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McLibel: Human Rights Victory Anniversary Demo, Nottingham

16-02-2007 00:04

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To celebrate the McLibel Human Rights Victory Anniversary, there was a small demo on Thursday 15th February, 5pm - 6pm at Exchange Walk, Nottingham

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8 anti-fur activists charged under new SOCPA amendment

15-02-2007 20:45

8 charged under new SOCPA amendment

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Pipeline company targetted by direct action

15-02-2007 17:46

The offices of Land and Marine in Bath were targetted last night with spraypainted messages and super glued locks as part of ongoing resistance to their South Wales gas pipeline scheme.

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Why do activists continue to make use of MySpace? - Calling for a new online social network

15-02-2007 14:42

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After some recent discussion on whether a local critical mass group should set up an account on the social networking site MySpace, some interesting things came to light. The amount of activist and campaign groups using the social networking site is growing. These groups include not only critical mass groups in London, Oxford and Manchester and anarchists from Norwich, Gwent, Ipswich but also bigger initiatives like Earth First (1) | (2), Plane Stupid, the Anarchist Federation (1) | (2) and the Cowley Club in Brighton. Even within the independent media world Democray Now, the Indypendent (1) | (2), and Indymedia (1) | (2) collectives from San Diego, Los Angelos (1) | (2) and Indybay have joined the MySpace craze. All but to name a few really. But is MySpace really the online community I would want to be part of? Looking into its structure and the real reasons behind its existance, I doubt I would.

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British Airways was paid £4,328,263 to deport peope in one year

15-02-2007 14:06

As long as they are getting paid, BA don't mind flying people to war torn countries and coutries with appaling human rights records.
Data obtained buy the National Coalition of Anti Deportation Campaigns under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Nuclear debate hotting up in Gerrmany again

15-02-2007 04:24

Debate is heating up in Germany over keeping or scrapping nuclear power production and over what to do with nuclear waste, which is dangerously radioactive for a million years.

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Basque political prisoner Iñaki de Juana in risk of death

14-02-2007 20:07

Tied to his bed and forced fed through tubes
Basque prisoner is in his deathbed after 101 days of hunger strike

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Six hours of disruption at LNG terminal

14-02-2007 18:00

Since November there has been lots of protests around the gas pipeline currently being constructed in Wales, and shortly Englans. Today people paid a visit to sunny pembokeshire to take direct action on one of the root causes of climate change; fossil fuel corporations seeking more profits for their shareholders.

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Launch of London Guantánamo Campaign weekly demonstration outside US Embassy

14-02-2007 17:32

The London Guantánamo Campaign started its weekly demonstration outside the US Embassy calling for the detention and torture camp to be closed down

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OaxacaLibre english weekly

14-02-2007 11:53

The subject of the elections in the APPO assembly

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Friends of John Okello

14-02-2007 09:39

John Oneka Okello, 58 from Uganda was detained at Beckett House Immigration Reporting Centre on Saturday 3rd February and currently detained in Tinsley IRC. He has been in the UK seeking asylum for 10 years and his claim has been refused. For the last five years he has not been allowed to work and has received no benefits in that time.

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Critical Mass London extra video.

14-02-2007 09:23

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In addition to  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/360863.html I thought I would include a 3gp version to put on your mobile phones experimentally, only 2Mb. It is supposed to work OK but lets see.

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Activists shut down construction of LNG gas terminal in Milford Haven.

14-02-2007 08:26

Protesters against the continued and unrestrained promotion of fossil fuel projects by the UK government have blockaded the main vehicle access route into the new LNG pipeline terminal near Milford Haven, South Wales. Their aim is to highlight the serious environmental and safety issues surrounding this project, and to call for a more sober approach to the impending energy crisis.

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Anti-nuclear campaigners block UK WMD factory

13-02-2007 18:53

Blockading Home Office Gate
Yesterday six people were arrested outside AWE mAldermaston during an hour+long blockade of the nuclear weapons factory. Next BtB blockade 19 March - check the website for more info. What follows is a BtB press release, issued yesterday

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Rhythms of Resistance joins the Bremen Carnival to raise awareness about the G8

13-02-2007 18:40

Rhythms of Resistance Manchester joined the Rhythms of Resistance bands in Germany at the Bremen (Germany) Carnival parade to put the politics back in the streets.

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Bernard Mathews given the all clear to ship live birds into exclusion zone

13-02-2007 17:48

It beggars belief that Bernard Mathews was allowed to continue processing poultry at their Suffolk site during the avian influenza crisis, continued exporting to Hungary, and within days of the slaughter of 159,000 birds, were able to ship live birds into the exclusion zone created around the infected site. Yes, it's business as usual.

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Caiomhe Butterly Speaking at Monday Love

13-02-2007 17:44

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on February 5th at The Good Ship, Indymedia Monday Love presented a collection of films and speakers from Palestine, among them was Caiomhe Butterly an activist and subject of the film Visit Palestine.

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Palestina Oggi 021307

13-02-2007 17:09

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Palestina oggi, un servizio dell’ International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, per martedì 13 febbraio 2007

Un combattente palestinese è stato ucciso dall’esercito israeliano a est della città di Gaza, mentre truppe israeliane hanno effettuato incursioni in diverse parti della West Bank ed hanno arrestato circa 23 civili. Vi racconteremo queste ed altre storie, rimanete sintonizzati.

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Palestine Today 021307

13-02-2007 16:44

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Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday February 13th, 2007.

One Palestinian fighter is killed by Israeli army gunfire east of Gaza city, while Israeli troops invade several West Bank areas and abduct at least 23 Palestinian civilians. These stories and more coming up, stay tuned.