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Activists and Residents chained to Bulldozers in South Wales

05-12-2007 16:26

> 09.00 -More than thirty climate activists and local residents this
> morning took mass direct action to prevent excavation work on Britain’s biggest
> ever open-cast coal mine at Ffos-y-fran in South Wales. (1)

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Palestine Today 120507

05-12-2007 14:25

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, December 5th, 2007.

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Activists chained to bulldozers to prevent work on open-cast coal mine

05-12-2007 09:53

9am - More than thirty climate activists and local residents this morning took mass direct action to prevent excavation work on Britain’s biggest ever open-cast coal mine at Ffos-y-fran in South Wales. (1)

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Interview: Atzmon on Indymedia

04-12-2007 23:55

This interview was recorded in London on 30th November 2007.

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Palestine Today 120407

04-12-2007 16:09

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, December 4th, 2007.

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Sussex students visit Occupied Paris Universities

04-12-2007 15:44

On Sunday 25th November, four Sussex University students travelled south to Paris to meet with the University students in Paris and to express their solidarity with those students occupying their Universities in the fight against the CPE laws and the threat of privatisation of their University education.

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Photos released from fur farm liberation

04-12-2007 15:24

--- 20,000 mink released in Sionlla [Santiago de Compostela], Spain
"It is the time of year when the owners of mink prisons begin their slaughter. We considered it necessary to stand against this in an effective and direct way-- without hesitation.

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Buy nothing day 2007.

04-12-2007 13:32

Manchester Climate Action enjoy a day out at The Trafford Centre.

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International Hoax Targets US Business Consortium Amidst Bali Climate Negotiatio

04-12-2007 12:19

Climate activists with the international Rising Tide network embarrassed the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), a lobby group composed of 33 prominent businesses and organizations, by distributing a spoof press release declaring that the consortium’s members had committed to a 90 percent reduction in their greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. In addition, the spoof release called for an immediate moratorium on the construction of all new coal-fired power plants.

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Heathrow expansion - Harlington's "army of ordinary people"

04-12-2007 11:32

Hard on the heels of Sipson's meeting came last night's in Harlington. In a packed church locals heard HACAN's John Stewart explain the deceits contained within the government's "consultation" process, followed by a precise analysis from NoTRAG's Geraldine Nicholson on what Harlington could really expect to suffer.

Sipson has always been considered to be the ultimate victim of this particular expansion, not least because the whole village is set to disappear under Terminal Six. The biggest displacement of people in the UK since - as local MP John McDonnell pointed out - the Scottish clearances.

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Total Out of Burma, Brighton Action

03-12-2007 18:19

As part of the November 24th day of action against Total Oil's involvement in the Burmese Junta, 15 Brighton based students and residents descend on the Total Oil garage in Kemp Town.

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Trial of DSEi arms fair protester - case thrown out

03-12-2007 18:15

The case of pensioner Gwyn Gwyntopher, who was being maliciously prosecuted for alleged 'trespass' at Custom House DLR station during the DSEi arms fair in September, was today thrown out of court by magistrates in east London on a legal technicality.

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Palestine Today 120307

03-12-2007 15:51

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday, December 3ed, 2007.

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Switzerland: Police brutality against RTS. 245 activists detained

03-12-2007 13:54

Nearly 500 riot cops with tanks and water cannons stopped a peaceful RTS-party. The cops used pepperspray, non-lethal guns and did beat people. They detanied 245 people.

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Armenia - The Unanswered Question

03-12-2007 11:35

On Tuesday 6th November, Aegis Trust and Nottingham Student Aegis Society, in association with Nottingham Playhouse, a pre-show talk for Beast on the Moon to look at the history behind this compelling play took place. Enclosed is the report with pictures.

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UK film of olive harvest wins plaudits in Palestine

03-12-2007 09:34

A documentary made by UK independent film-maker, Ed Hill, has won praise in the Palestine magazine THIS WEEK IN PALESTINE in a review by renowned writer Sam Bahour.

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Washing Machine Misery

02-12-2007 21:43

Tenants in high flats across Glasgow have been left without working washing machines.
To do a wash, their machines have to be filled by hand with water. Glasgow Housing Association know about the problem, and know how to fix it. But shockingly, GHA are stalling with the fixes.

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School children are being fingerprinted without parental knowledge!

02-12-2007 21:30

Many parents aren't even aware that their children have been fingerprinted at school. Some find out by chance, sometimes years later. If you're a parent, we strongly recommend you ask your children if it's happened to them. You may be shocked by what you discover.

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7 UK ALF Actions: 28th-31st

02-12-2007 18:59

The following reports are from the Animal Liberation Front, which are made up of activists from anonymous, underground, non-hierarchical cells.

ALF HIT OXFORD UNI SUPPLIER / BILLBOARD PAINTED, AGAIN / FUN WITH PAINTSTRIPPER / TIRESLASHING AT CIRCUS HOST / FOIE GRAS RESTAURANT GETS ATTENTION / L'OREAL ADVERTS PAINTED / SLOGANS PAINTED AGAINST FISHING / WAR KILLS ANIMALS TOO.

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The AlTurnertive Turner Prize 07

02-12-2007 17:08

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