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‘Mayday! Mayday!’ Smash EDO Brighton: anti-war march clashes with police

04-05-2009 18:35

May Day, 4th May 2009: Hundreds of people from all over the country met in Brighton today to protest against the war, capitalism, and the arms trade. Organised by the Smash EDO movement, which for years has been campaigning against the EDO/ITT weapons factory based in Brighton, the protest started off very peacefully and remained generally positive throughout the day.

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Mayday & police brutality march in Cambridge

04-05-2009 16:29

A few people gathered for a march around market square in Cambridge to celebrate Mayday. After the rally some went to the police station to put down some flowers in memory of Ian Tomlinson -- murdered by the police at the G20.

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Palestinian Today 050409

04-05-2009 15:21

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Monday May 4th 2009.

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FIT Teams shut down in Brighton

04-05-2009 12:39

Reports have been received that FIT teams have been physically stopped from operating at the Shut ITT/EDO Mayday demo

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Timeline for SmashEDO Mayday!Mayday! Street Party

04-05-2009 10:03

15:16: Police attempted to cordon a group at multi-storey carpark on Whitecross Street, were outfoxed. Protestors simply streamed through a carpark onto Trafalgar Street, massing behind the police lines and kettling them in. Police reinforcements running up Trafalgar road to rescue their kettled collegues. Now march is near Pelham Square heading towards St. George's Place.

14:52: March now at viaduct on London Road - heading back towards the city.

14:45: March got through police lines on Cleveland Terrace and withstood baton charges on Stanford Avenue. One snatch arrest reported on corner of Cleveland Road and Stanford Avenue.

14:38: March has moved into Lucerne Road from Chester Terrace

14:30: March on Preston Drove moving away from park being pursued by riot police.

14:26: People reported to be moving across the park - reports that park is surrounded by police.

14:21: March now in Preston Park.

14:02: March now on Preston Road. Line of police vans protecting the Royal Bank of Scotland - short shield officers now following the demo

14:02: Some marchers moving into Vere Road off Ditchling Road.

13:57: March is on Ditchling Road where reports suggest police have blocked the road. Reported that some marchers are turning down the hill back towards the city.

13:48: Police Horses are being forced away by thrown objects

13:47: March reunited at Druids Arms - North End of Level - reports are that march is very responsive and police are being outfoxed.

13:44: March seems to have been split - part of march being pushed towards the Level - front of march still heading up London Road - riot officers employing short shields

13:37: Police horses forcing marchers off the pavement outside McDonalds after cans were ineffectively thrown at McDonalds - police van being rocked and sprayed by the crowd - red flare under police van - riot police appear and baton charge protestors

13:30: March is heading to London road on Trafalger Street- earlier on a police cctv got sprayed and drove off - 'Smash bombs, dodge batons, bring the war home!' banner being displayed - estimated crowd now into the 1000's

13:20: March has reached Brighton Station

13:00: March reported to be moving up North Street, past the clock tower towards the station

12:55: Estimated now 500 - 600 people - lots of red flags - militant bloc at front - fluffier at the back - lots of leaflets being given out - riot vans at the back and front

12:48: Street Party now reaching Barclays on North Street

12:42: Street Party is on the move - about 500 people now - moving towards the City Centre/North Street

12:32: 8 police horses reported to be near roundabout.

12:30: Report that Fit Watch and others have driven FIT and police from the roundabout - a samba band has moved in

12:10: Sound system on roundabout - traffic stopped in one direction - people dancing in the streets

12:01: Mayday Mayday banner hung at the pier - about 200 people there - roundabout shut off - kids bloc en route - police being very hands off present

11:40: Meetup location announced - the aquarium roundabout by the pier

11:35: Critical Mass is on the move

11:13: Police presence at Critical Mass includes two police horses, Evidence Gathering Teams and a number of vans

11:08: 40 to 50 cyclists meeting up at Brighton Station for Critical Mass with two sound systems

10:30: SmashEdo Radio begins broadcasting on 101.4fm

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Time's Up! Read it now for free.

