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Is the US Govt. Behind Microsoft censorship of Pravda

10-06-2010 16:57

Is the Obama regime behind the blocking of Pravda on Microsoft and Firefox?

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Be part of Brighton's new solar power station

10-06-2010 16:24

17th June sees the initiation of a great new project in Brighton - the UK's first community-owned solar power station. The £350,000 scheme will be run as a co-operative, meaning that every shareholder has an equal say in management, whether you have a few thousand pounds to invest or just fifty quid.

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London Benefit for SHELL TO SEA

10-06-2010 16:22

Here at Acoustic Insurgency's secret underground HQ we have decided to do something a bit different this month.

Firstly it will be on a Saturday with DJs and all kinds of stuff going till late.
Secondly we are conscious that our sound man has been getting it a bit easy with all those solo artists. So to make amends we have booked a rocking 9 piece folk punk band from out west:

 http://www.myspace.com/smokeybastard

and a ten piece gypsy punk band from down south:

 http://www.myspace.com/wideeyedorder

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Palestine Today 06 10 2010

10-06-2010 16:10

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Welcome to Palestine Today a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org for Thursday, June 10, 2010.

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Feral Theatre - Month of Workshops

10-06-2010 14:53

Come to Hounslow Community Land Project on the Hanworth Road for regular dramatic workshops with our resident thespians!

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UK Coal to gain unwelcome publicity at a Leicestershire County Council meeting

10-06-2010 14:32

This press release explains why UK Coal plc will twice be the subject of discussion at a Leicestershire County Council Board meeting next week under controversial circumstances.

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There can be no PEACE with out The Class War..

10-06-2010 13:54

The Peace in the Park festival promotes peace and understanding by bringing together communities through artistic, musical and vocal expression. Peace in the Park is organised by a group of artists, musicians, students, events organisers and other everyday Sheffield folk, working together in a not for profit collective

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Condemnation of Israel’s Attack on Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

10-06-2010 13:01

The Mindanao Peoples’ Peace Movement a coalition of more than a hundred multi-sectoral, peace and human rights organizations coming from the grassroots tri-peoples communities in Mindanao would like to add our voice to raging protests worldwide against Israel’s attack on the Freedom Flotilla on international waters on the morning of May 31,2010 which resulted to the death of nine (9) peace and human rights activists while injuring others and the subsequent arrest of the MV Rachel Corrie on June 6,2010.

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Activists deliver boat to Downing Street to protest Israeli impunity

10-06-2010 11:27

Message to Number 10
A group of activists dropped a 12 foot dingy outside Downing Street at around 8.30am this morning to protest against the British government’s continued support for Israel in the wake of its deadly raid on the Gaza Freedom flotilla on Monday May 31st.

The activists drew attention to the influence of the Zionist lobby over many MPs and the media, an influence that reinforces the impunity enjoyed by Israel even when it commits murderous crimes in breach of international law. The demonstrators made an explicit link between the Zionist lobby and the UK government’s proposed changes to universal jurisdiction, which are due to be introduced this month.

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26 June:Demonstration in Solidarity with Victims of Extraordinary Rendition

10-06-2010 11:12

26 June is international day in support of victims of torture. Over the past decade, up to 200,000 people all over the world have been swallowed alive into the black hole of extraordinary rendition - torture, kidnap, simulated live burial, sensory deprivation, physical, psychological and sexual torture...all in a day's work for the torturers

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Dark Side of the Mountain

10-06-2010 10:23

Douglas Strang writes: The Dark Mountain Project began life as a manifesto, published in 2009, by the writers Dougald Hine and Paul Kingsnorth. In it they contend that we are living through a period of unavoidable decline and that the time has come to stop pretending otherwise: “Ecological and economic collapse unfold before us and, [...]

