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Calais Migrant Solidarity Training weekend

11-02-2013 18:11

Training weekend for Calais Migrant Solidarity (CMS).
SUMAC centre, Nottingham
23rd and 24th February, 10-5pm

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Crisis in the SWP Pat Stack

11-02-2013 18:01

This letter has been circulated by leading SWP member Pat Stack. Pat was on the Disputes Committee that heard the “Comrade Delta” case, and he was the only person who dissented against the decision to ‘clear’ Comrade Delta.

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Strike action planned for Valentines Day

11-02-2013 17:42

Following on from the national protest on the 26th January over the sacking of four maths lecturers from Halesowen College  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2013/01/506019.html Halesowen UCU have voted for strike action.

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Another theory about Obama's domestic army

11-02-2013 12:03

Another theory about Obama's domestic army

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UG#613 - Economic Disposal of The Worthless (Hidden History of Eugenics in USA)

11-02-2013 02:56

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This show examines the history of eugenics in USA. Robert Whitaker tells how WASPish business magnates took up the idea of racial purity and aggressively promoted eugenics, leading directly to forced sterilizations and lobotomies across USA, and indirectly to Nazi Germany's Final Solution.

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Secret City - Oxford Film Screening and Q&A

10-02-2013 21:20

To celebrate our second year of regular film screenings at East Oxford Community Centre, Oxford Indymedia are proud to present the new independent film about the City of London, the Corporation that runs it, and its role in the economic crisis… Secret City. Film makers Lee Salter and Michael Chanan will be attending this Oxford Premier to introduce the film and for a Q&A afterwards.

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Ten Days in Manchester - Demos, Conferences, Occupations

10-02-2013 17:05

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Some stories from what's gone in Manchester and what's coming up over the coming month.

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"Nothing short of shambolic":privatisation, cuts & court interpreting

10-02-2013 15:23

This time last year a contract to privatise court interpreting services for foreign language speakers and the hearing impaired went live with almost immediately disastrous results all round. The contract, defended by the Ministry of Justice and now owned by a company sold to Capita, has been the subject of two parliamentary committee reports (latest published on 6 February) and a National Audit Office report. What's been going on?

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Iraq Ten Years On: What You Don’t Hear!

10-02-2013 11:22

As 2013 marks the tenth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, I feel there are some points of focus which the media and campaigners need to address, if they wish to provide substance, to any area of serious discussion.

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Nuclear materials convoy tracked from Aldermaston to Brize Norton

09-02-2013 21:01

Convoy parked next to C17 plane
A 4 vehicle Special Nuclear Material (SNM) convoy left Aldermaston Atomic
Weapons Establishment (AWE) at 10.30 on Friday night 8th February, and
travelled to RAF Brize Norton, arriving at just after midnight early on
Saturday 9th February.

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CURO Housing tenants faced with stark choices this April

09-02-2013 12:36

CURO Housing landlord gives 1000 of its tenants 3 choices 1) move out 2) take in lodger 3) pay bedroom tax

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Workfare picket in Peckham on Saturday 16th

09-02-2013 12:00

South London Solidarity Federation continues the campaign against Workfare with another picket of Poundland. The budget shop has announced that it is re-entering the controversial unpaid work scheme after the defeat of a court case against it:  http://solfed.org.uk/?q=south-london%2Fslsf-to-poundland-youre-next

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Police violence in Greece – not just isolated incidents

09-02-2013 10:55

The Greek fascist state has once again shown its true face. The pictures of the four arrestees with their faces deformed from torture cause our furry at the very least. The exercise of raw violence, the torture, the crude lies are a regular practise of the state repressive mechanism which does not even keep up the pretences.

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Greece, the clock and the sunlight betray the lies of the Greek state?

08-02-2013 21:30

In a photo of detainee Anarchist 'bank robber', exif data shows one time, a clock on the wall shows another...

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The EUAS 2013 Revival and the dawn of The Innagural New Monthly Planning Meeting

08-02-2013 16:55

Over the last 6 months EUAS has been suffering from administrative stagnation and suffocating inactivity. To remedy this tragedy, as of Wednesday 6th February we have initiated Monthly Planning Meetings in the rennovated and relocated Forest Cafe at 141 Lauriston Place. We have revolutionised our working groups and are all hopefully much more efficient now.

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