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NYC Anarchists!

08-07-2002 16:38

New web based resource for NYC, and New York, USA based anarchists and anti-authoritarians.

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ISRAEL: Refusenik Ilan Windholtz imprisoned for the fourth time!

08-07-2002 15:59

ISRAEL: Refusenik Ilan Windholtz imprisoned for the fourth time!
Refusenik Ilan Windholz imprisoned for the fourth time.

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Anti-Sweatshop Initiative

08-07-2002 13:44

We're trying to gauge the level of support we can expect from the progressive community for our anti-sweatshop initiative before we begin production.

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Community Activism Workshop July 27th

08-07-2002 13:28

Community Activism Workshop
Saturday 27th July at 2pm
Radical Dairy, 47 Kynaston Road, London N16

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Uncle Sam’s New Labour

08-07-2002 13:11

‘The New Labour project has always been defined in an Anglo-American context.’ 1

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Britain 'sheltering Bin Laden . BBC

08-07-2002 12:59

Britain is 'sheltering al-Qaeda leader'
A senior al-Qaeda leader and his family are reportedly
being looked after by British intelligence in a safe
house in northern England.

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Wallerstein, Srebrenica and terrorism

08-07-2002 12:23

Today in Global Observer  http://globalobserver.blogspot.com you will find an essay from Immanuel Wallerstein about US egemony, a reportage from Srebrenica and an article about terrorism and Al Qaeda.

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Forest fies spread smoke cloud over North American east coast

08-07-2002 12:12

Forest fies spread smoke cloud over North American east coast
Toronto, Ottawa were covered in smoke clouds from the huge blazes, with visibility on the freeways reduced to a couple of kilometers (see the photo of Toronto on the CBC site). The smoke and the smell of burnt wood spread to New York City and as far south As Virginia.

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Holy Cow: CrimethInc. gets good!

08-07-2002 12:07

All Traveler Kids Purged From Crimethinc Membership

Quitting your job was about having more time to do what needs doing, not just isolating yourself from the rest of humanity, wasn't it?

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Earths poles are about to switch over!!!

08-07-2002 11:44

Earth's magnetic field is showing strong signs that the poles are due to switch over. It could be the end of the world as we know it, writes Paul Simons in the guardian.

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Book-burning comes to the USA

08-07-2002 11:13

It has finally happened - the USA is totalitarian.

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HOW CAN THEY BE ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH THIS?

08-07-2002 10:52

What is happening here on Merseyside in conection with local government coruption is unprecedented and people stand by and do nothing. Middle class highly paid regeneration administrators and council officers do as they please with a £60m initiative that is supposed to be community led. It beggars belief!

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Israel - A Maddened Cow

08-07-2002 10:51

By Uri Avnery
Former member of Israeli Parliament

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Pride 2002 March-London

08-07-2002 10:48

Pride 2002 March-London
Thousands marched on Saturday 6th July on the 30th anniversary of the Londons annual Lesbian and Gay Pride march (article 1)

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bayerhazard.com

08-07-2002 10:41

Updated website focusing on Bayer Cropscience whose crops are being grown on over 85% of GM field trials planted in the UK in 2002

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THE PENAL COLONIES

08-07-2002 07:49

The Gaza strip is a perfect realization of the Israeli vision of "separation". Surrounded with electric fences and army posts, completely sealed off the outside world, Gaza has become a huge prison. About one-third of its land was confiscated for the 7,000 Israeli settlers living there (and their defense array), while over a million Palestinians are crowded in the remaining areas of the prison. Now Israel is considering the imprisonment there of families of suicide bombers from the West Bank.

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Farnborough Air Show - action against delegate's dinner

07-07-2002 23:44

Action against arms trade dinner, attended by Jack Straw.
Tuesday 23rd July - 7pm

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Update on imprisoned Israeli Soldier War objectors

07-07-2002 22:49

To the best of our knowledge, there are six objectors currently held in the military prisons of Israel. One of them, Ilan Windholtz, is serving his fourth prison term in a row (which requires especially massive pressure in his case).

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Kill them!!! (cartoon by Latuff)

07-07-2002 22:20

Kill them!!! (cartoon by Latuff)
Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

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GM Crops - Tony Blair's "Poll Tax"?

07-07-2002 22:11

Genetically modified (GM) crops and food are threatening to become Tony Blair’s "poll-tax" - with some ministers reportedly warning him that any attempt to impose the commercialisation of GM crops would lead to "civil unrest".