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UK Pensions Mass Strike, 28th March 'Red Tuesday!' More Rallies announced.

25-03-2006 20:15

Red Tuesday - 28th March will see mass strikes against capitalist attacks in both Britain and France.
In Britain, the strike will be to defend workers pension rights, and will involve 1.5 million workers. It could be the largest strike here since the 1926 general strike.

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Squatters are your neighbours

25-03-2006 14:53

The Russell Square Social Centre that's been occupied since January may be one of the few remaining public squats in London, but don't be deceived. People are squatting in huge numbers, even if the practice is experiencing a political lull...

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Greenwash detected at the British Museum

24-03-2006 22:33

At the British Museum
The Greenwish Guerrillas struck again yesterday at the opening of the BP-sponsored ‘Michelangelo Drawings’ Exhibition

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No M1 widening visit Long Eaton

24-03-2006 19:10

A group of activists visit Long Eaton to raise awareness of the campaign.

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NUJ drops support for Indymedia?

24-03-2006 17:22

Which hat do you have on?

The National Union Of Journalist held the first part of its Annual Delegate Meeting today. Within the 175 motions to be officially decided during the two-day conference was one of particular relevance to Indymedia...

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This Week's SchNEWS - Gaul To Arms

24-03-2006 13:44

Asterix
“The widespread perception in French society is that the gulf separating those ‘inside’ society, even if they are badly paid, from those ‘outside’, in particular living in the suburbs, has become more accentuated over the past 20 years.” - Sociologist François Dubet.

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Gypsies Regroup as Caravans Burn

24-03-2006 12:32

Burned out caravans alongside
the London M25 motorway bear witness
to the ever worsening plight of Britain's
350,000 Gypsies.

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Belarussian anarchists call for solidarity!

24-03-2006 09:25

In Minsk, Belarus, a tent camp has been set up in the central October Square, to protest against election fraud. Last night, this camp was brutally evicted with about 500 arrests. One of the evicted tents was the indymedia tent. Belarussian Anarchists are asking for solidarity.

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Call to the (American) Continent- Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador Demand Democracy

24-03-2006 00:46

This is a letter to the Government and Peoples of the USA from NAHUACALLI, Embassy of Indigenous Peoples.

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HIGH COURT JUDGE CONDEMNS ARMS COMPANY’S LEGAL TACTICS

23-03-2006 22:43

On Thursday 23rd March 2006 a High Court Judge handed
down a damning judgement against an arms company. He
struck out an interim injunction against remaining
defendants in the controversial harassment injunction
case brought against anti-war protesters in Brighton
by arms manufacturers EDO MBM Technology Ltd.

The case has been continuing in the High Court for
nearly a year without reaching a full trial despite an
court order that a speedy trial should be prepared
for because of ‘human rights implications’.
‘The blame for loss of the trial date in my view
undoubtedly lies with the claimants’ says Judge
Walker.

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SAVE THE STREET PIANO!! Free Community Piano Under Threat!

23-03-2006 22:06

Since August, Sharrow Vale Road has been the home of Sheffield's only (as far as we know) Street Piano.

If you read the local press or listen to local radio you may have heard of this wonderful piano, where members of the public are free to make music any time between 9 and 9.

Now the Council Want to take it away.

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Update from Ecuador.

23-03-2006 20:23

Repression and violation of human rights is escalating in Ecuador, a country in state of emergency for the better part of the last three weeks.

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Libertarian, Anarchist and Antiauthoritarian Forum, in Athens, May 4-7, 2006

23-03-2006 18:20

Libertarian, Anarchist and Antiauthoritarian Forum, in Athens, Greece, May 4-7, 2006.

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Strike Rallies throughout Britain on 28th March - Red Tuesday!

23-03-2006 18:20

Red Tuesday - 28th March will see mass strikes against capitalist attacks in both Britain and France.
In Britain, the strike will be to defend workers pension rights, and will involve 1.5 million workers. It could be the largest strike here since the 1926 general strike.

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Three day sit-in outside parliament next week.

23-03-2006 18:11

Eighty or more Iranian asylum seekers' sit-in will be staging a three days sit-in in London to protest against the Home Office's asylum laws. The protest begins on the 27th and end on the 29th in front of parliament and they will attend everyday from 8am-6pm.

Thousands of asylum seekers who have fled the Islamic regime of Iran and have come to Britain are faced with appalling and inhumane conditions. Many have either been refused asylum and issued removal orders or are in the precarious situation of waiting. An illegal, unsafe and unprotected life has been imposed on many of them.

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Coaches to No Borders Demo - April 8th

23-03-2006 13:27

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COACHES are being organised and other transport from around the country.
Please contact London No Borders at:  noborderslondon@riseup.net or call
07944 135 617
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Ustiben report : BRITAN'S ANSWER: SEND IN BULLDOZERS

23-03-2006 12:06

Ustiben report

BRITAIN'S ANSWER:
SEND IN BULLDOZERS
Grattan Puxon

Yesterday the bulldozers were sent in
yet again to crush the homes of Travellers
who by the British Government's own admission
have nowhere legally to live.

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Thames Path dispute.

23-03-2006 11:04

Video Artist's impression of development on hording.
Luxury flats developer allowed to continue blocking path.

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Mobilisations in Ecuador continue. Repression increases

22-03-2006 20:01

quito
As the protests against the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US, against the contract between the Ecuadorian state and the oil company OXY, against Plan Colombia and for "life and self-determination" enter their third week, police and military repression increases in Quito and other protest areas.

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Support political activist locked up in Belarus

22-03-2006 14:22

Enira, a girl who is about 25, has been held in custody in the KGB detention facility of Minsk since February 21th, 2006. Her crime? She simply wanted to have independent elections in Belarus. Yes, this is a crime in Belarus.