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'Keep Your Blood Service Local' Birmingham Banner Drop

31-07-2007 11:04

Early this morning a banner was hoisted between two trees opposite the entrance to Birmingham's National Blood Service on Vincent Drive, Edgbaston. The banner proclaims 'Keep Your Blood Centre Local' and was positioned in full view of staff working at the Blood Service. This is in response to the National Blood Service (NBS) Directors plans to centralise our blood service by closing blood processing and testing labs at 10 local centres in favour of just 3 supercentres in Bristol, Manchester and London. 100s of technical staff, about half the lab workforce, face redundancy. If these plans are implemented then they will effectively rip the heart out of our National Blood Service. The proposed cuts will seriously undermine the services provided and emergencies, such as rushing washed blood platelets to patients, will be compromised.

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Defence Export Services Organisation Visited on Day of Action

31-07-2007 09:30

DESO promotes the sales of British arms around the world. Although the government has announced that it will be shut, this work will simply be moved to the DTI.

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Anti-DSEi stall on Brick Lane

31-07-2007 09:11

The Space Hijackers and several anti-DSEi activists ran a stall on Brick Lane Market in East London this Sunday. The aim of the stall was to raise awareness of the worlds largest arms fair, raise funds to help us buy a tank, and invite people along to the protests on September 11th.

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Raytheon and Erinys visited on day of action against the arms trade

31-07-2007 00:01

A small group of about ten protestors visited Raytheon Systems, manufacturer of bombs and other ordnance, before moving onto protest at Erinys a private security firm (mercenary company) working in Iraq

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Anti-arms fair leafleting in Canning Town

30-07-2007 23:11

On Sunday, 29th July, about 1,000 fliers were handed out to local people in Canning Town advertising the fact that the world's largest arms fair is coming to their area of town in September

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Migrants Escape from Detention Centre

30-07-2007 23:06

Some inspiring news....Last night a revolt in a detention centre in Bari led to at least 35 migrants escaping, mainly of Egyptian nationality.

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Open letter to Chief Constable Merseyside Police

30-07-2007 18:02

In the afternoon of Saturday, 14 July 2007, 6 people, wearing a bit of artistic make-up, costumes and accessories for the occasion, arrived outside the fashion store, Cricket, in Mathew Street, Liverpool, to leaflet the public and protest the shop’s return to selling fur, after having promised earlier in the year not to do so.

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8 Young people arrested campaigning for an anti-nuclear future

28-07-2007 15:37

Faslane, 28th July 2007 - eight young people from Wales, Germany and Belgium have been arrested this morning, blockading the gate at Faslane Nuclear Base in a protest against the renewal of the British Trident Nuclear weapons system. The blockade came amongst lively and colourful actions carried out by young people from many countries, from Wales and Germany to Japan and the US. The action takes the number of arrests during the “Faslane 365” year long blockade of Faslane naval base to over 900.

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Fortis est veritas: Oxford Climate Campers Take Over Carfax Tower!

28-07-2007 14:43

Activists who will be taking part in the Camp for Climate Action today unfurled a massive banner from one of the oldest and most iconic buildings in Oxford.

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Indymedia: 'How to publish guide'

28-07-2007 13:01

Here are two versions of a 'How to publish on indymedia guide'. It leads you through the process of reporting your news on the newswire, how the publish forms work and how best to navigate them.

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Urgent Call for Support - Anarchists Against the Wall

28-07-2007 11:08

The following call is from the Anarchists Against the Wall email list.

The Israeli anarchists are well known and respected by all Palestinian non-violence leaders. They are the only Israeli group that consistently and regularly turns up at Palestinian demonstrations and one of (very) few anti-Zionist groups in Israel today.

As such, the state is of course persecuting them and they are regularly detained, questioned or even sent to jail. They have a LOT of legal costs. Gaby Lasky is a tireless and committed human rights lawyer who has represented many Palestinian, Israeli and international anti-occupation activists.

Please support them!

Asa
ISM London member

p.s. for translations of the call in: Italiano, Castellano, Ελληνικά, Français and Português visit:

http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=6029

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Preparation for the Japanese anti-G8 movements in 2008

28-07-2007 10:23

Groups of anti-authoritarians like us are calling for a large network of movements. Meanwhile in May, at the anti-Asian Development Bank protest, anti-US Base movements, labor unions, ATTAC, and NGOs gathered and made an agreement to develop a coalition for the anti-G8 struggle in 2008.

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Another London Critical Mass police hassle.

28-07-2007 07:14

Police routinely interfere with Critical Mass, holding up the front of the ride, targeting sound systems and sometimes ticketing riders. They also video and photograph riders at the start of every event. It is odd though that they never turn up for the December ride, which is close to the New year celebrations.

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BBC protests - London and Manchester - August 14th

28-07-2007 01:30

Today the BBC made it official -- they have been corrupted by Microsoft.

With today's launch of the iPlayer, the BBC Trust has failed in its most basic of duties and handed over to Microsoft sole control of the on-line distribution of BBC programming. From today, you will need to own a Microsoft operating system to view BBC programming on the web.

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Sheffield IWW - Starbucks skanked to death

27-07-2007 19:52

Sheffield IWW continued its picket of Starbucks, Sheffield city centre in continuing support of IWW Baristas and the struggle of our fellow workers in the US.

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This Week in Palestine – Week 30 2007

27-07-2007 16:55

This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for July 15th through July 27th, 2007.

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Heathrow seek ridiculous injunction against potentially millions of people

27-07-2007 09:33

The British Airport Authority (BAA), who owns Heathrow Airport, is to seek one of the biggest injuctions affecting peaceful protest in Britain's history. They hope to obtain it through the High Court next week and is it set to affect millions of people. According to reports by the Independent, the injunction will ban members of the National Trust, the RSPB, the Woodland Trust and Friends of the Earth, from entering Britain's biggest airport. Other no-go zones include the Piccadilly line. And parts of Paddington station. And sections of the M4. And all this: 'because the authorities want to halt a protest against climate change'.

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BAA Heathrow Injunction Targets NGOs and Climate Camp! Huge Implications...

27-07-2007 09:27

BAA is seeking to gain an unwarrented injunction against environmental campaigners to prevent them protesting against climate change and the expansion of heathrow airport.

The story featured two days ago in the Uxbridge Gazette:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/07/377010.html

Since then, the scale of the injunction BAA is seeking has become clear. They have targeted not only groups related to the forthcoming Camp for Climate Action, but also several campaign groups composed of local people opposing the airport's expansion, and even mass membership organisations like The National Trust, FOE, RSPB, Greenpeace, as well as the Campaign to Protect Rural England and others!

The injunction hearing which could see millions of people liable for arrest if they approach heathrow, will be heard next wednesday.

The Independent newspaper put the story frontpage today, and it's now been featured by BBC, Guardian, and other news sources. More details below:

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New Hunger Strikes Threaten Campsfield: Oxford's

26-07-2007 18:44

++Government refuses to spend £1bn/year to
protect against real floods; instead wastes
£1.5bn on an imaginary one.++

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Activists Attack "Clean Coal"

26-07-2007 16:00

Performance Activists hit Oxford, one of the worst hit areas in the recent floods, in a bid to highlight that "Clean Coal" is not a genuine solution to Climate Change.