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Taxing Times for Inland Revenue Strikers

01-08-2006 19:51

Tax offices in Bootle, Glasgow, Newcastle, Salford, Wrexham, Cardiff, Portsmouth, Leicester, Bradford and Edinburgh were closed yesterday as up to 8,000 workers came out on strike against plans to make them fill in forms accounting for each hour they work.

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Yarl's Wood - Hunger strike continues

01-08-2006 14:23

Six parents at Yarl's Wood IRC are still on hunger strike. I have been speaking to them daily, and have noticed their voices are getting weaker and they have told me that they feel very ill. When I asked how long they intend to continue, they said until the Home Office comes and talks to them.

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UK Terror Threat Levels - what does "critical" mean?

01-08-2006 11:28

Today the new UK terror threat levels were launched:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-5986583,00.html

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1834841,00.html

http://www.channel4.com/news/content/news-storypage.jsp?id=17727613

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Police impede Critical Mass.

01-08-2006 05:22

Police try to manage the July 2006 ride of London's Critical Mass.

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G8 Summit, St Petersburg, Russia - On the ground 3

01-08-2006 02:03

Saturday 15 July. My English contacts were nowhere to be found in the camp. After some searching and chasing I contacted them by phone only to find they were holed-up somewhere in the city, too fearful of a complete police lockdown of Kirov stadium, which would put a serious damper on any actions they were planning.

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A Weekend of Actions

31-07-2006 16:27

This weekend saw two days of actions against the madness of Israel bombing Lebanon.

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Police station targetted in Bristol

31-07-2006 14:01

Last night, Trinity Road Police Station in Old Market, Bristol was decorated with the words “Justice for De Menezes, No State Terrorism, Stop Killer Cops”.

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SOCPA - magistrate censures police

31-07-2006 10:27

last friday, the magistrate in a socpa case recommended that although she was finding the defendant gulity, he should appeal, and should make a complaint to the independent police complaints commission.

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Melbourne 30 July - Rally for Peace - Stop Israeli aggression

31-07-2006 04:24

For the third week, Melbourne's Lebanese and Palestinian organisations, along with supporters from across the community, rallied to demand an end to Israeli aggression and demand an immediate ceasefire.

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pics from sunday trafalgar square rally

30-07-2006 23:08

highlight for me was bill patterson reading harold pinter poems - very powerful, and not your usual nice and cosy speeches telling you to write letters to your mp

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Protesters Rally in London in Outrage over Qana and continued Israeli Crimes

30-07-2006 21:32

Over 1,000 protesters came together in Trafalgar Square to protest Israel’s continuing mass slaughter of the Lebanese and Palestinian people and the British government’s complicity.

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Photostory: The Qana Massacre

30-07-2006 19:07

Today, when Israeli war planes attacked Qana, at least 56 civilians, including over 30 children, were killed. It is the deadliest single strike since Israel unleashed its war on Lebanon.

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Round up of weekend events for Lebanon July 28-30th 2006

30-07-2006 18:58

This is a collation of 16 reports from this weekend's demonstrations for Lebanon. There are 8 from the UK including 2 from London and the Prestwick Airport demo and 8 from overseas.

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Olympics to share venue with dealers of death

30-07-2006 17:30

Report on local march on Saturday 29th July calling for the cancellation of the 2007 Arms Fair at ExCeL, Docklands, and rally at west end of Royal Victoria Dock.

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photos from Trafalgar square demo

30-07-2006 17:18

photos from Trafalgar square demo

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Norwich Protesters Demand Middle East Ceasefire

30-07-2006 12:36

Norwich protesters are outraged at Tony Blair's lack of will in calling for an unconditional ceasefire to the deepening crisis in Lebanon, Palestine and Israel

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Israeli Bomb Flights in Suffolk

30-07-2006 12:10

It has emerged that two flights due to touch down at Prestwick on Saturday were diverted to the RAF Mildenhall military base in Suffolk. A third Atlas Air flight was believed to have landed at Prestwick. There has been no official confirmation of what was on board the planes. A spokesman for the US air force at RAF Mildenhall said two aircraft had been diverted from Prestwick. He said the Atlas cargo flights arrived late on Saturday night and would depart on Sunday. He could not comment on what was on board the planes, but said they were there to refuel and allow the crew to rest. A spokesman for Prestwick said the diversions meant that no such flights were due to land at the airport on Sunday. -BBC

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ANTI MASSACRE CRITICAL MASS HACKNEY

30-07-2006 09:51

We begun a critical mass of cyclists, together with a bicycle-run mobile sound system, to take our message to the streets of Hackney, through pre-recorded messages we transmitted the sound of wars, through protest/ lie-ins in targeted spaces, street performance, through fliers and through our voices.

TO BE CONTINUE.......

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SOCPA - anniversary sleepover in parliament square

30-07-2006 09:50

each sunday afternoon, a group of anti-socpa campaigners have an open picnic (all are welcome - bring food and ideas to share) on parliament square. socpa is the serious organised crime and police act, part of which bans protest around parliament unless authorised and controlled by police.

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pics from friday downing street lebanon demo

30-07-2006 09:37

this ineffectual demo has been covered elsewhere on indymedia, but here are a few pics for anyone interested