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BRISTOL & REGIONAL Stop-The-War NEWS : February 2005 : (Virtual Version)

30-01-2005 00:02

BRISTOL & REGIONAL ST0P-THE-WAR NEWS : February 2005
[South West, Wales & West Midlands] Please send us your events.
Email:  bristol-stop-the-war-coalition@yahoogroups.com

19th MARCH NATIONAL DEMO: Coach Tickets Now Available.
Greenleaf Books, 82 Colston St. £12/£6 (see section 4 for info).

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Alternative Academics: International Relations

29-01-2005 23:50

The next alternative academics workshop is this Sunday!

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BRISTOL & REGIONAL Stop-The-War NEWS : February 2005 : (Printer Version)

29-01-2005 23:37

Welcome to the February version of Bristol & Regional Stop-The-War News. This printer friendly version is part of a tactical response to the gap between the amount of info we've been able to send those with email, & those without. Please read on to find out how you can help us close this information gap.

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Irish American Humanitarian Arrested by Israel

29-01-2005 23:37

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

On Monday January 24, Israeli police arrested 41 year old Irish American ISM activist, Patrick O’Connor, on suspicion that he was carrying a fake passport. O’Connor was on his way to Jerusalem after planting olive tree seedlings with Palestinian, Israeli and international activists in the path of the Wall in the occupied village of Biddu. For the past year, Israeli and international activists have supported the villagers of Biddu through nonviolent protest and legal appeals in their struggle against the destruction of their farmland for the building of the Wall.

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Latest news on the community-run Alberdi school in Venezuela

29-01-2005 22:44

The Alberdi school in Venezuela, a closed down school taken over by the community and turned into a progressive education centre, has been threatened with closure by the Caracas pro-Oligarchy mayor.

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Animal Experiments at the Oxford Union

29-01-2005 22:41

On Thursday 20th January 2005 Oxford University’s world-famous debating society, the “Oxford Union”, debated “This House would accept the use of Animals in Medical Research”, with Andre Menache, the scientific consultant to Animal Aid, speaking second on the opposition side.

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Anti-G8 Art

29-01-2005 22:19

G-8 are the real Modern day Ali Babas that thin are Messiahs for the poor.

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Defy ID and the Ministry of Truth

29-01-2005 21:36

Decent citizens foolishly reading information that says the goverment is lieing.
You are only permitted to read the information below if you are a barcoded registered citizen who intends to lawfully and rightfully carry an ID card. Do not attempt to read if you do not fill these criteria.

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To the UK .. 'a nation of animal lovers' ..

29-01-2005 19:09

The UK dubbed as 'a nation of animal lovers' can't even be bothered to turn out for a high profile day of action against primate abuse at Oxford University.

..Well done for not turning up British 'animal lovers' ... You truly are a bunch of wet farts!

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G8 Direct Action Training

29-01-2005 18:53

"The mind is not an empty vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited!"

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All change in Venezuela’s revolution?

29-01-2005 18:01

After winning two elections and one referendum, defeating a coup and surviving four general strikes, Venezuela’s maverick president Hugo Chávez seems impregnable. But where is his “Bolivarian revolution” going? Ivan Briscoe reports from Caracas on a convulsive, divisive, history-haunted social experiment.

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US and Allies 'Kill Most Iraqis.'

29-01-2005 13:57

During the last 6 months the US and its allies have killed most Iraqi civilians, as recorded by Iraqi public hospitals; this excludes insurgents and coalition soldiers. Before these confidential figures were leaked, US Ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte claimed: "My impression is that the largest amount of civilian casualties definitely is a result of these indiscriminate car bombings."

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Join your local campaigners against Biometric identification, new ID card

29-01-2005 12:41

one of campaigners' logoes
Everyone knows about the danger: not the seemingly harmless bit of plastic in your wallet –but a massive and intrusive database that fundamentally changes the nature of UK Citizenship.

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First pictures of Greenwash Guerrillas (05) in action

29-01-2005 11:28

GGs protest and survive Shell g'wash onslaught
Hi-tech Greenwash Guerrillas struggle to stem tide of greenwash oozing from Shell Chairman's Greenpeace Business Lecture, London, 25.1.05

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Manchester - Protest Against ID Cards Beginning Already

29-01-2005 10:42

Manchester offices of PA Consulting Group
Today Manchester residents opposed to the introduction of biometric identity cards and the creation of a National Identity Register visited the Manchester offices of PA Consulting Group [1] and Siemens Business Services [2].

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Bolivians celebrate autonomy move

29-01-2005 10:00

Bolivians celebrate autonomy move

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Positive Global Movements

29-01-2005 01:12

Positive Global Movements is an exhibition with film forums happening at Rampart Social Creative Centre in London, England, from the 6th to the 12th of February 2005.

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First Success in the Aubonne Case

29-01-2005 01:10

The Aubonne-Bridge Action against the G8, in which two activists, Martin Shaw and Gesine Wenzel, nearly lost their lives as the police cut their climbing rope, has entered an exciting new phase...

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US military death rate in Iraq continues to speed up

28-01-2005 23:51

The US military death toll in Iraq is continuing to speed up.
It has been more or less steadily increasing since May 2003.
The last six months are all at or above the linear fit, suggesting
that the death rate might even be increasing faster than linear.

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Swiss police bring prosecuted for G8 attack

28-01-2005 23:45

Good news about Aubonne Bridge case, police being charged.