued warnings for continued severe weather.

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Wikinews interviews spokesman for Greek far-left party Xekinima

May 3, 2010

Wikinews reporter Iain Macdonald today interviewed Petros Tzomakas, a Greek far-left activist and member of, which is the Greek division of the. The party is a member of (SYRIZA).

Tzomakas also sits on his local 5th Athens Municipal District committee, which is a joint effort by left-wing parties including SYRIZA, the and a number of other political parties to oppose austerity measures proposed by the government. All left-wing parties in the country except the (KKE) are involved. Tzomakas explained that the KKE prefers not to co-operate with other radical left-wing groups.

The interview comes amid tensions in cash-strapped Greece, where the government is introducing controversial austerity measures to try to ease the nation's debt-problem. An international rescue package has been prepared by European Union member states and the International Monetary Fund – should Greece require a bailout; protests have been held against government attempts to manage the economic situation.

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 How are you doing today?

We are coping; we’re looking at numbers and digits and how they're tearing us apart.

'''Has slavish pursuit of free-market capitalism been the cause of Europe, and particularly Greece's, economic woes? How, given the, and China being communist in name only, would your vision of a communist system have been better for the majority of citizens?'''

Given current circumstances I think the main goal should be to nationalise means of production and services such as banks but under democratic control by unions and local councils where it effects local economies and re-elect local representatives where needed.

There is a necessity for a planned economy but one controlled not by bureaucracy but by the people participating in it.

''' For right or for wrong, we have now reached a situation where Greece is on the brink of an international bailout. If you were given power tomorrow, what steps would you take immediately to get Greece back on track?'''

We would immediately nationalise the banks. We would refuse to pay the bonds which were called upon during this time, renationalise privatised industries and invest in such a planned economy.

Basically, we would refuse to pay debts created by the banks on our government.

 * Petros then gave some statistics on Greek defence expenditure. He stated that Greece is the 5THin the world in such expenditure; but, has only the 28TH-highest combined with the 73RD highest population count.

 Picking up on your comments about defense expenditure: Is that expenditure a result of a from Turkey, and if so, is this really an issue or a creation of a problem where there isn’t one?

There has always been tension between the governments of Greece and Turkey, some created by attempts to cover mistakes by both sides. It is no coincidence that both are in dire straits financially.

It is an artificial thing created by [the] government[s]. Of course these things can escalate; both Greece and Turkey have a policy of arms buildup. We recently had the in Turkey where they planned to create incidents within Greece in an effort to seize power.

Also, many high-ranking army officers have been prosecuted in Turkey for trying to seize power in a coup.

''' Why do you oppose the current austerity measures? What has the government, in your view, got so wrong?'''

The government, in its effort to pay back banks and in fact to pay back interest on loans, has already paid in some cases twice the original loan at high interest rates.

They're trying to grab as much money as they can and we know for a fact that’s also on the orders of the Greek capitalist class.

They are reducing the worker’s rights for more money and this actually leads to poverty. Greece will be in guaranteed recession for two years and hopes then to create a 0.1% GDP rise. That will be very hard.

We know from a variety of statistics that the working class will be made to pay around 35% of the current GDP.

Consuming will go to standstill so that in two years time debt will rise from 120% of current GDP to 150% GDP and people will suffer. We know all the loans, just like the previous loans, will be siphoned off by business and will not go into Greek coffers. It will go instead to lining the pockets of big business.

''' I have heard that people in Greece are upset that the euro has weakened Greece’s economic position, as the ’s low value actually encouraged spending by foreigners. What steps would a socialist government take to encourage new spending in Greece by both foreign tourists and investors?'''

A socialist government could actually work if other economies and other people would follow Greece’s steps. Greece would then be a self-sufficient economy and not need these investments. Of course we once had these investments, through the tourism industry, and they didn’t work.

This is whether with the new currency of the euro or the old. The government is seriously thinking of relapse right now which would be a disaster because it would be so devalued. It would possibly even go into a tailspin of devaluation.

The possibilities are grossly underestimated in Greece and not enough investments are made in these possibilities.

