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Crisis in the clouds

17-05-2010 12:50

Update on the controversy caused by the volcanic ash clouds and the threats to the airline industry

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A Very English Coup

17-05-2010 09:22

It’s not for nothing that the twentieth century is known in ‘Britain’ as the ‘Conservative century’. And make no mistake, if we remain in this dying union much longer, then before we know it, the Conservative twenty-first century will be well underway. No-one does British statecraft like the Tories, as the Liberal Democrats will discover first-hand.

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Nakba Protest For Free Palestine in London

17-05-2010 09:22

Chanting opposite Downing St
Several hundred demonstrated opposite Downing St on the anniversary of the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians from their land, calling for an end to Israeli occupation and breaches of international law. London, UK. 15/05/2010. Photographs copyright (C) 2010, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved.

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Purple Protest Demands Fair Votes

17-05-2010 08:59

Democracy
More than a thousand people, many wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted. London, UK. 15/05/2010 Photographs copyright (C) 2010, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved.

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London Protest Against Iran Executions

17-05-2010 08:46

Trafalgar Square rally
Around a hundred people demonstrated in Trafalgar Square and then marched for a rally opposite the Iran Embassy following the execution last Sunday of 5 political activists, the latest of many such death sentences. London, UK. 15/05/2010. Photographs copyright (C) 2010, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved.

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Greece: Restaurant workers VS Banquet

17-05-2010 08:43

Banquet is a restaurant in Greece with very bad working conditions that leaves its workers unpaid and recently fired a worker for no reason. But the workers are getting organized...

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Video of ride to the Party at the Pumps 2.

17-05-2010 08:22

Slight problem, we didn't know where we were going, deadly secret, and some were repeatedly left behind. They may or may not been able to catch up. Will ride leaders please bear this in mind next time.

The route taken was through Hyde Park and down Constitution Hill to the Mall and from there for a circuit of Parliament Square. Then along Whitehall and eventually making its way to the Angel and along Upper Street to the Shell Garage. The riders were greeted with a cheer and quickly merged with the partying.
More:

 http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/4808
 http://london.indymedia.org.uk/events/4683

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Blockade of Monsanto office in The Netherlands

17-05-2010 08:03

On Monday 17 May a group of 50 people from the group "Roundup Monsanto" blockaded the Monsanto office at Bergschenhoek in the Netherlands.

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US Funds Israel’s Apartheid Roads Plan—Settlers benefit from Israeli-only routes

17-05-2010 07:42

Jerusalem -- The construction of sections of a controversial segregated road network in the West Bank planned by Israel for Palestinians -- leaving the main roads for exclusive use by settlers -- is being financed by a US government aid agency, a map prepared by Palestinian researchers has revealed.

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US role behind Thai slaughter

17-05-2010 05:43

AMERICA'S 'bloody hands' are being seen behind the massacre of anti-government protesters in Thailand.

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NHS doctors are providing info on political activists & Muslims to the police.

17-05-2010 01:13

GPs are being required to pass information to the police regarding people that they think are at risk from crime or at risk of committing one. This is meant to safeguard children and safegurad women who might be victims of domestic violence, rape, female circumcism or murder. It is also meant to protect people with mental health problems and others affected by it.

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U.S. threatens a nuclear first-strike against Iran

17-05-2010 00:20

US nuclear weapons in Europe
US President Barack Obama, while announcing the results of the Nuclear Posture Review of the Pentagon’s weapons on April 5, explicitly asserted the right to make a nuclear first-strike against Iran and North Korea if the U.S. deemed them to be in violation of nonproliferation rules. The corporate-owned media actually described this as a disarmament proposal!

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Brutal Sabotage of Indigenous Mapuche Earth Song by Chilean State Terrorism

16-05-2010 22:01

An urgent update on the denial of parole of indigenous Mapuche leader Chief Juana Calfunao, leader of the Juan Paillalef Community,Cunco, Temuco, Chile.

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Go Forth and Multiply

16-05-2010 21:22

A few weeks ago we published a piece about the dispute between Spinwatch and Forth magazine. Since then we’ve had a flurry of emails threatening all kinds of things. We don’t owe anybody any apology and the situation is bizarre because what was being complained about was that we re-produced an article on Forths own [...]

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Photos of Protest in Afghanistan against Execution in Iran

16-05-2010 21:18

demonstration was held in Jalalabad, Afghanistan in protest to the
continuous execution of Afghans and Kurdish Political activist in Iran by islamic regime.

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London Campaign Against the Arms Trade at the Spirit of Summer Fair

16-05-2010 20:44

London CAAT raise awareness of the Spirit of Summer Fair's link with the arms trade

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Dawn of the Replicants

16-05-2010 20:22

The media frenzy (including Adam Boltons hilarious loss of composure with Alasdair Campbell - go here if you've missed it) centered around the arcane vagueries of Britain’s non-constitution, the predominant characteristics of which are: nobody knows what’s going on (not even the participants), we make it up as we go along, it all happens behind closed doors, extreme deference is assumed.

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Our new MP is the first to sign our petition urging a decision on UK Coal's .

16-05-2010 20:05

This press release carries news of MOPG's meeting with North West Leicestershire's new M.P. Andrew Bridgen, where he was not only the first person to sign our petition asking LCC for a decision on the Minorca Application, but also would take other issues of concern to the heart of the new Coalition Government.

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Shell Protest Video - Party at the Pumps 2

16-05-2010 19:17

Checkout the video of UK protestors shutting down the Islington based Shell petrol station for 5 hours on the 15th of May on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

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Democracy Village - Some more photos

16-05-2010 18:15

Some more photos of results of various actions