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£225 buys you access to an exclusive view of Ethical Fashion

07-07-2013 17:32

If you have £225 to spare you can attend a conference from the "Ethical Fashion Forum" at the Chrystal Conference Centre this Friday in London's Docklands. The event will brief deligates in how to appear "Ethical" without mentioning the UK governments' call for more transparency in Bangladesh or the EU parliaments' motion urging tariff rises if Bangladeshi human rights don't improve.

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Fracking: Falkirk gas wells to release 5 tonnes of methane a day

07-07-2013 14:55

• Information obtained by Frack Off Scotland reveals plans to release 7000 times more of the potent greenhouse gas than previously claimed.

• Over 2500 residents have now signed up to support the Falkirk Against Unconventional Gas campaign.

Coal companies failing. UK Coal taken over by The PPF

07-07-2013 10:02

Coal miners and local residents left in the lurch.
Failing coal company UK Coal have been taken over by the Pensions Protection Fund (PPF)in order to prevent miners at the Daw Mill Colliery loosing all of their pensions.
The deal will see miners from Daw Mill loose 20% of their pensions1presumably the bosses wont be loosing their investments.

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UG#652 - Is Humanity In Its Right Mind? (The Rise and Rise Of The Left Brain)

07-07-2013 02:28

This week, a remarkable set of ideas by an unknown speaker with a highly unusual credential (a sleep deprivation record of 11 days) whom I first came across only a few days ago. His ideas are such a close fit with many of the others we have heard on the show that I felt I had to share them with you. If they are even partly true, we all need to know about it.

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Anti-Shell in Ireland: Week long protest report

06-07-2013 10:36

Lots of Arrests, Police Injured, and $300,000 Damage to Machines After Week-long Protest

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Audio: 4th July "Independence FROM America" protest at NSA Menwith Hill

05-07-2013 23:29

The 2013 annual 4th July "Independence FROM America" protest at NSA Menwith Hill organised by the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB)

http://www.caab.org.uk/ featured a reading of the The People's Declaration of Independence from America and poetry from Mirzan – the Poet and was addressed by Andy Worthington and Salma Yaqoob.

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" No lawful justification" for the death ofAzelle Rodney Death.

05-07-2013 13:33

A retired judge has investigated the Police killing of Azelle Rodney in 2005 and found that there was "no lawful justification" for shooting him repeatedly.

In what is by now the typical whitewash by Police and IPCC, the previous findings held that they were in the clear over the shooting. Once more, their lies and cover up have been exposed.

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Bulgaria: Walkovers for animal control services as animal welfare collapses

05-07-2013 11:08

In 2013, Municipality of Sofia continue to run animal control based primarily on removing of tens of thousands of stray dogs and the number of local animal shelters increased to five in the past several years.

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Marks & Spencer Bombarded With Boycott Threats over #workfare boasts

05-07-2013 10:30

Hundreds of people bombarded Marks & Spencer on social media on Wednesday night after the company boasted of their use of workfare earlier in the week.

The company were forced to lock down their facebook page in an attempt to silence criticism and are now preventing people from posting on their wall. This has simply led to people leaving hundreds of comments threatening to boycott the company on their gaudy posts advertising over-priced food instead.

The ‘workfare party on the M&S facebook page’ as one person described it seemed to be holding strong on Thursday morning whilst the company haven’t fared any better on twitter where they can be found @marksandspencer.

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Battersea Against Biofuels PUBLIC MEETING - Wednesday 10 July

05-07-2013 10:25

Aim: to share information and build a campaign to stop a biofueled power plant in the new development at Battersea Power Station that will damage the climate, destroy rainforests, biodiversity, habitats (including the Orangutans) and POLLUTE LOCAL PEOPLE.

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Photos: 4th July "Independence FROM America" protest at NSA Menwith Hill

05-07-2013 09:03

Some photos from the annual Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB) "Independence FROM America" protest at NSA Menwith Hill held on 4th July 2013.

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Solidarity Rally with the Non-Citizens in Munich/Germany

04-07-2013 18:42

On Wednesday the 3rd of July a solidarity rally took place in front of the German embassy in London. The protest campaign supported the struggle of the so-called Non-Citizens in Munich/Germany whose hunger strike was forcefully ended when they were violently removed from the square they and supporters had occupied a week ago.

Below the open letter of the striking asylum seekers to Angela Merkel.

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Julian Assange - "42 not out!" all to play for! Solidarity with Snowden & Manning

04-07-2013 16:05

This following report on the ongoing trial of Bradley Manning is instructive on what issues are at play.

VID (9 mins)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj-gpuLkm9M [YouTube]

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Fight workfare - Sheffield, Brighton, Glasgow, London and everywhere!

04-07-2013 13:53

Boycott Workfare's national week of action is coming up soon, with events confirmed for Sheffield, Brighton, Glasgow and London, and more on the way.

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OathKeeper Movement Ignites U.S. White House Fireworks Freedom Anyway

03-07-2013 21:52

American citizens planned revolt is set to begin on its "Independence Day" July 4, 2013 that was cancelled by the U.S. President for the first time in recent history so, this likely ignited tensions in what could easily turn into a day of bloody insurrection for The Colonies that will live in historical infamy once again.

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America OathKeepers White House July 4th 2013 Rebellion Ignites

03-07-2013 20:56

American citizens revoltion because United States government authorities unlawfully abolished their U.S. Constitution Second ( 2nd ) Ammendment Bill Of Rights freedom to bear arms ( firearms ) in Washington, District of Columbia, USA at the White House where on July 4, 2013 U.S. citizens march bearing firearms in protest at the U.S. Capitol.

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Comments moderating

03-07-2013 20:55

The Bristol Indymedia Collective is now taking a much harder stance on comment moderation due to the trolling and pettiness on the website at present.

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Egypt: Workers and Soldiers.

03-07-2013 20:11

The conflict in Egypt has reached another peak. The military have once again moved in an attempt to resolve the current tensions. This article considers the economic basis of the ordinary soldier and the tensions which may occur between the military elite, tied to the USA and the origins of the rank and file in the working class communities of Egypt.

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Please come to Grow Heathrow

03-07-2013 11:06

We will give more updates as soon as we can, but the short story is that we urgently need people to come to site to help us plan. We’ve just heard that we lost our appeal in the UK’s second-highest court so the landowner now has a live possession order. We don’t know the landowner’s plans, so we don’t know whether or when he will apply for a warrant from the County Court for bailiffs, and beyond then whether or when he might hire bailiffs.

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Peace News Summer Camp 2013 YES!!!

03-07-2013 09:43

Forget corporate Glastonbury and the rest!Last Call for Peace News Summer Camp 2013.