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“ . . . While Rome burns – The question of performance at the end of the world

14-06-2006 11:34

“ . . . While Rome burns – The question of performance at the end of the world ?” is a Series of workshops on art activism in the face of climate change and social collapse. 14th – 18th June

As Part of this years Performance Studies International gathering, exploring Performance and human-rights at Queen Mary, University of London – Workshops held in MANIFESTO ROOM – 6pm to 8pm each day 14th – 18th June – see  http://www.psi12.qmul.ac.uk/ for details.

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Apartheid Israel bans its Arab citizens from internal flights

14-06-2006 10:45

People who argue that Israel is an apartheid state say that the system of apartheid is much more subtle than the old South African model of "whites only" beach signs. But sometimes it really is just like South Africa...

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Climate Change Speaker Series event

14-06-2006 09:33

Another event in the COIN Speaker Series on Climate Change will take place on 22nd June - 'women and climate change, is the female of the species more deadly than the male?'

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Matilda Social Centre being evicted right now

14-06-2006 09:21

The Matilda Social Centre in Sheffield,  http://www.matilda.aktivix.org/ is being evicted today, Wednesday 14th June and a request for people to come down to resist this has been made to the matilda email list.

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parliament square 'forgotten protestor' faces deportation

14-06-2006 09:17

alex resting on the morning after police raid the square
alex tsiorulin, the 'other' long-term lone demonstrator in parliament square, is often ignored and forgotten by mainstream media. even here, he gets little mention. yesterday he was met at court by immigration officers and removed to colnbrook. his display at the square was cleared yesterday afternoon by police.

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4 Essential Ways To Save The Earth : Part 3

14-06-2006 08:52

In the second part of this article I considered the first of four ways in which the reduction in consumption, greenhouse gases and environmental damage can be achieved; by using the power of research for good. This time I am going to look at the use of politics as a means for positive change.

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End University and Other Cat Torture

14-06-2006 08:34

Emoryliesdotcom
The worst universities around the world..for animal abuse besides
Oxford and Cambridge are
Emory, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Univ of Wisconsin
Ohio State

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THE RIGHT TO LIVE

14-06-2006 08:30

a walk around radical Camberwell
Sunday 25 June 2006
Meet 2pm on Camberwell Green, corner of Camberwell Church St
Free

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Performance Studies international (PSi) 12: PERFORMING RIGHTS

14-06-2006 08:24

Performance Studies international (PSi) 12: PERFORMING RIGHTS
PROGRAMME OF MANIFESTATIONS
Thursday 15 – Sunday June 18 2006
Venue: Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London.

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COLLOLIDE COLLABORATE - ART AND ACTIVISM A WEEK LONG EVENT BASED EXHIBITION

14-06-2006 08:19

YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN COLLIDE/COLLABO A WEEK LONG EVENT DEALING THE NOTION OF HOW TO BRIDGE ART AND ACTIVISM CHALLENGING TRADITIONAL ART WORLD VALUES TO ENCOURAGE COLLABORATIVE ART PRACTICE.

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The Class of the New

14-06-2006 08:14

Book Launch:
The Class of the New by Richard Barbrook
Friday, 16 June 2006, 6-9pm
Ground floor, The Whitechapel Centre, 85 Myrdle Street London E1 1HQ
Map:  http://linkme2.net/84

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City Mine(d) Urban Forum 18 June

14-06-2006 08:07

City Mine(d) invites you to Generalized Empowerment, an investigation in Urban Interventions in London, Brussels and Barcelona with keynote speaker: Saskia Sassen

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Northern Class War organising - meeting in Newcastle

14-06-2006 08:03

Class War have organised a discussion about changing class composition in the north east, with relevant participants in major class struggles. Come and join the debate and get the class war moving in the north east.

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Civil Rights Defence in County Court protest

14-06-2006 07:00

Lineup
A small number of activists staged a protest outside the County Court this morning demanding charges against 13 Melbourne men be dropped...

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Soldiers refusing to serve in Iraq face possible life sentence

14-06-2006 00:05

Last month it was revealed that nearly 3,000 soldiers have deserted the British Army each year since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Of these, more than 1,000 are still reported to be missing. Official Ministry of Defence (MoD) figures record that 2,825 soldiers went “absent without leave” in 2003, rising to 3,050 in 2004 before falling slightly to 2,725 in 2005.

The MoD has attempted to play down the figures. An official commented, “We regard that figure as fairly constant. It often happens for family reasons and there is no evidence to suggest operational commitments contribute significantly to the figures.”

In reality, the figures must reflect in some fashion the opposition of soldiers being asked to serve in an illegal war. The number of those deserting or going “absent without leave” has more than trebled since 2001.

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Incriminating documents looted in East Timor

13-06-2006 23:31

Indonesian military’s scorched earth preparations
Downer’s office flatly denied the CAVR report, falsely claiming that the Australian government supported the 1999 act of self-determination. In fact, as the CAVR report partly documents, the record shows that in December 1998, Howard urged the Indonesian president, B.J. Habibie, to delay an autonomy vote for up to 10 years. Once the 1999 referendum date was fixed, Howard and Downer were fully aware of the Indonesian military’s scorched earth preparations and cynically prepared to take advantage of the atrocities to intervene militarily. Their goal was not humanitarian assistance to the targets of the violence but securing Australia’s strategic interests, particularly in the disputed Timor Sea.

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SBS Dateline documents ultra violent suppression of West Papuan identity

13-06-2006 21:48

So we hope for help from the people there
'STUDENT, (Translation): They have been shot, cut up and stabbed. If we go back to Papua, we don’t stand a chance, we will be arrested and killed. Australia is the strongest nation in the Pacific region. We are not going there because we want to get rich, we may have fuzzy hair, they may have different skin and different builds. But it is an established nation and it’s … the biggest. So we hope for help from the people there. '

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How English inner city councils are causing poverty and destitution in 2006

13-06-2006 20:48

Gordon Brown's hype of 'Islamic banking' and his claim that he is Islamic-banking-friendly, should be seen in context: Most of today’s inner city poor need not be in poverty. They are being pushed into poverty by Labour councils in the main. Most of the poor in East London are Muslim. So is there a problem of connection here?

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Thirst for West Bank Water

13-06-2006 20:30

Deliberately cuts off our water
One example of this vastly unequal division of water resources is my West Bank village of Qira. Every summer the Israeli company that supplies water to our village and that provides about 53 percent of the total Palestinian domestic water supply deliberately cuts off our water, thus generating a crisis. Last year Qira, a village of 1,000 residents, had no water for more than three continuous weeks, despite the summer heat.

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No Widening M1 Noise Demo

13-06-2006 17:56

No Widening M1 are having a noise demo at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, this Thursday 15th June, meet at 5.45.