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Harmondsworth 4 Trial Adjourned

05-01-2008 06:27

- No demonstration at Southwark Crown Court on Monday 7th January

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Iraqis face lack of services

05-01-2008 01:05

Farid, like millions of other Iraqis who fled the bombs and ambushes in 2006 and 2007, is choosing between the rising costs of displacement and the painful memories of home.

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Harmondsworth 4 Trial Adjourned

04-01-2008 17:49

- No demonstration at Southwark Crown Court on Monday 7th January

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Gas Flaring- giving Shell a taste of its own medicine

04-01-2008 16:30

Shell HQ Corrib House Dublin
This morning some Shell to Sea activists made their way to Shell's Dublin HQ to mark Ogoni Day (January 4th). Please have a look at the two minute video on youtube:  http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=597hkm9MuTo.

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South Wales January Diary

04-01-2008 15:37

The PAD social Centre can be found at 118 Clifton Street, Adamsdown, Cardiff CF24 1LW  http://www.thepad.wordpress.com

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Is Gordon Brown ready for a big Peter Hain scandal?

04-01-2008 12:41

Is Gordon Brown ready for a big Peter Hain scandal?

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Ken Livingstone's morality-free parade of 'Muslim leaders' stinks of desperation

03-01-2008 22:40

Two items of pro Ken Livingstone propaganda as published today carry the evidence of Ken Livingstone's desperation. This is bad news fur any democratic say by the people of and in London

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A social centre in Birmingham? Meeting Wednesday 16th January

03-01-2008 20:40

Birmingham City Council's forthcoming selling off of buildings presents an opportunity for disability and other social groups. Call out for people interested in a short or long term autonomous social centre in Birmingham...

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New London Social Centres for the new year

03-01-2008 13:35

There is a meeting on the 6th of Jan to breath new life into maintaining radical autonomous social centres in London. The aim will be to set up a London wide social centres collective which will open and help run squatted spaces as well as publish listings of events and activites taking place in these spaces. The meeting will probably take place at rampART at 2pm unless is needs to be moved in which case it will be at LARC.

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Freedom to Protest - National Day of Action - Sat 12 Jan

03-01-2008 12:57

National day of action defending right to protest in response to government consultation on SOCPA, plus links.

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Call For Solidarity With Paris VIII Vincennes-Saint Denis Strikers

03-01-2008 10:11

For seven weeks, a massive movement has been growing within the French
University system, uniting professors, students and staff in a struggle
against Sarkozy's new university reform law, the law concerning the
"Liberties and Responsabilities of the Universities" (LRU).

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Global Call-in Continues Jan 2-4: Hands off the Uhuru Movement

03-01-2008 05:23

Boley Center is attacking the Uhuru Movement through illegal firings, a false arrest, and taking away people's housing vouchers – effectively throwing them out on the street. The only connection to all these incidents is that all these people are supporters of the Uhuru Movement. Boley is violating freedom of speech, freedom of association, federal housing and worker's rights! Now the Uhuru Movement is uncovering and exposing Boley Center's culture of larceny!

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Japanese Government to Keep ‘Hooligans’ Away from Summit

02-01-2008 08:28

An article reposted from the mainstream media about immigration regulation for G8 in Japan 2008

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Zapatista womin gathering:Loud and clear,the struggle will be long and difficult

02-01-2008 08:07

"We tell you so you are clear about it:The struggle will be long and difficult" Traduccion

Impressions from the second day of the gathering amongst zapatista indygenous women and women from the world.

Translation of original article  http://chiapas.mediosindependientes.org/display.php3?article_id=153428

author Lv

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Third attempt to remove Comfort Adefowoju and Family

02-01-2008 07:59

Comfort Adefowoju and children
Comfort Adefowoju and children still detained at Yarl's Wood IRC, have been issued with a new removal directions, on British Airways flight BA0075 from Heathrow airport terminal 4 to Lagos/Nigeria at 12.50 hours Thursday 3rd January 2008.

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Tsunami used as an opportunity by vested interests– Justice H. Suresh

02-01-2008 06:54

22/12/2007CHENNAI: In the concluding session of the two day people’s tribunal on the status of rehabilitation of tsunami, Justice H.Suresh stated that the tsunami relief work is used as an opportunity to exploit people. The tribunal organised by the Voices from the margins, a broad platform of organization of marginalized communities and support groups exposed many discrepancies and shortcomings in the tsunami rehabilitation after three years of the tsunami.

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Part III: The Politics of Bridge-Making

02-01-2008 01:01

III. Encounter: The Politics of Bridge-Making
Feliz Año Cabrones: On the Continued Centrality of the Zapatista Movement after 14 Years
(written by El Kilombo;  http://www.elkilombo.org)

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Part II. A Society to Create

02-01-2008 01:00

Feliz Año Cabrones: On the Continued Centrality of the Zapatista Movement after 14 Years.
(written by El Kilombo;  http://www.elkilombo.org)

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Part I. On the Continued Centrality of the Zapatista Movement

02-01-2008 00:55

Feliz Año Cabrones: On the Continued Centrality
of the Zapatista Movement after 14 Years
(written by El Kilombo;  http://www.elkilombo.org)

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Sir Ian's head on a SOCPA platter please

01-01-2008 23:35

Bollocks 2 Blair still means something, I do believe.