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Kick Out the Great British Circus!

17-02-2006 21:57

The Great British Circus are in Hull from Wednesday 1st March to Sunday 12th.

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What is SOAS for?

17-02-2006 21:46

SOAS students have been under attack
A report on the Islamophobic attacks on SOAS and the misguided disciplinary campaign against Nasser Amin, a SOAS student

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A history of CIA torture

17-02-2006 20:13

Alfred McCoy on the CIA's road to Abu Ghraib

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G8 blockaders acquitted amid police embarrassment

17-02-2006 19:51

Two G8 blockaders, Pamela Smith and Keith Malcolm, were found Not Guilty of Breach of the Peace in Perth Sheriff Court today.

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Dublin Shell Hq Blockaded

17-02-2006 19:40

Main Doors Locked Shut
70 protestors block Corrib house with bicycles

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A year of Resistance in Rossport; another year of it beckons…

17-02-2006 18:45

Protests are taking place today in Ireland, England, Scotland and Sweden to mark the re-opening of Rossport Solidarity Camp, a protest camp supporting a community based struggle against Shell in the West of Ireland. This article is a backgrounder on what has been happening this last year.

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Anti-I.D. OPEN PLANNING MEETING, READING, TUE 21ST FEB, 7PM.

17-02-2006 18:08

MISTAKEN IDENTITY!

TUE 21ST FEB, 7PM

ROOM 106, PALMER BUILDING, READING UNIVERSITY (CONTACT FOR DIRECTIONS)

 RAGECOLLECTIVE@HOTMAIL.CO.UK, 07833758317

An open planning meeting to organise a Reading based group to research and effectively oppose the introduction of Identity Cards and the National Identity Database, which goes hand-in-hand with increasing social and economic control via restrictions of freedom of movement, access to public services and welfare.

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No M66 10 years on exhibition, Manchester; launch event & info

17-02-2006 16:39

NO M66 10 years on - Manchester exhibition launch

'unnecessary development' | climate change | North West England | squatting / free spaces / protest sites | transport | wilderness defence
(from earthfirst.org.uk)

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Renewable energy: biofuels and local power generation

17-02-2006 16:02

An interesting renewable energy scheme based on farm waste is currently underway in Hampshire.

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Taste of Palestine events - tickets selling fast!

17-02-2006 15:46

Tickets are selling fast for the Taste of Palestine event at the Asian Cultural Centre on 25 Feb, 7-11pm.

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tree protest

17-02-2006 14:49

tree protest started against tesco! go join him!

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Yours is the earth and everything on it!

17-02-2006 13:28

It comes as no surprise, that an increasing number of people are viewing the on-going trial of Saddam Hussain, as a joke and are treating this circus with the contempt that it truly deserves.

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Swiss police acquitted in Aubonne Bridge trial

17-02-2006 13:28

Two Swiss police officers who nearly killed climbers Martin Shaw and Gesine Wenzel by cutting their rope during the protests against the G8 in Evian, 2003 have been acquitted of causing severe bodily harm with negligence after a private prosecution.

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When the wind blows, the cradle will rock

17-02-2006 13:25

A heart-breaking story was carried in The Independent newspaper on 16/2/2006, of a fifteen-year-old Palestinian boy, who was brutally shot dead by Israeli troops on the 15/2/2006, during an arrest operation that was taking place in Qabatia, near Jenin.

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Postie power on the streets of Belfast. Another story ignored by corporate media

17-02-2006 13:20

Belfast posties: On Strike...
On Valentines Day a march of over 1000 striking postal workers brought Belfast to a standstill. Locals clapped and cheered the strikers on despite hostile coverage in the local papers. The demo was led by a convoy of taxis from different districts of the city both Catholic and Protestant. There has been no post delivered in Belfast for two weeks now. The workers renewed their commitment to continue the strike at a rally following the demo. So how come this has been completely unreported outside of local papers in Northern Ireland? Exactly what is the government and corporate media so scared of?

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This weeks SchNEWS - Latin Swingers

17-02-2006 12:43

Waropoly
A round up of the political situation in Latin America with their raft of supposedly leftie governments.

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SATURDAY 1.30pm: Ray Rogers from the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke

17-02-2006 12:09

last chance to see Ray Rogers from the Killer Coke campaign speak about the injustices of Coca-Cola in Colombia, at the end of his short whistle-stop UK tour.

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Reminder: PEAK OIL - END OF SUBURBIA SCREENING at Commonplace

17-02-2006 11:57

Just a reminder that this Sunday (19th FEB) there is a showing of the documentary, 'The End of Suburbia' at the Commonplace, Leeds.

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Simultanious sabotage of peat extraction sites

17-02-2006 11:32

Simultaniously last month two peat extraction sites were sabotaged in defence of wild places.