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After 40 years of illegal military occupation of Palestine, enough!

09-06-2007 22:23

Although this was just another A to B march in support of the very long suffering Palestinian people, it had particular poignancy this year as it marked the 40'th anniversary of the disastrous 6 day war of 1967 that saw a massive illegal land grab by the Israeli army. Good turnout - organisers estimated numbers at 20,000. There was a small counter demonstration by a group of zionists on the opposite size of the Aldwych.

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more naked bike ride pics

09-06-2007 21:48

thousands stripped off and took to their bikes in central london today in a peaceful demonstration of 'carbon natural' transport.

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Action Report: Victory to the Intifada contingent on ENOUGH Palestine demo

09-06-2007 18:39

On Saturday 9th June a lively and angry contingent from the Victory to the Intifada campaign joined the national demonstration called by the ENOUGH coalition to demand an end to the 40 year occupation of the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza. Organisers claimed 20,000 people participated in the march, although the actual figure was closer to 5,000.

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Thousands strip off for London's Naked Bike Ride

09-06-2007 18:19

In 2004 there were 58 riders, in 2005 a creditable 250 riders, rising to a massive 800 in 2006.

But in a scale that surprised even the organisers, more than five thousand people today took to London's streets to protest against oil dependency, celebrate body freedom and curb car culture.

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G8 Flushes Climate Camp Down The Pipe

09-06-2007 13:58

London Rising Tide blockade E$$0 station in Chelsea/Fulham in solidarity with the G8 protestors.

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ESSO Garage Blockade in West London

09-06-2007 11:56

Protest over ESSO UK pipeline and energy policy

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Athens, Greece: Two anarchists and a female friend in pre-trial detention

09-06-2007 11:53

Please circulate widely

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London picket in support of John Bowden and ABC

09-06-2007 11:21

England and Wales Parole Board HQ picketed in support of John Bowden and the Anarchist Black Cross

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Ten arrests at AWE Aldermaston

09-06-2007 10:38

Ten women arrested at nuclear weapons factory as bylaws to keep them away come into force

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Anti-G8 solidarity action in Seoul, South Korea

09-06-2007 06:39

Activists in Seoul, South Korea carried out a creative action in solidarity with anti-G8 protests in Germany.

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10 Peace Women arrested

08-06-2007 22:56

10 women have been arrested from Aldermaston nuclear weapons establishment at 11.30pm this evening. New Byelaws have been brought into force prohibiting camping or fires. The women were arrested for not puting out the small camp fire.

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G8 - Closing march, harbour rally and prison solidarity pics

08-06-2007 22:21

During the morning many protesters joined in the last moments of the gate blockades, many later leaving the gates enmass to converge with protesters from both blockades and protest camps at Rostock train station to march to the closing rally at the Rostock harbour.

During the march, their were halts when a soundsystem had to be negotiated into being able to travel with the crowd into the harbour area.

With hundreds of protesters arriving at the harbour rally, speakers began to relay their thoughts of how the actions against the G8 went - the feeling was generally jubilent with some speeches throwing up some interesting facts such as the various propaganda lies pushed by the police and printed in the press.

During the rally a large group spontaneously took to the streets marching down the road towards the prison to show solidarity with all those still detained. As they set off the police scrambled to block in and surround this group for several hours before they dispersed. A number regrouped at the prison and are awaiting more news on those still inside.

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G 8: activist lost his eye due to police water cannon

08-06-2007 18:56

On the blockade at the western gate police used nine high-pressure water cannons against protesters. Before they started to attack the protesters, police said to journalists they should leave the place. The brutal attack led to many injured protesters, at least two heavily injured: one lost his eye, another one lost his consciousness. red cross helpers were not allowed to got to the wounded - police declared the wounded should go to the red cross helpers themselves.

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Hands Off CIPLA - Brazilian occupied factory under attack

08-06-2007 15:39

CIPLA is a factory in Brazil which had been occupied by the workers and running under workers' control for 5 years. On May 31st, 150 armed police invaded and an outside administrator was forced onto the workers. Picket the Brazilian embassy in protest.

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Norwich petrol station shut down on DoA Against Climate Change and the G8

08-06-2007 13:15

During this morning’s rush hour twelve activists from Norwich Rising Tide braved the East Coast storm warnings and shut down their local Jet petrol station as part of the International Day of Action Against Climate Change and the G8.

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Street Rave at East Gate G8 Blockade - thursday night

08-06-2007 11:01

With the east gate blockade having been in position and running for 36hrs straight, a sound system pitched up to entertain the blockaders as they prepared to spend the second night camped out blocking the road and rail link to Heiligedamm.

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Climate activist 'super-glued to door' of lastminute.com

08-06-2007 10:00

An environmental activist was so enraged that lastminute.com continue to push ‘short haul’ flights whilst knowing the damage they do to the climate, that she super-glued herself to the front door of the company’s Victoria HQ.

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G8 West Gate Blockade, Thursday 7th

08-06-2007 09:53

Here there are some pics from yesterday's blockade of the west gate near the town of Hinter Bollhagen. Around 2500 people left Reddelich camp in the early morning towards the west side of the fence. After around 4 hours of walking, mostly seeking the cover of the forests so to hide from the police helicopters, the protesters finally made the final push through a big field to block the road leading to the west gate.

By this time police had already brought in water canons and were ready to protect the road. Even though several groups of people managed to cross the police lines and do sit down protests as well as building some barricades. The stand off lasted for most of the day, effectively blocking the road 200 meters away from the gate for the whole day. Later in the afternoon, whilst the main group of people that by that time had ground to more than 3000 people were keeping their ground in front of the police lines, several smaller affinity groups spread around the fence trying to stretch police resources whilst others carrying on with smaller actions in different parts of the road.

Later in the evening police eventually dispersed those still on the blockade, injuring several people.

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Sailing to Gaza

08-06-2007 09:36

We've tried to enter Palestine by land. We've tried to arrive by air. Now we're getting serious. We're taking a ship.

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Barricade Blockades West Gate Area - thursday

08-06-2007 07:53

While people were blockading the west gate of the G8 security zone others were creating multiple barricades across the whole area. In this case behind the police lines.