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Seville: Trade Unions demonstration

20-06-2002 15:44

Seville: Trade Unions demonstration
At midday today was the trade unions' demonstration against the Spanish Government's new labour laws during the General Strike.

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Pet Hates: Pigeon Myths Challenged

20-06-2002 15:20

One- time socialist and self- proclaimed Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has repeated history as farce.

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Police use ID searches against the Communication and Press Center, Seville.

20-06-2002 15:07

Massive arbitrary ID searches used to block access to information points and to the Communication and Press Center of Social Forum Seville.

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Caceroladas launch the general strike

20-06-2002 14:56

Starting at midnight diverse informative pickets began by using the cacerolada technique

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Grave incidents in Fuencarral pickets

20-06-2002 14:45

Police attack Fuencarral pickets; many injured, detained without medical care.

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General Strike in Spain

20-06-2002 14:24

A very successful general strike has taken place in the Spanish State on Thursday, June 20th. One day before, a general strike brought the Basque country to a standstill. Watch this space for updates.

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Flight 11 stewardess' kin to sue American Airlines

20-06-2002 14:20

Lawyers say family members 'no longer trust' carrier 'to tell truth' about Flight 11 hijackings

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25 Cents An Hour

20-06-2002 14:12

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Free Speech issues continue

20-06-2002 14:04

END CENSORSHIP AND THE ERRADICATION OF FREE SPEECH.

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US troops under fire in Philippines

20-06-2002 13:44

Remember when the US Government claimed this was just a training exercise?

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ISRAEL: Update on newly imprisoned conscientious objectors.

20-06-2002 13:00

ISRAEL: Update on newly imprisoned conscientious objectors.
The wave of emergency call-ups for reserves has receded. The number of objectors currently being held in prison, to the best of our knowledge, is now 9 - five are reservists and the other four are draft resisters. This is a tall but more or less routine figure.

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20-06-2002 12:52

A community of British Gypsies, facing eviction by Mid Bedfordhsire District Council, has appealed for help in resisting the eviction of their home.

The government recommends that Gypsies should house themselves on their own land, yet those who try that are often denied planning permission. Jake Bowers on an ancient problem unresolved

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"The Israeli aggression will not submit us"

20-06-2002 12:22

More IOF's atrocities against the unarmed Palestinian civilians

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PSNI/RUC dawn raid on the tiny republican enclave of short strand

20-06-2002 12:21

PSNI/RUC raid the tiny republican enclave of short strand in a rage, after PANORAMA doc dishes dirt on PSNI/RUC dirty war.

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Spain General Strike: Militant strikers shut down businesses

20-06-2002 12:15

Yelah.net: The strikers of Spain are not happy with just stopping work. They also try to shut down workplaces where activity, despite the general strike, continues.

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Countyside Alliance back in London 22nd Sept.

20-06-2002 12:14

They're back and with an even more restrictive gene pool than last time

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info/translations from spain/general strike needed

20-06-2002 10:31

can someone translate ,not by machine, its awful, updates from the important general strike in Spain

thanks

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Audio Link Sevilla - Utrecht (NL) Actions

20-06-2002 10:13

Audio Link Sevilla - Utrecht (NL) Actions
June 21st, Midsummer, there will be a mass streetparty in Utrecht, Holland, in solidarity with anti EU protests in Sevilla. We will start a live audio link between 14.30-15 h, keep an eye on http://barcelona.indymedia.org and www.wewearbuildings.cc. [More]

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Part II: Coverage of 9/11 conference at National Press Club

20-06-2002 08:33

This is the second part of a two-part article covering the National Press Club conference announcing the launch of UnansweredQuestions.org.

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Press conference featuring 9/11 victims’ family members ignored by media

20-06-2002 08:26

UnansweredQuestions.org web site launch features 9/11 victims' family members, but fails to gain media attention.