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Behind The Mask showing in Bath

10-10-2007 12:49

The second in the 'Bubbling Under' series of [newly re-started] monthly radical film showings will be run this month, in Bath: this time, focusing on animal liberation.

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Welsh LNG terminal safety disaster

10-10-2007 12:47

A rig at the Welsh LNG terminal at Milford Haven collapsed into the sea causing one death and seven injuries

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TOTAL HQ targeted this morning

10-10-2007 12:42

Free Burma
30 protesters targeted Total HQ this morning for the third time in a week.

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Brothers in Chains and other news from rampART

10-10-2007 12:30

The building occupied for the rampART social center has recently undergone changes to make it more suitable for large meetings. Two rooms on the first floor have been combined into one large room good for meetings of up to sixty people. Additionally, work is being done on the roof garden to provide a sheltered space where people can get a breath of fresh air during events.

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CND video of 'Troops Out' demo

10-10-2007 12:18

3 minute long video of the 'Not One More Death' demo, from Trafalgar Square to Parliament on Monday 8th October 2007. Organised by Stop the War Coalition and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)

Includes an interview with CND Chair Kate Hudson

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Take back the night - deterring assault

10-10-2007 12:12

Helping to deter assaults by using a cameraphone

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Oil Laws - Colonising Iraq’s Economic Prize

10-10-2007 11:58

An Equitable Sharing of Resources?

We are led to believe that Western societies are free and open. In many respects this is true: freedom of speech and the right to protest still exist, albeit within ever-tighter constraints. At root, however, much of what we see and hear in the corporate media has been shaped by money, power and greed. What passes for vibrant public debate is often a sham.

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Palestinian takes on UK in court

10-10-2007 11:00

A 60-year-old Palestinian will begin a case against the UK government in the High Court later when he will say that sales of arms to Israel are illegal.

[Apologies for simply posting BBC article --- anyone got any other info on this?]

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Anti-war Play on Iraq

10-10-2007 10:50

Poster
'The boy who dropped an egg on the world', performed by 'Jack's Hard Rub Theatre Company', this coming Saturday 13th at Zion Arts Centre, Hulme, Manchester, uses mythology and the supernatural to look at the horrors of the current conflict in the Middle East.

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Burma: Total Oil London HQ picketed again

10-10-2007 09:42

30 Burmese protesters and solidarity campaigners are again picketing Total Oil's London headquarters in Cavendish Square to highlight the company's support of the military junta in Burma, and complicity in ongoing repression of the Burmese population including the rape and torture in prisons. Police arrived after 40 minutes but have so far taken no action.

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Blackwater - black day

10-10-2007 08:22

Black Water
My take on those mercenary pigs.

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Free Protest Music & the Music Business

10-10-2007 03:48

David Rovics, Attila the Stockbroker and Tracey Curtis are currently touring the UK in what is probably the best protest tour since the miner's strike. On Thursday the 11th they play Bannerman's in Edinburgh at 8pm for £6. Earlier on at 4pm, they play a shorter free set in Edinburgh at the FREAK / TAA event in Edinburgh. Combining free and paid gigs with free and paid downloads they are helping to cut the music free from the business.

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India against China: global competition, outsourcing, technology politics

10-10-2007 02:41

Talking about China and India! Is India able to move ahead of China soon? What is the next in world trade, finance, outsourcing, politics and international affairs?

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Video london anti war march 08-10-07SD

10-10-2007 02:30

Video
A Short Video report on the days event when the demo called by the anti- war coalition marched towards parliament sq despite the Police intially telling them they couldn't eventually were given permission.

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Attacks in Argentina and Belgium in solidarity with Gabriel and Jose

09-10-2007 23:24

vols wagen dealership attacked in Buenos Aires, consulate and BMW dealership attacked in Brussels

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Rhys Jones

09-10-2007 23:17

The arrest of a 16 year old.

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Sentenced to death - Urgent help needed to save the Wigan's Ruddy Duck

09-10-2007 22:31

Wigan Council has announced that it is committed to destroying the entire population of Ruddy Ducks at Wigan Flashes and Pennington Flash Country Park, because some have dared to breed with a close genetic relative called the white-headed duck. It is not too late to stop this insane and brutal massacre.

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Manchester NO2ID Welcomes National Identity Fraud Protection Week

09-10-2007 22:06

Manchester No2ID Logo
PRESS RELEASE
Date: 9th October 2007
For Immediate Release

Local campaign group Manchester NO2ID this week welcomed the Home Office's lightly-publicised National Identity Fraud Protection Week, and called upon the Government to take action to prevent ID fraud by scrapping the expensive, pointless National Identity Scheme and instead buying every household in the UK a cross-cut shredder.

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A Veiled Threat?

09-10-2007 21:46

"Despite not paying an annual membership fee to Hamas or Al-Qaeda, my choice to veil signifies that I am a radical."