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Squatter from 195 Mare Street Detained by UKBA

06-12-2013 16:52

Article about the Detention of Ira Putiloss, a squatter and member of the 195 social centre collective

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Mass cops off campus demo this Saturday 7th December, Malet Street.

06-12-2013 15:31

Please come to the mass cops off campus demo this Saturday the 7th of December starting at 3pm in Malet Street, Bloomsbury, central London. This will be the third demonstration by students at the ULU.

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AgainstGreece: Day for Alexis, day for students Cops intrudeattack on university

06-12-2013 13:36

On the days demonstration, cops intrude on gathering in front of University senate, 'kettle' hundreds, arrest some 14-15 year old schoolkids
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Local youth attack police station in Aigaleo, Athens, "in the name of what is proper"

Starving school pupil in Patras eats garbage food binned by clasmates, not the first time she was hungry.
Elswehere 1000s are forced to go to school hungry and return home with an empty belly.

A town in N Greece has no heating oil for schools, all are closed.

The main demo for Alexi is at 6pm.

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Alternative Views on Nelson Mandela, the ANC and their 'Betrayals'

06-12-2013 13:15

With all the uncritical eulogies about Nelson Mandela it is easy to forget that life for ordinary black South Africans has, in many ways, got worse since the ANC attained power.

Here are some articles, from a variety of left-wing perpectives, that shed some light on the betrayals of the ANC:

 http://libcom.org/forums/news/exposing-myths-nelson-mandela-anc-06122013

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Ukraine gets $8bn from China ...........

06-12-2013 10:35

Ukraine gets $8bn from China
Ukraine gets $8bn investment from China ...... Ukrainian President Yanukovych left Kiev in search of foreign cash for his country's near bankrupt economy, and now he says he's secured $8 billion in investment from China. The money has made a timely arrival in cash-strapped Ukraine’s hands, as the economy teeters on default and faces debts over $15 billion. Yanukovych is on a three-day planned working trip to China.

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#copsoffcampus protest attacked by police, with yet another mass arrest

06-12-2013 01:21

In the latest of a series of mass arrests, (the data-mining and extra-judicial punishment tactic recently favoured by the Met), around 36 people were arrested at the student #copsoffcampus protest this afternoon. Almost all the arrests were for ‘breach of the peace’, and many are being released in the small hours from far-flung police stations in Bromley, Croydon and even Sutton.

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Why politics is like particle physics

06-12-2013 00:55

With the publication of the Scottish Government’s white paper last week came the much anticipated “facts” of independence and the negotiating terms for a post-Yes vote in September, plus of course a few manifesto promises from the SNP thrown in for good measure.

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International demonstration - Rote Flora Hamburg

05-12-2013 17:37

With an international demonstration in Hamburg on 21st December, we want to make clear that any attempt to evict the Rote Flora will lead to massive resistance. We focus on the current struggles for the Esso Houses, the right of residence for refugees and the radical criticism on repression and so-called danger zones (areas where the police have extended rights to arbitrarily control and arrest people).

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Ministry of Justice Gross Financial Mismanagement

05-12-2013 15:53

An account of the real nature of the finances of the ministry of justice

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Assembly of the Unemployed in South Africa

05-12-2013 10:44

Next week there will be a mass assembly of organisations and movements representing the unemployed in South Africa. Dissident union leaders and others will attend. It looks like this could be a major step on the way to the formation of a new left wing party based on an alliance between workers and the unemployed.

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17 Dec: Chelsea Manning Birthday Vigil

05-12-2013 09:04

Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning is the US soldier sentenced to 35 years in jail for leaking thousands of documents to Wikileaks exposing US and other governments’ war crimes and corruption. She is 26 years old on Tuesday 17 December. Ever since she was detained and tortured in 2010, international protests have demanded her release. Demonstrate your support for her courageous whistleblowing, and for all who blow the whistle on corruption, dictatorship and dirty government secrets.

St. Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, 3pm - 4.30pm.

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On Streets of Dublin: Manning-Assange-Snowden

04-12-2013 11:02

Promoting the Trinity Event beforehand

The last few days in Dublin unfolded in a warm embrace of solidarity for imprisoned Pvt. Manning’s mother Susan, aunts Mary & Sharon & uncle Kevin. The family had travelled from their hometown Haverfordwest, south-west Wales to Dublin, Ireland, the birthplace of their father.

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Insurgency Responsible for Civilian Plight of Syrians

04-12-2013 09:50

Objective and non-objective as well as official and non-official reports about the responsibility of the Syrian government are abundant, but that of the insurgents has been for too long covered up and only of late come under the scrutiny of human rights organizations and media spotlight.

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UG#671 - The Nuclear Fuel Pool of Damocles (Fukushima, Chernobyl and PBDEs)

04-12-2013 01:06

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We hear a collection of speakers on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (which Wikipedia reports injured 39 and may result in anywhere from 0 to 1000 cancer deaths). We hear testimony that the real figures are many orders of magnitude higher, and that the crisis is far from over, with radiation leaks increasing and a pool containing over 400 tons of nuclear fuel suspended 100 foot in the air in a badly damaged building highly vulnerable to any further seismic disturbance.

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Workfare Protest in Wrexham

03-12-2013 19:47

A protest took place outside the Wrexham Jobcentre at lunchtime today against changes to the benefits system.

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You Have Not Been Told the Truth About Global Warmin

03-12-2013 18:58

Official figures greatly underestimate global heating. Robert Way explains groundbreaking new paper. The EPA likewise low-balled methane emissions in the U.S. by half. Harvard's Scot Miller on new science. UK photojournalist Robert Leslie on "Stormbelt" - the decline of the southern states.