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No deportations to DRC!

02-10-2007 16:31

Video of demonstrations against deportations to un-Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Anti-war play about the war in Iraq

02-10-2007 16:04

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Jack's Hard Rub Theatre present 'the boy who dropped an egg on the world' a contemporary and startling play using mythology and the supernatural to look at current events and conflict in the Middle East

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FASLANE 365 "Brief Tale"

02-10-2007 15:32

north gate early morning
Few picture and a little tale.......

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Schnews on Burma: a response

02-10-2007 14:35

The only thing to say about the title is we’re glad it won’t be easy to find if you’re googling for information on Burma. The actual details of the uprising are clearly unimportant to the authors or it might get more than half a scanty paragraph before USuk is invoked and the true purpose of the article is revealed.

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Mining Heritage of Durham builds Nov 3rd Bookfair

02-10-2007 14:34

The first ever Working Class Bookfair is building momentum, as it gets closer to Saturday November 3rd. The latest development involves the Market Tavern public house, in Durhams' Market Place, which was the founding place of the important Durham Miners Association in the 19th century.

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Craig Murray's new web server attacked

02-10-2007 13:52

Craig Murray's web site is still not back online after a lengthly downtime caused by Fasthosts disconnecting the server it was hosted on at the behest of Shillings who are acting on behalf of Alisher Usmanov. The latest twist in this story is that a further delay in the return of his site has been caused by the server it was due to go live on being attacked:

"Murray found a new home for his website, when our main man Rich stepped into the breach, offering to host the site on his server, in defiance of oligarchical bluster. This new Murray site was due to launch on Monday, October 1; but lo and behold, Rich's server was hit by the hacker firebomb on Sunday, September 30 – just hours before the Murray site was to go live."

 http://www.chris-floyd.com/Articles/Articles/Back_From_the_Hack%2C_and_Once_More_Into_the_Breach/

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The Cuban Five: Imprisoned for opposing Terrorism

02-10-2007 13:38

The National Lawyers Guild and several legal and human rights organizations have called on the U.N. Human Rights Committee and the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture to launch a formal investigation of the United States government’s continuing violation of human rights of five political prisoners known as the Cuban Five.

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Media and War

02-10-2007 13:10

The news media in times of crisis and war reproduce and do not question the consciousness and attitudes of the elites. Wars are seen as exceptional situations by the media in which patriotism outweighs the journalistic self-image of critically distanced reporting.

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'Die-in' at TOTAL Oil HQ over Burma links

02-10-2007 12:48

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Demonstrators dressed in blood-soaked bandages have this morning staged a die-in at French oil company TOTAL's London headquarters in Cavendish Square, W1.

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Total Oil's London offices targeted this morning

02-10-2007 12:47

Total Oil's London offices were targeted this morning in order to highlight the company's involvement with Burma's regime. Total's investments have been earning the regime millions of dollars and have been marked by human rights abuses such as the use of forced labour. Activists staged a die-in and handed out leaflets from the Burma Campaign UK to inform office workers going into the building on what Total is really up to.

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England RFU Club Rugby Sponsored by Corporate Bullies? - RFU Chief Notified

02-10-2007 11:56

Rugby Football Union Offical Website - Linking To Community Rugby
England RFU members, Warlingham RFC and Weybridge Vandals RFC are both sponsored by Crest Nicholson. Under the relatively new ownership of Castle Bidco, (backed by Bank of Scotland and Sir Tom Hunter's investment vehicle, West Coast Capital,) one Welsh Family believes the RFU and its ‘Family Friendly’ clubs should be aware of the companies’ bullying past.

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Account of AR UK 2007 & police raid

02-10-2007 11:48

The UK Animal Rights Gathering 2007 was taking place at a sanctuary in Kent last weekend. Over 200 people attended for workshops and discussions on various issues relating to animal rights, and to scoff Veggie's food. The entire event was peaceful and good natured, and made a mockery of a police who raided the site on Sunday.

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Report from Anarchist Black Cross & 325 Benefit event in Brighton

02-10-2007 11:42

via third rail
On Saturday 29 September the Havok, Terra Audio and 325 crew put on an illegal rave in an empty supermarket which they occupied for the purpose.

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Help peacenick Ehren Watada

02-10-2007 11:28

The Army is threatening to go ahead with a new court of martial of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada on Oct.
9th. This is in gross violation of law and the Constitution, because his lawyers have appealed
against a second trial on the basis of double jeopardy.

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Yorkshire Campaigners Take Nuclear Base by Surprise

02-10-2007 10:40

Protestors have managed to close the Faslane naval base in Scotland by surprising the police with a combination of superglue and paint.

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F**k Bupa!

02-10-2007 10:29

A band of jolly joggers took the opportunity to challenge the corporate message at the Great North Run, in Newcastle, 30th September 07.

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Nov 30th - Call to Action On Sexual Assault

02-10-2007 10:05

International Day of Action for Radical Community Responses to Sexual Assault - November 30th 2007

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Faslane 365 Big Blockade - photos

02-10-2007 09:24

Photos from the Big Blockade at Faslane on the 1st of October.

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National Campaign against 'Anti-Terror' Powers

02-10-2007 09:18

The anti 'terror' bill

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Iraq Will Have to Wait: Get Ready for the War against Iran

02-10-2007 08:35

The long-awaited “progress report” of Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on the status of the occupation of Iraq has been made, providing Americans, via the compliant media, with the spectacle of loyal Bush yes men offering faith-based analysis in lieu of fact-based assessment. In the days and weeks that have since passed, two things have become clear: Neither Congress nor the American people (including the antiwar movement) have a plan or the gumption to confront President Bush in anything more than cosmetic fashion over the war in Iraq, and while those charged with oversight mill about looking to score cheap political points and/or save face, the administration continues its march toward conflict with Iran unimpeded.