UK Indymedia - UK Promoted Newswire Archive

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Stop the illegal eviction of a 22 mnth old baby and family from east Birmingham

22-04-2008 13:46

Fatma Yavruk and her family, including 22 month old baby Arda, are due to be evicted from their Birmingham home today, due to a bureaucratic mix up by the UK Border Agency and the callous attitude of their Housing Association landlord, Astonbrook.

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World Day for Laboratory Animals, Oxford, 19 Apr 2008

21-04-2008 21:21

Audio and video of some of the speeches at SPEAK’s march and rally in Oxford, to mark the World Day for Laboratory Animals and to keep Oxford University’s new vivisection laboratory in the spotlight.

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Farnborough town centre in its final death throes

21-04-2008 15:38

Farnborough town centre is now little more than a ghost town, a once viable town centre destroyed by a greedy developer, with more than a little help from friends on the local council.

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Sciencelink animal lab has been abandoned

21-04-2008 15:24

"This battle has been won by the Animal Rights Activists" - Lei Heldens, Councillor of Venray, Netherlands

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Palestine Today 042108

21-04-2008 14:36

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday April 21st, 2008.

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Hackney Social Centre - Morning report

21-04-2008 13:58

Responding to the threatened eviction of the Hackney Social Centre people turned up prepared to resist. Those inside the centre climbed on the roof and raised the black flag as well as dropping a number of banners.

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Demo at Kalyx in support to the Harmondsworth detainees

21-04-2008 13:49

Demonstration in solidarity with the detainees called by No Borders London.

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Orang-utans protest at Unilever's HQ and Factory

21-04-2008 13:29

Greenpeace folk dressed as Orang-utans have climbed all over Unilever's London HQ and Merseyside factory to tell the company to stop destroying rainforests for palm oil. Palm oil is used in products like Dove and Persil, and the companies Unilever buys from are destroying valuable rainforest and peatland areas - bad news not only for the millions of people who depend on them for their way of life and endangered species such as the orang-utan, but also for the global climate.

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Most pathetic NF demo EVER.

21-04-2008 12:12

On Saturday the National Front held their annual St Georges day march in Eltham South East London. This ‘national mobilisation’ attracted a mere 22 nazis who were made to march on the pavement by the cops. The Police numbered around 100 (what a fantastic use of everyone’s taxes?) and shepherded the NF from one Eltham train station to another. The locals reacted to the spectacle with either indifference or amusement. Anyone who heckled the parade was surrounded by the bored cops who really did have nothing else to do as they outnumbered the boneheads they were babysitting by about 5-1.

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Indy Global Report from Nablus, on Resonance FM104.4

21-04-2008 10:06

This weeks Indy Global Reports was produced in the West bank city of Nablus, which is an abbreviation of the Roman name Neopolis meaning new city.

The 17th of April is prisoners day in Palestine, with so many political prisoners in Israeli gaols this is big occasion. I was fortunate to speak with the head of the Palestinian prisoner society about the situation for political prisoners.

A music school in Palestine, this is not a dream, in the city of Nablus, I speak with the founder of a school to teach children music based on merit not money.

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Space Invaded, and Evicted? - Squat manchester a summary

20-04-2008 20:06

SPACE INVADED! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED…..IT WAS ACE!

A Summary of the events in Manchester around Squat Manchester 12 April. Including the film night, the banner drops, the new squatted social centre, the family fun day, the No Borders March, the occupation of Jacksons Wharf the busted 'free' party and more!!

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Antifascist news from Poland

20-04-2008 18:14

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RTFO - This is not the way to go

20-04-2008 17:27

Campaigners protest at introduction of mandatoty biofuels at the UKs biggest retailer - Tescos

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Founder of Saving Iceland Accused by Icelandic Police

20-04-2008 17:08

On Monday 21st April 2008 Saving Iceland Founder, Olafur Pall Sigurdson,
will appear before the District Court of East Iceland charged with
property damage. The charge relates to an incident at Snæfell Mountain
protest camp in the end of July 2006, when a police 4x4 was deliberately
driven into Sigurdsson at a potentially fatal speed.

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Freespace Brum - Temporary Autonomous Zone 11-13th April

20-04-2008 11:47

A report written collaboratively by the FreeSpaceBrum collective, supporters and participants of the last weekend's social centre in Digbeth.

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Protest. In memory of Ama Sumani.

20-04-2008 11:46

Yesterday, on Saturday 19th April 2008, there was a protest in memory of Ama Sumani in Cardiff, Wales. Ama Sumani was taken by force from hospital in Wales in January 2008 and removed to Ghana. In Ghana she was unable to continue her treatment and died two months later. Friends of Ama Sumani do not want her death to be forgotten and intend to continue the struggle against the removal of people to countries where effective medical treatment for their conditions is unavailable.

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Video from Ffoss-yfran coal mine action

19-04-2008 22:26

Video from the locked on vehicles, of surveillance by state and by Miller-Argent, with a statement by exec director Steven Tillman.

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Hackney Social Centre Under Threat of Eviction!

19-04-2008 17:59

The Hackney Social Centre (231 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney) is now waiting for High Court Bailiffs, scheduled to arrive at the property at 9:00 AM this Monday, April 21, 2008. Anyone able to stand with us to meet the bailiffs and defend the space is asked to gather outside the Social Centre at 8:00 AM on Monday Morning.

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latest indymedia london offline & infousurpa

19-04-2008 17:51

Fortnightly sheet with events in and around social centres in London.

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Hands Off Iraqi oil protest inside and outside BP AGM

19-04-2008 16:55

As 'corporate pirates' gave out shareholder briefings under the banner of 'BP in Iraq - Blatant Piracy' outside, a number of be-suited HOIO activists were present at the BP AGM inside...

For photos see www.handsoffiraqioil.org