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In The Footsteps Of Heroes

21-04-2004 18:54

Thanks to the generosity of IWCA supporters we are delighted to announce the £20,000 needed for the IWCA to stand Lorna Reid as our candidate for London Mayor has recently been secured.

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DISARM DSEi action at BAE Systems AGM

21-04-2004 17:46

DISARM DSEi call to action – British Aerospace AGM, QE2 Conference Centre– 5th May 2004

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Newcastle - talks on Dissent!, Columbia, local campaigns.

21-04-2004 17:05

It's TV turn-off week, it's the Schnews tour, and it's a chance to get refreshed by activity on Tyneside.
From 2pm at The Cluny, under Byker Bridge, the Schnews tour will be doing their stuff.
Free locally produced newsletters and zines will be available.
Talks will be given on Dissent!, on Columbian Human Rights Defence, and local campaigns.

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BAE Systems

21-04-2004 16:53

I realise that there will be many here whp will not want to read this but it is relevant to our fight against the Arms Industry as it shows the money that BAE brings to the UK, money that we must look to replace if we are to stop arms production and sales in Britain.

I have no connection with BAE and I am not saying these figures are a good thing before I am flamed by half the world. They are just a statement of facts by an independent organisation

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test article

21-04-2004 16:45

test article by wietse - notts IMC - please leave alone

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Disorder!, Disorder! - the video

21-04-2004 16:38

Video
Download your Blair heckling video here!

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Daily /Sunday mail reconstructed British Hostage's release story ???

21-04-2004 15:48

While sheltering from a savage thunder storm in a in Rome on Monday (19th) i picked up a copy of "Il Messaggero" which is a national paper also covers local Rome news. The article claimed that the Daily mail and then the Sunday ( i would imagine on the 18th) had reconstructed the story about the release of british hostage
Gary Teeley. But the Italian amy major spokesman for the contingent in Nassiriya stated that this was a load of old bollox (my translation) and that "Mr Teeley had been handed over to the local iraqi authorities who passed him on to the Italians".

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London "terror den" faces demolition

21-04-2004 15:31

ACTION UPDATE:
Meet 3.30pm outside the Wallace Collection , Manchester Square Gardens W1 [Northern end of Duke Street].

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HOPE NOT HATE – BRADFORD DAY OF ACTION TO STOP THE BNP

21-04-2004 14:21

Saturday 24th April is the key date in the campaign to stop the British National Party (BNP) in June 2004's elections. Hundreds of activists will be out across Bradford, Shipley and Keighley delivering a hard-hitting tabloid newspaper exposing the true face of the BNP. Please come along to support this day, bringing friends and work colleagues. Meet at Bradford Resource Centre, 17-21 Chapel Street, Little Germany at 10.30am

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New Diebold Memos

21-04-2004 14:16

New Diebold Memos, detailing internal communication with lawyers have hit the wire today... good stuff, copy the Zip files and share them far and wide...

Andy Stephenson, Voting Activist and Candidate for Washington’s Secretary of State Releases 150 pages of leaked documents received anonymously from Diebold Whistle Blower

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Bristol Falluja Demo

21-04-2004 14:02

Video
A few days ago someone posted on IM bristol suggesting a demo. Here it is

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Prof. Petrella on top-up-fees

21-04-2004 13:59

Prof. Ricardo Petrella's return
visit to Cambridge. He will address a particularly hot debate in the
context of 'top up fees' THIS FRIDAY APRIL 23rd from 5 to 6pm in the Mill
Lane Lecture Rooms in Mill Lane

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Orchestration and corruption - a CPA official gets candid

21-04-2004 13:32

Memo allegedly from a Coalition Provisional Authority official in Baghdad, March 2004.

"Watching CPA handle an issue is like watching six-year-olds play soccer. Someone kicks the ball, and one hundred people chase after it (hoping to be noticed), without a care as to what else happens on the field."

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VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR NEW CAFE/SOCIAL VENUE

21-04-2004 13:09

This is a message from some Cambridge students who are hoping to set up a
new non-profit volunteer-run cafe and social venue. If you're interested,
please contact Caroline, cmw54.

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Le Pen to help BNP Europe effort

21-04-2004 12:50

French National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen is to help the far-right British National Party (BNP) launch its European election effort.

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It's murder, but it's OK, they're just Arabs - journal from Biddu

21-04-2004 12:39

1) It's murder, but it's OK, they're just Arabs - journal from Biddu
2) Umm Tareq: "When the soldiers came…" - report from Zawata village
3) Buy olive oil / Help rebuild water wells. Grassroots support of Jayyous resistance - TAKE ACTION!

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where were you ?

21-04-2004 12:24

Anti Arms Trade demo at Excel

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Riyadh bombing ( 3 stories...)

21-04-2004 12:00

terror conferance is never mentioned on later newsflashes (story 1)
neither is the fact that two cars were stopped going into Riyadh (story 2)

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Faslane march and rally April 12th 2004

21-04-2004 11:25

This is a report of the march and rally on Faslane April 12th 2004.

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ISRAEL INVADING BEIT LAHIA, 6 PALESTINIANS DEAD, AT LEAST 45 INJURED

21-04-2004 11:16

The Israeli military have been attacking this area, uprooting its agricultural economic mainstays, rendering thousands of people homeless, leaving the once-fertile and lush area looking like a desert, for more than two years.