UK Indymedia - UK Newswire Archive

Students say 'No More Fees'!

06-11-2008 00:35

About a hundred very colourful students marched through the centre of Cambridge on Wednesday afternoon, proclaiming they're sick of being in debt under the Blairite Brown regime.

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Careering Downwards, courtesy of Cambridge University!

05-11-2008 23:52

Today and tomorrow, Cambridge University are hosting a Careers Fair, which seems to comprise a motley collection of arms manufacturues, planet wreckers and Vivisectionists.

To highlight just how dubious many of the exhibitors at this event are, some activists decided to go along today.

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Open Meeting @ SoundBites Social Change Library

05-11-2008 23:23

A successful collective in Derby have inspired a call for a more creative winter period, as an antidote to the sickening and frantic consumption annually pushed around the time of some religious festival.

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class war bonfire busted by cops

05-11-2008 23:03

cops bust class war bonfire ..

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British Government's AWE-ful lies continue

05-11-2008 21:23

Following last week's very successful Big Blockade of the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/10/411729.html , Government cover-ups over the development of new nuclear warheads at the site continue.

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10th Dec Grassroots Rights Event for Mobilisation | LSE

05-11-2008 19:50

Why Human Rights & Where Do We Stand?
On International Human Rights Day 2008, After 60 Years..
Public Meeting

Wednesday 10th December, 6pm

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Morning in Obamerica

05-11-2008 19:38

What has Obama wrought? In the euphoria, can reality reclaim its rightful place? The parameters of rhetorical change are boundless, propelled into the nether-reaches of nonsensicality by hyper-speak and super-wishfullness that can never supplant the real world of entrenched class and race rule. Celebrate good times...COME ON! But at some soon point in time, we must return to the ground. And the need for struggle. Better start as soon as the cold breeze hits you. Like now.

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The election of Barack Obama

05-11-2008 19:23

Democratic candidate Barack Obama won an overwhelming victory over Republican John McCain in the US presidential election Tuesday, and the Democrats significantly increased their majorities in both the House of Representatives and the US Senate.

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Unite (Amicus) Hustings Meeting 21 November Newcastle

05-11-2008 17:03

In the very near future an election will take place for the position of General Secretary of the Amicus Section of Unite.

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SHAC Attack: Scary Science Week Global Roundup

05-11-2008 16:49

8 countries, 3 continents, over 50 protests

Scary Science Week Is Over...

But We're Just Getting Warmed Up!

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Direct Action; New Zealand, UK, Mexico & Canada

05-11-2008 16:39

ACTIVISTS RESCUE 12 PULLETS FOR WORLD VEGAN DAY (New Zealand)
ALF HIT STAPLES (UK)
BULLFIGHTING SPONSOR SABOTAGED (Mexico)
HLS COLLABORATOR FOLLOWED HOME (UK)
3000 MINK RELEASED INTO THE WILD (Canada)

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Councillor John Lines’ Homeless Village in Birmingham

05-11-2008 15:59

A protest camp named after Councillor John Lines who’s responsible for the city’s housing, was established last Thursday on derelict land owned by Birmingham City Council. Cllr. Lines has denied there is a homeless problem in Birmingham and also denies there is money available to build new ‘social housing’. The occupied land has been unused for around seven years whilst there are over 30,000 people in the city waiting for housing. The protest is against the Council holding on to land that could be sold at a ‘friendly’ price to Housing associations thereby allowing Housing Associations to draw up to £100m of grants to provide ‘social housing’. “At a cost of £50,000 per unit, the £100m could provide around 2,000 homes” said one of the protesters. They claim the Council’s approach is speculative - by holding onto unused land and buildings with a view to selling them off to the highest commercial bidder.

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Police assualt student to prevent LSE protest

05-11-2008 15:50

Police have used unlawful violence to prevent a student demonstration at the London School of Economics. Students gathered outside the opening of the New Academic Building by the Queen to protest against the naming of a lecture theatre after Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the dead dictator of the UAE. When the group dropped a banner reading "No more Dirty Money at LSE" a policeman approached the group and, without warning, kneed a student in the crotch and punched him on the side of the head twice.

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Palestine Today 110408

05-11-2008 15:15

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Wednesday November 05.2008

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Class, climate change and coal Conference. Sat 1st NOV

05-11-2008 15:06

This is the presentation given by a climate/environmental activist to the Conference

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'cafe marie' at camberwell social centre

05-11-2008 14:31

timetable of events happening in london's newest social centre the 'library house' in camberwell.

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Legal Aid department being downsized by over a third

05-11-2008 14:14

I wonder what the future implications of this will be for activists and equality of access to 'justice' (a basic human right enshrined in law). No doubt staff shortages will be blamed for delays in processing Legal Aid applications, and perhaps the means and merits tests will become tougher.

"The GMB national officer Rehana Azam said: "This is very disappointing news for the Legal Services Commission staff and for people seeking legal aid." "

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Conference Report: Class, Climate Change and Clean Coal

05-11-2008 13:58

On the 1st November 2008 at the Bridge hotel in Newcastle upon Tyne; "the debate between the Unions and the climate camp". The event was organised by Dave Douglass on behalf of the NUM & Tyne & Wear IWW.

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Tonight! Nov5th Benefit gig for Oaxaca prisoners.

05-11-2008 13:52

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Sussex Uni Students' Support Statement for Chagos Islanders' Campaign

05-11-2008 13:42

Sussex University students' support statement for the Chagos Islanders' campaign in response to the House of Lords ruling against the right of the UK Chagossian population to return to their homeland.