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Anti- GM Protestors Target Oxford Tesco

15-02-2011 12:40

[Oxford] This morning, as part of a nationwide day of action on genetically modified (GM) products in UK supermarkets, two groups of protesters entered Tesco’s on Cowley Road in Oxford to warn customers who might be unwittingly buying GM products.

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Woman facing trial in Essex for rescuing food from becoming landfill!

14-02-2011 22:05

As reported by the Essex Chronicle, The Telegraph and Daily Mail (hmm..); A girl in Essex is facing court on the 16th after being threatened with the use of a battering ram at her house, being handcuffed and led away and having her house searched. Many of us are aware of the horrendous amount of food getting thrown away each day. Now is the time to speak up!

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Guerrillas Of love & Saint Valentine

14-02-2011 15:18

Guerrillas Of Love & Saint Valentine

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Scottish Coal threatens Council with job cuts – but will they fall for it?

13-02-2011 13:36

Last week Scottish Coal bosses sprung the news of up to 200 job cuts on their employees, calling a mass meeting of workers at the Broken Cross site in South Lanarkshire. That’s a fifth of their entire workforce in Scotland. Up to 50 employees could lose their jobs in the Douglas Valley with 30 going at Glentaggart as the mine comes to a close. Where the others are to go isn’t clear.

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Hello Hard Times

13-02-2011 07:12

Audio
Starts with a rant welcoming the new business Master of Washington. Then to Greenpeace Brazil, interview with Kiko Brito on the climate floods there. Feature interview with Nafeez Ahmed, author of "A User's Guide to the Crisis of Civilization." Ends with a speck of hope. Radio Ecoshock 110128

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Weather goes off the charts: is it climate change?

13-02-2011 02:53

In the space of a few weeks, Australia and the world have been rocked by devastating weather events, from huge snowstorms across the US to flash flooding and cyclones in Australia. Many of these events have not just been catastrophic, but have set new records for weather.

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Anarcho-Bicyclist Conference Manchester April 2011

12-02-2011 21:22

A weekend of discussions, workshops, rides and activities from Friday 8th April to Sunday 10th April, 2011. We invite people to share skills, information and ideas.

Open to both individuals and people from grassroots and anarchist bike projects from everywhere in the UK.

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Fruitarian Diet: Most Nonviolent, Healthiest, Highest Acreage Yield,Reforesting

12-02-2011 20:15

Nut groves, olive orchards, grape vines can yield 450,000 pounds of food per acre.
Slaughterhouses filled with the shrieks of terrorized animals yield a maximum 1000 lbs
per acre.

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The Real Facts Regarding Mark Kennedy’s Infiltration of Saving Iceland

11-02-2011 17:14

Traitors Iceland safari - M. Kennedy in Iceland in 2005
Kennedy had no role in the birth of Icelandic environmentalism

Kennedy did not provide training to Icelandic protesters and did not play an important role in actions

Kennedy was never a key decision-maker in Saving Iceland

Kennedy did act as an agent-provocateur

Illegal Icelandic collaboration with British services?

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Related? Front.org.s? "Forum of the Future"

11-02-2011 01:41

In a recent cable on Wikileaks, a NGO is mentioned: "Forum of the Future", which I didn't know, but saw a wesite in the US, but also one in the UK, Bristol region.
 http://www.forumforthefuture.org/about-us
 http://www.forumforthefuture.org/masters-course
 http://bristol.indymedia.org.uk/article/702756

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Loss of a protestor

10-02-2011 19:18

As many are now becoming aware a fellow protestor has died in a tragic accident

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Nuclear resistance teach-in and skills-share weekend, 19-20 Feb, near London

10-02-2011 13:27

Sizewell blockade, Feb 2011 (Stop Nuclear Power Network)
A chance to learn and share info about why we urgently need to resist new nuclear build and promote sustainable alternatives, and develop skills to help us do it.

*REGISTER BY SAT 12 FEB*

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Sheffield Humanist Society meeting: Population 101

10-02-2011 12:19

The next Sheffield Humanist Society meeting will be "Population 101 - An introduction to global population dynamics" with Mike Freedman, director of the documentary Critical Mass (  http://www.criticalmassfilm.com/ ). You will also be hearing soon about the Sheffield Humanist Society campaign for Census 2011 and the April meeting on Secularism with Terry Sanderson from the National Secular Society.

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early year gathering at shropshire 25-28 feb

10-02-2011 10:14

Camping in beatiful surroundings
The Shropshire anti-coal site at Huntington Lane was set up almost a year ago to defend the site against UK coal’s plans to mine the huge site set in thousands of hectares of beautiful woodland in the heart of Shropshire’s beautiful countryside.

On october 13th uk coal in cooperation with the national eviction team begun work on the southern part of the site and have begun work, trashing the land with a large array of massive earthmoving equipment. since then the mine has become an operating opencast however the camp is still going as good as ever and getting stronger by the day!

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Help Stop an Opencast Mine Application on Tuesday

09-02-2011 15:00

Durham County Council are due to decide on UK Coal plc's Bradley Opencast Mine Application on Tuesday 15/2/11. Read how to join those who are planning to demonstrate against DCC approving the Application.

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Banksy protest at Bristol Museum - Exit through the departure lounge?

09-02-2011 14:05

Painting in Bristol Museum
New work left on wall challenges recent exhibition

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5OOm Buffer Zone Bill Vote on FridaY

08-02-2011 09:39

The 2nd reading of the 500m Buffer Zone Bill takes place this Friday. This press release gives information about the reasons why this is an important Bill, provides information about a new Briefing Note (B6) that explains the Bill and provides info about how to get involved.

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GreenLight Festival

08-02-2011 00:29

GreenLight Festival

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Exposed: police spy in Worthing

07-02-2011 19:36

A POLICE spy pretending to be an environmental campaigner targeted the Save Titnore Woods! campaign in its early years, The Porkbolter can exclusively reveal.

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Four of the Ways Mammals' Intestinal Waste Further Contaminates Their Cadavers

07-02-2011 04:14

Most are aware of the ecoli (colon bacteria)
in animal flesh. Not all know how the contamination
occurs.