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Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair Photos

23-05-2010 09:33

Some photos of the stall at the first Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair which was held on 22 May 2010.

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International bike ride links communities in resistance: Merthyr to Mayo cyclist

22-05-2010 08:23

Today, a 50-strong international bike ride begins the 400 mile journey from a community resisting Britain’s largest open cast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales to County Mayo, Ireland, where local people have spent the last ten years fighting a Shell-led gas development. We aim to offer direct support to these two local campaigns resisting the fossil fuel industry.

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Beyond Capitalism: Common Wealth for a sustainable society

21-05-2010 23:33

Attached is a recording of Martin Large discussing his new book, Common Wealth -- For a Free, Equal, Mutual and Sustainable Society

http://www.hawthornpress.com/book.php?isbn=9781903458983, which was held in Freeman College, Sheffield on Friday 21st May 2010.

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Democracy Village pics (Days 19-20)

21-05-2010 20:59

Images from the Democracy Village, Parliament Square, Westminster, London taken on Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th May, 2010.

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This Week in Palestine – week 20 2010

21-05-2010 17:18

Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for May 15th to the 21st, 2010

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Middlesex Uni reoccupied

21-05-2010 07:44

A new occupation at Trent Park

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Soldiers solidarity

20-05-2010 21:33

Anti-war protesters scale the roof of St Margaret's Church, near the Houses of Parliament, to make their point about British troop presence in Afghanistan.

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Action Snaps: Ffos-y-Fran Coal Train Blockade

20-05-2010 20:39

We were in court again today with supporters from Bristol and Merthyr. The date for a plea hearing was set for 8th July, again in Merthyr.

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Palestine Today 05 20 2010

20-05-2010 15:18

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Thursday, May 20, 2010.

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Giant Elephant attacks Manchester Council meeting

20-05-2010 14:02

…...well sort of. New councillors were reminded yesterday that Manchester Airport is still the 'elephant in the room' when it comes to the local Climate Change Action Plan – since the Council have refused to include the flight emissions from the Airport in their carbon reduction targets. The 9ft inflatable elephant highlighted that the Council's much-lauded plans are totally undermined by the omission of the Airport– especially considering that Manchester City Council own 55% of Manchester Airports Group.

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Indymedia turns 10! We celebrate

20-05-2010 12:54

Much has happened since the gas clouds in Seattle cleared, but we're still up and running. Our mission brief is clear as ever, and it includes having a grand party to celebrate 10 years of reporting resistance!

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Urgent: Sehar Shebaz to be deported Sat 22 May/ Other campaign alerts

19-05-2010 16:31

NEWS: Government announces end to detention of children at Dungavel in Scotland

http://bit.ly/dyxzfH And reported at the BBC

http://bit.ly/cEaf0A

REALITY: Government detains mother and baby at Dungavel in Scotland, and threatens to separate them for 10 hour van journey to Yarl's Wood.

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Palestine Today 05 19 2010

19-05-2010 16:11

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Wednesday May 19th, 2010.

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Nuclear Power Conferences in London Hit by Protests

18-05-2010 18:18

Tuesday, 18 May 2010 - CAMPAIGNERS from London and SE England Stop Nuclear Power [1] protested outside the Financing Nuclear Power and Nuclear Interim Storage conferences in central London today. They invited delegates to invest in a green future instead of nuclear energy and demanded an end to nuclear waste production.

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Palestien Today 05 18 2010

18-05-2010 15:43

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Tuesday May 18th, 2010.

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Tate Modern 10th Birthday Sees Action Against Slick BP Sponsorship

17-05-2010 23:45

DEAD FISH AND OIL-DRENCHED BIRDS HANG FROM TURBINE HALL

Tate Modern was forced to close down parts of its No Soul For Sale tenth anniversary exhibition on Saturday (15 May) whilst it struggled to remove dozens of dead fish and oil-soaked birds hanging from huge black balloons let loose in the Turbine Hall.

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Palestine Today 05 17 2010

17-05-2010 16:06

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Monday May 17th, 2010.

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Nakba Protest For Free Palestine in London

17-05-2010 09:22

Several hundred demonstrated opposite Downing St on the anniversary of the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians from their land, calling for an end to Israeli occupation and breaches of international law. London, UK. 15/05/2010. Photographs copyright (C) 2010, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved.

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Purple Protest Demands Fair Votes

17-05-2010 08:59

More than a thousand people, many wearing purple, came to Westminster to demand a fair voting system, feeling cheated by the recent election results which failed to produce a government reflecting how people voted. London, UK. 15/05/2010 Photographs copyright (C) 2010, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved.

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London Protest Against Iran Executions

17-05-2010 08:46

Around a hundred people demonstrated in Trafalgar Square and then marched for a rally opposite the Iran Embassy following the execution last Sunday of 5 political activists, the latest of many such death sentences. London, UK. 15/05/2010. Photographs copyright (C) 2010, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved.