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FROM SEATTLE TO GENOA TO BRUSSELS

22-11-2001 17:08

UK PREMIERE: In Genoa in July, 33 Italian film directors collaborated on a historic project. Their aim was to produce a documentary about the landmark protests against the G8. Amongst them were Pontocorvo, director of The Battle of Algiers.

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Anti-war demo, London 18th Nov - more pics

22-11-2001 15:57

Here are a few more pictures from the Nov 18th London demo against the war in Afghanistan.

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NY attacks 'killed less than 4,000'

22-11-2001 15:01

Officials in New York say the death toll from the 11 September attacks on the World Trade Center hasfallen below 4,000. Initial reports suggested that as many as 6,000 people were killed when hijackers flew two passenger planes into the Twin Towers.Despite the falling numbers, the original estimates are still being widely quoted by politicians and media analysts.

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ARGENTINIAN CERAMIST WORKERS APPEAL TO INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY

22-11-2001 14:08

Neuquén, Argentina, November 16th 2001 To solidary trade union, student and political organizations: We, the ceramist workers of Neuquén (Argentina), are appealing to your solidarity with the strong fight we are carrying out as workers of Zanon Ceramic Factory, in defense of our jobs and for our wages being paid.

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FOOTBALLERS' STRIKE ACTION

22-11-2001 12:39

The Professional Footballer's Association (the footballer's union and the oldest sporting union in the UK) has called for a strike to gain greater funds to use in support of underpaid footballing workers

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Jonathan King the pop mogul, used fame to lure boys.

22-11-2001 12:05

22, nov, 2001.
Jonathan King, the millionaire pop impresario, was beginning a seven-year prison sentence last night for sexually abusing teenage boys throughout the 1980s. King, 56, was visibly shaken as he received his sentence at the Old Bailey for four indecent assaults and two more serious sexual offences on schoolboys aged 14 and 15.

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Update on Womble/Halloween 7

22-11-2001 11:59

The 7 comrades beaten, kidnapped and falsely imprisoned by agents of the state on Haloween were back in court yesterday.

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International Cash Withdrawal Day?!!!!

22-11-2001 10:23

Could this be the Perfect way to destroy the current failing and discriminatory financial system?

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Livingstone Sacks Norris

22-11-2001 08:59


Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London and chair of Transport for London, has tonight issued the following statement:

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The Nipple As a Site of Protest

22-11-2001 01:30

The Nipple As a Site of Protest
Tube stations banned a seventeenth century portrait for having a bared breast.

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Anti War protest video

22-11-2001 00:28

Mass protest of anti war

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SOA Protest video, Day 01: "National Pastime"

21-11-2001 23:55

SOA Protest video, Day 01: "National Pastime"
Video highlights of SOA demonstrations at Fort Benning, GA, November 17 2001. Includes remarks by Fr. Roy Bourgeois, music by David Rovics, and Puppetista theatre, photographed and edited by Mike Flugennock. RealVideo, 13min. 45sec.

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SOA Protest video, Day 02: "Presente!"

21-11-2001 23:51

SOA Protest video, Day 02: "Presente!"
Video highlights of SOA Watch actions at Fort Benning, GA, November 18 2001, photographed and edited by Mike Flugennock. RealVideo, 10min. 31sec.

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server problems

21-11-2001 23:51

breakdowns and corruptions of access

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Ft. Benning/SOA demonstration fotos, sound, video online

21-11-2001 23:47

Ft. Benning/SOA demonstration fotos, sound, video online
Still images, video, and sound of the two days of protest and celebration at Fort Benning, GA, home of the U.S. Army's "School of the Americas"

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Remarks by Fr. Roy Bourgeois at SOA Watch Rally, 11.17.01

21-11-2001 23:33

Remarks by Fr. Roy Bourgeois at SOA Watch Rally, 11.17.01
Edited highlights of remarks by Fr. Roy Bourgeois, founder, SOA Watch, to the November 17 rally at Golden Park, Columbus, GA. Recorded by Mike Flugennock. RealAudio, 03min. 15sec.

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"NYC Fireman Song" by David Rovics at SOA Rally 11.17.01

21-11-2001 23:30

"NYC Fireman Song" by David Rovics at SOA Rally 11.17.01
Written and performed by David Rovics, at the SOA Watch rally at Golden Park, Columbus, GA, 11.17.01. Recorded by Mike Flugennock. RealAudio, 03min. 34sec.

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US Airforce Crash Lands on Irish Neutrality

21-11-2001 21:53

In the rush to get bombers and troops to the front, the US military has ridden rough-shod over the neutrality and wishes of the Irish people, with the complicity of some of the politicians. See how the US planes and troops are using the West of Ireland as a pit stop on the way to Afghanistan.

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CAABU urges Selfridges to wise up on Israel

21-11-2001 20:24

Press Release: 21 November 2001
The long-running row over Israel's export of products manufactured in illegal settlements in the Occupied Territories reared its head again at the EU-Israel Association Council meeting on Tuesday 20 November 2001.

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Cuban jet shoots down American airliner

21-11-2001 20:04

In 1962 the Pentagon and the CIA were desperate for a war with Cuba.