UK Indymedia - UK Promoted Newswire Archive

Killed By Plastic... Salvador Brazil pictures and video

03-02-2008 03:43

The London based artist Mark McGowan, commissioned by
Global Ocean, has completed an extraordinary
performance, leading the incredible Salvador Carnival
procession in Brazil, which is attended by 5 million
people , the artist pulled a massive fishing net
filled with plastic waste weighing 300 kilogrammes,
8km along the official route.

The event was organised in an attempt to raise
awareness about the catasphropic levels of plastic
ending up in the oceans of the world, killing an
estimated 100,000 sea animals every year.

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Call to Action

02-02-2008 21:46

February has been declared a national month of action against affiliates of EDO MBM! We are calling on people round the country to take direct action against these merchants of genocide.

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Protest against Greenergy, UK's biggest supplier of biofuels

02-02-2008 20:05

Protesters target Greenergy, UK's largest biofuel supplier as part of a UK-wide week of action against large-scale biofuels.

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Rachel's Grove vulnerable in Bethlehem

02-02-2008 11:49

The deep blue fleecy sky tells a story of idyllic holiday destinations. We are with Abed Rabo from Deheisheh refugee camp, Bethlehem, on our way to his land. With support from the Olive Tree Campaign from the Joint Advocacy Initiative, Abed Rabo has planted olive trees to send a clear message to Israel that the land it wants to confiscate for "Greater" Jerusalem is his land.

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Kilburn protest against Total Oil fuelling oppression in Burma

02-02-2008 10:44

Nine protesters demonstrated at Kilburn Total petrol station on 31st January at 409 Kilburn High Rd, calling on the French oil company to stop being an accomplice to the theft of Burma's resources by the corrupt military junta. The National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won 82 percent of the seats in Burma’s 1990 election but the corrupt regime refused to hand over power.

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This Week In Palestine – week 5 2008

01-02-2008 18:59

This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for January 26th through to February 1st, 2008.

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London Protesters target UK’s largest biofuel supplier, Greenergy

01-02-2008 18:36

A colourful banner protest was held outside the office of Greenergy International, the UK’s largest biofuel supplier, on Wednesday, 30th January, between 12.30 and 2.30 pm.
This was part of a National Week of Action on Agrofuels in which different groups and organisations across the UK are organising protests against the deforestation, high food prices, human rights abuses and faster global warming caused by biofuels from large-scale monocultures. Over 40 people were present.

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Whale Slaughter Resumes as Sea Shepherd Prepares to Refuel in Melbourne

01-02-2008 10:01

As predicted by both Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd with their ships heading to port low on fuel, the Japanese whaling fleet have returned to their bloody trade of slaughtering whales, killing at least 5 as at February 2 according to early reports from the Australian Government patrol ship Oceanic Viking. Sea Shepherd are vowing to refuel and return to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to stop whaling again this season, but needs to urgently fund-raise the cost of the marine diesel and other supplies required.

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Foie-Gras Free Nottingham: Demonstrations Continue in Earnest

01-02-2008 00:47

Nottingham Animal Rights continue to educate the public as to the truth behind foie gras. Despite being illegal to produce in Britain, free trade laws mean unscrupulous businesses and restaurants remain free to serve and sell this 'delicacy of despair'.

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Berlin; Protest action at the Berlin House of Representatives.

31-01-2008 21:26

The fight for the self-organised spaces of Rigaer 94 has progressed to the next round.
On the 29th of January the court decided in favour of an eviction of parts of Rigaer 94 and a protest action subsequently took place at the Berlin House of Representatives.

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Orang utang in protest outside Ensus H.Q.

31-01-2008 20:54

Demo outside Ensus , in Yarm Teeside took place 31st January to coincide with an International week of action on food sovereignty.

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New stop and search powers to be used against protest

31-01-2008 15:06

The main political parties yesterday fought to outdo each other as they both laid out plans to expand and extend police stop and search powers.

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Palestine Today 013108

31-01-2008 14:51

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday January 31st, 2008.

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IWW and Friends Prepare to Take on Useless Blood Service Bosses

31-01-2008 13:52

The IWW (Industrial Workers of the World), the UK’s only revolutionary, rank-and-file, autonomous union, is getting ready to wreak havoc on National Blood Service (NBS) bosses if they don’t scrap cuts plans.

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Labour rights investigator arrested in Bangladesh

31-01-2008 00:57

Labour rights activists from around the world are calling for support in securing the release of Mehedi Hasan, a field investigator for the Washington D.C.-based Worker Rights Consortium, who was arrested on Thursday 24th January by the Bangladesh security forces.

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socpa 128 Lakenheath 8 trial

30-01-2008 19:27

On 26th 27th and 28th of March 2008 the Lakenheath 8 finally go to trial for a socpa 128 and criminal damage charge. The L8 took action in October 2006 at USAF Lakenheath in Suffolk against the use of cluster bombs and conventional weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan. The 8 activists, Pete, Lesley, Mell, Lesley, Richie, Margaret, Irene and Emma entered the nuclear base and locked themselves to the munitions area gates to stop the loading of weapons onto the F15 e planes. The new at the time 'socpa' laws covered the base and the 8 new that they maximum sentence was a year in prison and a £5,000 fine

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Big Business + Biofuels = Disaster

30-01-2008 19:16

As part of a week of local actions against Bio-fuels Rhythms of Resistance Manchester played Samba and gave out leaflets outside Tesco on Upper Brook Street, around rush hour, on the 25th January.

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Free polish anarchist Adam Pazuryna!

30-01-2008 18:43

We demand the immediate release of our comrade, Adam Pazuryna, from arrest. Adam has been held in Bialoleka jail in Warsaw since late December. He was arrested on bogus charges during a useless and unprovoked police action on May 16, 2005. Protestors had just finished a demonstration during the Council of Europe Summit in Warsaw and were about to just go home when the clowns in badges decided to arrest people. As usual, nothing at all was going on at the moment of arrest, so cops were just harrassing people at the end of the protest and looking to pick up some random people just to score some arrests and to show that protesting is not to be tolerated.

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Palestine Today 013008

30-01-2008 16:04

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday January 30th, 2008.

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ALF Mexico - History in the making

29-01-2008 22:18

FLA, FLAM & FLA-CVN (Commando-Green Black)....the Frente de Liberacion Animal (FLA/ALF) is making it's mark in Mexico...