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16-02-2005 18:06

Stirling Army Recruitment Protest

students protest in Stirling Students studying at Stirling University, involved with the group People and Planet, today protested at the Army Recruitment Centre in Stirling.

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16-02-2005 02:03

Glasgow day of civil disobedience 15th February 2005.

 George Square being refurbished. Statues are of  Robert Peel and Prince Albert. This is a 1,000 word report with photos of the day of civil disobedience in Glasgow on Tuesday 15th February 2005.

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15-02-2005 11:16

Sowing the Seeds of Dictatorship

An excellent, well-researched overview of current intellectual property laws as they relate to agriculture in Scotland and India. Farmers in both countries are coming under attack from huge agricultural multinationals that are trying to make it illegal to follow the normal farming practice of saving seed for next year's crop.

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13-02-2005 19:39

G8: Activists Being Monitored - Border Controls Considered reports Scotsman

Scotsman roundup of security measures re G8 Summit in July 05 - including assertion by Tayside Chief Constable that "known activists" were already being "monitored" by "undercover officers" both in the UK and mainland Europe, and that police are "talking to the Crown about a range of issues... ...including restricting access to Scotland". John Vine, the Chief Constable of Tayside Police said: "In extreme situations we may apply to prevent entry into Scotland".

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11-02-2005 14:09

G8: Scottish Parliament Petition re Policing + Protests

G8 Alternatives are publicising a petition in response to some of the alarming reports about policing plans for the G8 summit protests this coming July is Scotland. The petition demands that riot police equipped with rubber bullets are not used for policing, that venues be provided for protest meetings and accomodation, and that protestors creating their own spaces should be allowed to do so.

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08-02-2005 07:10

Report of Glasgow Première of `WMD weapons of mass deception` with photos.

Danny (in shades) at the White House showing of WMD with Colon and Dubya! This is a 1,300 word report with photos of the Glasgow Première of Danny Schechter's new film `WMD weapons of mass deception` .

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07-02-2005 18:37

Faslane Peace Camp open and struggeling on

opposing trident- nuclear submarine Faslane Peace Camp is still open (109919)
Faslane Peace Camp is still open.

This afternoon two CND activists from Helensburgh checked on the camp because they were not answering phone calls.


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05-02-2005 00:00

Indymedia Scotland to focus on it's own independent site

Please click here and use the Scotland Indymedia site as that is where the Scotland Indymedia collective is devoting it group resources and energy. The new site is where you will find new features worked on by the emerging Indymedia Scotland collective. And that is the site that is promoted in Scotland.

We strongly recommend you Sign up as user on new site to rate articles and edit own posts on the new site and then publish articles and contribute media, but note that articles are not automatically transfered between imcuk site and indymedia scotland.

Please when giving web address for indymedia Scotland use url: http://scotland.indymedia.org

The template (style, look and feel) to this Scotland sub page on imcuk has been overhauled, to point people to the new indymedia scotland website. There needs further work to fix some bugs and smarten things up.

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04-02-2005 02:13

Premiere of Danny Schechter's new film `WMD weapons of mass deception` .

WMD weapons of mass deception poster. This is an announcement of the film premiere in Glasgow of Danny Schechter's new film `WMD weapons of mass deception` with some photos, a biography of Danny and a review of the film. Even if you can't get to see the film it can be ordered through the film website (given in the article). If you can, you should try and watch it -it's a must see!

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28-01-2005 15:31

G8 in the News

frontpage of todays Edinburgh Evening News. Today the forthcoming G8 summit in gleneagles is in the news again. The Edinburgh Evening news published pictures of riots and stone-throwing, windowsmashing protesters, whileas on the radio it was stressed, that there "would be a permanent security cordon around the Scottish parliament and Holyrood Palace",
as well as 200 000 protesters expected. It was mentioned that the security forces now make preperations to draft in English police forces to Scotland, too.

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28-01-2005 12:44

cops threaten G8 repression

police are preparing to use submachine guns and rubber bullets to defend leaders of the G8 who will meet at gleeagles. they are carrying out training in a mock up village on the site of a closed down hsopital. the closed down law hospital, lanarkshire has been turned into a mock village, complete with its own names, in which to train riot squads.

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27-01-2005 12:54

Projectile ~ festival of anarchist film & thought

The Projectile festival of anarchist film & thought is happening in Newcastle upon Tyne, 11-13 February 2005.

The final programme

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27-01-2005 00:52

UNISON heading for pensions strike action

Massive strike action is on the cards because of government plans to downgrade public sector pensions schemes.

An overwhelming majority of UNISON members voted in favour of strike action during consultation in January 2005, and members across the country are planning activities for the TUC day of action on pensions on February 18. The Yes vote was 82%.

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26-01-2005 16:53

Kenny Richey's Death Sentence Overturned

Kenny Richey After 18 years on death row in Ohio, Edinburgh born Kenny Richey has finally had his conviction ruled overturned by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal. Richey was convicted in 1986 of an arson attack that killed 2 year old Cynthia Collins, but always maintained his innocence.

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26-01-2005 02:03

Glasgow Anarchist Dayschool 29/01/05

Anarchist Dayschool happening in Glasgow

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24-01-2005 20:16

Report from Palestine with 7 photos.

Map of West Bank. (Aida is near Bethlehem.) This is a 1,000 word report from Palestine by Margaret Pacetta of Glasgow with 7 photos.

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24-01-2005 17:16

G8Alternatives: Main Demo at Gleneagles Train Station 1st Day of G8 (6th july)

The last meeting of the G8Alternatives mobilisation in January 2005 agreed to call their main mass demonstration on the first day of the G8 Summit (Wednesday 6th July) with the meeting point at Midday at Gleneagles train station.

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23-01-2005 00:47

Photos from Ramallah, West Bank and a short report.

Apartheid wall. Here are three photos from Palestine showing the Apartheid wall and the stopping nad searching of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers.

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