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Women representatives of Six Nations Territory Canada give Nottingham Sumac Talk

28-06-2007 00:09

Women representatives from the Six Nations on the Grand River community in Ontario, Canada gave a talk at the Sumac Centre, Forest Fields, Nottingham on Wednesday the 27th of June at 7.30 pm.

They spoke about the experience of reclaiming and defending a piece of land from development. Their action has been incredibly successful, having prevented the development and protected the land from an armed police incursion.

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blair's new home - neighbourhood watch

28-06-2007 00:01

a small group of activists including a loud samba presence braved the rain outside blair's new connaught square home this evening and made neighbours aware that their new resident may not be the sort of person you'd like living next to you.

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Tony's last hour.

27-06-2007 23:16

With all this talk of spin and cronyism its easy to forget the valuable contribution that Tony Blair has made to these fair Isles. Indeed as these pictures from his final hour in office demonstrate Tony has left us a unique legacy. View below to see just some of the parts of our lives that have been enhanced by his leadership...

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25th June 2007: Sheffield Floods

27-06-2007 20:32

A selection of photos from the Sheaf Valley: here the river didn't burst it's banks and the flooding was in the places where there are usually floods -- where the roads dip to go under the London train line.

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Ramona Africa and MOVE the movie in London, Thursday 28th

27-06-2007 17:28

Ramona Africa will be speaking at 8pm Thursday 28th @ 15 rampART Street, London E1

MOVE communication minister Ramona Africa, is touring the UK for two weeks to talk about the MOVE Organization, the events of May '85, the MOVE 9, Mumia Abu-Jamal and what they stand for. Come to listen to her story and watch the "MOVE" documentary.

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Good riddance Blair from Parliament Square.

27-06-2007 16:30

Since Saturday the protest camp in Parliament Square has been a scene of almost boring calm. Even the police were behaving in an unusually affable manner but all that changed today, almost as if in a final finger-up gesture from the departing Tony Blair.

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Prisoners revolt in Rye Hill, Warwickshire

27-06-2007 15:55

A group of prisoners at a privately run jail near Rugby 'went wild' on Monday, June 25th. The inmates took control of one wing at the Rye Hill prison, which is run by GSL, for almost two hours in the afternoon. A team of specially trained and equipped staff were then brought in and regained control of the wing. A spokesman for GSL said that, despite some damage at the prison, there were "no injuries to either staff or inmates".

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Counter-FIT: some thoughts

27-06-2007 15:49

Recent discussions on Indymedia and elsewhere have concerned resistance to Forward Intelligence Teams - police surveillance teams deployed to monitor "disruptive" groups of various stripes. Here are some thoughts.

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Protest to Spanish authorities on the inhumane killing of Osamuyiwa Aikpitanhi

27-06-2007 14:35

On the 9th of June 2007 Osamuyia Aikpitanhi, a 23 year Nigerian, was killed by spanish police officers during a forced deportation. A Protest Note will be delivered to Spanish embassies around the globe at NOON on FRIDAY 29th of June 2007.

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Parkiament Square 11.30am

27-06-2007 10:29

Arrest

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Parliament Square 10.35am

27-06-2007 09:39

Police searching tents. Brian and\'Barbara resisting.

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SOCPA - sir ian blair and other police in court at last

27-06-2007 00:11

today, brian haw won a major victory in court when district judge workman issued summonses against leading police figures. last year, police raided parliament square on 23rd may and removed 90% of brian's display. in january this year, judge purdey ruled that brian haw had no case to answer as the conditions he supposedly broke were not lawful. this meant the raid itself was unlawful.

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Autonomously Gazing After the G8

26-06-2007 17:59

A text written in the hope of an empowering self-critical debate in autonomous and anarchist circles about what happened and what didn´t happen during the protests against the g8...
one swallow doesn´t make a summer

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Liverpool Council Plans Dual Carriageway On Festival Site

26-06-2007 16:33

As you have probably heard by now the council are planning to build a 4-6 lane dual carriageway along Riverside Drive and Jericho Lane, joining to Sefton Street. There were hints about this in the Planning Officer's Report re. the garden festival site, which we picked up on but we didn't realise it would be so soon - they will have barely created the Japanese Garden before they have to tear it down or move it over.

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Bristol Indymedia Redesign : Now Accepting Dorset, Devon, Cornwall (Kernow)

26-06-2007 13:25

By late December 2006 the Bristol Indymedia Collective completed the first stage of a discussion to map out the possibilities for both a redesign and extension of the Bristol Indymedia model.

http://bristol.indymedia.org/

The summarisation of this earlier discussion can be found here:

Bristol Indymedia ‘Future Directions’ Document

http://bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25653

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Update on the "War is Stil the Issue" Peace Camp

26-06-2007 11:22

The illegal "War is Still the Issue" Peace Camp in Parliament Square has now been in place since noon on Saturday 23 June.

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GM Victory! Hull down! One more pota't'go! - Sunday July 1st - minibus from Manc

26-06-2007 10:39

Following extensive local and national resistance, BASF (the company trialing the GM potatoes), announced last month that they would not be conducting a GM potato trial in Yorkshire this year!
Just to let you know that on Sunday 1st July subsidised transport will be going to Cambridge from Manchestser for the GM-Free Potato Picnic, a protest against GM potato trials in Girton village. For information on the minibus call 07982 033522.

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Radio: This weeks Indymedia Global Report

25-06-2007 23:50

Broadcast at 10.30 pm today on Resonance 104.4fm -

http://www.resonancefm.com

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24th June, Manchester: Gordon Brown Demo report

25-06-2007 19:23

While the rest of the march was going by...

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Parliament Square update, Monday afternoon.

25-06-2007 16:39

Plenty of rain but still no hassle from the police. The Peace Camp now has 10 tents plus one Gazebo. The latter is very good for socialising out of the rain.