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Palestine Today 110909

09-11-2009 16:56

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday November 9th, 2009.

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Overview of the 3 day carmel blockade

09-11-2009 13:19

For three consecutive days Carmel Agrexco in Hayes, Middlesex was blockaded to raise awareness over the continued sale of illegal settlement produce here in the UK. Protestors endured violence and aggression from both Carmel staff and police beyond enduring freezing temperatures and little sleep. In total five protestors were arrested.

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Carmel Agrexco Blockaded on third consecutive day

09-11-2009 12:41

First gate
Yesterday Israeli settlement produce importer Carmel Agrexco was
blockaded for a third consecutive day.

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Primark challenged with free clothes!

08-11-2009 17:51

A Trade Free Zone...
Yesterday, as yet another Corporate outlet, this time by the name of Primark, colonised the streets of Cambridge, opposite its front door another world view was presented to passers by, in the form of a Free Shop.

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London Catholic Worker in prison

08-11-2009 09:35

Zelda
Zelda Jeffers appeared at Bedford Magistrates Court on Monday November 2nd. She was sentenced to 16 days in prison for refusing to pay a fine of £450 for a 'No Borders' protest at Yarlswood Immigration Detention Centre.

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Nae Tae G20 march to Fairmont Hotel, St Andrews

07-11-2009 21:03

Over 150 people converged today for a rally and march in St Andrews to say 'Nae Tae G20.'

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Photo of SMASH NATO, SMASH IMPERIALISM! message in Gravesend, Kent

07-11-2009 20:42

SMASH NATO - SMASH IMPERIALISM!
Photo of SMASH NATO, SMASH IMPERIALISM! message daubed near Gravesend town centre

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I’d rather be a Nutt than a Johnson – Demo Report

07-11-2009 17:23

Over 100 people gathered opposite Downing Street today to protest at the sacking of scientist Professor Nutt.

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Notts council workers rally for jobs

07-11-2009 16:02

On Thursday 5th November, several hundred workers at Nottinghamshire County Council held a protest against proposed job cuts and attacks on their terms and conditions.

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SchNews 689

07-11-2009 15:49

British postal workers are on strike as looming privatisation brings in a round of lay-offs, wage cuts and higher work demands... plus, racist far-right march in Leeds and London - where violence breaks out between far-right groups, Brighton film-maker has his charges dropped, fox hunting monitors are violently attacked by hunt supporters in Sussex, harsh repression continues to be dealt out to refugees at Calais, and more...

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Carmel Agrexco blockaded for a second day, public protest tomorrow

07-11-2009 09:16

Demonstrate tomorrow, Sunday, outside the gates of Carmel Agrexco, the 50% Israeli state owned company responsible for exporting at least 60% of illegal settlement goods from the occupied West Bank.

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ST ANDREWS: ‘5 arrested at anti-G20 roadblock’

07-11-2009 00:47

Five Protesters Arrested Blocking Road to G20

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The 300-350 Show: Africa makes a stand at UN climate talks

06-11-2009 23:51

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Our half-time report on the UN climate talks in Barcelona is told in the words of the poor majority world participants. The story of the African Group’s walk-out is told in their own words.

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'Movement' #1 - No Borders Newsletter

06-11-2009 20:45

Welcome to the first issue of 'Movement', a monthly newsletter covering the latest updates from the No Borders Network and beyond. We are re-launching the No Borders Newsletter in an attempt to create a more regular and broad based publication.

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Day of the Dead Altar Honours Acteal Martyrs

06-11-2009 17:34

La Catrina
On Monday 2 November, friends of the Chiapas-based group 'Las Abejas' constructed a Day of the Dead altar in front of the Mexican embassy in London. The altar commemorated the 45 Acteal Martyrs killed by paramlitaries 22 December 1997 and stood witness to the continuing injustice commited by the State.

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This Week in Palestine -Week 45 2009

06-11-2009 17:19

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Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for October 31st to November 6th, 2009

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#COP15 Climate Treaty set to Fail: Time for Action

06-11-2009 11:51

Barcelona sessions suspended after African walk out
The grim (but not unexpected) admission that the COP15 UN Climate summit next month will not secure a new treaty on climate change has finally been made (see links below).

Those watching the developments over the last month will not be surprised. Each day seemed to bring another statement pushing the hope of a deal back further and further.

Over the last week at the Barcelona pre-COP15 talks, there have been crisis meetings to discuss fall-back positions. The African bloc walked out with the support of the G77 group of 130 countries, with further support from other countries and NGOs whilst campaigners demonstrated in the streets and blocked entrances (see  http://www.indymedia.ie/article/94647)

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Carmel Agrexco blockaded again

06-11-2009 10:05

On Friday, 6th November, pro-Palestinian activists carried out a blockade at Carmel Agrexco’s depot in Hayes, Middlesex. The activists D-locked themselves to cages constructed with temporary fencing and positioned themselves to block the two access roads to the depot.

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Edinburgh Social Care Workers Fight Back

05-11-2009 22:03

On Sunday 8th November Edinburgh's Support Worker's Action Network (SWAN) will hold its first open organising meeting as it begins its fight back against the budget cuts and competitive tendering it says threatens social care services in the Capital.

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Campaigners hold second protest against Arora Hotels

05-11-2009 19:07

Campaigners hold second protest against plans to turn Gatwick hotel into a detention centre

5th November 2009, 7pm

* Arora Management Services Ltd plans to turn its four-star Mercure Gatwick hotel into an immigration detention centre.

* Campaigners vow to target Arora and Mercure until the plans are dropped.

Anti-detention campaigners are currently holding a peaceful protest at the Mercure London City Bankside Hotel (71-79 Southwark Street SE1 0JA) against what they describe as the hotel company's "cynical, profit-driven opportunism." They are distributing leaflets to staff and guests, demanding that Mercure/Arora drops its plans to turn one of its hotels into an immigration prison.