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London G8 meeting notes

21-05-2007 11:37

On Thurs 17th May we had a G8 preparation meeting in London. Here be the notes therefrom.

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School biometrics in the City and Notts

21-05-2007 11:05

A recent article in the local rag contained the news that Big Wood School will be employing retina scans for class registration. Here's the latest on what schools are and aren't doing with biometrics in the region.

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Sheffield Food Not Bombs/Wobblies @ Starbucks, City Centre

21-05-2007 09:44

Sheffield Food Not Bombs in solidarity with IWW

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SMASH EDO PRESS RELEASE - BLOCKADE OF BRIGHTON ARMS FACTORY

21-05-2007 08:08

21/5/07

SMASH EDO PRESS RELEASE - BLOCKADE OF BRIGHTON ARMS FACTORY

Contact Andrew Beckett or Sarah Johnson For more
Details

Email -  smashedopress@yahoo.co.uk, tel 07875708873

www.smashedo.org.uk

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Malmö: 300 on Street party against the G8

21-05-2007 07:34

May 21, 2007
Indymedia Germany

Saturday, May 19 three hundred young people took over the centrally located spot Triangeln and placed a great party right in front of shopping avenues and luxurious hotels. Hip hop acts with local bands from Rosengård (a part of the city which has the most poor of which the big share are immigrants) was mixed with mobilising speeches about the G8-meeting. Participants from Mexico, Germany, and the USA, who stopped in Malmö on their way to Rostock, used the microphone to announce why everyone should go to Germany in the beginning of june to block the meeting.

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Wrexham Women Remember the Dead

20-05-2007 22:11

The procession in the main shopping thoroughfare
Members of a new group 'Wrexham Women for Peace' and their supporters
held a 'funeral procession', carrying coffins and a peace flag through
Wrexham town centre on Saturday in memory of those whose lives have been
lost in conflict worldwide.

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Planning Steamroller Set To Roll

20-05-2007 20:16

Planning proposals due to be published this week by British Government will serve big business and disadvantage communities.

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Newcastle Report on May 19th Day of Action for Asylum Rights

20-05-2007 17:09

Setting off
Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR) organised a march and rally in Newcastle city centre. About 80-100 people participated in the march from Centre for Life to Grey’s Monument, and over 200 people participated in the rally at Monument.

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Bollocks to Reading Borough Council! Community Garden opens on schedule.

20-05-2007 10:04

Stuff you, RBC, we open anyway.
Despite an injunction issued only two days before, the Common Ground Community Garden celebrated its opening on 19th May.

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Photos - "Napolimania, Politicians, Garbage Emergency, Garbage people"

20-05-2007 07:53

Photo 1
Naples, Italy - May 19, 2007

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No Borders Nottingham 'National Day of Action on Asylum Rights'

19-05-2007 22:46

In response to a call out by the 'No Borders' group, folks gathered in the Market Square on Saturday afternoon.

A stall was arranged, leaflets handed out, questions answered ........

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Report: May 17 demo at US Embassy for Mumia Abu-Jamal

19-05-2007 21:48

LONDON PROTEST CALLS FOR MUMIA’S FREEDOM

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massive police operation to stop art exhibition

19-05-2007 21:06

Has London gone anti-arts and culture?
The Metropolitan Police launch major operation against an art exhibition.

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National Day of Action for Asylum Seekers in Nottingham

19-05-2007 17:40

No Borders Nottingham held up its end of a National Day of Action for Refugees with a stall in the Market Square accompanied by the No Borders banner, today sharing the Square with the Farmers’ Market and a City Council awareness day for Fostering of children.

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Virgin spoil-sports - TAA exhibition obstructed

19-05-2007 17:37

The Temporary Autonomous Art event taking place in a squatted venue once used by Reuters was today obstructed by a private security firm apparentlty employed by the Virgin Media Group who allegedly own the building which has been left empty for several years until occupied by the TAA earlier in the week.

(Photos copyright and licensed for use under Creative Commons, non-commerical, share-alike.)

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Report: National Day of Action for Refugees

19-05-2007 17:00

Today, around 150 people marched for asylum seekers' rights and against deportations.

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Mark Lynas and Kate Evans at Swindon Festival of Literature, 13 may 2007

19-05-2007 11:16

Video
The Swindon Festival of Literature this year ran from the 7th to the 20th May, and the 13th May was a dedicated climate change day, held in association with Swindon Climate Action Network. Attached are video clips of Mark Lynas and Kate Evans talking about their new books, “Six Degrees”, and “Funny Weather”.

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This Week In Palestine – week 20 2007

18-05-2007 18:23

Audio
This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for May 12 through 18, 2007.

While the Palestinian prepare to commemorate 59 years of Al-Nakba, factional infighting in Gaza Strip kills dozens of Palestinians and Israeli army launches several air strikes killing 17 others. These stories and more coming up, stay tuned.

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From now on online: http://www.g8-tv.org/

18-05-2007 18:21

From now on online: videos and films about the protests against the G 8 summit in Germany. Up to now most of the films are in german, but interesting for non-german speakers, too. There's often a small overview in english about the contents of the videos.
Soon there will be videos translated in many languages.
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