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Japan dragged into US quagmire (by Latuff)

18-04-2004 13:52

Quagmire
Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

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Arms subsidies cost UK jobs

18-04-2004 13:39

Britain wastes more than £200 million a year in subsidies to arms manufacturers, costing 30,000 lost jobs, says a former government adviser.

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a small people power victory at downing street anti-occupation demo yesterday

18-04-2004 13:10

stwc/mab demo opposite downing street
common sense and people power won through yesterday when police gave up their attempts to move a small breakaway demo outside downing street at the MAB/STWC organised protest on sat 17th april at noon

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Art of War : Iraq Coalition

18-04-2004 05:11

Iraq Coalition
Iraq coalition

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Army madness in Manchester City of Peace today

18-04-2004 00:00

not that they are ever sane.....

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Protest Songs By David Rovics. Songs For Mahmud

17-04-2004 22:41

David Rovics latest collection of protest songs is now availale free on the net.

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Women in Black still stand strong in Edinburgh

17-04-2004 22:06

For more than 3 years, the Women In Black stand silently for one hour every Saturday on East End Princes Street Edinburgh. With their banners they express their protest against the current wars, particularly in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine.

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Scottish CND Protest at Faslane - Easter 2004

17-04-2004 21:47

Faslnae / CND
Faslane Peace Campers... CND Protest

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Canatxx Gas - Wyre Borough unanimous decision

17-04-2004 21:37

Video
Wyre Borough Council planning committee unanimously rejected Canatxx plans to store huge amounts of methane beneath the wyre estuary.

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Scottish CND Protest - Easter

17-04-2004 21:33

Faslane
View of the Protest

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BP AGM ends in shambles

17-04-2004 19:52

No amount of money could save BP on 15 April from the downward spiral into which their AGM has fallen thanks to the attentions of campaigners from all over the world plus London Rising Tide and friends.

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Sequani vivisection labs suppliers *updated 04/04*

17-04-2004 18:34

Transgenic mice are a favourite victim at Sequani Limited
The companies below have recently been seen trading with the vivisectors Sequani Limited, Bromyard rd, Ledbury, Herefordshire. Please contact them via email, phone, letter or visit and ask them to sever their ties with animal cruelty immediately. At Sequani limited dogs, pigs, rabbits, guineapigs, rats, mice and god knows what else are given cancer deliberately leading to a lonely, miserable, pointless and painful death.

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Donna Mullhearn Released by resistance fighters from Falluja - report

17-04-2004 18:17

I got this from Max Watta - Resistance in the Army (RITA) activist and very on the ball about war and soldiers related stuff etc etc anyway, Donna, an Australian citizen, was released by Iraqi fighters following a brief security check-out (AKA kidnapping, technically, altho the resistance has to protect itself from spies and people will be taken away for security clearence when in a combat zone) Below is her story with an intro on OZ politics from Max

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THOUSANDS OF AYMARAS ARE BLOCKING INTERNATIONAL ACCESS IN PERU - URGENT !

17-04-2004 17:31

More than 40.000 people are protesting against the governmental corruption – The access from the south of Peru, from Bolivia, are blocked since 13 days ago – The local authorities are entrenched – The big protest is affecting all the turistic activities and agro-commercial activities.

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The Palestinian Refugees Right Of Return Abolished

17-04-2004 17:02

US hegemonic double standards for all to see.

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Edinburgh Rally against US middle east policy

17-04-2004 16:50

basically all of the participants at the rally at about 1pm
Some hundred people gathered today, Saturday the 17th of april, in Edinburghs parliament square following the invitation of the Edinburgh Stop the War Coalition to listen to speakers condemning the current US policy in the Middle East, and the mainstream British involvement and support for Bush's policy of massacring civilians in Falludja.
Another key point was Israels current policy of the seperation wall and the encouragement Bush and Blair expressed for Sharons discriminative policy towards the palestinians.

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Glasgow Workshop - Women and violence, war, occupation, peace and resistance.

17-04-2004 16:40

Women only workshop event
Glasgow Women's Library. 109 Trongate.
2pm Thursday 22nd April.
Part of the Ewa Jasiewicz Scotland tour - Eye Witness Iraq


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US funds "Genocide"

17-04-2004 16:09

This week, representatives of Human Rights organisations throught Central Asia have been meeting the great and the good in London in a desperate last ditch attempt to open our eyes to the horror of everyday life in these countries.

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N0response to demo call-why bother again?

17-04-2004 15:15


Cant be arsed to attend ???

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National Anti-G8 Gathering of Dissent! Network, Next Weekend, Manchester

17-04-2004 13:42

Next weekend (24th-25th April, 2004) there's gonna be a national gathering of the Dissent! Network in Manchester. The Network, formed last autumn to co-ordinate radical resistance to the 2005 G8 Summit in the UK, and capitalism in general, is ope to all who subscribe to the Peoples' Global Action (PGA) Hallmarks (see: www.agp.org). If you want to attend the gathering PLEASE send confirmation to:  g8gathering@yahoo.co.uk saying when you're arriveing (Fri/Sat), how many people you are and if you require accommodation. PLEASE DO THIS ASAP!!!!