https://freerepublic.com/tag/antiglobalisation/ en-us Sat, 4 Oct 2003 21:48:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/995199/posts Hundreds of anti-globalisation rioters in Rome October 4, 2003(22:37) In Rome Italian riot police fired tear gas to break up a protest by anti-globalisation demonstrators outside a summit where European leaders were mulling over a new EU constitution. At least eight people were injured and 24 detained in the clashes near the heavily fortified venue in Rome's EUR district. Eight were held in custody. Earlier a group of hooded rioters had earlier attacked a bank near the summit conference centre, damaging the building's reinforced glass windows. Meanwhile, European Union defence ministers have agreed that the bloc should aim to take... RTÉ https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/995199/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2003 21:48:24 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/706884/posts Western leftists find themselves in strange company when it comes to the Middle East. Are they really happy to line up with neo-Nazis and Islamic fundamentalists? By Mick Hume Once upon a time, a hundred years or so ago, it was fashionable to attack something called "Jewish capitalism". August Bebel, a German friend of Karl Marx, described this attempt to give anti-Semitism a progressive spin as "the socialism of fools". Today's fashion for Israel-bashing seems to me to represent a similar foolishness. It is not old-fashioned anti-Semitism. But there is a growing tendency to endorse dubious ideas under the guise... New Statesman https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/706884/posts#comment Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:42:51 GMT