UK Indymedia - UK Newswire Archive

Angry Penguins & Climate Refugees to Visit Climate Criminals

28-07-2008 16:26

A large group of displaced penguins, a homeless polar bear, and several of human climate refugees will cross London Bridge to enter the City of London.

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Ilkley Shoot Postponed 'til 2010 - Keep the Pressure On

28-07-2008 15:31

We have received information that the Grouse Shoot on Ilkley Moor has been postponed for two years due to actions by the Animal and Grouse Liberation Front in the area, which compromised of damage to property connected with the shooting industry.

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North Camp street parking

28-07-2008 15:15

Car parking restrictions imposed without public consultation in North Camp are unlawful and unenforceable. That the Rotten Borough of Rushmoor continues to collect monies from an unlawful scheme opens the council, its officers and individual councillors to criminal prosecution.

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Foie Gras protest in Winchester

28-07-2008 15:08

Wacky the Duck assists protesters to gently persuade James Martin to ditch pate de foie gras.

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Sign Petition for Faraj Hassan

28-07-2008 14:38

Faraj Hassan is currently being subjected to Financial Sanctions ostensibly by the United Nations, but in reality this has been applied by both the Italian and British Governments who are aware that this sanction should never have been applied yet continue to mentally torture this young man of 28.

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Palestine Today 072808

28-07-2008 14:34

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday July 28th, 2008.

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Attending the Camp For Climate Action 2008 - The practicalities, fun, and fears.

28-07-2008 13:18

Views, reassurance, clarification, and enthusiasm from people who attended in 2007, and a little bit of the magic in their words and eyes.

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Criminal Charges made against Austrian State Officials

28-07-2008 10:15

Criminal Charges made against Austrian State Officials by Peter Pilz of the Austrian Green Party
28th July

In the scandal surrounding ten Austrian animal rights advocates detained in remand prison, Austrian Green Party security spokesman and leader of the parliament select committee on internal affairs, pressed today for criminal charges against two police investigators, a state prosecutor and two remand judges, who all stand now accused of abuse of authority, defamation and libel, illegal arrest and damage of property.

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Protests Continue At Novartis HQ In Horsham, Sussex

28-07-2008 10:04

On Friday 25/07/08 a small but very noisy protest was held outside the Horsham facility of Novartis who are not only content with paying HLS to Kill, Torture and Maim 500 animals every single day of the year but who also have their own torture centre on the premises that they use to carry out their so called essential tests on Primates and Guinea Pigs while all the time the people of Horsham think that the premises is used as a packaging and production facility.

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Kim Powers ARA in hands of cancer research

28-07-2008 09:22

Kim Powers singer songwriter animal rights activist, gives a short insight into his experiences after the diagnosis 'cancer cup syndrome'.The article comes out soon in the agstg.ch magazine 'albatros' in German, French & Italian.

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Jews For Justice

28-07-2008 09:11

A leading Jewish Human rights organisation speaks out.

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EarthFirst! gathering workshop call

28-07-2008 07:13

LAST CALL FOR RUNNING WORKSHOPS
at the Earth First! Summer Gathering - 27 Aug - 1 Sept 2008, Norfolk
Get in touch if you or your campaign/group/network would like to run a
workshop or session at the gathering, especially if you can offer workshops on action training, direct action campaigns, ecology, ecological restoration and sustainable living.

Deadline 12 August!

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Stalinist Spanish Civil War Artwork Vandalized on San Francisco's Embarcadero

28-07-2008 04:02

Propaganda of the deed to commemorate the beginning of the Spanish Civil War the right way...

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Sequani Insurance

28-07-2008 00:48

The upcomming carnival Against vivisection (6th Sep) gives us a rare oppertunity.

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Food not Bombs - Brixton

27-07-2008 22:03

The London Food not Bombs group gave away food in Brixton's Windrush Square on Sunday 27th July.

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An Egyptian Cult - Pictures taken secretly inside Dublin Central Freemasons Hall

27-07-2008 20:03

Today Freemasons may deny that any part of their cult hearkens back to the pagan gods of the Nile. Yet in Freemasons Hall, Dublin, home of the world's second oldest Grand Lodge, the Holy Royal Arch Room contains two large sphinxes and other sculptures aping Ancient Egypt. In Philadelphia, USA, the Masonic Temple boasts 'the finest specimen of Egyptian decoration outside Egypt'. Even London's Great Eastern Hotel at Liverpool Street station has a magnificent Egyptian Temple for lodges to rent for their ritual 'nights out'.

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Students and Striking Workers Picket LSE Starbucks Event

27-07-2008 16:59

Students and striking local government workers united to picket a London School of Economics (LSE) event in Starbucks on Kingsway, Holborn last week, in opposition to the university’s and coffee chain’s support for the state of Israel's occupation of Palestine.

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Nottingham Asian Mela Market Square : Pictures 2

27-07-2008 16:39

The Nottingham Asian Mela took place on Sunday 27th July 2008, in the Market Square. All starting at 12.00noon.

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Nottingham Asian Mela Market Square : Pictures 1

27-07-2008 16:34

The Nottingham Asian Mela took place on Sunday 27th July 2008, in the Market Square. All starting at 12.00noon.

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Smash School Privatisation: Wembley Sports Ground Re-Occupied - Support Needed

27-07-2008 14:29

First report from the Wembley Sports Ground Anti-Academy Camp. Support Needed.
Save The Sports Ground. Save The Community Green Space. No To School Privatisation. No To Education For Profit.