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Update on DSEi blockade

01-09-2003 09:56

Blockade at Excel Centre is still going strong, preventing the exhibitors from entering the site and setting up.

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The Empire and the Crescent: A Conference Examing the Global Implications For a

01-09-2003 08:26

This event has been organized by the B’ham Stop the war Coalition and Amal Press, and the aim of this evening is to try and understand what is really going on, and what roles we have to play as human beings and citizens of the world. It is taking place to launch an anthology of the same title.

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US Army Herd Iraqi Old and Young in Barbed Wire

01-09-2003 07:48



HAMREEN, Iraq - Iraqi sheep farmer Thani Mushlah was asleep on his roof when the American soldiers arrived before dawn.

"They banged open my door, came for me and made me lie face down on the floor and stuck a broom-stick up my ass in front of my wife and children," he said.

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Activists halt preparations for DSEi

01-09-2003 07:29

Activists halt preparations for Europe's largest arms fair

At 8am this morning, 1st September, a group of 40 activists halted preparations for Europe's largest arms fair, DSEi (Defence Systems and Equipment International), by blocking vehicle access to the site. Both of the roads leading to the conference venue, the ExCel centre in London's Docklands, were blocked. One by two tripod structures and the other by activists linked together using metal arm tubes.

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Petition against the Apartheid Wall

01-09-2003 05:12

Please sign the Petition against the Apartheid Wall in Palestine in solidarity with the Intern'l Day Against the Wall (9th of November).

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On the record - Global citizens database

01-09-2003 01:56

IF YOU were thinking of taking your summer holidays in the
United States this year you might like to know that, under an
agreement between the European Commission and the US federal
authorities, items of personal information will be
communicated, without your consent, by the airline company
with which you travel to the US Customs. Even before you
board the plane the US authorities will already know your
surname, first name, age, address, passport number, credit
card number, state of health, food preferences (which could
indicate your religion) and your previous travels.

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workers enquiry group from germany coming to the uk

01-09-2003 00:44

workers enquiry group coming to uk

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A Power But Not Super

01-09-2003 00:09

Third World Leader leads a faulty electoral system and infrastructure.

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Smash Sequani

31-08-2003 21:11

Smash the animal torturers. Enough is enough. One death is one too many.

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National Security Protection Sheme against State violation...

31-08-2003 19:51

This article reveals an untested security protection theory.

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LARKIN 2003

31-08-2003 19:19

Details of Larkin 2003

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Call for UK Government Regime Change

31-08-2003 19:15

A resolution passed by a local peace group in Ayrshire is expected to start a national avalanche of calls for Tony Blair’s resignation. Other organisations, large and small, are being encouraged to adopt and pass the resolution. Ayrshire North Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, meeting in Irvine on the 26th August 2003, called for the Prime Minister to stand down in recognition that his action caused and continues to cause unnecessary suffering against the will of the British people. Hindsight and the Hutton enquiry, they say, show his professed reasons for supporting the USA in an unpopular, illegal and immoral war were unfounded.

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PHONEY AND HIS CABAL

31-08-2003 18:54

Phoney's cabal are a sorry bunch.

They can't even make up a good lie and stick to it.

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Poster for We Interrupt This Empire screening

31-08-2003 16:54

Please download, print and distribute this poster to let people know about the screening on Wednesday.

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philosophical aspects of software patents

31-08-2003 16:45

SWpatux
von Boutet F. from Touluse - 31.08.2003 00:57

The debate on software patentability also addresses old philosophical questions : are computing machines intelligent ? Can we think of making software applications patentable withtout asking what represents these applications for humans and for the european society ? If programmed machines are intelligent, can we patent intelligence ?

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Update from Jenin

31-08-2003 16:20

Report and footage from the streets of occupied Jenin

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Defund the WAR machine..

31-08-2003 14:25

Vote with your money if you want your vote to count

Defund the war machine? Yes we can!

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A bad day among many in Nablus

31-08-2003 13:23

The IOF breaking yet another human rights law by using a human shield
Things in Nablus have got a little crazy over the last week or so. The army re-invaded the Old City, imposing curfew making house to house/shop to shop searches, blowing off doors willy nilly, occupying homes and making the families stay in one or two rooms, trashing homes, wrecking produce and livlihoods.

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The Things That Keep Us Here

31-08-2003 13:07

A searing report on US Soldier war crimes from Caoimhe...