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Mayday Events at the ASBO Centre 1, Nottingham Day Events

08-05-2007 16:50

A set of party pictures

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Lincoln bin revolt

08-05-2007 15:27

Lincoln was a rock solid Labour stronghold. The Tories captured Lincoln when they promised a return to weekly refuse collection.

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Nobody at the Welsh Assembly

08-05-2007 14:02

After the whopping 56.3% victory for South Wales Anarchists' Vote Nobody campagin, the victors went down to the Senedd to celebrate.

More photo's and film to follow.

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2nd night of riots in FRANCE

08-05-2007 12:34

France after right-wing candidate Sarkozy won the presidential elections. Yesterday night barricades were built in Paris, Nantes, Lyon, Tolouse, about 800 cars burned in the cities (some as barricades), 74 police men were severly hurt, 564 protesters are detained.

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G8 summit / Utrecht(NL): last bicycle caravanist finally released after over 48

08-05-2007 12:31

After a surprising and completely unwarrented arrest of around 100 bicycle activists and members of the "Gr8chaoskaravaan" western european anti G8 bike caravan on Saturday, the last arrestee was finally released last night. Arrestees report of police violence and ill arrest conditions. Legal consequences for both activists and police.

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Video G8-bike-caravan Utrecht

08-05-2007 10:29

Peoples Action Net made a nice video about the anti-G8 Bicicle demonstration, of which more than 100 people got arrested saturday May 5th in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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Mobilisation against detention camps in Northern greece

08-05-2007 08:46

Greek activists against borders plan interventions in the war zone against migraants that is Evros

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Strangers into Citizens, Refugee Rights March, London

07-05-2007 22:16

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Video Rush of the Refugee Rights March from Westminster Cathedral to Trafalgar Square, 07 May 2007.

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Chesterfield Mayday 2007

07-05-2007 21:35

The Mayday march and rally in Chesterfield always takes place on the Bank Holiday Monday and there was a good turnout as usual.

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Interview with John Bowden

07-05-2007 21:16

An old interview with John Bowden from Schnews

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Strangers into Citizens March to Trafalgar Square Monday May 7th

07-05-2007 20:02

Two out of three (66%) British people believe undocumented migrants who have been in the UK for more than four years and who work and pay taxes should be allowed to stay and not be called illegal. Two-thirds (67%) also believe asylum seekers should be allowed to work.

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Amnesty for migratnts without papers - 1

07-05-2007 19:58

Thousands joined the Strangers into Citizens March Monday May 7th 2007

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G8 Bike Caravan Action Nijmegen

07-05-2007 17:19

Today a bicycle demo against the G8 was held in Nijmegen, Holland..

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Oxford Park and Ride Strikers

07-05-2007 16:22

Striking security guards at three of Oxford’s park-and-ride sites have stepped up their industrial action in the dispute over staff numbers on late shifts.

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Migrant’s and Refugees’ Rights March and Rally

07-05-2007 13:48



A multitude of groups, ranging from migrant groups, unions, religious groups, churches, human rights and social justice activists called for a joint rally and a National Day of Action and Celebration of Justice for Migrants on what turned out to be a wet bank holiday.
Read their announcement here:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368797.html

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Video - You Plant, We Dig

07-05-2007 10:32

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Short video of the April 21st anti-GM rally and picnic that ended with the attempted underplanting of organic potatoes in a field thought to be earmarked for a BASF GM potato crop trial in Hedon near Hull.

8 mins, 19mb, H264 encoded

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6 Boat Lane, Evesham raid Tuesday 1st May 2007

06-05-2007 21:29

The following is an account written by one of the people who was raided in relation to 'animal rights extremism' on May 1st 2007

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Esso Protest in Aberdeen

06-05-2007 19:08

Aberdeen protest
Some twenty members of Aberdeen Campaign Against Climate Change held a protest outside one of the Aberdeen Esso petrol stations on 28th April.

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global marijuana march: 14 held in moscow

06-05-2007 17:26

protests against cannabis prohibition took place in over 200 cities worldwide on saturday

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67 years jail for Atenco leaders

06-05-2007 16:27

Key leaders of the peasant struggle in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico state, have been sentenced to 67 years 6 months in prison, in a vicious act of class revenge. Atenco was stormed in May 2006 by hundreds of Federal police, who killed two, raped dozens and injured many more. The conflict goes back to 2002 when the peasants of Atenco prevented the theft of their land to build a new Mexico City airport.