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Danish Pasting

02-04-2012 00:16

The English Defence League headed over to Aarhus, Denmark on Saturday in an attempt to kick start a supposedly continent-wide anti-Jihadist movement.

In reality less than 200 members of various European Defence Leagues actually bothered to turn up (with 50 countries in Europe this averages out at an impressive 4 members per country). The far right was greatly outnumbered by an anti-fascist counter-demo – with about 4,000 people coming out to oppose them.

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9th Sharrow Lantern Carnival

01-04-2012 22:00

The 9th annual Sharrow Lantern Carnival took place on 1st April 2012 in Sheffield.

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Remembering Henry Richard of Tregaron: 3 Apr 1812 - 20 Aug 1888

01-04-2012 21:52

A commemoration event at Abney Park Cemetery marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Welsh peace-maker Henry Richard. Bruce Kent, who had re-discovered Henry Richard's grave in the overgrown Stoke Newington graveyard in north London was Master of Ceremonies. About 100 were in attendance, a big increase on a similar event some years ago. Many of those present came from Wales, some from Richard's birthplace, Tregaron in Dyfed.

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Glasgow Picket Against Holland & Barrett Workfare Report

01-04-2012 20:33

Members of Clydeside Industrial Workers of the World, the Anarchist Federation and Solidarity Federation picketed the Queen Street branch of Holland & Barrett at lunchtime on Saturday 31st March.

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Holland & Barrett Face Angry Pickets Across the UK

01-04-2012 16:05

Fake health food store Holland & Barrett faced angry demonstrations at 20 different locations yesterday as part of a National Day of Action Against Workfare.

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Swindon Workfare demo - report and Pics

01-04-2012 15:50

As part of a national day of action against workfare, Swindon Anarchists called a demo targetting local workfare using companies.

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Squatters Convergence Brighton 2012

01-04-2012 14:45

The Squatters Network of Brighton (and hove actually) is having a squatters convergence from 17th to 20th May 2012.

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Squatters march in Brighton

31-03-2012 18:39

In response to the ban on squatting being passed in the House of Lords on Tuesday, Squatters and their supporters took a meandering march through Brighton and Hove today.

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Bristol Responds to Anti-Squatting Bill

31-03-2012 02:55

In response to the Government's moves to criminal squatting in residential properties people gathered in Bristol on Friday to protest against the passing of the Legal Aid Bill. Around 30 to 40 protesters meet outside Metropolis on Stokes Croft (another empty property, which if the Government has it's ways, would be left to rot in the interests of property speculators). Comrades from The Red & Black Umbrella in Cardiff even came over to Bristol to join the protest!

At 2:30PM people set off down the street, taking the road and displaying a banner which read: "Whatever They Say, Squatting Will Stay!"

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Extradition Watch: Richard's Story

29-03-2012 23:09

On 29th March 2012 Liberty, hosted a public meeting at Sheffield Hallam University on the subject of the threatened extradiction of Richard O'Dywer. The meeting was addressed by Shami Chakrabarti, Julia O'Dywer, Isabella Sankey, an impromptu appeareance from David Davis, Jawed Siddiqi and Jessica Zeun.

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Leyton Marsh Camp update

29-03-2012 16:55

Here is a report from the camp at Leyton Marsh next to the site of a planned 'temporary' Olympics basketball training facility. The camp is here to support the local community and the Campaign to Save Leyton Marsh.

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Last week was a lousy week - NHS - RIP Demo Photographs

29-03-2012 10:55

Last week we were hit with a triple whammy : first the Budget followed by the decision of leading unions, including the PCS, to call off the national strike set for the 28th 0f March and then the passing of the Health and Social Care bill.

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UCU/NUT protest in london today

28-03-2012 22:55

several thousand lecturers and teachers were supported by many students and a delegation from the PCS today on a protest march across london to the department for education in victoria. they are highlighting pension changes which will mena higher payments and much later retirement.

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No Border Camp Stockholm 17/6 – 24/6 2012

28-03-2012 12:34

Borders kill
Borders are big business
Borders are in Stockholm

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Shell targeted in anti-greenwash stunt at international conference

27-03-2012 10:17

“No-one will want to listen to me after that!”

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Mass deportation by charter flight to Afghanistan, 28th March

25-03-2012 21:33

Was 26th March, postponed to 28th March, 00.10 hrs

Many people know that the UK has embarked in a disastrous war in Afghanistan, alongside the US and NATO.
What most people do not know, or are not aware of, is that the people who arrive in UK fleeing the war in Afghanistan are routinely detained, denied protection and sent back to Afghanistan, on regular charter flights London - Kabul: there is a deportation charter flight to Afghanistan about every two weeks– charters to Afghanistan are the most regular of the mass deportation flights from the UK.

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Anti Fascism: Bolton Blunderers

25-03-2012 09:45

From SchNEWS Anti-fascists counter piss-poor Infidel turn out in the North West

http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Bolton-Blunderers/

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Protestor Offered Money to 'Disrupt Occupy'

22-03-2012 16:55

Details of the arrest of Bryn Phillips, his interview with the British Security Services, and the involvement of The City of London Corporation in his arrest.

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IPC Preliminary meeting slammed as a shambles

22-03-2012 15:03

Report from the Sham Infrastructure Planning Commission process which began yesterday

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Free Daniel! Solidarity with the Hunger Strike!

22-03-2012 11:36

A Congolese man has gone on hunger strike to demand his release from an Immigration Removal Centre near Heathrow Airport.