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Stop GW Bush's visit - Gtr Manchester Activist meeting 16th Oct

12-10-2003 18:26

The Greater Manchester Coalition to Stop the War is hosting an open meeting and brain- storming session to plan for a whole range of different protests for GW Bush's state visit to the UK on 19th, 20th,21st Nov.
Venue The Friends Meeting House, Mount St, Manchester city centre. Thursday 16th October @ 7pm . Absolutely everybody welcome.
(pdf flyer for meeting with this message)

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Free the Thessaloniki 8 news Broadcasts

12-10-2003 18:12

Video
Qucktime videos of the London Tonight broadcasts and interviews re Thessaloniki 8 hunger strike.

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Is the United States of America plotting to murder Venezuela’s President?

12-10-2003 14:29

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cancelled a planned trip last month to the United Nations General Assembly’s opening debate, explaining that he did so because of a potential threat on his life. His government’s intelligence agencies had reportedly warned of a plot backed by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to sabotage his plane in flight from Caracas to New York City.

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Crack the WEF

12-10-2003 11:45

Das WEF in Davos, widerspenstig und auch im Jahre 2004 wieder aktuell!
Die Mobilisierung für den Protest gegen das WEF 2004 laufen auf Hochtouren.
Deswegen haben wir die Informationsplattform www.no-wef.ch.vu Dort findet man aktuelle News und Text, Workshops, Bilder, Termine und
Links zum Thema WEF. Zusätzlich wird eine CD-Rom gestaltet, auf
welcher die wichtigsten Inhalte der Page publiziert werden und welche
auch zur Mobilisation verwendet werden soll.
Wenn ihr Lokal öffentliche Veranstaltungen durchführt, so meldet uns
dies doch bitte! Für diskrete Informationen bitte den Datenaustausch
oder email per PGP verschlüsseln, da unsere Freunde vom SS sicherlich
nicht auf den Zufall vertrauen werden.

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Activist groups at Oxford University Freshers' Fair

11-10-2003 23:29

The Oxford University Freshers' Fair was a real success for the social justice and anti corporate globalization groups.

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Buy Nothing Day

11-10-2003 20:12

Buy Nothing Day 29th Nov.

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Chomsky: Dominance and its Dilemmas

11-10-2003 15:56

October 10, 2003

The past year has been a momentous one in world affairs. In the normal rhythm, the pattern was set in September, a month marked by several important and closely related events. The most powerful state in history announced a new National Security Strategy asserting that it will maintain global hegemony permanently: any challenge will be blocked by force, the dimension in which the US reigns supreme. At the same time, the war drums began to beat to mobilize the population for an invasion of Iraq, which would be "the first test [of the doctrine], not the last," the New York Times observed after the invasion, "the petri dish in which this experiment in pre-emptive policy grew." And the campaign opened for the mid-term congressional elections, which would determine whether the administration would be able to carry forward its radical international and domestic agenda.

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Governing Agriculture: what now for food sovereignty after Cancun

11-10-2003 10:33

The possibilities, predictions and pitfalls that lie ahead for food sovereignty after the failure of the WTO’s Cancun Ministerial meeting.
World Food Day Seminar, chaired by Caroline Lucas MEP: Thursday 16th October, 2:00 – 4:30pm at Partnership House, 157 Waterloo Road, London. Nearest underground: Waterloo
Michael Meacher MP, Eva Clayton (FAO), Via Campesina, CAFOD, PV Satheesh Deccan Dev Soc

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US ambassador lecture free ticket

10-10-2003 09:34

The US first secretary form their embassy in the UK is speaking at Cheltenham college on an American empire. I have 1 ticket spare and i was wondering if anyone would like to come. mail me by 2 if you want to come.

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Zapatista Solidarity Demo London 31 October 2003

08-10-2003 14:12

ZAPATISTA ACTION:
PROTEST AGAINST THE EXPULSIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE MONTES AZULES BIORESERVE
9 YEARS ON THE STRUGGLE IN CHIAPAS CONTINUES
OCTOBER 31ST PROTEST OUTSIDE THE MEXICAN EMBASSY IN LONDON
MEET AT 11AM OUTSIDE THE MEXICAN EMBASSY 42 HERTFORD STREET W1J 7JR JUST OFF PARK LANE

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Anti EU Summit protests: timeline

05-10-2003 12:12

Timeline of the protests in Rome on October 4th.

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Heavy repression against anti- EU summit protestors in Rome

04-10-2003 20:34

Today tens of thousends of protestors marched through Rome opposing the EU Summit that was taking place to discuss the European Constitution.

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33 member "white list" by 2005

04-10-2003 08:48

As the pigscum Blunkett pretends to ease on the onslaught for the national ID card (looks as if the timing is wrong again while the party political organs shout democracy) here comes the next wave.
EU as an explicit response to 9/11 events in NY has produced two draft regulations.
The division of humans through the "white list" interstingly has a 'globalisation' pattern too.

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Critics React to U.S. Plans to Privatize Iraq's Pharmaceutical Industry

04-10-2003 05:47

Medical officials in Iraq say U.S. privatization of Iraq's pharmaceutical industry will render prescription drugs unaffordable for many patients.

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BUSH GO HOME -PROTEST THE WARMONGER'S STATE VISIT!

03-10-2003 08:32

The Stop the War Coalition has called a London wide activists meeting to plan the response to George Bush's state visit to Britain.

Bush will be here from the 19th to the 21st of November and plans to stay at Buckingham palace!

The visit is a calculated insult to the millions who opposed the bloody war and occupation in Iraq.

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THIS SATURDAY, LONDON SOCIAL FORUM

02-10-2003 00:01

The 1st London Social Forum - 4 October 2003
This event aims to provide a space for reflective debate on strategies for creating another London and another world.

The London Social Forum has been inspired by the global movement which began with the World Social Forum (WSF) in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2001. WSF's vision is "Another World Is Possible".

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Corporate Social Responsibility: Stealth Tax

01-10-2003 18:00

If the public really wants the supposed benefits offered in the Corporate Social Responsibility agenda, in the sense of being prepared to pay for them, then the market will, before too long, provide.

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World Bank speaker in Edinburgh 2nd of October

01-10-2003 17:31

Tomorrow evening (Thursday October 2nd) a presentation will be given by Mark
Eckstein of the World Bank on "How the international financial community can
promote sustainable development". The event has been organised by 'Agenda'
- a corporate social responsibiliy organisation based in Edinburgh.

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MuckyD's open up?

30-09-2003 16:23

MacDonalds Open Days.

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More photos from the London march

30-09-2003 10:43

Tony Blair speaks
Here are some more photos from the End The Occupation march in London.