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Durham Miners 123rd Gala

15-07-2007 20:40

Mr Norman Rain
14th July 2007 saw the 123rd Durham Miners Gala take place with 100,000 crowd

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Michel Chossudovsky: 'Canada and the Afghan War' and 'America's "Long War"'

15-07-2007 20:36

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Two presentations by Professor Michel Chossudovsky, Canada and the Afghan War a keynote presentation at the University of Winnipeg from 28th October 2006 and America's "Long War", from the Truman Doctrine to the NeoCons, the History of US War Crimes an address to the opening session of the Perdana Global Peace Forum to Criminalize War, Kuala Lumpur, 5-7th February 2007.

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Embargoed does Rise (For the people of Northern Cyprus)

15-07-2007 19:09

Human rights group Embargoed! had their stall open for the first time at the London anti Racism event RISE

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Air Force Quietly Building Iraq Presence

15-07-2007 18:53

Away from the headlines and debate over the "surge" in U.S. ground troops, the Air Force has quietly built up its hardware inside Iraq, sharply stepped up bombing and laid a foundation for a sustained air campaign in support of American and Iraqi forces.

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Everybody's Doing Media for the Camp for Climate Action

15-07-2007 18:18

“Everybody's doin' media!” said a recent message from the Camp for Climate Action Networking Group, and they invited everyone involved with the Camp to help publicise it by offering information to their local news media.

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The Childrens' Revolution at the Camp for Climate Action

15-07-2007 18:11

The Children of the Eco Warriors are likely to be holding another kids' bloc Childrens' Revolution at the Camp for Climate Action near Heathrow Airport from 14 to 21 August.

It is possible that they will lead another march with their banner “The Kids Are Revolting!” in the same way that they did at the Drax power station protest in 2006.

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The Power of Dignity: Rethinking Globalization

15-07-2007 17:26

Globalization is a creative challenge, not a fate.. People conscious of the power of their dignity gain freedom to create more just living conditions.. Only when my enemy has a dignified place can I live in peace. Whoever relies on the power of the stronger humiliates the weaker and reaps violence.

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Sacked workers demonstrate against Electra Lil-lets in Birmingham

15-07-2007 16:47

Sacked workers, their families and fellow trade unionists held a demonstration on Thursday, 12 July, outside the Boots store in High Street, Birmingham city centre, to protest over reduced pensions following the closure of the Lil-Lets tampon-making plant in Alum Rock last June. The protest was the second in a series of protests outside Lil-Lets major customers, organised by the UK's largest union, Unite. The first one took place outside Tesco and Boots at the Beggars Bush on the Princess Alice Retail Park, Birmingham, on 7 July. Seven other protests across the Midlands are planned in July and August, while women across the Midlands are being urged to boycott Lil-Lets products.

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Ancient heritage site destroyed by Irish government - in the middle of the night

15-07-2007 14:55

Tara
At Tara in Ireland, thousands of years of important Irish and European archaeology has been wiped out overnight. And more is threatened.

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German TV: Kurds Used to Attack Iran

15-07-2007 13:03

Last month, as the corporate media mulched over renewed Pentagon claims Iran is providing deadly IEDs to Iraqi “insurgents,” German television reported the Maoist Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or Partiya Karkaren Kurdistan (PKK), has “killed over 200 Iranians,” a handful by way of IED, according to a PKK terrorist quoted by German ARD television (original in German).

PJAK enjoys full neocon support, as should be expected, never mind PKK’s supposed lunatic Maoist persuasion.

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Activists invade Agrexco Carmel

15-07-2007 12:54

At 1.10 p.m. this afternoon, human rights protesters occupied the depot of Israel import company Agrexco Carmel. Ten people went into the depot and replaced the company's flags, changing it's Israeli flag with a Palestinian flag and switching the Union Jack with a red and black flag.

Agrexco Carmel are half-owned by Israel. Their produce is illegally produced in the occupied territories by Settlers. Agrexco Carmel is the main distributor of settlement produce.

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Police Bombing of MOVE HQ (New Profile)

15-07-2007 12:51

Eleven people, including five children, perished in a blaze after the state of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on a house owned by members of MOVE.

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Fortress Carmel Agrexco breached by Peace Activists

15-07-2007 12:20

Sunday the 15th of July, ten activists entered Carmel Agrexco depot in Hayes Middlesex. The Israeli flag that usually flies was replaced with a Palestinian flag and the black flag of anarchy took the place of the Union Jack.

Carmel Agrexco import illegal produce from Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

These settlements, exist in serious breach of international law, are guarded by the Israeli army using numerous check points and the Apartheid wall, as a result of land theft from the Arab population in breach of international peace agreements

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Manchester NO2ID Film Nights

15-07-2007 11:29

Manchester NO2ID Logo
Manchester NO2ID will be spending some time at the silver screen soon - we have a couple of movie-oriented events for you to enjoy.

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Tesco Blockade

15-07-2007 08:30

Steffan Arrested
Tesco's store in Porthmadog was blockaded on Saturday and one protester was arrested for plastering posters announcing that the store was shut

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Actions reports from the International Day of Solidarity with John Bowden

14-07-2007 20:23

Free John Bowden banner over the A58 in Leeds
Yesterday was the second International Day of Solidarity with prison militant John Bowden and in defence of the Anarchist Black Cross.

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Falsifying May 1968 in France

14-07-2007 17:47

translation of a book that falsifies the May 1968 movement in France.

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Hug The Odeon

14-07-2007 17:24

Hundreds of people today gathered to hug the Odeon building

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Shell & County Mayo: Don't Mention The Water Part 3

14-07-2007 15:43

Since Oscar Beard’s month in Mayo from mid February 2007, and the Indymedia UK investigation exposing the poisoning of the Erris drinking water supply from the Corrib Gas Project, a return trip in May revealed the extent to which Mayo County Council (MCC) and Shell E & P Ireland (SEPIL) would go to hide the problem rather than deal with it.

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NETCU to hassle Climate Change Protesters

14-07-2007 15:16

NETCU to shift focus onto Climate Change and will use same underhand and possibly illegal tactics they have used against animal rights