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War on Bankers - Snowball fights theory and practice

04-02-2009 21:56

As someone who has never really been entranced by the internal combustion engine fad that has swept through the world in recent decades, I tend to walk most places. However, given the snow on the ground today, I, along with many others, was presented with a number of ethical and practical issues; namely, how to deal with snowballs.

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Group out in force for the final days of the shooting season + arrest report.

04-02-2009 21:51

A quick report from Gloucestershire and Cotswold hunt sabs from the fields on the last Saturday before the end of the Pheasant shooting season.

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Did the Israeli Army Wage a Jewish Jihad in Gaza?

04-02-2009 21:43

Extremist rabbis and their followers, bent on waging holy war against the Palestinians, are taking over the Israeli army by stealth, according to critics.

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Healthcare is a Right!

04-02-2009 21:27

On a rainy November 13th evening in NYC a large group of people gathered in Times Square, and then marched to the headquarters of GHI, a non-profit health insurance company which faces privatization. The marchers were demonstrating in support of the passage of HR 676, a bill for national single-payer healthcare, and against the proposed privatization of GHI/HIP.

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Protest in Texas Immigrant Detention Facility owned by GEO Group

04-02-2009 20:24

Immigrants awaiting deportation who are being held in a private jail run by the GEO Group began a protest last Saturday, January 31. The protest began after a group of immigrant prisoners attempted to meet with the detention facility’s authorities, demanding that a gravely ill detainee be released from solitary confinement and be taken immediately to a hospital. The prison authorities refused to listen and did not take action. The detainees responded by protesting after being ignored.

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Obama’s $825 Billion Stimulus Plan Offers Too Little, Too Late

04-02-2009 20:05

Within the past two years, Democrats in Washington DC have spent more than $1.5 trillion to help rescue the struggling U.S. economy out of the worst recession since the Great Depression; now, both Houses of Congress are fast-tracking a stimulus package for President Barack Obama that will likely cost the nation more than $1 trillion. Socialists nationwide are rejecting this new call for deficit spending and are calling for programs that will meet the short and long term needs of the nation and create immediate employment for the millions of working people that are unemployed or under-employed.

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Open letter to the President of Israel

04-02-2009 19:56

Date: Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:44 AM

from Secularism is a Women's Issue:  http://www.siawi.org/

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Eviction video & post occupation statement from Nottingham Uni

04-02-2009 19:48

University security drag student protesters from lecture theatre
On the evening of Sunday 1st February university management issued an ultimatum giving protesters two minutes notice to leave. After this, university security entered B62 and used physical force, arm locks, pressure points and verbal aggression to end the peaceful sit-in, which had been called in solidarity with Gaza. For a video of the eviction, please see:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=rXqTSVhbcmw

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Victory For Queen Mary Occupation

04-02-2009 19:24

Students of the Queen Mary Occupation have claimed victory after eight days of occupying one of the main lecture theatres at the University.

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Take URGENT ACTION: Binyam Mohamed/UK involvement in torture

04-02-2009 18:10

Bring Binyam Back
On 1 February, several newspaper reported that Binyam Mohamed, who has been on hunger strike for over a month, is "close to death". Today, a High Court judgment revealed that the US bullied the UK into not disclosing information it has about Binyam's torture in Morocco or it would not share intelligence information any more (please see Reprieve press release below). Take action now...time is running out...it's now or never for Binyam!

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The University of Manchester Occupation in solidarity with Gaza

04-02-2009 17:52

Over 150 University of Manchester students have occupied the main university administration building in a demand for a stronger and more proactive position from the university on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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Strathclyde University Occupied by Students

04-02-2009 17:32

Students at the Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland have occupied the main administration building (McCance) in solidarity with the people of Gaza.

UPDATE: The University has called in the police. Please express your support by publiczing this widely. Also call the protesting students on: 0759 5626057

More:
 http://pulsemedia.org/2009/02/04/strathclyde-university-occupied-by-students/

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City council job cuts protest: Interview

04-02-2009 17:09

On Tuesday, around 200 council workers protested outside the Council House in Nottingham's Market Square against job cuts proposed by the city council. These would see around 400 people laid off in order to save £2 million. To find out what motivated these protests and where the campaign is likely to develop I interviewed Unison activist Jean Thorpe. I started off by asking her exactly what she does in the union.

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Palestine Today 020409

04-02-2009 16:40

Audio

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center
www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, February 4th, 2009.

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Radical resistance to the COP15 conference.

04-02-2009 16:22

A call out to all those that wish to see an end to capitalist controled climate conferences whose only point of reference is the dollars that they can make and not the CO2 that they must reduce.

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Around the Campaigns Wednesday 4th February 2009

04-02-2009 16:08

Not on the Plane! Soon to be on a train
Rashida Yasmeen and her four sons, Mahmood, Qadeer, Zaheer and Safeer were not put on their removal flight to Pakistan yesterday evening after their Scottish lawyer managed to successfully lodge and application for 'First Orders' in the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

Many thanks to everyone who faxed, phoned and emailed on their behalf.

We will see them back in Glasgow - were they belong - as soon as tomorrow!

Rashida's lawyer has just phoned to say that Rashida and her family are being released from detention tomorrow and will be coming back to Glasgow!
Background: Rashida Yasmeen and her four sons
 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/Newszine102/Rashida.html

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HLS - new expose!

04-02-2009 14:05

SHOCKING TESTS EXPOSED INSIDE HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES UK LAB.

Watch the video: www.savetheprimates.org

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Student military 'competition' in SA

04-02-2009 13:44

Student militarism once again works to glorify war whilst lightly skipping over lessons to be learnt.

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MAYDAY! against EDO page set up

04-02-2009 13:07

On bankholiday Monday, May the 4th, there will be a mass event against EDO/ITT in Brighton.
Keep the day free!