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Report back from Jerry Hicks talk in Cambridge

13-08-2005 20:01

Jerry Hicks, a sacked trade unionist working at the Bristol Rolls Royce plant, talked in Cambridge on the Thursday 11th August. The meeting was organized by the Marshall's Aerospace branch of the Amicus Union in Cambridge, but the audience was quite mixed with trade unionists sitting next to anti-war and social justice activists.

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Iraqis say 15 dead after military shooting -- but U.S. denies

13-08-2005 19:48

Iraqis say 15 dead after military shooting -- but U.S. denies

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Figures: UN's nuclear watchdog IAEA permanently controls Iran

13-08-2005 18:06

Coming September 3, when IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei reports on Iran's nuclear activities, the figures below will be used concerning the number of visits in the field to inspect in Iran.

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Activists remember Burundi's Gatumba massacre

13-08-2005 17:49

Victims of the Gatumba massacre
Human rights groups around the world are marking the first anniversary of the Gatumba massacre, in which more than 150 Congolese "Banyamulenge" Tutsis were killed, at a refugee camp in western Burundi.

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Dreams Can Come True

13-08-2005 16:20

We often witness the irony of self fulfilling prophecy and the strange karmic, ‘what goes around comes around’ sort of cosmic justice. To the chagrin of dreamers, dreams sometimes do come true.

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Iceland actions latest

13-08-2005 15:21

We have relocated to Reykjavik and the camp in the East of Iceland has been dissolved. We have accomplished what we set out to do in the East and are extending our campaign to the capital in spite of heavy state repression, police surveilance and harassment.

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Danish "Rebellion" repressed

13-08-2005 15:21

Danish anti-terror legislation campaign group Oprør (Rebellion) is once again in the searhlight, due to the appeal below, which the police has ordered removed from their site. It is, of course, now appearing everywhere in cyberspace in solidarity.

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POLICE CORRAL ANTI-ARMS DEMO

13-08-2005 14:57

Around forty Anti arms trade protestors were prevented from marching through Brighton today (saturday 13th August) by over 150 officers, some in public order gear with dogs.

The camapaigners were trying to draw attention to local arms dealers EDO MBM.

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EDO Brighton demo VIDEO

13-08-2005 14:41

4min/14mb video from EDO demonstration in Brighton, UK

13th of August 2005

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Sussex Police show customary restraint towards peace demo - ringleader nicked

13-08-2005 14:26

Video
In a typically restrained and reasonable manner, Sussex Police stopped an attempted march through Brighton against local arms manufacturer EDO.

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G8 & SUPPORTING THOSE ARRESTED

13-08-2005 12:22

At the recent G8 protests in Scotland there were some 450 people detained by the police. A number were then released, so the number of arrests is far less that 450. However, we don’t know how much less. So, we are putting a call out for a number of requests. (With Spanish translation).

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Civil Liberties - Torture - An Idea For Our Time

13-08-2005 10:36

Civil Liberties
Torture - An Idea For Our Time

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Plowshares action in the Netherlands

13-08-2005 09:59

A 52-year old Italian peace activist disarmed two F-16 fighter airplanes last Wednesday. He managed to reach the planes unseen and used a hammer to damage the planes and the control system. He was caught and arrested as he was hammering on the second F16. The damages is said to be millions of euros.

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G8 documentary

12-08-2005 23:53

New documentary on the G8 protests in Scotland.

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Neo-Nazi and White Power Groups Using Author's Website to Organize

12-08-2005 22:48

Neo-Nazi and White Power groups in Canada, the US and elsewhere have been using Nationstates.net, an online gaming site based on Australian author Max Barry's novel, Jennifer Government, hosted on UK servers, to recruit new members for their hate groups. Let Max Barry know what's up with supporting hate groups by letting them use his site!

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DISARM DSEi picket

12-08-2005 21:38

Picket Spearhead Exhibitions Ltd, organiser of DSEi, 1pm on the First and Third Mondays of every month, at Spearhead Exhibitions Ltd, Oriel House, 26 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DL.

Next picket: Monday 15th August, 1pm

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Warming hits 'tipping point' (please read)

12-08-2005 21:37

Siberia feels the heat: It's a frozen peat bog the size of France and Germany combined, contains billions of tonnes of greenhouse gas and, for the first time since the ice age, it is melting

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Sheehan Reingnites US Peace Movement

12-08-2005 21:31

Time for an "Orange Revolution" in Crawford, Texas.

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Vine & Fig Tree Planters -

12-08-2005 20:44

9 protesters, two from Oxford are charged with offences for cutting into Aldermaston/Burghfield to plant vines and fig trees.