UK Indymedia - UK Promoted Newswire Archive

Plymouth climate refugees lock on Barclays

01-12-2009 12:48

On Nov 30th, Rising Tide-Plymouth 'Climate refugees' d-locked themselves to Barclay's bank building's entrance to highlight the investments this bank is doing on Coal, Tar
Sands and Arms Trade in times of Climate emergency.

Two activists stayed locked on inside the building entrance for 2 1/2 hours chanting, singing, and informing Barclay's customers of Barclay's dodgy investments, before they were arrested. Barclays eventually closed their main entrance and members of the public were very supportive.

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Boycott Tesco Campaign Launch, London - pictures.

01-12-2009 12:04

Peace campaigners and supporters gather in Parliament Square to unveil a new campaign, the boycotting of companies supporting the violent Sri Lankan Government while hundreds of thousands of Tamil people remain locked into concentration camps on the island of Sri Lanka.

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Resources for Anti-Deportation Campaigns/Groups/Supporters

01-12-2009 07:55

All the sites below are used by NCADC to source 'Quality' information, which can be used for Anti-Deportation Campaigns, can also provide 'New' information, which might assist fresh asylum claims.

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Tunbridge Wells picket against Barclays

30-11-2009 22:59

Activists in Tunbridge Wells Puckett Barclays in support of SnashEDO day of action

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Charter of Rights of Women Seeking Asylum

30-11-2009 14:10

The Charter of rights of women seeking asylum officially launches its new campaign briefing and film today. This is timely as the government has just published its strategy to end violence against women and girls – disappointingly there is very little mention of women seeking asylum.

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Around the Campaigns Monday 30th November

30-11-2009 11:28

Detention of children at immigration 'prisons' attacked by MPs

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Leafletters Target Barclays in Falmouth

30-11-2009 10:58

Kernow Action Now (KAN) leafletted the Falmouth branch of Barclays this Saturday in support of the Target Barclays day of action.

Several cops turned up (apparently a rare occurrence in Falmouth) and cops were also posted outside Barclays' Truro branch

Read KAN's statement on the Target Barclays campaign here -

http://kernowaction.wordpress.com/

actions have, so far, taken place in:
Cambridge -

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/11/442521.html
Brighton -

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/11/442445.html?c=on#c237906
Wrexham -

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/11/442394.html

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UK Asylum Statistics: 3rd Quarter July/August/September 2009

30-11-2009 09:43

The Home Office have published (26/11/09) their quarterly bulletin on Asylum statistics for July/August/September 2009, in that period:

~ Detention up [92% of capacity]

~ Removal of refused asylum applicants down

~ Asylum applications down

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The Free Shop strikes again!

30-11-2009 02:40

Once again, this Saturday (28-11-2009) the Free Shop was set up in front of Primark in Cambridge to spread the word about more sustainable lifestyles, and highlight just quite how bad some High Streets store's practices actually are!

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Barclays targeted with the truth - more pictures.

30-11-2009 01:38

On Saturday morning (28-11-2009), I saw something so stunningly simple, and yet so effective and epic in it's scale as a work of activism that it blew my mind.

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Youth March For Jobs

29-11-2009 18:56

Approaching a thousand people took part in a 'Youth March for Jobs' through central London on Saturday 28 Nov 2008. The marchers, mainly young people, demanded decent jobs, a return to free higher education and an end to cuts in education and the public sector. They called for a socialist system that would support workers rather than bankers.

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Picket at Polish Embassy as Cegielski Dispute Ends

29-11-2009 18:24

Although the dispute at the Cegielski plant in Poznan, Poland had been settled earlier in the day, the picket at the Polish Embassy in London organised by the London branch of the IWW and the Polish Anarchists Society, London went ahead with around a dozen activists displaying a banner on the embassy railings and leafleting.

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March for jobs in London

29-11-2009 17:48

On Saturday 28 November, more than a thousand youth march for jobs in London

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Cross channel protest against the UK Border Regime

29-11-2009 14:14

Protest on both sides of the channel against the repressive and racist border regime.

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Smash EDO - Brighton Target Barclays launch Demo Pics

28-11-2009 21:49

On the 28th a large demonstration was held in Brighton outside the bank's North Street branch, a letter was handed in to the branch manager, thousands of leaflets were given out and two Barclays customers, after reading the leaflet, told picketers that they would close their accounts. A Barclays spokesperson, speaking to the Brighton Argus, said “Barclays Group provides financial services to the defence sector within a specific policy framework." One can only guess that framework is to generate as much profit as possible for themselves

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Thousands protest WTO in Geneva - Property Damage and Tear Gas

28-11-2009 21:17

Up to 4-5000 people today marched in Geneva protesting ahead of the WTO meeting in an International Demonstration (see

http://www.anti-omc2009.org/?lang=en) as part of a week of action and debate around the WTO Ministerial which runs from 30th November to 2nd December(see

http://www.anti-omc2009.org/spip.php?article14).

The mobilisation is seen very much in relation to the COP15 UN climate conference taking place in Copenhagen 7th - 18th December (see

http://www.anti-omc2009.org/spip.php?article8).

This afternoon clashes broke out as parts of the crowd attacked property smashing windows of banks and shops and setting a number of cars on fire. Police used tear gas, concussion greandes and water cannon. Further protests are scheduled with the WTO meeting starting on Monday 30th November, ten years exactly since the famous Seattle WTO protests.

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Flannels protest after recent successes with local anti fur campaign.

28-11-2009 21:14

After recent successes with Nottingham's anti fur campaigns including Cow, Baklash, Cache and Kitsch all taking fur out of their stores, Nottingham Animal Rights have taken part in the national campaign against Flannels holding a demonstration outside their shop today Friday 27th November.

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Nick Davies, Bad News: Benn Journalism Lecture 2009

28-11-2009 20:38

Commercial imperatives elbowing out truth in the UK media. Nick Davies reviews media lies and the state of Journalism in Britain today - at the Bristol Arnolfini Arts Centre last Thursday evening.

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