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Personal statement of arrested British Falun Gong practitioner (1)

14-02-2002 11:57

Personal Statement of Rosemary Katzen, arrested British falun gong practitioner, prior to her journey to Tiananmen Square (article 1)

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British among large scale arrests in Beijing

14-02-2002 11:42

4 British Falun Gong human rights protesters arrested during massive police raid on tourist hotel in Beijing. Ten others arrested in hotel adn 20 more in Tiananmen Square this morning. (article 1)

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Faslane Day Three Final Reports

14-02-2002 11:41

100 people, 30 arrested. Bush marries Blair, activist in a Saab pulls a handbraker in front of gate, Royal Navy van blocked.

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Cops commit mass suicide

14-02-2002 11:34

Cops commit mass suicide
Monday 11 Feb - Faslane. Disillusioned with low pay and abysmal working conditions, dozens of officers from Strathclyde police today committed mass suicide by hurling themselves under an articulated lorry.

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Can the US be defeated?

14-02-2002 05:07

"Instead, this is a war against regimes the US dislikes: a war for
heightened US global hegemony and the "full spectrum dominance" the
Pentagon has been working to entrench since the end of the cold
war.....No previous military empire - from the Roman to the British -
had anything like this preponderance, let alone America's global
reach."

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ANTI HIERARCHY!

14-02-2002 03:25

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Johnston Press Takeover Bid Meets Fierce Resistance

14-02-2002 02:51

Chronicle & Echo Parent Company Makes Another Bid To Own 96% Of All The Newspaper Market In Northamptonshire. Case now refered to the Competitions Commission

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Stop Bush and Blair's War - National Demo!

14-02-2002 01:30

Stop Bush and Blair's War - National Demo!
Stop Bush and Blair's War
Demonstrate
Saturday, 2nd of March
1pm, Hyde Park, London

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Are we evolving?

14-02-2002 00:02

well Scotland's a start!

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EXETER STUDENTS HOLD REFERENDUM TO CALL FOR RESIGNATION OF UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR

13-02-2002 23:12

Students vote for democracy.

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dumbing down culture in Cheltenham

13-02-2002 21:29

I think this scenario is probably valid in every town. I'm hoping to get this published in print - at the precious few gigs there are still happening here.

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Peace Dove Henry A Kissinger Coming To Cork

13-02-2002 20:43

Nobel Peace Prize winner (and mass murderer) Henry Kissinger is coming to Cork on the 27 February at UCC from 8.00am to 1.00pm.

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CALL FOR AN ANTI-CAPITALIST COALITION AGAINST THE METTING OF THE IADB (BID)

13-02-2002 20:22

CALL FOR AN ANTI-CAPITALIST COALITION AGAINST THE METTING OF THE IADB (BID)
CALL FOR AN ANTI-CAPITALIST COALITION AGAINST THE METTING OF THE IADB (BID) IN FORTALEZA

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Student Occupation in York

13-02-2002 20:06

400 students occupy Heslington Hall - the admin centre of York University in protest at cutbacks compromising the safety of students on campus.

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Global Capitalism --> Global Poverty?

13-02-2002 19:07

I'm a student at Cambridge University. We've got a building that houses a big debating society thing. It's kind of posh but it's got some interesting debates.
We had this debate entitled "This House Believes that Free Market Capitalism is Responsible for Continuing Global Poverty". The motion won by 91 votes to 61 ( + abstentions).

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Save A&E at K&C - March on Sat, 23 feb

13-02-2002 15:17

Save A&E at K&C - March on Sat, 23 feb
Save A&E at K&C
Join the People's March
Sat. 23rd Feb
11:30am at Whit & Tank Hospital

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McDonald's Paris: Striking, Occupying and Winning

13-02-2002 15:01

McDonald's Paris: Striking, Occupying and Winning
from  http://www.nosweat.org.uk

Since October McDonalds workers in Paris have been on strike for the reinstatement of five of their colleagues, who were accused of theft by the bosses. It was obviously a coincidence that the five workers sacked were candidates for the "élections professionnelles", a kind of works council. A support committee was quickly formed to help the young strikers... (article 1)

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Video from first day of Faslane Missile Base Blockade

13-02-2002 13:50

Video
This video starts out on the Oxford Bus.

Hundreds of people from all over the UK and beyond have been blockading Faslane nuclear base from 7 this on munday morrning. Using their bodies and a variety of fancy and hardy lock-ons.

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4 students arrested in Sevilla

13-02-2002 13:12

Here some information about the 4 student activists who were arrested in Sevilla. The university of Sevilla also excluded 6 student activists from the university. In June thousands of students from across Europe will fill the streets of Sevilla...

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Colombia Solidarity Campaign news

13-02-2002 13:06

Link to latest bulletin from Colombia Solidarity Campaign: