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Guatemala: hiperdam threatens living space of guatemaltecos

07-03-2008 06:49

Worldwide, already around 80 million people have been displaced from their living space by dams.
The hydroelectric installation “Xalalá” in the state Quiché in Guatemala is one of the next large projects that will be realized within the Plan Puebla-Panamá (PPP) and will have negative impacts on around 6000-8000 people.

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South American anarchists and anti-militarists say NO to war

07-03-2008 02:26

* The threat of armed conflict involving the governments of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela has mobilized anarchists and anti-militarists across the continent, in words and in action, to repudiate what would be a monstrous aggression by state powers against our peoples. Below there are two documents that call for struggle against this evil.

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Protest at Total sponsoring French Film Festival

07-03-2008 01:43

French Film Director shocked at Total sponsorship of French Film Festival
Eight protesters demonstrated on Tuesday March 4th at the French Film Festival at London Cine Lumiere 17 Queensberry Place London. The protest was against Total sponsorship as the largest western sponsor of the brutal Burma military junta, not against the festival or the French films being shown. "Priceless" was the first film being shown and its amiable director Pierre Salvadori was shocked to learn that Total was sponsoring the festival.

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UCL students expel the military from their campus

06-03-2008 20:27

University College London's students' union, UCL Union, voted to ban the officer training corps, territorial army and all other military recruiters from its premises and events, in what was its best attended general meeting in years, denying the military access to new recruits.

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Smash EDO protesters prevent delivery companies supporting war crimes in Iraq.

06-03-2008 16:11

Press release
06/03/2008

Smash EDO protesters prevent delivery companies supporting war crimes in Iraq.

For more info contact Andrew Beckett or Chloe Marsh:

tel 07875708873 or email  smashedopress@yahoo.co.uk

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GOOD NEWS:Spanish drop extradition requests for Jamil El Banna and Omar Deghayes

06-03-2008 15:32

Omar Deghayes and Jamil El-Banna,along with Abdel Nour Sameur, returned to the UK from Guantánamo Bay in December 2007. Deghayes and El-Banna were promptly arrested under a European arrest warrant...

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UCL Union votes overwhelmingly to twin UCL with Palestinian universities

06-03-2008 14:48

On Thursday 5th March, The University College London Students’ Union (UCLU) voted overwhelmingly to twin UCL Union with the Unions of Al-Quds and Al-Azhar Secular Secular Universities in the West Bank and Gaza respectively with immediate effect.

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06-03-2008 14:35

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday March 6th, 2008.

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Govt U Turn on Compulsory ID Cards

06-03-2008 11:34

As the government withdraws from its plan to impose compulsory ID Cards on UK subjects (apart from foreigners who still have to carry one) its worth noting that those already with biometric passports also have a way to ensure they are only transmitting information that is on the page of the documents.

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26/01/2008: Beyond Slavery Conference - Time To Move On?

06-03-2008 10:25

Trident Armed Response Arrive On Neasden Lane July 2007...
On Saturday 26 January, 2008, The Synergy Centre in Southwark, London, hosted the Beyond Slavery conference. With noted black community members, historians and cultural commentators, the debate explored the contemporary relevance and legacy of slavery and colonisation, and their direct impact on modern-day social problems in South London. Video Journalist Jason N. Parkinson was there to document the debate. Ten videos covering the speakers, open forum and post conference interviews are available on You Tube to view. (Article below video links).

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Camden Town - Stop The Death Lab!! C.A.L.M.

06-03-2008 04:57

The MRC / Wellcome Trust intend to build a high security risk virus containment facility and animal testing lab on a London council house estate in a deprived area that needs homes and community facilities. Ths area will be turned into a max security terror threat zone.

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Wominspace now open!

06-03-2008 01:26

Womin only space is now open in North East London. The space is open for all womin to use. We will be holding lots of different workshops and having cafe and bar. Come and visit us and get involved. All references to womin are trans friendly.

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it's official: cops are wankers!

05-03-2008 21:34

The court case against a No Borders activist arrested for saying 'wankers' was laughed out of court this week.

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Brixton Reclaim Your Food Collective, 2 Arrests.

05-03-2008 18:55

Carrying on Regardless...
People taking part in Brixton's Reclaim Your Food weekly action faced arrest on Sunday (2nd March 2008 ) as they challenged the legitimacy of a Dispersal Order issued by the Lambeth branch of the Metropolitan Police.

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Vauxhall Staff Wildcat In Ellesmere Port...Again!

05-03-2008 17:46

Around five hundred staff at the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, are reported to have walked out yesterday, over rumours that the company plan to axe 460 jobs.

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giving food to the homeless "antisocial behaviour". Two Arrested

05-03-2008 16:09

On Sunday the third of march, two members of a grassroots Brixton based group calling itself Reclaim Your Food were arrested for distributing free food to the public. The grounds for their arrest was that their presence constituted antisocial behaviour.

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05-03-2008 15:38

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

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Sheffield Gaza Vigil Photos and Ilan Pappe Meeting Announcement

04-03-2008 23:33

Following are some photos of the Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign vigil for Gaza held outside Sheffield Town Hall on Saturday 1st March 2008.

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m&s targeted in solidarity with palestinian people

04-03-2008 17:22

Activists this morning targeted a Marks & Spencer's store, to send a clear message that companies who profiteer from occupation and oppression are not welcome on this island.

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04-03-2008 15:39

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