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Barclays blockaded over arms trade shares

19-12-2014 13:14

Today Smash EDO and Brighton Palestine Action blockaded Barclays Bank for an hour before activists were removed. The action was part of a campaign aimed at forcing the bank to have nothing to do with shares in Elbit Systems, Exelis (EDO MBM's parent company), BAE, Raytheon and other arms companies. It comes a month after a nationwide day of action saw occupations of Barclays in cities across the UK

One person was arrested, who had glued himself to the front doors of the bank. He was dressed as Santa wearing a placard which read 'Santa says you've been a very naughty bank this year'.

Here's the initial press report from the Argus  http://m.theargus.co.uk/news/11678702.Santa_arrested_after_gluing_himself_to_doors_of_Barclays_Bank/

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calling out unprincipled attacks on the SWP

19-12-2014 04:14

the Martin Smith issue is history, the SWP have moved on, you should move on to.
We need to unite to fight the cuts, and stop the war, and not attack each other.
A strong SWP is good for the working class.

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Chelsea Manning demo US Embassy, London

18-12-2014 21:25

Yesterday, 17/12/2014, was the 27th birthday of Chelsea Manning. Several groups conducted a noise demo outside the US Embassy, London to support the call for her release.

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Why Is the Islamic State Morally Right to Debug the Big Lie?

18-12-2014 15:01

When learning of corruption, most readers will have an idea of cash money buying a small official, a local leader or maybe even an influential opinion maker. But one instance of system-wide corruption, such as incorporated by the dynasty in Riyadh, can be more damaging in result than a myriad of small scale cases – indeed the rot at the top of a hierarchy induces a steady renewal of it everywhere below. The same is the case with the so-called “cyber war” – a privileged spying racket somewhere can be a worse threat to digital freedom than all less centralised instances of criminal hacking of user passwords and banking codes and so forth. In fact the systematic spying is the origin of a significant share of petty data crime. Such as the use of paper money brought about a historical escalation of corruption, the use of “drones” does with “cyber war” – entirely outmatching the earlier problems of metal impurity resp. veteran disorder.

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Volcanology on sabotage and accuracy

18-12-2014 10:58

In Germany, there have been some attacks on infrastructure: mobility, transport and distribution logistics and communication systems. We are fans of such acts of infrastructure sabotage ourselves and we would like to open a discussion, not least because there is some critique regarding accuracy of such actions and explaining them to the public. We want to start with an example: In the summer of 2014, refugees in Berlin squatted a roof of a hotel in order to put pressure on German authorities which refused to give them a right to stay. „Autonomous groups“ attacked successfully the Berlin public transport in that area, stating their support for the refugees, see  https://linksunten.indymedia.org/en/node/121525 (in english language).

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Vigil for Chelsea Manning

17-12-2014 17:38

Over 50 people attended the Vigil to celebrate Chelsea Manning’s birthday in London on Wednesday afternoon.
The event was part of an international day of events demanding to free one of the world best known whistleblower.
The vigil, organised by Queer Strike and Payday men’s network was one of the actions taken place in 12 cities – from Dublin to Istanbul, Boston to Rome.

More information  http://www.refusingtokill.net/Chelsea%20Manning/CHELSEA%2017%20Dec%20Press%20release.htm

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CANDIDATE BRIGHTON KEMPTOWN

14-12-2014 12:07

VOLUNTEERS TO HELP A DISABLED MAN WITH FIBROMYLAGIA, DISABLED INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE SEEKS VOLUNTEERS TO HELP HIM STAND FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION 7th MAY

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Peace & Reconciling the Past - a talk at the Carnegie Conference Centre

14-12-2014 10:51

Professor Ilan Pappé, the well known Israeli historian and activist took part in a discussion at the Carnegie Conference centre in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland on Tuesday 25th November 2014.

