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Tibet Protest Great, But . . . .

07-04-2008 09:33

Are there lessons to be learned for the wider activist scene in London?
or questions to be asked about these Free Tibet Protests that seemed so successful in saturating the media?

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Charity Gig (in aid of the sea shepherd)

07-04-2008 09:27

Audio Gig Poster
Nottingham Animal Rights presents its first fundraiser gig.

In aid of everyones favorite Pirates the Sea Shepherd.

the gig starts at 7pm on the 21st May at Junction 7 (canning circus) and will feature 5 good Nottingham bands.

Verbal Warning
www.myspace.com/verbalwarningpunk

Rebel Soul Collective
www.myspace.com/rebelrebelrebel

Synat
www.myspace.com/synatmusic

Manichae
www.myspace.com/manichae

Martin the Livewire
www.myspace.com/martinthelivewire

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Israeli Army Tries to Close Schools and Orphanages - Please HELP !!

07-04-2008 08:19

Boys Orphanage, Hebron
The Israeli Army has decided to close down the Islamic Charitable Society in
Hebron, Palestine. They claim that the society is linked to Hamas and channels
money to terrorism but this is not true. The army has stolen a large amount of
food and equipment from the Society including computers and 2 school buses.
Food and bread for the orphans has been stolen also.

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"Freedom wins" says the Sun

07-04-2008 08:10

The Sun, 7 April 2008
It is deeply saddening that so many fellow activists fall for this Whitehall-orchestrated stunt on Tibet...

They seem to forget all too easily that for five hundred years, hundreds of millions of indigenous peoples were slaughtered, decimated, deported, enslaved, starved, exterminated, impoverished, and forcibly assimilated into an emerging world system dominated by Western Europe.

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Police compete in olympic farce

07-04-2008 03:30

Cops surrounding and pressuring pro Tibetans off the pavement
The police were today acting in a blatantly political manner to try and sideline Tibetan protesters as well as making themselves and the olympic procession look quite absurd.

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Parody of Justice: Toronto 18 Suspects undergo Trial by Media

07-04-2008 00:51

The trial of the only remaining youth in the Toronto 18 case commenced last week in a Brampton courtroom. The new details disclosed in the Crown factum filed in the case elicited depressingly new emotional lows in all of the accused and their families. Reminiscent of that fateful day in June, 2006, the media sensationalism started all over again, with the reporting of incomplete evidence and outrageous headlines.

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Leaflets for Nottingham squat days of action this weekend

06-04-2008 23:11

Leaflet front - copy and scatter!
This weekend a temporary squatted space will be opened up in the centre of Nottingham, hosting two days of food, workshops, films, discussion, zines, free jumble stalls and partying.

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Secret Prisons: Timeline of the European Inquiry

06-04-2008 22:47

On Friday, Swiss senator Dick Marty of the Council of Europe once again prodded European governments to come clean about their involvement in candestine operations by the US. As recently as February 22nd, Romania and Poland continued to deny their role in illegal rendition programs, but the EU has refused to accept their blanket denials. On February 24, AP came forth with additional evidence from sources in Romania..

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Days of Action For Squats and Autonomous Spaces

06-04-2008 22:37

Towards the end of last year an international call out was made for decentralised days of action for squats and autonomous spaces. Following the call out there was a preparatory meeting at Les Tanneries in Dijon and later still a National Squatters Meeting in Leeds to discuss UK actions and events in response to the call out...

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Cordial Council of Resistance | 1012 - 2012 | Humanity in the UK

06-04-2008 22:11

12th & 19th April | UK Civil Liberties Mobilisation for 2012 | Meetings & Workshops!

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Berlin MayDay Call

06-04-2008 20:47

The following is the Berlin Call for the MayDay Parade!

Similar Parades are taking place in cities across Europe on May 1!

More info soon at: www.euromayday.org

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Tibetan Freedom Torch Rally

06-04-2008 20:42

Peaceful protests at Whitehall as the Olympic Torch comes to London,. followed by an account of the Tibetan Freedom Torch Rally, held at King's Cross.

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Harmodsworth repression

06-04-2008 19:34

It is official: some detainees have been assaulted and injuried when the riot police intervened to break the hunger strike and took 30 detainees out Harmondsworth IRC.

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Olympic Torch Chased off the Streets, pics from Fleet Street

06-04-2008 18:30

On Waterloo Bridge
Thousands of people decended on the Olympic Torch Procession today leaving bungling coppers forced to bundle the torch (which had gone out) onto a bus.

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Sea Shepherd Crew Attacked By Mob Of Seal Hunters

06-04-2008 18:01

Police standing around while sealers cut rope

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s ship, the Farley Mowat, was attacked this morning by a mob of 30-40 angry fishermen. The attack took place while berthed in the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. The Farley Mowat was berthed in St. Pierre to transfer video footage of the Canadian seal slaughter onto shore and await the resumption of the slaughter, which was temporarily suspended after the death of four sealers.

Tensions quickly escalated in St. Pierre as the growing mob hurled rocks, threats, and insults at crew members of the Farley Mowat. Cameraman Simeon Houtman was assaulted by an axe-wielding fisherman after stepping onshore to film the incident. "The fisherman raised the axe above his head with one arm and tried to knock Simeon back with his other. Simeon jumped back onto the ship just before the mob threw our gangplank into the water," said Peter Hammarstedt, First Officer of the Farley Mowat.

Also on the newswire: Interview With Captain Onboard Sea Shepherd Ship On Current Seal Hunt | Canadian Coast Guard Rams Sea Shepherd Ship (twice) | Sea Shepherd Moves In On Canadian Seal Slaughter

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BlokR was a success! Copenhagen action day report

06-04-2008 17:52

Welcoming tripod
The BlokR action in support of creating a new Youth House in Copenhagen went off without a hitch. About 5000 people joined the demo which took nearly four hours to walk and ended in a massive street party in Nørrebro.

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36 people arrested so far during the Olympic torch relay in London

06-04-2008 17:48

36 people arrested so far during the Olympic torch relay in London

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Police Manhandle Press at Tibet Demonstration

06-04-2008 17:42

The Metropolitan Police today used physical force against photographers during the Olympic Torch protest along Whitehall.

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Reclaim NUS! Reclaim the campus!

06-04-2008 16:32

Following the defeat of the NUS bureaucracy's anti-democratic Governance Review, which would have consolidated the conversion of NUS from a union into a bureaucratic NGO/lobbying organisation, Education Not for Sale and other activists have called a conference at LSE on 17 May in order to discuss how we can reclaim our unions, our education and our society.

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Torch Protest hits Whitechapel

06-04-2008 15:47

Torch Protest hits Whitechapel_1
There were a few scuffles with police near the Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel, at the cross roads of Mile End Road, Cambridge Heath Road and Whitechapel Road. Otherwise a fantastic turnout by the locals with some colourful banners.