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Interview with Naseh Ghafor

26-08-2004 23:08

Audio
Interview with Naseh Ghafor 26th August 2004
translated by Ahmed Salim

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Vinegar and Brown Paper

26-08-2004 22:37

How easy is it to breach to Terrorism Act? To test the waters, Yakoub Islam has decided to set up a blog detailing his plans to commit a minor act of terrorism outside Parliament sometimes in the near future. MI5 have already been notified of the blog via their website.

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Peace is Possible - event to support work of peace village in Israel

26-08-2004 21:50

Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam (Oasis of Peace) is a village in Israel established jointly by Jews and Palestinian Arabs of Israeli citizenship and engaged in educational work for peace, equality and understanding between the two peoples.

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SAY "NO" TO EXPANSION AT CAMPSFIELD: THE HUMAN TIME-BOMB ON YOUR DOORSTEP

26-08-2004 21:30

lollypop action
Campsfield Immigrant Detention Centre is a place where innocent people are made to suffer. It has a 10-year history of brutality, suicide-attempts, hunger strikes, and
massive protests. In 2002 the Government finally admitted that it was "unsuited to the needs of the 21st century", and announced its closure. But instead, the Home Office has now sent Cherwell District Council a planning application to expand it from 180 to nearly 300 places.

All detention centres are trouble - for the innocent people inside and everyone who lives near them. But big detention centres are real trouble.

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undercurrents video - campsfield

26-08-2004 21:16

Video
Video of today’s lollypop action.

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Heritage Lottery Fund Urban Parks Initiative - Saviour of our historic parks?

26-08-2004 20:28

Heritage Lottery Funds Urban Parks Initiative has been responsible for injecting much need cash into our historic urban parks. The benefits are well known but is there a darker side?

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Canterbury BT Okupada facing eviction 27th August

26-08-2004 20:24

Canterbury British Telecom Building occupants finally at the wire after about a month tomorrow. Eviction notice passed by judge this morning due to no-one coming up with a valid reason to be trespassing. This despite current occupants cleaning up mess of previous occupiers and banning herion users. On the bright side, perhaps due to the improved state of building, no charges for damages followed up.

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Bank with close ties to Bush administration engulfed in scandal

26-08-2004 20:13

The [U.S.] Justice Department announced on Friday that it is launching a criminal investigation into Riggs Bank. In recent months, the Washington-based bank has become engulfed in a scandal related to charges of money-laundering, corruption and terrorist financing.

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Anti-Bush Banner drop on Plaza Hotel NYC

26-08-2004 19:55

A group of activists calling themselves "Operation Sibyl," describing themselves as a concerned group of students and professionals, dropped a banner off of the Plaza Hotel on 58th St. and 5th Ave the morning of August 26.

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Calls for Sun editor to resign over racist cartoon

26-08-2004 18:42

Campaigners today demanded the resignation of Sun editor Rebekah Wade over a racist cartoon showing Mark Thatcher being cooked by cannibals.

Complain to the Press Complaints Commission:  complaints@ppc.org.uk

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Indymedia writing workshop: Tuesday 31st - 6pm - the Drum

26-08-2004 17:53

Yes, it's that time again! The next Indymedia writing workshop is coming up...

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The High Priests of Economic Nonsense

26-08-2004 16:35

"The rules of social state restraint of wild capitalism are ignored. The class struggle from above has long been a fact since the coalition of capital with the government is fairly stable and the media play along. Resistance is inevitable because more is at stake than working hours and wages, namely the dignity of people and balance in the globalized world.. An economic literacy must be part of the enlightenment project.."

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Hunger-strike in solidarity with palestinian prisoners

26-08-2004 16:11

Extract from blog done by people from Oxford who are in Palestine at the moment.

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fire dispute settled

26-08-2004 15:31

Pay Dispute Over, 3.5% and 4.2% to be released IMMEDIATELY

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Lancaster Bypass Protests

26-08-2004 13:34

Council try to push forward a dead duck on the hush hush...

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Decent Homes Standard = Bullshit

26-08-2004 13:03

Haringey Council follows the Government / IMF line of bullshitting to aid structural adjustment. Tennants are offered new identical formica kitchens in exchange for letting the government flog off the last of council housing. I ask tennants - How cheap are you? Wouls some new windows and some new crappy kitchen bits and pieces ( or the remote chance of maybe somewhere bigger, you sucker?) persuade you to let them sell off something that is not theirs or yours to sell.

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ECF-Visions of Another World

26-08-2004 12:41

The European Creative Forum Presents

A Special 9/11
A FREE FESTIVAL FOR PEACE! Saturday September 11th (1pm-1am)

FEATURING

The WorldWide Launch of The Best of Anti-War Music 2003-2004

ENTRY BY DONATION or
A Special Launch Edition of PNW Vol.2** + ECF VoAW entrance for £10

BRING FOOD TO SHARE PARTICIPATE WHERE POSSIBLE DRESS TO EXPRESS

Venue rampART Community Creative Centre and Social Space
15-17 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA (see www.rampart.co.nr)

Call the ECF-Visions Hotline 07910 004410
or check the ECF & PNW websites!

PEACE > PAIX > PACE > PAZ > BARIS > FRIEDEN > SHALOM > SALAM > MIR > UDO > HEDDWEN!

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Blair to be impeached (Guardian)

26-08-2004 10:14

Blair to be impeached (GUardian)

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DR VLASAK AND HIS WIFE BANNED FROM ENTRY INTO THE UK

26-08-2004 10:01

American trauma surgeon Dr Jerry Vlasak and his nurse wife Pamelyn Ferdyn have been refused entry into the United Kingdom by David Blunkett.

Jerry Vlasak was due to speak at AR2004, an international animal rights conference that will be held in Kent from September the 3rd to the 6th.

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Anyone going to the Republican party congress?

26-08-2004 09:51

Anyone going to the Republican party congress?