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Foie Gras protest in Winchester

28-07-2008 15:08

Wacky the Duck assists protesters to gently persuade James Martin to ditch pate de foie gras.

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Palestine Today 072808

28-07-2008 14:34

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday July 28th, 2008.

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Attending the Camp For Climate Action 2008 - The practicalities, fun, and fears.

28-07-2008 13:18

Views, reassurance, clarification, and enthusiasm from people who attended in 2007, and a little bit of the magic in their words and eyes.

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Protests Continue At Novartis HQ In Horsham, Sussex

28-07-2008 10:04

On Friday 25/07/08 a small but very noisy protest was held outside the Horsham facility of Novartis who are not only content with paying HLS to Kill, Torture and Maim 500 animals every single day of the year but who also have their own torture centre on the premises that they use to carry out their so called essential tests on Primates and Guinea Pigs while all the time the people of Horsham think that the premises is used as a packaging and production facility.

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EarthFirst! gathering workshop call

28-07-2008 07:13

LAST CALL FOR RUNNING WORKSHOPS
at the Earth First! Summer Gathering - 27 Aug - 1 Sept 2008, Norfolk
Get in touch if you or your campaign/group/network would like to run a
workshop or session at the gathering, especially if you can offer workshops on action training, direct action campaigns, ecology, ecological restoration and sustainable living.

Deadline 12 August!

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Food not Bombs - Brixton

27-07-2008 22:03

The London Food not Bombs group gave away food in Brixton's Windrush Square on Sunday 27th July.

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Students and Striking Workers Picket LSE Starbucks Event

27-07-2008 16:59

Students and striking local government workers united to picket a London School of Economics (LSE) event in Starbucks on Kingsway, Holborn last week, in opposition to the university’s and coffee chain’s support for the state of Israel's occupation of Palestine.

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Nottingham Asian Mela Market Square : Pictures 2

27-07-2008 16:39

The Nottingham Asian Mela took place on Sunday 27th July 2008, in the Market Square. All starting at 12.00noon.

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Nottingham Asian Mela Market Square : Pictures 1

27-07-2008 16:34

The Nottingham Asian Mela took place on Sunday 27th July 2008, in the Market Square. All starting at 12.00noon.

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Smash School Privatisation: Wembley Sports Ground Re-Occupied - Support Needed

27-07-2008 14:29

First report from the Wembley Sports Ground Anti-Academy Camp. Support Needed.
Save The Sports Ground. Save The Community Green Space. No To School Privatisation. No To Education For Profit.

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Sustainable Transport: Climate Camp Style

27-07-2008 13:01

The bicycle caravan heading down to Kingsnorth from Scotland arrived in Newcastle Upon Tyne yesterday.

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North Wales Rally against the Badger 'Cull'

27-07-2008 11:03

A good crowd gathered in Colwyn Bay on Saturday 26th July to protest against the proposal by the Welsh Assembly government to kill badgers.

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Smash School Privatisation: Wembley Sports Ground Re-Occupied, AGAIN!

27-07-2008 10:52

Following the recent residents and local teachers' resistance to the privatised Wembley Ark Academy school plans, this morning an independent group of "concerned citizens" re-occupied the Wembley Park Sports Ground.

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26.07.08 Climate Camp press conference

26-07-2008 21:55

Images from the climate camp press conference, Saturday 26th July 2008.
The climate camp will move this weekend from its location at Heathrow Airport to a new location - Kingsnorth power station in Medway, Kent. This conference aimed to examine the ongoing situation at Heathrow and bring different groups such as Camp for Climate Action, local campaign groups HACAN and NoTRAG), and Greenpeace to discuss a broad strategy against expansion.

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Binyam demo in pictures.

26-07-2008 16:45

Firstly a huge well done to all the people who have kept this scandal on the agenda with their actions past and present. See:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401098.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/01/389503.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/05/398635.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2008/06/400790.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/400920.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401212.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2008/06/400985.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/03/393504.html

Its hard to image what spending your 30th in a place like guantanamo must be like. Especially after years of confinement and torture.

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Nottingham 6th Gay Pride : Pictures 2

26-07-2008 16:25

A few thousand folks turned out for the 6th Nottingham Gay Pride Bash in the Arbo.

Saturday 26th July 2008, from 12.00-6.00pm
Arboretum Park, Nottingham

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Nottingham 6th Gay Pride : Pictures 1

26-07-2008 16:15

A few thousand folks turned out for the 6th Nottingham Gay Pride Bash in the Arbo.

Saturday 26th July 2008, from 12.00-6.00pm
Arboretum Park, Nottingham

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Direct Action; UK, Mexico, Finland & Sweden

26-07-2008 16:09

24th-26th July

THREE MICE RESCUED FROM PET STORE (Mexico)
WILD BOAR LIBERATED (UK)
MORE FUR SHOPS TARGETED (Sweden)
FUR SHOP ATTACKED (Finland)
MOOR SABOTAGE (UK)

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Smash School Privatisation: Next Step In The Anti-Academy Campaign

26-07-2008 15:19

Following last week’s actions against the privatisation of UK education in Wembley, North West London, a new call out by campaigners to re-squat the land and put another obstacle in the way of Blair’s profitable education program, centring the campaign against school privatisation right under the nose of the new Wembley Stadium.

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600 million of pounds burned last night at the Hackney Planning Committe

26-07-2008 14:16

How 600 million of pounds were burned last night
in the Hackney Planning committee of London.

Hackney Council effort to sell off most of its land bank asset to
speculative driven private property deals suffered a blow last night
at its very own home - the Hackney Town Hall.