UK Indymedia - UK Newswire Archive

Barack Obama: The Empire’s New Clothes

15-11-2008 14:36

Paul Krugman in the New York Times (a left-liberal Obama critic during the primary campaign) says there's "something wrong with you" if you weren't "teary-eyed" about Obama's election. Yes, numerous other radicals and I need to be put under psychiatric care because we didn't cry over the militantly bourgeois and openly imperialist Obama's presidential selection.

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SchNews Front Page - Fifth Columnist

15-11-2008 12:59

AS THE OBSERVER TROTS OUT POLICE LINE OVER ECO-TERRORISM

“Of course I don’t have a f*cking agenda. I’m a national newspaper journalist – why would I have an agenda?” - Mark Townsend, Observer journalist.

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BAE’s links with New Labour

15-11-2008 11:07

Further links between arms manufacturer BAE Systems and New Labour have emerged

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Human Rights Activist Recounts Path-Breaking Voyage to Break the Siege of Gaza

15-11-2008 08:24

Paul Larudee, co-founder of the Free Gaza Movement, described the elaborate measures taken to certify that the first historic voyage to break the Israeli siege of Gaza was completely harmless, non-violent, and transparent. Speaking to supporters in Sunnyvale, California, he said, “We don’t preach non-violence, we practice it!”

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Blackwaters accused for illegal smagling ..

15-11-2008 06:47

A federal grand jury in North Carolina is investigating allegations the controversial private security firm Blackwater illegally shipped assault weapons and silencers to Iraq, hidden in large sacks of dog food, ABCNews.com has learned. Despite four separate federal grand jury investigations of its operations, Blackwater's contract to provide security services for the US State Department was renewed earlier this year. The contract pays Blackwater $250 million a year

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NYCLAW ANTIWAR DIGEST -- 11.14.08

15-11-2008 02:58

The campaign to elect the president is over. The campaign to make the president DO what he was elected FOR is underway.

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Press Statement by the Plaintiffs in the Diaz Trial

15-11-2008 01:53

This is the text handed out by the Plaintiffs after last night's verdict in the Diaz trial.

Followed by a quick translated summary of Judge Baroni's extremely political verdict come fudge.

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HAVE YOUR SAY IN LIVERPOOL

15-11-2008 01:11

YOUR COMMUNITY MATTERS ARE HALF WAY THROUGH. THIS WEEK THERE ARE TEN EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO INFLUENCE WHAT IS BEING DELIVERED IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND TO INFLUENCE POLICY FOR THE FUTURE.

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Protest against ID cards on 25th November

14-11-2008 23:53

Biometric ID cards will come into force for non-EU students and spouses from 25th November and will be issued from offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Croydon, Glasgow, Liverpool, and Sheffield. We will be holding a protest outside the Home Office building in Cardiff and hope for protests outside each of the other offices on that day.

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DEMO ON 15 NOV 15 PM

14-11-2008 23:26

SOLIDARITY DEMO IN BRIXTON FOR THE PRISONERS IN GREECE

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Shut down Lindela! Solidarity picket in London

14-11-2008 21:36

Lindela deportation centre, notorious for human rights abuses, is the symbol of state-sponsored xenophobia in South Africa.

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Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim?

14-11-2008 20:44

The final version of "Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim?" in The Open Atmospheric Science Journal is available at

http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874282300802010217

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Sussex Uni students vote to oust military from students union

14-11-2008 19:38

Yesterday, students at the students union agm voted to support a motion to withdraw support for all military funded bodies.

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Colombia Solidarity in London over the next 10 days…

14-11-2008 18:43

Colombian Indigenous resistance, London-based Colombian cleaners struggle, Hands Off Venezuela conference

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Unite NHS workers vote for strike action

14-11-2008 18:32

Thousands of NHS workers, including mental health nurses, paramedics and ambulance staff, have voted to strike in protest at a derisory pay deal.

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This Week in Palestine, Week 46

14-11-2008 18:18

This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org, for November 8 through 14, 2008.

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Make EVERY DAY Buy Nothing Day until 01/01/09!

14-11-2008 17:46

The corporate beast is on the ropes-now let's deliver the Final K.O. Blow!

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ashley road squat, bristol, eviction update

14-11-2008 17:38

Dictated at Friday midday

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The Asian Brown Cloud: Global Climate Chaos and Tropical Glaciers

14-11-2008 17:16

A blog report about "newest" climate threat - the Asian Brown Cloud - combined with recent data about tropical glaciers in the Andes in South America. Alarming figures.
Posted here with active links to sources:

http://colonos.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/the-asian-brown-cloud-global-climate-chaos-and-tropical-glaciers/

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Mill Road Tesco refused again

14-11-2008 16:01

Tesco have LOST their first appeal (and the associated non-determination appeal) for the Mill Road site in Cambridge.

The Inspector concluded:

“I find that both of the realistically available servicing options would pose unacceptable risks to highway safety, which would not be outweighed by benefits or the fallback position. I therefore conclude that both appeals should be dismissed.”