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03-08-2005 15:01
On 6th August, the 60th Anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, there will be free music festival at Millennium Point to remember all those who have died and those who continue to suffer at the hands of those who think violence is the answer.
The festival will celebrate life too and will ask people to come together to choose peace, to remember their humanity. There is tremendous support from within the Birmingham music community for this event and everyone is giving their time free. Reggae artist Pato Banton and former 'Specials' front man Neville Staple will each be performing with their bands, as well as many more young new bands and artists.
To see the artists visit:
http://www.comeclean.org.uk
Hiroshima - Never Again! FREE Music Festival: Sat Aug 6th 2-7pm Millenium Point
On 6th August, the 60th Anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, there will be free music festival at Millennium Point to remember all those who have died and those who continue to suffer at the hands of those who think violence is the answer. The festival will celebrate life too and will ask people to come together to choose peace, to remember their humanity. There is tremendous support from within the Birmingham music community for this event and everyone is giving their time free. Reggae artist Pato Banton and former 'Specials' front man Neville Staple will each be performing with their bands, as well as many more young new bands and artists.
To see the artists visit:
http://www.comeclean.org.uk
03-08-2005 13:24
'Czech Dream' August 5th @ Midlands Arts Centre @ 8:30pm
'They built a fake hypermarket. They fooled thousands of people. Why did they do it?'
This funny and provocative analysis of the world of media manipulation is based on a hoax perpetrated by two film students on an unsuspecting public. In May 2003, several thousand Prague residents showed up at a meadow on the city's outskirts to attend the opening of Czech Dream, a hypermarket much touted in a clever advertising campaign which said 'Don't Come' and 'Don't Spend'. But the store front turned out to be a façade.
Friday nights screening, which starts at 8:30pm, will be followed by a post-screening discussion, hosted by Indymedia, focusing on the issues that the film raises.
Indymedia Cinema screening: 'Czech Dream' Aug 5th 8:30pm @ mac
'Czech Dream' August 5th @ Midlands Arts Centre @ 8:30pm 'They built a fake hypermarket. They fooled thousands of people. Why did they do it?'
This funny and provocative analysis of the world of media manipulation is based on a hoax perpetrated by two film students on an unsuspecting public. In May 2003, several thousand Prague residents showed up at a meadow on the city's outskirts to attend the opening of Czech Dream, a hypermarket much touted in a clever advertising campaign which said 'Don't Come' and 'Don't Spend'. But the store front turned out to be a façade.
Friday nights screening, which starts at 8:30pm, will be followed by a post-screening discussion, hosted by Indymedia, focusing on the issues that the film raises.
03-08-2005 13:08
Recent BBC programmes and reporting re the campaign against guinea pig breeders for vivisection - Newchurch Farm, have been totally biased in favour of the animal abusers. The BBC pride themselves on their 'impartial, educational & honest' broadcasting, yet their coverage of this campaign has been anything but. On Saturday 6th August, campaigners in Birmingham, London & Manchester will demonstrate outside BBC studios and hand in a statement from the Newchurch Campaign, which asks the BBC for some justification for this unashamed abuse of its own public policy.
BBC bias on vivisection - join the protest
Recent BBC programmes and reporting re the campaign against guinea pig breeders for vivisection - Newchurch Farm, have been totally biased in favour of the animal abusers. The BBC pride themselves on their 'impartial, educational & honest' broadcasting, yet their coverage of this campaign has been anything but. On Saturday 6th August, campaigners in Birmingham, London & Manchester will demonstrate outside BBC studios and hand in a statement from the Newchurch Campaign, which asks the BBC for some justification for this unashamed abuse of its own public policy.
03-08-2005 01:27
There was an article in The Guardian newspaper on Monday 1 August with the headline 'Tornado victims get cash grants' which made it sound like the lovely fluffy government was going to be handing out money to tornado affected residents.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1539962,00.html
This is wrong. The article refers to the Bellwin scheme under which
the national government makes grants to local authorities in the case of severe weather incidents such as Boscastle and Birmingham (see http://www.local.odpm.gov.uk/finance/bellwin/bell0506.htm for terms of the scheme.)
This scheme provides money for the Local Authority ONLY for clearing up fallen trees (but not replanting them), mending any roads and pavements and street furniture damaged by the event, providing emergency accommodation and employing extra contractors i.e. like the people with the hydraulic platforms etc.
Roger Godsiff on film (attached below) also stated at a public meeting on Saturday 30th July that this is the case and that it doesn't translate into money for hard hit individuals.
Tornado relief: No cash available – sort yourselves out!
There was an article in The Guardian newspaper on Monday 1 August with the headline 'Tornado victims get cash grants' which made it sound like the lovely fluffy government was going to be handing out money to tornado affected residents. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1539962,00.html This is wrong. The article refers to the Bellwin scheme under which
the national government makes grants to local authorities in the case of severe weather incidents such as Boscastle and Birmingham (see
http://www.local.odpm.gov.uk/finance/bellwin/bell0506.htm for terms of the scheme.) This scheme provides money for the Local Authority ONLY for clearing up fallen trees (but not replanting them), mending any roads and pavements and street furniture damaged by the event, providing emergency accommodation and employing extra contractors i.e. like the people with the hydraulic platforms etc.
