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Leeds Unity Day 2009

05-06-2009 12:19

Hyde Park Unity Day is just around the corner. An announcement of the date will be made 2 weeks before the event at http://leedsbradford.indymedia.org.uk and at http://www.unityday.org.uk/.

Here is a list of upcoming fundraiser events, and a call out for people to get involved and support Unity Day 2009.

IMC Northern (formerly IMC Leeds/Bradford) will be providing a "Be the media" stand at this years event so come along and meet us there.

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Speak out Against Racism and Deportations - 13 June 2009 12-3pm

05-06-2009 11:33

Open-air rally with speeches from anti-racist groups across London, uniting to take a common stand in defence of migrant workers and asylum seekers.

Please come along and bring speeches, music, chants, literature. Add your voice and help us speak out againt racism.

Public rally outside Angel Tube station, Islington, London N1

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Shell security breached and work stopped in successful action at sea.

05-06-2009 11:14

On Tuesday, after the afternoon confrontation in Broadhaven Bay which resulted in one man’s arrest and a couple hours of halted work for the dredgers, the Shell to Sea fleet of kayaks headed out on the water a second time around 6pm and two protesters managed to board one of the dredgers, climbing on to the neck of the crane, occupying it and halting work for 10 hours.

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Kingsnorth construction firm invaded by climate activists!

05-06-2009 10:10

One of the companies bidding for the contract to construct a new coal fired power station at Kingsnorth has been targeted by climate campaigners. Three people have locked on inside and two are up on a ledge outside having dropped a banner.

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Still important so please don't forget! Save Bury Hill Wood!:

05-06-2009 09:35

https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/431095.html

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NETCU

05-06-2009 08:30

National Extremism Tactical Coordination Unit site is back up

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Troops Out Movement Delegation to Belfast

05-06-2009 08:23

Troops Out Movement Annual Delegation to Belfast
Thurs 6th – Sun 9th August 2009

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Report of Palestine action inside and outside M&S in Newcastle, 04.06.09

04-06-2009 23:12

On Thursday 4th June 2009 campaigners targeted Marks and Spencer’s Newcastle store with a series of actions intended to raise awareness of the company’s links to Israel and build pressure for a total boycott, as part of the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Pickets continue weekly in Newcastle, Thursdays from 5-7pm on Northumberland St

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held for 24 hours by police for flag-waving

04-06-2009 22:28

police detained maria gallestegui (from peacestrike.org) for 24 hours after her arrest yesterday evening for waving the tamil eelam homeland flag at parliament square

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Tubeworkers Strike Support Group

04-06-2009 21:43

Freedom newspaper was present at the meeting to set up a support group for the tube workers and their up and coming strike.

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IOF to make 304 people homeless in Jordan Valley

04-06-2009 19:51

House demolitions and ethnic cleansing in the Jordan Valley

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Mother Palestine and the Settlements (by Latuff)

04-06-2009 18:29

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of the brave Palestinian people and their struggle against US backed IsraHell's state terror.

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An urgent plea on behalf of torturers

04-06-2009 17:13

Now that Guantanamo bay faces closure, what will become of the brave men who pulled teeth out for justice? Our organisation aims to have them back in gainful employment, probably in Pakistan.

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Palestine Today 060409

04-06-2009 16:27

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Thursday June 4th, 2009.

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Greece: The case of Nikos Kountardas

04-06-2009 16:07

Nikos Kundardas, a brave anarchist comrade from Greece, is on hunger and thirst strike, demanding his freedom. He is charged with setting a bank on fire, even though the prosecutor has no evidence available.

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Britain: Income inequality at record high

04-06-2009 16:05

Last month the government quietly published the latest measure of income inequality, the Gini coefficient, for the UK. The figure tells a story of growing exploitation and mounting poverty in Britain.

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New evaluations of G20 protests available

04-06-2009 15:35

Shift Magazine have put all their reports, interviews and analyses of the G20 London protests online.

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Bristol antifascist action

04-06-2009 15:34

TO FREEDOM FOR ALL BEINGS , RACIAL JUSTICE , AND CLASS WAR ON FASCISM!

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Which Way Forward for the Black Left: The Formation of DIGNITY

04-06-2009 15:15

Cynthia McKinney chose a Harlem church to announce the formation of DIGNITY, to bring the Black body politic back from its current comatose state. "Dignity is attempting to show real change is possible" - if people fight for it. "We want to organize networks so that we can relay information quickly to a large number of people."

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New vegan community site.

04-06-2009 14:32

A new vegan website.