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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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BP's greenwash lifestyle supermarket/cafe - Connect

16-01-2004 23:31

BP have a new line in greenwash together with getting their tentacles into the lucrative food/supermarket market - food and oil combine - supermarkets now have petrol stations, and petrol stations have supermarkets....

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GREENPEACE RESPONSE TO GM MAIZE APPROVAL

16-01-2004 23:06

A government advisory body just said GM Maize was fine for commercialisation now. Greenpeace explains why thats bollocks here...

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The Case Against Bush's War

16-01-2004 20:57

I caught this on the web by chance:
the most powerful case ever made
againt the war in Iraq. Long, but absolutely
compelling. A must-read.

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JOIN ANTI-NUKE DEMO IN PARIS TOMORROW!

16-01-2004 20:31

An international demonstration has been called for Paris tomorrow, 17 January, against building new nuclear power stations in France and anywhere else. Main co-convenors are Germany’s Federation of Environmental Protection Citizen Initiatives (Bundesverband Bürgerinitiativen Umweltschutz, BBU) and the French Reseau Sortir de Nucléaire, together with groups from across Europe and the USA. Among them are the activists fighting a nuclear waste dump in Gorleben, Germany. Tickets are available from them at www.bi-luechow-dannenberg.de

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Kilroy has Quit his job as chat show hoost at the BBC

16-01-2004 18:51

Robert Kilroy-Silk has quit his role as a BBC talk show host in the wake of the row over a newspaper article in which he criticised Arabs. The show, which the ex-MP had presented for 17 years, was suspended after the Sunday Express piece was published. Police are investigating Mr Kilroy-Silk's article after a CRE complaint

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Link To Photos Of Budrus Anti-Wall Demo 15th Jan

16-01-2004 18:22

Link to Budrus demo Photos

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action against Bayer PLC

16-01-2004 18:18

Anti-GM protesters visit HC Starck's offices in Sheffiled as part of the 'bail out of GM' week of action.

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IOF Lock Out 500 People From Their Own Homes

16-01-2004 18:02

StoptheWall.org in a Week
from the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign

January 16, 2004

Latest News

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Reverend Billy Jailed in Berlin For Speaking to Strikers

16-01-2004 17:44

Rev Billy Preaching at the London NikeTown (www.fredaskew.com)
Reverend Billy, who appeared in London's Buy Nothing Day festivities last November, was arrested in Berlin for preaching during a multiple-university strike against education cuts.

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Paranoid shift

16-01-2004 16:52

By Michael Hasty
Online Journal Contributing Writer

January 10, 2004—Just before his death, James Jesus Angleton, the legendary chief of counterintelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency, was a bitter man. He felt betrayed by the people he had worked for all his life. In the end, he had come to realize that they were never really interested in American ideals of "freedom" and "democracy." They really only wanted "absolute power."

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Beyond TV Manchester, January screening

16-01-2004 15:51

BeyondTV Manchester
BeyondTV
VIDEOS > MUSIC >
NEWS FROM THE POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE >
January 29th at the Arch Bar, Stretford Road

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Industrial site on Green Belt land

16-01-2004 15:27

Since 1998 residents of an area in South Oxford that stretches from Wytham Street to Western Road have been fighting the development of green belt land by Railtrack, now Network Rail.

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Venezuela Hails Latin American 'Axis' Against US

16-01-2004 15:27

Venezuela Hails Latin American 'Axis' Against US
16.01.2004 [07:46]

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday his country was forging an alliance with Argentina and Brazil to lead Latin America's opposition to U.S. free trade plans for the region.

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America's Empire of Bases

16-01-2004 15:04

With all of the activity going on against American bases such as "RAF" Lakenheath and "RAF" Fairford recently, here's an interesting overview of how local campaigns fit into the global picture.

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Social landlords are deviating from their intended purpose

16-01-2004 14:14

Social landlords are deviating from their intended purpose. Which was to provide housing for the most vulnerable.

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Incitement 2 - Palestine

16-01-2004 13:51

Incitement II the first of the New Year, Sunday 18th January,
Packhorse Pub on Woodhouse Lane at 7.30 pm.

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YORKSHIRE GREEN DRINKS - an informal, self-organising network

16-01-2004 13:50

informan meetings once a month

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BENEFIT - eclectik bibliotek discotek

16-01-2004 13:21

benefit @the 1in12