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Call for International Anti-G8 Demo in Rostock, June 2

02-03-2007 11:20

The following is a call for an international demonstration against the 2007 G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, to be held in Rostock on Saturday 2 June, 2007. To sign up to support the Call, goto: www.heiligendamm2007.de

And remember to stick around for other actions and events throughout the week! See: www.g8-2007.de and www.block-g8.org

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'Block G8' call for mass blockades of the G8

02-03-2007 11:15

The following call for mass blockades of the G8 summit has been published by a broad coalition of groups, from anti-fascists to non-violent action groups, BUNDjugend (the German Friends of the Earth youth organisation) to radical-left networks, socialist youth organisations to the Green Party Youth Steering Committee, trade union organisations to christian organisations, libertarian theologists to activsts from attac... More groups are being invited to sign up. Do so here: www.block-g8.org

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You can save political prisoner Ahmad Batebi from execution

02-03-2007 10:04

It is not long ago since the general massacre of Akbar Mohammadi, Valiollah Feyz e Mahdavi and Zahra Kazemi and lots of other political Activists, students, writers and journalists in prisons by the dictatorial regime in Iran. It is getting worse and worse.
Today Ahmad Batebi is one of the thousands of political prisoners that are not far from death because of non stop torture in prison.

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Fight for Our Land

02-03-2007 02:03

Over here in the big smog of Hackney, east London, we're fighting a battle to stop the LDA, who are responsible for bringing the olympic games to London in 2012, evicting and destroying a massive 80 plot, hundred year old allotment site. All just to make way for a footpath!

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Police evicts social centre 'Ungdomshuset' in Copenhagen

01-03-2007 19:32

After a long political and legal battle the basis-democratic, alternative political and cultural centre 'Ungdomshuset' was forcefully evicted by riot police and airborne anti-terror squads this morning. Ensuing demonstrations have seen large-scale confrontations between protestors and heavy-handed police, here is the full story from Copenhagen.

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Pics of the brutal eviction of Ungdomshuset, Denmark.

01-03-2007 18:22

Police raided brutally Ungdomshuset today. Many people are severely hurt. Many arrested. Pics of the eviction:

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Belgian firemen demonstrate in central Brussels - February 28, 2007

01-03-2007 18:12

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Un pompier belge lance un fumigène sur la police anti-émeute pendant une manifestation dans le centre de Bruxelles. Une centaine de pompiers protestaient pour demander de meilleures conditions de travail.
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Ungdomshuset evicted - Protests everywhere!

01-03-2007 16:29

The police is in Ungdomshuset. Around the neighbourhood and in the rest of the city there are actions, happenings, events and fighting. There is a demonstration starting at 17.00 which has just been surrounded by police. Calls for international support!

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Right to Protest - 17th March

01-03-2007 15:19

Following Sussex Police's complicity in criminalising peaceful protest at EDO and their outrageous attempts to counter local accusations of over-policing last year's demonstration against Israeli aggression in Lebanon many local activist groups have responded to a call from Sussex Action for Peace to hold a 'Right to Protest' march on March 17th in Brighton.

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Cabinet Readies Iraqi Oil for Privatisation

01-03-2007 12:47

Hands Off Iraqi Oil!
Iraq’s Cabinet has just approved a Hydrocarbon Law which will allow foreign companies control over Iraq’s oil for the first time in 35 years.

Foreign oil companies and the British and US governments have been reviewing and commenting on the law for the past 8 months. Iraqi Parliamentarians are seeing it for the first time this month.

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Third World food land destroyed for European fuel - join protest!

01-03-2007 09:00

At the EU summit on 8 and 9 March 27 heads of government will decide about the forced use of palm oil and other plantation products from the tropics for producing energy in Europe. Oil palm and soya bean growing are turning into a catastrophe for the rain forest. The German group “Rettet den Regenwald” have compiled information on that about Indonesia, Malaysia and Colombia. German public television has just broadcast programmes about the issue. Rettet den Regenwald ask you to take part in protests through their website,  http://www.regenwald.org

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uwaga!!! ungdomshuset is being evicted now

01-03-2007 07:56

ungdomshuset (the youth house) in copenhagen, is being evicted by danish police as of 0600 this morning.
this eviction has been pending since december 2006 and will be massively resisted.
extreme police oppression is expected
please take solidarity actions against targets of the danish state and facist christianity worldwide
love and rage
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Video from Current Nablus Invasion - Day 4

01-03-2007 05:23

This is the third video clip dealing with the military operation "Hot Winter" in Nablus, occupied Palestine.

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BBC World footage from 9/11 announcing WTC7 collapse 23 mins before the event

28-02-2007 23:41

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Attached is the footage from BBC World from September 11th 2001 covering the time running up to the collapse of World Trade Centre Building 7 (which was also knows as the Salomon Brothers Building) at 5:20pm.

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Save ESOL campaign lobby of Parliament

28-02-2007 17:47

Banners approaching House of Commons
Save ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Campaign lobby of Parliament and rally on Wednesday 28th February 2007, attended by about 1,000 ESOL students and teaching staff. Protest against proposed cuts to free ESOL provision. One of the biggest lobbies of Parliament for a long time.

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Get involved with Liverpool Indymedia

28-02-2007 17:20

The Liverpool Indymedia group will be meeting in the social centre next to News From Nowhere, 96a Bold Street at 6pm on Tuesday next (6th March).

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Homophobe Moscow mayor met with demo at City hall,London

28-02-2007 17:12

Moscow's homophobic Mayor Luzhkov was met with a emo outsuide City hall ,London this lunchtime...

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Pavilion maisonettes contaminated with asbestos

28-02-2007 16:33

For tenants of Pavilion Housing Association living in maisonettes which they believe should be condemned and demolished, it was the last straw to learn their homes were contaminated with asbestos.

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Pavilion force tenants out of their homes

28-02-2007 16:32

Pavilion Housing Association, now owned by First Wessex, is trying to force tenants out of their homes at Firgrove Court in Farnborough.

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Update on abortion rights march, Saturday 3 March

28-02-2007 14:56

Please support and take part in the march for abortion rights taking place on Saturday 3 March.