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ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative) Has Brought Nicaragua out of Darkness

29-05-2008 22:21

Nicaraguan foreign minister Samuel Santos explains how twice as many children are in school one year after the new Sandinista government assumed power. Nicaragua exports beans to El Salvador, Costa Rica and the US and no longer imports beans. The South is helpting itself.

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Evangelists target Mancunian youth

29-05-2008 21:39

The 'Audacious City Church' launches an advertising offensive aimed at enticing the young people of central Manchester, after establishing headquarters near the MEN arena.

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Nottingham Uni Demo for Academic Freedom & Against Deportation - Silent March

29-05-2008 21:31

On Wednesday 28th May at the University of Nottingham academic staff gave a public reading from an Al-Qaeda training manual, outside the Hallward Library, University Park Campus. The demonstration expressed the outrage amongst staff and students after two innocent members of the academic community were arrested under ‘terror’ legislation in connection with this document, downloaded from an official US government website.

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Nottingham University Demo for Academic Freedom & Against Deportation - Readings

29-05-2008 21:28

On Wednesday 28th May at the University of Nottingham academic staff gave a public reading from an Al-Qaeda training manual, outside the Hallward Library, University Park Campus. The demonstration expressed the outrage amongst staff and students after two innocent members of the academic community were arrested under ‘terror’ legislation in connection with this document, downloaded from an official US government website.

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Wickham labs to be demolished & re-built

29-05-2008 21:17

700 Mice liberated from Wickham Laboratories by the ALF in December, 2003.
Wickham Laboratories in Hampshire, which tests anything on animals from pharmaceuticals to kitchen cleaner, faces demolition if the owner (Cartmell) gets the go-ahead to replace the lab with 14 new homes.

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Support the imprisoned activists & hunger strikers in Austria

29-05-2008 18:43

PRESS RELEASE: 14 persons charged, 10 arrested, 5 on hunger strike.
Dated: Thursday 29th May 2008

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Stop Boris Johnson risking lives with decision on motorbikes in bus lanes

29-05-2008 18:33

Stop Boris Johnson risking lives with decision on motorbikes in bus lanes

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Press release: Nottingham University demonstration

29-05-2008 17:31

Press release from the campaign to stop the deportation of Hicham Yezza, about the demonstration in defence of academic freedom and in support of his campaign.

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Big Macs or Starbucks Frappuccino’s the choice must be bewildering for asylum se

29-05-2008 16:34

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Big Macs or Starbucks Frappuccino’s the choice must be bewildering for asylum seekers

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Direct Action Mexico: Six Month Review

29-05-2008 15:47

Mexico City Leather Company Painted
multinationals vandalized, circuses sabotaged,
pharmacy locks glued, furriers redocorated,
restuarants sabotaged, grills dismantled,
butchers and markets painted,
puppies and doves liberated,
& meat suppliers torched...

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Home Secretary told “end police surveillance of journalists” - NUJ

29-05-2008 15:23

The NUJ has called for Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to put an end to police surveillance of journalists.

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#5 June ~ New action packed edition of your Riseup Radio show

29-05-2008 15:14

Download and listen!

The most action packed show to date, here we move into June with an hour and a half of stuff that matters and music to tingle the senses. With the warmer weather moving in and the city coming alive again we tell those untold stories and showcast some of the best new acts and artists.

Listen: #5 the June Show

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Palestine Today 052908

29-05-2008 14:54

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday May 29th, 2008.

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Big Farms protect subsidy bonanza as Euro CAP-Reform falls short

29-05-2008 14:25

Leaked documents suggest European CAP reform just a whitewash
Big farms get taken care of, dairy farmers unhappy

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Coops under threat by EU commission& none cooperative greedy corporations

29-05-2008 13:42

Coops in Europe are under threat by EU commission spurred on by some none cooperative corporations, they have supported & are supporting Transition principles as much as possible like Green movement & need our help
sign petition now!& write to your MEP ASAP
www.coopseurope.coop/spip.php?article561

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Gentrification and resistance, from NY to London

29-05-2008 13:37

A report about a London meeting featuring Juan Haro, an activist from the Movement for Justice in El Barrio, a movement fighting displacement of poor residents by housing corporations in East Harlem, New York

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Low pay leads to poverty in British Army

29-05-2008 13:35

A report on the state of the British Army released this month revealed considerable resentment amongst ordinary soldiers over low pay, leading many into financial difficulties, under-nourishment and the quitting of the armed forces altogether.

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There is such thing as a free lunch!

29-05-2008 12:25

Free food stall and info day in Bath next week, as part of the Network for Climate Action days of action, on food and climate change: