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Help Send Books and a Bookmobile to Cuba!

05-05-2007 19:33

The US embargo on trade with Cuba continues. This summer Pastors for Peace will again challenge the blockade with a friendship caravan. A fully stocked bookmobile will accompany it. Before the revolution there were only 32 libraries in Cuba. In 2002 there were 400 public libraries and 6000 school libraries. Cubans are avid readers and life long learners but Cuban librarians struggle to meet their needs under the blockade. We urge you join us in sending books to Cuba!

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Call for Action - 40 Years of Occupation in Palestine - June 6-12

05-05-2007 18:51

40 Years is Enough!
Six Days of Action against the Occupation of Palestine
June 6-12 2007

Call for International Solidarity and Direct Actions

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Fear Factor: Press Plays 9/11 Card to Justify Somalia Slaughter

05-05-2007 18:10

Quick show of hands? Who knows this war is being directed by the US?

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Fall Could See 'Uptick' In US-Iran Tensions

05-05-2007 18:09

So the Bush/PNAC Regime is preparing to blame its failed illegal war on Iran and start yet another one?

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SOCPA - stephen jago trial - full report

05-05-2007 17:06

steve's banner that led to arrest
stephen jago appeared at horseferry road magistrates court on monday and friday this week, and judge purdy found him guilty of demonstrating without authorisation but acquitted him of assaulting a police officer. he intends to appeal against the conviction for which he received £100 fine and £100 costs.

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Mayday in Nottingham (Round Two)

05-05-2007 17:02

Gateway
Nottingham's Mayday march and rally took place on Saturday May 5.

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CNT MayDay in Madrid

05-05-2007 14:53

Some 300 people marched in Madrid at the CNT's annual rally.

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Cardiff: Mark Lynas Climate Change Talk

05-05-2007 14:38

Thursday 17 May at 7 pm, Main Building, Cardiff University, Park Place
(opposite Student Union)
For more info. email:  CardiffCCC@hotmail.co.uk
ORGANISED BY Cardiff Campaign against Climate Change

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Fight for Your Right to Party

05-05-2007 14:06

Madrid's two-day public holiday was marked by clashes between youths and police over open-air partying in the Malasaña district.

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German University Racism

05-05-2007 12:37

Racial discrimination in permitting doctorate under exemption rule between British and Indian graduates despite extraordinary performance the university's unlawful refusal to give me oral exams (which it gives to the British) despite my repeated pleas in the first place- I suffered from psychogenic writers’ cramps.Stuttgart University sanctimoniously observes the UN year of the handicapped

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'May Day Melee' in Los Angeles

05-05-2007 10:47

"first-hand video reporting from the scene at the May Day Melee here in Los Angeles which we covered as it broke l

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"Died for freedom." a short film:

05-05-2007 10:28

"Remember that day"
A film to remember that day; 1989 June 4th, Tianenmen Square, Beijing.China.

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Be afraid, be very afraid.

05-05-2007 05:38

Fascists
The bogeyman is here.

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LibertyWalk 2008: A 4,913 Mile Walk For The United States Constitution

05-05-2007 00:20

In 2008, the LibertyWalk group will walk 4,913 miles, or 26.5 miles per day, for the United States' constitution and liberties, in the shape of a star, symbolizing "hope." The money raised during the walk will go towards local charities nationwide. The event will begin on New Year's Day and end on the Fourth of July, crossing 20 states in 185 days.

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Greens and Lefties vote nationalist in Scotland

04-05-2007 23:22

6 socialists (all of them) and 5 greens (all but 2) lose their seats in Scotland due to a tactical vote for the SNP according to the Guardian.

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The American Empire and 9/11

04-05-2007 22:50

"After the attacks of 9/11, I accepted the blowback thesis, according to which the attacks were revenge for U.S. foreign policy. This view led me to undertake an extensive study of the American empire, the very reality of which had been an embattled issue."

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One day you’re gonna wake up, America.

04-05-2007 22:12

And, like every other one since last you can remember, it’s gonna be an ugly morning.

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Nobody wins Welsh election!

04-05-2007 21:42

As a result of yesterday's Welsh election results nobody did win!

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Defeat Echelon/NSAQ/CIA Cell Phone Spying

04-05-2007 21:37

Cell Phone Origami
Fun with cell phones and tin foil!