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London Dump Veolia! Protest at the Natural History Museum

10-04-2010 15:43 | Culture | Palestine | Sheffield | World

Protesters leafleted people visiting the Natural History Museum on 10th April 2010 regarding the "Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition" -- Veolia supplies services to the illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine -- they run tramway and bus services linking settlements to Israel and a the landfill site taking settlement refuse.

Canadian Genocide

09-04-2010 09:26 | Anti-racism | Culture | Repression | World

Video: Unrepentant: This documentary reveals Canada's darkest secret - the deliberate extermination of indigenous (Native American) peoples and the theft of their land under the guise of religion.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6637396204037343133#

Anarchist Bookfair Biel/Bienne Switzerland

08-04-2010 01:17 | Culture | Education | Other Press | World

For the second time in Switzerland an anarchist bookfair will take place. This time, it will be in the bilingual city of Biel-Bienne, wich has a long anarchist tradition, an old town that is worth visiting and a beautiful countryside, between the lake and jurassian hills. Equally, this year, many french, german and swiss editions will be there to present you the anti-autoritarian contemporary litterature. The intellectual thirst can be quenched with many different conferences and workshops. Multiple cultural events will be sure to provide a good general atmosphere.

More info:

http://www.buechermesse.ch

London’s gay art festival GFEST offers opportunity for sponsors

07-04-2010 11:21 | Culture | Health | Social Struggles | World

GFEST – an unrivalled platform – will perform well for its sponsors – A ‘uksponsorship.com’ news update in 2009.

GFEST – Gaywise FESTival in London has put up the sponsorship package on the website:

http://www.gaywisefestival.org.uk/sponsors

An overwhelming 96% of audiences recommended that funders should continue to sponsor GFEST.

Pornography of Suffering

26-03-2010 17:46 | Anti-racism | Culture | Other Press | World

The American mentality seems hopelessly rooted in the gutter, keenly attuned to tales of rape and bestiality but supremely indifferent to the elementary facts of life and history. The current genocide in Congo is as little known as that country’s previous holocaust, at the hands of the Belgians, more than a century ago.

London's gay art festival announces OPEN call for submissions

25-03-2010 16:06 | Culture | Energy Crisis | Gender | World

An open call for submissions is announced by GFEST – Gaywise FESTival 2010 on its website:

http://www.gaywisefestival.org.uk

Unique Global Event - Glastonbury UK & Webcast - "the kitchen Table"

23-03-2010 19:40 | Culture | South Coast | World

" The Kitchen Table" will be a blending of theatre and discussion, where there
is no audience as such as everyone is welcome to be involved.
For those unable to attend the event in Glastonbury in person. the discussions
will be webcast through the website

Deportation of Patrick Mitonga Masengo

23-03-2010 19:11 | Culture | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Please stop the removal of Patrick Mitonga Masengo to DR Congo.
he is pictured here taking part in a Congolese Protest in Manchester on 13th March, against just this sort of happening.
He was arrested on March 19th 2010.

Seventh Anniversary: The Objective of the War on Iraq was to Destroy the State

22-03-2010 11:15 | Anti-militarism | Culture | Iraq | World

The purpose of the war waged on Iraq was from the onset the destruction of the Iraqi state. But there is more: cultural cleansing, tolerating the looting of museums, the burning of libraries and the murder of academics was part of the war strategy.

State ending will certainly become established as a concept, alongside genocide and its derivatives, such as urbicide (destruction of cities), sociocide (destruction of social fabric) mnemocide (destruction of collective memory).

CONGOLESE DEMO in Manchester

13-03-2010 18:47 | Culture | Migration | Repression | World

Congolese Protesting against deportations, theft of mineral resources, President Kabila and Western Media silence.

Government petition to end Halal animal slaughter in the UK.

There is an online gvot petition to end Halal animal slaughter here in the UK.

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/halalslaughter/#detail

British Politics controlled by the Committee of 300/John Adam Street Gang

06-03-2010 10:43 | Analysis | Culture | Education | World

The British Crown, controlling the John Adam Street Gang/Committee of 300, each of the major political parties, Labour, Conservative and Lib Dems as well as UKIP. They do this via various institutions in the John Adam Street Gang; this includes ARK Academies and the London School of Economics.

Gr. Updates: 28, Feb, 1. March

-Against "new" measures: unionists clash with cops

-Fisher-Strike on Chalkidiki the 6th week: boat-owners attack their unpaid slaves

-Occupied Aristoteles University electricity cut off ends after mobilization
more actions: Zakynthos, Volos, Chania(kriti)

Protest, Premier and Punk coming soon to Cardiff

19-02-2010 23:47 | Culture | Migration | Social Struggles | World

Over the next few weeks, No Borders South Wales have three events planned including a protest outside the UK Border Agency, a film premier at Cardiff University and a benefit gig at a city centre nightclub.

You can follow us on twitter @noborderswales

Italy: another Racial Law

10-02-2010 20:42 | Anti-racism | Culture | Repression | World

After the xenophobic security law and the special ethnic regulations in Roma settlements, the government is about to introduce the “residence permit by point-system”. This is a serious violation of human rights that must be immediately stigmatized and corrected by the international political and legal institutions.

Debra Bell’s Last Stand: Talking About Cannabis Play Final Hand

08-02-2010 22:12 | Culture | Social Struggles | World

It’s two years to the day that the void first published the seminal ‘Talking (bollocks) About Cannabis’ (1), highlighting the lies, half truths and shameless propanganda that lay behind Debra Bell’s anti-cannabis crusaders Talking About Cannabis (2).

Campaign to "Make the Pope Pay. No state funded visit to the UK"

Pope Benedict will be visiting the UK to the delight of the Nations's Catholics. However not all are impressed. A campaign has been launched to "Make The Pope Pay" as we have picked up from Vegan Miranda Pandaqueen's Twitter. They are saying that the taxpayer should not have to foot the bill for the Pope's visit including policing or security. They say the Pope and Catholic Church should pay.