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Save Radley Lakes

08-01-2007 10:55

Massive local opposition to the destruction of the last two remaining lakes at Radley has been ignored by power company RWE npower, and the decision to fill these lakes with toxic ash has been rail-roaded through by Oxfordshire County Council.
A squatted field centre has been opened on the lakeside to stop this envieonmental disaster, and they go to court on Wednesday 10th January to fight their eviction. Show your support!

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Blair meets the public (well not really).

07-01-2007 22:29

On Friday Tony Blair PM used his first day back at work to visit the London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green. Prior to this he had just completed his tour of has-been manufactured pop stars mansions with a stay at the luxury residence of one of the Bee Gees. This followed his recent holiday in August at the seaside mansion of heterosexual rock god Sir Cliff Richard. So much for ‘Cool Britania’…….

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Creative activism by the Mischief Makers - a short history

07-01-2007 13:32

The Mischief Makers are a group of activists and artists based in Nottingham (UK) who formed early 2005 as a creative response to the G8 Summit, held at Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland in July that year. The collective uses creativity to support community, environmental and social justice campaign and activist groups. The groups aim is ''to inspire people and empower them to identify challenges and take action in their local environment''. (1) Here follows a short overview of their first 2 years in action...

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York Critical Mass Report

07-01-2007 01:36

Critical Mass returned to York on Friday with about two dozen riders braving the cold to take another random ride around the city to celebrate cycling. The route took them to York's newest road, round a roundabout the highest legal number of times, and into a short interruption from York's boys in blue.

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Sheffield Demo for better Bus services

06-01-2007 15:23

Protestors took to the streets of Sheffield today to protest at the expensive, unreliable but very profitable, bus services in the City which are mainly run by First.

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Sussex University in New Year witch-hunt

06-01-2007 11:01

The University of Sussex has threatened several students with disciplinary proceedings and legal action after 80 students staged an occupation of the university's library last November, in protest at cuts in resources and teaching time.

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Sea Shepherd flagship now running as a Pirate

06-01-2007 00:44

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society flagship Farley Mowat is now officially a pirate vessel. The ship cleared Australian Customs in Hobart, Tasmania, on December 29th, 2006, only hours before the nation of Belize struck our flag. The Farley Mowat has no home port and can be siezed and sunk by any navy.

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Why It Took So Long For The American Public To Figure Out Global Warming

05-01-2007 21:21

If you thought you knew the extent to which Exxonmobil (Esso) were prepared to go to cheat this planet out of a future, think again.

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Recycling – a tale of two councils

05-01-2007 11:47

Two councils, one with an abysmal track record on recycling, the other the best performing council in the country.

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Israeli Army Invades Ramallah.. Again

05-01-2007 09:52

In the latest Israeli act of aggression, a large force invaded the West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday afternoon, with at least 30 military vehicles accompanied by bulldozers and helicopters. 4 Palestinians were killed (6, according to another report) and at least 20 were wounded, 3 of whom were described as serious.

http://www.imemc.org/content/view/23525/1/

http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1373

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Philippines: shameless act of collaboration of the Arroyo regime & the U.S. govt

04-01-2007 22:39

"It's an utterly shameless act of collaboration of the Arroyo regime and the U.S. government."

This was the statement of Myrla Baldonado, spokesperson of Task Force Subic Rape (TFSR) on the stealthy transfer of custody of Daniel Smith from the Makati City Jail to the U.S. Embassy.

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photos of grafitti and lock down at alcoa's north london offices

04-01-2007 22:31

a message to them and a call out to you:
these companies do have names and addresses even if they arent always easy to find. lets up the pressure and make them really uncomfortable. target them everywhere, at every opportunity

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What About the Real Habitual Criminals?

04-01-2007 18:34

Catalyst Media - who publish 'Nerve' magazine in Liverpool - have received warnings from their server that Kirkby-based polluters Sonae want our whole site to be taken down because of two articles which highlight their crimes against the environment. Here is the second of the subversive articles for your consideration.

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"Work camps" for Poles in England?

04-01-2007 18:30

A Pole apparently held in a work camp in the UK smuggled out a letter which was forwarded to Polish police. Polish police are now investigating claims of Poles being held in work camps in both UK and Italy.

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Sonae’s Legacy of Pollution and ill Health

04-01-2007 18:29

Catalyst Media - who publish 'Nerve' magazine in Liverpool - have received warnings from their server that Kirkby-based polluters Sonae want our whole site to be taken down because of two articles which highlight their crimes against the environment. Here is one of the subversive articles for your consideration.

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German police are killing Africans

04-01-2007 15:52

Oury Jalloh burned to death in a police cell in Dessau, east Germany, on the 7th of January, 2005. Two years have now gone by; two years in which the court in Dessau has effectively blocked any hearings from taking place against the responsible police officers. This alone is evidence enough that neither the police nor the judiciary is willing to see that the events surrounding the death of Oury Jalloh are clarified.

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Friends of the Earth blockades Faslane nuclear submarine base, Scotland

03-01-2007 22:38

Faslane Naval Base (near Glasgow), Tuesday 2nd January 2007 - A group of 25 activists from the Belgian environmental group "Friends of the Earth Flanders & Brussels" have blocked the British nuclear submarine base since 8am this morning. This morning 8 activists were arrested after nonviolently blocking both main entrances to the base. Amongst those arrested were people from Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal and Finland.

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Pregnant Woman Raped and Lost Baby after Being Deported into the Desert

03-01-2007 17:59

Reports of terrible tragedies suffered by the 240 refugees who were arrested and deported by the Moroccan authorities on December 23, 2006, began to reach us.

According to reports from Attac, a 5-month-pregnant Congolese woman was viciously raped on January 2nd. She was hospitalized but lost her baby in hospital. Since her rape, she is said to have been in a state of shock and refuses to speak.

According to Afrik.com, quoting Paulin Kuamzambi, the vice-president of Morocco Refugees Collective, four women were raped on the way back to Oujda (Morocco). There hasn't been any more information about the circumstances surrounding these rapes except that, in 3 cases, the rapers were Moroccans, while it was Algerians in the fourth.

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activists lock down Alcoas' London offices

03-01-2007 17:54

Late on New Years Day activists targeted 2 Alcoa front companies, (Kawneer in central London and ASA in North London.) Both companies had their front access doors locked shut with D-locks and chains, and were left grafitti messages that they should leave Iceland straight away.
They are destroying the last pristine wilderness in Europe right now, as well as trashing other communities and ecosystems all over the world.
See www.savingiceland.org for a massive amount of resources and information.

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Anti-US demonstration in Manila - January 3, 2007

03-01-2007 17:25

Philippines court, minister back transfer of US marine rapist