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Rally to support Vestas Workers, Oxford

12-08-2009 10:16

Rally to support Vestas Workers called by Oxford & District Trades Union Council,
Wednesday 12 August, 12 noon, Bonn Square, Oxford City Centre

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Flyer for National Day of Solidarity w/ Vestas Workers

12-08-2009 10:16

poster/flyer image - SAVE VESTAS
Wednesday 12th August is a National Day of Solidarity w/ Vestas Workers. If there is nothing organised near you, it’s not too late to organise something! Make a poster saying ‘Save Vestas’; download the information leaflet for the public, run off some copies; and go and leaflet in your town centre, outside the nearest Jobcentre, vegetarian cafe, or wind turbine manufacturer… you get the idea!

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Numbers thin on ground in Calais, please come if you can

12-08-2009 09:56

In the last couple of days numbers of people monitoring and intervening against police attacks on migrants have reduced. If you are thinking of coming, or want to find out more, please contact us now or have a look at the blog to see what you can do in Calais. There are many roles, doesn't have to involve face-to-face with cops! Hanging out with migrants often reaps rewards in building relationships, finding out what is really going on and is appreciated as simple, but effective, help can be provided - sorting out lighting for squats, improving nutrition for a pregnant woman, working in the same internet cafe so police back off, basic medic work...

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Fitwatch Call - DISARM DSEi Meeting - 16th August

12-08-2009 09:32

Resist the FIT Teams at the DISARM DSEi public meeting.
1:45pm, Calthorpe Arms, Grays Inn Road (nearest tubes Russell Square and Kings Cross).

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Smash EDO Press Release -Demonstration against EDO's Complicity in Drone Attacks

12-08-2009 09:31

Smash EDO Press Release

12/08/2009

Demonstration against EDO's Complicity in Killer Drone Attacks

For more info please call 07754135290 or e-mail:  smashedopress@riseup.net

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Bombshell: Bin Laden worked for US till 9/11

12-08-2009 07:56

Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds dropped a bombshell on the Mike Malloy radio show, guest-hosted by Brad Friedman (audio, partial transcript).

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Ralph Nader Was Right: Liberals Are Going Nowhere With Obama

12-08-2009 07:32

The American empire has not altered under Barack Obama. It kills as brutally and indiscriminately in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan as it did under George W. Bush. It steals from the U.S. treasury to enrich the corporate elite as rapaciously. It will not give us universal health care, abolish the Bush secrecy laws, end torture or “extraordinary rendition,” restore habeas corpus or halt the warrantless wiretapping and monitoring of citizens. It will not push through significant environmental reform, regulate Wall Street or end our relationship with private contractors that provide mercenary armies to fight our imperial wars and produce useless and costly weapons systems.

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It’s… National Day of Solidarity with Vestas Workers!

12-08-2009 06:22

It’s… National Day of Solidarity with #Vestas Workers! Posted by: vickim57 Aug12, 09  http://bit.ly/1TY9Jo #savevestas

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1905

12-08-2009 00:54

... for the empire was important to Britain in other, less material ways too.

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Western Sahara Update - Vienna talks and the Oxford Six

12-08-2009 00:28

Whilst informal talks in Austria have given hope for new negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario Front, the Oxford Six - arrested and beaten last week - are still awaiting permission to come to England.

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Charges filed against 10 animal rights activists in Austria made public

12-08-2009 00:05

The charges against the 10 animal rights activists who were held in pre-trial detention for over 3 months last year have finally arrived. As feared, they are being charged with "Forming a Criminal Organisation".

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Güler Zere, Turkish political prisoner (by Latuff)

11-08-2009 22:56

Free Güler Zere!
37 year old Güler Zere had cancer while she was kept in Elbistan Closed (E-Type) Prison in order to serve the execution of imprisonment sentence given by Malatya State Security Court.

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vestas national day of action - rally in cowes 5.30pm

11-08-2009 20:40

OUR JOBS, OUR ISLAND, OUR PLANET
National day of action in solidarity with our Vestas workers
Wednesday 12 August

Lunchtime rallies
Newport - 12-2pm, St Thomas Square
Ryde - 12-2pm, High Street, outside Thorntons
East Cowes - 12.30-2pm, outside Somerfield
Sandown - 12.30-2pm, the Pier

Evening
Big rally in East Cowes, starting at Venture Quays Vestas factory, Castle Street at 5.30pm

Do whatever you can to show your support on the day, no matter how small or big…

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No Letup In Political Witch-Hunts Under Obama

11-08-2009 20:19

For eight years, the Bush administration relentlessly targeted Muslim, environmental, and animal rights activists as national security or terrorist threats. Shamefully, Obama continues the same practice.

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Film of the No Borders camp in Calais, June 2009

11-08-2009 20:00

Some background to events in Calais and wider context of the situation

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Israel Determined To Provoke Someone To Start A Regime Changing War Against Iran

11-08-2009 17:09

Israel seems determined to provoke its enemies hook or by crook in order to
get a war going against Iran. If they're not continually directly accusing
Iran of having a nuclear weapons program - despite the total lack of any
evidence to even suggest Iran has any nuclear weapons program - then Israel
is accusing Hezbollah of wanting to attack Israelis and Israeli interests
outside of Israel

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West Midlands Vegan Festival, Sat 24 October, Wolverhampton

11-08-2009 16:38

Please display one of our banners or buttons on your website
Whether you`re vegan, an aspiring vegan or just vegan curious, there`s only one place to be on Saturday 24th October 2009! World Vegan Day celebrations will start a week early this year, at the MEGA FANTASTIC West Midlands Vegan Festival in Wolverhampton!!
 http://www.midlandsveganfestival.org.uk

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Football and Big Business

11-08-2009 16:26

So another Premier League season is about to start. Last year yet again the top four was made up of the same four clubs who generate the highest revenue. Is the virtual monopolisation of English football by wealthy businesses inevitable, or are alternatives possible?

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Palestine Today 081109

11-08-2009 15:31

Audio

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Tuesday, August 11th 2009.

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Misappropriation of Farnborough Airport environment levy

11-08-2009 14:42

wildlife garden
An environment levy that should go towards local community projects as compensation for the airport nuisance local residents suffer has been misappropriated.