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Ecuador - Indigenous leaders kidnapped, left for dead

26-09-2007 11:42

At the end of August, two Indigenous Leaders in Puyo, Ecuador, were
attacked after months of receiving death threats for their efforts to
protect the territory of the Zapara people in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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Report from Anti London Olympics/regeneration march and meeting plus comment

26-09-2007 10:49

Protesters outside Hackney Town Hall
Many people marched to voice their concern over the London Olympic project and other so-called regeneration schemes.

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come demonstrate today at burma embassy!

26-09-2007 09:01

The peaceful monks, nuns and people of Myanmar (Burma) urgently need international solidarity to prevent a repeat of the bloodshed of 1988, in which 3000 people were massacred in cold blood by the Burmese authorities.


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A Call To ACTION -The Antiwar movement needs to evolve

26-09-2007 08:34

Time to Act against Capitalism and Dictatorships

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Full text of Ahmadinejad appearance at Columbia University

26-09-2007 02:15

Well, here I'm your guest. I've been invited by Columbia, an official invitation given for me to come here, but I do want to say something here. In Iran, when you invite a guest you respect them. This is our tradition required by our culture, and I know that American people have that culture as well.

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Conspiracy of dunces

26-09-2007 01:41

Following on from the prosecutions of Daniel McGowan & Rod Coronado [1] is the story of Eric McDavid, a young poet-activist currently on hungerstrike and who is back in court next month. Eric was stitched up by the FBI in a sting operation on the ELF that we should all learn from.

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South African leader tours U.S.; says conditions worse than apartheid

25-09-2007 23:36

Mfanelo Skwatsha
Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) tour exposes ongoing South African oppression and poverty under Mbeki and Mandela; conditions for most South Africans today - "Worse than Apartheid!"

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Horse Trainer Faces Hare Coursing Case

25-09-2007 22:43

A demo will be planned for the trial of the hare coursers, outside the courts - Leeds Sabs

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Another woman prisoner dies in HMP Send.

25-09-2007 21:28

Another demo following another death at HMP Send.
Lisa Doe aged 25 died in HMP Send on September 11th. Like the previous death of Emma Kelly in Send last April, Lisa was also on so called 'Suicide Watch'. At her trial two forensic psychologists said Lisa had a 'brain abnormality'. The demonstrators outside Send on Thursday insist that Lisa should have been in some kind of hospital rather than a prison.

Her aunt and cousin arrived to lay flowers and pay their respects.

Bereaved mother Pauline Campbell blocked a prison van taking a prisoner into the prison. She has done this many times before. The Police arrived and eventually she was persuaded to let the van proceed. She usually sticks it out until she is arrested but on this occasion it was not convenient.

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IRAQ: Now we have Article 41

25-09-2007 20:53

Now we have article 41.In brief, it says go to your cleric and he will deal with whatever issues you have.

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Suffolk has bluetongue, is live exports to blame?

25-09-2007 16:59


Suffolk has bluetongue, is live exports to blame?

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"Drum Them Out!" at Menwith Hill - Say No to "Missile Defense"

25-09-2007 16:31

On July 25th Prime Minister Gordon Brown went largely unnoticed when he announced Britain's agreement to use two UK bases as part of American Missile Defense. On October 13th join us at Menwith Hill to protest and Drum Them Out!

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No deportations to DRCongo

25-09-2007 15:07

These are links to interviews done by Friction TV at the demonstration on 21 September outside the Country Guidance Tribunal into DRC.

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Dispatches: Politicians: is it one rule for us and another for them?

25-09-2007 14:58

Last night's Dispatches (repeated Thursday 3.45am) exposed the extent of MPs' perks, the lack of transparency into expenses and top-level collusion to quash attempts to improve standards.

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Irans Presidents CBS Interview

25-09-2007 14:47

A one sided peice of journalism

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Atomic Weapons Establishment a catastrophe waiting to happen

25-09-2007 14:30

The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) and the Ministry of Defence have submitted a planning application for a new nuclear warhead component factory at the Burghfield site in Berkshire, yet the site has been struggling to remedy as many as 1,000 safety defects uncovered by the government's official nuclear watchdog. And it has only been allowed to remain open because the Ministry of Defence says the work it does is vital.

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Police seizes picture in art gallery

25-09-2007 13:37

The thought police seizes a picture belonging to the personal collection of Elton John under suspicious that it constitures child porn, when we all thought the police speciality it is to catch "criminals", apparently now it looks as if they are good as art critics too.

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The Cuban Five

25-09-2007 13:24

I attended a briefing by Leonard Weinglass (he of the Daniel Ellsberg/Pentagon Papers fame, of the Amy Carter tribulations, and other famous efforts to achieve justice against at times huge odds) at Howard University's Law School on Wednesday, 12 September. I was stunned by what counselor Weinglass revealed...

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European race-hate groups planning October London anti-'Islamisation' Demo

25-09-2007 12:48

Various European extremist groups are planning an anti-'Islamisation' demo to be held on Friday, 26 October 2007 in London.