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Nott's group go to BNP Conferance

18-11-2007 22:27

People from Nottingham travelled to Blackpool to join in the protest to stop the fascist BNP at their party conference held at the Kimberley Hotel.

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We Are The History

18-11-2007 19:35

Six years after the G8 Summit in Genoa the trails against protesters and members of the police forces are still continuing. the trials against the police and carabineri have been delayed to benefit from the new regulations of prescriptive periods. The procecutors Canepa and Canciani show strenght in the trials against the 25 activists. Never before in the context of street protest such high charges were asked for.

In Germany activists call for a protest on November 17th. Under the slogan "Against the surveillance state and arbitrariness" people demand that a few people should not get punished for a legitimate and collectiv protest by facing them with specially contructed charges.

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Protest against tourism in Burma at World Travel Market Exhibition

17-11-2007 23:31

Protest against tourism in Burma at World Travel Market Exhibition, ExCel London, November 14th. Burmese call for boycott of travel companies involved in tourism with Burma.

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Cambiad furia y tristeza a resistencia !

17-11-2007 17:21

Today, saturday the 17th of november over 100 Antifascists participated in a rally, expressing their anger and sorrow about the killed Antifascist Carlos Javier Palomino.

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Total petrol station demo in Wrexham

17-11-2007 14:52

Wrexham Women for Peace and supporters held a demonstration at a local TOTAL petrol station in support of the people of Burma (Myanmar) this morning in advance of a national day of action against TOTAL next Saturday 24 November. Campaigners targeted the petrol station on the A483 Ruabon by-pass to draw attention to the links between French-owned TOTAL Oil and the Burmese military junta.

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Calling international solidarity with the anti-fascist murdered by a nazi in...

17-11-2007 13:12

Calling international solidarity with the anti-fascist murdered by a nazi in Madrid

Recently nazy-groups' agressions have increased in Madrid, assaulting immigrants by daylight under total authorities' impunity.

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Brighton Council's Use of the Housing Act (2006)To Drive Out Squatters

17-11-2007 01:07

BHCC use the new housing laws to attack the homeless

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Call For International Days Of Action For Squats & Autonomous Spaces - April 08

16-11-2007 23:43

On Friday the 11th and Saturday the 12th of April 2008, we call for two days of demonstration, direct action, public information, street-party, squatting... in defence of free spaces and for an anti-capitalist popular culture. Through these two days, we want to help create more visibility of autonomous spaces and squats as a european/global political movement. We want to develop interconnections and solidarity between squats and autonomous spaces. We want to keep linking our spaces with new people and new struggles, and support the creation of autonomous spaces in places where there has not been a history of this kind of action. We want to build, step by step, our ability to overcome the wave of repression falling on us.

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Shell to Sea court cases: an account

16-11-2007 21:01

An account of the Shell to Sea cases in belmullet on wednesday 14th november, where 13 people appeared before the court relating to a number of different Shell to Sea protests.

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Homeless Polar Bears in Court

16-11-2007 19:41

Four homeless polar bears appeared before Bristol Magistrates Court on Wednesday 14th November. We were arrested after blockading the Royal Bank of Scotland corporate offices on Avon St. as part of the National Day of local action on 15th October called by Rising Tide. The day of action was to highlight the role of the Royal Bank of Scotland in financing the oil and gas industry resulting in climate chaos throughout the world.

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Make Deportations Impossible!

16-11-2007 00:10

Currently in Austria the number of deportations is increasing. The forced deportations of "well-integrated" families has provoked particular outrage. More and more frequently people are pulled out of their beds in the early morning, brought to deportation jails, and are kicked out of the country in the course of mass deportations by charter flights. In this way numerous people are deported, although entire towns demand their right to stay.

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Stop fueling the Burmese junta - boycott Total Oil and Chevron/Texaco

15-11-2007 19:25

Far from the headlines, the crisis in Burma continues--fuelled, in part, by international oil corporations like Total Oil and Chevron/Texaco. These corporations don't just fund the junta; they lobby on its behalf in capital cities around the world. These are the same companies many of us fuel up with. That means our pressure as consumers has the power to force change—and it's our responsibility to act.

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Climate activists in court - report

15-11-2007 18:44

11 activists charged with "aggravated trespass" in Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in April were in court on Tuesday (see earlier posting -

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2007/11/385351.html).

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Palestine Today 111507

15-11-2007 16:07

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, November 15th, 2007.

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Venezuela: Interview with an indigenous activist

15-11-2007 15:55

* As part of the 2.300 delegates in the second Zapatista and indigenous community’s international reunion, which took place last July in Mexico, members of the wayuu community delivered a truly important message: Venezuelan indigenous community’s situation is very different than the declared by the government people in Caracas. El Libertario talked about the experience with Jorge Montiel, member of the Maikiralasa’lii.

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Action to mark sixth anniversary of Guantanamo

15-11-2007 12:11

11 January 2008 marks the sixth anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo Bay on 11 January 2002. The London Guantánamo Campaign is holding a day-long action on that day to mark this sad anniversary. Your help would be appreciated!

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Protest: UK Deports 14-Year-Old Kurdish Girl Via Germany

15-11-2007 10:23

Today, Thursday 15 November the UK government will deport Meltem Avcil, a Kurdish refugee who will turn 14-years-old on 21 November.

A protest was called yesterday by SOAS Detainee Support Group outside the German Embassy to call on German government to refuse entry to Meltem.

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Video of Monbiot & others at recent climate change public meeting

15-11-2007 00:28

Thursday November 8th saw the Friends Meeting House in London packed out for a tremendous Public meeting organised by Campaign against Climate Change.

http://www.campaigncc.org/
Speakers were George Monbiot - author and journalist, John Sauven - Director of Greenpeace UK, Sophie from the Camp for Climate Action and Phil Thornhill - National Coordinator of Campaign against Climate Change.

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Uk activist update from USA/Mexico No Borders camp

14-11-2007 18:19

2 people released from custody.
1 person remains in custody.
Facing life in prison or deportation to Colombia, was also denied medication in solitary confiment.

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Palestine Today 111407

14-11-2007 14:26

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, November 14th, 2007.