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Another Sainsburys in Brighton

06-01-2012 14:00

What a load of bollix - Sainsburys have had their application for a store upheld on appeal at the old Caffyns Garage at Preston Road, Brighton, despite opposition

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Young disabled Pakistani man tasered & assaulted by police on New Year's Eve

06-01-2012 12:50

Shocket Aslam was stopped by the police after leaving a petrol station on the M6 without paying for £20 worth of petrol. During this, despite being disabled and being in a wheelchair he was attacked by a number of officers with batons/koshes and tasered and was subsequently denied medical treatment when he was held at a police station to Stafford. He had gone to Manchester from High Wycombe with a friend to pick up a car.

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Shut Guantánamo – End 10 Years of Shame - London Rally, Sat 7 Jan

06-01-2012 12:25

Shut Guantánamo – End 10 Years of Shame - Public Rally, Saturday 7 January, 2-4pm, Trafalgar Square (North Side, outside National Gallery)

This Saturday (7 January) the weekend before the tenth anniversary of the opening of the illegal US military prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, on 11 January 2002, a public rally is to be held at Trafalgar Square (North Terrace, outside the National Gallery), organised by the London Guantánamo Campaign (LGC), Save Shaker Aamer Campaign (SSAC), Stop the War Coalition (StWC) and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) [1].

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Sex-workers: brothel laws put women at risk

06-01-2012 00:55

A woman found not guilty of brothel keeping calls for a change to UK laws that demand prostitutes work alone putting them at risk from attack.

Sheila Farmer was arrested 17 months ago after a flat she was managing was raided by police, but the case collapsed when the prosecutions key witness, who worked at the flat, disappeared.

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Solidarity demo at the new year outside Brixton prison, south London.

05-01-2012 22:27

fotos from solidarity demo at the new year outside Brixton prison, south London.

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Omar Ibrahim March 26th Anti-Cuts Prisoner Blog – 2nd January 2012

05-01-2012 20:40

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Omar Ibrahim March 26th Anti-Cuts Prisoner Blog

Not A Sick Society: A Sick State – 2nd January 2012

Comparing how States deal with dissent

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Avoiding automated facial recognition / computer surveillance

05-01-2012 16:18

There is an interesting article here about how to avoid facial recognition from CCTV cameras, etc.

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Ruling Class Plays Divide and Rule Over Abbott Tweet

05-01-2012 15:50

Labour's Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott is facing widespread media calls for her resignation this afternoon, after Tweeting that "'White people love playing 'divide & rule'". The instant furore illustrates much that is malevolent about the corporate media, and ironically enough provides a perfect example of how the ruling class plays divide and rule.

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European Day of Action against Capitalism: March31

05-01-2012 14:39

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Left Wing Organisations and Libertarian Base Unions Call for an International Day of Action against Capitalism on March 31st, 2012

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Venezuelan prison occupation

05-01-2012 14:00

1000 friends and family members of inmates are currently occupying a prison in Venezuela. This in protest against the judicial system, and prison conditions and brutality. The Venezuelan government believes the occupation to be part of a CIA backed plot to destabilise the country.

Around one thousand friends and family members of inmates held within Venezuelan prisons, have today entered the Yare prison near Caracas, and have refused to leave. They are made up of around 800 women, 150 children, and a handful of men.

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The murder of Stephen Lawrence & institutional racism - an overview

05-01-2012 13:18

The deeper exploration of the facts surrounding the murder of Stephen Lawrence & the expose of institutional racism in the UK, most particularly the revelation that whilst the original prosecuting officers were knee deep in association with criminal activity with a father of one of the accused (David Norris), one can also question how at the time of the non-investigation into Stephen Lawrence's murder, a public trial into the death of young David Norris' uncle also called David Norris who was a police informant which was happening at the same time may have threatened to expose criminal cartels operating in 3 specialist police squads operating in south-east - one of which included association with gangster Kenneth Noye (who is/was also a freemason).

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'Resistance' comes to Bristol

05-01-2012 12:55


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Solar powered cinema in running for national award

05-01-2012 10:40

A solar powered cinema has been shortlisted to win an award this month. The Sol Cinema from Swansea is currently in competition with arts groups from across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

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Merry Christmas for all? (Athens)

05-01-2012 08:43

A brosure from Athens regarding X-MAS and the cities problems. Things have turned bad over there.

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B&K Universal March - Hull - This Saturday!

05-01-2012 00:50

Campaigners are preparing to march and rally in Hull this Saturday against the
plans to construct a laboratory beagle breeding farm in the area.

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Oil Shock - The No Growth World

05-01-2012 00:25

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The price of oil hits you at the pump, in your food bill, and everything you buy. What if you can't afford it? Radio Ecoshock 120104 Oil Shock the Post-Growth World with Jeff Rubin, Charles Maxwell from ASPO 2011 and interview with Italy's Ugo Bardi on climate change vs. peak oil.

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Blood and Honour Uk Leak

04-01-2012 19:38

From Anonymous hack of German Blood and Honour websites

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Wukan Peasant Victory Sets Stage For Chinese Turmoil

04-01-2012 17:23

Villagers building barricades in an effort to prevent police attack
The villagers of Wukan in south-east China appear to have won a victory over the misnamed Communist Party regime, and prevented the sale of some communal land. This triumph is the result of direct action, direct democracy, and the community's ability to get the word out, in spite of government censorship. These factors will be crucial in 2012, as factory workers come into conflict with multinational corporations in the cities.

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Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre still in Deliberations over Israeli Apartheid

04-01-2012 16:57

Posted on 4th January 2012
A follow up on London’s Shakespeare’s Globe Theatres response to being informed that they are scheduled to host Habima National Theatre of Israel, who wilfully & regularly perform in the illegal settlements of the West Bank to audiences where Palestinians due to their ethnicity are excluded from attending.