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Mayday proposal and meeting - Against the terrorism of everyday life

03-03-2006 23:15

Meeting to discuss what to do for this year's Mayday. 7pm Wednesday 8th March at the Square social centre, London, Russell Square.

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giving life to faslane peace camp

03-03-2006 22:16

Faslance Peace Camp a beautiful position in the landscape and ANTI-NUKE resistance has been going strength to strength since 1982 but now needs some TLC and life and laughter to RESIST some more. - this is news - your help is needed
Things coming up , read on.......

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Solidarity for Matan Cohen

03-03-2006 19:58

Wednesday 1 March, a small group gathers outside the Israeli Embassy, Kensington High Street, London.

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Student Peace Conference :: University of Nottingham

03-03-2006 12:32

Student Peace Conference :: University of Nottingham.
The Peace Conference took place from 2pm-10pm on Sunday (26th Feb) on C-floor in the Portland Building.

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STOP THE EXTRADITION OF ONDER DOLUTAS!

03-03-2006 10:57

FIGHT BRITISH COLLABORATION WITH THE FASCIST REGIME IN TURKEY!

Demonstration outside Bow Street Magistrates Court, London WC2
Tuesday 14 March 2006 – 10am onwards

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March March March March on 18th March

03-03-2006 03:24

On Wednesday 1st March I went along to an event that had been advertised as a Tower Hamlets Stop the War meeting. It took place in the Skeel Hall lecture theatre at Queen Mary Univeristy near Mile End, so it was just down the road for me and I thought with the March 18th anti-war event coming up it would be useful to attend the meeting.

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[USA] All SHAC 7 Defendants Found Guilty on All Charges

03-03-2006 00:47

Minutes ago, all the SHAC 7 (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty) defendants were found guilty on all charges.

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New London infoshop now open

03-03-2006 00:25

Infoshop with radical books, magazines, zines and pamphlets opens in central London in new social centre.

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Chief Executive of Nottingham City Council drops by at the ASBO

02-03-2006 21:43

The Chief Executive of Nottingham City Council, Mr Gordon Mitchell, came on a tour of Radford district of Nottingham on Monday morning. While in the area, he, and a couple of councilors, dropped by at the ASBO squatted centre on Burns Street, for a bit of a chat.

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Anti-Deportation Protest at Nottingham Magistrates Court

02-03-2006 20:13

People protested the illegal deportation of a 20-year-old Afghani refugee at Nottingham Magistrates Court, 9.30 - 10.30am this morning [Thursday].

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Call for Global Women’s Strike 2006

02-03-2006 18:14

Global Women’s Strike – 8 March 2006
End Poverty, War and Environmental Devastation –
Invest in Caring Not Killing!

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OutRage!-Russian Embassy demo 2 march

02-03-2006 17:22

Report on the demo held outside the Russian Consulate.

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Drums of Peace video

02-03-2006 15:11

Drums of Peace, a celebration of cultural diversity, took place on Fri 10th Feb, and featured music and food from around the world.

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Black Horse Finance & Capital Bank Leisure, A Family’s Picket at NEC Boat Show

02-03-2006 12:57

Banking on ‘finance specialists’ to secure a loan for an ‘extra special treat’, seems the ‘norm’ for most people these days. Vince Shalom of the Shalom Family Campaign for Social Justice made request for a different kind of help, at the 2006 UK National Boat, Caravan and Outdoor Show at the NEC.

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Shepton Mallet Tesco - Activists Back on Site!

02-03-2006 12:36

Activists are back on site today and up the trees. They are asking for anyone who can to get there ASAP.

The trees used for the last camp were destroyed after the eviction, but there's around 180 still waiting to be saved.

More news as it comes in.

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Haiti: SOKOWA union struggle forces IFC to recognise ILO core standards

02-03-2006 12:34

The struggles of the CODEVI Free Trade Zone Workers’ Union in Ouanaminthe, Haïti, have established a HISTORIC, WORLDWIDE PRECEDENT!

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ALCOA offices in Reykjavik stormed by 30 young people as ALCOA announce plans for new smelter in north Iceland

02-03-2006 12:23

Alcoa add fuel to the fire and announce plans for a new aluminium smelter in north Iceland. The announcement was made from ALCOA Global Center at Park Avenue in New York City in order to avoid facing protesters in Iceland.

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The QUICKTIME REPORT 2/3/06 - SEE GLOBALLY!

01-03-2006 23:00

A review of news, opinion, and photography recorded, from the Indymedia Newswire. With times and freqs for tuning in anywhere you can, at your leisure. Free to rebroadcast. The world & recorded for the community archive! Now crystal clear on widescreen!

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Occupied Dalston Theatre Wins in High Court But Eviction Proceedings Continue

01-03-2006 22:56

I'm sure someone who knows more will update on this very soon, but just to say that today the High Court ruled that the application by Hackney Council for possession of the occupied theatre + buildings in Dalston should not have been made to the high court, and they refused to rule on it.

It's now to be refered to the county court for a judgement this coming Friday.

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Solidarity with Matan Cohen

01-03-2006 21:50

Tonight London activists picketed the Israeli Embassy in Kensington in solidarity with a young activist who has been badly and deliberately injured by the Israeli border Police.