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Union Busting at Amazon.com in Britain

21-01-2004 15:30

"New Economy" darling Amazon.com keeps its costs down by putting the boot into its workers. They're the Wal-Mart of cyberspace.

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Anarchism and workplace organising discussion, Jan 22

20-01-2004 20:27

An open debate on workplace struggles, strategies and organising, hosted by London Anarchist Federation and Freedom Press, will be kicking off at 7.30pm on Thursday 22nd January at Freedom Books

Freedom is in Angel Alley
84b Whitechapel High, St London E1
Leave Whitechapel station at the Whitechapel Art Gallery exit and it's in the
Alley directly to the right of you.

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PEOPLES FORUM AGAINST KILLER COKE

20-01-2004 17:02

IN THE FRAME OF THE WSF IN MUMBAY< PEOPPLES FORUM AGAINST COCA-COLA

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European Social Forum Programme Group

20-01-2004 13:38

European Social Forum Programme Group
c/o World Development Movement
25 Beehive Place, London, SW9 72R

*** EVENT: The third European Social Forum
DATE: November 2004 - details to come
PLACE: London - details to come

*** Next UK Assembly for the European Social Forum
Time/date: 1.30-5.00 pm, 24th January 2004
Venue: GLA, City Hall, the Queens Walk, London SE1
Delegates welcome - info below

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Help Needed With Project in Nablus, Palestine

19-01-2004 01:46

Hello,

i have been living and volunteering (with ISM and other projects) in Nablus, Occupied Palestine for about seven months. My time has been concentrated on Nablus, particularly in Balata Refugee Camp.

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Are we being Shafted

18-01-2004 22:30

They are Knocking down our houses and are going to build houses that we can't afford to rent, so where are they going to put us.

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Hunger strike protest in Seven Sisters

17-01-2004 17:19

This is a press release on the 27th day of a hunger strike in Seven Sisters, Haringey, London. It is one of a number of similar protests in Europe against prison repression in Turkey. It is to continue for 45 days, and a rally is planned outside the hunger strike tent on Saturday the 24th.

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Afghanistan: elections in the North...

17-01-2004 15:26

Atta walks in
A few photos and report from the North of Afghanistan, where a citizen of Oxford is now a UN volunteer.

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THE MENTAL HEALTH MOVEMENT : PERSECUTION OF PATIENTS ?

17-01-2004 00:03

Document prepared for the Countess of Mar by Malcolm Hooper, Emeritus Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, in collaboration with members of the ME community, Department of Life Sciences, University of Sunderland, SR2 7EE, UK

(For debate in the House of Lords, Thursday 22 January 2004)


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'Free republic' - What a Joke

15-01-2004 14:16

Conservative traitors at www.freerepublic.com censor the hard truth told by Ken O'Keefe

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New Independent Alt Media Website from Znet folks

15-01-2004 10:14

“An exciting initiative by people with great experience and impressive achievements. It offers real promise of meeting needs that are widely and rightly felt: for regular news about important issues, truly independent, not constrained by concentrated power.”
—Noam Chomsky, author and renowned social critic

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Tom Hurndall Vigil

15-01-2004 10:02

A vigil for Tom
Pictures from the Tom Hurndall vigil at Downing Street. Of course the Police felt it was neccesary to be a pain becasue after all protestors are terrorists too...

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USS LIBERTY: THE FINAL VERDICT

15-01-2004 05:33

The National Security Agency Confirms that the attack on the USS Liberty was an accident.

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Cambridge man in Palestine

14-01-2004 14:06

A press release from Cambridge Students Against the War

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Tom Hurndall - Press Release & Action

14-01-2004 09:32

There is now a press release from the family and a call for action today.

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WE, THE PEOPLE, want justice and democracy

14-01-2004 02:29

WE, THE PEOPLE, want justice and democracy !

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ILPS CALL TO ACTION FOR MARCH 20, 2004

13-01-2004 01:47

Please sign the Online Pledge at
 http://www.ilps-news.com/contact/sign-the-pledge/

The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) hereby announces its participation in the Global Day of Action and calls on all its more than 250 member-organizations throughout the world and all other organizations and people within their reach to initiate or join protest mass actions on March 20, 2004, the first anniversary of the US-UK invasion of Iraq.

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No Borders Night - Saturday 17th Jan -

12-01-2004 22:18

No Borders Night - Saturday 17th Jan -
7pm till late - free/donations
at: london's newest political social centre
93 Fortess Road
Kentish Town, London NW5 1AG
(alley by the hellenic bookshop. Nearest tube: Kentish Town, buses: 134, 214)

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Bulkington Eviction Suspended - BBC

12-01-2004 13:50

BBC reports Warwickshire council's eviction of Travellers has been suspended.