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For the deaf who won't listen...

24-05-2007 13:35

World cereal production is on track to reach a record level in 2007. In spite of this, supplies will be barely adequate to meet increased demand, boosted by the development of the biofuels industry...

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Palestine: Imprisoning a whole nation

24-05-2007 08:30

John Pilger describes how Gaza in Palestine has come to symbolise the imposition of great power on the powerless, in the Middle East and all over the world, and how a vocabulary of double standard is employed to justify this epic tragedy. See also the audio interview with John Pilger from last week:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/371093.html

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Another End of the World is possible: video portraits

23-05-2007 23:06

seven video portraits of radical climate activists to celebrate the decision that the climate camp is going to Heathrow Airport this summer.

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Protesters against Bulldozers

23-05-2007 20:58

Stone engraving from Tara. Tara is older than the pyramids and Stonehenge.
A small number of protesters are the only thing standing between thousands of years of ancient Irish and European heritage and the heavy-duty construction machinery that's trying to get rid of it.

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Asylum: Suicides

23-05-2007 20:23

see Institute of Race Relations web site for report: Driven to Desperate Measures.
 http://www.irr.org.uk/asylum/

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National Monument Discovered at Tara in Path of M3 Motorway

23-05-2007 15:43

Featuring a press conference given by TaraWatch, the video (see link below) gives details of the M3 Motorway, what lies in its path, what has been destroyed, and what is being now being threatened with destruction.

A massive prehistoric ‘henge’ site has been discovered in Lismullen, beside the Hill of Tara on the route of the planned M3 Motorway. The circular enclosure is the size of more than three football fields, and is without doubt a national monument because of the rarity of henges in Ireland, as well as its importance to the Hill of Tara archaeological complex.

The video may be accessed here:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPIAxHBot6Q

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Basment Clean Up - update

23-05-2007 15:07

We now have access to the Basment Social Centre and the clean up is beginning.

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SOCPA - new verdict lends weight to political conspiracy theory

23-05-2007 14:18

yesterday at horseferry road, district judge snow found steve jago and barbara tucker both guilty of obstructing a police officer in the course of their duty. the offence is alleged to have been carried out at charing cross police station (which is outside the socpa designated area). but he passed a community service order sentence excluding them both from the designated area for one year. can this be seen as anything other than a political act?

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Court Demo - Defend Common Ground Community Garden!

23-05-2007 13:03

At the beginning of this year a group of friends came together with a shared purpose: to create an open space within Reading's concrete jungle, where people could take a breather from the stresses of modern life and relax with their friends and neighbours. Having discovered a plot of land within the Katesgrove area, left to ruin by Reading Borough Council, they got to work.

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B52 Two NOT Guilty

23-05-2007 11:23

Jury decides - not-guilty: intention to damage US bombers destined for Iraq was lawful

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B52 Two not guilty!

23-05-2007 10:28

Two activists charged with conspiring to cause criminal damage at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on 18 March 2003 when they tried to safely disable US B52 bombers to prevent them from bombing Iraq found not guilty

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G8 Resistant Art Festival Update

23-05-2007 07:31

 http://www.free4alter.org

update below - this from the free spaces / free party scene who plan to have a safe space of cultural expression - a place to chill out and wind down...

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Anti-G8-Rave in front of German parliament

22-05-2007 11:03

Strip G8 naked!
(Berlin) Last Sunday about 100 activists had a spontaneous rave in front of the German Parliament, the Reichstag. They protested against the G8-summit and the repression. Demonstrations near the parliament are forbidden in Germany.

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CRTICAL MASS - friday - may be the biggest ever?

22-05-2007 07:55

police have won a high court appeal. it means that 'organisers' of the critical mass bike ride have to inform the police ahead of time and negotiate a fixed route. since there are really no organisers, the mass will have difficulty complying. it is simply a get-together of cyclists to go for an unorganised but synchronistic ride. a large turn-out will complicate the enforcement of this repressive decision.

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G8: The Independent Media Center needs money

21-05-2007 20:13

During the action days against the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, there will be a media center in Evershagen, a district of Rostock. Media activists will have the opportunity to work day and night to propose a different perspective on the protests from what is to be expected of corporate media. There will be information points on the camps as well, and another meeting place is going to be set up in the "Frieda", another school in Rostock. So there will be an infrastructure to allow serious media work, i.e. public access computers, internet connection, and audio and video editing facilities.

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Protest to prevent deportation of mother and baby to Cameroon

21-05-2007 19:35

Lordorice Djouontso
Campaigners 'Friends of Lordorice and Imelda' say that if they are sent back to the Cameroon, there is a serious risk to the life of this woman and potentially even that of her daughter.

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London Critical Mass Banned

21-05-2007 18:58

The Mass entering Picadilly Circus
The Metropolitan Police have won a court battle to allow them to ban London's Critical Mass cycle ride.

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Rattcliffe 11 to face courts

21-05-2007 17:57

11 people have been charged with aggrevated tresspass for entering Rattcliffe on Soar power station on the 10th of April

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Local Travel Around The G8, Practical Info

21-05-2007 11:46

Many people going to Germany next week (and there seem to be many, really ) were concerned about how to travel between camps and other locations in the area. There seem to be an easy answer fro that now:

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Earth First! summer gathering - 18-22 July - flyer downloadable/website updated

21-05-2007 11:40

What is the Earth First! Summer Gathering?

* Are you fed up with bare-faced lies from politicians, big business and the media?
* Have you had enough of a world where corporate profit comes before life and dignity?
* Do you want to see an end to mindless consumption>
* Then this Gathering is for you! Read on...