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Worldwide Alert: International Solidarity Camp at the Hill of Tara, Ireland

10-08-2006 19:52

The Tara Foundation are calling for an International Solidarity Camp at Tara; as many people as possible, from as many countries as possible, to send one message to the Irish State and the property speculators and financiers who will benefit from it: that the M3 will not be permitted to go through the Tara-Skryne Valley.

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Earth First! gathering location announced

10-08-2006 19:44

The Earth First! Summer Gathering is the place where people involved in radical ecological direct action - or those who want to be involved - get together for five days of time and space to talk, walk, share skills, learn, play, rant, find out what's going on, find out what's next, live outside, strategise, hang out, incite, laugh and conspire.

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Fake Terror Obfuscates Lebanon and Iraq Failures

10-08-2006 18:58

Unable to window dress the obvious failure to eradicate growing resistance in Lebanon, Iraq, and Afghanistan—even with the mighty propaganda power of a complaisant media—the neocon intelligence apparatus has staged yet another terrorist event, or would be terrorist event.

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Totalitarian Arabic press better than UK corporate press

10-08-2006 18:49

During the Iraq war, I went to a BBC meeting, mostly to complain about the bias during the so-called glory days of Greg Dyke. Oddly enough, Iranian and even Saudi Arabian journalists who were there said, we thought our press was limited but you are into self-censorship and described how ignorant and misrepresentative news stories were. Many will know about D-notices and such as the like... But now we have a terrorist threat for which these culprits are not guilty, no evidence, Blair on holiday

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Join the Dots: the 'War on Terror' and the War on Freedom

10-08-2006 17:54

This afternoon, police have announced that are searching homes and businesses across the UK in connection with a plot to blow up planes from the UK to US. This appears to have been timed to coincide with the Home Secretary's demand that we "modify some of our freedoms". Or maybe Reid's speech was timed to coincide with the police announcement. Either way, the intention is the same - to attack the working class.

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Bosses Adopt Bullying Tactics Against Striking Ambulance Workers

10-08-2006 17:03

The chief executive of the North West Ambulance Service resorted to bullying tactics last night, in an attempt to weaken solidarity between striking ambulance workers, ahead of this weekend's scheduled fifth stoppage.

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U.S. Christian fundies prime supporters of Israel

10-08-2006 16:42

Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and other nutjobs of the U.S. Christian Right are applying the most pressure for U.S. government economic and military aid to Israel.

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Anti Israel protest at Liverpool V Haifa

10-08-2006 16:34

A group of anti-war protesters made their point at the Liverpool V Maccabi Haifa Champions League match last night. Despite the Liverpool Echo's scaremongering ( http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/liverpool/2006/08/347320.html), the protesters did not attempt to 'ruin' the match, leaving that to Rafael Benitez's unadventurous tactics.

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Weekly report: Israeli warcrimes in Palestine

10-08-2006 16:01

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Escalate Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

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Iranain gays say thanks for Intl support -but do not attack Iran

10-08-2006 15:40

Iranian LGBTs thank their supporters, detail the country's human rights situation, and explain how a war against Iran would reverse progress.

ps:twiglet- As for my putting these articles up - "In an atmosphere of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" George Orwell.

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19 arrests at eviction of occupied forest near airport in Belgium!

10-08-2006 14:43

The occupation aims at physically preventing the cutting of the trees for as long as possible. The company hired to do the cutting, originally planned to make their preparations on the 1st of August and to start with their destroying work on the 2nd of August, however they now started on Wednesday the 9th.

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Attack foiled - how long can this go on?

10-08-2006 14:33

I'm not saying I don't believe they found anything or had suspicions because it is an accusation I would not disagree with but I do not have the information to make. These sort of things will become a more regular occurance as the west fights its never-ending 'war on terror'.

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"Mass Murder" Plot Discovered - Oh Really?

10-08-2006 13:44

Can anyone smell hypocrisy? Or is it just that heap of lies rotting in front of us?

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Brighton demo against US, UK and Israeli War Crimes

10-08-2006 13:42

Demo in Brighton Saturday 19th August

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South Africa: 20,000 cleaners on strike

10-08-2006 13:30

More than 20,000 cleaners are involved in a wage dispute directed at
cleaning companies. Represented by 16 different unions - the largest union
is the South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union (SATAWU), part of
COSATU- followed by the Hotel, Liquor, Catering, Commercial and Allied
Workers' Union represents around 6,000.

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sick, sick, sick, sick : diabolic clumsy fraud fails again :

10-08-2006 13:20

o.s.p. + u.s.a/ israeli thinktank in court in the states for leaking secret info. . . . but the actual crimes are far worse . . . . - world shattering stupidity :

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No to hysteria - Yes to real security

10-08-2006 12:35

There can be no justification for terrorist attacks but they cannot be stopped by turning Britain into a police state.

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India: Kerala Throws Out Coca-Cola and Pepsi

10-08-2006 12:15

The state government of Kerala in south India has banned the production and sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi in the state. The companies will be asked to close their operations entirely.

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Occupation, not democracy!

10-08-2006 12:06

This is a small contribution of ours to the circulation of the students' struggle that emerged in Greece two months ago.

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UK Pro-Democracy Movement Launched Today

10-08-2006 11:06

Time to stop the Government destroying our civil liberties and democracy.