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TRAVELLER CAFÉ AND FILM NITE

24-03-2005 12:04

Benefit night for Traveller support groups, come to eat, watch films
and
get information on supporting Gypsy and Traveller sites resist
evictions
and racist harassment, campaign against bailiff company Constant and Co
and help raise some money for future actions…

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free film night - london rising tide presents

24-03-2005 11:28

freee film night, ffod and discussion at LARC, whitechapel, london

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peaceful protesters beaten in Bishkek

24-03-2005 11:01

From the Kyrgyz Committee of Human Rights- a selection of news announcements regarding the situation on the ground in Bishkek.

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March and public meeting against anti-Gypsy racism

24-03-2005 09:02

Saturday 9th April 2005
Assemble and commemoration at St James's Church, Piccadilly (12 noon)
March to Trafalgar Sq (1pm)
Public meeting at Jurys Hotel, Great Russell Street (3pm)

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Iraq, oil and conspiracy theories

24-03-2005 07:49

"... we may be right or we may be wrong, I mean people have their different views about why we're doing this thing. But the oil conspiracy theory is honestly one of the most absurd when you analyse it." Tony Blair, 6 Feb 2003

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GSL not fit to run detention centres!

24-03-2005 00:26

Despite having lost control of Yarl's Wood in 2003 (it was burnt to the ground with inmates locked inside), and being condemned for racism in a BBC documentary in March 2005, GSL have been awarded a 10-year contract to the run the horrendous new immigation accomodation centre in Bicester, Oxfordshire.

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Solidarity with Bart, Gabriël, José and Begona!

23-03-2005 23:42

Solidarity with Bart, Gabriël, José and Begona!
Proces started agaisnt for anarchists in Aachen on March 23.

Read more below.

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Notting Hill Housing Trust - Clive Soley MP - Ms Sindy Finn

23-03-2005 23:35

NOTTING HILL HOUSING TRUST - CLIVE SOLEY MP
SUN NEWSPAPER - REBEKAH WADE (EDITOR OF THE SUN)
GENERAL ELECTION ISSUES - May 2005
Check out the Waldman web site to see the harassment meted out by my landlords - Notting Hill Housing Trust against me.

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The World's Water: should it be privatised?

23-03-2005 22:28

The World's Water: should it be privatised? - PUBLIC MEETING - 7.30pm -
Wednesday 13 April
Oxford Town Hall

Every year over two million people die because of the unclean water they are forced to drink. Many more - particularly women and children - have their lives disrupted by the need to walk miles to collect water.

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Indigenous Ahwazi refugees suffering in Iraq

23-03-2005 21:19

Ahwazi human rights activists sent an urgent appeal this week to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees over the safety and security of Ahwazi refugees living in southern Iraq.

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What is Neoliberalism?

23-03-2005 21:10

Every search for alternatives must questions these neoliberal foundations by demythologizing the "great narratives" of the free market, efficiency, competition and entrepreneurship. Economic laws and practical necessities could be analyzed as social constructions.

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If Britain were Iraq, what would it be like?

23-03-2005 19:34

What would Britain look like if it were in Iraq's current situation? The population of the UK is over twice that of Iraq, so a lot of statistics would have to be multiplied by that number.

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Secret sale of public land. Demonstration against redevelopment of Queens

23-03-2005 19:31

Queens Market, East London
Newham council intends to sell Queens Market (Upton Park) to private developers St Modwens. The "Friends of Queens Market" group is campaigning against the demolition of this thriving, multi-ethnic market and plans to demonstrate outside Newham Town Hall on Monday 11th April.

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New progressive left website with demo info for this weekend

23-03-2005 18:50

There's a new website for progressive left with information on up and coming mass actions and a progressive agenda for the general election.

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Third International Conference on the Impact of Environmental Factors

23-03-2005 18:32

Third International Conference on the Impact of Environmental Factors
on Health. call for papers/ abstracts..

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Homophobia on Dr Who

23-03-2005 17:49

Queer as Folk author, Russell T Davies complained about a gay-bashing joke on children's tv. Now his new Doctor Who script includes a homophobic remark which is presumably designed to give the program 'street cred' but is no better than the homophobia he complained about in The Guardian.

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LONDON MEDIC TRAINING UPDATE!!!!!

23-03-2005 16:26

MEDIC TRAINING IN LONDON 1st - 3rd APRIL not 2nd - 4th - PLEASE EMAIL IF YOU CAN AS PLACES ARE LIMITED

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Road spy cameras track protesters

23-03-2005 16:19

Example of one of these police state cameras
This military network is being used to track number plates all over the country - so now it's out in the open. The police state sure is becoming a reality. Answer a number plate boycott? All the best people drive round without plates anyway!

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NUS delegates enter discourse of oppression by Coca-Cola at NUSSL conference

23-03-2005 15:25

Given partial information regarding the activities of Coca-Cola in India and Colombia, the National Union of Students' buying consortium met in Liverpool this week and renewed a contract with Coca-Cola. However, the topic hot on everyone's lips was Coca-Cola; the ground work is prepared for continued work to tell the truth about Coke.