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MOVE's Ramona Africa on May 13th Bombing and 'Justice'

17-07-2007 22:53

Ramona Africa, sole adult survivor of the FBI bombing of the MOVE house in Philidelphia on May 13th 1985, talks about how she coped with the aftermath of the bombing and how she sees justice from an uncompromising, revolutionary perspective.

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Rossport Update

17-07-2007 22:43

Overview of last weeks events in Rossport and info on how to support the campaign

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Teddy bears Picnic

17-07-2007 17:36

5 minute video of protest picnic and demonstration against t the GM Potato trials taking place in Girton, Cambridgeshire July 2007.

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First Squat “Rebil” in Romania

17-07-2007 14:09

Some Impressions from the first Squat “Rebil” in Romania

On Friday the 6th of July a group of anarchists squatted an old “cinema” building in the city of Iasi, close to the ukrainian/moldavien borders. This first Romanian squat is named “Rebil” as an anagram for “liber” meaning free in Romanian.

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Photo of the Palestinian Flag flying over Carmel Agrexco

17-07-2007 12:00

Photo of the Palestinian Flag flying over Carmel Agrexco the Israeli state exporter

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New briefing from Corporate Watch on the UK nuclear industry

17-07-2007 09:55

New briefing from Corporate Watch on the UK nuclear industry

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Reykjavik Rave Against The Machine: Iceland's first Reclaim The Streets

17-07-2007 03:15

As an action in our struggle against the destruction of the Icelandic wilderness the first ever RTS has taken place in Reykjavik. Four people were arrested, and the level of police brutality was extreme by Icelandic standards. The action ended with a redecoration of the police station where the detainees were held.

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Crown postal workers walk out

16-07-2007 23:57

Crown Post Office workers went on strike today over the Post Office Ltd plans to close further Crown Post Offices (the larger branches usually situated on busy high streets) and transfer services to WH Smith stores, with the loss of up to 1,500 jobs, as well as plans for a pay freeze and a pay cut for 80% of staff. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced a similar strike action on Thursday, 19 July, from 6am till mid-day.

In Birmingham, out of the 25 people who work at the post office in Victoria Square, only 5 didn't walk out (3 CWU members and 2 non-members), but the post office operated almost as normal as managers were brought in to do the work.

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Sheffield: Residents tell of losses caused by flooding

16-07-2007 16:05

A World Socialist Web Site reporting team spoke to a number of residents of Toll Bar in north Doncaster and Catcliffe in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

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Commemorative Protest at Sheldon Immigration Court Birmingham

16-07-2007 13:40

On Wednesday 18th July between 12:00 pm and 14:00 pm, members of the Birmingham's Iranian Refugee Association will be holding a commemorative protest at the Asylum & Immigration Tribunal, Sheldon Court to remember the death of their close friend, Babak Ahadi, two years ago.

Babak committed suicide in Bristol after hearing his asylum claim was refused by the Immigration Tribunal at Sheldon Court, in July 2005. Babak was an Iranian Asylum Seeker who fled Iran in 2002 after converting to Christianity and an Islamic group threatened to expose him which would have led to his execution.

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Sharrow Festival Graftiti

16-07-2007 13:21

Some of the art work from the HipHop zone of the Sharrow festival

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property damage against arms company

16-07-2007 12:20

An arms company was attacked in Scotland

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Back to The Roots (Sharrow Festival - another report)

16-07-2007 12:16

An estimated 5000 plus people visited The 10th Sharrow Festival, for the organisers and helpers it all began at 8am in the morning. Following weeks of rain, plus
floods (see:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2007/07/374802.htm)l there was some concern about the soaked ground of Mount Pleasant Park, this Saturday turned out to be a wonderful day of warm sunshine.

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Save the autonmous centre of edinburgh - updated objection address!

16-07-2007 11:22

the autonmous centre of edinburgh is under threat of closure.
we need you woo write/ email the planning department by friday 20th/ monday 23rd or friday 27th july at the absolute latest.
(the last post had an old address)

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Sharrow Festival: sun sounds and smiles

16-07-2007 10:49

Sharrow festival lucked out with the weather for the 10th year in a row, dry and at times beautiful sun, shining on a day squeezed between two days of downpours.

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Solidarity with the Posties!

15-07-2007 22:59

Postal workers across the country went on a second 24-hour strike on Thursday 12th June. This was in response to the Royal Mail management's refusal to negotiate a decent pay award for postal workers and if their so-called 'business plan' is realised then that will result in 40,000 job losses. The company met with the Communication Worker's Union (C.W.U.) the day before and just re-stated it's 'business plan' that effectively puts the interests of corporations and profit before postal workers and a decent postal service in Britain. Unless the company sees sense and comes back to the negotiating table then further industrial action in the form of strikes is inevitable.

In addition, there are two further strikes taking place this week in Post Office Counters, which is a distinct business unit but part of the Royal Mail Group. This is in protest at plans to 'franchise' 85 offices to WH Smith and a three year pay freeze to be imposed on those postal workers.

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Astonbrook: another asylum-profiteering company exposed

15-07-2007 22:30

Police have raided Birmingham-based asylum accommodation provider Astonbrook Housing Association after it emerged that the 'charity' had been, among other things, inventing asylum seekers to claim millions from the Home Office and the City Council. Two years ago, another housing provider contracted by the Home Office, the Angel Group, was being investigated for fraud.

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A.C.E under threat

15-07-2007 21:53

ACE is under threat from the landlord. We have 12 days to submit objections to the planning department.
please circulate widely and respond asap.

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Footprints for Peace visit Rolls Royce at Derby

15-07-2007 21:09

Rolls Royce in Derby has been visited by the peace group because of there involvement in the arms trade making the nuclear reactors cores to power the trident submarines which carry Britain’s nuclear weapons of mass destruction.

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Durham Miners 123rd Gala

15-07-2007 20:40

14th July 2007 saw the 123rd Durham Miners Gala take place with 100,000 crowd