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British Airways - Brutish Unfairways

19-03-2001 11:55

British Airways - Brutish Unfairways
Civil disobedience on board deportation flights saves lives.

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Unfasten your seatbelts, stand up for human rights!

19-03-2001 11:42

Unfasten your seatbelts, stand up for human rights!
British Airways South West regional office became the latest target as 30 activists from the Bristol Defend Asylum Seekers Campaign plastered its windows with look-a-like posters and blocked its entrance to highlight the way BA profits from the mass expulsion of asylum seekers. Subverts listed ‘Deportation Class’ flights to Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Kosavo and Somalia - brutal regimes rife with war and persecution that have become the primary sources of refugees and profit for BA.

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Gary Webb on the Attack Against Narco News

19-03-2001 00:04


Gary Webb - who exposed the US CIA's cocaine trafficking in the '90s - writes that Mexican bankers are trying to shut down Narco News - a great Zapatista solidarity site that extensively covers the EZLN caravan - with a lawsuit in New York.

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why change of picture in drug company story?

18-03-2001 22:10

why's the pic changed/where's it gone...

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Something is Afoot (and Mouth)

18-03-2001 16:23

Sinister goings on in Rural Britain, unprecedented measures brings misery to man and beast.

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Police Beating A Naples Demostrators

18-03-2001 04:12

Police Beating A Naples Demostrators
Four pigs beat up an anti-Global Forum demonstrator in Naples.

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LONDON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MARCH - PHOTO 3

18-03-2001 00:32

LONDON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MARCH - PHOTO 3
LONDON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MARCH - PHOTO 3

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LONDON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MARCH - PHOTO 2

18-03-2001 00:30

LONDON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MARCH - PHOTO 2
LONDON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MARCH - PHOTO 2

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LONDON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MARCH - PHOTO 1

18-03-2001 00:28

LONDON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MARCH - PHOTO 1
LONDON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MARCH - PHOTO 1

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LONDON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MARCH - REPORT

18-03-2001 00:24

LONDON PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MARCH - report

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Pigs Attack Naples Demo

17-03-2001 23:14

Pigs Attack Naples Demo
Police attacked a 20,000 strong demonstration against the Global Forum meeting in Naples with clubs and tear gas earlier today.

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Gap protest-Birminham

17-03-2001 20:48

Gap shut down in Birmingham protest

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Naples: protesters clash with police (photo 3)

17-03-2001 18:36

Naples: protesters clash with police (photo 3)
In Naples a 20.000 strong demo clashed with police in the attempt to stop the meeting of the Global Forum.

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Naples: protesters clash with police (photo 2)

17-03-2001 18:29

Naples: protesters clash with police (photo 2)
In Naples a 20.000 strong demo clashed with police in the attempt to stop the meeting of the Global Forum.

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Naples: protesters clash with police (photo 1)

17-03-2001 18:24

Naples: protesters clash with police (photo 1)
In Naples a 20.000 strong demo clashed with police in the attempt to stop the meeting of the Global Forum.

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Naples: protesters clash with police

17-03-2001 17:55

In Naples a 20.000 strong demo clashed with police in the attempt to stop the meeting of the Global Forum.

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First pictures of demo against Global forum - Neaples - Italy 17.03.2001

17-03-2001 13:54


Demo agasinst third Global forum (OECD)- Neaples - Italy
17.03.2001

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Sqautbar Vrankrijk (Amsterdam) under threat

17-03-2001 12:00

After two years of threats by the City Counsil, Administrative Force against
Vrankrijk can be applied since january 5th. This means that
Political-cultural Center Vrankrijk can be closed down by the police and the
authorities at any moment.

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Frankie Harte Irish Human Rights Ballad on Atlanta Independent MediaCentre Today

16-03-2001 18:27

Thank for for continuing to read, write and discuss the Independent Media Center.

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Farmers Talk of Rebellion against MAFF-ia ... Blair "Steps up the Slaughter"

16-03-2001 15:50

The crisis in agriculture is deepening by the day; in parliament Blair calls for the 'cull' [ie kill] of animals to be extended to healthy stock. The NFU [Farmers Union] has split between rich and poor members with the Cumbrian contingent openly calling for defiance of the Ministry. Still no decision on the election.