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Details of national and local protests to end bombing of Gaza

29-12-2008 23:53

NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION: SATURDAY 3 JANUARY
HANDS OFF GAZA: STOP THE BOMBING: FREE PALESTINE
ASSEMBLE 2.0 PM PARLIAMENT SQUARE, W1.

Nearest tube Westminster. Called by Palestine Solidarity
Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, British Muslim Initiative
and many other organisations.

PLEASE PUBLICISE AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION AS WIDELY AS
POSSIBLE.

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This is what a Massacre looks like!

29-12-2008 23:14

Below are images from photographer Fidaa Abuhamdiya's coverage in Gaza "il massacro"

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Two Sides, One Story - Cageprisoners National Tour

29-12-2008 23:11

MOAZZAM BEGG
GUANTANAMO FROM BOTHS SIDES OF THE WIRE

A national tour to mark seven years of unlawful detention, abuse and torture

January 11th 2009 - 4th February 2009

SAMI AL HAJ (Ex Guantanamo Detainee and Aljazeera Journalist)

CHRISTOPHER ARENDT (Ex-Guantanamo Guard)

MOAZZAM BEGG (Ex-Guantanamo Detainee, Spokesman for Cageprisoners)

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Template letters for lobbying for the enforcement of International law in Gaza

29-12-2008 22:27

Dear UK friends
Below are some template letters to circulate to your contacts for lobbying government to pressure Israel to uphold international law. The first is the basic template, the second is adapted from this and combined with Lawyers for Palestinian Human rights and has the contact details for UK & US at the bottom of post.

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Protest! Protest! Protest ! Free Gaza !

29-12-2008 22:19

PSC thanks the thousands of people who came out to demonstrate yesterday and today outside the Israeli embassy in London, and across the UK, to call for an end to the killing and an end to the siege of the people of Gaza.

Please join the protests and demonstrations over the next few days (please check our website www.palestinecampaign.org for latest events):

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Emergency Picket of M&S - Thurs 1 Jan - Free Palestine!

29-12-2008 21:55

4 - 8pm

Marks & Spencer, Marble Arch end of Oxford Street




Organised by Victory to the intifada

End the onslaught on Gaza!
End British collusion with the blockade of Gaza!
Boycott Israeli goods!
Boycott Marks and Spencer!

Self-determination for the Palestinian people!

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URGENT -- Influence the Decision on Nepal's MonkeyBusiness!!!

29-12-2008 21:43

21 days ago the new Directors of the Nepalese Tourism Board took up their positions, you can read about them in the original article here:
 http://www.welcomenepal.com/brand/news.asp?id=196#196

They've had 21 days to settle in to their new jobs, NOW let's make sure the monkeys are right at the top of their agendas!

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report from the demo anti israel in london

29-12-2008 20:46

chaos in london ....people are angry !!!!!!!

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Washington bears guilt for Gaza war crimes

29-12-2008 19:07

The Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza is a war crime for which not only the government of Israel but also that of the United States bears full responsibility.

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Photos: Hundreds Protest in Sheffield Against Gaza Massacre - 29th December

29-12-2008 19:03

Photos from the protest outside Sheffield Town Hall on Monday 29th December 2008 against the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza by Israel.

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SHAC Newsletter 50 - Out Now!

29-12-2008 18:36

As we come to the end of 2008, we’ve found there is so much to include that we’ve made this special 50th newsletter into a bumper edition! With hundreds of demos kicking off across the globe, throughout the year we have seen a constant and ever-imaginative way to show the collaborators of HLS just what they’re in for.

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Direct Action; USA, Netherlands, Mexico, UK, Italy, Spain & Colombia

29-12-2008 17:53

ANIMAL LIBERATION GRAFFITI (Italy)
22nd-28th December

HOLIDAY PACKAGES SENT TO NAUGHTY VIVISECTORS (USA)
13 RABBITS LIBERATED (Netherlands)
POULTRY SHOP CLOSES AFTER ATTACKS (Mexico)
HLS SUPPLIER'S VAN GLUED (UK)
ANIMAL LIBERATION GRAFFITI (Italy)
BRICK SHATTERS BUTCHERS WINDOW (UK)
TURTLE FREED FROM CAPTIVITY (Mexico)
RETURN VISIT TO FUR STORE (Spain)
TWO TRUCKS AT SLAUGHTERHOUSE SET AFIRE (Mexico)
BULLFIGHT SPONSOR SABOTAGED (Colombia)
HOME OF NYSE EURONEXT DIRECTOR COVERED IN SLOGANS (Netherlands)
PAINT SPILLED ON TELMEX PHONE BOOTHS (Mexico)

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Palestine Today 291208

29-12-2008 16:19

Audio
Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center
www.imemc.org, for Monday December 29th 2008

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unchallenged prottest caravan could have been a bomb

29-12-2008 16:18

homeless man and dog take advantage of home
caravan dumped outside city mayors office 2 days unoticed

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homeless campaigners leave caravan in derby city centre xmas eve

29-12-2008 16:05

anti-war and homeless join forces on government waste your money campaign on wars .and not where it should be spent

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Venezuela: Trade unionism between the servile bureaucracy and the hired killers

29-12-2008 16:03

The funeral of the trade unionists was a protest against the hired killers
* In the difficult times being experienced by the Venezuelan labour movement, perhaps the most dramatic issue have been the criminal acts that kills tens of trade unionists to the passivity of the pseudo-revolutionary government and the silence of his admirers from outside the country. It speaks about it this text of El Libertario # 55, January-February 2009.

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Adrian Mitchell RIP

29-12-2008 15:55

The Shadow Poet Laureate, the revolutionary poet of peace, has died

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Cuba and Venezuela condemn Israeli terror and massacres in Gaza

29-12-2008 15:35

Cuba and Venezuela do what racist Britain has not done and condemned unequivocally the British and US-backed Israeli terror and massacre of over 300 Palestinian people.

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3 Catholic Worker Arrested in "Peace Break In" at Northwood Permanent Joint HQ

29-12-2008 15:26

Catholic Priest, former British Marine and Catholic Worker Arrested in "Peace Break In" at Northwood Permanent Joint Headquarters.

 http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/WhatWeDo/DoctrineOperationsandDiplomacy/PJHQ/NorthwoodHeadquarters.htm

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Sevilla Two need support after mass Supermarket Action.

29-12-2008 15:17

On 29 April 2006, more than hundred masqued precarious swarmed into the Plus supermarket in calle Arroyo, Sevilla. Among them, the Virgin of Precarity presented herself. For about one hour the partying precarious blocked the cash points, sang slogans calling for labour and social rights for all, and finally expropiated three trolleys packed with staple foods. Now the State is trying to frame and imprison two local union members for this collective action.