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Occupy Wall Street continues in New York, protesters arrested

23-09-2011 01:48

Since Saturday, activists in the United States have camped out on Wall Street to speak out against the richest 1% of the country looting from the poor. Sending a message to those who profit from insatiable corporate greed, people are maintaining a presence on Wall Street sending a loud message.

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Global Campaign Resumes Against LAN After Talks Break Down

23-09-2011 01:33

On Monday, NAVA launched into a campaign against passenger airline LAN due to their involvement in shipping primates for vivisection.

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Electricians/Sparks Protest in Newcastle.

23-09-2011 00:31

Electricians and Construction workers in Newcastle demonstrated yesterday against a 35% wage cut.

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Report from Wrexham Peace Day, 21 September

22-09-2011 22:54

Several hundred people took part in this year's Peace Day in Wrexham on 21 September, a day-long event running from 11am to 6pm on Llwyn Isaf, the library field in the middle of town.

More photos to follow.

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Riseup Rebel Radio 1

22-09-2011 20:55

This is the first broadcast; second broadcast is soon

https://northern-indymedia.org/events/2223

Download !

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Autumn Action Day.

22-09-2011 20:55

A day wonderful workshops,excellent events, and live music.

So bring your instruments and friends along dinner and a cuppa tea (this is an alcohol free event)

Workshops to take part include tree climbing,Palestine, outdoor living direct action, and plenty more.

plenty of sleeping camping spaces available.

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Palestine Today 09 22 2011

22-09-2011 16:43

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday September 22, 2011.

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N.E.T climbers in Constant & Co uniforms at Dale Farm

22-09-2011 14:09

second from the left on the front row
One of the climbers from the National Eviction Team bailiff company was present in a Constant & Co uniform during the weekend and Monday outside Dale Farm.

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Peace Day Actions Against Drones (Wales)

22-09-2011 13:46

Plaque for commemorative garden dedicated to victims of drones
Actions against drones at Parc Aberporth, Newcastle Emlyn and Carmarthen to mark International Day of Peace in Wales.

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Undercover Cop film about Mark Stone - first showing

22-09-2011 09:51

A contact of mine managed to attend a private showing of a rough cut of the film about undercover cop Mark Stone. Planned for broadcast by Channel 4 next month, the film maker Brian Hill showed his rough cut at a filmmakers event last week.

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Ill treatment on the CSC at Woodhill Prison

22-09-2011 09:31

Where is the rule that allows officers under investigation for assault to come into contact with their victims?

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Solidarity Protest for banner drop activist remanded in custody

22-09-2011 09:08

On Friday 16th September, 3 student activists dropped a banner reading "Traitors Not Welcome, Hate Clegg Love NCAFC" for the opening of the Liberal Democrat 2011 conference in Birmingham. All 3 activists were arrested and held in police cells over the weekend, charged with road traffic offenses. At their bail hearing on Monday 19th, 2 were released on bail, whilst the third individual was remanded in custody.

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Anarchism, Autonomy, violence and the state

22-09-2011 08:29

“Anarchists are opposed to violence; everyone knows that. The main plank of anarchism is the removal of violence from human relations. It is life based on freedom of the individual, without the intervention of the gendarme. For this reason we are the enemies of capitalism which depends on the protection of the gendarme to oblige workers to allow themselves to be exploited–or even to remain idle and go hungry when it is not in the interest of the bosses to exploit them. We are therefore enemies of the State which is the coercive violent organization of society,” says the Italian anarchist Errico Malatesta. Similarly the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek stresses that violence should not always be condemned, but often it is unnecessary.

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Of Freedom and Molotovs

22-09-2011 08:26

Of Freedom and Molotovs

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Severe repression as migrants riot on Lampedusa

22-09-2011 01:37

Migrants fight back on Lampedusa

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Fracking Demo: Frack Off Cuadrilla

21-09-2011 22:55

Anti-fracking protesters congregate outside the press conference in Blackpool held by Cuadrilla Resources as they announce the results of their drilling for shale gas tests in Lancashire, holding a massive Frack Off banner and chanting abuse at the company through a megaphone...

 

Today Cuadrilla announced that they've found 200 trillion cubic feet of gas held in rocks under the ground, which is 10 times more than UK reserves in the North Sea. Not all of this can be 'fracked' out - a process which involves pumping millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals in order to crack rock 9,000ft underground (for more info see frack-off.org) - but Mark Miller (toxic water spiller) CEO of Cuadrilla says "We're equivalent to - or exceeding - the gas per square mile that you'd find in the really successful plays in the US."

Fracking has been a major disaster in the US with the industry booming massively over the last several years without intervention, leading to a series of catastrophes relating to water contamination, toxic spills, blow outs, water you can set on fire, and more pollution into the biosphere, mainly methane.

Cuadrilla already has plans for 400 gas wells, across 40 sites, with its current exploration license granted by the government, which covers the Bowland shale between Blackpool and Preston. If all goes well for the company, we could be looking at tens of thousands of gas rigs in Lancashire alone, that's 20-30 per square mile.

Fracking is the thin end of the wedge in the drive to suck the last and most difficult to reach drops of fuel from the planet. The scramble for unconventional sources of gas is the beginning of the end of our finite resources (along with: tar sands, mountain top removal, deep water drilling, coal bed methane etc etc).

Fracking must be stopped.

Nothing will happen without pressure. Get informed, get organised and take action.

 

 

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Kukutza eviction in Errekalde, Basque Country.

21-09-2011 22:47

pigs in the roof
Kukutza social centre got violently evicted today after 13 years of okupation. The developers company owning the abandoned building have decided now that they are going to knock it and turn it into flats, against the will of all the Errekalde community.

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Lampedusa deportation centre burns

21-09-2011 22:43

Violent clashes involving Tunisian migrants, riot police and local people

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Photo Report from Wrexham Peace Day

21-09-2011 22:30

Peace Picnic here
Here are some photos of today's all-day Peace Day event on the library green (Llwyn Isaf) in Wrexham.