UK Indymedia - UK Globalisation Newswire Archive

Water Cannon and Tear Gas in Brussels

23-02-2005 01:26

Police have used water canon and tear gas against anti-bush protesters near the EU headquarters in Brussels. Petrol bombs were thrown at the Police by demonstrators.

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April 15th: All-Night Anti-Free Trade Protest In Whitehall + Global Action Week

22-02-2005 21:02

Thousands of people are expected to flock to Whitehall in April to take part in an all-night demonstration against free trade and forced economic liberalisation in what campaigners have called a protest against the "obscene world trade system".

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Caravan for Palestine : Call for the organization of local comittees

22-02-2005 20:17

A great and ambitious project is under construction in France. A caravan constituted by more than 100 vehicles will leave Strasbourg (seat of the European Parliament) on July 4, 2005 and will reach Jerusalem on July 19.
75 persons (about 20 vehicles) are already registered for the journey, whose route passes through great cities like: Geneva, Bologna, Ancona, Patras, Athens, Thessalonica, Istanbul, Ankara, Damas and Amman…

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exercise scorpio 2

22-02-2005 18:01

As a part of the biennial exercise Manchester Airport are looking for volunteers to act as Evacuees or Friends and Relatives during "Exercise Scorpio 2" which will take place on Sunday the 20th March 2005.

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Make Poverty History G8 July - Travel + Accommodation Details

22-02-2005 16:30

The Make Poverty History campaign has set up a website for booking travel, accommodation and tours of the area for its supporters who will be attending their G8 summit demonstration march and rally in Edinburgh on Saturday July 2nd.

See:

http://www.makepovertyhistorytravel.org

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GLOBAL (COLON) IZATION

22-02-2005 15:22

"Where they smell a prey, they speak of terrorists. Where they see windmills, they speak of weapons of mass destruction that cannot be found."

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SPEAK Launches Big Dress against Trade Injustice

22-02-2005 02:05

SPEAK (the Student Christian Justice Network, not the Oxford folk) today launched their "Big Dress", the largest garment in the world, to a crowd of 400 students, ministers, mps and corpo-journo's. Doubling as a creative petition, with individual squares painted at festivals and freshers fairs nationwide, it is designed to draw attention to the horrors of the modern garment industry.

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U.N.'s High Commissioner sexframed ?

21-02-2005 18:02

United Nations High Commissioner for the Refugees - Dutchman Ruud Lubbers: 'Allegations of sexual harassment are 'made up' and 'slander'. This is not the United States anymore."

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Fairtrade Fortnight in Oxford

21-02-2005 16:51

Fairtrade Fortnight takes place from the 1st to the 13th March, and a wide range of events, talks and activities are taking place across Oxford over the Fortnight and beyond.

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Anti-Bush Protests in Belgium (20th jan sunday reports)

21-02-2005 15:06

Yesterday, 20th Feb, between 500 and 1000 people protested against Bush in front of the Brussels Stock Exchange at the start of his European visit. A big banner saying "The world holds you accountable", made clear that many hold him responsible for the death and pain of thousands of people. Posters with the names of countries that were bombed by the US illustrated this statement.

For more reports over the next two days see:

http://belgium.indymedia.org

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G8 Detention Centres, Anti-Terror Stop and Searches and Special Court Sittings!

21-02-2005 12:59

Several press reports over the weekend and today (21st Feb) have indicated the following:

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Conscientious Objector To Speak In Oxford

20-02-2005 21:54

A public meeting with speakers including George Solomou of the Territorial Army. A lance corporal in the Royal Army Medical Corps, he has publicly declared he will not fight in Iraq and is the first UK soldier to call on other soldiers to "speak out or opt out".

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G8 and OILWATCH interview on Climate Summit Cop10

20-02-2005 08:33

The Convention on Climate Change is the platform where the world decides what to do about "the Climate". Every year the climate big wigs give birth to pretty horrible things in the name of "sustainable" development. Kyoto was one of those. With russia about to ratify the Kyoto climate change agreement...

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Council caves in to Asda

19-02-2005 16:22

The rotten Borough of Rushmoor has granted 24 hour delivery to ASDA superstore in Farnborough town centre, meaning misery for those residents who live in the town.

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Indymedia World Map + List

19-02-2005 10:05

The indymedia network has grown enormously since its inception in November 1999. Here's a zoomable interactive map of many of the IMCs around the world:

http://manifestor.org/john/worldkit/

And below an article from portland indymedia...

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How the US murdered a City

17-02-2005 23:22

These are war crimes for which the Bush adminastration should all swing at the end of a rope, and I pray to God they all do soon!

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Seeking a Theology for Another Possible World

17-02-2005 18:21

"The other world we are thinking of is the one we have, not a world beyond," said Rev. Orlando Santos de Oliveira.

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Keep left in Bath

16-02-2005 20:28

As the Bath Spa stumbles from disaster, to handout, to rip off, to begging bowl...to the next disaster, there is one institution in Bath to be proud of. The monthly Leftism club night - third Friday of the month, every month, with a few specials thrown in.

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Violent Eviction in Goiania, Brazil (at least 2 killed)

16-02-2005 18:19

A large military policy operation with 2,500 men has started this morning (February 16) for the eviction of the land occupation Sonho Real (Real Dream) in the city of Goiânia, Brazil. Two people got killed, over 800 people got arrested and several people are wounded (five were very seriously wounded). Among the arrested, two Indymedia volunteers, one from Goiânia and one from Indymedia New York.

Brasil Indymedia Collective 16 Feb 2005 14:06 GMT

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Trade Justice and Injustice - Discussion Day

16-02-2005 15:27

A range of speakers including Caroline Lucas (Local Green MEP) will be speaking in Southampton on Trade Justice and Injustice on the 26th of February.