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CALL FOR SIGNATURES TO DEMAND THE RELEASE OF THE 12 POLITICAL PRISONERS OF ATENCO, MEXICO
13-06-2010 23:22
SYNOPSIS:The Peoples’ Front in Defense of the Earth (FPDT in its Spanish initials) brings together a number of villages and farming communities on the outskirts of Mexico City, including San Salvador Atenco. In 2002 they commenced a process of peasant resistance to the plan for a new airport that would expel them from their land. After an intense process of social mobilization, the airport project was cancelled. After its struggle The FPDT became a national and international reference for Mexican social movements defending their land.
CALL FOR SIGNATURES TO DEMAND THE RELEASE OF THE 12 POLITICAL PRISONERS OF ATENC
13-06-2010 22:36
SYNOPSIS: The Peoples’ Front in Defense of the Earth (FPDT in its Spanish initials) brings together a number of villages and farming communities on the outskirts of Mexico City, including San Salvador Atenco. In 2002 they commenced a process of peasant resistance to the plan for a new airport that would expel them from their land. After an intense process of social mobilization, the airport project was cancelled. After its struggle The FPDT became a national and international reference for Mexican social movements defending their land.Bristol World Naked Bike Ride a Success! [1]
13-06-2010 22:22
Clothes flew off and body painting with slogans such as "more ass, less gas", "blooms not fumes", and "does my ass look big in this?" were slapped on as people got ready for Bristols World Naked Bike Ride. It set off from the Full Moon at about 1.30pm today to much cheering, praise, and many looks of bewilderment...
The Bristol World Naked Bike Ride is a protest against oil dependency and is also a promotion of Car Free Sundays in the city centre. It is also (not a little) symbolic of the vulnerability of cyclists and pedestrians in traffic, and a perty in the streets!
After a little tension caused when a police misunderstanding threatened to de-nude the ride (and arrest those not complying) just 3 days prior, a letter arrived stating that the ride could go on, nude as planned, as long as there weren't any serious complaints. And it did, with a turn out of about 200.
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What really happened on the Mavi Marmara
13-06-2010 22:22
PUBLIC MEETINGSakir Yildirim and Cliff Hanley
Bristol eye-witnesses from the Gaza Aid Flotilla
7.30pm Easton Community Centre
Kilburn Street, Bristol BS5 6AW
Other speakers TBA
Bristol Palestine Solidarity Campaign www.bristolpsc.info
Bristol Stop The War Coalition bristolstopwar@hotmail.com
Post-Racial or Beloved Community?
13-06-2010 22:22
Notes on the Future of American Radicalism in the Obama AgeA talk focusing on grassroots organizations in NYC, L.A., Detroit, and New Orleans and the building of sustainable communities.
We are very lucky to have one of the foremost historians of radical Black movements and cultures in the United States, Robin Kelley (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Kelley) speaking in Bristol next week.
Statement from Peace Strike in support of Democracy Village
13-06-2010 22:19
Democracy Village on Parliament Square, Westminster.
The Poor People's World Cup
13-06-2010 22:12
Poor people are excluded from the World Cup.Fisherpeople who were normally allowed to fish from the piers in Durban, a struggle for which they fought very hard—it was one of the sort of key demands for certain people in the anti-apartheid struggle, is the freedom to be able to fish wherever you like— those rights have been rolled back for the duration of the World Cup.
Democracy Village - Sat 12 June - pics
13-06-2010 20:56
Palestinian Authority and Egypt against lifting of Gaza naval blockade
13-06-2010 20:18
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is opposed to lifting the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip because this would bolster Hamas, according to what he told United States President Barack Obama during their meeting at the White House Wednesday. Egypt also supports this position.Venezuela: The jail bars will not silence people protest
13-06-2010 18:23
* National and international campaign of epistolary solidarity with trade unionist Rubén González *
Yeah, Israel stormtroopers attackd Gaza flotilla with PAINTBALL GUNS (by Latuff)
13-06-2010 18:06
Stop the War on Fatherhood
13-06-2010 17:58
Bristol World Naked Bike Ride a Success!
13-06-2010 17:22
Clothes flew off and body painting with slogans such as "more ass, less gas", "blooms not fumes", and "does my ass look big in this?" were slapped on as people got ready for Bristols World Naked Bike Ride. It set off from the Full Moon at about 1.30pm today to much cheering, praise, and many looks of bewilderment...Clothes flew off and body painting with slogans such as "more ass, less gas", "blooms not fumes", and "does my ass look big in this?" were slapped on as people got ready for Bristols World Naked Bike Ride. It set off from the Full Moon at about 1.30pm today to much cheering, praise, and many looks of bewilderment...
The Bristol World Naked Bike Ride is a protest against oil dependency and is also a promotion of Car Free Sundays in the city centre. It is also (not a little) symbolic of the vulnerability of cyclists and pedestrians in traffic, and a perty in the streets!
After a little tension caused when a police misunderstanding threatened to de-nude the ride (and arrest those not complying) just 3 days prior, a letter arrived stating that the ride could go on, nude as planned, as long as there weren't any serious complaints. And it did, with a turn out of about 200.
Here are all the beautiful people below.
Venezuela: The jail bars will not silence people protest
13-06-2010 17:15
New Eco Village / Centre for Alternative Technology
13-06-2010 16:23
Coming soon - join in.Bristol’s carbon footprint is around 2.3 million tonnes CO2 per year or 6 tonnes per capita. The major sources are energy use in homes (37%), industrial and commercial energy use (35%) and road transport (18%).
AND RISING!
Survey shows 71% of Britons are concerned about climate, despite hacked emails, failure at Copenhagen and cold weather.
Climate science's winter of discontent has not made a large impact on the British public's attitudes to global warming, according to poll of over 1,800 people.
The poll, by researchers at the University of Cardiff, showed a small drop in public acceptance of climate change but not the major falls that some observers had predicted after a series of media controversies over the actions of climate scientists, combined with the failure of the Copenhagen summit and the record-breaking cold temperatures.
"By no means has there been a collapse in confidence in climate science," said Professor Nick Pidgeon, who led the study.
"If I was in policy circles I would not be complacent, but reassured that it has not been as serious as many thought it would be."
Bristol Eco Village crew have identified a new site on to which they plan to set up their next sustainable / alternative energy / Urban Centre for Alternative Technology. Its location will be announced soon.
If you would like to get involved contact: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1197198826&v=pho...3091#!/group.php?gid=253300212260&ref=ts
Guardian article on new Climate Science survey : http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/11/confi...-poll
HEAT STROKE: When Heat Kills
13-06-2010 16:20
Protest bomb injures Berlin cops
13-06-2010 15:55
A BOMB has injured a number of police after they repeatedly charged into an anti-austerity demonstration in Berlin.Thus have I heard
13-06-2010 15:01
In the course of my activities among thos ein prison of hurt by the system I have heard many things - here is one of themBMI Airlines identified in doing charter flights
13-06-2010 14:26
*BMI Airlines* have been identified as the company conducting the regular charter flights to Afghanistan.