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Viva Palestina! - Aid convoy from Britain to Gaza

23-01-2009 00:27

Viva Palestina!

Lifeline for Gaza aid convoy leaving on Saturday 14 February 2009

Send a Valentine to Palestine

contact:  http://www.vivapalestina.org, email  ghada@vivapalestina.org or call 07958 450 867

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a milltent thursday m&s picket 3rd week running

22-01-2009 23:46

Tonight around 15 angry protestors took part in a noisy and angry picket of Marks and Spencer, Britain's biggest corporate sponsor of Israel. A banner was held across the main entrance and information was distributed to passers-by. Many members of the public took the opportunity to join the picket and express their anger at Israel's actions in Gaza and Britain's continuing complicity.

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University of Birmingham Free Gaza demo - 22/01/09

22-01-2009 23:40

the crowd gathers
Following an occupation on Tuesday in solidarity with Gaza, around 200 students gathered on the University of Birmingham's main campus for the Free Gaza demo, organised by a coalition of societies from the Guild of Students. There was also a small 'unauthorized' zionist 'peace' counter-demo separated by the presence of stewards, security, and police.

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StopTheISM website is back up... but without soliciting murder.. for now

22-01-2009 23:38

Just to let people know that Lee Kaplan's Zionist sewer that had been recently closed down by activists because of its content inciting murder to ISM volunteers in Gaza, is back up and running on another Canadian web host.

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The Siege of LR4 - Birmingham occupation ends

22-01-2009 21:53

The occupation of Arts LR4, University of Birmingham, which began at 9am on Tuesday 20 January, ended at around 9pm on the same day after 12 hours in. West Midlands Police and university security lay siege to the building from 7pm in a bid to isolate the protesters. The occupiers were denied access to water and food (from outside) and had to blockade the lecture theatre as police and security massed outside it...

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Day of action - Freedom for Natalja! Freedom for all prisoners!

22-01-2009 21:40

we are strong! - no one can tell us we‘re wrong

On Saturday, February 9th 2008 Natalja was arrested during the yearly demonstration against the NATO-Security-Conference in Munich (Germany). They accused her of resisting violently against police measures. A warrant was issued against her and since then she is in Munich behind bars.

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BBC refuses to support Gaza aid appeal

22-01-2009 21:34

No support for Gaza - BBC declines to show DEC appeal under agreement dating back to 1963, leading to other outlets following suit

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Unseen Gaza, tonight on Channel-4

22-01-2009 20:56

Tonight (Thursday 22 January) at 11:05 PM, on Channel 4, a special edition of Dispatches "Unseen Gaza".
In this Dispatches special, Jon Snow examines the difficulties that news organisations around the world have faced in reporting the conflict in Gaza. Who is getting the true picture of events as they happen?

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Demo about Heckler & Koch weapons activities, Market Square in Nottingham

22-01-2009 20:14

12.30pm on Thursday 22th January, people had gathered at the Council House Steps in Market Square, to protest about the activities of the gun manufacturer, Heckler & Koch. Offices of the company are based at Unit 3, Easter Park Industrial Estate on Lenton Lane, Nottingham.

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French Co. loses contract due to illegal Israeli project!

22-01-2009 20:11

First major blow to a company implicated in Israeli violations of international law
VEOLIA Loses 3.5 Billion Euro Contract in Sweden
VEOLIA, the French company involved in the "Jerusalem Light Rail" project, connecting Jewish colonies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to West Jerusalem, lost the largest public transportation contract in Europe.

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BBC bans appeal for Gaza relief effort

22-01-2009 20:05

Not a fan of charity myself but the Times has just broke the news that the Disasters Emergency Committe advert to raise funds for Gaza has just been banned by the BBC as it did not fit their "impartiality" agenda.

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Dukes, Squatters, Travellers and Mortgages

22-01-2009 19:32

Three very different and apparently unrelated housing stories appeared in
today's news: 92% rise in repossessions, parklane squatters and a High Court decision whih woll mean the eviction of Dale Farm, a Irish Traveler Site in Essex.

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Not Trespassing Walk on Brighton Downs

22-01-2009 19:13

There will be a NOT TRESPASSING guided walk on the Brighton Downs next Sunday 25th January, meeting at Housedean Farm, TQ 370 092, at 10.30am sharp.

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Semiotext(e)'s translation of Guy Debord's letters

22-01-2009 18:49

the entire book is thus both an Orwellian suppression of these relevant and important historical events, and an implicit validation and approval of the similar suppressions that preceded it and made it possible.

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Brighton Starbucks fight goes on

22-01-2009 18:29

The Starbucks saga in Brighton continues! The council served an enforcement notice requiring the coffee chain to take out their tables and chairs and operate as a shop to comply with their permitted permission of (A1) use. Starbucks predictably has appealed the notice and so the saga continues.

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Leeds Uni Occupied!

22-01-2009 18:24

Leeds University has been occupied!

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South Wales Anarchists expose parasite lawyers Darwin Gray

22-01-2009 17:58

Established in 2002 by Bethan Darwin and Donald Gray, the Cardiff-based legal firm has carried out much of the dirty work for Mark Roberts, lord Marcher of Trellech, dubbed the 'lord of extortion' by the press. Paul Flynn MP was so outraged by Darwin Gray that he described them as ‘parasites‘.

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Leeds University building occupied

22-01-2009 17:01

Students have occupied a building in the centre of Leeds uni campus, in protest of the Israeli slaughter.