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With Jails Flooded, Bus Station Fills the Void

09-09-2005 09:48

"I was hoping to get some towels to get a bath with."
"All my towels - they was used up," Mr. Thomas said. "I was hoping to get some towels to get a bath with." Another man acknowledged that he had stolen a car and protested that government officials had encouraged residents to evacuate by any means necessary.

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(USA) What kind of organization does the antiwar movement need?

09-09-2005 04:12

An organization capable of overthrowing the system of imperialist rule cannot be built on a foundation of sand. Only principled, transparent and long-term collaboration between serious activists can:

(1) organize a decisive break from the
confinement of liberal-imperialist politics,
(2) mobilize the masses in their millions and
(3) chart the couse forward to a world without
imperialist war or capitalist exploitation

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Conference Report On Anti Terror Laws and Punishment Without Trial

08-09-2005 23:01

REPORT OF CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY BIRMINGHAM GUANTANAMO CAMPAIGN, HELD AT THE CUSTARD FACTORY IN BIRMINGHAM ON SATURDAY 16 JULY 2005

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Bristol demo in support of sacked Trade Unionist.

08-09-2005 20:57

Jerry Hicks with his supporters.
Sorry its taken a week to publish these. The demo was on Sept 1st in Bristol on a very hot day.

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The Millions More Movement Hip Hop Anthem

08-09-2005 19:42

Audio
This is the hip hop theme song for the Millions More Movement.

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A Second Economy: Overcoming the Hurricane of Unemployment

08-09-2005 17:54

"One of the problems since the so-called turn of 1989 is that the market is regarded as an ultimate natural law. The whole world was required to transform their economies into market economies.."

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Columbian indigenous under attack by armed forces!

08-09-2005 12:21

THE REGIONAL INDIGENOUS COUNCIL OF CAUCA (CRIC) AND THE ASSOCIATION OF
INDIGENOUS COUNCILS OF NORTHERN CAUCA (ACIN) Cxab Wala Kiwe INFORM THAT

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Spodden Valley: Bats and wildlife crime...

08-09-2005 05:41

a Healey Dell millpond at dusk
This Friday night (9th September) South Lancashire Bat Group will be conducting a bat walk in Healey Dell nature reserve. The Friends of Healey Dell welcome all who want to be ‘batty about bats’ .The walk starts from the Warden’s lodge at 8.15pm.

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Iran hangings: chronicle of a manipulation

08-09-2005 02:31

A mislead gay and lesbian movement mobilizes against Iran at the height of conflict between the West and the Teheran regime.

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simultainious policy and CAP reform discussion/ disclosure

07-09-2005 20:33

more on the discussion on CAP reform (if there is one!)

and web link for SP UK 'simultainious policy UK'
its a good idea.. if we can agree on what we want then it is a way to ensure that its what we get. democracy like.. innit!

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Cross-party support from MEPs for Save Spodden Valley campaign...

07-09-2005 20:20

An Aerial view of the Spodden Valley, Rochdale UK
Save Spodden Valley campaigners have been invited to speak this month at an asbestos conference in the European Parliament buildings. Whilst in Brussels, campaigners are also taking the opportunity to meet with MEPs and European Commissioners to discuss the controversial planning application to build over 600 homes and a children’s nursery on the site of what was the world’s largest asbestos textile factory at Rochdale in the north west of England.

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Benefit for Peoples' Global Action at DSEi convergence, 11.9.05

07-09-2005 17:07

7pm, Sunday September 11th
at the 'convergence space' for protests against the DSEi east London arms fair - venue to be announced on Friday at www.dsei.org or ring 07817 652029.

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OutRage!-demo 8 Sept against Canada's Sharia Law proposals

07-09-2005 11:58

gar rights group,OutRage! are holding a demo against the proposed Sharia Law court in Canada Thurs 8 Sept 12-2pm Canadian High Comm- 38 Grosvenor St, London.

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Spodden Valley asbestos: the national health and safety debate heats up…

07-09-2005 10:53

Protesting for a safe future...
Asbestos cancer: Are children up to 1000 times more at risk with HSE’s "acceptable" exposure levels?

Campaigners say an article just published by a national expert on health and safety has significance for the controversial Spodden Valley planning application.

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Notes From Inside New Orleans

07-09-2005 10:13

I just left New Orleans a couple hours ago. I traveled from the apartment I was staying in by boat to a helicopter to a refugee camp. If anyone wants to examine the attitude of federal and state officials towards the victims of hurricane Katrina, I advise you to visit one of the refugee camps.

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'The Ambassador’s Last Stand' - A forthcoming BBC TV documentary

07-09-2005 09:18

News of a forthcoming TV documentary on the Craig Murray campaign against Jack Straw in Blackburn

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LOOKING FOR BRIT WOMEN MARRIED TO ASYLUM SEEKERS

06-09-2005 20:58

WEDDING BELLES!!!!!!!!!

WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU!

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Democracy and the rule of law: the Iraqi alternative to US occupation

06-09-2005 17:11

The Iraqi National Foundation Conference is an independent Iraqi initiative for a democratic and unified Iraq. The anti-war movement should see building substantive links with this group as an urgent and immediate priority.

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More Time for Life, Laughter and Love

06-09-2005 15:46

"Fewer and fewer persons produce more and more goods in an ever-shorter time through increasingly efficient technology, better training and growing labor intensity.. Whoever relies only on growth to overcome mass unemployment comes to an ideological cul-de-sac.."

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New Orleans: New Interview w/ Activist Malik Rahim Blasts Mayor Nagin ~

06-09-2005 03:32

Malik Rahim, veteran of the Black Panther Party in New Orleans, is
interviewed in the Algiers neigherborhood by Democracy Now! producers.
Rahim talks about what should have been differently.