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Bath Climate Camp evicted - BUT THE DEMOS ARE STILL HAPPENING!

19-04-2007 20:06

Bath Climate Camp was today evicted by a stupidly large number of cops, part of a stupidly large polioce operation involving random stop and searches at the train station and on the streets - The reason for the eviction? Section 63 of the CRB - we were apparentley using the demo as a pretext for a free party!

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Protest Against DRC Deportations in Solihull

18-04-2007 18:26

Video Officer P. Dutton (3792)
Over 200 people protested on Thursday, 12 April, at Sandford House, the immigration reporting centre in Solihull, near Birmingham, against forced mass-deportations to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Police served a section 14 of the public order act on protesters on the morning of the protest. Section 14 restricted the protest to only 30 people, who were penned-in behind a hedge next to the car park of Sandford House. Organisers were expecting around 400 people to attend the protest.

Protesters escaped the confines of the pen by stepping through a hole in the hedge. They then proceeded to occupy Homer Road where police arrested a person sitting in the road. Another demonstrator went to ask what was happening and got punched in the face by Officer P. Dutton (3792) before also being arrested.

Just as police managed to push people back onto the pavement, another coach load of protesters spilled onto the street shouting "liberez! liberez!" and the road was occupied for another two hours. Police then attempted to confine people in their pen again, but protesters refused to leave and re-ocupied the road once more in an amazing show of solidarity until their friends were released.

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Reed Elsevier AGM told: Stop Organising Arms Fairs

17-04-2007 18:29

Major publisher Reed Elsevier is given a rough ride both inside and outside its AGM in London today for its sideline in organising international arms fairs.

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Sheffield M1 Protestors Arrested

17-04-2007 13:42

Eight people were arrested and houses were raided yesterday before a planned action against M1 widening in South Yorkshire could take place. According to the mainstream media three women and five men were arrested on suspicion of committing Public Order offences and were later released on bail, the arrest were made before the activists could stop any work and the 'incident' did not disrupt traffic.

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Anarchist Black Cross vilified as terrorist organisation

17-04-2007 07:40

UK State attempts to keep John Bowden behind bars

Urgent: From Leeds ABC, 15th April 2007

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Indy Global Report 2007-04-16

17-04-2007 06:37

Audio
The Indy Global Report radio show in full, as broadcast on Resonance FM across london and online.

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The Mutatoes Are Coming !!!

16-04-2007 23:40

Everything you ever wanted to know about Frankenspuds, but were afriad to ask.

@ rampART (www.rampart.co.nr) this Tuesday (17th), 8pm
16 rampart street, london E1 2LA

Films and discussion on GM crops trials in the UK and the previously sucessful campaign to stop them. Plus update on the biotech industries latest attempts to push this shit down our throats.

This month a controversial experimental genetically modified potato crop is due to be planted in the UK by the German chemical giant BASF (offshoot of the infamous AG Farben). The trials are the first GM crops to enter British soil in nearly 3 years, after public opposition forced a u-turn in government and corporate plans for patented crops.

The potato trials are a poorly disguised test of public opposition, so to make sure that opposition is adequately expressed, a national rally is taking place on Sat 21st April. Come along, learn about the history of the anti-GM campaign and find out about transport from London. For more info, contact  rally@mutatoes.org (0113 262 9365) or check out the website www.mutatoes.org

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The struggle in Beit Ummar escalates

16-04-2007 19:28

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On Saturday, a group of Israeli anarchists, uk activists and internationals tore down two sections of an Israeli settler fence blocking access to Palestinian farmland. Involved in the action was a group of UK Action Medics.

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Swedish activists in airport runway occupation

16-04-2007 15:02

Yesterday a Swedish group, inspired by the UK's Plane Stupid and Rising Tide broke onto and occupied a runway at Stockholm airport.

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Cambridge GM Crop Trial Location Published

16-04-2007 12:13

Defra have published the 6 figure grid reference for the GM Potato trial site near Cambridge.

