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Our homes are not for sale - public meeting, Weds 19 July

18-07-2006 07:26

A coalition of tenants, residents, public sector workers, trade unionists are trying to launch a city-wide anti-privatisation campaign. There is a meeting tomorrow night in the Little London estate.

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Picket of Israeli Tennis Team, Sat 22nd July

18-07-2006 07:20

Boycott Israel
Picket Israel’s tennis team in their Davis Cup tie with Britain
On Saturday 22nd July from 1.00pm
At Devonshire Park Tennis Club, College Road, Eastbourne, E Sussex, BN21 4JJ

Contact  thewallmustfall@riseup.net for info about transport from Brighton

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Climate change activists occupy Didcot power station

18-07-2006 06:16

Climate change activists have scaled a tower on the coal pile at Didcot power station and unfurled a large orange banner with the words 'climate crime' on it. This is to hightlight that coal fire power stations such as Didcot are not a feasible or sustainable future for energy supply. It is also to bring attention to the days of action against climate change taking part later in the summer as part of Reclaim Power - see www.reclaimpower.org.uk - and likewise the Camp for Climate Action - www.climatecamp.org.uk

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Valerie Plame's CIA Unit Spied at 3rd-World Nuke Conferences

18-07-2006 06:00

Jean C. Edwards is a former CIA agent who recently listed Valerie Plame's famous CIA front company Brewster Jennings Associates as her own former employer. Edwards attended at least three conferences with nuclear engineers and scientists from Iran, Pakistan, and other prospective and actual nuclear nations, apparently to spy on them.. The conferences were held in Trieste, Italy, in 1991, 1992, and 1995 while Edwards worked for the CIA. In the lists of attendees below, Edwards is listed as Jean C. Edwards from Jamaica.

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A Century of Oil Imperialism

18-07-2006 04:58

The current Iraq war, waged primarily to seize incredibly rich oil resources for the benefit of the U.S.-UK Oil Cartel, was predictable. This type of imperialistic evildoing has been going on for a century. The countries and individuals that get in the Cartel's way tend to meet violent ends.

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DIS-ASSEMBLY

18-07-2006 00:38

Faisal Abdu’Allah and the 6th Form Council at North Westminster Community School
The Serpentine Gallery has commissioned artists Christian Boltanski, Runa Islam, Faisal Abdu’Allah, and architect Yona Friedman to work with the 2,000 students of North Westminster Community School, one of Britain’s largest inner-city secondary schools to mark its closure this month through photographic and film work.

Launch: Thursday, 13 July 2006, 4-8pm. Speech 6.30pm, David Lammy, Minister for Culture. North Westminster Community School, Marylebone Lower House, Penfold Street, London NW8 6RX

Exhibition: 14 - 29 July 2006. 12-6pm Tuesday-Saturday, Admission free
Underground: Edgware Road

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London climate camp neighbourhood meeting & film show

17-07-2006 23:14

There's a Camp for Climate Action London neighbourhood special meet this Thursday night July 20th at LARC (62 Fieldgate Street, E1, Whitechapel tube)from 7.30pm, followed by a showing of 'Power of the Community', about the way Cuba has coped without oil to make vibrant sustainable communities. All are welcome.

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Chronicle of global resistance against the 2006 G8 Summit!

17-07-2006 22:54

July 14, 2006 was a Global Day of Action against the G8. July 15, 2006 was an International Day of Action for Climate Justice, and against Climate Change and the G8. Below is a partial list of anti-G8 actions that happened on these days around the world, and on other days in St. Petersburg and elsewhere during the past week.

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Mark Thomas - SOCPA (17.07.06)

17-07-2006 22:00

From Mark Thomas:

"It is illegal for an individual to hold a placard protesting in Parliament Square without permission from the police. So what happens if a number of individuals want to demonstrate about different things at the same time? We are about to find out."

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"Shut Guantanamo now!" Home Office, London 15 July, 2006

17-07-2006 21:59

Save Guantanamo Prisoners. Buckingham Palace, London
Close Guantanamo petition delivered to Home Officeas a part of the "Shut Guantanamo now!" event at Marble Arch/US Embassy in London, Sat 15 July, 2006. Pictures.

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Jean Charles - Another nail in the coffin of democracy.

17-07-2006 21:45

Patricia Armani de Silva
The CPS decision not prosecute the murderers of Jean Charles de Menezes did not really surprise anyone. After the shocking murder and the blatant lies that were leaked about it afterwards the family had little but contempt for the legal process.

So as it stands right now there will be no opportunity to question in court:
1) The officer who falsely identified Jean Charles as would be suicide bomber Hussain Osman.
2) The officers who followed Jean and did not question their orders even though he displayed NO characteristics of a bomber and was not carrying a bag as the failed bombers had done. They also delayed the train for the firearms squad and indicated Jean to them.
3) The officer who grabbed Jean around his body and held him to be shot. Did he not realise that there was no bomb strapped to him as he clearly would have felt it?
4) The two officers who pulled the triggers that left Jean with seven bullets in his head and one in his shoulder (3 missed).
5) The senior officer who authorised ‘Shoot to kill’.

While we are on the subject, an enquiry into how the British public came to be bombarded with a total blitz of lies about the murder would be nice.

At today’s press conference Jean’s cousins vowed to fight on. They have coped with this tragedy and being thrust into the media spotlight with incredible dignity and determination. Meanwhile the killers of Jean remain on holiday, on full pay, their anonymity protected.

There will however be a prosecution of the MET over this under Health and Safety legislation!!? Exactly how you can fail to consider someone’s Health and Safety when you have been ordered to kill them remains to be seen……..

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Manchester Demo - Israel out Palestine & Lebanon Saturday 22nd July

17-07-2006 21:39

Middle East in Flames
Manchester Demonstration
Israel out of Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon
Nationwide day of protests
Saturday 22nd July
Assemble 1pm, outside BBC building, Oxford Rd

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The Beauty of the American System

17-07-2006 19:40

---A tale of shipping, blackmail and slow death in the lost Cul de Sac

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A Nice Mess Our President Has Made for US

17-07-2006 19:12

This is not a smart guy, or even a dummy fronting for a bunch of smart guys. This is an idiot who is listening to a bunch of idiots.

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"Realist" as Swearword in Bush's Iraq Quagmire

17-07-2006 18:12

The great crisis of the 1860s produced Abraham Lincoln. The great crisis of the 1930s produced Franklin Delano Roosevelt. We can only hope the political system of the US will produce similar leaders in the future. Alternative concepts of foreign policy and security policy are imperative.

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Information on Brits arrested arrested in Russia

17-07-2006 16:51

Information VERY hard to come by regarding the fate of arrested activists in stpetersburg.

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Merseyside Ambulance Staff in Second 24hr Strike

17-07-2006 14:06

Ambulance workers across Merseyside and Cheshire are preparing for a second 24 hour strike in a dispute over pay. Technicians, who assist paramedics in ambulances, began a series of three walkouts last Thursday after the collapse of talks with their bosses.

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Pictures of Camp Titnore open day

17-07-2006 13:13

some creative signposting
This is a follow up to the original article with some pictures of the activity the day

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From 9/11 to WW3

17-07-2006 13:11

Let there be no doubt that the current military crisis in the Middle East could potentially take this world to the very brink of a global crisis.