Tourism is the main industry in Greece because there is little cost needed in investments, and it doesn’t need a very big infrastructure.

Any infrastructure that was needed has been left to abandonment by both [the last two] governments, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement and New Democracy. A visitor can see and understand this by the shape ships and ferries are in and the way facilities are lacking.

''' How do you respond to the assertion that 'democracy is the least-worst of all the political systems tried'? Would the Greek communists accept a multi-party system where some parties would be stridently advocating free-market economics?'''

One of the difficulties people face when seeking answers about a better political system is the black-and-white approach of ideas and names. True, democracy is a necessary principle, but there are vast differences between e.g. a bourgeoise democracy and a socialist democracy...

Also especially in Greece, the term "communist" is used by many in the left, it's almost a synonym. The majority of the left would strongly disagree with a one-party model. The leaderships - what erroneously most people call "communists" - would probably desire such a system, but no-one would advocate such a demand today. The only political forces that everyone in the left agrees should be banned are those of the ultra-right, with racist and fascist agendas, and this because they stand against the principles of democracy in any case... As we can see however throughout Europe and in history the capitalist system needs such "allies" especially in times of crisis. In Greece for instance the ultra-right populist La.O.S [ ] party has proven itself an invaluable ally of PaSoK [Panhellenic Socialist Movement] in supporting the most vicious anti-labour measures, suppression of workers' rights, even a "no-questions-asked" policy of currency depositing that would favor money-laundering for illegal trades such as narcotics or human trafficking. In the mean time it tries to put the blame for the crisis caused by the financial system on scapegoats such as the immigrant and refugee populations.

If people had a fair and unbiased view of what a planned economy under democratic control could offer I believe that free-market advocates would be marginalized by the working class internationally, with no call for suppression which can lead to dangerous paths!

''' You mentioned in your email to me that the KKE does not co-operate with the rest of the nation’s left-wing community. Why is this? Does this split confuse potential voters about who to support?'''

Unfortunately the un-democratic Stalinist traditions and practices of the KKE are deeply-rooted in the Greek CP [Communist party] - one has only to read the analysis of their last congress to see this. Therefore the KKE cannot stand in coalitions as an equal to other opinions. The current leadership of the KKE not only refuses to collaborate with the rest of the left but treats it as a class enemy, on the pretext that (the largest faction in the SYRIZA coalition) voted for the "". This became more obvious during the December 2008 uprising where it denounced the youth as "agent provocateurs that seak to destabilize the country manipulating the masses to violence" and that SyRizA was "harboring vandals and criminal elements", earning shameful congratulations from the government and the far-right. Also the KKE through its union front P.A.ME. refuses to collaborate with other unions in industrial action except general strikes, and then always with separate demonstrations and rallies. This behaviour however has not gone unnoticed by the rank-and-file members, and there is sizable discontent with this hardline approach. The only thing that holds them is traditional strict party discipline and the occasional weaknesses of SyRIzA in terms of less militant, and more reformist positions projected by Synaspismos. In both cases, we expect to see developments that will answer to the indeed-confused public that does not give mass support to the left mostly because of disappointment over sectarianism, lack of militancy and larger demands rather than disagreement on principles.


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Continental and United Airlines to merge

May 4, 2010 Continental Airlines and United Airlines officially announced Monday their plans to merge after both companies' boards of directors approved the plan on Sunday afternoon. The joint company, branded as United Airlines, will take its livery from both airlines, acquiring the United name and using the Continental Globe and colors, giving it a co-branded look. This merger will allow Continental and United to surpass the recent Delta and Northwest merger, becoming the largest airline in the world when the merger is finalized.

The two airlines failed to reach an agreement on a separate merger several years ago when Continental dropped out of the talks. Some experts cited United's poor financial status as being one of the contributing factors for the breakdown in talks. This led United to begin merger talks with alliance partner, which also failed to come to fruition.