Roger Godsiff on film (attached below) also stated at a public meeting on Saturday 30th July that this is the case and that it doesn't translate into money for hard hit individuals.
02-08-2005 19:49
This info is found at:
http://www.eu2005.gov.uk
Post-G8 protests. UK EU Presidency 2005 meetings accross UK
FW:There will be opportunities for post-G8 protests in many major cities accross the UK in the coming months. EU and UK ministers will be holding key summits here as part of the UK EU 2005 presidency.This info is found at:
http://www.eu2005.gov.uk
02-08-2005 16:08
It's like a Hitchcock film claims Hemming!
Evening Mail article deconstructed.
Gull's Revenge
Birmingham politicians attacked by mother seagull defending children!It's like a Hitchcock film claims Hemming!
Evening Mail article deconstructed.
31-07-2005 12:55
A national gathering to inspire and train all those opposed to the destruction of our planet
Earth First! summer gathering 17-21 August 2005
A national gathering to inspire and train all those opposed to the destruction of our planet
31-07-2005 00:19
The Joseph Chamberlain Sports Centre was declared an official site for people who have been made homeless by the tornado to reside there until they can get back into their homes. Somewhere to stay in an emergency.
Over 120 people stayed there on the first night of the disaster. A local resident said that there has been no real organisation down there. This person has now spent the second night without going into his house to even retrieve a small amount of personal items. Police have been escorting people back into their homes to get stuff. In this case not even the Police would enter the building. The resident was told if you go in, it is at your own risk.
Conditions at the emergency accomodation point at the sports centre
Day 2: Saturday July 30th 8:00 amThe Joseph Chamberlain Sports Centre was declared an official site for people who have been made homeless by the tornado to reside there until they can get back into their homes. Somewhere to stay in an emergency.
Over 120 people stayed there on the first night of the disaster. A local resident said that there has been no real organisation down there. This person has now spent the second night without going into his house to even retrieve a small amount of personal items. Police have been escorting people back into their homes to get stuff. In this case not even the Police would enter the building. The resident was told if you go in, it is at your own risk.
30-07-2005 18:25
Read the demo report below
Undercover cops attend Brum circus protest!!
Zippos Circus are currently in the Hay Mills area of Brum. Due to their use of animals(horses, dogs & birds), a protest took place to encourage a public boycott. Undercover cops showed up and left protesters wondering WHY??Read the demo report below
30-07-2005 10:40
Yesterday when the chief structural engineer was being questioned by local people in Balsall Heath he revealed that there is some asbestos contamination in the streets and surrounding areas damaged by the tornado. He specifically referred to asbestos tiles and roofing materials that have been ripped off houses and are now lying around the streets.
Asbestos littered around streets in the wake of the Tornado
Yesterday when the chief structural engineer was being questioned by local people in Balsall Heath he revealed that there is some asbestos contamination in the streets and surrounding areas damaged by the tornado. He specifically referred to asbestos tiles and roofing materials that have been ripped off houses and are now lying around the streets.
30-07-2005 00:55
Local residents this afternoon at the police cordon of Birchwood Crescent, Balsall heath (by what remains of the monkey steps), were asking the Chief Structural engineer questions, when suddenly out of the blue PC N. Lighton proceeded to photograph residents who were intent on finding out any information about their homes and their possessions. Senior officer M. Shaw, present at the time, wouldn't comment on his actions, but the photographing did eventually cease because of interventions by concerned residents.
Insensitive policing in the aftermath of the Tornado
Local residents this afternoon at the police cordon of Birchwood Crescent, Balsall heath (by what remains of the monkey steps), were asking the Chief Structural engineer questions, when suddenly out of the blue PC N. Lighton proceeded to photograph residents who were intent on finding out any information about their homes and their possessions. Senior officer M. Shaw, present at the time, wouldn't comment on his actions, but the photographing did eventually cease because of interventions by concerned residents.
29-07-2005 03:24
This afternoon July 28th 2005, without warning between 2:30 and 3:00 pm, a freak tornado raging at 136 miles an hour struck South Birmingham. The devastation pictured below resembles an earthquake or a series of bomb blasts. Within a couple of miles radius thousands of people have been made homeless and have been evacuated from their homes.
So many roofs and parts of roofs are missing. If there's any rain tomorrow or in the next few days and possibly weeks ceilings will collapse and people's possessions will be damaged. Urgent action needs to be taken to ensure repairs are carried out as quickly as possible. There is structural damage to hundreds of homes in the area.
Local resident Dave said, "This is a disaster zone! No amount of regeneration funding can help, it will be too late. Damage will escalate in the B12 area of Birmingham, unless immediate action is taken. Both economically, socially, spiritually this disaster may spoil all the community cohesion that exists already. Direct Government action is needed!'
Balsall Heath's tornado devastation overlooked by mainstream media
This afternoon July 28th 2005, without warning between 2:30 and 3:00 pm, a freak tornado raging at 136 miles an hour struck South Birmingham. The devastation pictured below resembles an earthquake or a series of bomb blasts. Within a couple of miles radius thousands of people have been made homeless and have been evacuated from their homes. So many roofs and parts of roofs are missing. If there's any rain tomorrow or in the next few days and possibly weeks ceilings will collapse and people's possessions will be damaged. Urgent action needs to be taken to ensure repairs are carried out as quickly as possible. There is structural damage to hundreds of homes in the area.
Local resident Dave said, "This is a disaster zone! No amount of regeneration funding can help, it will be too late. Damage will escalate in the B12 area of Birmingham, unless immediate action is taken. Both economically, socially, spiritually this disaster may spoil all the community cohesion that exists already. Direct Government action is needed!'
28-07-2005 14:46
'Tornado' hits south Birmingham
Extreme winds felled trees in the Kings Heath area of Birmingham in an intense minute-long storm.
28-07-2005 10:29
MORE POLICE LIES EMERGING OVER MURDER OF JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES
THE family of the Brazilian man shot dead by marksmen who mistook him for a suicide bomber revealed last night how police have changed their account of the incident. Yet again.
28-07-2005 04:24
Yet, the UK police shot a man in hiding in a bathroom. The neighbours saud they heard three shots. A little terraced house in Birmingham,UK, hardly has more than five feet of space between the bathroom and the corrider in front of the bathroom; the TASER gun should be well away , at a distance of yards away from the target , before the police should have shouted "police. Please come out of there or we will shoot" or something of that natute.
We must be careful that we do not become a police state.
TASER GUNS BY UK POLICE ,HAVE BEEN CAUSING CONTROVERSY IN AMERICA
This article is a fair use for educational purposes. It is one of dozens of law enforcement articles specifically about TASER GUNS and deaths caused by them. One state , Ilndiana, has stopped using TASER guns because the police there believe the TASER gun to be unsafe.Yet, the UK police shot a man in hiding in a bathroom. The neighbours saud they heard three shots. A little terraced house in Birmingham,UK, hardly has more than five feet of space between the bathroom and the corrider in front of the bathroom; the TASER gun should be well away , at a distance of yards away from the target , before the police should have shouted "police. Please come out of there or we will shoot" or something of that natute.
We must be careful that we do not become a police state.
27-07-2005 19:57
Please join a peaceful protest on Friday aimed at educating the general public about why they should boycott ALL animal circuses.
Boycott animal circus & join this protest
Please join a peaceful protest on Friday aimed at educating the general public about why they should boycott ALL animal circuses.
23-07-2005 10:33
NCADC News Service
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Urgent - charter expulsions to Afghanistan Monday/Tuesday
Europe should be ashamed of itself - Expulsions to Kabul
Next Monday or Tuesday young failed asylum seekers from Afghanistan in the UK will be put on charter plane at one of the London airports, the charter will then travel to Paris, pick up more young failed asylum seekers from Afghanistan in France for onward transit to Kabul, at least 60 Afghans are expected to be on board.
Urgent - charter expulsions to Afghanistan Monday/Tuesday
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Urgent - charter expulsions to Afghanistan Monday/Tuesday
Europe should be ashamed of itself - Expulsions to Kabul
Next Monday or Tuesday young failed asylum seekers from Afghanistan in the UK will be put on charter plane at one of the London airports, the charter will then travel to Paris, pick up more young failed asylum seekers from Afghanistan in France for onward transit to Kabul, at least 60 Afghans are expected to be on board.
22-07-2005 19:27
Next Monday or Tuesday a charter plane will leave London, travel to
Paris and finally land in Kabul with at least 60 young Afghans on board
who have been denied asylum by France and Britain.
Expulsions to Kabul, be ashamed!
Europe should be ashamed of itself – Expulsions to KabulNext Monday or Tuesday a charter plane will leave London, travel to
Paris and finally land in Kabul with at least 60 young Afghans on board
who have been denied asylum by France and Britain.
22-07-2005 14:26
Posted from Zimbabwe Watch
BA ferries failed asylum seekers
BY WILF MBANGA
LONDON - British Airways is one of last airlines still prepared to fly home failed Zimbabwe asylum seekers from the UK. Speaking at a joint news conference with several members of both houses of parliament across the benches, Labour MP Kate Hoey last week urged members of the public to write to British Airways protesting the airline’s continued willingness to carry failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe where they face possible arrest and torture.
British Airways profit from deporting refugees facing torture & death
Posted from Zimbabwe Watch BA ferries failed asylum seekers
BY WILF MBANGA
LONDON - British Airways is one of last airlines still prepared to fly home failed Zimbabwe asylum seekers from the UK. Speaking at a joint news conference with several members of both houses of parliament across the benches, Labour MP Kate Hoey last week urged members of the public to write to British Airways protesting the airline’s continued willingness to carry failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe where they face possible arrest and torture.
22-07-2005 08:26