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A month of solidarity with Chelsea Manning (Part 2)

09-10-2014 20:18

Last month, the Manning solidarity crew in Wales and Ireland were back in action, organising a visit to Dublin for Chelsea Manning's Welsh-Irish mother during which Afri (Action from Ireland) hosted a memorial evening for the late Gerry Conlon who died this summer and who met members of Manning's family during a previous trip to Dublin last year.

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International solidarity call for D.A.F & The People of Kobanê

09-10-2014 09:57

Call from Denver Anarchist Black Cross for international financial & material solidarity for Turkish anarchist group Devrimci Anarşist Faaliyet & their campaign to open the border so the people of Kobanê can be assisted in their struggle against ISIS.

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War against ISIS/Daesh: Solidarity actions, demos, occupations, clashes.

09-10-2014 09:41

Report compiled by RabbleLDN, anarchist site based in London, UK.
Kurdish groups in Europe and Turkey have stepped up protests in solidarity with their comrades on the frontline in Kurdistan.

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Call-Out For Solidarity Actions For De Vloek!

08-10-2014 13:08

De Vloek (The Curse) is a 12 year-old squatted social centre in the city of The Hague (Holland). The council now plans to evict and demolish it to build a luxury sailing centre. De Vloek has no intention to leave! On the 16th of October the council will decide if the demolition will go ahead. We are therefor launching a call-out for solidarity actions on Monday the 13th of October (think banners, dutch embassies, etc.).

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Cory Doctorow: Information Doesn't Want to Be Free

07-10-2014 22:07

On Friday 6th October 2014 Cory Doctorow addressed a packed meeting organised by the Open Rights Group Sheffield

https://sheffield.openrightsgroup.org/ in the Quaker Meeting House, Information Doesn't Want to Be Free.

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Philippine activists start 1,000-km march for climate justice

07-10-2014 12:54

MANILA, Philippines-- Climate change advocates from various sectors urged world governments to “walk their climate talk” as they launched the Climate Walk, dubbed as “A People’s Walk for Climate Justice.”

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‘In Defense of Kubani’ – Call for Actions of International Solidarity

06-10-2014 12:46

Urgent call for acts of international solidarity with the people of Kobane from the comrades of Anarchist Network, an international network of Persian-speaking anarchists.

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Call For Decentralized Resistance To The G20 Summit In November (Australia)

06-10-2014 12:22

Anarchists in Australia issue a call out for decentralized attacks, disorder, riots and sabotage around the topic of the G20.

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War against ISIS/Daesh: Turkish embassy cars burned in Berlin by Commando Beriva

06-10-2014 12:10

People of Kobane, hear us. In this bitter hour of the inhuman threat, we see you freedom lovers in the world and we call to you: take courage. The city of Kobane is surrounded by the ISIS-murderers. On three sides ISIS confronts the city. If they take the city. it will inevitably lead to a massacre of the remaining Kurdish people on site.

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War against ISIS/Daesh: Anonymous Declares #OpKobane In Solidarity With Kobane

06-10-2014 11:52

In response to the call for international actions of solidarity with the brave
people of Kobane who are fighting both ISIS and the fascist Turkish military &
Turkish police who are helping & supporting ISIS we hereby declare the beginning of #OpKobane!!

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Glasgow anti-war demonstration Saturday October 4th 2014

06-10-2014 10:38

Photos from the anti-war demonstration in Glasgow on Saturday 4th October 2014. There is also a link to the RT report of the London anti-war demonstration of the same day.

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GMB serves ASBO on Amazon.co.uk over tax avoidance and poor treatment of staff

30-09-2014 11:15

So hostile are Amazon that union organisation is driven underground adopting the tactics of the French resistance or human rights campaigns in totalitarian regimes says GMB.

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UK Coal and the Bradley Public Inquiry

29-09-2014 13:23

UK Coal has now secured a £20m loan to tide it over in the short term. However the future of it's surface mines is far from cleat as they have been put up for sale. At the same time UK Coal is seeking new planning permissions, the next of which is via the Bradley Public Inquiry. One of our objections is that since we don't know who will be responsible for working the site if the Appeal is upheld that the appeal be rejected

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..and finally - the last word from SchNEWS

26-09-2014 19:33

http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/AND-FINALLY/

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1000s break border to march to Kobane, anarchists join in!

26-09-2014 12:53

Thousands tore down Turk border fences near Kobanê and have crossed into Rojava, chanting the slogan "Bijî Berxwedana Kobanê" [Long live the Kobanê resistance].
More people are continuing to cross the border.

Photos:

https://twitter.com/colvieux/status/515475208124502016/photo/1
Fences trampled:

https://twitter.com/AJANSAMED

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The Bradley Opencast Decision : the 1,600,000 CO2 Question

26-09-2014 12:00

After the recent marches against Climate Change comes the start of a Public Inquiry into whether UK Coal should be allowed to dig up 500,000+ tonnes of coal which will be burnt to produce c 1,600,000 tonnes of CO2. This press release explains why the Inspector should take account of this when judging whether to grant the Appeal.

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Wrexham: Protest outside MP's office in advance of Iraq vote

26-09-2014 10:08

Yesterday, seven people gathered at short notice from 4.30pm on a busy route close to the centre of Wrexham and outside the office of Labour MP and Shadow Minister for the Middle East, Ian Lucas, to protest government plans (supported by Labour) to join the US-led coalition that's bombing Iraq again.

Callout to Demonstrate against 2014 DPRTE Arms Fair.

24-09-2014 15:04

8.30 am at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena. Wednesday, the 8th of October

“When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die.” – Jean-Paul Sartre

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No Borders Noise Demo outside the UK Home Office Buildings, Cardiff.

24-09-2014 11:47

On the 2nd of September, at 12pm around 50 people gathered outside the Cardiff Home Office Buildings for the noise demo planned as part of the Stop NATO Cymru week of action.

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Police are sticking their heads above the trenches of the social war

22-09-2014 23:07

A curious article appeared in the mainstream BBC news today, stating that police believe that up to 20 actions carried out in and around Bristol may have links to so called 'domestic extremism' .