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Indymedia Italy Closes to Start Over Again.

"Through it all, Indymedia has always maintained its nature of a local/global network that now returns to the streets and to the piazzas to close the circle." -

http://italy.indymedia.org

The following is an english translation of a statement from the IMC Italy collective...

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Families on Hungerstrike in Yarl's Wood Detention Centre

01-12-2006 15:40

Many of the adults detained in Yarl's Wood have refused food this morning (1 Dec 2006) in protest at conditions in the centre. There has been an outbreak of diarrhea amongst the children under 5 and many of the children are not eating as they find the food unpalatable. 70 adults and 40 children are currently detained in the family unit of Yarl's Wood IRC.

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West Papua Independence Day Demo, London

01-12-2006 15:23

About 20 people gathered in the rain outside the Indonesian Embassy in central London to celebrate West Papua independence day. December 1 marks the 45th anniversary of the date on which the newly formed West New Guinea Council voted to rename their territory West Papua and affirmed their own flag (Morning Star) and national anthem.

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Feminist Health Gathering January 2007 Leeds

01-12-2006 14:18

Jan 19th - 21st

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Sabotaged promised as government test public resolve on GM

01-12-2006 12:57

Protesters have pledged to take direct action to sabotage genetically modified crop trials that the government has today given the go ahead for. These trials will be the first GM trials to take place in this country for several years after a sucessful campaign of resistance. The new trial is widely regarded as a test of public resolve before further attempts to introduce genetically modified organisms on a commercial scale to a unwilling public...

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State Scum Protect Hunt Scum (again)

01-12-2006 12:31

Yesterday four hunt saboteurs were arrested under section 5 of the Public Order Act, as they followed a beagle pack near Chipping Sodbury, just outside Bristol.

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Asylum Seekers get an early xmas present

01-12-2006 09:33

Here is a little snippet of what life is like for a destitute refugee. (see below for definition *)

3 Destitute men have been seeking shelter in some empty council flats. The council are seeking to sell the land on which the flats are built to

Arches Housing.
122 Burngreave Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S3 9DE

Phone: 0114 228 8100
Fax: 0114 228 8150

Web:

http://www.archeshousing.org.uk

Email:

info@archeshousing.org.uk

The council began legal proceedings to regain possession of the flats (court date set for 7th of December). Arches Housing have employed Red Wall construction (Building Contractor) to demolish the flats when they are emptied. On the 28th November 2006 (according to reports via Arches Housing) Red wall construction workers found all the front doors of the occupied flats open and apparently abandoned.

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People fighting back in Tonga - IMC activists reports and photos

01-12-2006 03:08

Riots broke out in Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa after a pro-democracy demonstration on Thursday, 16th November, in the Kingdom. About 3000 people marched onto parliament with banners calling for immediate reform, others attacked public figures, while another labeled the current structure a "deadly virus". In the afternoon, after parliament was cancelled, protesters started smashing government buildings and set fire to businesses owned by the Prime Minister and the King in the city centre and turned cars over. Windows were smashed in the Prime Minister's Office, Parliament House, the Magistrates Court,the Public Service Commission Office, the Ministry of Finance and three vehicles overturned and government cars smashed in government parking lots. One company targeted was power company Shoreline, owned by the King. The aristocratic class control the economic and political aspects of life against which the people have been resisting for years. The protests and riots are part of the struggle against the feudal system which is oppressing the Tongan people for years.

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Castle Bidco, HBOS, Sir Tom Hunter, “Please Support Us!” Ask Evicted Family

01-12-2006 02:36

Crest Nicholson Plc has recently rejected *a £660 million takeover bid from Castle Bidco, the consortium vehicle of HBOS Plc and Sir Tom Hunter, the Scottish entrepreneur. Supported by Bank of Scotland Corporate and Sir Tom’s West Coast Capital, further talks with Crest seem likely. Meanwhile, an evicted Family of seven from Wales asks for support in their Family Campaign for Social Justice!

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The Coup d’Etat in Mexico

01-12-2006 00:57

As a New Regime Prepares to Seize Control December 1, Promising a New Wave of Repression, the Antidote Is Being Born from Below

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EVERYTHING4EVERYONE Oaxaca solidarity assembly (hackney)

01-12-2006 00:37

Pre-opening day assembly at Everything4everyone "new" occupied building

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Trident White Paper? Get yer lock-ons out!

30-11-2006 23:43

The government will publish its white paper on the future of Britain's nuclear weapons on Monday 4 December 2006. Block the Builders are calling a mass blockade of AWE Aldermaston on 11 December.

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Another journalist disappears in mexico- Reporters without Borders

30-11-2006 22:22

Reporters Without Borders voiced alarm today at the news that Adolfo Sánchez Guzmán, the correspondent of the TV station Televisa Veracruz and the radio station Xhora Ori Stereo 99.3 in Orizaba, in the eastern state Veracruz, has been missing since 28 November. He is the third journalist to have disappeared this year in Mexico. Seven others have been murdered.

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The truth behind the deportation statistics

30-11-2006 22:06

We have seen this week what detention at Harmondsworth and Lindholme have driven people to, here's why...

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Demonstration at Harmondsworth/Colnbrook

30-11-2006 19:42

A large scale disturbance broke out at Harmondsworth after HM Inspector of Prisons (HMIP) published a report on Harmondsworth which it described as "Undoubtedly the poorest report" issued on any immigration removal centre to date.

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Merseyside Fire Authority Stirs Up More Trouble

30-11-2006 19:32

Following the partial defeat of their cuts agenda this summer, Merseyside Fire Authority is trying to get its own back, and weaken the morale of victorious firefighters. Three weeks ago, letters were served to fourteen emergency crew members, calling them to hearings over incidents during the walkout, including one for 'smiling aggressively'. Now a firefighter is in trouble for drinking a cup of tea!