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Free Gaza Boat “Spirit of Humanity” departs Cyprus
30-06-2009 04:26
on Monday, 29 July. Twenty-one human rights and solidarity workers
representing eleven different countries were aboard. The passengers
include Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney. The ship also carries three tons of medical aid,
children’s toys, and rehabilitation and reconstruction kits for twenty
family homes.
Calais No Border Camp 2009 Report & Pics
29-06-2009 23:56
Calais No Border Camp 2009 Transnational Demo Report & Pics
29-06-2009 19:43
On Saturday 27th June, over 2000 people took part in the Transnational demonstration in the French port city of Calais, called by the Calais No Border Camp 2009. A group of around 500 people left the camp at around 9.30am to march together to the meeting point at the Calais Lighthouse. This group quickly encountered a police line blocking the road, and which effectively became a check point as riot police demanded the demonstrators to be searched as a condition for the march to move forward.
Some people decided to allow the cops to search them, so the march could pass trough the police line and arrive on time to meeting point where local groups and unions were waiting for the campers to arrive. Others refused to do so when it became clear that cops were confiscating scarfs and coats from people's bags. After half and hour or so of a standoff, finally police opened the line when it became obvious that searching everyone would be a logistical nightmare, specially taking into account that there was only one female police cop searching women through.
The march then proceeded to move through a surreal game of cat and mouse with the cops. At every intersection where the demo was trying to move into town towards the Lighthouse, lines of riot police were quickly formed preventing it from moving on. This forced the march to improvise a route in order to not get trapped. This meant that what should have been a half an hour stroll to the Lighthouse, became an almost 3 hours long journey through council estates, back roads, parks, industrial estates and so on.
The campers stood together for the whole time, so they managed to eventually get to the Lighthouse where around 1500 people had been gathering waiting for them to arrive. Then the planned march towards the ferry port finally started, but once again, lines of riot police kept blocking the demonstration at every junction towards the port. That forced the demonstration to take an alternative long route, which ended when it encountered a massive police block at the main road leading to the port. At this point it became clear that it would be impossible to overcome the hundreds of riot police lines with tear gas, water cannons and mobile fences, so the marchers decided to go back to the starting point at the Lighthouse, where a series of speeches by migrants took place explaining the conditions in which they are forced to 'live' in and around Calais.
Here there are some pics of the demo:
Palestine Today 062909
29-06-2009 15:14
Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Monday June 29th 2009.
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Drax29 - climate activists on trial
29-06-2009 14:16
for Drax power station. Today their trial began at Leeds Crown Court.
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Climate campaigners target coal power construction firm
29-06-2009 11:09
For the second time this month, protesters have focused on major building contractor BAM Nuttall due to its potential role in building the controversial Kingsnorth coal power station. Protesters have climbed the company’s flagpole and raised a flag reading “no new coal”. People have attempted to enter the building, asking to speak to Chief Executive Martin J. Rogers in order to give him a letter about the disastrous implications of building more coal-fired power stations.Full article | 1 addition | 2 comments
Rossport: A Tripod, A Lock-On And A Compound Infiltration
29-06-2009 10:02
Sunday June 28th saw the most intense burst of direct action against Shell in Erris so far in this phase of the campaign to thwart the Great Gas Robbery and the destruction of Erris along with its community. A tripod on a road bridge near McGrath's Bar held up vital repair gear for the pipeline winching operation for over four hours. This was followed up by a five-person lock-on on the same road a bit nearer the Shell compound. Together, they delayed winching operations for twelve hours, and there were nine arrests in all. Meanwhile, three Solidarity Campers managed to sneak into the Shell compound at Glengad and get out without being arrested.Full article | 6 additions | 5 comments
EDO MBM/ITT blockaded
29-06-2009 08:39
Early this morning the Home Farm Road premises of arms manufacturer EDO MBM/ITT were blockaded in solidarity with those made refugees by global military aggression.Armed Forces Day protest - report
29-06-2009 08:35
SEVERAL hundred leaflets were handed out outside the Armed Forces Day event in Worthing on Saturday by a small group of local campaigners.met police officers in court for cannabis fit-up
28-06-2009 13:32
three metropolitan police officers are in court for perverting the course of justice after a digital voice recording was played to the court raising suspicion of their statements. the three officers including a sergeant are due to appear at southwark crown court in a five day trial from august 17th 2009.Transnational NoBorders Demo, Calais - Pics
28-06-2009 13:10
Occupation of Ann Keen MP's house (from the occupiers!)
28-06-2009 12:31
In the early hours of Saturday 27th June we (as a collective) legally and legitimately entered and occupied the property of Ann and Alan Keen MP....Communications House Protest supports Yarls Wood Protesters
28-06-2009 08:38
Pictures Copyright (C) 2009, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.
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What's body fascism doing in a nice riot like this?
27-06-2009 23:02
Imagine the following scenario: a reporter from a mainstream magazine goes to a Climate Camp event, and asks for someone to do an interview with. The media team sends a camper to do the interview, and this camper happens to be Asian, or black. The reporter says: "Sorry, our readers prefer to look at pictures of white people. Do you have anyone white we could interview?" How would the Climate Campers react? Hopefully they would tell this reporter to fuck the hell off, at the very least.Demo at (Mis)Communications House in solidarity with Yarl's Wood hunger strikers
27-06-2009 22:20
About 50 people gathered today outside Communications House, one of London's two immigration reporting centres and so-called 'short-term holding facilities', to protest against immigration detention and deportation and show solidarity with the Yarl's Wood hunger strikers. Many leaflets were given out and chants of 'No borders, no nations, stop deportations' filled the air of Old Street. One of the hunger strikers addressed the crowd on the phone and speakers, including an ex-Yarl's Wood detainee, delivered moving speeches about the inhumane conditions inside detention centres and migrants' struggles against the government's racist immigration policies.
Demonstration in Calais Sat 27 Jun -pics
27-06-2009 17:50
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Housing Activists Seize “Mr and Mrs Expenses MP” Home!
27-06-2009 14:04
Repression against Refugees and Supporters in Northern France (again)
27-06-2009 12:32
Happenings on the Wednesday of the week of the NoBorder camp in CalaisTransnational demo for freedom of movement, Calais, Sat 27th June
27-06-2009 11:50
In Calais there are around 800-1000 migrants at any one time that are trying to cross the Channel, under constant harassment from the police.These migrants are harassed because they do not have the right papers, or in many cases no papers at all – they are 'sans-papier'.
Transnational Demonstration in Calais (updates 1pm)
27-06-2009 10:42
Today people demonstrate in the Ferry Port of Calais for Freedom of Movement (see
http://london.noborders.org.uk/calais2009 )