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Stop the Counter-Terrorism Bill

01-03-2008 11:54

Protecting the individual

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Women from Palestine visit Nottingham

01-03-2008 11:39

An opportunity for Nottingham to hear from women living under Israeli occupation.

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Proletarian Solidarity against the Repression in Cameroon!

01-03-2008 11:03

Douala, February 27
After last week in Burkina Faso, it is Cameroon this week that has witnessed demonstrations and strikes against inflation and the high cost of living; and the bestial repression of these movements of protest.

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Israel threatens to unleash 'holocaust' in Gaza (by Latuff)

01-03-2008 07:50

Israel's plans for Gaza: Holocaust upon the Palestinians!
Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of the brave Palestinian people and their struggle against U.S. backed IsraHell's state terror.

High-resolution version for printing purposes here:  http://www.fileflyer.com/view/eLZqDCF

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The Camp for Climate Action Will be Held in Hyde Park Says the Evening Standard

01-03-2008 05:32

"Eco Warriors plan to hold the next climate camp in Hyde Park near Buckingham Palace, according to a leaked memo received by the Evening Standard" was the story splashed across two pages of the first edition of the London newspaper on Friday, 29 February 2008.

BBC London broadcast exactly the same story later in the day, in spite of the fact that the national meeting of the Camp for Climate Action in Nottingham, which is planning to vote on the location for this summer's climate camp this weekend, had not even started yet.

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ALF Spraypaint Slogans Against Oxford Uni

01-03-2008 05:27

Reliance Way, Oxford
An activist has sprayed slogans along a row of fencing in an Oxford street...

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Direct Action Updates: UK & Spain

01-03-2008 05:13

February 28th & 29th

RAIDERS RETURN TO BOAR FARM (UK) -- Boar Liberation Front
OXFORD REMAINS A TARGET (UK) -- Animal Liberation Front
BROKEN WINDOWS (Spain) -- Uknown

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Chance for peace: UN should accept Iran's offer to implement Additional Protoco

01-03-2008 00:48

The Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) appeals to the 5+1 group to positively consider Iran’s offer of implementing the Additional Protocol and enter into unconditional negotiations with Iran.

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Hammersmith Goldhawk Rd protest against Total Oppression in Burma

29-02-2008 20:48

Seven protesters demonstrated at the Raven Total station at 372 Goldhawk Road, Hammersmith against the French oil company on Thursday 28th February. Total's pipeline in Burma was built with forced labour and the company has for years been the largest western sponsor of the brutal regime, funding the military junta with hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

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No Borders Benefit at RampART 1 tomorrow night!

29-02-2008 20:26

No Borders Benefit, Saturday 1st March, from 7pm, RampART 1

We celebrate the struggle for social spaces and for freedom of movement with another No Borders benefit party on Sat 1st March (7pm til late). Refreshments, films, info stall, and - of course - good music.

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UN: Israeli Occupation, Policy Causes 'Terror'

29-02-2008 19:07

In the current situation, Israel imposed illegal measures of Collective Punishment on Gaza months ago, in order to "suffocate Hamas", despite warnings from its own defense staff that this policy would provoke a violent response.

Israel is now attempting to justify an attack on Gaza it planned before the Annapolis Conference on the rockets its policy provoked.

Sadly, the media has been, up to this point, willing to help them do this.

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NoBorders Benefit March 1st/ reminder

29-02-2008 19:05

RampART did not get permission to appeal, eviciton may be soon...one more reason to resist + celebrate!

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Gaza Violence: Some Lives Worth More Than Others

29-02-2008 19:04

"One million Arabs are not worth a Jewish fingernail." --Rabbi Ya'acov Perin in his eulogy at the funeral of mass murderer Dr. Baruch Goldstein.

"Let us not ignore the truth among ourselves ... politically we are the aggressors and they defend themselves... The country is theirs, because they inhabit it, whereas we want to come here and settle down, and in their view we want to take away from them their country. ... Behind the terrorism [by the Arabs] is a movement, which though primitive is not devoid of idealism and self sacrifice."-- David Ben Gurion. Quoted on pp 91-2 of Chomsky's Fateful Triangle, which appears in Simha Flapan's "Zionism and the Palestinians pp 141-2 citing a 1938 speech.

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reclaim love event 2008 - the movie

29-02-2008 17:44

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at last it's here. after months of preparation hundreds of people gathered at piccadilly circus on saturday 16th feb to celebrate a non-capitalist valentine. they formed a huge circle round eros and sent love out to the planet then partied on into the night. for once the streets were ours.

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Revolutionary 1st of May Berlin Kreuzberg 2008

29-02-2008 17:24

At the video platform now a mobilization clip for the Revolutionary 1st of May 2008 in Berlin-Kreuzberg is puplished. Will there be also a virtual riot like in the last year at the second-life newBerlin at first of may?

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This Week In Palestine – week 9 2008

29-02-2008 16:52

Audio
This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for February 23rd through to February 29th, 2008.

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Letter from Anarchist Vaggelis Botzatzis & 3 Comrades on the Run (Greece)

29-02-2008 16:11

Vaggelis Botzatzis has been remanded into custody accused of setting fire to two company cars owned by a energy/power company. It is believed that the person or persons unknown who carried out the arson did so in protest at the destruction of the natural environment and in support of two workers who died at the power plant.

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Lakenheath SOCPA Trial Postponed Again

29-02-2008 16:10

The trial scheduled for 26,27,28 of March has been postponed again. There will be a Pre Trial Review on 31 March to set the date for a preliminary hearing and the trial.

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UK Government Rejects Risk Management and Issue Threats

29-02-2008 15:58

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The British Government has rejected harm reduction proposals to allow local authorities the power to issue licenses for non-profit communal growing "Cannabis Social Clubs" (CSC's) for adults.