UK Indymedia - UK Promoted Newswire Archive

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Local View Of The Climate Camp

18-08-2007 16:54

A local view of the airport, BAA and Climate Camp

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Pictures Of Children Blockade At World Freight Centre

18-08-2007 16:54

At around 3pm this afternoon children and their parents from around the UK gathered at Heathrow's World Freight Centre to blockade its access road. Around 15 people took part in the blockade which was taken over by others from the Camp For Climate Action after 45 minutes. No one has been arrested so far and police, FIT team as well as BAA security are present at the scene. The blockaders unrolled a banner reading 'Enjoy Local Food' to highlight the effects to climate change that flying food around the world causes.

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Carmel Agrexco update - depot closed for 3 hours!

18-08-2007 15:39

Update of State of Emergency action at Carmel Agrexco today from State of Emergency

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Cargo-Striker and Climate-Camper Solidarity

18-08-2007 14:16

Cargo workers at Nippon Express Heathrow depot are out on strike against changes that would see them working 25% longer hours for no extra pay. Climate campers have been keen to show their support and have visited the picket line throughout the current 48-hour stoppage, which ends at 6am Sunday. This morning about 30 campers brought a banner (and about 20 police!) and chatted to strikers for a couple of hours.

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5 Arrests and Carmel Agrexco Offices Trashed

18-08-2007 13:58

Update at 14.54

The Carmel Agrexco action is now being wound up. 5 activists arrested and the offices of Carmel Agrexco the arch exporter of illegal Israeli settlement goods, have been trashed.

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Seize the day and sikhs @ climate camp

18-08-2007 13:21

As if the climate camp wasn't an amazing enough place, top top band Seize the Day played brilliantly to a large audience in the big marquee last night.

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Two arrested, Carmel Argexco up date at 13.30

18-08-2007 12:51

Carmel Agrexco occupation update at 13.30.

Two arrests from inside the depo, as yet charges of those arrested unknown.

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30+ climate campers show solidarity with NIPPON workers

18-08-2007 12:35

30+ climate campers show solidarity with NIPPON workers today

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Radley Lakes - Npower Sell More Ash in 2006 Than Ever Before

18-08-2007 12:34

Npower's justification for filling Thrupp Lakes with ash is looking
very sketchy now.

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Activists Target Carmel Agrexco in Conjuction with Climate Camp

18-08-2007 12:08

At 1pm, approximately 20 activists from London, Brighton, Reading and the nearby Climate Camp entered the Carmel Agrexco site in Hayes Middlesex where some activists have D-locked the gates shut. They are being entertained by Samba. Four police arrived on the scene almost immediately.

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40 Climate camp Activists occupy Carmel Agrexco

18-08-2007 11:57

40 activists left Climate Camp and have occupied Carmel Agrexco, the 50 % Israeli state owned exporter/ distributor of Illegal settlement produce from the West Bank.

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Audio Interview with Biggin Hill Airport Blockader

18-08-2007 11:39

Interview about the blockade of Biggin Hill airport which took place on Thursday 16th August 2007.

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Photos from XL Airways Office Occupation - Friday 17th

18-08-2007 10:50

Photos from the action against XL Airways - fuller action report to follow

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Cimate camp and terrorism

18-08-2007 10:25

It should come as no surprise that police are applying draconian anti-terrorism ´legislation´ to combat eco-protestors at the Climate Camp. For the authorities networks of dissent are the real terrorists.

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interview with fitwatch at climate camp

18-08-2007 10:21

earlier this week, a fitwatch supporter was arrested for 'obstructing a police officer in the course of their duty'. but what exactly is the duty of the harrassing, invasive forward intelligence team photgraphers and officers? do they get off on watching campers peeing (see other indymedia article 'peewatch')? short filmed interview with arrestee

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New blog regarding § 129a-proceedings in Germany

18-08-2007 09:52

Since a few days there is a new blog (http://delete129a.blogsport.de/) regarding the judicial inquiry against supposed members of the German militante gruppe (militant group). The blog is dedicated to discuss, what a useful strategy against police repression is. The blog contains mainly material in German, but also some in English. Especially important is the following: International Scholars Demand Suspension of the § 129a-Proceedings against ALL Parties Concerned.

You can sign the Open Letter here: http://www.policing-crowds.org/petition.html

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Indymedia news accessible by sms and phone during climate camp

18-08-2007 09:49

In addition to the indymedia space at the Climate Camp 2007, there are some new developments related to indymedia uk.

During the Climate Camp, indymedia uk news can be received on SMS and through a telephone infoline called the "blasted campers infoline". Both services rely on a newly introduced application called "ticker", which allows for the indymedia up-to-the-minute timeline to be relayed via SMS and Telephone. We are working on a longer report about how this works and how the applications were developed.

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Parliament Square - Evening

18-08-2007 09:49

Camp patched up and back in action

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FBI, CIA Scriveners Edit Wikipedia Entries

18-08-2007 08:45

It would appear Wikipedia is not simply “populated by volunteer vandals with poison-pen intellects,” as John Seigenthaler Sr., former assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy, would have it, but is indeed an intelligence front, yet another puzzle piece of a sprawling, comprehensive, long-term, and quite effective propaganda effort.

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Solidarity with NIPPON workers // mass picket in support of strike [11.30am Sat]

18-08-2007 08:38

As the climate camp continues near heathrow, down the road a group of workers at NIPPON EXPRESS have been striking against a new work regime which will effectively mean a £1265 pay cut for many of them.

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SOLIDARITY WITH NIPPON WORKERS - MASS PICKET 11.30am SATURDAY 19th AUGUST
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Nippon workers are expecting us down there and we are more than welcomed!