03-05-2009 22:47

There is a book I would like you all to read, and you don't have to pay a single penny for it, if you don't want to; but it could change the way you see the world and live your life, entirely.

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There is only so much sexism an anarchist can take

03-05-2009 21:09

When I saw that the Anarchist Movement Conference 2009 is being promoted with the image of a woman, I couldn’t help thinking of the irony. As with national states, the female body is again used as the symbol of some desired unity. However, what that image has made me think of is the persistence and entrenchment of sexist practices among anarchists, an important contributing factor to their actual lack of unity.

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Video of Mayday in London at The Bank.

03-05-2009 11:23

The Spirit lives on!

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Hijacking Mayday (with pics)

02-05-2009 19:23

Last night's Mayday street party, organised by the Spacehijackers, saw around 300 people dancing till darkness outside the Bank of England.

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Stop Charter Flight Deportations Protest in Cardiff

02-05-2009 17:20

A report on the recent Cardiff demonstration to raise awareness of charter deportation flights from the UK and to protest against this increasingly used practice by the UK Border Agency

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Mayday in London

02-05-2009 06:33

London Mayday does not draw the numbers it used to a few years back, when thousands roamed the streets. The spirit of Mayday was still there though at The Bank, with a Maypole and dancing and some familiar faces from the past.

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This Week in Palestine -Week 18 2009

01-05-2009 17:43

Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for April 25th through May 1st , 2009.

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Dissident Island Radio tonight!

01-05-2009 16:58

Dissident Island Disks // No Borders // Association Terre D'errance // Coal Caravan // Art not Oil // WAG // BPM

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Ravens Ait being evicted now!

01-05-2009 07:41

Ravens Ait being evicted now!

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Around the Campaigns Friday 1st May 2009

01-05-2009 05:44

Glad to say there were at least seven empty seats on the 'Ethnic Charter Flights' to Afghanistan (Tuesday) and Nigeria (Wednesday) and all the seats on the 'Ethnic Charter Flight' to Cameroon this morning were empty as it was cancelled in its' entirety.

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McDonalds Protester Found "Not Guilty"!

30-04-2009 20:27

An activist from Animal Rights Cambridge arrested under Section 5 of the Public Order Act for a protest inside the McDonalds restaurant in Cambridge in June 2008 was found 'not guilty' today (30th April 09) .

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http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/cambridge/2008/06/401637.html for more on the case and to see a video of the protest in question.

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Campaigners visit nuclear bomb-makers Jacobs in the capital

30-04-2009 19:27

Trident Ploughshares Press Release - Thursday 30 April, 2009

Six anti-nuclear campaigners from Trident Ploughshares affinity group the Muriel Lesters visited nuclear weapons profiteers Jacobs Engineering outside their Tower Bridge office in London earlier today [see note 1]. The campaigners displayed a banner reading "Nuclear Bomb Makers" and various placards to the busy passing traffic and pedestrians and handed out leaflets to passers-by and users of the building, alerting them to the presence of nuclear proliferators in the capital and calling for the suspension of work on the current and new generation of nuclear warheads at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) sites at Aldermaston and Burghfield in Berkshire, England.

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Parliament Square Hunger Striker Taken to Hospital

30-04-2009 14:33

It's been touch and go this week as 28 year old hunger striker Parameswarn Subramaniyan's situation has gotten worse. Fearing that he could die, Mr. Subramaniyan has since agreed to end his hunger strike and talks are currently going on inside Parliament between the Foreign Secretary and the Tamil community.

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Palestine Today 043009

30-04-2009 14:29

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Thursday April 30th 2009.

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Stephanie 12, Desmond 11 and Raphael 6, refuse to leave Yarl's Wood

30-04-2009 11:43

Fortunately we were not removed yesterday cos the children refused to be removed as Desmond was terrified went into tears and went under the bed refusing to be pulled out, after several persuasion and trial by the detention officer to pull him out. The immigration officer told him that she will be back in couple of days with another date of removal.