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Dutch Mink Liberator freed

10-06-2010 08:35

A Dutch activist has been freed after trial for liberting 2,500 mink

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Christian Louboutin

10-06-2010 02:35

 

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Cheap Christian Louboutin extraordinary champion of women’s designer shoes, shoes are the key signature red There is no doubt that any fan of super-high-heels love heart. For the life of the old elegant man in France, aged 12, was often absent from school to see a nightclub in Paris, experience shows, and perhaps others, were then as ignorant and incompetent, but they wanted this The story is dedicated to achieving women’s footwear future community planning,Christian Louboutin Shoes became the driving force. The club dancer had deeply affected me, although the high heels, which are high-heeled shoes, pairs of legs, as essential to the beauty of the image design of the body, is absolutely unique.

In 1991, Louboutin Shoes with high heels in Paris, is launching its own series of special love for the designers up to 12 cm heels and even higher levels of construction, the project is very interesting - Let’s say that wearing Christian Louboutin Discount with high heels design of a sexy woman, beautiful, so your feet are as much as possible, seems to have been born at the feet of women Christian Louboutin, but there is something of erotic love, but I do not know how many women have developed some sexy moments you should know.

Christian Louboutin Boots understanding of personal aesthetics, it is difficult to understand why he is prepared to design high-heeled shoes for Barbie and a year of the Godfather of fashion. The Christian work can not only convert a cabinet in the way of life colorful Barbie Barbie, which ensures the necessary art direction, and perhaps the old man is central to work in France. Mattel Barbie the owner of the company and cooperation between Christian Louboutin, in fact, earlier this year began. February New York Fashion Week, the autumn and winter, the United States and Thailand is the 50th anniversary of the reality show Barbie Barbie on the catwalk to pay if Christian Louboutin designed the doll Barbie in pink, red Christian Louboutin sandals. And the following is the introduction of Christian Louboutin exclusively for Barbie dolls and Barbie doll accessories, including a book of women’s footwear designed to combine favorite things in this review and take pictures of Barbie Diaries years in Paris designed by Christian Louboutin.

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Freedom of Expression Raises Funds for Film Festival and Resurrection House

10-06-2010 01:32

Clearwater, FL: “Freedom of Expression”, Human Right # 19, according to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, was the focus the 2nd Annual “Songs of Stage and Screen”, featuring Paul Wilson, Joan Sigal, Tom Godfrey and the Flag Band.

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University of Manchester falls again in Guardian rankings

10-06-2010 00:36

For the second consecutive year the University of Manchester has fallen in the Guardian’s league table of satisfaction levels among undergraduates.

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democracy village news and call-out

10-06-2010 00:22

the parliament square democracy village faces a new eviction hearing date at the high court starting on monday 14th june at 10.30 the case is expected to last several days. villagers are also calling out for help from other activists as this protest goes from strength to strength and establishes its credentials as a fresh and exciting direction for the peace movement.

lawyers from bindmans, and barristers representing various parties at parliament square, have persuaded the high court judges that several days will be required to hear all the arguments relating to the GLA's attempt to evict the democracy village with a possession order. there are several robust lines of defence and the judge has agreed they should all be heard.

the court hearings will begin on monday the 14th at the high court in the strand, and is open to members of the public to come and witness and support the legal case.

the democracy village made camp in parliament square on mayday and has defied all expectations, lasting through the state opening of parliament and defying david cameron's promise to do something about the 'shambles' in parliament square.

over the past five and a half weeks, the village has established a kitchen, toilets, meeting space, garden, oak tree, tripod, and the residents have festooned parliament square with huge banners calling for the end to military involvement in afghanistan.

it has received wide media attention, with bbc, world media and national papers all running articles on the camp including interviews with some of the people involved where they have been able to eloquently put the case for their views. don't forget that the recall of troops from afghanistan is widely supported by the british public in opinion polls, and so the democracy village camp represents the views of the general population more accurately than the horse-traded coalition government that seized power.

