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DIS-ASD on old kent rd.

03-02-2004 13:41


Media fills in the gap in lack of support for the anti-walmart campaign.

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Organ, women and children trafficking in Moldova

03-02-2004 13:38

The article, by a former diplomat, is the first of a series on what is going in Moldova. It features interviews with local residents and covers specifically organ trafficking (children and women trafficking will be in later articles)

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WMD - MASINT - keeping your eye on the ball [cw]

03-02-2004 12:41

some interesting reading

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Dochouse Films

03-02-2004 12:10

One powerful film about Chechnya
One view of life in Post Soviet Kyrgyzstan and
The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan

upcoming screenings from DOCHOUSE at the Ritzy and the Other Cinema

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Part Time Prisoner

03-02-2004 11:04

Going to spend the £1.20
According to the UK Hardware store 'Wilkinson's', their use of compulsory prison labour is, "helping to rehabilitate prisoners and increase their employability". This is of course a thin smokescreen for ruthless opportunism since it's hard to imagine how packing small items for Wilko's is going to rehabilitate prisoners, who prior to the intervention of these greedy private companies, had far greater access to education and were able to learn proper trade skills. Companies like Wilkinson's merely see this slave labour force as something to exploit in order to increase their profits, and all subsidised by the taxpayer. UK Home Secretary David Blunkett is now moving to get prisoners to pay for their own incarceration by introducing so-called part-time prisons, so no doubt they're going to also be required to do part-time jobs.


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More bad news for Bayer - EU on line to prohibit GM oilseed rape crops

03-02-2004 10:32

An environmental victory for biodiversity as Belgium rejects Bayer application and urges all member states to follow suit.




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French activists oppose German plutonim factory sale to China

03-02-2004 09:54

The French anti-nuclear network Réseau Sortir du Nucléaire has stated its opposition to the sale of a German plutonium factory to China. At its annual meeting on 31.1./1.2.2004 in Brioude, Haute Loire, the group adopted this statement:

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Hutton Inquiry : ACT NOW !

03-02-2004 09:18

This Wednesday Parliament will be debating the Hutton Inquiry. I urge you to contact your MP by fax at  http://www.owos.info/ to call for a FULL and OPEN independent inquiry.

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Israel Wants US Report Held After the Hague

03-02-2004 06:41

Israel has asked the U.S. administration to postpone publication of the State Department's annual report on human rights around the world, fearing it will be used against Israel in the discussion on the separation fence at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

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More Disasters Hit Congo

03-02-2004 04:05

Following the tragic November 25, 2003 capsizing of a ferry boat in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the waterways have turned deadly yet again. In that accident, the overloaded boat turned over in choppy water on Lake Mayi Ndombe and more than 150 people were killed.

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Detention centre asylum demo target

03-02-2004 02:55

Informative Big Issue article about asylum seekers and the Saturday's demo (before it happened.)

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informal meeting of alter-globalists, edinburgh, tomorrow

03-02-2004 02:39

first meeting of anti-capitalist collective dissent!edinburgh wednesday evening from 5.30pm at forest cafe [ www.theforest.org.uk ]

all welcome

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Terrorist Alert!

03-02-2004 00:54

Don't let the Smoking Gun be a Mushroom Cloud.(tm)
Have you seen these Suspected Terrorists(tm)?

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Aida refugee Camp, Palestine -update-

02-02-2004 23:15

Aida refugee Camp, Bethlehem, Palestine.

Mohammad Abu Odah killed by the IDF. Family house imploded.
5 hours of war havoc on the streets of Aida.

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Who Is Really Selling Weapons of Mass Destruction

02-02-2004 22:11

The answer is not what you think (or maybe it is)...

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CRUELTY of LONDON'S SECRET CHAMBER of HORRORS

02-02-2004 21:23

David Blunkett can't see anything wrong with Belmarsh – an unfortunate side effect of his optical condition perhaps.......

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Dress to Oppress & NIne Ladies

02-02-2004 21:00

"Truth and the World"
Stuff happening in M/c

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Doubts about Hutton's role as Coroner's Inquest

02-02-2004 19:45

A clear need exists to scrutinise more closely Dr Hunt's conclusions as to the cause of death.

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Two US Soldiers ask: "When will we stop dying so senselessly?"

02-02-2004 19:13

Over the Christmas holidays I managed to find two US soldiers who were back from Iraq. They were both somewhat willing to be interviewed and describe their time in Iraq in their own words.

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Support for Iraqi resistance is 'thought crime'

02-02-2004 18:10

John Pilger
Australia's Green-left website www.greenleft.org.au is mysteriously down (6pm GMT). Could it be because the lead interview - with award winning Journalst John Pilger - encourages the anti war movement in the west to build links with the Iraqi resistance? Could it be a thought-crime website? If so well done Greenlefties in Oz! Anyway here is that INTERVIEW.