The stock price of both companies rose when news of their merger was announced. Unlike most mergers, this one is relatively even in terms of what each company receives as a result. United Airlines is taking 55% control of the combined company and keeping its name, as well as becoming the main base for the group in Chicago. Continental’s Chief Executive Officer will become the CEO of the combined company, known as United Continental Holdings Inc, and will gain control of the other 45% of the new airline.

Since base operations are moving to Chicago, the city of Houston recently submitted proposals arguing for not cutting Continental’s over 1,000 jobs in Texas. Little has been said as to what will happen to regional carriers, like, that work closely with the two companies. For now, the companies will remain operating independently pending a anti-trust review which will set the stage for finalization of the merger later this year.


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The background information is taken from the following paragraph Petros supplied when I asked for a little bit of background on himself:

"My name is Petros Tzomakas, and I'm a member of Xekinima (Greek section of CWI) which is a part of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) as well as the PA.S.E.E.P.Y union (panhellenic union for workers in companies providing services). I am also on the local 5th Athens Municipa District commitee, a joint effort of SyRizA, AntArSyA and other parties against the new auserity measures (the only non-participant is the KKE which by default doen not cooperate with any other left forces)." I will forward that email to Scoop.

The paragraph in the lead starting The interview comes amid tensions in cash-strapped Greece... is readily available background info which should all be in the related news article.

The interview itself was done by telephone. I am currently processing my notes, since in current form they are garbled and understandable only to me. Most of the notes are verbatim quotes. I will paste these here in full when I am done. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:11, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

I have completed working with my notes for all but the last two questions. The last two I sent in an email to avoid running up my phone bill even higher. I am awaiting his response. When that comes in, I will paste both my notes and his email in the space below, and forward his email to scoop. If you want to know how I'd heard that the Greek's were concerned about the euro value compared to the Drachma, that's from socialising with Greeks during my recent stay in Rhodes (which was extended courtesy of Iceland). Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:17, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Alright, Petros has mailed me his responses to the last two questions. So, first my notes for the stuff before:

How are you doing today?

We are coping; we’re looking at numbers and digits and how theyre tearing us apart.

Has slavish pursuit of free-market capitalism been the cause of Europe, and particularly Greece's, economic woes? How, given the Soviet collapse, and China being communist in name only, would your vision of a communist or at least a socislist system have been better for the majority of citizens?

Given current circumstances I think the main goal should be to nationalise means of production and services such as banks but but under democratic control by unions and local councils wher it effects local econmies and re-elect local represetatives where needed.

There is a necessitiy for a planned economy but one controlled not by buerocracy but by the people participating in it.

For right or for wrong, we have now reached a situation where Greece is on the brink of an international bailout. If you were given power tomorrow, what steps would you take immediately to get Greece back on track?

We would immediately nationslise the banks. We would refuse to pay the bonds which were called upon durin this time, renationalise privatised industries and invest in such a planned economy.

Basically, we would refuse to pay debts created by the banks on our government.

Defense exp:

5th in world expend world but 28th gdp and 73rd pop count

Picking up on your comments about defense expenditure: Is that defense expenditure a result of a perceived threat from Turkey, and if so, is this really an issue or a creation of a problem where there isn’t one?

There has always been tension between the governments of Greece and Turkey, some created by attempts 2 cover mistakes by both sides. It is no coincidence that both are in dire straits financially.

It is an artificial thing created by government. Of course these thngs can escalate; both Greece and Turkey have a policy of arms buildup. We recently had the sledgehammer controversy in Turkey where they planned to create incidents within Greece in an effort to seize power.

Also, many high-ranking army officers have been prosecuted in turkey for trying to seize power in a coup.

Why do you oppose the current austerity measures? What has the government, in your view, got so wrong?

The government in its effort to pay back banks and in fact to pay back interest on loans has already paid, in some cases twice the original loan at high interest rates.

They’re trying to grab as much money as they can and we know for a fact that’s also on the orders of the greek capitalist class.

They are reducing the worker’s rights for more money and this actually leads to poverty. Greece will be in guaranteed recession for 2 years and hopes then to create a 0.1% gdp rise. That will be very hard.

We know from a variety of statistics that the working class will be made to pay around 35% of the current GDP.

