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SOCPA - barbara tucker arrested

24-01-2007 13:38

barbara with her genocide banner
barbara tucker, the stoic peace campaigner facing endless harrassment from charing cross police for doing no more than peacefully demonstrating near parliament and downing street, was arrested again this morning in parliament square. worried supporters and her solicitor are trying to get her out of police hands as there are grave fears for her safety.

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Turkey embraces the memory of Hrant Dink; hundreds of thousands march

24-01-2007 13:33

Thousands of people march on the Unkapani bridge over the Golden Horn

Istanbul January 23, 2007
52 year old journalist Hrant Dink, who was gunned down as he left his newspaper's offices in Sisli last Friday afternoon, was accompanied by tens of thousands of people and a cloud of white pigeons on his last journey through the streets of Istanbul yesterday.

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Lib Dems vote for BNP

24-01-2007 13:18

Saw this in local press

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Vote Brian Haw in Channel 4 Poll

24-01-2007 11:53

Look at the weather today, Brian is still at his post, vote now in Channel 4 Poll!

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Radley lakes - eviction imminent

24-01-2007 10:47

Npower have been granted immediate possesion of the squatted field centre at Radley lakes.

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Female Oaxacan Student kidnapped and tortured for more than 48 hours

24-01-2007 09:18

"on the 12 of january 2007, we left my house with two students i didn't know well as recently a friend had introduced us during the march on the 10th of this month, they asked me if i could provide them with accommodation as they had limited resources. the little chance we'd had to talk they said they were coming to carry out a field study for their thesis.

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Local MP George Galloway makes rash comment on BBC News 24!

24-01-2007 05:48

The only thing that the world at large has been made aware of about the contribution to politics made by George Galloway is his widely reported stand on Iraq. The second thing, internationally, is that he has almost without exception been described as being not only biased in favour of Muslims but as being excessively biased in favour of Muslims. How valid is that perception as based and tested on the evidence of Galloway’s conduct and comments?

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SAVING ICELAND Fundraising Event Brighton

24-01-2007 03:46

Brighton poster
Feb 3rd Feb @ Riki Tiks bar, 18a Bond Street, Brighton.

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Community investigate gang violence media release timing?

24-01-2007 02:11

Under New Managment
But it was released on You Tube on 25 November 2006, but it can wait to be released by the Mess Media, save for the eve of Invasion Day 2007 right? Well thank your lucky stars?

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Tyneside March Against Dawn Raids-Resistance to Deportations Continues to Build

24-01-2007 01:37

On 20 January Tyneside Community Action for Refugees held a militant demonstration through the centre of Newcastle to protest against deportations of asylum seekers and to launch the pledge of resistance to snatch squads. Over 100 protesters from diverse communities marched under the banner ‘Here to Stay. Here to Fight. Defend Asylum Rights!’ and demanded an end to dawn raids, the name given to the brutal policy of snatching failed asylum seekers from their homes in the early hours of the morning.

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from the archives: The “Great Kurdistan” threat

23-01-2007 23:57

Kurdish region in Iraq
The map of the new State as submitted last July to the "National Assembly" comprises territories over which the Kurds cannot have any claim…but which are oil-soaked. No doubt that such a "Great Kurdistan" if unilaterally founded would generate a string of conflicts which will destabilize the whole of the Middle East. Nobody save the United States and Israel has nothing to gain, least of all, the Kurds.

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Are Corrupt Trade Unions only in Ireland...?

23-01-2007 23:05

Irish Trade Unions and ICTU are covering up the corruption of the Trade Union Movement.

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Iranian Jews Dismiss Outside Calls to Emigrate

23-01-2007 22:13

A campaign to convince Iran's 25,000 Jews to flee the country has stalled, with most opting to stay in their native homeland.

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World Social Forum: a rolling carnival of resistance in Kenya

23-01-2007 22:12

World Social Forum: a rolling carnival of resistance in Kenya

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seminar on Women’s Rights, the Veil and Islamic and religious laws

23-01-2007 22:08

a seminar on 8 March International Women's Day

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Green Seniors : Green Networks...Climate Change Speaker Network

23-01-2007 20:57

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Climate change is arguably the most important issue of our times. Communicating that message, and making people aware of what they can do to combat climate change, is a major part of the solution.

A national UK Speaker Network has been set up by Peter Hale of Climate Concern UK. It is called the Climate Change Speaker Network.

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anti war at tate britain

23-01-2007 19:16

brian haw / mark wallinger's anti war exibition

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Global Warming: Here Are the Hard Facts

23-01-2007 19:13

This is an article that tells it like it is.
Show this to your friends that are in
denial. It is quite disturbing but it is
loaded with irrefutable facts.

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Save Radley Lakes at court again

23-01-2007 18:56

Video
npower is trying to evict the campaigners at Radley Lakes again on Wednesday 24th January 10am Oxford County Court - massive call-out to protest at the court, and to defend the site at Thrupp Lake.

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Earth is Losing its Ability to Absorb CO2?

23-01-2007 18:40

Scientists are very worried from their
data that shows increasing CO2 levels
that are growing faster than anticipated
and faster than the growth of emissions.