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Sankofa Foundation in Crisis

03-03-2008 01:48

Amidst the recent disintegration of the ASBO project the Sankofa Foundation has been suffering and surviving, but now the end may be in sight for our Burns Street office.

Sankofa therapist Miriam Hollis recently wrote this message asking for help, which can also be read on the Sankofa blog - sankofafoundation.blogspot.com

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Joint Statement Against the Israeli Airstrikes on the Gaza Strip

03-03-2008 00:32

I hope British organizations interested in human rights would lend its voice to this cause. This war hasn't officially started yet. These are only the opening salvoes. We must stop this NOW.

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SOCPA - MP stops just short of advocating the death penalty for protest

03-03-2008 00:25

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following on from the story about arrests outside parliament on thursday evening last week ( http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/392412.html), this clip from 'telegraph tv' shows alan duncan's rather extreme views on non-violent direct action protest.

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National Drug Prevention Alliance Funded by Child Abusers!

02-03-2008 22:33

It’s never pleasant to kick a man when he’s down but we’ve never shied away from dirty jobs at the void.

In their own words the National Drug Prevention Alliance (1) plans for the future are sparse:

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Palestine Trade Fair, London 5-9 March 2008

02-03-2008 22:07



DATE: 5th - 9th March 2008

TIME: 11 AM to 8 PM
except Sunday 9 March 10 AM to 5 PM

LOCATION: The Arab British Chamber of Commerce
43 Upper Grosvenor Street
London, W1K 2NJ

CONTACTS: The Palestine General Delegation to the UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 8563 0008
Email:  info@palestiniangd.org.uk

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McDonalds on 11 H & S charges in Leicester

02-03-2008 21:09

McDonalds face 11 Health and Safety-related charges at Leicester Magistrates' Court on 28 March 2008.

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3 Women for PeaceMarianne Williamson, Medea Benjamin, Judith LeBlanc speak at th

02-03-2008 21:05

Marianne Williamson, Medea Benjamin, Judith LeBlanc speak at the World Peace Forum.

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Hunt Chaos in Derbyshire

02-03-2008 20:20

On Saturday the 1st March the High Peak Hunt meet at 11.30am at the Bulls Head Inn at Monyash, Derbyshire.

During the course of the next three hours the huntsman lost control of his pack on numerous occasions. This resulted in them causing chaos on the roads and in the fields around the area.

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Mancs Reclaim The Night march a success

02-03-2008 19:16

Manchester Reclaim the night March a success,
despite threatened 'transqueer' counter protest.

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Kurdish Peace Rally North East London - 2 March 2008

02-03-2008 18:23

Photographs of peaceful protest against Turkey's military action in Southern Kurdistan (North Iraq).

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Reclaim your Food stall finally criminalised

02-03-2008 16:39

Police has definitely intervened in the weekly Sunday free food action today 2nd March 2008 in the Brixton Oval.

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Land Securities - Supporting the Fur Trade

02-03-2008 15:32

Protests are to begin this week against Land Securities because of their involvement in the fur trade. Please show solidarity and politely contact the firm:

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"Women and War" Art Exhibition, Cambridge, 8th-20th March

02-03-2008 15:16

Opening night is on the 8th at 6pm-8pm. St. Paul's Centre, Hills Rd, Cambridge. Prior to the art exhibition there will be an Iraqi women's group called "Act Together" who are holding an auction of promises from 3pm-5pm.

We will be making a banner at this exhibition where everyone can add their bit. If you have any art materials, poems, quotations, fabric, glue etc. that could be useful for this (and other art work which we will be doing), please contact Charlotte Synge

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Central Madrid on Fire

02-03-2008 15:13

Fuego
With just days to go before the Spanish general election, anti-rascist campaigners fought running battles with riot police in Central Madrid this Friday, building huge burning barricades and entirely gutting several banks, after the local PP (rightist) council allowed 'Combat Espana' and other fascist groups to gather in Tirso de Molina square, traditionally Madrid's most leftist area and now home to much of Madrids immigrant population.
Mule reporters were on the front lines with a camera and a bottle of beer to bring you this report....

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Palestine Society Not Allowed in Birmingham!!!

02-03-2008 13:23

Guild of Students at the University of Birmingham failed to approve the application for a "Palestine Society"

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Big Green's Corporate Investor

02-03-2008 12:53

The Big Green Gathering say that the festival can only survive with investment from Stuart Galbraith's "Kilimanjaro Live Ltd". Profit-sharing with this AEG backed company is surely bad enough, but according to the article below the BGG directors are also prepared to consider sponsorship by BP!

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Interview With Nottingham Activist In Southern Ocean On Board Sea Shepherd Ship

02-03-2008 12:40

The Steve Irwin refuelling in Melbourne, mid Feb. Photo by flickr.com/ssandars

Dan is an activist from Nottingham who has joined the crew on board the Sea Shepherd vessel Steve Irwin in a bid to stop the illegal whaling activities of the Japanese near Antartica. The mission, named Migaloo, started last December and after refuelling in Melbourne last month, the Sea Shepherd crew is back in the oceans, have managed to track down the whaling fleet and have been in hot persuit of its main vessel, the Yushin Maru No. 2 for the last week. Accoring to one of the crew onboard the ship "the weather is getting colder and we are getting many hours of darkness now. The Antarctic winter is creeping up on us. The seas are getting rougher and we are getting blizzards." We joined Dan via sattelite phone to ask him about his adventures..

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"Foie Gras Campaigners Target Leeds" - Caterer Search

02-03-2008 11:57

FROM THE CATERER SEARCH, INDUSTRY WEBSITE AND MAGAZINE:

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Sea Shepherd Aussie Crew Prepared to Be Taken as Prisoners to Japan

02-03-2008 10:40

Sea Shepherd have managed to seriously disrupt the whaling hunt this season
The Australian government has informed the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society that they are not prepared to provide any assistance if the Japanese whalers seize any crew from the whale conservation vessel Steve Irwin. Japan has said that any crewmembers seized by their crews will be returned to Japan for prosecution for interfering with their whaling operations.