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Home office racist van raiders empty handed in West London restaurant raid

01-05-2014 13:13

Anti Raids Network intervene in immigration raid in West London.

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“Keep fighting” Mandela’s prison-mate urges as desert film festival launch coinc

01-05-2014 13:06

Mandela’s prison-mate Andrew Mlangeni joins film stars, activists, and film makers at film festival in desert refugee camp and urges the people of Western Saharaa to continue their struggle for self-determination

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Philippines: Inclusive growth under Aquino no longer possible

01-05-2014 12:42

WITH only two years left in his term as he now enters his fourth year in office, President Aquino could now be described as either unwilling or unable to make the country’s much-hyped economic growth inclusive.

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Celebrations mix with defiance as desert film festival coincides with UN vote

01-05-2014 09:30

Celebrations at a Western Sahara film festival at a refugee camp in the desert are tinged with defiance as UN yet again reject human rights monitoring.

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Skillshare this weekend at Upton Community Protection Camp, Chester

30-04-2014 16:23

This Saturday, visit the camp set up near Chester to resist Dart Energy's CBM and fracking plans.

Ever wanted to know how to build a treehouse? Climb a tripod? or want some basic blockading skills? Upton Community Protection Camp is the place to be on the May Day weekend. (Saturday3 May 12-3... or come and camp for the weekend or longer).

Camp address: Duttons Lane, Upton-by-Chester CH2 2PE

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Housing Justice Roadshow - Liverpool

30-04-2014 14:44

Event will introduce key projects designed to equip churches, faith and community groups run services for homeless and badly housed people.

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Rich mangrove forests under threat

30-04-2014 12:56

mangrove forests under extinction

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Taking Control of Our Housing - how to set up a housing co-op workshop

30-04-2014 12:12

Peace News co-editor Emily Johns explained how to set up a housing co-op at a meeting in Hastings on 29 April 2014

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US President Obama Visit in Manila

30-04-2014 11:07

The small window of opportunity to forge an independent foreign policy that the Philippines gained with the expulsion of the US bases in 1992 will disappear with the impending signing of the Agreement on Enhanced Defense Cooperation with the US.

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UKIP posters in Leicester, vastly improved

30-04-2014 09:48

Spray-painted billboard
2 UKIP billboards have been 'improved' in Leicester.

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Council Asked to Act over Breach of Contract

30-04-2014 09:24

Leicestershire County Council (LCC) has been asked to take action over the late payment of £266,000 by UK Coal. Coal extraction at the Minorca site is continuing despite UK Coal being late in making payments due under a Section 106 Agreement. LCC is being asked to take action either to get the money owed or to stop coal from being extracted and shipped out from the site

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Audio: Bruce Kent - No Faith in Trident

30-04-2014 09:20

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Bruce Kent addressed a Sheffield CND  http://www.sheffieldcnd.org.uk/ meeting last night, 29th April 2014, it was a culmination of his "No faith in Trident" speaking tour,  http://www.cnduk.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1857

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Breaking the Frame - Luddites 200 Gathering

29-04-2014 16:42

Breaking The Frame gathering alternative technology and thinking acting...

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March for Engerland 2014

29-04-2014 16:26

Pitt Jnr - red jacket
So, the March for Engerrrland (MfE) has staggered in and out of Brighton once again. And once again it has been opposed by far more antifascists of various shades.

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TUSC announces 'biggest left-of-Labour electoral challenge in sixty years'

29-04-2014 12:46

As nominations close, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) has announced that it is fielding 561 candidates in the local elections on May 22nd. In addition there will be TUSC candidates for three of the five directly-elected mayor contests taking place on the same day. This will be the biggest left of Labour challenge in such elections in 60 years.

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Kick Nuclear, London

28-04-2014 12:20

Kick Nuclear meetings, every 2nd wednesday, 162 Holloway road.

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Israel said planning to deport African migrants to Uganda

28-04-2014 11:50

Israel plans to soon begin deporting migrants from Eritrea and Sudan, who number more than 50,000, back to the African continent via Uganda, officials said.

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26.04.2014:-Nottingham, UK - World Day For Animals In Laboratories

28-04-2014 06:16

World Day for Animals in Laboratories 2014, Nottingham
Over 500 people took part in this years World Day for Animals in Laboratories in Nottingham

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One week, three stories on the Australian far-right - Andrew Zammitt

28-04-2014 05:17

Australia’s far-right scene usually gets little media attention. Radical political movements often struggle to be noticed in the media, and that’s probably a good thing. However, it creates a discrepancy in reporting when violence is concerned.

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Going Forward with Permaculture

27-04-2014 21:14

We're going to use the magic of radio to fly around to garden roof tops in Brooklyn USA, a permaculture fruit farm in Quebec, Canada, and small acres restored in Nottingham UK. Buckle up.