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DEMO @ DALLAS COURT

11-12-2006 14:08

The next protest in the series of monthly protests at Dallas Court Reporting Centre, Salford Quays, will be held on Thursday 14 December at 12-2pm. People are kidnapped daily at Dallas Court and taken to detention centres, and racially abused and insulted by racist staff. All are urged to attend and support these protests against the oppression of asylum seekers by this racist Labour government.

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SPEAK FOUNDERS FACING IMPRISONMENT

11-12-2006 11:23

"Remember that it is not just our liberty that is at stake here – the repercussions extend to the wider animal rights movement and beyond."

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Prepare the glasses… The death of Pinochet

11-12-2006 11:11

Santiago, December 10, 2006
Gen. Pinochet, who overthrew Chile's democratically elected president in a bloody coup and ruled this Andean nation for 17 years, died Sunday, Santiago, Chile, Dec. 10, 2006, dashing hopes of victims of his regime's abuses that he would be brought to justice. He was 91. Pinochet suffered a heart attack a week ago and underwent an angioplasty, and the brief announcement by the Santiago Military hospital said his condition worsened suddenly on Sunday. Dr. Juan Ignacio Vergara, spokesman for the medical team that had been treating him, said his family was with him when he died.

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Seven Arrested At Aldermaston

11-12-2006 10:54

Mell Harrison from Norwich being arrested
Seven people have been arrested during an action which blocked two gates at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston this morning

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21 Arrests as British Nuclear Weapon Sites Disrupted

11-12-2006 10:46

This morning the Trident submarine base at Faslane and the atomic weapons factory at Aldermaston have both been the focus of disruption as activists blockaded entrance gates.

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Pinochet, Chile’s former US-backed dictator, dead at 91

11-12-2006 10:28

News of the death of Chile’s former military dictator Augusto Pinochet sparked spontaneous demonstrations in Santiago and other Chilean cities Sunday.

Thousands poured into the streets or drove in horn-honking caravans to celebrate the death of the 91-year-old retired army general, who came to power in a 1973 CIA-backed coup against the elected government of Socialist Party President Salvador Allende.

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Turkey, Istanbul: burning barricades and clashes on the streets

11-12-2006 01:12

Massive fights in the streets of Istanbul:

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VIDEO - Defending Democracy (Sack Parliament 2006)

11-12-2006 01:05

Video
Another better late than never production by Real2Reel. Should have uploaded this months ago after completing it in time for distribution at the anarchist bookfare in London but forgot....

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Oaxaca solidarity call from the Zapatistas

11-12-2006 00:36

solidarity!
Call for Oaxaca solidarity events on December 22. In English and Spanish

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Police promise pow-wows

10-12-2006 22:41

Following increasingly outrageous treatment by police, the National Union Of Journalists have been raising their concerns. The following article was published in the Freelance....

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200 Eritreans Protest outside the Eritrean Embassy in London.

10-12-2006 20:41

(London 08-12-04) Nearly two hundred Eritreans gathered together protesting the Human Rights abuse that continues unabated in Eritrea....

Originaly posted (along with many photos) on  http://news9.asmarino.com/content/view/696/188/

See also  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/12/358021.html
and  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/12/357956.html

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Oakington protest

10-12-2006 14:21

Protest at Oakinton by detainees over food

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Israeli Goods Boycott

10-12-2006 12:30

As part of the national Boycott Israeli goods day up to 15 people picketed Marks and Spencers today in Brighton.

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Glasgow 6.02 AM SUNDAY 10th December, protestors on the gates

10-12-2006 12:10

More than 60 people are gathered at the gates of the UK Immigration Service at 200 Brand Street, Govan, Glasgow which holds the vehicle compound for immigration 'snatch squads'.
The snatch squads are expected to carry out two dawn raids early this morning. Protestors are gathering between 530 am and 8:00 am to persuade the squads to stop terrorising Glasgow's long term asylum seeker community.

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Crossroads Womens Centre - Women in Solidarity with Brian Haw's Peace Protest

10-12-2006 10:45

Women in Solidarity with Brian Haw's Peace Protest

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Surveillance Camera Players: Ten-Year Report

10-12-2006 03:58

picture on cover shows SCP in the UK, June 2001
The Surveillance Camera Players (NYC, USA) summarize ten years' of work and fun.

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Space Hijackers visit Leipzig, December 2006

10-12-2006 01:05

The Space Hijackers visited the Leipziger Kamera anti-CCTV campaign group in Leipzig, Germany. Here are two short video blogs showing what we got up to.

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The Good News Behind the Bad for Middle Eastern Women

10-12-2006 00:04

Nikki Keddie, one of the nation's leading Middle East scholars, argues that despite Western stereotypes, women in many Middle Eastern countries are making great strides in terms of civil liberties and legal rights. But America's disastrous occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan threaten to undo much of the progress.

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NW Feminists: Women are not to blame for rape

09-12-2006 23:30

Saturday, afternoon - Manchester city centre: The North West Feminists took over the city centre with placards, magaphones and info to raise awareness about rape issues.