UK Indymedia - UK Newswire Archive

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Barriers dismantled at Novartis march

27-04-2008 12:43

Antispeciesists claim responsibility for breaking police lines at the SHAC march against Novartis headquarters in Horsham, West Sussex. Many barriers were left broken and seperated after a long battle with police, aided by a minutes silence for the animals who are suffer from this speciesist war. We left as riot police turned up.

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Grangemouth UK oil strike & bosses tactical AGM in USA details

27-04-2008 12:40

they will be discussing tactics about grange mouth & most will be pressing Brown to crackdown www.trilateral.org
We must all support workers at Grangemouth leading fight for better pensions &safety, it is making people think about conserving fuel.
Renationalise, cooperativise& start drilling geothermal shafts rather than oil boreholes. Most rich corporations & billionaires pay little or no tax, in fact they are often subsidised, whilst most tax dosh comes from people & cooperatives.
Fuel should be rationed at pumps & at terminals by worker cooperatives for those that need it & not gas guzzlers.
This is uncopyrighted at the moment, to those in the BBC & ITV do a good job with this information & you will get our support too.

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Coalition to Stop Deportations to Iraq meeting hosted by John McDonnell MP

27-04-2008 11:56

Tuesday 29th April - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Boothroyd Room
Portcullis House
LondonSW1A 2LW

(Nearest tube : Westminster)

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What the cops did in Cardiff yesterday

27-04-2008 11:07

Yesterday there was a seriously over-policed peaceful demo in Cardiff against the huge new PFI that will bring a 'School of the Americas' style military academy run by arms dealers and the Open University to St Athan. Here are a few pictures of the cops, whose services were provided at huge expense to the taxpaying public, with a special focus on the evidence gathering team.

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Strategic Command (StratCom) in Context: Hidden Architecture of U.S. Militarism

27-04-2008 10:20

In many ways, StratCom embodies the hidden architecture of U.S. militarism. The United States military dominates the globe through its operation of 10 Unified Combatant Commands. Composed of forces from two or more armed services, the Unified Commands are headed by four-star generals and admirals who operate under the direct authority of the Secretary of Defense, accountable only to the President. Six of the Commands are responsible for designated regions of the world, and the four others for various operations. It is a mind-numbing exercise just to list them all, but in order to comprehend the breadth and depth of U.S. militarism, it is absolutely essential to be aware of their existence.

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Brave MEND Activists Attack Another Shell (Colonial) Pipeline

27-04-2008 10:06

Fri Apr, 25 2008
Nigerian main rebel group, The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), today said it blew up another oil pipeline belonging to Shell in it renewed attack against oil infrastructures in the region.

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South Africa: UnFreedom Day

27-04-2008 09:56

On Sunday it will be Freedom Day again. Once again we will be asked to go into stadiums to be told that we are free. Once again we will not be going to the stadiums. We will, for the third time, be mourning UnFreedom Day. Since the last UnFreedom Day we have been beaten, shot at and arrested on false charges by the police; evicted by the land invasions unit; disconnected from electricity by Municipal Security; forcibly removed to rural human dumping grounds by the Municipalities; banned from marching by the eThekwini City Manager; slandered by all those who want followers not comrades; intimidated by all kinds of people who demand the silence of the poor; threatened by new anti-poor laws; burnt in the fires; sick in the dirt and raped in the dark nights looking for a safe place to go the toilet.

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the marriage between CONSERVATIVES & NOTTING HILL housing

27-04-2008 09:45

local council =?????

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Workers Memorial Day 28th April Gateshead

27-04-2008 08:53

This is a great event concerning the growing social movement against diseases caused by capitalism. Asbestos is going to cause a growing number of deaths for years to come and it is important to be aware that it is in schools, workplaces and hospitals near you.

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Keep the Hope of Peace Alive

27-04-2008 08:11

Keep the Hope of Peace Alive is a song written by Deacon Dave, a Christian Muslim peacemaker, married to a Palestinian and living most of the time next to Jewish settlers in Hebron, Palestine.

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London Critical Mass 14th Anniversary ride.

27-04-2008 07:35

Early in the ride police blocked the front at traffic lights and prevented movement, even when the lights were green. This is a familiar tactic which is done to compress the ride into as small a space as possible, with officers and a van at the back hassling stragglers to keep up, which slows things down and holds up traffic as well as making cycling difficult.

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Police crack down hard as St Athan demo finally awakens mass media

27-04-2008 06:10

A march against the proposed privatised military academy in Cardiff today (26 April) was prevented by police from entering the city centre shopping area - yet still the demo was a major step forward for the campaign.

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March Was Warmest Land Temperature Ever Recorded

27-04-2008 05:28

Last month was the warmest global land temperature for March ever recorded but la Nina in the Equatorial Pacific kept the global temps. down to second warmest.

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Lia's Speech At Novartis / Shac National

26-04-2008 22:41

Speech by Lia from SARC at today's Novartis demo in Horsham.

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British government commits taxpayers to bailing out the banks

26-04-2008 21:43

The government and the Bank of England have been forced to step in to bail out Britain’s banking system, which is on the point of collapse.

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Size of teachers’ strike exceeds predictions

26-04-2008 21:29

Two hundred thousand teachers organised in the National Union of Teachers came out on strike on Thursday in opposition to the Labour government’s wage-cutting pay deal. NUT members had balloted 3-1 to reject the three-year pay award of 2.45 percent this year, followed by 2.3 percent over the next two years.

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Mass stall - stand up to the police - Saturday May Day weekend

26-04-2008 21:02

Calling all activists!

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The conspiracy to divide Bolivia must be denounced

26-04-2008 20:34

The process of changes in favor of the Bolivian majority is at risk of being brutally restrained.

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A US Casualty of war, A threat to World Peace: Clinton Dehumanised

26-04-2008 19:21

According to the UN definition of genocide, Hilary Clinton is threatening mass genocide of an entire nation of 70 million. Is this violent woman fit to hold the presidency of a country with the most powerful war machine in history? Have we become so dehumanised by our incessant killing that we have lost any capacity for outrage?

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Tyendinaga Mohawks Under Attack by Canada: Urgent Call

26-04-2008 19:02

Mohawk Nation News reports Tyendinaga Mohawks have been moved in on by the OPP Ontario Provicial Police while protecting their sovereign lands. "Lives are at stake". Urgent that worldwide support be mobilized.