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G8 Gleneagles Road Closures, Exclusion Zones and offer of rally for just 5000

19-05-2005 09:32

On Monday 6th May, Tayside police announced the initial security cordon plan (or as it's been labelled the 'traffic management plan') for the Gleneagles Summit in July. This will see local road closures to the west of Auchterarder, as well as the closure of rights of way through the southern part of the Gleneagles estate. Police will also be stationed at the junctions at Blackford, Loaninghead, Auchterarder and Aberuthven, an no doubt Braco and other junction locations.

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Demonstrate against the Uzbek massacres - Uzbek Embassy, London, 12 noon, Saturd

19-05-2005 08:33

*Support Uzbekistan's democratic opposition.

*Demand justice for the hundreds murdered by Karimov in Andizhan this week.

*Call for an end to Western support for this brutal regime.

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[PRISONACT] FOR THE MILLIONS WHO CARE! A Call to Arms

19-05-2005 02:42

Too many citizens have been cruelly touched by the flawed system of justice in our country - because 'justice' apparently no longer means truth and equality and basic human rights for all.

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21st May Identity Cards Meeting

18-05-2005 21:01

Merseyside TUC invite interested trade unionists, & anyone else concerned about the proposed introduction of compulsory identity cards and a national identity register, to an open meeting to discuss the issue - from 11.a.m. on Saturday 21st May 2005 in the Casa 29 Hope Street, Liverpool.

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US hints at possible invasion of Northern Ireland

18-05-2005 16:23

U.S. to IRA: Lay down your arms now.

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Interview with Independent journalist Dahr Jamail

18-05-2005 15:46

Dahr Jamail
This is a 2,000 word interview with 4 photos of an interview I had with independent American journalist Dahr Jamail in May 2005.

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Al-Qeada's a spent force clain Pakistan police

18-05-2005 15:29

Article in London's metro paper May 17th

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West Midlands Police 'Racist' - Alleged Systematic Abuse

18-05-2005 10:23

West Midlands police have been branded ‘racist’ by a Birmingham mother-of-five who claimed she was the victim of systematic abuse at the hands of officers.

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"'NEVER AGAIN' OVER AGAIN" — on Holocaust Remembrance Day

18-05-2005 09:12

I thought that “Never again!” meant never again for all humanity — not just never again for European Jews.

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“Reporters without borders” serve US government intrests

17-05-2005 23:00

“Yes, this is correct, we receive money from NED and this isn't a problem for us”, admitted the boss of “Reporters without borders” Robert Ménard. But the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is not any organisation. It has been founded 1983 under the admistration of Reagan to enforce a politic which specifically aimed to destabilise Cuba and Sandinista Nicaragua.

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G8 Alternatives announce not to accept road blocks during G8 summit

17-05-2005 22:36

G8 Alternatives website, 17th of may, 2005, 23:18
As currently announced via the mainstream media, the planned G8 Alternatives demonstration against the G8 previously announced to take place on the 6th of july, from the meeting at 12 o' clock noon, passing via the front of Gleneagles hotel, in which the summit is held to the park in Auchterarder, got its permission denied by the authorities.
This coincides with the announcement of road closures during the G8 summit.

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Smash EDO demo tomorrow and Fundraiser this Sunday

17-05-2005 17:04

HERE ARE THE UPCOMING EVENTS AT EDO/MBM

EDO/MBM IS A FACTORY PROVIDING WEAPONRY FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ ON THE HOME FARM IDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MOULECOOMB, BRIGHTON - THEY HAVE RECENTLY TAKEN OUT INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PROTESTERS TO SILENCE PROTEST HERE. IF PUT INTO PLACE THE INJUNCTION WOULD STOP ANYONE GOING TO THE FACTORY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTEST

contact  smashedo@hotmail.com or 07891 405923 for more details

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Gay Saudis tortured, flogged and executed

17-05-2005 16:24

International Day Against Homophobia protest against Saudi torture & executions.
Defend gay Muslims persecuted by fundamentalism
17 May is “International Day Against Homophobia”
Saudi Arabia is one of the world's most homophobic countries. Gay people are routinely arrested, jailed, tortured, flogged and sometimes executed

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NEWSWEEK'S 'KORAN IN THE TOILET' STORY

17-05-2005 15:59

Newsweek is owned by The Washington Post, and nobody at Newsweek has been fired or even reprimanded...

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No ASBO for Lindis Percy

17-05-2005 15:57

Some good news for followers of ASBOwatch ( http://www.statewatch.org/asbo/ASBOwatch.html).

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How they forged the case against Galloway

17-05-2005 11:26

The central document used against George Galloway this week by the senate committee in Washington is a forgery. Investigation by Socialist Worker shows that evidence crucial to the alleged case against the Respect MP is a fake, created after the fall of Baghdad in 2003

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Cannabis March & Rally Video

17-05-2005 10:02

London May 15th: In beautiful sunshine, a 'cannabis education march' hit central London Sunday May 15th, as over 2000 people marched, danced and even floated their way through crowded streets to a rally of up to 5000 in Trafalgar Square.

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Torture okay: propaganda paper

17-05-2005 04:12

The article - Not Enough Official Torture in the World? The Circumstances in which Torture is Morally Justifiable - is soon to be published in the University of San Francisco Law Review?

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JUDGE ORDERS POLICE TO STAND TRIAL FOR GENOA G8 PRISON ABUSE

16-05-2005 16:11

A Genoa judge has ordered police, prison guards and medical workers to stand trial on charges of abusing anti-globalization protestors being held during the Genoa G8 summit in 2001

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YOBS IN UNIFORMS!

16-05-2005 09:28

Louts who swear, spit or huddle together in a group with hoods, will be compelled to arrange flower baskets, wearing Camp X-Ray orange overalls, with YOB emblazoned on the back.