UK Indymedia - UK Promoted Newswire Archive

Brummies rise up against their shity council

06-02-2008 03:02

Over 3,000 people gathered yesterday in Victoria Square, Birmingham, in solidarity with thousands of Council workers who were on strike to protest against planned wage cuts. Like many other councils, in their implementation of the national 'single status' agreement, Birmingham City Council is waging a vicious attack on low-paid workers in the name of 'equal pay'.

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'Smarter than yeast' Climate Activities Day

06-02-2008 00:32

Held on Sunday the 3rd of Feb, from 2 - 10:30pm. at The Art Organisation, 21 Station Street, Nottingham.

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Mass homelessness is now official UK govt. policy?

06-02-2008 00:28

According to todays Guardian the Government now plan to create mass homelessness by threatening about a million council tenants with eviction if they can't find work. As there are only 0.6 million vacancies, this makes it impossible for more than 60% of these - at the very most - to find work.

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Ballymurphy 11 Daughters Campain Tour Report

06-02-2008 00:19

A report on the speaking tour, organised by the Troops Out Movement, by two daughters of people murdered by British soldiers in Belfast

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Tesco Biofuel Protest and Chain mail

05-02-2008 20:23

Protesters gathered at Tesco in Stroud during the weekend to protest against biofuels and collected names of people to volunteer to send around a chain mail presentation highlighting the destruction that the biofuel industry causes.

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Gorilla tactics – Every Little Helps the rainforest burn

05-02-2008 16:32

On Saturday 2nd February, five hardy souls from Greenpeace, The One Tonners and Camp Hope joined a gorilla in chilly Stroud to protest against Tescos involvement in the destruction of our carbon sinks.

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Aldermaston byelaws - judicial review update

05-02-2008 16:26

On 1 February 2008 Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp(aign) took their Judicial Review of the Aldermaston Byelaws 2007 to the High Court in London. Lord Justice Maurice Kay and Mr Justice Walker decided to hear the case against the Secretary of State for Defence in full.

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Palestine Today 020508

05-02-2008 15:45

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday February 5th, 2008.

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911: Taking a scientific approach to the collapse of all 3 high rise buildings

05-02-2008 14:20

The attached 1 hour KPFK,

http://www.kpfk.org/ LA Indymedia on Air show from 4th February 2008, presented by Chris Burnett, one of the founders of Indymedia, features Architect Richard Gage of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth,

http://www.ae911truth.org/ and Physics Professor Steven Jones of Journal of 9/11 Studies,

http://www.journalof911studies.com/

Also following are some photos from the 11th January 2008 International Day of Truth Action protests, for videos and more information see

http://truthaction.org/?q=node/174

Join us on 11th February 2008:

http://truthaction.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=37

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Bristol Indymedia's Radical Revamp - South West Listings - New Facilities!

05-02-2008 13:08

Today (2nd Feb) we unveil a fully upgraded website. The new site, which encourages readers to post their own local news stories, offers expanded facilities for posting news from all regions of the South West, an improved calendar, better facilities to upload images, video and audio content, a cleaner site design, easier access to the information and more scope for the site to expand.

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Anti fascist killed by Neo Nazi..

05-02-2008 11:44

This video is real, and it has every potential to upset some people. However, this is the reality today of the struggle against fascism.

http://www.denik.cz/multimedia/video/256395.html

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Every Little Helps Expose Tesco Biofuelling Global Warming

05-02-2008 11:17

Cheltenham Friends of the Earth organised a peaceful good-natured banner protest at Tescos, on 26th January to coincide with the World Social Forum’s “Global Day of Action". Campaigners in America were protesting against agribusiness, including large agrofuel refineries.

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Latest Direct Action

04-02-2008 21:44

Latest underground animal liberation reports from; Belgium, Italy, Mexico, USA, Netherlands, UK & Russia...it just keeps heating up!

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Palestine Today 020408

04-02-2008 16:05

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday February 4th, 2008.

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brian haw 'walk for peace' began this morning

04-02-2008 15:03

this morning brian haw began his four-day sixty-mile walk to oxford to take part in the 'queen and country' debate at the oxford union

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Gordon Brown Protest Telford

03-02-2008 19:49

On Friday 1st February, our local peace group from Telford , Shropshire, Wrekin Stop War, were protesting at the Telford Holiday Inn when Gordon Brown visited.

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Two Weeks in Greece: Banks, police cameras, luxury cars get it; rats saved

03-02-2008 19:03

- Bank arson and anonymous communique(Athens, 1/1/2008)
- Attack against a bank, 14 taken into custody (Athens, 30/1/2008)
- Police camera destroyed, one person taken into custody (Thessaloniki, 29/1/2008)
- Series of incendiary attacks (Athens-Thessaloniki, 21/1/2008)
- Bank firebombed and responsibility claim (Athens, 19/1/2008)
- Attacks on three banks (Athens, 17/1/2008)
- Car dealership fire-bombed (Athens, 17/1/2008)
- Lab-rats liberated from technical institute (Thessaloniki, 16/1/2007)

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Sweden: Action for free museums

03-02-2008 14:47

On Saturday February 2 "Open Stockholm" acted host as culturally starved "stockholmers" took part in an action for free entry to museums. Thirty or so culturebuffs visited the museum of architecture as well as the museum for Asian culture. To illustrate the failure of their attempt to introduce admission fees at museums - a symbolic mass entry was performed, without paying admission of course. Through this action we wanted to direct attention to the way admission fees and charges come to act as a fence in our cultural landscape.

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Food Not (Bio)fuel protest Cambridge

03-02-2008 14:32

A dozen or so protesters braved the cold, the sun, and stroppy Tesco managers to draw attention to the increasing use of biofuels that wreck the environment and drive up food prices, most often in the developing world. The protest came at the end of a week of action called by biofuelwatch.org.uk.
Police were in attendance, but soon left, leaving Tesco staff so concerned about protester's safety that they repeatedly threatened to call the police when they stepped onto the forecourt. They finally got so fed up that just as we were about to leave they asked us to leave, in the process delaying our departure.

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Greece: Massive riots, police cooperates with fascists, during Antifa demo

03-02-2008 06:17

Detailed update of the events of Saturday 02/02, that took place in the center of Athens, as a response to the attempt of an extremist right wing organisation to commemorate a nationalist anniversary.