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500 Protestors In Ramallah Demand Goldstone Explanation

07-10-2009 11:18

Hundreds gathered yesterday in central Ramallah to protest against the PLO’s failure to approve the Goldstone Report into Gaza. Activists from a range of political backgrounds united in condemnation of a decision which senior politicians have described as a “grave mistake”.

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The Angola 3: Black Panther Political Prisoners in the US

07-10-2009 00:28

We are working to publicise news and information about political prisoners Robert King, Albert Woodfox, and Herman Wallace, the Angola 3.

We have created new websites at You Tube, Live Journal, Care2, Twitter, Facebook, and My Space, where we are compiling a variety of media projects about the story of the Angola 3 .

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"police had no power to require the protestors to move" rules dj

06-10-2009 23:53

Avigdor Lieberman
A Jewish peace activist was today found not guilty of using threatening and abusive words and behaviour and of assaulting a police officer.

Deborah Fink, a founder of Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods was arrested on May 12th while protesting against the visit of Avigdor Lieberman, the right wing former nightclub bouncer, now foreign minister of Israel.

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1 dead at anti-IMF protests in Istanbul

06-10-2009 22:11

Police repression in Istanbul, Turkey, today has led to the death of one man, and the detention of 100's of protesters, at anti-IMF/world bank protests.

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Free Maurice Kirk Political Detainee

06-10-2009 19:52

Maurice Kirk, a vet, has been incarcerated for being politically active....

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Demonstrate in Manchester against the racist hooligans of the EDL

06-10-2009 14:58

Sat October 10th, 12 noon, Piccadilly Gardens

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Timetable : A Gathering Against the Prison Society

06-10-2009 13:16

31st Oct/1st Nov 2009 - Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton, UK

2 Days of discussions & presentations about the struggle for liberation, inside and outside of the prison walls. Organised by random anarchists and the Anarchist Black Cross.

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Pisgah House Social Centre Eviction News

06-10-2009 13:05

Latest news from Pisgah House

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Israel Propaganda Machine (by Latuff)

05-10-2009 14:24

Israel Propaganda Machine
Copyleft artwork originally produced for Palestine Think Tank website:  http://palestinethinktank.com/

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Tortures of pakistan army to pakistan people

05-10-2009 08:33

The Pakistan army tortures whoever founds on the road, with the excuse that may these people are Taliban...
The Pakistan government answers that they will examine the cases and then will act..

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Man arrested for using Twitter to direct protesters during G20 summit

05-10-2009 00:51

A New York-based anarchist has been arrested by the FBI and charged with hindering prosecution after he allegedly used the social networking site Twitter to help protesters at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh evade the police. Elliot Madison, 41, from Queens, had his home raided and was put on $30,000 (£19,000) bail after he and Michael Wallschlaeger, 46, were tracked to the Carefree Inn motel in Pittsburgh during the summit on 24 and 25 September.

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Honduras: Cracks in the ranks of the coup-makers

04-10-2009 22:12

The Soldiers and police of the coup regime in Honduras continue to attack demonstrators

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“Still Not Loving Police - Still Not Loving Tories”

04-10-2009 20:31

30 people picketed the entrance to Manchester Town Hall and leafletted top cops from around the country as ACPO members and senior Tories met to discuss policing strategies.

With banners, placards and speech bubbles, the group from Manchester No Borders said: Still Not Loving Police, Still Not Loving Tories - as they returned to the place where they had previously embarrassed council leader Richard Leese with a mountain of jumpers: see  http://nobordersmanchester.blogspot.com/2009/03/jumpers-dumped-on-council-leader-close.html

A large police presence wa nearby with some ten vans and 8 horses in Albert Square. Evidence gatherers also showed up for a while.

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Syrian-Kurdish protest outside Downing Street yesterday

04-10-2009 18:42

London's Parliament-White Hall area was yesterday packed with all kind of demonstrations. One of them, opposite Downing Street, was by Syrian-Kurds protesting against the Syrian government's continued discriminatory policies against the Kurds. The demo was in commemoration of the 1962 exceptional census, which stripped over 20 percent of the Kurdish population off their citizenship. As a result, over 500,000 are still 'alien' in their own country, without any rights whatsoever. Yet, the Home Office insists that such discrimination experienced by Syrian Kurds does not amount to persecution or breach of their human rights and, thus, continues to deport Kurds back to Syria.

Protesters held banners demanding the release of political prisoners and denouncing legislative decree no. 49 (Sep 2008), which effectively tied dealing in property in border regions, particularly Kurdish areas, with a requirement to get permission from security services. As usual, the demonstration was penned in by police - although this time, the pen was significantly large for the number of demonstrators attending.

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lisbon voting

04-10-2009 16:15

The Lisbon treaty replaces the Irish constitution and is a replacement of the old European union. Now there are no more countries in Europe, only states. The only ones to vote were the Irish and the voting was rigged.

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Day 68, Camp Ashraf Solidarity Hunger Strikes, London - pictures

04-10-2009 10:53

The residents of Camp Ashraf.
On day 68 of the solidarity hunger strike taking place outside the US embassy in London, campaigners and supporters gather together once again to call on the US Administration to take action to release 36 Camp Ashraf hostages being held by factional groups within the Iraqi security force.

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Qalqilya: Prison City

03-10-2009 11:52

Soldiers guard a checkpoint prisoner
No town in the West Bank suffers more restrictions than Qalqilya. The population is surrounded on all four sides by the wall, which separates them from their farmland and source of income. Nearby a large Israeli settlement plunders more essential resources. Worse still is the security which accompanies these structures, with dozens of checkpoints policing the town and nearby villages.

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ANC Atrocity in South African Shack Settlement

03-10-2009 11:28

A brief but useful overview of the ONGOING assault by the ANC (with police support) on South Africa's largest social movement - Abahlali baseMjondolo.

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Honduras' freedom of speech under attack! (by Latuff)

03-10-2009 10:33

Asalto a la libertad de expresion en Honduras
Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

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Ahmadinejad speech at UN 2009/Not anti-semitic, but just criticism on Israel

03-10-2009 05:47

Not only the Western walkout at the UN 2009 Ahmadinejad speech is a part of a repeating show, consciously the Western countries make no distinction between Ahmadinejad's just criticism on Israel and his alleged ''anti-semitism''
Since the Western countries are directly and indirectly supporting the Israeli occupation, it is a shame and disgrace, that they walkout at this very speech, which brings into light the Israeli war-crimes and the Western implicite consent.