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Critical Masses going strong in Newcastle

06-05-2006 14:18

Today saw the latest of Tyneside's monthly critical masses which take place on the 1st Saturday of the month, meeting 12noon at Haymarket.

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Campaigners plan unique guided tour to 'Leeds, the city of asylum shame'

05-05-2006 14:07

Campaigners working to support detained and destitute asylum seekers in Leeds and fight their deportation from the UK are planning a distinctly 'alternative' guided tour of the city tomorrow (Saturday 6 May).

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1,000

05-05-2006 12:55

Korean farmers and supporters defy brutal eviction for U.S. base expansion

May 4th, 2006 at 5:00am, the Korean Ministry of National Defense (MND) made its fourth attempt to occupy the villages of Daechuri and Doduri and crush the resistance to U.S. military base expansion. This time, they came with 12,000 riot police, 1,500 plain-clothes hired 'workers', who are notorious, right wing ex-military strike breakers, and 3,000 Korean soldiers and army engineers.

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Utopia of Hugging : Nottingham Event Piccys

05-05-2006 10:26

As part of their global World Hug Day performances, internationally renowned Chinese artist brothers Gao Zhen and Gao Qiang invited folks to participate in the most ambitious event of the series to date; a group embrace of epic proportions representing the first ever mass hugging to be staged in the British Isles.

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The situation in Atenco, Mexico

05-05-2006 02:59

The situation in Atenco, Mexico, continues on red alert. Since last night, when we accompanied the people of Atenco in their just and dignified struggle for land and in solidarity with other struggles, there were riot police from the PFP (Mexican Federal Preventive Police) that were prepared to enter and repress the people.

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Virtual Sit-In for Red Alert Against Fox

04-05-2006 22:26

NO TO THE VIOLENCE IN TEXCOCO, MEXICO and YES TO THE ZAPATISTA CAMPAIGN FOR DEMOCRACY IN MEXICO! ALL OF CINCO DE MAYO!

the virtual sit-in
FLOODNET action

manifestación en línea
FLOODNET

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HERE:  http://bang.calit2.net/CincodeMayo

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Life in Rossport Solidarity Camp

04-05-2006 21:37

The Camp and Broadhaven Bay
Rossport Solidarity Camp is part of a struggle against Shell, Statoil, Marathon, and the Irish state's plans to destroy a remote area in the West of Ireland. This article is about where the camp is and how the camp is organised.

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Space Hijackers - Police Party

04-05-2006 21:17

Wpc's standing to attention
In a year when the only anarchist event on mayday became part of the trade union march,
we decided, if you can't beat them, join them.

Advertising a Mayday Police Victory street party we invited the police to join us dancing in the streets of London, infact we invited the police to become a little anarchist.

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Nottingham MayDay Events : Pictures 2

04-05-2006 21:07

On Saturday 29 April, Nottingham held its Mayday March and Rally. Folks assembled 12.00 at the Brewhouse Yard Museum on Castle Boulevard.

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Nottingham MayDay Events : Pictures 1

04-05-2006 20:58

On Saturday 29 April, Nottingham held its Mayday March and Rally. Folks assembled 12.00 at the Brewhouse Yard Museum on Castle Boulevard.

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High Court rules against ex-UK residents in Guantanamo

04-05-2006 17:30

High Court today ruled against the application for a judicial review of British government ministers’ responsibility to intervene in the cases of Jamil El-Banna, Bisher El-Rawi and Omar Deghayes.

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THE DAILY NEWS FROM PALESTINE 4TH MAY2006

04-05-2006 14:38

Audio
THE DAILY NEWS

THE DAILY NEWS A SERVICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE EAST MEDIA CENTER WWW.IMEMC.ORG FOR THURSDAY MAY 04, 2006

HEBRON CHILD INJURED IN SETTLER HIT AND RUN, SOLDIERS OPEN FIRE AT RESIDENTS TRYING TO PASS A MILITARY CHECKPOINT NEAR NABLUS, ARMY OCCUPIES SEVERAL SHOPS IN HEBRON

THESE STORIES AND MORE COMING UP STAY TUNED

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PLYMOUTH CND BANNED AND CENSORED

04-05-2006 10:24

Plymouth CND have been banned from taking any part in the Lord Mayor's Day events later in the month.

DML (who own the Dockyard) and the Navy have taken part before and will almost certainly do so this year.

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Maydy 2006: Eye witness on the Autonomous Block March

04-05-2006 02:42

Written record of the days events with the Autonoumous Block.

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Fight the racist control of the media

04-05-2006 01:34

In order to obscure the failures of the British justice system, the press is fuelling racist hysteria in Britain by concentrating on the fact that detainees on early release were migrants or 'foreigners' as they are phrasing it. This is despite the fact that refugees in detention centres are being illegally locked up and deported against their Human Rights as guaranteed British, European and International law.

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25.000 innocent people detained .../you have the newspapers you deserve

04-05-2006 00:19

While the racist lobby makes such a big fuss about a few ' foreign criminals' being let on the loose - and gets huge media attention, around 25.000 innocent men, women and children are detained in immigration removal centres - high security prisons in all but in name. Around 15.000 are deported every year, often to countries deemed too dangerous for Brithsh citiziens to travel to. Many are torture and rape survivors. What is the real scandal?

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Bradford Students sit-in to support lecturers

03-05-2006 23:40

Following recent announcements that AUT/NATFHE lecturers who refuse to mark exams will be subjected to a pay cut of 25%, around 75 students at University of Bradford occupied the corridor outside the vice-chancellor's office. With lots of Samba and a discussion with the pro-VC, a meeting between AUT, Uni and Students Union reps was agreed.

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film of a mayday socpa challenge

03-05-2006 21:45

Video
on mayday police mounted a huge operation to control 10 brave protestors who entered the socpa zone armed with just one blank banner. this is a short comic film of the event.

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Video of anti-nuclear demo

03-05-2006 21:11

Video
On Saturday 29th March, the 20th
aniversary of Chernobyl was commemorated with a procession through the city centre to Cross St
Chapel, where talks about nuclear power were held.

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Nottingham's April Critical Mass and Bike About :: The Pictures

03-05-2006 21:10

Nottingham's April Critical Mass and Bike About :: The Pictures

Setting out from the usual meeting place [Outside the Savoy Cinema on Derby Road, meet at 5.30pm]