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Pall Mall protest in solidarity with National Physical Laboratory cleaners

26-09-2008 15:25

Activists picketed the Institute of Directors on Pall Mall this lunchtime to protest against the suspension of cleaners working for Amey PLC at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington.

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Opening Event in New Autonomous Space Camberwell: THE LIBRARY HOUSE

26-09-2008 14:24

Call out to all and everyone to come to the Opening event on Saturday 4th of October, 3pm onwards.
THE LIBRARY HOUSE.
52 KNATCHBULL ROAD (behind library, junction with Burton rd)
SE5 9QY
CAMBERWELL

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Brighton Council named & shamed as discriminatory employer in The TES

26-09-2008 13:54

Please read this article on the shameful actions of Brighton & Hove City Council, as reported in G-Scene Magazine, October 2008, and The Times Educational Supplement, September 2008.

We've been waiting for answers and seeking an investigation from Council Leaders since November 2007 without any success! Please share this story widely. Thanks.

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Rossport: Dredging work resumed in Broadhaven Bay

25-09-2008 23:01

The dredging boats are back in Broadhaven Bay. This morning the 3 dredging boats - the backhoe dredger the Zenne (jackup barge), the split-hopper barge Vlaanderen VII, and the trailing suction hopper dredger “Mellina” arrived back in the bay from off Ballyglass pier where they were moored. The excavator on the Zenne has just begun digging and depositing material on the Vlaanderen.
7 support boats are also around the dredging work.

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Saving Iceland Targets International Aluminium Conference

25-09-2008 23:00

Today, the 11th International Conference on Aluminium Aloys (ICAA) met with angry protests. Activists from the environmentalist network Saving Iceland disrupted the proceedings at the University in Aachen, Germany. Early this morning, during one of Rio Tinto Alcan’s lectures, the fire alarms in the building were put on. Later today - again during Rio Tinto Alcan’s lecture - stink bombs were thrown and a high volume rape alarm was put on and suspended out of reach by green and black helium baloons. The auditorium was also strewn with information leaflets. The aim was to call attention to the industry’s singular involvement in ecological destruction in Iceland, as well as on a global scale.

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Birmingham Guild of Students+RBS+police collude to criminalise protest on campus

25-09-2008 19:39

On Tuesday 23rd September the University of Birmingham Guild of Students attempted to stop its own student members from holding and distributing materials from their own stall criticising the Royal Bank of Scotland, a paying exhibitor at a corporate freshers fair held on the same day in another part of the building. At an incident later in the day the Guild refused to intervene when police threatened to arrest students distributing leaflets unless they disclosed their names, addresses and other details.

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Palestine Today 092508

25-09-2008 16:22

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Thursday September 25, 2008.

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Banner Dropped in Solidarity with Rossport & Maura

25-09-2008 10:01

On Wednesday early evening activists climbed lampposts to hang a banner outside of the Shell Centre in London saying ‘Shell to Hell: Victory to Rossport/Women say Nice One Maura.’ 2 were arrested and later released.

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Young Roma boy burnt alive in Sesto San Giovanni (Milan)

24-09-2008 20:48

How much longer are we going to keep ignoring the persecution of the Roma people in Italy?

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Barclays and Vanguard get HLS protests in DC

24-09-2008 19:16

Audio At Barclays
On Friday, Sep 19, two bottom-feeding investment firms got office demos over their stubborn refusal to divest themselves of puppy-killing, money-losing Huntingdon Life Sciences(HLS).

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ARK Academies

24-09-2008 18:01

Ark Academies are involved with the charity 'Children Our Ultimate Investment', who work with The Psychosynthesis Education Trust. Ark have not made it clear to the public that it is working so closely with these charities and what these charities are about.

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rossport solidarity action at irish consulate

24-09-2008 17:21

portrait of prez in consulate with added caption
Whilst the solitaire is in for repairs, we'd thought we'd remind the government that activists haven't taken their eye off the ball. We also thought we would dedicate this action to Maura.

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Palestine Today 092408

24-09-2008 16:26

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Wednesday 24, 2008

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European Social Forum in Malmö

24-09-2008 11:05

Last Sunday, the European Social Forum (ESF) came to a close in the city of Malmö in southern Sweden. Nearly 10,000 people from across Europe took part in hundreds of political and cultural events over four days. The highlight was a demonstration on Saturday with 15,000 participants where trade unions, environmental groups, autonomists, left parties and socialist youth organizations together called for "Power to the People!".

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SHAC Financial Demos in London

23-09-2008 21:25

This week's demos had been planned for Thursday for a week or so, but we would never have thought that by the time came round it was to be right in the middle of the biggest global financial crash in living memory. Banks and financial institutions were in turmoil, with companies like Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs in the headlines having been struggling against going broke. It turned into a fantasic opportunity for us to really put pressure on the massive faceless financial institutions at a critical time for them. We had NYSE shareholders in our sights. We had a very good turnout this week, with over 20 protesters - exceptional for a Thursday afternoon.

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Some more pics from the Manchester anti-war demo

23-09-2008 12:41

mainly of the Freedom of Movement block...

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Public Meeting Against Police Harassment Attacked by Local Community Centre

23-09-2008 00:51

On Tuesday 23rd September at 7pm residents of the West End will be holding a public meeting to discuss concerns over the accountability of the police to the local community. A change of venue has been forced on the meeting by the cancellation of the original venue.

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Palestine Today 092208

22-09-2008 17:00

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Monday September 22, 2008.

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rolls royce trident anti nuclear prottest was a credit to all who came

22-09-2008 16:21

thank you all the new people who joined the prottest you were a credit today

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Stop the War Student Banned from College

22-09-2008 16:17

Support Artem Liebenthal, who only asked army recruiting officers a simple question. See bottom of piece for petition/actions.