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EDO Blockades On 5th Anniversary Of Shock and Awe

20-03-2008 11:46

This morning eleven demonstrators, acting under the banner of Smash EDO, blockaded EDO MBM a weapons manufacturer in Home Farm Road, Brighton, to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

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Wrexham Vigil for Iraq - pics

20-03-2008 09:07

Eight members of Wrexham Peace & Justice Forum and Wrexham Women for Peace held a vigil on Hope Street, Wrexham yesterday afternoon to mark the 5th anniversary of the US/UK-led invasion of Iraq.

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Protesters commemorate Iraqi war dead at military recruitment event in London

20-03-2008 01:41

Two days ahead of the fifth anniversary of the start of the US- and UK-led invasion of Iraq, commando engineers sensitively staged a recruitment event in northwest London. Three anti-war protesters went along to try and persuade locals not to make the biggest mistake of their lives.

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Evening Standard forced to admit lies about Climate Camp coverage

19-03-2008 19:53

The Evening Standard is having to publish a front page article this evening over the sensationalist lies it told about the Climate Camp.

Se original article:

http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/esfabrication.php

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Forum in support of Political Prisoners took place in Oaxaca

19-03-2008 19:37

From the 14 to the 16 of March a Forum to give a voice to political prisoners and spread awareness throughout the country took place in the city of Oaxaca.
During this forum we listened to the denunciations and testimonies of cases such as Atenco, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco where the injustice and the violence of the State manifest, whilst unjustly holding dozens of compañer@s prisoner.

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Police Censorship of Smash Edo film goes Nationwide

19-03-2008 17:27

Police have intervened across the country to censor 'On the Verge' an independent documentary about a campaign to shut down a Brighton weapons manufacturer. So far establishments in Southampton, Chichester and Bath and Oxford as well as Brighton have come under police pressure to cancel film showings. In Brighton police intervened to prevent a showing at the Duke of York's Cinema.

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Palestine Today 031908

19-03-2008 15:49

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday March 19th, 2008.

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Shell Day of Action - Service Stations D-Locked

19-03-2008 12:57

From an anonymous tipoff call very early in the morning two Shell service stations were found to have been D-locked and shut down for several hours on the morning of Monday 17 March 2008.

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Illegal to hand out flyers

19-03-2008 10:31

The forthcoming criminalization of people who hand out flyers in Brighton

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Greece: General strike against the reform of the social insurance system

19-03-2008 02:30

A huge mobilization is being organized for today in Greece, as most of the workers' and employees' unions have declared a general strike against the upcoming reform of the social insurance system. Electricity cuts, garbage all around the streets and occupied universities form an image of total outrage for the draft law, which is about to be voted on Thursday.

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Are you Redwatch in disguise? FITwatch at the STWC demo - pics

18-03-2008 23:56

A fun day was had by all FITwatchers on the otherwise boring STW demo on Saturday 15th March (although less so for the ones who got nicked). The FIT seemed more sheepish, uncomfortable and shy this time; it seems that a FITwatch is having an effect!

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Protest Brings Pipeline to Shell: London. March 17, 2008

18-03-2008 18:00

All-Irish environmental and social justice movement Gluaiseacht were in London for the weekend, and on St Patrick's Day itself gathered outside the Shell HQ at Waterloo, bringing with them a very large pipeline.
Pictures © Peter Marshall, 2008, all rights reserved.

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Tibet Vigil at Chinese Embassy, 17 March 2008

18-03-2008 17:50

Tibetans and supporters held a vigil to show solidarity with the protesters in Lhasa to coincide with the Chinese government’s midnight deadline for them to surrender.
Pictures © Peter Marshall, 2008, all rights reserved.

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Demonstration HMP Holloway in memory of Jamie pearce

18-03-2008 17:33

On the 16th of Jan 2008, Pauline Campbell led a demonstration outside HMP Holloway in memory of prisoner Jamie Pearce, who was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted death,whilst in the care of HMP Holloway.

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Seed varieties at risk

18-03-2008 16:21

A €35,000 fine on Association Kokopelli for selling traditional seed varieties sets a dangerous precedent and could force this important seed-saving organisation out of existence.

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Palestine Today 031808

18-03-2008 15:39

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday March 18th, 2008.

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Report: CAMPACC “Creating a Climate of Fear” Public Meeting: 14 March

18-03-2008 10:57

Over 150 people attended the “Creating a Climate of Fear: Counter-Terrorism and Punishment without Trial” public meeting hosted by the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC) and the Centre for the Study of Terrorism (CFSOT) at the London Muslim Centre in Whitechapel, London, on 14 March. The meeting focused on a number of new, dangerous measures the government is seeking to introduce through the current Counter-Terrorism Bill granting more powers to the police and the judiciary to undermine civil liberties and human rights.

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After Yet Another March - What is Relevant Anti-War Activity 5 Years In?

18-03-2008 10:15

..and why no mention of the Raytheon 9 by the Stop the War Coalition?

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Catholic Workers To Be Sentenced for DSEi Arms Fair Resistance!

18-03-2008 07:50

“RIVERS OF BLOOD START HERE”

Photo of DSEi Action,
www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/09/380866.html

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ALF torch circus trucks; sabotage pet shop & butcher

18-03-2008 00:00

The trucks destroyed belonged to Pinder's circus in France; that ADI exposed in 2003 after Dicky Chipperfield joined, following his trade of lions and tigers being driven out the UK. Pet shop and butcher also sabotaged in Mexico.

"Our message to Dicky Chipperfield [Pinder's] is: GIVE UP" Animal Defenders International (ADI), 2004