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The 300-350 Show: The Road to Copenhagen

03-06-2009 17:08

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With a new President in the White House there’s a fresh approach to climate change and energy policy in the US. But the Energy bill currently going through Congress is based on the widely-criticised "Cap & Trade" system and has been weakened further by a massive corporate lobbying campaign. How does this feed into the UN talks in Bonn in June which prepare the way for the critical meeting in Copenhagen in December? We get an informed critique of the Bill from Oscar Reyes of Carbon Trade Watch and ask him what to look out for in Bonn.

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Its Non Tamil!

03-06-2009 15:05

I was on the pedal power bike rush on Monday.
As we circled parliament square like most I thought the hunger strike was by a Tamil.
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/431535.html
It seems not to be.
Amazing, an Englishman on strike for my people.

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Dave Mahoney (RNC arrestee) pleads guilty in exchange for 90day cap.

03-06-2009 14:14

On June 1st 2009 Dave Mahoney, under pressure from US state repression, plead guilty to a single count of second degree assault.

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Naked picnic at the home of Anthony Steen MP

03-06-2009 14:13

Seeing as we paid for Anthony's house, we should be allowed to take our clothes off on his property and do a bit of sunbathing.

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Palestine Today 060309

03-06-2009 14:10

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Wednesday June 3rd, 2009.

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Griffin admits to truth behind the BNP

03-06-2009 13:46

Nick Griffin, addressing an American friends of the BNP meeting, next to David Duke of the KKK, sets out the truth behind the BNP. How many voters really understand?

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Shell causeway 'washed away' by Shell to Sea action

03-06-2009 13:42

Reclaim the beach!
Part of the Shell causeway extending into the sea at Glengad was removed by Shell to Sea protesters on monday evening. This was in protest at the illegal blocking of access to the public beach and to oppose the forcing of this unsafe project on the local community and the giveaway of Ireland's natural resources.

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mrs blears aka squirrel nutkin

03-06-2009 12:05

sending squirrel nutkin nuts

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Action! Race War To Door Wars - a Review

03-06-2009 11:28

A review of Joey Owens's book, from an ex-AFA member

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UNDERCOVER WITH THE BNP FILM

03-06-2009 11:22

 http://www.dontpaniconline.com/magazine/home/undercover-with-the-bnp

The BNP show their true colours. We film them canvassing black people and then admitting that blacks can't even join the party.

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A River of Lights for Tiananmen

03-06-2009 10:52

Join Amnesty's Cambridge University Group and Chinese Salon for a Floating Lantern Ceremony in remembrance of the victims of the Tiananmen Crackdown.

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J.B. Spray: Squat Lobster's First Event

03-06-2009 10:04

spacediscussion
On Wednesday June 10th at the newly re-squatted J.B. Spray building there will be a cafe style discussion on various topics around the concept of Space.

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Euro election: turn out for global justice

03-06-2009 07:17

How to use your vote to reclaim democracy and address global problems

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Heresy of the First Order: We are the “Third Chimpanzees”

03-06-2009 02:52

Because if nonhuman animals ceased to be legally and morally (according to the dominant culture) subject to our perverse desire to subjugate, dominate, objectify, and exploit nearly every other being on the planet, our diseased means by which we’ve organized our existence, often referred to as “civilization,” would collapse in favor of a radical alternative.

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Britain sold arms despite Sri Lanka’s abuses – The Times

03-06-2009 00:04

Britain sold £13.6m worth of arms to Sri Lanka in the past three years despite Colombo’s widespread abuse of human rights, The Times newspaper reported.

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Willis cleaners for justice petition Unite

02-06-2009 21:23

Four cleaners sacked by cleaning contractor Mitie at City insurance giant The Willis Group handed in a cross-union and community petition to the Unite union last Friday, asking deputy General Secretary Jack Dromey to give full support to their four month old campaign for reinstatement.

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Shell in Ireland a perpetual struggle

02-06-2009 19:51

Monday the 1st of June saw the arrival of a multitude of assorted vessels to Broadhaven bay. The boats, which are subcontracted by The Royal Dutch Shell company (Shell), are attempting to prepare for works on the controversial Corrib gas project.

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Roundhay accountant gives window-space to Marx

02-06-2009 19:29

Chartered accountant takes a break from counting beans to educate passers-by.

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Comment on Euro-Elections

02-06-2009 18:18

Critical look at elections in Britain