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Total Out of Burma Demo 02/02/08

09-02-2008 18:31

Video
Demonstration against the Total's participation in the running of brutal regime in Burma.

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Kilburn Get Total Out of Burma protest 7th February

09-02-2008 17:01

Eight protesters targeted Kilburn Total petrol station on 7th February at 409 Kilburn High Rd to demonstrate against the French Oil and Gas company. Total funds the brutal regime with hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Total's gas pipeline in Burma was built with slave labour from Burmese villages that were bullied and "relocated" by the junta's army for the pipeline (See www.totaldenialfilm.com).

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Keep Norwegian farm from publicly murdering Knerten the Pig

09-02-2008 15:47

Farm wants to drag children down, teaching them psychopathy of butchering,
by publicly murdering Knerten the pig.
The God in You.. help stop this.

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Iraq: Starvation as a Method of Warfare

09-02-2008 14:36

Hussein Al-Alak is Chairman of the Iraq Solidarity Campaign.

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Two Iranians seized in Brighton

09-02-2008 13:26

Photo outside Home Office
Demonstration against the removal of Mohammad Faraji and Sina Khatibzadeh Davani to Tehran took place on Friday 8th.

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Campaign for Free Assembly public meeting 16th February

09-02-2008 10:44


Campaign for Free Assembly public meeting
Saturday 16th February 2pm-4pm
London School of Economics room H103, Connaught House
Map:  http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/mapsAndDirections/Default.htm

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Northern AR Network Reformation?

09-02-2008 08:24

Activists are proposing the reformation of the northern network or setting up a completely new one. Either way it cannot succeed without your help! In order to form a new regional group we need your input and ideas, as well as your help.

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Direct Action 2003-2007: Statistics & Timeline

09-02-2008 07:22

Source: Bite Back Magazine
The charts/pies below show the frequency of reports sent to Bite Back Magazine ( http://www.directaction.info) during 2003-2007 in quarters, months and also by countries.

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Protest action against recent banning on Basque political parties EHAK and ANV

09-02-2008 06:52

The Basque Information Centre calls to protest against the banning by the Spanish justice at 8 February on the Basque political parties EHAK and ANV through casting a vote on the website www.vredesprocesbaskenland.nl for the banned party ANV.

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Rice and Miliband visit Afghanistan as US demands more European troops

09-02-2008 05:17

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrived in Afghanistan February 7 on an unannounced visit aimed at publicizing the military support of the two main occupation powers for the regime of President Hamid Karzai.

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What a load of rubbish

09-02-2008 05:14

Big dump!
This story doesn't have too much to do with the UK. Except that, as the Buddha would say, we're all fundamentally interconnected. Or, to put it another way, one woman's waste is another woman's garden furniture.

And maybe the pics will help to stoke the fire in your belly...

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Northern AR Network Reformation? Details + more

09-02-2008 01:32

Activists are proposing the reformation of the northern network or setting up a completely new one. Either way it cannot succeed without your help! In order to form a new regional group we need your input and ideas, as well as your help.

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United States Military Academy at West Point (by Latuff)

09-02-2008 01:31

Visitor from West Point
Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

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brian haw carries 'queen and country' debate

09-02-2008 01:12

as mentioned on indymedia previously, brian haw left his parliament square vigil this week to walk to oxfrod and take part in a historic debate. 75 years on from the controversial 'king and country' debate at oxford union, the same motion was debated on thursday evening. the motion was carried by a resounding majority

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Student Climate Project launching their Tour of Climate Action! Come along!

09-02-2008 00:36

The Student Climate Project's Tour of Climate Action will see events at campuses around the country in 2008. The first event is being held in Cambridge from the 15th to 17th of February, and will see an exciting three days of arts, action, education, and also a chance to for everyone to get involved in the planning for the tour's future. The aim of the Student Climate Project, run through consensus decision making, is to encourage the wider body of students to take radical action against climate change. The Project came out of talks held at the Heathrow Climate Camp in August.

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No Borders UK Gathering 16th-17th Feb/ reminder

08-02-2008 21:54

No Borders Groups from across the country will be gathering to discuss strategy and tactics in order to oppose the repression of migrants and refugees.

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Peace groups in Chiapas condemn threats against international observers

08-02-2008 21:36

At a press conference in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas today two peace groups condemned recent threats against international observers in Zapatista communities and produced video evidence of some of the threats.

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Fortress Europe - January 2008

08-02-2008 21:27

ROME - At least 22 migrants have died at the gates of Eu during the month of January 2008 in Spain, Western Sahara, Algeria, Greece, Italy and Turkey. A sharp decline compared to the 243 victims surveyed in December. But it is just an apparent truce. Migrants detention camps in France are in revolt, and the same happens in Greece, Cyprus and Italy.

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Antifascist appeal against historical revisionism

08-02-2008 18:58

On February 13th. 2008 the 63rd. anniversary of the bombardment of Dresden in second world war, through english and american air forces, will take place.
Since the middle of the 90`ies german Neo-Nazis use this date as an opportunity to demonstrate their revisionism on german history and to glorify the national-socialism.

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Che Guevara's deputy comes to Manchester, 24 February 2008.

08-02-2008 18:43

Between 21 February and 7 March 2008, Che Guevara’s closest comrade from
Cuba will be touring Britain, speaking at meetings organised by the campaign group Rock Around the Blockade.