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London hunger strike in support of Camp Ashraf in Iraq

31-07-2009 10:37

Iraqi forces recently attacked defenseless Iranian people in Iraq as a direct result of the protests in Iran. Their supporters are on hunger strike in various locations throughout the world, including Grosvenor Square in London.

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Two Irish Anti-Shell Campaigners Jailed for Civil Disobedience

31-07-2009 02:30

--- Eight and four month sentences show dramatic increase in repression ---

Shell to Sea campaigners Maura Harrington and Niall Harnett were sentenced to four and eight months in jail respectively at Bellmulet district court today. Both protesters have been convicted for taking action as part of a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience against the ill-fated Corrib Gas Project. Maura was given her four month sentence under Section 8 of the Public Order Act; 'failing to comply with the directions of a Garda'. The sentence was handed down in relation to an incident that occurred duing a protest at Shell's 'landfall' compound gate on 30th August 2008. Niall was sentenced to eight months in relation to two separate incidents. He was given a four month sentence under Section 8 of the Public order act, and another four months under Section 2, for the supposed assault of a Garda.

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Corporate Identity

30-07-2009 20:59

An exploration of the links between Globalized Capitalism and the Identity Industries

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Upcoming demo in Luton

30-07-2009 20:49

Bedford Animal Action is planning a demo at the Luton offices of the drugs company AstraZeneca you try and make money out of doing this( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGLQnBwlCJg) The demo is also in retaliation to recent police oppression of previous protest at the offices.

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“Skip” Gates: A Curious Martyr in the Struggle Against Racism

30-07-2009 20:48

Dr. Henry Louis Gates
President Obama’s “friend” Dr. Henry Louis Gates has been richly rewarded for arguing “that poor African-Americans are largely to blame for the fact that blacks stand at the bottom of the nation’s steep socioeconomic pyramid.” Presumably, and by the same logic, Gates must now blame himself for getting arrested in his own home by a Cambridge policeman.

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Demo at Sequani

30-07-2009 19:51

Demo outside Sequani on Wednesday 12th August.

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Birmingham Vestas Solidarity Protest, 29th July

30-07-2009 19:34

crowd
A good sized crowd (considering the weather) gathered outside the IET at Austin Court where Ed Milliband was promoting his new eco-business strategy, to show their solidarity with workers occupying the Vestas factory. Buoyed by the recent court victory they tried to convince passing attendees to push the advantage.

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Big Green Gathering cancelled

30-07-2009 18:33

Another nail has been driven into the coffin of freedom in the UK and another step towards an increasingly powerful police state has been taken.

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ALF Burn Butcher School Vehicles, Paint Diary Shop & Butchers

30-07-2009 18:03

VEHICLES SET ALIGHT AT BUTCHER SCHOOL (France)
July 30, 2009 - France
VEHICLES SET ALIGHT AT BUTCHER SCHOOL

July 29, 2009 - Mexico
PAINT SPILLED AT DAIRY SHOP, BUTCHER GRAFFITIED

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Migrants Beaten & Arrested in Central Calais

30-07-2009 16:51

Two migrants are beaten and arrested in central Calais after leaving a mobile soup kitchen run by the French NGO Bell Toile.

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‘Ruptures’ – Spring 2009 special edition

30-07-2009 16:34

UCL: a new organisation is born…
In May 2009 a new organisation in Canada’s Francophone Quebec, Union of Comunist Liberals (UCL), published a special edition of their ‘Ruptures’ journal on the internet. Here you can read an English translation of the (French in original) editorial:

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Western mining corporations funding mass-murder, rapes and displacements in DRC

30-07-2009 16:01

Western mining corporations, many based in the U.K. are funding the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Daring Action Gets Supplies To Vestas Workers Occupation

30-07-2009 15:53

A group of twenty people successfully brought vital supplies into the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight this afternoon, to the whoops and cheers of the occupying workers.

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Palestine Today 073009

30-07-2009 15:26

Audio

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Thursday July 30th 2009.

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Wanted: computer games expert to help develop nuclear weapons

30-07-2009 15:18

This is an excellent job opening for anyone who likes violent computer games and wishes to contribute to defending the realm from North Koreans and aliens. The British nuclear deterrent is certainly safe in AWE's hands.

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Mother Palestine and Palestinian state proposal (by Latuff)

30-07-2009 13:21

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

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NO2ID call for protests in face of regional ID card roll-out

30-07-2009 13:01

Manchester NO2ID callout for protest in early October to resist the regional launch of the hated ID scheme.

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Open and transparent local government

30-07-2009 10:05

Traveller and member of public refused entry to council meeting on gypsies and travellers at county hall Devon.

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Newcastle Save Vestas

30-07-2009 09:06

Vestas Wind Turbine Factory Occupation
Campaign Against Climate Change / Save Vestas Public Meeting - A worker from the factory will speak
Friday 31st July, 6.30pm - Bridges Room, Gateshead Civic Centre