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PETITION IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH

24-11-2005 13:26

PETITION IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH
AND BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS IN POLAND
RE: Police violence and repression: Equality March, Poznan, 19 November 2005.

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Democracy Now Censorded on Sky Digital in UK at 16:39 GMT

23-11-2005 17:12

At 16:39 GMT Democracy Now censored by being faded down for appox four minutes.

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Brixton Arts Co-op Opens

23-11-2005 15:49

After lying empty for four years when developers happily failed to get permission for a trendy bar for scootstick-toters, the old Brixton Cycles Co-op building on Coldharbour Lane was occupied on the 30th September, 2005.

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Half Price Sale

23-11-2005 10:20

Imagine the fun that can be had when you print up a bundle of half price sale t-shirts and then wander around London's shopping mecca?

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Mindwalk 20: Piece of Schmidt

22-11-2005 15:46

This episode includes a PSA from former child actor Dickie Richards. Donate your Uzi today! Followed by the first new Raymond Lafferty piece in several months. A Murtha / Schmidt / SNL mix with music by Sacred Spirit and Fat Boy Slim. Also some thoughts on Dinosaurs from William S. Burroughs music by Shalor. And finally Arundhati Roy with music by Gil Amran.

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Jean Charles de Menezes Solidarity Concert - Friday 25 Nov

22-11-2005 15:02

The Peace Not War Creative Network are collaborating with the Justice for Jean Campaign to present a concert in solidarity with the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, murdered by Police at Stockwell tube on 22 July.

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Flyers and reminder for this month's Critical Mass bikeride in Nottingham

21-11-2005 20:16

Just a reminder that there will be another Critical Mass bikeride on Friday, 25th November. We will be meeting at the Savoy Cinema on Derby Road at 5.30pm - Come and join the fun !

Here a flyer to download and distribute !

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The future of the Howard Mallet Centre?

21-11-2005 18:13

A growing and diverse group of Cambridge people are starting to put together a proposal to make use of the (very nearly empty) Howard Mallet Centre.

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BOYCOTT SINGAPORE - Necrop[olis City of Death

21-11-2005 04:11

Singapore executes more people per capita than any other country in the world. The sham-democracy island of 4 million, has executed more than 420 people since 1991. Anyone caught with 15 grams or more of heroin faces a mandatory death sentence. Alas, the high rate of executions for drug-traffickers has not reduced drug-related crimes in Singapore.

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Mediterranean Conference of Nations without State.

20-11-2005 22:34

Mediterranean Conference of Nations without State.
Cabilia, Corsica, Sardignia, Sicily, Països Catalans , Palestina, and also Occidental Sahara and Kurdistan

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Compartir es bueno llega al SIMO!!!

20-11-2005 02:47

LLega la campaña “Compartir es Bueno” al SIMO. Primero fue Bilbao,
luego Valencia, ahora Madrid, muy pronto Zaragoza… esto es imparable!!!

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Sneinton's Rubbish Day Out

19-11-2005 17:02

Day of recycling fun in Sneinton to oppose incinerator expansion

On Saturday 3rd December a large community day will be held in Sneinton, Nottingham, to raise awareness of the proposed expansion of the Eastcroft incinerator and promote recycling through fun and games. Sneinton's Rubbish Day Out is an event organised by the local community and the NAIL campaign.

Artists will work to put new use to waste materials as lantern making, basket weaving, banner painting and wallet making workshops will take place throughout the day. Other activities include poetry, speakers, live music and refreshments from the new Sneinton community cafe collective.

“It will be a day to show people there are better and more positive ways of dealing with waste other than incineration. “ *

Sneinton's Rubbish Day Out will be held at the Old School Hall, Windmill Lane, Sneinton, Nottingham. Workshops and info from 11am – 4pm. Admission free. Live music from 6.30 until midnight ₤2. Parking on site available.

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Grauniad smears Chomsky

19-11-2005 15:41

The Grauniad launched a determined character assassination on Noam Chomsky.

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Socialist Finland attacks against CIA and USA Policy on terrorism

19-11-2005 14:16

United States of America’s Central Intelligence Angency has
got in Europe, Middle-East and Asia secret (operation) centres, which
assignment is to follow and abduct suspected terrorists.

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The end of suburbia Or the Beginning of Widespread Permaculture?

19-11-2005 11:37

David Holmgren describes how critical permaculture design could be for planning life after fossil fuels.

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Vidéo: "There is no poverty in France"

19-11-2005 00:55

In an exclusive interview given for a broadcast on US-american TV channel "Capitol One", Patrick Balkany, deputy-major of Paris suburb Levallois-Perret, explains the situation in French suburbs just before the uprisings. He said: "There is no poverty in France. (...) The poor live very well."

Download the video of the interview from the samizdat site

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SUPER TERRORISTS! Pollywood's Latest Production

16-11-2005 14:58

The style, timing, and hype of the Jordan bombing publicity has Pollywood (as in Pentagon's Hollywood) written all over it. It's a sleazy Grade D studio touch that has been leaving its oily prints all over the media since 2001....the favorite Pollywood script always features one super-bad villain.....

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Would you like to bomb Iran?

16-11-2005 12:00

I'm Saddam.
Saddam I am.

I do not like you,
Uncle Sam.

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Women's Voices wanted for International Women's Festival choir

16-11-2005 11:59

Every year Oxford women organize an International Women's Festival, which takes place in March and lasts two weeks. It is a rich and varied celebration of aspects of women's lives. This year the theme is 'Women's Voices' and the Network of Oxford Women (NOW) for Justice and Peace has decided, as part of its contribution to the festival, to sponsor a women's singing group. We are now looking for women to come and join us in this exciting project - experience is not necessary. Come to our first meeting on Tuesday 22 in the Town Hall and help us choose the songs for our performance on 10 March.We will be including Greenham Common and suffragette songs in the programme.

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Chomsky Answers the Guardian

15-11-2005 14:05

This is an open letter to a few of the people with whom I had discussed the Guardian interview of 31 October, on the basis of the electronic version, which is all that I had seen. Someone has just sent me a copy of the printed version, and I now understand why friends in England who wrote me were so outraged.