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Titnore Protester begins hunger strike in response to wrongful arrest

17-03-2010 22:38

Eco protester at Titnore woods begins hunger strike in Lewes Prison forcing authorities to re evaluate to bail conditions that leave him homeless.

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Urgent Appeal - Wrekin Wrecking Coal Hole

17-03-2010 19:02

Campers at UK Coals Huntington Lane SMS are appealing for urgent support to defend the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

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Titnore Woods - amazing victory!

17-03-2010 12:21

IN A TOTALLY unexpected move, Worthing borough councillors have thrown out the 875-home housing scheme threatening Titnore Woods.

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50 face imminent deportation to Iraq

16-03-2010 22:24

More than fifty men from northern Iraq have been given deportation tickets telling them they will be removed to Erbil in the Kurdistan Regional Government controlled area in northern Iraq. The 50 are currently being held in immigration prisons in Heathrow, Gatwick and Doncaster. They told the detainees that they will be removed at 6pm tomorrow morning (17 March). The tickets state that they will be:

‘removed no sooner than 7 days and no later than 22 days from the date of this notice’.

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tesco resistance in bristol - quick report

16-03-2010 17:05

There has been a spirited defence of the building today

The occupiers received a tip off from Trinity rd police station which gave them advance notice that the baliffs and police were preparing to leave.

They arrived at about 10am and initially tried to keep the road open. This proved futile and the road outside has been closed for most of the day.

It took the baliffs at least an hour to gain access to areas of the building. Several people had positioned themselved on scaffolding tripods and ladders to make eviction more difficult.

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Evidence of British company Lee Cooper trading in illegal Israeli settlement

16-03-2010 00:03

The other day we took a trip to to the settlement Ma'ale Adumim in search of signs of dodgy business dealings -and, for the first time, we found a British company trading directly in a settlement. Lee Cooper, a British denim company established in 1908, were joined by the international businesses Western Union, Dr Fischer and a Tower Records franchise in their willingness to make a profit out of the occupation.

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Youth March for Jobs in Barking

15-03-2010 21:45

Two hundred mainly young people marched through Barking on Saturday 13 March, 2010, calling for the right to a decent job for all at a decent rate of pay and an end to university fees. They called for an end to cuts in jobs and services, proper public housing and for the government to bail out workers rather than bankers and bosses. Pictures Copyright (C) 2010, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.

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Kurds Remember Western Kurdistan Uprising

12-03-2010 22:30

Just over 30 Kurds demonstrated opposite the Syrian Embassy in Belgrave Square, London this afternoon, Friday 12 March 2010 on the sixth anniversary of the start of the Qamlishi Uprising in Northern Syria on 12 March 2004.

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Kurds Call for Release of Children from Turkish Jails

12-03-2010 22:03

Around a hundred people protested this afternoon (12 March) outside the Turkish Embassy in London against the 8 year sentence for 15 year old Berivan Sayaca for allegedly throwing stones at police vehicles during a demonstration. Photos (C) 2010 Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.

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IWW supports public education

12-03-2010 20:46

IWW supports the International Day of Action on March 4, 2010 to Defend Public Education and Fight Against Privatization.

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Criminal MPs Protest – Pix-&-Vidz – Thu 11 Mar 10

12-03-2010 06:40

Dateline: Westminster Magistrates Court, Horseferry Road, London, UK, 10:30-15:00, Thu 11 Mar 10 – Nearly 400 MPs swindle over £1,000,000 in false expenses claims over several years, and how many scapegoats are put up for criminal charges? Just three Labour MPs, and a token Tory Lord too. The 'public' were appalled, angry, and up in arms about this scandal – so how come when the four Parliamentarian criminals first face charges in court, only SEVEN protesters turned up?

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My bum ain't your business!

11-03-2010 00:10

Some feminist subvertising of gym billboards

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Another Shell recruitment event disrupted

09-03-2010 20:24

Corporate sleaze-merchants trying to recruit graduates in Oxford got another rough ride at the hands of local activists.

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Activists in London to tell public bank: Don't go soft on Turkmenistan

09-03-2010 17:45

The Turkmenistan regime is "as repressive as ever" - so why now does the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development - based next to Liverpool St stn. and tasked with democratisation and sustainable development - appear to be getting ready for a softer approach to the oppressive regime in Turkmenistan?

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Sussex Students- Suspended, Excluded, Injuncted

09-03-2010 15:27

Following last Wednesday's occupation of Sussex House (Sussex University's senior management HQ) 6 students have been arbitrarily suspended and excluded.

Additionally, the university has been granted a High Court injunction banning people from “entering” or “remaining” on campus without the university’s prior written consent.

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NO TO TESCOS. The latest battle and the upcoming struggle in Bristol

09-03-2010 13:34

A message from Jester's Comedy Squat resisting yet another TECOS in Bristol.

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The Battle for Grosvenor Road

09-03-2010 13:09

DWP Civil Servants striking at Jobcentre Plus, Inland Revenue and Valuation Offices in Wrexham, N. Wales.

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Squatted Proposed Tesco Site - Eviction Resisted This Morning In Bristol

09-03-2010 11:41

A former comedy club, Cheltenham Rd, Bristol, proposed to be yet another tesco metro, buit now turned into a temporary social center - at which there has been an event on for the last fortnight, withstood an eviction attempt this morning.

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Solidarity with Women in Iran

08-03-2010 22:42

More than 50 men and women, mainly Iranians, took part in a protest organised by the 8 March Women's Organsiation (Iran-Afghanistan) to mark International Women's Day. They protested at the Iranian Embassy against the 31 years of anti-women Islamic laws and repression and calling for an end to the Islamic regime in Iran before marching to Trafalgar Square for a rally. London 07/03/2010

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Million Women Rise London March

08-03-2010 22:18

Several thousand women marched through London on Saturday 6 March, taking over the street as they passed as an all-women area and calling for an end to male violence against women. The march started along London's major shopping street, Oxford Street, before going through Piccadilly Circus and on to a rally in Trafalgar Square. Photos (C) Copyright Peter Marshall, 2010, all rights reserved.