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BRITISH GOVERNMENT GUILTY OF HYPOCRISY OVER TOXIC SHIPS - ROYAL NAVAL VESSELS SC

21-11-2003 14:47

Currently around 600 ships a year are broken world-wide. Around 90% of these go to one of five shipbreaking countries - India, Bangladesh, China, Pakistan and Turkey, where environmental and worker safety standards can be appalling.

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Christian activist on trial

21-11-2003 14:42

CAMSAW activist Paul Perkins, who attended Ridley Hall Theological College last
year, is in court at Mildenhall tomorrow for his part in the anti-war protests at
USAF Lakenheath earlier this year. The Christian youth and community worker was
arrested on February 3rd 2003 for obstructing 'Lord's Walk', the public highway
leading up to Gate 2 of the American airbase. Having taken nearly 10 months to come
to trial, the hearing coincides with the visit of US President George Bush to
London.

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Hundreds of people push out of trafalgar square

21-11-2003 14:37

crowd leaving trafalgar square
Shortly after the main demo + rally had officialy finished at 7pm:

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BOYCOTT COKE

21-11-2003 14:35

KILLER COKE FOUND GUILTY IN INDIA

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Various shots from the Stop The War demo in London 20/11/03

21-11-2003 14:35

Police in Pall Mall
Various images from in and around the Stop The War demo in London, protesting against Bush's state visit to Britain.

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Close Campsfield?

21-11-2003 14:24

some people (including samba band members) are interested in the close campsfield demo! Has anyone got any details? i.e.when where how which?

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Bush,Rice or Powell in OXFORD???!!

21-11-2003 14:20

Possibilty of BUSH, Rice or POWELL coming to the OXford UNION at 4pm tonight.
Also maybe recieving an honourary degree.

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concerns about nazi site grow

21-11-2003 14:18

more on Redwatch, this time in the Liverpool echo and some reasons why we should take it it more seriously

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EYEWITNESS BAGHDAD

21-11-2003 14:11

Monday 24 Nov, London

EYEWITNESS BAGHDAD

Solidarity stories and the role of direct media in occupied Iraq

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Website of hate named

21-11-2003 13:19

Targets of right wing extremists Nov 19 2003
by Thomas Martin, Liverpool Echo

A Merseyside trade union leader is under police protection today (Wednesday, November 19) after being targeted by right wing extremists.

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We Texans support the Protesters

21-11-2003 13:07

We love your work. Hooray!! for the people.

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E.U. Declaration Wrong to Criticize Israel's Security Fence

21-11-2003 12:23

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is greatly concerned by the Declaration of the European Union issued today. Despite its otherwise encouraging condemnation of Palestinian terrorism, the declaration strongly criticized Israel for building a security fence between the West Bank and Israel.

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Pics from Oxford Street - Anti-Bush Samba - thurs evening

21-11-2003 12:21

fcuk
Oxford Street London / Anti Bush / Thursday 20th November 2003

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Guardian: Operation Rockingham

21-11-2003 12:20

In an interview in the Scottish Sunday Herald in June, Ritter said: "Operation Rockingham [a unit set up by defence intelligence staff within the MoD in 1991] cherry-picked intelligence. It received hard data, but had a preordained outcome in mind. It only put forward a small percentage of the facts when most were ambiguous or noted no WMD...

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Music mix from ESF 2003

21-11-2003 12:07

Audio
Thanks to everyone who made Paris a much livelier city for a few days, here are some songs and good vibes from the European Social Forum...

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corporate coverage

21-11-2003 11:11

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Iraq - Killed today

21-11-2003 09:37

11/20/03 ABC: US troops kill insurgents after ambush
US forces using helicopters and tanks have killed 10 people who had attacked a civilian coalition convoy in the north-central city of Samarra on Wednesday
11/20/03 Yahoo(AFP): US soldier, seven Iraqis killed
A suicide bomber killed at least four people in Iraq ... while a US soldier also died as insurgents hit back following a US onslaught
11/20/03 HinduTimes: 2 killed in Iraq classroom explosion
Two Iraqi children were killed and two wounded when an explosion ripped through a classroom near the Shiite Muslim pilgrimage city of Karbala, medical staff said on Thursday. etc. etc.

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Congrats from The USA

21-11-2003 04:08

Powellocchio Lies placard
Congrats from those of us not so obsessed with the Michael Jackson arrest. We support your valiant efforts! Looking for peace protest artwork? Go to BloodForOil.org, a free anti-war, anti-empire, anti-occupation and peace protest artwork resource center.

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thessaloniki 7: latest london action plan

21-11-2003 03:54

what to do if one of the prisoners falls into a coma or dies, just so we know

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Police Behaviour at Bush protests - Better or Worse? No more anti-terror search

21-11-2003 03:46

In London, I haven't witnessed a single anti-terror search during the week of anti-Bush protests. Did the Liberty case in the High Court have an effect on the police tactics or was I just in the wrong places to witness the searches? If you were searched in London, please let Liberty know, since they lost the High Court case and are due to appeal it next year.