the camp is not without its issues. due to its position and open plan, it attracts some visitors with baggage and problems, and as a radical community it is faced with difficulties in how to include disruptive personalities in its open planning and review meetings, but despite these difficulties the camp has been the launch site of many effective direct actions, and has managed to pull together a very serious legal challenge against plans to remove it.

one exciting aspect of the camp is the number of new and younger activists involved. the radical community has been hoping to involve and attract new faces for some time now, and that is clearly beginning to happen.

but the villagers feel now is the time for the peace movement to seize a real opportunity to push seriously for an end to the afghanistan war, and they are calling out for help from the wider and more established activist network to come and help build on this excellent start. they need more experienced people to come and share skills - climate campers, facilitators, mediators, rope-climbers, media people, tech people, those with good experience of direct action and networking. it's time, they say, for you to charge up your phones and get down to parliament square and give whatever time you can to continue building this new movement.

with unprecedented "austerity cuts" imminent (all because the banks stole our cash!), this summer could finally see the long-time-mooted "summer of rage", as unions, public service workers, teachers, and nurses all come under attack from an unelected government. if the camp can continue to grow deep roots in the square, and if it gets the support from the wider protest movement that it is now showing it deserves, then magical things might begin to happen.

even if the first court case is lost, there may be grounds for appeal, so there may be weeks rather than days in which to strengthen the camp's physical presence. but the sooner more people become involved, the more chance there is that the camp will be difficult if not impossible to remove.

they are trying to keep their blogspot up to date, but this is one of the things they need media-savvy techies to help. any takers?

http://meltdown.uk.net/election/Democracy_Village.html

http://democracyvillage.blogspot.com/

 

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Iran and the latest UNSC sanctions: the US game-plan revealed

09-06-2010 22:33

Today, the UNSC is scheduled to vote on Iran sanctions and they will probably pass. There is a lot of debate on the importance of sanctions and what it all means etc. But instead of concentrating so much on the latest news, we have to step back and observe the overall-pattern which is emerging to see what's really going on.

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callout for zines, zine makers, books, book binders and pamphleteers

09-06-2010 22:22

ANARCHISTS have occupied an abandoned shopfront and begun work on a bookshop library with cafe and internet facilities on the stokes croft. they are reported to be in need of any radical literature which people care to share with their community. zines and books are to be read on site. though allegations of book sales *have* been made on rare occasions. these include the overpriced sales of stolen Banksy books to local scenesters. the resulting funds have supposedly been put aside to be invested in the production of zine-printing. the aforementioned anarchists have demmanded that local zine-makers come forward to have their socalled *literaTURE* and propaganda MULTIPLIED BY MEANS OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION (XEROX).

dont be fooled by their often sullen demeanours (angry faces). these individuals are community and communally loving radicals

the shops @ 40 stokes croft opposite the freeshop. its neon pink and black u couldnt fucking miss it if you tried.
ANARCHISTS have occupied an abandoned shopfront and begun work on a bookshop library with cafe and internet facilities on the stokes croft. they are reported to be in need of any radical literature which people care to share with their community. zines and books are to be read on site. though allegations of book sales *have* been made on rare occasions. these include the overpriced sales of stolen Banksy books to local scenesters. the resulting funds have supposedly been put aside to be invested in the production of zine-printing. the aforementioned anarchists have demmanded that local zine-makers come forward to have their socalled *literaTURE* and propaganda MULTIPLIED BY MEANS OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION (XEROX).

dont be fooled by their often sullen demeanours (angry faces). these individuals are community and communally loving radicals

the shops @ 40 stokes croft opposite the freeshop. its neon pink and black u couldnt fucking miss it if you tried.

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EDL 20th of June possible location change.

09-06-2010 20:57

This information is being made public so antifascists and the community are prepared and ready to respond accordingly.

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Wigan Mike and Hannington in court for

09-06-2010 20:39

Two known Neo Nazis appeared in court today charges with soliciting murder among other offences