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Mutatoes Rally - GM Spuds-U-Hate

22-04-2007 22:35

Campaigners from Brighton, Cambridge, Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester and elsewhere rallied on Saturday 21st April 2007 against the planting of GM potatoes in a BASF trial near Hull.

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House Demolitions Planned in Jordan Valley, Palestine

22-04-2007 20:23

Internationals from Brighton and elsewhere are staying with bedouin villagers in Al Hadidi to defend their homes against demolition by the Israeli Army.

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Anti Gatwick detention centre demo

22-04-2007 20:11

Anti Gatwick detention centre demo.

Pictures to come.

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Protestors plant GM trial site with organic potatoes. (press release)

22-04-2007 18:09

People from all over the country are currently planting organic potatoes in the field proposed as a GM potato trial site outside Hull. It is hoped that the donation of safe spuds will prevent the planting of the controversial crop, which threatens the livelihoods of local borage growers and organic farmers.

Anna Lock explained;
“If you want to eat good safe potatoes, you have to plant good safe potatoes. By planting organic potatoes in this field today, the field will be rendered unsuitable for the GM trial. Scientific experiments need controllable variables, tiny organic seed potatoes hidden deep in the ground are a variable controlled only by nature. These seed potatoes will grow and BASF’s experiment will no longer be possible on this site.”

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support the edo mbm 3 in court monday onwards

22-04-2007 16:53

roof top protesters are in court from monday the 23 rd to friday 27 th of april...on friday there is a demo outside brighton magistrates court at 1 pm...bring pots/pans whistles ect ect..but most importantly just come along...take time of work and treat yourself by starting the weekend early!!! allso support all week inside the court itself is encouraged/wanted..its important to let the fuckers know we three do not stand alone...so come down and show your solidarity inside or outside the court from monday 9.45 am onwards..we are winning now...so lets keep up the pressure....onwards in solidarity

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Hands Off John Bowden!

22-04-2007 14:23

An update on the latest situation with long-term prison resister John Bowden.

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Urgent Appeal - Help halt the deportation of Jack Ikegwu

22-04-2007 11:49

Following the protest against the new proposed Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), No Borders London put out this urgent appeal to halt the deportation of 18-year-old Nigerian-born Jack Monday Ikegwu.

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A march in Lewisham, London.

22-04-2007 09:09

Spirited small local groups and families in Lewisham came together yesterday to march from Catford to Lewisham Police Station. They were protesting, among other things, about the use of deadly knives and guns in the community.

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Public Funds Wasted Busting Party in Granchester Meadows.

22-04-2007 04:03

If you go down to a field tonight you're sure of a big surprise, because you may find yourself surrounded by Police, out to use the full weight of the law and the resources of the State to stop you having any fun there!

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Vanunu Freedom Ride - Mission Accomplished!

22-04-2007 00:19

The intrepid Vanunu Freedom Riders complete the last leg of their gruelling 600-mile bicycle journey from Faslane in Scotland to Downing Street and the Israeli Embassy in London.

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21/04/07: Video rush & report on Crawley anti-detention protest

21-04-2007 23:27

Today saw activists march in Crawley, near Gatwick airport, London, UK, to oppose the proposed new immigration detention centre.

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Pics: Stop New Gatwick Detention Centre Demo

21-04-2007 23:09

The sun was shining today in Crawley, West Sussex, when over 100 people took part in a demonstration trough the town centre. The protest was called by the NoBorders network to show opposition to the planned building of a new migrants detention centre near Gatwick airport. The new prison for refugees and asylum seekers aims to 'accommodate' 400 detainees when it gets built. Here there are some photos of de demo:

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Concerned about Climate Change? Spring Into Action Now! - an audio piece

21-04-2007 22:01

Folk from around the east midlands gathered in Nottingham for a week of workshops, discussion and action around the issue of climate change. The event was organised under the banner of 'Spring Into Action', and besides a lot of talking, the week ended with some succesful direct action. This is what some of the participants had to say... The piece is about 8 minutes long and uploaded in mp3 and ogg/vorbis format. You can also listen to the stream:

http://www.archive.org/download/spring_into_action/spring_into_action_64kb.m3u

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Sheffield ESOL Demo Photos

21-04-2007 20:30

Protestors marched through the streets of Sheffield on 21st April 2007 to oppose the abolition of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).

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Mass lone demo breaks Guinness Book of Records

21-04-2007 19:48

"According to the Home Office there have been 1,379 demonstrations authorised under SOCPA in 18 months (1 Aug 2005 - Dec 2006). With your help we'd like to attempt to hold 2,000 demonstrations in a day!"

So reads the splurge on the Mark Thomas website (

http://www.markthomasinfo.com/) Today's efforts alone totalled 2294, breaking, according to Mark, the challenge set by records administrators.

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Vote Nobody! Campaign hits Cardiff city centre (w/ resized pics!)

21-04-2007 19:29

Nobody represents you! The Welsh Vote Nobody campaign continued in Cardiff city centre today...

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Non GM Potatoes planted at Hedon test site

21-04-2007 14:24

Protesters are planting non-GM potatoes in the field near Hull where BASF intend to trial their GM potato variety. About 100 protesters are spread across the large (several acre) field, with two mounted police and 2 foot police standing by watching - not even filming, for once.

Update: 2 cops on off road motorcycles have entered the field.

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Shut down G8 Summit! Conflicts make Europe

21-04-2007 09:51

Saturday April 14th, 2007 15:59 Shut down G8 Summit! Conflicts make Europe

This weekend in the city of Rostock there have been three days of discussion rounds to prepare the demonstrations against the G8 meeting.

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Gay Nigerian No Borders Activist Faces Imminent Removal - Urgent Support Needed

20-04-2007 21:53

Gay Nigerian activist and asylum seeker Jack Monday Ikegwu faces imminent removal to Nigeria. There is a warrant for his arrest on the basis of his sexuality. His life is in danger. Urgent support is required to stop the removal and enable his solicitors to lodge a fresh claim.

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Report from Land and Marine demo and demo announcement

20-04-2007 21:01

Despite massive over-policing and the eviction of Bath Climate Camp, actions are continuing as scheduled, so if you were thinking of coming down for saturdays demo, starting at 12 at Bath Abbey, please do so to show that thier repression will not make us go away! - here is a report of the Land and Marine demo -