World Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Around the Campaigns Tuesday 10th March 2009

*************** is back in the UK and back in his community
The Home Secretary has now brought *************** a gay person seeking asylum in the UK, back to the UK from Uganda where he was unlawfully deported last year. Jacqui Smith was ordered to do this by a High Court judge on 19th February. He arrived back in the UK last Friday and was detained in Tinsley House IRC before being released yesterday afternoon.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/deporting-gay-asylumseeker-was-unlawful-1627052.html)

The War on Drugs is causing unimaginable suffering.

10-03-2009 08:46 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

There is a UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs this week and Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on it to act to ensure that more people can get the pain relief they desperately need.

Attack the arms factories - Solidarity with the EDO defendants

EDO MBM is a daughter company of ITT America. ITT are the 12th largest
manufacturers of weapons in the world, currently producing electrical
equipment designed and used for warfare world wide.

Second attempt to remove Kadesh Desturi Swedi

Kadesh Desturi Swedi a national of DR Congo a resident of Wolverhampton is currently detained in Oakington IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Friday 13th March on Ethiopean Airways flight ET701 from London Heathrow @ 21:00 to Addis Ababa and on to DR Congo.

SHAC Financial Campaign Update - Andrew Baker proposes HLS buyout

On March 3rd 2009, Andrew Baker, Chairman and CEO of LSR (Life Science Research / Huntingdon Life Sciences) made a non-binding proposal to purchase all of the outstanding shares of LSR for a price of $7.50 per share.

Interview with Will Potter: Green Is The New Red

Will Potter is an award-winning independent journalist who has become a leading authority on "eco-terrorism," the environmental and animal rights movements, and civil liberties post 9/11. James Brennaman, Infoshop.org collective member and Vegans Against Moral Schizophrenia co founder caught up with him to discuss the impacts of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act on free speech, activism and the anarchist movement.

Russian solidarity demo for SHAC prisoners

Thursday, 5th March

In Petrozavodsk (Republic Karelia, Russia) animal rights activists organized a demonstration against vivisection – one of the most cruel animal-abusing industries. About 30 people took part in the action.

Prada: Union Busting is Just SO Last Season

07-03-2009 22:45 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

Around a dozen people held placards and gave out leaflets at Prada in Old Bond St, London this morning (7 March 2009) in a protest over union busting, low wages and unsafe working conditions at Prada's Turkish supplier.

Pictures Copyright (C) 2009, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.

Camden Animal Lab – Builders Revealed!

Builders for dangerous, cruel lab found!

Endless War

07-03-2009 11:08 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Social Struggles | World

The damage done by the complete capitulation of many progressives to Barack Obama is now bearing fruit. He is able to dismiss them and his own party without suffering any political damage.

Obama proves that there is only one political party in this country when foreign policy decisions are being made. George W. Bush may no longer be in the White House, but because of capitulation to the Obama administration, his grand plan for endless war will be a reality for a very long time to come.

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou

07-03-2009 01:04 | Analysis | Health | Social Struggles | World

Profuse thanks comes from the illicit cannabis/THC drug dealers for keeping medical cannabis illegal and denying medical cannabis sufferers their human right to grow their medicine at a very low cost.

Dissident Island Radio tonight (March 6th)

LCAP // Climate Rush // Sea Shepherd // Fe_Bac

Around the campaigns Friday 6th March 2009

Asylum man in rooftop stand off
A Nigerian asylum seeker staged an eight-hour rooftop protest after immigration officers turned up at his family home early yesterday. Steve Umoru, 43, clambered through a skylight window and then scrambled along the roofs on Dodworth Road.
Full article: Adam Civico and Kate Pickles, The Barnsley Chronicle, Friday 06/03/09

http://www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk/news/2,0000,2606.html

Camden New Journal Article / Work started / jobs pledge

There are plans to build a so-called "Super Virus" Lab in Camden alongside St Pancars International, behind the British Library on a Camden Council house estate. This has been opposed by MI5, MPs, councillors, residents and businesses. The Camden New Journal has printed an article this week on developments at the site where work has started, without planning permission yet.

Peace protest Tamil/SriLankan Government war, London - pictures

06-03-2009 12:04 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

Hundreds of Tamils gather in London to march in opposition to the ongoing conflict raging in Sri Lanka between government forces and the Tamil Tigers (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam).

Workers Occupy Dundee Factory

05-03-2009 17:43 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

An occupation is taking place at Prisme Packaging in Dundee. It started at 5pm on Wednesday 4th March after the twelve employees were told their contracts were being immediately terminated without redundancy pay.

No Nuclear Dump - Message of Congratulations from Cumbria to Nevada

05-03-2009 14:24 | Health | Repression | Social Struggles | World

A message has been sent from the Lake District in Cumbria to Nevada - CONGRATULATIONS on what looks like a successful campaign to PREVENT a NUCLEAR DUMP at Yucca Mountain

ant the police bullshit meter just keeps on rising

05-03-2009 10:52 | Repression | Social Struggles | Birmingham | World

""Still think that if you're innocent, you have nothing to fear from surveillance and control laws? Have a look at this news-video about Stephen Clarke, a man who was accused to taking pictures of sewer-gratings in Manchester and arrested. Though the police couldn't find any photos of sewer-gratings on his phone (and even though "what a sewer grating looks like" isn't a piece of specialized terrorist intelligence), he was held on suspicion of planning an act of terror, imprisoned for two days while the police searched his home, his phone and his computer. When they couldn't find anything suspicious, they released him, but kept his DNA on file, as the biometric of someone who had been accused of plotting a terrorist act. ""

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/03/manchester-man-arres.html

also read down about the what happen to me peace at the bottom

http://ministryofparanoia.com/2008/my-arrest-story/

the double police bullshit story, just who are they employing !!!.

Direct Action; UK, Mexico, France & USA

04-03-2009 19:34 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

27th-4th Feb/Mar

TRAPS DESTROYED, SHOOTING PENS TRASHED, BIRD SET FREE (UK)
GRAFFITI PROTEST AGAINST SLAUGHTER OF DOGS (Mexico)
CIRCUS POSTERS TRASHED (France)
VIVISECTOR, MINING EXEC. VISITED AT HOME (USA)
TELMEX PHONES PAINTED (Mexico)
TELMEX PHONES GLUED (Mexico)
POSTAL ANNOYANCE BRIGADE TARGETS VIVISECTORS (USA)

Public meeting: Tamar Katz, 19-year-old Israeli refusenik - Thur. 5 March at 7pm

04-03-2009 18:01 | Anti-militarism | Palestine | Social Struggles | World

Tamar Katz is a 19-year-old Israeli who has refused to serve in the Israeli army. Israel requires all young men and women to serve in its army, and Tamar has served three prison sentences for her refusal.

Please join us to hear more about Tamar's courageous stand, and to show your support to her and other refusers.