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Report of STUC anti-racism march in Glasgow Saturday 28th November 2009

28-11-2009 15:52

Here is a short account of the anti-racism march and rally held in Glasgow on Saturday 28th November 2009. 3 photos are included - please note that these photos are from the BBC Scotland website and the STUC website.

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Barclays Bank in Wrexham targeted

28-11-2009 15:48

Activists held a demonstration outside the brand new branch of Barclays Bank in Hope Street, Wrexham this morning in solidarity with Smash EDO's Target Barclays Campaign. Barclays have located their shiny new 'shop front' branch, at a cost of more than £1 million, in a pedestrianised area with some very useful railings right in front of the doorway, just perfect for mounting a visual display to make the point about Barclays' links with the global arms trade.

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Tamil Heroes Day of Remembrance, Excel, London -pictures.

28-11-2009 13:23

In the traditional month of remembrance, around fifty thousand British Tamils gather in London to remember those killed, wounded, displaced and now held in concentration camps on the Island of Sri Lanka.

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Vestas solidarity 'Magic Roundabout' Climate Camp evicted

28-11-2009 11:45

After a court ruling on Tuesday granting a possesssion order to Hanslips (seemingly entirely at the behest of Vestas), the bailiffs arrived yesterday Friday 27th at 11:00am, demanding everything be moved from the camp by noon. This despite the Judge's ruling that the landowner negotiate a time for leaving the roundabout with the occupiers, and the roundbouters attempts to negotiate such a time being frustrated.

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The 300-350 Show: Civil Society for Climate Justice

27-11-2009 23:57

Just before the start of the historic UN climate talks open in Copenhagen, UK civil society will come together and encircle the Houses of Parliament to demand that the UK and Europe do much, much more than they have pledged so far in order to seal a fair and effective climate agreement. The Stop Climate Chaos Coalition brings together over 100 member organisations who in turn have members amassing to around 11 million people – one in six of the population. We speak to SCC director, Ashok Sinha, about what they have planned for the day and about their policy platform.

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This Week in Palestine -Week 48 2009

27-11-2009 17:17

Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for November 21st to the 27th, 2009

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Palestine Today 112609

26-11-2009 18:44

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday November 26th 2009.

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London 'Die-In' calls for Troops out of Afghanistan

26-11-2009 12:44

Demonstrators, mainly students, stopped traffic in Parliament Square, London yesterday, Wednesday 25 November 2009, when they staged a 'die-in' on the road in front of the Houses of Parliament. They called for an end to the war in Afghanistan and for British troops to be brought home now.

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Non Commercial House is still here!

26-11-2009 12:08

Non Commercial House is a squatted autonomous FreeShop space on 165 Commercial Street, London. The Corporation of London (The city of london council that owns the building, booooh) want us out, so they took us to court and won. Of course, they haven't got any plan with the building and will probably let it rot for another couple of years... But we resisted the first eviction and we are still here and we are planning to make the best use of the space until the last hour we have it!!

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Palestine Today 112509

25-11-2009 18:41

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday November 25th 2009.

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More Bailiff activity at Mainshill

24-11-2009 14:53

Two Welsh bailiffs were found walking around the site this morning and followed to one of the bunkers which has been built as a defence.

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Legal Threat to the Vestas Campaign 'Magic Roundabout' Camp:

24-11-2009 11:14

The people remaining on the ‘Magic Roundabout’ protest camp down on the Isle of Wight outside the now closed Vestas factory have been officially handed their eviction order by the land owner (Hanslips?), and the court hearing is today Tuesday 24 November.
If people want to get in touch with the Roundabouters, please email

savevestas@gmail.com and we’ll do our best to get your message to them.

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When bigots attack, we fight back!

23-11-2009 22:17

After Liverpool City Council forced an anti-homophobia march to stick to the back streets, an angry group set off on an alternative, unapproved, route through the heart of Liverpool's shopping centre

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Palestine Today 112309

23-11-2009 16:36

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday November 23ed 2009.

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The 300-350 Show: Civil disobedience for climate justice

23-11-2009 13:00

On 16th December activists will attempt to take over the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen for a day and set the agenda. We speak to one of organisers of the various mass actions that are planned for the talks.

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Warwick students disrupt careers fair to protest against arms companies

23-11-2009 11:56

Earlier last week, students at the University of Warwick disrupted an
engineering and technology careers fair attended by a number of arms companies,
including Rolls Royce, DSTL, MBDA, Thales, QinetiQ and BAE Systems.

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Bolivian COP-15 delegate's call for civil society to mobilise to Copenhagen

23-11-2009 01:41

On 13th November Bristol Indymedia and Trapese collective filmed an interview with Crisitian Dominguez on his views of the COP15 summit and what his country Bolivia was hoping to achieve at the conference.
Find out what he and a Bristol activist had to say on the Bliptv Bristol Indymedia channel link below.

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Direct action campaigner faces prison

22-11-2009 21:11

Osian Jones, a full-time organiser with the radical pressure group Cymdeithas yr Iaith (Welsh Language Society), will return to court on Friday (25 Nov. 09) to answer a summons to imprison him for a month as the result of his campaigning work.

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Anti Agrexco Protest Outside Languedoc-Rousillon Offices

21-11-2009 11:49

Representatives from London and Brighton solidarity groups picketed the Maison
Languedoc-Rousillon office in London today in protest at the LR department's plans
to build facilities for Carmel Agrexco in Sete harbour. We handed in the attached letter to the office director.

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Staff and Students Oppose Corporate Education in the University of Birmingham

21-11-2009 11:42

Students and staff protested this week against the University management's decision to put profit and the needs of business over those of education. And the fightback appears to be working!