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website hacked

29-11-2004 17:45

wesite hacked

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immigration problems

29-11-2004 17:30

today 29th November a lorry containing at least 5 foreign illegal entrants to the UK were seen to exit from the trailer of the vehicle in the sleepy village of Overthorpe,N0orthaptonshire.The driver was detained by police officers owing to the driver of another lorry blocking the road so as to prevent the Portugese driver from leaving the scene.

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Bush,The Bible-Ol'Leviticus & gays

29-11-2004 17:11


Amusing item that was sent around by Email. Please feel free to further circulate.

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Oppose London's bid for the Olympics in 2012

29-11-2004 16:54

In February 2005, delegates from the International Olympic Committee will be visiting east London, providing an opportunity to expose the misleading and shallow populism of the supporters of the London Olympic bid. This is an appeal from one east London resident for activists to come together and campaign to stop the London Olympic bid in its tracks.

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Undercurrents talk at Oxford Brookes Uni

29-11-2004 15:54

Zoe Broughton of Undercurrents will be giving a talk and video screening on "The News You Don't See on The News" at Oxford Brookes University this Thursday at 6pm.

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Cambridge architecture closure demo - Photos

29-11-2004 15:47

Hundreds of people from the Cambridge architecture dept. and the whole university gathered to protest about the imminent closure of the department. Photos of the event follow...

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Making a Killing: The Corporate Invasion of Iraq

29-11-2004 15:18

Naomi Klein, author of the anti-globalisation treatise, No Logo, gave a talk at Friends Meeting House in London on the corporate rape and pillage of Iraq, 24 November 2004.

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Free Lunch Paid For By New Deal......But We're Not Invited.

29-11-2004 15:05

Free Lunch Paid For By New Deal...But You're NOT Invited!

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Solidarity South Pacific - BENEFIT DINNER!

29-11-2004 13:33

SSP Benifit Dinner @ Maelstom.

Solidarity South Pacific was born from the radical eco-movement that aids west papuan tribal resistance, 'Earth First!' groups, tribal, eco struggle in the philippines and the revolution in Bougainville.

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Resisting the G8 summit 2005 meeting

29-11-2004 11:02

Resisting the G8 summit 2005: meeting 7.30 pm Thursday 2nd November

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Talk by Palestinian headteacher, arrested last year - Dec 7th

29-11-2004 10:17

Talk: "Struggle and Hope under Siege". Speaker Ibrahim Brahim Issa, Head of Hope Flowers School, Bethlehem.

Tuesday 7th December, 7pm
St. Antony's College, Woodstock Road, Oxford.

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Coffee afternoon in support of Palestinian communities in need - Sat Dec 4th

29-11-2004 10:11

Pre-Christmas coffee afternoon in support of Palestinian communities in need.

Saturday 4th December 2pm – 6pm

At: 8 Lewis Close, Risinghurst, Oxford OX3 8JD.

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Schuh picket last Saturday

29-11-2004 10:06

Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign picketed Schuh in Oxford city centre, to protest their stocking of Caterpillar products. Caterpillar sells bulldozers to the state of Israel which are used to demolish Palestinian homes, winning them the "Homewrecker of the Year Award" this year.

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"News from Within" subscriptions

29-11-2004 09:36

Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign offers subscriptions to Palestinian Magazine

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COAST TO COAST - AMERICANS ARE PROTESTING

29-11-2004 05:10

Recently, I was involved in a project that required a visit to every
Independent Media Center in the country. I learned of an enormous
movement happening across the United States that literally astounded
me. There are protests and marches in every major city in
the country.




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Mother & 8 year old son ‘removed’ under cover of darkness

29-11-2004 03:23

Lina & Miguel
Local MP’s, church leaders and education officials yesterday pleaded with the Home Secretary, David Blunkett, the Minister for Children, Margaret Hodge & the Minister for Immigration, Des Browne, to intervene in the case of an 8 year old child and his mother who had been aggressively and illegally removed from their home in Bristol and were being held at a secure facility outside Gatwick airport, facing deportation to Colombia.

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Computer chaos hits DWP:A Press Release

29-11-2004 02:26

An article published on private Kablenet a couple of days ago, worth reading since they are explicitly asking if anyone has been affected by the experience.

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Senior judge calls for DNA database

29-11-2004 00:30

The law lords were told in a recent case that of more than 130,000 retained DNA profiles of unconvicted people, about 6,000 had been subsequently linked to samples found at scenes of crimes.

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KNOW YOUR PLACE

28-11-2004 23:27

Shelter are determined you will not read this without visiting their website.

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Cambridge Architecture department axed - Demo

28-11-2004 23:24

The University of Cambridge has decided to close down its architecture department. A demo is planned by CUSU and ArcSoc on Monday, 1pm in front of the senate house.