Consuming will go to standstill so that in two years time debt will rise from 120% of current GDP to 150% GDP and people will suffer. We know all the loans, just like the previous loans, will be siphoned off by business and will not go into Greek coffers. It will go instead to lining the pockets of big business.

I have heard that people in Greece are upset that the euro has weakened Greece’s economic position, as the Drachma’s low value actually encouraged spending by foreigners. What steps would a socialist government take to encourage new spending in Greece by both foreign tourists and investors?

A socialist government could actualy work if other economies and other people would follow Greece’s steps. Greece would then be a self-sufficient economy and not need these investments. Of course we once had these investments, through the tourism industry, and they didn’t work.

This is whether with the new currency of the euro or the old. The government is seriously thinking of relapse right now which would be a disaster because it would be so devalued. It would possibly even go into a tailspin of devaluation.

The possbilities are grossly underestimated in Greece and not enough investments are made in these possibilities.

Tourism is the main industry in Greece because there is little cost needed in investments, and it doesn’t need a very big infrastructure.

Any infastructure that was needed has been left to abandonment by both [the last two] governments, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement and New Democracy. A visitor can see and understand this by the shape ships and ferries are in and the way facilities are lacking.

And his email response to the last two:

How do you respond to the assertion that 'democracy is the least-worst of all the political systems tried'? Would the Greek communists accept a multi-party system where some parties would be stridently advocating free-market economics?

One of the difficulties people face when seeking answers about a better political system is the black-and-white approach of ideas and names. True, democracy is a necessary principle, but there are vast differences between eg. a bourgeoise democracy and a socialist democracy...

Also especially in Greece, the term "communist" is used by many in the left, it's almost a synonym. The majority of the left would strongly disagree with a one-party model. The stalinist leaderships -what erroneously most people call "communists"- would probably desire such a system, but no-one would advocate such a demand today. The only political forces that everyone in the left agrees that should be banned are those of the ultra-right, with racist and fascist agendas, and this because they stand against the principles of democracy in any case...As we can see however throughout Europe and in history the capitalist system needs such "allies" especially in times of crisis. In Greece for instance the ultra-right populist La.O.S party has proven itself an invaluable ally of PaSoK in supporting the most vicious anti-labour measures, suppression of workers' rights, even a "no-questions-asked" policy of currency depositing that would favor money-laundering for illegal trades such as narcotics or human trafficking. In the mean time it tries to put the blame for the crisis caused by the financial system on scapegoats such as the immigrant and refugee populations...

If people had a fair and unbiased view of what a planned economy under democratic control could offer I believe that free-market advocates would be marginalized by the working class internationally, with no call for suppression which can lead to dangerous paths!

You mentioned in your email to me that the KKE does not co-operate with the rest of the nation’s left-wing community. Why is this? Does this split confuse potential voters about who to support?

Unfortunately the un-democratic stalinist traditions and practices of the KKE are deeply-rooted in the Greek CP-one has only to read the analysis of their last congress to see this. Therefore the KKE cannot stand in coalitions as an equal to other opinions. The current leadership of the KKE not only refuses to collaborate with the rest of the left but treats it as a class enemy, on the pretext that Synaspismos (the largest faction in the SYRIZA coalition) voted for the "Maastricht Treaty". This became more obvious during the December 2008 uprising where it denounced the youth as "agent provocateurs that seak to destabilize the country manipulating the masses to violence" and that SyRizA was "harboring vandals and criminal elements", earning shameful congratulations from the government and the far-right...Also the KKE through its union front P.A.ME. refuses to collaborate with other unions in industrial action except general strikes, and then always with separate demonstrations and rallies. This behaviour however has not gone unnoticed by the rank-and-file members, and there is sizable discontent with this hardline approach. The only thing that holds them is traditional strict party discipline and the occasional weaknesses of SyRIzA in terms of less militant, and more reformist positions projected by Synaspismos...In both cases, we expect to see developments that will answer to the indeed-confused public that does not give mass support to the left mostly because of disappointment over sectarianism, lack of militancy and larger demands rather than disagreement on principles...

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