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Sea Shepherd ship held in South Africa: Payback begins

29-01-2006 05:00

The anti-whaling protest ship 'Farley Mowat' has been detained indefinitely at Cape Town after seven weeks at sea

Oxford police left standing as animal rights protesters run rings around them.

28-01-2006 23:28

Billed as the latest large scale protest in the city following the resumption of building at the controversial new animal laboratory on South Parks Road, the animal rights protestors today adopted diversionary and autonomous tactics that left the police panicking.

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Swindon Borough Council say no2id – full report

28-01-2006 14:21

As previously reported at

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/01/332374.html , at the monthly full council meeting on Thursday 26th January 2006, Swindon’s councillors voted in favour of a motion opposing the government’s ID cards bill, and joined the list of councils affiliated to the no2id campaign. Here is the full report, as promised.

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People marched against Jack Straw, arriving in Athens

28-01-2006 13:50

The Greek Social Forum protested against Jack Straw, after his arrival in Athens

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Critical Mass out in the cold in polluted Gothenburg

28-01-2006 09:46

A handful of hardened cyclists gathered in central Gothenburg, Sweden on Friday evening for what might have been a record breaking Critical Mass, the coldest.

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IOM Bribing Asylum Seekers to Return Home

28-01-2006 02:42

In a programme co-financed by the European Refugee Fund, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), in collaboration with the Home Office (HO), has intensified its campaign to "urge" both successful and failed asylum seekers to return home, offering them money.

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‘Extremism’ proposals for campuses challenged

27-01-2006 23:47

New report criticises Glees and Government proposals

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This weeks SchNEWS - Sink or Swim?

27-01-2006 14:57

Activists across Britain are resisting on a range of different fronts as neo-liberalism attacks communities and environments. It seems this new wave of direct action is washing over the country (See SchNEWS 526, 527). It’s time for another SchNEWS round up.

In Bristol, a city with a long tradition of anarchist community action, a group of local agitators have dipped a toe into radical politics in their struggle against the closure of a local swimming pool. This is their story in (mostly) their own words…

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Protest at University Careers Fair

27-01-2006 09:46

Awkward questions for Exxon and lots of awareness raising at careers fair.

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Interview with an ex-sex text worker

27-01-2006 00:17

In the aftermath of the first ever unfair dismissal case for a sex worker in the UK, libcom.org interview a former 'sex text' worker.

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Harmondsworth Support Network in Action

26-01-2006 23:41

Over the last few days, I got a few emails about the events in Harmondsworth. You probably know the facts - Bereket Yohannes from Eritrea was found hanged at Harmondsworth detention center, the other detainees were very distressed, had a meeting the next day, refused to take food, wrote a statement. Now many of them are put in solitary confinement or sent to other detention centers as "troublemakers".

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Swindon Borough Council say no2id

26-01-2006 23:05

Swindon Borough Council tonight passed a motion opposing the government's ID cards bill. It was supported by most of the majority conservative group and the lib dems, and opposed by about half of the dwindling labour group. Full report to follow....

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Sainsburys GM protests strike again

26-01-2006 22:40

The cows were back in town today when Sainsburys tried to have an uneventful champagne launch of a new store in North West London.

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No2ID Graffiti found in Nottingham!

26-01-2006 19:51

As I wandered about in Nottingham this afternoon, my eye was attacted to the stenciled graffiti near the shops in Bottle Lane of Briddlesmith Gate.
It appears that a pixie, with a political stance on the subject of ID cards, had put this up while no-one was looking.

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Harmondsworth Detainees punished over protest at suicide

26-01-2006 15:30

Not long after the suicide of Bereket Yohannes at Harmondsworth last Thursday, detainees met amongst themselves to discuss the death. They had a meeting with management to discuss their concerns over the death and in a 'Peaceful protest' issued a public statement below. Since then UK Detention Services and the Home Office have acted quickly to punish those who dared to protest.

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Blockade UK Nuke Factory at Aldermaston Monday 30 Jan

26-01-2006 13:34

Yesterday West Berkshire Council failed to object to AWE Aldermaston's planned new laser - a facility designed to allow AWE to recreate the conditions in a nuclear explosion. This will allow the UK to develop a new generation of nuclear weapons. In response Block the Builders have called a blockade of the WMD factory at Aldermaston on this Monday (30 Jan 2006).

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Birmingham students launch underground press

26-01-2006 12:09

Students at the University of Birmingham have launched an alternative newspaper in response to recent expulsions at Matthew Boulton College and censorship of the existing newspaper.

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Uxbridge 7 acquitted

26-01-2006 10:42

The Uxbridge 7, on trial for blockading the UK distribution centre of Israeli agricultural exporter Carmel/Agrexco have been acquitted at Uxbridge magistrates court. A more detail report will follow.

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Evil Google in China Self Censorship

26-01-2006 00:54

Yes, google is evil. Boycott google and let them know you are doing it.
Write to google ad companys and let them know too.
Got a gmail account? dump it and let google know why?

Go here for a quick way to leave a message for google...

http://www.google.com/quality_form?q=boycotting+google+self+censorship&hl=en&lr=

Then copy and paste it into an email to google as well.

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URGENT: Block the Builders on Monday 30 January

26-01-2006 00:37

Tonight the West Berkshire Eastern Area Planning Committee decided not to object to the proposed laser facility at AWE Aldermaston. As promised, Block the Builders have called for a mass nonviolent blockade of the Atomic Weapons Establishment for Monday 30 January.