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President Obama, Don't Become Complicit in Their Crimes!

01-02-2009 21:01

On Thursday, January 29th, I sent President Obama this message:

"Mr. President: The Bush Administration lied to the people in pursuit of war. As a result, at least one million Iraqis and thousands of U.S. soldiers are dead. Thousands more are maimed. The stature of the U.S. is severely damaged. The U.S. Constitution is in shreds after signing statements, wiretaps, and torture. Your obligation is to investigate and bring to justice those who violated U.S. and international law, such as the torture treaty. Failure to do so makes you complicit in their crimes."

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Wildcat strikes - an open letter to the anarchist/anti-authoritarian movement

01-02-2009 20:36

Below is an open letter written in response to the recent wildcat strikes

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Who swore the secret affadavit to seize Natalie Bracht's five children away?

01-02-2009 20:19

For anyone who's been following the case of German born Sunderland mum Natalie Bracht. She went on the run with her five daughters back in May 2008 and was eventually captured in Munich by German police in November 2008.

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Picket of the UKBA in Cardiff

01-02-2009 19:57

On Thursday 29th January 2009, around 25 people braved the freezing cold conditions to hold a picket for about 2 hours outside the UK Border Agency at 31-33 Newport Road, Cardiff. These offices are where decisions are made about who gets detained, deported or in rarer cases granted leave to remain. ID cards are issued here for non-EU students and spouses and immigration 'snatch squads' operate from this address. This is also the local reporting office, where asylum applicants must 'sign on' as part of the conditions of their continued residence in the UK and then sometimes are detained prior to deportation. It is the face of Britain's racist immigration policies right here on our doorstep.

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Who killed Colin Roach?

01-02-2009 19:38

Colin Roach, aged 21 years, died in January 1983 after receiving a fatal gunshot wound in 1983 while in the custody of Stoke Newington police station, London. He is alleged by the police to have shot himself in the mouth. Authorities alleged that he had committed suicide after entering the Stoke Newington Police Station. Many believed that there was reason to doubt this story and instead argued that Roach was murdered by police.

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Westminster Peace Procession

01-02-2009 18:36

This is a call for all Peace campaigners from all faiths, and no faith, to gather on the first Sunday of every month outside Westminster Cathedral, to carry a petition and various banners through to Westminster Abbey, through Parliament Square, to Downing street (where the petition is handed in) and then on to the Edith Cavell Memorial.

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From Peter Hakala

01-02-2009 15:21

I am a hostage and I have been a hostage for a little over twenty long and painful years. I have a fire in my eyes for truth and justice

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Advertising war crimes in advance?

01-02-2009 15:13

Given that Ehud Olmert has 'vowed a disproportionate response' to the 2 rockets that landed in Israel

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Belgium to stop exporting 'arms that bolster the IDF' to Israel

01-02-2009 14:17

"given the current circumstances, weapons cannot be shipped from Belgium to Israel."

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Response finally received from the BBC over the Gaza DEC appeal

01-02-2009 14:03

A not so carefully worded response has finally been received from the BBC, weeks after the DEC appeal scandal began. Below is a transcript followed by an analysis tearing their crap arguments to shreds.

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Tamils protesting in London 31/01/09

01-02-2009 13:48

About 100,000 Tamil protesters marched through the streets of London on sunday (31/01/09) to highlight the need for an intervention in Sri Lanka.

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Nottingham University Students Occupation in Solidarity with Gaza pix 2

01-02-2009 13:20

Students at the University of Nottingham are occupying lecture theatre B62 of the Law and Social Sciences building on the University campus, in a move to demand urgent action from their institution for Gaza.

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Nottingham University Students Occupation in Solidarity with Gaza pix 1

01-02-2009 13:11

Students at the University of Nottingham are occupying lecture theatre B62 of the Law and Social Sciences building on the University campus, in a move to demand urgent action from their institution for Gaza.

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Bayer Day of Action in Sweden

01-02-2009 12:43

For the international day of action activists targeted Bayer Cropsciences headoffice in Stockholm, Sweden. About fiftheen activists gathered in front of the main gate to the compound where Bayer is situated. Obviously, the company already knew of our plans and two security guys stood guard in front of the gate. They had to redirect some of the traffic to another lane to get them through the crowd of angry protesters and as workers drove away several gave us the thumbs up.

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Ch Ranbir Singh Hooda member of India's Constituent Assembly is no more.

01-02-2009 12:11

Ch Ranbir Singh Hooda, one of the two surviving members of India's Constituent Assembly, is well known in Haryana's Jat heartland for his role in India's freedom struggle as a leading member of the Indian National Congress is no more. OIPA INDIA & PFA Haryana paid their kind tribute & homage to the departed soul, May rest in peace !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Let's send an E-mail to EDO MBM and feel alright (Yeah Mon!):

01-02-2009 11:56

THIS IS A MASS CALL OUT TO ANYONE WHO CAN BE BOTHERED:

PLEASE SEND THIS SONG TO THIS ADDRESS AS A PROTEST AGAINST THE COMPANY'S ARMS MANUFACTURING!

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War on Gaza: Israeli Action, Not Reaction

01-02-2009 07:52

Israeli 22 – day military operation, dubbed “Cast Lead,” against the Palestinian Gaza Strip was “not simply a reaction,” but “a calculation," Daniel Klaidman wrote in Newsweek on January 10.

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Rehabilitation of the Wild animal species - Bear, Tiger, Lion, Panther & Monkey.

01-02-2009 07:06

The Central Govt. banned the five wild species to perform & PFA Haryana introduced a rehabilitation of Kalenders scheme along with the dancing bears in 1999-2000, some NGO's comes forward to handle the bear but no body is worried about the Monkeys still performing in the streets wearing cloths & smoking bedi under control of the so called masters. Why concerned authorities silent on this issue.....???????

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Art of War : War is Terrorism

01-02-2009 04:06

War is Terrorism

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Tamils March in London - BBC Ignores Them

31-01-2009 23:13

Around 100,000 Tamils marched through Westminster today to persuade our government to take action over the Sri Lankan genocide of the Tamil population, to shame our media into breaking their silence over what is happening there and to call for the establishment of a Tamil homeland, Tamil Eelam. Pictures (C) 2009, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.