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The Fourth Estate

06-04-2010 18:55

Freedom of the press is a constitutional right Americans hold dear. For many it is perceived as a liberty every person should have the freedom to express and is a facet and symbol of our culture itself. Often referred to as the fourth branch of government or the fourth estate most people believe journalists rights to go on the record with what they know to be protected by law. Most Americans simply take for granted journalists are sources of independent information and believe they express the first amendment when many of us feel we can't.

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Resistance, anarchist paper, April 2010

06-04-2010 17:44

The latest issue of the Anarchist Federation's free monthly paper. Full text, link to reading PDF below.

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Hereford Heckler #13 now out

06-04-2010 17:40

The April/May issue of the Hereford Heckler is now out...

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Camp Against Nuclear New Build - 23-26 April, Sizewell, Suffolk

06-04-2010 15:44

Sizewell B, Chernobyl Weekend 2009 (Photo: D. Viesnik)
Friday 23rd – Monday 26th April - Chernobyl Weekend

 http://stopnuclearpoweruk.net
 http://chernobyl-day.org/?lang=en

It's time to step up the campaign against nuclear new build. If we want to stop the next generation of nuclear power stations, now is the time to act. Come and join us for a weekend of networking, protest and info and skill sharing!

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Faslane blockaded twice in three days during Euro Days of Action to Ban Nukes

06-04-2010 14:59

6 APRIL 2010

Following Saturday's pan-European actions at nuclear weapons bases (see  http://www.vredesactie.be/campaign.php?id=12 for details), more than a dozen Trident Ploughshares activists today revisited Faslane, home of the UK's nuclear weapons. The protesters intend to ensure that high on the agenda of the election called by Gordon Brown today is the UK's nuclear weapons and their threat to global security.

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Climate Camp 2008

06-04-2010 14:44

I have just got back my Data Protection Act request stuff concerning Climate camp 2008

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We will take back the city!

06-04-2010 14:29

SQUAT Tempelhof is over, but we will continue to fight...action in Berlin/Germany on the 8th of May.

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no border camp brussels: your help wanted

06-04-2010 12:47

A no border camp want to gather people who support the demands of no border and who want to gather to debate, inform, protest, view documentary’s and party.

The no border movement struggles against the European and Belgian migracy policy, for freedom of movement and settlement and for the abolition of borders

This event wil attract hundreds , maybe thousands of people , from Belgium as well as other countries. And to get things organized different workgroups have been established who take care of the practical organization, including one workgroup on medical teams.

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BP Tar Sands Ad Hoax - Video

06-04-2010 12:12

Party at the Pumps
Here is the link to the 2 minute video from Fossil Fools Day when London Rising Tide and the London Tar Sands Network delivered 22,000 new logos to BP HQ. (And of course D-locked a new sign to their front fence). Enjoy.

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Serco goverment services attacked

06-04-2010 11:31

A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a Serco government services building in Nottingham on Saturday at 4am.

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The Return of the Copyright Taliban

06-04-2010 11:10

The term Copyright Taliban has been borrowed from La Quadrature Net. Concern is growing about a new international treaty with a very broad agenda.

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French workers threaten to blow up factory over redundancy pay dispute

06-04-2010 11:07

French workers threaten to blow up factory over redundancy pay dispute

By Henry Samuel in Paris

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BP not welcome in Wantage and Grove

06-04-2010 00:49

No Tar sands and Boycott BP sprayed onto walls in Wantage and Grove.

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Tory billboards re-subvertised

05-04-2010 23:11

3 Tory billboards re-subvertised and others freshly vandalised in Taunton (Somerset).

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Call out for 48 hours of subvertising on the aviation industry

05-04-2010 17:16

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Calling all artists, activists, wallpaperers, pencillers and stencillers...............Plane Stupid is inviting all individuals and affinity groups to take part in its very own subvertising competition from Thursday 22nd April - Friday 23rd April 2010.

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wikileaks release US Military Murder cover-up Video

05-04-2010 16:19

shocking proof of murder and wounding of journalists and civilians in afghanistan including children.

people killed while trying to take wounded to hospital

bodies run over by armoured vehicles

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Fossil Fools Weekend roundup

05-04-2010 16:15

Huntington Lane Camp
The West Midlands Climate Action Fossil Fools weekend at the Huntington Lane camp saw people arriving at the camp throughout the four days to help with the ongoing construction of the camp. There was also a banner drop and an attack on the camp before the weekend gathering had even started

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Close down the concrete jungle! Successful demos for animals in captivity

05-04-2010 14:08

On Friday over 20 activists went to the Jungle Zoo in Cleethorpes and the Great British Circus, currently on tour in Grimsby, calling for an end to the use of animals in entertainment.

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Is Iran a Threat to Global Security? US is Waging War against the Wrong Country

05-04-2010 13:24

All of what's happening right now resonates with the developments which we've been a witness to two years before the invasion of Iraq. New York Times is exactly replaying the unpleasant scenario it had devised to convince us that the late dictator Saddam Hussein has had Weapons of Mass Destruction. History is being repeated once again and Iran is now subject to a backbreaking, multilateral psychological warfare in addition to the previously-running economic embargo. The very fact that Iran is still standing on its own feet demonstrates the powerful will and strong capability of this nation; however, what's really happening behind the scenes? What will happen if U.S. or its Middle East subordinate, Israel, attack Iran?