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LGC & Project 2012 Independence Day Picnic Report - 4 July

07-07-2008 12:59

To "celebrate" American Independence Day, the LGC took a break from its weekly vigil (we did that too!) and went to the park next the Embassy and held a freedom picnic and debate on what freedom, if it exists, means to us all now? Feel free to add any extra thoughts below...

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Photos of "Plan C" demo in Croydon Saturday 5th

07-07-2008 11:07

Some Photos from the demo in Croydon last Saturday.
For Freedom of Movement, Freedom to Protest and against the G8!

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Call for Solidarity with Counter-G8 Protesters in Japan

07-07-2008 05:58

Activists and organizers are asking local groups and individuals to call, e-mail, visit and protest at Japanese embassies over the unjust arrests, detentions, deportations, and repression occurring around counter-G8 mobilization in Japan.

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Wimbledon Southfields Total Oil Burma Protests

06-07-2008 23:19

On 25th June and 2nd July the totaloutofburma.org team held a protest at Southfields Total Oil Station, 262 Wimbledon Park Road, London SW19 6NL. They leafleted the pedestrians attending the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament just down the road from the station. French Total Oil funds the brutal Burma junta with 500 million dollars a year and its gas pipeline in Burma was built with slave labour (see

http://www.totaldenialfilm.com).

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Hypocritical Virgin to deport victim of trafficking

06-07-2008 22:46

Despite having direct links with anti-trafficking charity STOP THE TRAFFIK Virgin are due to deport victim of trafficking Kemi Ayinde and family on tuesday 8th July at 10.15 AM on Virgin Nigeria flight vk292 from Gatwick North Terminal

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Fur campaign kicks off in Portsmouth

06-07-2008 22:05

On Saturday 5th July SARC kicked off their campaign against Nauticalia in Portsmouth with a bright and vibrant demonstration against the company's sale of toys made from REAL fur.

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Free Vegan Food For All! 4/07/08*

06-07-2008 21:24

To promote Saturday's Viva! Veggie Roadshow, and as ever to promote veganism, members of Nottingham Animal Rights & Veggies distributed free vegan food and literature outside the council house.

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G8, NoBorders, demo in Croydon– bike ride included

06-07-2008 19:27

Was told after the demo that this had also been a Freedom to Protest action. Which suited quite well, given the amount of harassment given by police to all present, from the start. It feels like the objective is to discourage people from being politically active by simply giving us an unbearable hard time.

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Picket outside the Japanese embassy.

06-07-2008 18:25

On Friday 4th of July a few people gathered outside the Japanese embassy from noon to about 3pm to protest this Country's host (and participation) in the Group of 8.

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New Social Center Opens / Frome Squatters' Network

06-07-2008 17:26

The new Social Center in Frome, a short ways south of Bath, is hosting it's first public event this Thursday - the first meeting of the Frome Squatters' Network!

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Zapatistas: a call to action

06-07-2008 11:32

Article by the well-respected Oaxacan activist and founder of the University of the Earth, Gustavo Esteva. Gustavo was one of the EZLN's advisors in their negotiations with the Mexican government. This article was published in La Jornada 30th June 2008, and is a call to civil society to respond to a state of emergency.

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Conditions in Soetwater refugee camp near Cape Town.

06-07-2008 10:13

It is winter in Cape Town. The climate in this region is Mediterranean; with cold, wet and windy winters. Soetwater is in a remote and exposed corner of the region, colder and windier than many other places refugees might be located. The Cape is not named Cape of Storms for nothing as you will read in Karin Chubb's report

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Starbucks gets a picket from london syndicalists

05-07-2008 21:22

Today London Solidarity Federation joined with London IWW to picket starbucks in support of their sacked members in Spain and America. Organising a union, like these CNT and IWW comrades did, imroves your pay and conditions - and that is the last things Starbucks want to see. Poor pay and apalling contracts goes hand in hand with a policy of aggressive expansion, so more and more people will be forced to work these McJobs.

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Update: Austrian Prisoners - Solidarity Instead of Paranoia

05-07-2008 16:43

Solidarity Instead of Paranoia – We Are Still All §278a!
Press Release: 5th July 2008

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Stop Forced Removals/ Deportation of Zimbabweans

05-07-2008 13:54

NOTTINGHAM - FRIDAY, June 27 was a much awaited day for both, us members of the Nottingham Zimbabwe Community Network (NZCN) and Nottingham City residence in general.

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Rights granted for Great Apes in Spain

05-07-2008 03:03

"If you look at the course of western history you'll see that we're slowly granting basic rights to everyone. A long time ago only kings had rights. Then rights were extended to property-owning white men. Then all men. Then wymyn [women]. Then children. Then the mentally retarded. Now we're agonizing over the extension of basic rights to homosexuals and animals. We need to finally accept that all sentient creatures are deserving of basic rights." -- Moby (1)

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Support Sarah Whitehead

05-07-2008 01:12

Sarah Whitehead is a committed vegan activist who has dedicated her life to saving animals and helping people. She worked tirelessly as a nurse whilst rescuing and rehoming abused and neglected animals, as well as campaigning against the notorious Huntingdon Life Sciences. She is not someone to sit back and let animals be tortured and abused, she stands up and fights wherever she sees injustice and never puts herself first.

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Foie Gras Removed From Two Restaurants In One Day

04-07-2008 19:55

The Bucklemaker & Turners restaurant remove fois gras.Making it the 7th and 8th Birmingham restaurants to follow suit.

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AUDIO (25mins)-Ploughshares Ciaron O'Reilly on Raytheon 9 Action & Trial

04-07-2008 19:06

Acquitted Plowshares Activist Ciaron O'Reilly

http://www.peaceontrial.com/ interviewed on Hungarian radio following the acquital of the Raytheon 9

http://www.raytheon9.org/ in Belfast and the impending Bush visit to Belfast. Reflects on the significance for Republicans, Socialists and anti-war activists in Ireland of the Raytheon 9 action, Raytheon Corp, the Raytheon 9 trial, the use of anti-terror laws to silence anti-war dissent etc (25 mins)

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Climate Camp Jingle

04-07-2008 18:04

Here is a jingle produced by Riseup! Radio for the Climate Camp, to be held near Kingsnorth Power Station in Kent from 3 – 11 August. Please distribute and re-broadcast the jingle if you can. For more info about the camp check out

http://www.climatecamp.org.uk