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Bowl Court Social Centre Days Are Numbered

12-06-2008 16:18

The courting hearing today ruled in favor of the property developers claiming ownership of the derelict warehouse in Bowl Court that has been used as a radical social centre since openning 23rd March. The David vs Goliath case was clearly motivated by Hammersons desire to prevent the new social centre becoming a hub for the local campaigns against their proposed development for the area, the biggest development in London since Docklands in the eighties.

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Palestine Today 061208

12-06-2008 15:07

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday June 12th, 2008.

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Mill Road Social Centre's days are numbered.

12-06-2008 11:26

This morning at approximately 10:30am in room 2 of East Road Court, a judge presiding over the case of a repossession order for the premises currently occupied by the Mill Road Social Centre granted possession to Tescos, meaning that the current occupants will have to vacate the premises some time in the near future, thereby soon ending an era of community occupation of the old Wilco store premises.

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Sanctuary for Jonathan Kazembe

12-06-2008 09:32

Jonathan is a trainee teacher from Kirumba-Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has suffered harassment and discrimination as a member of the Banyamulenge tribe. Things got worse when Jonathan joined a humanitarian organisation in 2002 and fought, with others, to stop the conscription of child soldiers by both rebel and government forces. Soldiers would march into the school and seize boys as young as eight years, giving them guns and sending them to fight and kill.

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Raytheon 9 Acquited in Belfast!

12-06-2008 05:13

Raytheon 9 Defendants Freed from Belfast Court Respond to their Acquital

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/87945

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U.K. Anti-Bush Demonstration Banned from Whitehall

12-06-2008 03:32

Be sure to come out and join in the festivities.

Bring cameras, and anything that makes noise.

Why not block the War Criminal altogether?

Why not demand that he be arrested?

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Serious Implications for Freedom of Speech as Activist Jailed for 4.5 years

11-06-2008 23:41

WARN Press Release: Serious Implications for Freedom of the Net and Civil Rights as Activist Jailed for 4 ½ Years

For immediate release: June 11th 2008

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Shut Down Frontex, EU Migrant Hunters - Report, Photos, Audio

11-06-2008 20:38

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Yet more pictures from Smash Edo demo!

11-06-2008 16:45

Just some photos, including one of the man with the baby who the police pushed over..

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Palestine Today 061108

11-06-2008 14:44

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday June 11th, 2008.

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Novartis Global Week of Action Roundup

11-06-2008 13:28

Novartis is also one of HLS's largest customers, most notorious for the Xenotransplantation scandal back in 2000. The week of action; 26th - 30th May 2008; South Africa, Switzerland, Italy, USA, Holland, Ireland, UK, France, Venezuela & Chile.

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Smashing EDO in pictures.

11-06-2008 10:01

For various reasons, the main one being lazyness I have neglected to write my own report of what went on. Instead I have pasted below the write up that appeared in the alarmingly brighton-centric Schnews. It pretty much covers all the bases. Enjoy...

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New report details torture of Guantánamo prisoner Binyam Mohamed

11-06-2008 09:03

Andy Worthington, author of “The Guantánamo Files,” introduces a new report, by legal action charity Reprieve, detailing the rendition and torture of British resident Binyam Mohamed, who faces a trial by Military Commission in Guantánamo.

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The EDO march in pictures.

11-06-2008 08:02

Nice sunny day for it.

Very few cops on the demo.

3 sound systems and a samba band.

Great stuff.

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Red White Blue Festival licence refused

10-06-2008 21:43

This evening Ripley council refused the application for the Red White and Blue festival.

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No to the Counter-Terrorism Bill: Don't let our civil liberties die!

10-06-2008 15:11

MPs will vote today and tomorrow on the controversial Counter-Terrorism Bill...it's about a lot more than 42 days. Contact your MP now and stop this Bill from becoming law!

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Noise Demo at UK Coal Head Office Protest

10-06-2008 12:42

UK Coal is about to devastate a beautiful part of the Derbyshire countryside by starting an open cast mine. So ‘Leave it in the Ground’ and Earth First! decided to make some noise over it with people from Derby, Nottingham Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester and Brighton as well as other places, all travelled to UK Coals Head office in Doncaster to make some noise.

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Fujitsu Strike Birmingham: You can have your Logo but hands off our jobs!

10-06-2008 12:16

Fujitsu workers from the Communication Workers Union (C.W.U.) went on strike yesterday and picketed the Birmingham telecommunications plant in the blazing sun to protest against losing their jobs. 140 jobs are destined to go if Fujitsu decides to end production in Birmingham and take their work to Texas in the United States. If it hadn't been for the picket outside we wouldn't have found the site at Birmingham Business Park as management had taken the company’s logo down at the entrance of the plant just before the strike claiming it needed cleaning, whilst workers were convinced that the corporation wanted to keep any bad publicity to an absolute minimum.

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London to Geneva Peace Walk, May 2008

10-06-2008 00:59

We have been in France for 28 days, and over a month since the walk began. We have had huge support from not just local people but globally the walk has been joined by people from Japan, Canada, German, France, Italy, Australia, Sweden, Scotland, England, Niger & the United States of America.

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EDO demonstration, Brighton, 4 June 2008

09-06-2008 16:56

A selection of photographs from the carnival against weapons manufacturers EDO in Moulsecoomb, Brighton, Wednesday 4 June 2008