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Birmingham Newswire Archive

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17-01-2011 11:09

How close are you to a potential opencast site?

A by product of the work done to suggest that 553m metric tonnes of Carbon Dioxide from escaping into the atmosphere is the revelation that most of this coal lies so close to where people live. read more here.

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17-01-2011 10:56

Climate Change and the 500m Buffer Zone Bill

This press release accompanies the publication of MOPG's 5th Briefing Note in support of the 500m Buffer Zone Bill and explains why those concerned about Climate Change should support the Bill.

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15-01-2011 21:17

Three undercover political Police unmasked as infiltrators into UK Anarchist, Anti-Fascist and Climate Justice movements

PC Mark Kennedy (AKA "Mark Stone"), "Lyn Watson" and "Mark Jacobs" Statement for translation.

For attention of all international activist groups and movements regarding known involvement of UK undercover political police.
We need translation into French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Greek, Spanish, Polish, Russian, and any other languages people think are relevant. Please post translations here

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15-01-2011 12:46

Lloyds TSB Occupied in Hereford!

15.01.2011 Ten anti-cuts activists are currently occupying Lloyds TSB in Hightown in Hereford city centre.

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15-01-2011 05:48

"Indignez-vous!" 600,000 sold, shaking France &world (Translation here) Hessel

Coming to US, should be $4 or $5. Perhaps the timing of the book, released during troubled times of economic crisis and inequality has rung a bell for the people of France. Maybe it’s the fact that the author is a holocaust survivor almost a century old -- former spy, escapee from a concentration camp, then Resistance fighter for the rest of WWII -- which lends credibility to his message. Maybe it's the poetic prose. Whatever the reason, Indignez Vous! by Stéphane Hessel is the #1 bestselling book on Amazon.fr, and has been for some time. The book has sold over 600,000 in just three months.

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13-01-2011 02:31

Violent Unrest: Spare The Horses

With the prospect of more anti-government protests a strong likelihood in 2011, the recent violent clashes between mounted police officers and students raises questions about the welfare of the horses used in these situations.

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12-01-2011 21:45

Translated: "Indignez-vou" by 93-y.o. Incites Young French-600,000 Sold

Waving Hessel's "Little Red Book" Booklet "Indignez-vou" by Man 93 Incites Young French-600,000 Sold

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11-01-2011 16:44

Right a Wrong in British Planning Law

This MOPG's latest Press Release emphasises a different aspect of the argument as to why Communities in England should benefit from a 500m Buffer Zone law. It shows how many areas of England could be prone to opencast mining because local communities, unlike those in Scotland and Wales do not benefit from having a 500m Buffer Zone policy in operation.

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09-01-2011 22:25

IWW Film Night and Social

Let's Make Money - Friday February 4

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09-01-2011 18:08

Save the Prince of Wales.

Thursday 13th of January is the last chance to voice your opposition to the construction of unnecessary yuppie flats in Moseley which threaten the future of it's last true local pub, The Prince Of Wales.

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08-01-2011 16:21

Stroud Views & Burblings - new independent freesheet issue 1

First launched earlier this week (Tuesday 4th Jan) to coincide with the rise in VAT, the newest freesheet in Stroud (following the 'Stroud Defector' back in the day and the 'Stroudie' circa 2001-2002) - Stroud Views & Burblings - a title based on local news rag Stroud News & Journal - got a proper airing today, as nearly 200 copies were handed out around town.

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06-01-2011 19:41

Scale of Opencast Mining in England Revealed

A group in Leicestershire has produced evidence about the current and possible future locations for opencast coal mining.in England. In all it identifies 23 Current sites and 43 potential sites.The evidence is in the form of a two part review and it has been produced to support the arguments for the 500 Metre Buffer Zone Bill which gets its 2nd Reading in the House of Commons on 11/2/11.

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06-01-2011 15:53

Petition to cut military spending not education!

Want to take a stand in protecting education and condemning wasteful military spending? SIGN THE PETITION HERE!

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03-01-2011 22:05

Richard Price EDL Co-ordinator - Placed on the sex offenders register.

Richard Price, co-ordinator of the West Midlands division of the EDL A leader of the English Defence League who was described as a “political prisoner” after being jailed for violence at a march had already been placed on the sex offenders register for downloading indecent images of children, The Times can reveal.

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02-01-2011 20:25

Two Kurds at imminent risk of execution by Iran's islamic regime

Hossein Khezri, a 28-year-old man, and Zeynab Jalalian, a 27-year-old woman, Kurdish Youth Activist, are feared to be at imminent risk of execution. Both were convicted of “enmity against God”, in separate cases, for membership of the Party for Free Life of Kurdistan.

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01-01-2011 14:01

Racist, Fascist & Zionist Facebook pages hacked by TeaMp0isoN & ZHC

A Few hours before the start of 2011, TeaMp0isN & ZHC announced that they were going to do a "Mass Clean-up" on Facebook, a few hours after the announcement, 100s of Facebook pages were hacked

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29-12-2010 17:29

Smarter than the average bear?

The latest in spy camera technology smashed by some bored bears.

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24-12-2010 14:21

Help! Lives are in danger!

Afghan and Iranianwomen and children seekingasylum in Greece beingbattered and assaultedby the elite units of the Greek police, right outside The Ministry of Citizen Protection. Asylum seekers, outside The United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Greece, have—once more—sewn their lips!

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23-12-2010 17:05

Fur Demo at Richmond House in Malvern

Activists in Great Malvern today held a demonstration outside Richmond House as they think it is acceptable to continue selling real fur.

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22-12-2010 19:59

Bad Boy of the Week: Brum councillor Martin Mullaney

Authorities in Birmingham have barely been out of the papers this year, such is their enthusiasm for public surveillance. This month is no exception.

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