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30-03-2009 15:53

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, March 30th, 2009.

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Appeal Court: Unlawful for hospitals to refuse urgent treatment to migrants

30-03-2009 15:21

Press release 30.3.2009: The Court of Appeal has today ruled that Department of Health guidance which forbade hospitals from providing temporary healthcare to destitute migrants with chronic illnesses is unlawful.

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Tinsley blockaders charched with aggravated trespass

30-03-2009 14:27

Seven anti-deportation campaigners who blockaded an immigration detention centre at Gatwick airport earlier this month today pleaded guilty to the charge of 'aggravated trespass' at Crawley Magistrates Court. Six of them locked and glued themselves to the gate of Tinsley House on 17th March in an attempt to prevent Iraqi refugees being taken to Stanstead airport to be forcibly deported on a special charter flight to northern Iraq later that day (see

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/03/424608.html). All seven have been released on conditional discharge and ordered to pay the court fees. Two other protesters, who were also arrested on the action, have pleaded not guilty and are due in court again soon.

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The Put People First Demo in pictures.

30-03-2009 13:56

There was no rioting. Much to the extreme disappointment of the media and its owners.

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Direct action in solidarity with EDO 2 - Brighton

30-03-2009 11:40

In the night of 29 March 2009, the prison probation service building of Brighton was attacked with paintbombs and spraypaint signs "No War" & "EDO 2". The HSBC bank next door was also smashed windows.

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Palestine Supermarket Action

30-03-2009 10:46

Londoners lock up criminal Israeli goods in Tesco on Sunday 29 March!

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Keep Alpha Mbodi and his family safe in Sheffield

30-03-2009 06:24

Alpha Mbodi and his family are from eastern Congo. He fled DR Congo with his two sons in 2005, fearing the war there would claim the lives of his family. Unfortunately the family were unable to escape together and he was forced to leave his wife and young daughter behind. Alpha and his sons were accommodated in Sheffield by NASS shortly after their arrival in the UK.

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Audio from Autonomous Speakers at G20 demo

29-03-2009 21:51

Audio from the autonomous speakers who spoke after the G20 demonstration in London.

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4th Oekonux Conference: Free Software and Beyond - The World of Peer Production

29-03-2009 21:26

Attached are some recordings of some of the sessions from the 4th Oekonux Conference, Free Software and Beyond The World of Peer Production

http://fourth.oekonux-conference.org/ which was organised in in cooperation with the P2P Foundation,

http://p2pfoundation.net/ and which was held in Manchester on 27th to 29th March 2009.

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Short Report From from Put People First

29-03-2009 19:50

Attendance was disappointing, with the mass mobilisation of Trade Unions only pulling about 35,ooo people, although the Union Marching Bands and singing Italians were good value.

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Pics: Militant Workers Bloc at G20 Demo

29-03-2009 18:42

Here there are a few pics from the Militant Workers Bloc at the G20 'Put People First' demonstration of Saturday 28th April:

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G20 FIT watch

29-03-2009 10:31

There were quite a few FIT out yesterday, even if they did try to keep a low profile.

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So what the hell happened today?

29-03-2009 03:02

photos & a question

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CrimethInc: The SHAC Model

29-03-2009 01:04

Over the past decade, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty—SHAC—has waged an international direct action campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences, Europe’s largest contract animal testing corporation. By targeting investors and business partners of HLS, SHAC repeatedly brought HLS to the brink of collapse; it took direct assistance from the British government and an international counter-campaign of severe legal repression to keep the corporation afloat.

In the wake of this campaign, there has been talk of applying the SHAC model in other contexts, such as environmental defense and anti-war organizing. But what is the SHAC model, precisely? What are its strengths and limitations? Is it, in fact, an effective model? If so, for what?

This analysis explores these questions in depth, charting the history of anti-HLS organizing and reviewing subsequent attempts to utilize the same tactics.

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pics from today's 'put people first' march in london

28-03-2009 19:32

tens of thousands took to the streets in london this afternoon in the run-up to next week's G20 talks. they held placards protesting about a variety of connected issues including the banking crisis, climate change, worker's rights, and anti-war.

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CID offer large sums of money for information on smashEDO

28-03-2009 19:05

Corrupt cops offer cash reward for snitches!

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Put People First march timeline

28-03-2009 16:44

Thousands marched through London today 'for Jobs, Justice and Climate' as part of a global campaign to challenge the G20 ahead of next weeks summit.

Indymedia London published a timeline of events from reports direct from the march...

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FCO Finally Admits To Receiving Intelligence From Torture

28-03-2009 13:17

Following a substantial uphill battle, ex-ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray posts today in his blog an analysis of the unavoidable admission from the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office that the UK government have a policy of obtaining intelligence from torture. In Craig's view, this is the most important event in several years of his attempting to expose this fact, and he urges anyone who cares for human rights to disseminate this story/URL as far and wide as possible.

http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2009/03/fco_finally_adm.html

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Mobile phone pics Militant Workers & G20Meltdown bloc

28-03-2009 12:49

Will keep uploading additional photos as comments

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Mobile phone pics, start of Put People First G20 demo, midday, 28 March 09

28-03-2009 12:15

Will continue to upload additional pictures as comments