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War criminals together

04-03-2010 15:02

War Criminals
And Brown is one of them

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Yarl's Wood solidarity banners - Newcastle

04-03-2010 13:32

Banners were displayed over the Central Motorway in Newcastle during rush hour yesterday morning in support of the women on hungerstrike at Yarl's Wood immigration prison.

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No Pasaran! No EDL in Sheffield!

04-03-2010 12:43

The English Defence League (EDL) have made plans to march in Sheffield on 30th May. We call on autonomist anti-fascists to make a stand against them.

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GREECE NEWS

04-03-2010 12:05

updates from greece 3rd & 4th of march
mentioned song is from En Plo (the sea) and you may find here:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFjnFFD8gB8&feature=related
whole album at pirate-industry
as it is free give some dimes your local ABC

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Protest at Prison Supports Yarl's Wood Women

04-03-2010 10:34

Solidarity With The Hunger Strikers
More than 50 people protested at Holloway Prison on Wednesday evening against the holding of five women from Yarl's Wood immigration detention centre without trial or charge and to support the women at Yarl's Wood in the fourth week of their hunger strike against the degrading conditions and inhumane treatment there. Photographs Copyright (C) Peter Marshall, 2010. All rights reserved.

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Welsh Refugee Council urgent call to stop detention and removal of 14 year old A

04-03-2010 07:54

Mashal Jabari
Welsh Refugee Council today called on UKBA and Cardiff Council to act quickly to release Mashal Jabari, 14 years of age, from Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre, and to suspend removal directions until a full assessment of his age can be made. Welsh Refugee Council does not normally comment on individual cases, but in this instance believes that there are compelling compassionate grounds why this boy should be allowed to remain in the UK.

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Arrests of Israeli war criminals

04-03-2010 07:08

Haaretz newspaper reports that today Gordon Brown will present Parliament with a change in the law that will stop "arrest warrants for Israeli politicians and military-man being issued" - rough translation!

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Audio: Is Clean Coal An Act Of Faith?

04-03-2010 00:21

Audio
Attached is a recording of a Sheffield Humanist Society meeting held on 3rd March 2010 in Sheffield, titled Is Clean Coal An Act Of Faith?

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Last Hours benefit gig tomorrow night in Taunton (Somerset)

03-03-2010 23:19

FREE BENEFIT GIG FOR LAST HOURS ZINE ----  http://www.lasthours.org.uk
THURSDAY 4TH MARCH @ PEN & QUILL, TAUNTON

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Liverpool Antifascists Folk Night

03-03-2010 23:11

After the success of our first benefit gig, Liverpool Antifascists will be holding another one in order to continue our involvement with the local music scene and to raise further awareness of the antifascist cause.

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Good News in Decommissioners Preliminary Hearing

03-03-2010 22:55

Smash Edo
The prosecution led the days argument they claimed by causing over a quarter of a million pounds worth of damage to EDO/ITT we in no way could have saved lives in the occupied territories. This therefore meant we had no right to a jury trial. The judge then asked the prosecution to provide evidence to substantiate such a claim, the prosecution had nothing to show.

The defence then came back to say there were two linked issues that required consideration.
i) The circumstances in which a judge may withdraw a defendant’s defence;
ii) Whether the facts relied on by the defendants’ amounts to a defence in law.

The points of law up for scrutiny were from the:

Criminal Damage Act 1971,
Criminal Law Act 1967,
The Common Law Defence of Necessity.

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Behind the "war on terror": Cynthia McKinney talk in London - Monday March 8

03-03-2010 21:18

Confronting the Empire: Cynthia McKinney's previous talk in 2007
Cynthia McKinney will be speaking in London on March 8.

Cynthia had been a member of the US House of Representatives for 12 years and now a global campaigner for many human rights causes, including Palestine. She was targeted for removal from the US Congress after asking what the White House knew about 9/11 and when they knew it.

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Workers' Fightback - Students, Posties and European Workers Confront Cuts

03-03-2010 20:00

We support... rank and file workers' struggles against the chaotic profit system!

We believe... workers know how to run our workplaces far better than business people, the government, or trade union leaders!

We aim for... workers' control over our own jobs and our own lives!

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Sussex University students attacked by police on campus

03-03-2010 19:49

Video
These videos show police violently arresting peaceful protestors at a demonstration against job cuts at Sussex University.

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Abahlali baseMjondolo Has Launched Four New Branches Since the Attack on the Movement in September Last Year

03-03-2010 19:33

AbM suffered a major set back after they were attacked by a state backed militia last year. But in this statement, issued this afternoon, they report that they have survived the assault and that in fact the movement is growing.

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Million Women Rise! March and rally -Saturday 6th March - London

03-03-2010 19:22

This Saturday see the 3rd Million Women Rise! March and rally in London.
There are coaches going from all over the country. For further details visit www.millionwomenrise.com or ring 07727 419634

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Sussex University - Occupation

03-03-2010 18:57

I am forwarding the following from the Sussex No Cuts facebook group - posted 3 March 14:56

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Emergency protest against the EDL in London this Friday

03-03-2010 17:22

The English Defence League (EDL) will be marching in London on Friday 5 March in support of the far right Dutch MP Geert Wilders who is visiting the House of Lords to whip up hatred against Muslims.

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There's money in terror! Counter Terror Expo

03-03-2010 16:18

Something I came across that might be of interest is how the pirvate sector are cashing in on our fear...

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lappersfort callout, eviction expected soon

03-03-2010 14:57

support needed at lappersfort, get there if you can!