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Chiswick protest to get Total Oil Out of Burma

19-04-2008 08:47

Five protesters demonstrated at the Total West Four petrol station on 137 Chiswick High Road on Wednesday 17th April. The protest was against the French Total Oil's support for the brutal Burma junta dictatorship. Burma's democracy leader, Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has said that “Total is the biggest supporter of the military regime in Burma. Total Oil gives 500 million dollars a year to the brutal Burmese dictatorship. Total's Yadana gas pipeline was built using forced labour.

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Nottingham Zimbabwe demo calling for release of election results

18-04-2008 21:53

On Friday (April 18) there was a demo on the Council House steps next to the right lion, Market Square from 12.30-2pm. The demo was being timed to coincide with a similar event outside the Zimbabwean Embassy in London organised by Action for South Africa (ACTSA).

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This Week In Palestine – Week 16 2008

18-04-2008 18:42

This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for April 12th through to April 18th, 2008.

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San Isidro. In their own words.

18-04-2008 14:26

Below is a translation of a document produced by the people of San Isidro Aloapam which explains in detail the history of the forest dispute. Also the corruption they have faced at every level. The picture below shows the injuries sustained by six of the villagers at the hands of the paramilitaries.

For details on how to show practical solidarity to those who have been beaten, tortured and imprisoned click here:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/04/396331.html

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Direct Action; Germany, UK, Mexico & Sweden

18-04-2008 14:00

15th-18th March

HUNTING TOWERS DESTROYED (Germany)
"UNTIL THE END OF HUNTING" (Germany)
OXFORD UNI SUPPLIER VISITED (UK)
CIRCUS SIGNS DESTROYED (Germany)
KFC WINDOWS PAY THE PRICE (Mexico)
WINDOWS SMASHED AT ASTRAZENECA (Sweden)

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SOCPA - the dirt behind the imprisonment of barbara tucker

18-04-2008 11:52

a high court hearing and a document given 'charity sweet' blow a huge hole in the decision to imprison her - now the matter of her imprisonment will be added to the forthcoming judicial review of various aspects of the constitutional campaign of harassment against her.

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Biofuels protesters disable fuel pumps

18-04-2008 09:13

Agro-fuels protesters disabled the fuel pumps of two BP filling stations early Tuesday morning in opposition to mandatory blending of biofuels into petrol and diesel. Protesters argue that biofuels will worsen climate change, and cause food shortages.
Protesters have taken this action in Edinburgh as part of a national day of action against biofuels - April Biofools day - coinciding with the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation's (RTFO) coming into force, making it a legal requirement to mix 2.5% biofuels into all petrol and diesel.

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Radio Indymedia Back Online - get involved

17-04-2008 23:30

After being offline for over a year, radio.indymedia.org is back online. For a variety of technical problems the amazing resourse that was IMC-RADIO was gone from us, which meant that people all over the world could no longer publish their audio, access and listen to old audio, click on the site to get quickly directed to audio nodes and news from all over our little planet. For those audio geeks it was a big big loss. But now, it's back:

http://radio.indymedia.org/

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No Borders demo and mass action

17-04-2008 18:30

Pictures and report by Manchester No Borders of the FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT and DEFEND AUTONOMOUS SPACES demonstration on Saturday, April 12th (see www.april-12.blogspot.com).

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'You don't have the right to silence'

17-04-2008 16:05

Yes, that's what officer 0801 from West Midlands Police told me today at Birmingham Airport when I said "No comment" to his surprising question: "Have you been involved in organising any protests in this country?" And since I was held for one and a half hours to be asked such silly questions, I thought I would waste another hour and a half writing about it.

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SOCPA - barbara tucker freed from prison today

17-04-2008 15:46

babs was freed from hmp holloway just before midday today. several supporters were waiting in the morning for her. she is at the high court tomorrow morning for a 'habeus corpus' hearing when the legitimacy of her prison sentence will be contested

high court hearing at 10 am tomorrow morning - support welcome

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Pavilion facing bankruptcy?

17-04-2008 15:43

The Housing Corporation has admitted that at least ten housing associations are facing bankruptcy in the growing credit crisis. Is Pavilion Housing Association one of this select group?

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April Biofools Day

17-04-2008 15:40

April Biofools Day: Large-scale biofuels (‘agrofuels’) are causing climate change, hunger and human rights abuses

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Palestine Today 041708

17-04-2008 14:37

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday April 17th, 2008.

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Disabled People's Direct Action Network occupy DWP Office

17-04-2008 13:13

People campaigning against the Govt's draconian welfare reforms have occupied a major DWP office in London

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Biofools day: Cargill factory blocked in Ghent (Belgium)

17-04-2008 13:03

This morning thirty activist of "agrocrisis" blocked the gates of the Cargill factory in Ghent (Belgium). Several activist are chained to the main gate blocking entrance to trucks.

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Protests to UK Prime Minister - Scrap Biofuel Targets / Scrap RTFO

17-04-2008 12:07

Hundreds of people in London and groups across the UK held protests against the introduction of mandatory biofuel blending on April Biofools Day. A protest was held later outside Downing Street, with speakers from Colombia, Campaign against Climate Change, Friends of the Earth, Global Forest Coalition, GM Freeze and Biofuelwatch condemning the government’s decision to go ahead with their biofuel policy against overwhelming evidence of catastrophic impacts on climate, communities, biodiversity and food security.

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Hundreds in UK Protests call for Biofuel Targets to be Scrapped

17-04-2008 11:51

Hundreds of people in London and groups across the UK held protests against the introduction of mandatory biofuel blending today. A lunchtime protest was held outside the Department for Transport, Tuesday April 15th, April Biofools Day.

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Babs Tucker "... it's the Kids ... stupid"

17-04-2008 06:49

Video of arrest on 26th February 2008

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We Are Change UK - 11th of every month: US Embassy

17-04-2008 02:31

Members of We Are Change UK visited the United States Embassy in London this April 11th in support of the truthaction.org international autonomous grassroots campaign 'The Eleventh of Every Month'.

We encountered some Iraqi refugee's and a large number of police officers.