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CCTV Cameras Are Looking In Homes

10-06-2007 01:10

Alarmed residents in Islington, London, UK, have highlighted a truly disturbing habit of local CCTV camera operators - spying into homes.

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Venezuela: The case of RCTV and the fictional democratization of communication

10-06-2007 00:32

* The Collective of “El Libertario”, Venezuelan anarchist newspaper, makes public its reasoned out position in the debate generated by the case of RCTV, in where the current government imposes a solution where we pass from the meanness that the capitalistic private oligopoly of TV to the dreadful that could be the monopoly of a bureaucratic and authoritarian state.

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Video Rush: 07/06/07 - East Gate Blockade Holds Firm, Protestors Take West Gate

10-06-2007 00:23

Video
Video rush of the day's activities on Thursday 7 June, 2007.

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Colonialism is Bad for Your Health - This week: AIDS in Africa

09-06-2007 23:02

Host, Iyapo Ngina
University of California at Berkeley scientist contends that many AIDS cases in Africa are actually illnesses caused by severe poverty, malnutrition and poisonous environmental conditions faced by African people.

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After 40 years of illegal military occupation of Palestine, enough!

09-06-2007 22:23

Front of the march
Although this was just another A to B march in support of the very long suffering Palestinian people, it had particular poignancy this year as it marked the 40'th anniversary of the disastrous 6 day war of 1967 that saw a massive illegal land grab by the Israeli army. Good turnout - organisers estimated numbers at 20,000. There was a small counter demonstration by a group of zionists on the opposite size of the Aldwych.

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more naked bike ride pics

09-06-2007 21:48

thousands stripped off and took to their bikes in central london today in a peaceful demonstration of 'carbon natural' transport.

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I'm so sick and tired of the "Support Our Troops" mantra I could eat my internal

09-06-2007 21:03

Support our troops. It’s the only rallying cry left. It’s the dirty, shredded little yellow ribbons and tattered flags that used to mean nationalistic pride and now nobody’s really up to replacing them and, since it’s impossible to agree on much of anything about the Iraq invasion, occupation and subsequent unmitigated disaster, we’re all supposed to at least agree to “support our troops.”

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Wall Street Journal's Looking Glass World

09-06-2007 19:06

Made in Washington street protests threaten Venezuela

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How Legal is the UK New Deal for Employment?

09-06-2007 18:59

The UK government is trying to "force" people back into work with a number of programmes notably the New Deal. However, mandatory courses can be put in place in which poor people could loose all their benefits, and become homeless.

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Justice for Sandra and Mental Health

09-06-2007 18:39

A campaign by the family of Sandra Jean Allen who died, aged 61, in appalling conditions whilst detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 at the Highgate Mental Health Centre in North London

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Action Report: Victory to the Intifada contingent on ENOUGH Palestine demo

09-06-2007 18:39

On Saturday 9th June a lively and angry contingent from the Victory to the Intifada campaign joined the national demonstration called by the ENOUGH coalition to demand an end to the 40 year occupation of the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza. Organisers claimed 20,000 people participated in the march, although the actual figure was closer to 5,000.

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'Liverpool Care Slaves' To Strike?

09-06-2007 18:27

Liverpool home care workers are considering strike action over a new 'zero hour' contract drawn up by the city council, which will cut their wages by up to 30%!

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Thousands strip off for London's Naked Bike Ride

09-06-2007 18:19

Stopped in Picadilly, the ride stretches into the distance
In 2004 there were 58 riders, in 2005 a creditable 250 riders, rising to a massive 800 in 2006.

But in a scale that surprised even the organisers, more than five thousand people today took to London's streets to protest against oil dependency, celebrate body freedom and curb car culture.

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The campaign to keep Paris Hilton in jail: nothing healthy about it

09-06-2007 17:05

The pious outrage Thursday over heiress Paris Hilton’s “early release” from jail in Los Angeles, accusations of “special treatment” and the vindictive demands that she receive “justice,” i.e., punishment, have nothing healthy or progressive about them—as the images of Hilton being taken in handcuffs to court Friday morning and from there, sobbing, back to prison should indicate.

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Liverpool: Peak Oil and Climate Change event

09-06-2007 16:43

Liverpool Permaculture Society are trying to raise awareness around the issues of Peak Oil & Climate Change & to promote organised community response & planned Energy Descent in the face of these challenges. We need to take power back to our communities, decentralise & become as self sufficient as possible to have the best chance of dealing with this crisis. Burying our heads in the sand & relying on central government & big business to save us leaves us powerless & vulnerable.

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G8 summit: Climate compromise masks mounting conflicts

09-06-2007 16:27

The 3,500 reporters and photographers who travelled to the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, have accomplished their assigned mission. The world has been inundated with reports of progress and idyllic photos: Bush, Merkel and Putin sitting relaxed and chatting in beach chairs; Sarkozy and Blair talking over a glass of beer; a harmonious walk on the beach of the picturesque resort by all of the world leaders.

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G8 - blockade

09-06-2007 16:23

Heiligendamm - east gate report

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Please visit www.youtube.com/politicalvideos for in depth Iraq War videos

09-06-2007 15:02

Video website at Youtube.com exposing the corruption and lies of the Iraq War.
Started in September 2006, the website is an example of the extent of problems
caused by the USA and Allies in Iraq.

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U.S. propaganda (by Latuff)

09-06-2007 14:11

U.S. propaganda
Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

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G8 Flushes Climate Camp Down The Pipe

09-06-2007 13:58

tigers on patrol
London Rising Tide blockade E$$0 station in Chelsea/Fulham in solidarity with the G8 protestors.