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pipeline protest, trebanos, wales

20-11-2006 17:05

Photos from last weekend - demo, camp & countryside

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Digger attacked in Protest by Concerned Citizens

20-11-2006 13:35

Housing project in Cornwall targeted by protesters against urban sprawl

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Video report from Trebanos LNG protest camp

20-11-2006 10:27

4 min video report from the occupied LNG pipeline at Trebanos in South Wales.

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Airport protests in Aberdeen

20-11-2006 08:58

Aberdeen Campaign Against Climate Change organised two aviation protests this week: One protest was against BAA's application to extend the runway in Aberdeen. The second protest, on Saturday, was against short-haul flights, which account for the large majority of flights to and from Aberdeen.

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ATHENS, GREECE: Demonstration commemorating 1973 uprising, attacked by police

20-11-2006 06:19

Demonstration commemorating 1973 student uprising was brutally attacked by police. Films that revealed, show police officers hitting hadcuffed or injured individuals.

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PIPELINE public transport info

20-11-2006 00:26

links to public transport info for anyone wanting to go to the LNG pipeline squat/protest at trebanos/pontardawe.

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First massive rout aginst the road violating the heart of Polish wildlife

19-11-2006 22:15

First massive rout in Poland against the road ( the viabaltica expressway ) going through the jewellery of Polish Wildlife (after 4 years of campaigning and about 200.000 signatures collected within few weeks of the summer).

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pics: GENERAL STRIKE in Italy !

19-11-2006 20:51

Today Italy´s workers went on generals strike to protest against government "reforms".

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Viva Six Fingers - Community Facilities, Canterbury Hall and the River Ribble

19-11-2006 20:20

A group of squatters is facing eviction from the Community Centre they are occupying. The Church has sold it to private developers to turn into luxury flats.
This article compares the campaign to save the community centre with 'Save The Ribble's' campaign to defend community facilities like football pitches and allotments on the banks of the River Ribble, as well as the precious Ribble Estuary itself.

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On the ground: San Cristobal, Sunday 19 November

19-11-2006 18:36

Second report from Oscar Beard on the Mexico situation.

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On The Ground: Mexico City, Friday 19 November

19-11-2006 18:25

First report from Oscar Beard on Mexico situation.

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Melbourne: Police Attack G20 Protestors Causing Severe Injuries

19-11-2006 14:02

Police attacked a peaceful group of anti-G20 protestors at the Melbourne Museum on Sunday evening causing severe injuries. The protestors, who had gathered on information that G20 delegates were attending an event at the Museum, were reportedly given no prior warning before the assault which involved fists, boots and batons. Footage clearly shows police brutally beating defenseless people lying on the ground.

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Tour of Europe with Venezuelan organisers – what we learnt

19-11-2006 14:01

October 2006 was particularly exciting as we took two activists from Venezuela, Juanita Romero and Gastón Murat, on a speaking tour of (in chronological order) London, Venice, Galway, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Barcelona. It is unusual for grassroots people to be invited to speak abroad and to have the opportunity to meet their counterparts in countries of the North.

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Demo outside Mexican embassy TOMORROW (Monday) and solidarity meeting

19-11-2006 13:49

MEXICO EMERGENCY! HANDS OFF OAXACA! NO TO ELECTORAL FRAUD! URO MUST GO!

Picket the Mexican embassy (16 St George St W1, nearest tube: Oxford Circus) from 5pm to 6.30pm this Monday 20th November!

Then come to a public meeting from 7.30pm at the National Union of Journalists (308 Grays Inn Rd WC1, nearest tube: Kings Cross) with Jeremy Corbyn MP.

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National Defy-ID Gathering in Nottingham next Sat Nov 25th

19-11-2006 12:41

As the government continues to implement its plans for a UK identity card and database, Nottingham Defy-ID is hosting the National Defy-ID Gathering next weekend, Saturday Nov 25th. The event will start at 11am. But please arrive for coffee/tea at 10.30am (which will also include a refresher of the developments).

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Blair on Tyneside

18-11-2006 21:18

Blair seems to be doing his goodbye to u suckers tour of the Uk incorporated into the 100th anniversary of the Labour Party's foundation celebrations. Check your local party contacts for upcoming anniversary do's and help keep him movin on.

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Anarchists seize IDF tanks in Gaza

18-11-2006 18:12

Activists of the left-wing group Anarchists Against the Fence on Saturday took over Israel Defense Forces tanks and bulldozers between the Erez and Karni crossings in the Gaza Strip.

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Rossport Solidarity Picket, Salford Quays, with pics!

18-11-2006 17:39

Following the successful Rossport Solidarity meeting earlier this month, around 20 of us went to picket the Shell petrol station at Salford Quays. Among our number were the brilliant Rhythms of Resistance samba band who kept our spirits up on a cold winter's day.

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Payback: 100 Melbourne Police violently attack G20 Festive Gathering

18-11-2006 16:51

The G20 meeting of Finance Ministers, World Bank, IMF and Reserve Bank Governors is occurring in Melbourne and has met with local protests and street confrontations with police. A festive gathering of G20 protestors on Saturday night was violently broken up by the police. One must asume this is a payback operation for protests earlier in the day breaching police barricades and even damaging a police riot unit vehicle.

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Street Confrontations at Melbourne G20 Protest

18-11-2006 12:52

Protestors were on the offensive again today against the G20 meeting in Melbourne with some of the most confrontational protest actions of recent times in Australia.