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Ratcliffe Power Station Court Case : Nottingham Magistrates [day 2]

15-01-2008 23:57

Day 1: Artist impression from inside court by Elsa
The prosecution case having closed yesterday. The defence opened today with their expert witness: Dr Simon Lewis, a climate scientist at the University of Leeds and Royal Society Research Fellow.

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RFID For Prisoners

15-01-2008 23:56

"Justice Dept" plans RFID chips to control prisoners

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Freedom of Assembly Protest - Part 2: Downing Street

15-01-2008 23:11

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Part two video of the London Freedom of Assembly on Saturday 12 January 2008.

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Earth First! Winter Moot 2008 - February 22nd – 24th 2008 - Nottingham

15-01-2008 22:49

Join us for
Activist skill share
Planning radical action on climate change,
Sharing ideas for the Earth First! Summer Gathering
Opposition to the UK genetic crop trials and mega-dams in Iceland
a chance to share info on your own campaign

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Brazil: prior censorship against Paraná State's governor is absolutely reprehens

15-01-2008 20:51

The president of the National Federation of Journalists (Fenaj), Sergio Murillo de Andrade, ranked as "absolutely reprehensible" the court decision that establishes prior censorship in Radio and Television Paraná Educativa.

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UK ALF Actions: Rabbit Raid Report & HLS Associates

15-01-2008 19:41

1) "During the midnight hours of 6th January 2008, A.L.F volunteers gained entry to a rabbit breeder who provides animals to suffer and die in the miserable vivisection industry. Customers of this breeder include HLS and several UK Universities."
2) Bristol Myers Squibb Director vivisted at home, as well as Phenoenex Secretary.

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Embassy Demo for kidnapped Sea sheperd Crew

15-01-2008 19:39

Demonstration outside the Japanese Embassy in London to demand the release of the Sea Shepherd hostages and to demand a halt to the Whale Slaughter.

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Help Save Baby X - An IVF created black baby with no rights to a father

15-01-2008 16:52

BABY X
The website www.savebabyx.com was built in order to raise money for
the legal costs for saving this Black Male child named Baby X and to
raise the issue of how child support is being used for sponsoring both
Immigration and Paternity Fraud & destroying Black Families.

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Sea Shepherd volunteers 'detained' by Japanese whalers

15-01-2008 16:27

Two Sea Shepherd volunteers have been 'detained' by Japanese whalers. People are being encouraged to contact the Japanese embassy (and copy the Foreign Office into any correspondence) to demand the immediate release of these two activists.

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Supersize My Pay activist speaks in UK as part of anti-sweatshop week of action

15-01-2008 16:16

The No Sweat campaigns third week of anti-sweatshop action will be taking place 11-18 February 2008, including a speaker from the Supersize My Pay campaign which has organised thousands of young fast food workers in New Zealand.

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2008 election charade, part 2: White House bought by big money

15-01-2008 16:05

What is clear is the fact that major corporations are collectively hedging their bets, financing both sides. For example, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have money behind every leading candidate. Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, and UBS are also prominent players, in virtually all of the camps.

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Breaking News: Adel Hamad is Back in Sudan!

15-01-2008 15:58

Shut it down - Get em' out..... NOW!
We finally have some great news to report. Adel Hamad is back in Sudan. Over two years after being cleared for transfer, Adel Hamad has finally arrived in Khartoum and was immediately released and allowed to reunite with his family.

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URGENT - protestors held hostage by Japanese wailing ship

15-01-2008 15:51

Whilst boarding the Japanese wailing ship to deliver a letter, two protesters from the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irving were kidnapped and held hostage. Benjamin Potts 28, an Australian citizen and Giles Lane, 35, a citizen of Great Britain are being held hostage on board the whaling vessel. Both men were assaulted and then tied to the railings of the whaler. They were then moved and tied to the radar mast by the whalers.

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WWF : Buy Yourself A New Corporate Image

15-01-2008 14:34

It seems that any corporation, however bad their past, can sponsor WWF in order to make them look good. Surely this is wrong, but that's what's going on.

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Gordon Brown urged to act for British residents in Guantánamo

15-01-2008 13:22

Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files, reports on the presentation of a letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, asking him to request the US authorities to return two British residents who are still held in Guantánamo, and also asking him to request that the prison be closed down.

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Freedom of Assembly Protest - Part 1

15-01-2008 13:17

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Part one video of the London Freedom of Assembly on Saturday 12 January 2008.

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Lydd airport-planning dec deferred.

15-01-2008 13:14

Lydd Airport on remote Romney Marsh, Kent' s expansion plans were further delayed when the CEO of Shepway District Council deferred the planning applications full council meeting (due Jan 30) to a later date....
Demo's planned for the 30th are now on hold.

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Bonn Square evicted; fight against Westgate continues; Radley Lakes setback

15-01-2008 12:53

Yesterday the Bonn Square tree protest was evicted and the tree cut down. Several protesters were arrested.

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British Sea Shepherd activist held hostage on Japanese whaler

15-01-2008 12:28

Giles Lane is tied up, while colleague Benjamin Potts is already bound
The Japanese harpoon vessel Yushin Maru No. 2 has taken two Sea Shepherd volunteer crew members hostage. Benjamin Potts 28, an Australian citizen and Giles Lane, 35, a citizen of Great Britain are being held hostage onboard the whaling vessel. Both men were assaulted and then tied to the railings of the whaler. They were then moved and tied to the radar mast by the whalers.

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Japanese whalers take Sea Shepherds hostage.

15-01-2008 12:09

In what has been an unpredictably dramatic day for the campaign against whaling in Antarctica, the crew of a Japanese harpoon gunboat have seized Australian and British crew mebers of the Sea Shepherd vessel, Steve Irwin.