It is: TL430627

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On how to block just about everything

16-04-2007 11:13

The upcoming actions against the G8 summit in Heiligendamm will present considerable challenges for the creativity and stamina of activists. After all, the idea is to effectively block all the entry points. The problem is that an enormous army of security and public order forces will be present and try to prevent the same. But history has shown that everything can be blocked. Below you will find some useful stories about the practice of blockades. This text will be updated as new ideas pour in.

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Germany: full state honour burial for former Nazi Filbinger

15-04-2007 12:53

full state honor burial for a Nazi
The black forest city of Freiburg, in Germany's southwest, yesterday held a burial with full state honors for the former Nazi navy judge Hans Filbinger.

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Vanunu Freedom Ride arrives in Sheffield

15-04-2007 09:39

The Vanunu Freedom Ride arrived in Sheffield on 14th April 2007, see the notice of the event for background information:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2007/04/367796.html

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Israeli Army shoot member of Brighton delegation with rubber bullet

14-04-2007 18:19

Israeli Army shoot member of Brighton delegation with rubber bullet

For immediate release: Friday 13th April 2007

A 28 yr old Brighton man was shot in the arm today by a rubber bullet fired by the Israeli Army. He was on a weekly demonstration against Israel’s apartheid wall in Bil’in village, Palestine.

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Weekly US Embassy Guantanamo Protest Two Months Old

13-04-2007 23:34

Eight activists from the London Guantanamo Campaign continued their weekly protest outside the US embassy on Friday, calling for the US military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to be shut down immediately, and for all the remaining detainees, including the British residents still held there, to either be charged or released without further delay.

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Police Mar Peaceful Protest Against DRC Deportations in Solihull

13-04-2007 14:52

Over 200 people protested on Thursday, 12 April, at the immigration reporting centre in Solihull, near Birmingham, against deportations to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The peaceful protest was marred by a large police presence and was penned into Sandford House's car park. But protesters then broke off and blockaded the road for about 2 hours. Two people were arrested, one also assaulted by an aggressive cop. They were released later on but only because their fellow protesters, in an empowering show of solidarity, refused to leave the site before they were released.

Below is a detailed report of what happened.

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Faslane blockaded again - Faslane 365

13-04-2007 12:08

Trident Ploughshares ( http://www.tridentploughshares.org) as part of Faslane 365, the year long blockade of Britains nuclear weapons base, succesfully blockaded Faslane on the Clyde for 2 hours. Protestors arrived simultaneously and used concrete reinforced lock-on tubes to block 3 entrances. Base workers were unable to get in and work in the base was disrupted.

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Faslane naval base fully blockaded for over two hours

13-04-2007 11:39

Activists blockade the North Entrance to Faslane
13 April 2007 - Argyle and Bute, Scotland.

Activists from Trident Ploughshares this morning blockaded all three entrances to the Faslane naval base, home of the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons. The base was completely shut for over two hours and 24 people were arrested.

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Over 250 DR Congolese on Anti-Deportation demo in Birmingham

13-04-2007 00:13

More than 250 DR Congolese turned out for the Anti-Deportation demo in Birmingham on Thursday 12 April

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Solihull Protest Against Deportations to DRC

12-04-2007 23:45

the designated protest area on the grounds of Sandford House
Over 200 people protested today at the immigration reporting centre in Solihull, near Birmingham, against deportations to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The protest, organised by the Congo Support Project, was part of a UK-wide coordinated day of action to mark a "directions hearing" for the Country Guidance Tribunal regarding DRC asylum seekers.

There was a large and heavy-handed police presence and the protest was penned, twice, into the car park after protesters refused to stay in the tiny designated area on the grounds of Sandford House. Protesters, however, broke off after a while and blockaded the road for about 2 hours. Two people were arrested, one also assaulted by an aggressive cop. They were released later on but only because their fellow protesters, in an empowering show of solidarity, refused to leave the site before they were released.