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Glenn Pells, Nazi UKIPer @exposing_ukip @slatfascists @edlnews @tellmama‏

14-12-2014 10:43

Officially (on paper at least) UKIP still maintain they refuse to allow members of fascist groups into their party, but a mere cursory glance at UKIPers on Facebook and Twitter reveals hundreds of party publicists who trumpet not just UKIP but a whole host of far right organisations across the board from the EDL to the FN. So much so, that the common retort /excuse of UKIP's senior members is that EDLers, Britain Firsters and BNPers are "pretending to be UKIP to discredit the party", even though many of the aforementioned neo-Nazi UKIPers are regularly liked and retweeted by top ranking UKIP officials, giving them the social media seal of approval.

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Protest outside the St Andrew Square branch of Barclays Bank in Edinburgh

14-12-2014 09:04

There was a protest outside the St Andrew Square branch of Barclays Bank in Edinburgh on Saturday November 29th 2014 which was lively and well attended. The protesters were demonstrating against Barclays support for the Elbit Systems Electronics Company which manufactures drones used against Palestinians.

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NEO NAZIS TOLERATED BY UKIP @exposing_ukip @slatfascists @edlnews @tellmama‏

14-12-2014 03:55

Officially (on paper at least) UKIP still maintain they refuse to allow members of fascist groups into their party, but a mere cursory glance at UKIPers on Facebook and Twitter reveals hundreds of party publicists who trumpet not just UKIP but a whole host of far right organisations across the board from the EDL to the FN. So much so, that the common retort /excuse of UKIP's senior members is that EDLers, Britain Firsters and BNPers are "pretending to be UKIP to discredit the party", even though many of the aforementioned neo-Nazi UKIPers are regularly liked and retweeted by top ranking UKIP officials, giving them the social media seal of approval.

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Info on Neo-Nazi Daniel Wright from Sunderland

13-12-2014 15:12

Daniel Wright with Neo-Nazi Shirt, take note of '14'
Neo-Nazi Daniel Wright is a holocaust denier.

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An Open Letter To Russell Brand from the Silent Majority

12-12-2014 22:09

The Silent Majority reaches out to Russell Brand.

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Mass die in protest against murders of black people by police at Westfield

11-12-2014 16:56

Hundreds of UK Students gathered, to strongly protest, and show solidarity against the brutal Police murders of black men, Eric Gardner, and Mike Brown in the US, by staging a "Die-in" at Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd's Bush, west London, on Wednesday 10th December 2014.

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Mass arrests at "We Can't Breathe" protest

11-12-2014 12:42

Last night (10 December) hundreds of people joined in the London “We can’t breathe” protest called by London Black Revs and others to remember Eric Garner and all those killed by racist police violence. The cops applied the intimidation tactics used against antifascists last year, kettling and mass arresting 76 people.

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Sending out an SOS.

11-12-2014 11:48

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Its over for Queen & Country.

11-12-2014 11:26

The new £1 Trillion note with the face of John Wanoa
That’s it folks! The inevitable has happened and the Queen and Country are no more.

Having wriggled out of her imminent arrest for crimes against Humanity, Elizabeth Windsor is now desperately scrapping the barrel for excuses and has come up with the last ditch attempt of faking Alzheimer’s Disease to evade justice.

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US vet tells the thruth about War and Racism

11-12-2014 09:52

"Racism within the military has long been an important tool to justify the destruction and occupation of another country. "

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THEY SET THE GARBAGE OUT EARLY AT LANGLEY

10-12-2014 14:49

(see cartoon)

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Nikos Romanos wins: ends hunger strike pending release for studys with leg ring

10-12-2014 14:02

Nikos Romanos has ended his hunger and thirst strike after 31 days, as he petitioned to study university on release. The law that will be applied is that he will wear a bracelet to control his movement while studying out of prison.

Solidarity with you comrade, on your long recovery!
Solidarity with everyone arrested and accused for the 6th!
Solidarity with the Syrians and migrants of Greece!