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Gaza-Assemble@ BBC, March on Downing St!

20-01-2009 13:42

FOR GAZA END THE BLOCKADE:
STOP ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL:
FREE PALESTINE BRING THE WAR CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE
SATURDAY 24 JANUARY:

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Black Reagan

20-01-2009 13:36

When Barack Obama started praising Ronald Reagan the candidate's apologists claimed he was just paying respect to a dead president. Now it's clear that Obama's affection for the raging old reactionary was heartfelt. With his latest pronouncements on cutting "entitlements," Obama "has proven himself to be a true believer in the Reagan revolution."

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Newcastle Gaza Demos

20-01-2009 13:08

Meetings and Demonstrations in response to Israel's Actions in Gaza

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Another EDO Decomissioner Bailed. 2 Rearrested for Raytheon action

20-01-2009 12:57

A woman who was injured when she took part in the EDO MBM decomissioning action at the weekend has now been bailed on strict conditions and a curfew to an address in Bristol.

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MiddleThorpe Hall & chefs who love foie gras

20-01-2009 12:18

MiddleThorpe Hall York again selling foie gras & joined up with facebook group "chefs who love all things foie gras" . Why not join this group and leave a nice message!

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Israeli / Palestininan death toll

20-01-2009 11:42

22 to 5000.

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Gaza Vigil, Newport

20-01-2009 10:20

Free Palestine!
around 30 people staged a vigil for Gaza at the Newport Cenotaph last night between 5-6pm

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Students are occupying Arts LR4, University of Birmingham - Solidarity with Gaza

20-01-2009 09:49

A group of students are occupying Arts LR4 in solidarity with Gaza and Palestinian students and are asking for people to join and support their occupation. There is more on their website:  http://birminghamoccupation.wordpress.com, including a full statement and demands!

This follows occupations by SOAS, LSE, and Essex in the past week.

Get down to Arts LR4 to express your support!

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Article on the SHAC 7 [USA]

20-01-2009 06:11

This was published by Herbivore Magazine in one of their mini-books a while back. I realized I hadn't posted it here, and it's not available anywhere else online. Hope you enjoy it.

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PFLP: Our position on the "ceasefire," "calm" and the weapons of the resistance

20-01-2009 03:31

PFLP statement on the so-called ''ceasefire'', 18/01/09.

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Gaza ‘Birmingham Stop The Massacre’ Demo Sat Jan 17 2009

20-01-2009 03:10

The best Banner on the Demo
Organizers of the Gaza ‘Birmingham Stop The Massacre’ Demo said more than 5,000 people attended the rally There was a short march from the rally point in Victoria Square down Colmore Row, around St Phillips Cathedral down Temple Street and back up New Street to the rally point again. Demonstrators waved banners demanding an end to the attacks on Gaza and chanted "Free! Free! Palestine".

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Rape survivor detained & facing removal today

20-01-2009 02:50

ACTION ALERT:

Rape survivor detained in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre and facing removal today Tuesday 20 January, at 7pm

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UK SHAC 7 Solidarity Action in Birmingham

20-01-2009 01:58

Today SHAC Birmingham held a demonstration against Barclays bank in solidarity with the UK SHAC 7.

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Stop the War.

20-01-2009 01:00

Marching
Cambridge came out onto the streets. It was a joy to behold.

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weapons factory gets factored out of circulation for abit

20-01-2009 00:30

Please spread the wink - like wildflowers.

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starbucks coffee shop windows - photos from shaftesbury ave London

20-01-2009 00:29

Photos of protest against the starbucks coffee chain last Saturday night on shaftesbury avenue in central London.

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Israel in Gaza: Beyond Disproportionate

20-01-2009 00:12

Marching amid the 50,000 protesters in London bearing witness against the Israeli offensive on Gaza, I spotted a hand-made placard inscribed with the words of the radical Brazilian educator Paolo Freire: “Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.”

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Time to step up direct action

19-01-2009 23:52

In the great revolutionary struggles of human history, direct action – that is, empowered people taking steps to bring about social change – has played a crucial role. In its nonviolent form, direct action encourages the kind of constructive tension necessary for growth and progress in society. A catalyst for change, it opens the door to negotiation.

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Why Israel won't survive

19-01-2009 23:49

The merciless Israeli bombardment of Gaza has stopped -- for now -- but the death toll keeps rising as more bodies are pulled from carpet- bombed neighborhoods.

What Israel perpetrated in Gaza, starting at 11:30am on 27 December 2008, will remain forever engraved in history and memory. Tel al-Hawa, Hayy al-Zeitoun, Khuzaa and other sites of Israeli massacres will join a long mournful list that includes Deir Yasin, Qibya, Kufr Qasim, Sabra and Shatila, Qana, and Jenin.