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Report & Photos from the Manning Truthfest

16-01-2014 22:07

The Manning Truthfest - 13 Irish musicians, performers, academics and activists came to Wales last weekend to take part in a celebration of Chelsea (Bradley) Manning's truth-telling organised with and for her Welsh-Irish family in Pembrokeshire.

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UG#674 - Sane Methods but Insane Purposes (Angles On The Crescendo Of Violence)

16-01-2014 11:56

Our title, the self-diagnosis of the Captain Ahab, applies just as fittingly to the US led corporatocracy says Chris Hedges in his allegorical reading of Melville's Moby Dick. A variety of material, including an unread chapter of Charles Eisenstein's Ascent of Humanity and an interview with gift economy pioneers Vic Button and Frank Bowman point the way to a more optimistic end for humanity than that of the Ahab's doomed whaling voyage.

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Palestine Today 16 12 2013

16-12-2013 19:35

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday December 16, 2013.

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Palestine Today 12 12 2013

12-12-2013 18:38

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday December 12, 2013.

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Palestine Today 11 12 2013

11-12-2013 19:25

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday December 11, 2013.

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November 5th “Million Mask March” in London

09-11-2013 19:01

As part of the more than 400 reported Anon events globally, billed as a “million mask march”, thousands of protestors amassed outside Parliament and then marched through London, while a few hundred joined the ‘Coalition of Resistance’ for their staged civil disobedience on Westminster Bridge.

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Weekend of Solidarity with Chelsea Manning's Family - the good news!

06-11-2013 08:09

Over the past few days, supporters of Private Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning have been in Wrexham and Liverpool in solidarity with Manning's Welsh family. Close family members living in Pembrokeshire face years of costly travel to the US for prison visits and a family fund has been set up to take donations.

In August, after over three years of pre-trial detention and nearly a year of torture, a military court sentenced Manning to 35 years for revealing evidence about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - including evidence of war crimes - that the US government was keeping from the public (along with many other things).

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Sheffield University Strike and Occupation

31-10-2013 18:40

Last night Sheffield Autonomous Students, Sheffield RevSoc and the Sheffield campaign for a Living Wage Now united to occupy the Richard Robert’s Building at University of Sheffield in solidarity with todays University workers strike. Following are some photos of the march through Sheffield City Centre and the occupation from the afternoon of 31st October 2013.

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NHS Mental Hell

31-10-2013 17:39

I am one of the people featured in Bedlam, a four part documentary series which starts tonight on Channel 4. It’s about the Betham Royal Hospital’s work with the mentally ill. I’m sure it’s a good documentary, & people should watch it, but this article is about important things which it won’t be reporting.

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Palestine Today 23 09 2013

23-09-2013 18:15

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday, September 23, 2013

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This Week in Palestine Week 38 2013

20-09-2013 17:05

Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for September 14th to the 20th, 2013.

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Palestine Today 19 09 2013

19-09-2013 17:47

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media CenteR, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, September 19, 2013

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Palestine Today 18 09 2013

18-09-2013 18:43

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, September 18, 2013

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Palestine Today 17092013

17-09-2013 18:14

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, September 17, 2013.
Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in the occupied West Bank, killed one Palestinian and broke into dozens of homes, and searched them, and kidnapped nine Palestinians, the details are coming up, stay tuned.

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Protests at Arms Dealers’ Charity Dinner – report and pics

12-09-2013 23:54

A few dozen people, including a small ‘critical mass’ style bike ride, took part tonight in a protest outside the traditional dealers’ dinner at the end of the DSEI international arms fair.

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DSEI Arms Fair ‘Critical Mass’ and Blockade – report and pics

08-09-2013 23:12

On the first day of action against the biennial DSEI arms fair at Excel in Newham, protestors can claim some victory after blocking one of the two entrances for four hours, and causing disruption at the other gate for a couple of hours, seriously affecting the first of two get-in days before the official opening on Tuesday. There were more than a dozen arrests and some scuffles during the afternoon.

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SchNEWS: Tower Power

08-09-2013 20:28

The Met Police made up to 200 arrests yesterday (07/09/13) in order to allow the EDL to march across Tower Bridge and into the outskirts of Tower Hamlets.

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Vigil at US embassy tonight – report & pics

03-09-2013 22:39

A few hundred people attended a vigil outside the US embassy called by the ‘Stop the War coalition’ tonight. Feelings were high, and different groups were represented, but pretty much all agreed that the mainstream media is simply not telling the truth.

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LCC ‘Space for Cycling’ protest ride attracts 1000s – report & pic

02-09-2013 22:39

On the evening of a Commons debate on cycling, roads around Westminster were brought to standstill during the rush hour as 1000s of cyclists took part in a London Cycling Campaign protest ride.

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August Critical Mass bike ride – report & pics

30-08-2013 22:53

With overcast but warm weather, tonight’s Critical Mass ride in London attracted around 600 at the start, with more joining along the route, including a samba band on rickshaws.