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If you care about fundamental rights and freedoms, privacy and confidentiality,
Write to your MP - http://www.WriteToThem.com makes it very easy - and tell him or her that you REFUSE CONSENT to having your information shared under any 'INFORMATION SHARING ORDER', and ask him or her to vote to have CLAUSE 152 removed entirely from the CORONERS AND JUSTICE BILL.Clause 152 of the Coroners and Justice Bill - currently being debated by the UK Parliament - would allow any Minister by order to take any information gathered for one purpose from anywhere, and use it for any other purpose.
Your information, your family's information, arbitrarily used without your consent or even knowledge. The very reverse of 'Data Protection'.
Demos at Huntingdon Life Sciences
A few of us are off to both sites in the next 2 days.SHAC Global Week of Action Part 2: Sweden, Chile, Cambridge & Poland
23rd: SWEDISH ACTIVISTS PROTEST AT HLS CUSTOMERS24th: DAY TWO OF CHILEAN ACTION DAYS
27th: BARCLAYS PROTEST IN CAMBRIDGE
27th: POLISH PROTEST AGAINST NOVARTIS
Part 1: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/422831.html
See newswire posts for photos and videos of London march
McDonalds Campaigner in Court on Monday – Cambridge
Campaigner in court for Mclibel anniversary protest!Get off the internet, I'll see you in the streets!
A bunch of reports today talk about the harmful effects of so-called social networking websites and how infact they isolate and separate people. When reading this it might be worth substituting some of the websites and concepts with things closer to home for users of this site and analysis what role activist sites such as indymedia really have in bringing forward the revolution or advancing radical struggle. The article quoted below suggests that social networking sites do the opposite of what they claim, could the same be true across the board.Libertarian bloc on student fees demo, Feb 25th
Call-out written by anarchist group at Goldsmiths Uni. All social anarchists and (left-)libertarians welcome.Meet 12pm on the corner of Thornhaugh Street and Russell Square.
Celebrated Oud player Firas Jabloun to perform at Keep Gaza Alive
Internationally renowned Tunisian singer and Master Oud player, Firas Jabloun, has joined line up of musicians, singers, and poets for Keep Gaza Alive fundraiserDetails in brief:
Date: Saturday 21st February 2009
Time: 7- 10 pm
Location: St Andrew’s Hall Chesterton Cambridge
Biocair & Barclays Demos in Cambridge
Tuesday, 17th FebruaryToday activists headed to HLS supplier Biocair, The Business Centre, Church End, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 3LB. Armed with two megaphones campaigners let employees and neighbouring companies know all about Huntingdon Life Sciences who test things such as sweeteners, GMOs and weed killers on animals.
Cambridge University Press -- Save Jobs march
Cambridge university press is closing its printing facilities, and sacks all its workers there, and some on the editorial side. A match was organized on the 14th Feb 2009 to protest again these closures.Keep Gaza Alive - Cambridge Stop the War to hold Gaza fundraiser
Details in brief:Date: Saturday 21st February 2009
Time: 7- 10 pm
Location: St Andrew’s Hall Chesterton Cambridge
Cambridge Stop the War (CSTW) is holding a fundraising evening on Saturday 21st February in St Andrew’s Hall, Cambridge, with all proceeds going to Interpal and Medical Aid for Palestine, who are helping to relieve the horrific humanitarian crisis that has been forced upon the people of Gaza.
New Fitwatch Spotter Card
To mark the enactment of the amendment to Section 58 of the Terrorist Act 2000 making it an offence, punishable by up to ten years imprisonment, to publish or elicit information about police officers, Fitwatch have produced a new spotter card.Police bail sysadmin in animal rights extremism probe
Here is the latest from the register about the arrest related to the latest imc server seizure. The arrested man is a sys admin who hosted several servers including the indymedia server. Apparently this is enough to get you held for 8 hours and bail conditions. But the comments get it - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/10/indymedia/comments/National student demonstration for free education, 25 February 2009
A national student demonstration for free education, backed by student unions and activists from across the country, will take place on Wednesday 25 February 2009.Pictures of Law Faculty occupation from Sunday...
In case you're wondering why I'm so late delivering these pictures, it's because I've been a bit ill this week.Here goes...possibly what will be my last photo report from inside the occupation, given recent events.
Mind you, it's not over yet!
(Cambridge) Statement on the behaviour of the university authorities
This is the statement issued by the general assembly of the Cambridge law school occupation about their imminent threat of eviction.Full Story | 1 addition | 2 comments >>
Update on law school occupation
At about 9pm the university closed the doors of the occupation notallowing anyone to go in any more. A statement from the university was
distributed inside stating that the occupiers were trespassing (but of
course no injunction -- therefore not making it an actual legal issue
yet.) A group of about 50 people were outside to show their
solidarity, including lots of people who had left the occupation to be
present at the CUSU (student union) meeting where motions relating to
the occupation were discussed.
Eviction Threat at Cambridge Gaza Occupation
The following is from the Cambridge Gaza Solidarity Occupation at the Law Faculty...Bayer Day of Action in Cambridge
Bayers' track record shows they don't give a damn about all lifeIn support of the Day of Action against Bayer, activists visited their offices in Building 230, Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WB.