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Pilger calls for Direct Action

24-02-2001 14:56

John Pilger, radical journalist par excellence, was the 'mystery guest' at a well attended gathering of the London Socialist Alliance in Bloomsbury last night.

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Mayday Media War: Police spin Internet angle

23-02-2001 18:54

The same internet story as last year (and post j18) being used by police to keep the 'they're organising a violent mayday riot' story infront of the press.

I mean look at the url they've given the story for fucks sake and mayday 2001 is still months away!

It's also amazing that they keep refering to 'mayday riots' - which let's face it is not what happened last year.

more on mayday media propaganda at:
 http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=1726

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Blair to cut & run with April Election ?

23-02-2001 18:10

Lunchtime news reports suggested that 'best of both worlds' Blair was considering an April election.

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Lies Damned Lies and Iraq

23-02-2001 12:15

Adam Porter on the reaction to the Iraq attack - follow the link below.

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GLOBAL WIMMIN'S STRIKE, Mar. 8 2001

23-02-2001 09:24

Women and girls do 2/3 of the world's work for 5% of the
income. 2/3 of this work is unwaged.

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anti-gm cows blockade Sainsbury depots

22-02-2001 17:11

anti-gm cows blockade Sainsbury depots
This morning (22 Feb 2001) at approximately 10:30am protestors have begun blockading Sainsbury's regional distribution centres around the country, preventing them from supplying Sainsbury's supermarkets with GM-fed animal produce because of their failure to follow recent moves by other supermarket chains in announcing a date by which all own-brand animal products will be from animals raised on a GM free diet. These images comes from the protest at Basingstoke - where 4 people were eventually arrested, having locked-on underneath a lorry, blocking the access to the depot.

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GM animal feed protestors shut Sainsbury's depots

22-02-2001 17:08

GM animal feed protestors shut Sainsbury's depots
This morning (22 Feb 2001) at approximately 10:30am protestors have begun blockading Sainsbury's regional distribution centres around the country, preventing them from supplying Sainsbury's supermarkets with GM-fed animal produce because of their failure to follow recent moves by other supermarket chains in announcing a date by which all own-brand animal products will be from animals raised on a GM free diet. These images comes from the protest at Basingstoke - where 4 people were eventually arrested, having locked-on underneath a lorry, blocking the access to the depot.

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Student shutdowns

22-02-2001 15:24

NUS national shutdown and student direct action

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Zapatistas march on Mexico City

22-02-2001 13:35

Zapatistas march on Mexico City
Article on march and PDF file of poster for you to
print out and distribute locally

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POLICE PLOT MAYDAY RIOTS TO DISRUPT LONDON !!

22-02-2001 13:15

Imaginary Times - TUESDAY FEBRUARY 13 2001

Police plot May demonstration to disrupt London

BY STEWART "MI5 PART-TIMER" AND DANIEL "I ONLY READ PRESS RELEASES" MCGRORY

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WTO, U.S. threaten Brazil medicine

21-02-2001 18:04

U.S. has filed a complaint with the WTO to stop Brazil from distributing free AIDS medicine that has saved thousands of lives, claiming Brazil violates patent laws.

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Controversial Itoiz Dam is 'potentially catastrophic'

21-02-2001 17:57

Spanish Authorities have decided to begin filling the controversial Itoiz Dam in Navarra next month, despite a new safety report which states that the dam is very likely to have 'catastrophic consequences' if it is filled. The report states that this catastrophy could endanger the safety of the Asco Nuclear Power Plant further down river. Protestors are calling for a moratorium on the filling of the dam until an international panel of experts is satisfied it is safe.
Photo:- activists from Solidarios con Itoiz scale the Millennium Wheel in October 1999.

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Interview to Marcos on the Zapatista march.

21-02-2001 16:38

I. Marcos on everything you ever wanted to know about the
Zapatista march, under the following headings:
a)the current political debate
b)the three signals
c)the COCOPA law
d)En Route

Originally published in Spanish by the EZLN
Translated by irlandesa

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Farmers now hit by Foot & Mouth Outbreak

21-02-2001 15:55

As if BSE and bankrupcy isnt enough, farmers are about to be dealt another blow.

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Solidarity With The Chattanooga 3

21-02-2001 12:59

Friday 23th Feb 2001 will see a demo in Scotland in support of Lorenzo, Damon, and Mik who appear in a Tennessee court for sentencing next week.

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New YearzeroMagazine site up at www.yearzero.org. Chomsky Pilger and chaos

20-02-2001 19:15

We've got a new site up at yearzero.org. New stuff to read and easier to use. Its dead swanky. Pieces by Pilger and Chomsky plus loads of cool stuff.

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Fuel Protestors Set for Saturday

20-02-2001 16:38

People Awareness day to show the public we are still paying too much tax on fuel. Peaceful Demonstration on 24th February 2001 in Wales. See web site for more information of areas and dates.

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Leaflet for March 3 "Stop Plan Colombia" Demonstration, Boston

20-02-2001 15:43

Leaflet for March 3 "Stop Plan Colombia" Demonstration, Boston
Click on URL listed below to download pdf version of March 3rd "Stop Plan Colombia" leaflet.

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Bush, Aerospace Pals Eager to Launch New Arms Race in the Heavens and on Earth

20-02-2001 06:07

Far more than just missile defense, the U.S. plans to control the "ultimate high ground of space and dominate the planet below" with high-tech weapons and a space corps. Karl Grossman examines the drive to build a national missile defense system and the danger that it will undermine global and regional balance and stability. Listen to the RealAudio version of the interview on Between The Lines www.btlonline.org for week ending 2/23/01. To receive our weekly Q&A and Summary, write  btlqa-subscribe@topica.com and/or  btlsummary-subscribe@topica.com