01-11-2007 15:03
The Blairite leadership of the National Union of Students are seeking to launch a series of major attacks on NUS democracy - to rule out future student revolts radicalising NUS, and make the student movement safe for Brown. Please come to the meeting on 4 November to launch a campaign against these changes, and for a democratic, fighting NUS.
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31-10-2007 12:26
On Tuesday evening, over 20 LSE students silently occupied a meeting of LSE's governing body for over 30 minutes in protest at LSE Director Howard Davies' implicit support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
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26-10-2007 08:42
A controlled marijuana buy in a sting operation.
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20-10-2007 18:50
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A ten-minute introduction talk by Indian Student Activist Kavita Krishnan, President of the All India Students' Association and editor of the CPI(ML) Monthly Liberation.
Excuse poor video quality, heavily compressed to get it online and keep sound as good as possible.
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11-10-2007 14:32
Join the campaign to defend democracy in and win a campaigning National Union of Students!
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10-10-2007 12:12
Helping to deter assaults by using a cameraphone
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07-10-2007 03:46
For all the bad press that they receive, a lot of people still believe that Western corporations are making some sort of contribution to improving the lot of people in the third world. Let me present a counter-example.
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04-10-2007 09:03
This posted article should be mandatory reading in all schools in the common wealth.
Beginning in pre-school.
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02-10-2007 11:56
England RFU members, Warlingham RFC and Weybridge Vandals RFC are both sponsored by Crest Nicholson. Under the relatively new ownership of Castle Bidco, (backed by Bank of Scotland and Sir Tom Hunter's investment vehicle, West Coast Capital,) one Welsh Family believes the RFU and its ‘Family Friendly’ clubs should be aware of the companies’ bullying past.
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22-09-2007 10:43
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LSE staff and students have written to LSE Director Howard Davies to protest his stance on debating a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. In his reply he ignores the plight of Palestinian educational institutions under Israeli occupation.
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22-09-2007 01:29
ZTE deal to cost US$527 million after 20 years of repayment
Wearing white elephant masks to depict the potential character of the controversial national broadband network (NBN) project, members of the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) staged a picket outside the Senate Tuesday in time for the Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the project won by Chinese firm ZTE Corp., and stressed its debt burden on the Filipino people.
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21-09-2007 12:50
latest news, suicide from tower overlooking hyde park, london, 10.30 a.m, eye witness thoughts about stopping this happening, with reference to latest news about the world waking up to the effect of "cyber-bullying" - a worlwide factor, but also a metaphor for all of us, the way tech is getting used against peoples happiness - by a few inadequate bullies, cheats or frauds sacrificing others to cover-up their lack of thought - for others - the worlds - or for their own imminent future -
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12-09-2007 19:36
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Following six months squatting a threatened sports ground, teachers against the Wembley City Academy took to the trees to avoid eviction.
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10-09-2007 15:35
On May 12th 2005, the United Nations organization which monitors drug trafficking announced that Iraq "is about to become a transit station for transporting the heroine, which is manufactured in Afghanistan and is heading towards Europe through neighbouring Iran".
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17-08-2007 14:38
Today, Friday 17th August, several local groups toured the climate camp, along with several local residents who moved onto the site to camp.
One group was a local scout group with some of them doing their environment badge. They came for a tour around the infrastructure including the solar showers, compost toilets, solar panels, wind generators and power providers, the indymedia computer tent and rinky dink the pedal powered bicycle sound system. Living locally their homes are under threat from the Heathrow airport expansion.
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17-08-2007 08:35
On Thursday the climate camp was visited by pupils and parents from Heathrow Primary School, which along with two other local schools will be demolished by the proposed third runway. The school is an integral part of the community with former pupils becoming teachers, and the headmaster - Mr Hobbs - serving over 25 years. The school also recieved the boroughs top marks in the last Ofsted report.
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15-08-2007 10:20
The Daily Mirror web site is publishing an item saying this:
“Peter Fahy said adults who turn a blind eye as youngsters roam streets tanked up on drink are as much at fault for the lawlessness blighting towns as the yobs themselves.”
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09-08-2007 13:54
An indymedia.be production
October 2006. A mysterious bank suddenly appears on the Belgian market. The bank is proud to invest in the arms industry, oil- and gas, nuclear power, agrochemicals and companies violating their workers' rights. ACE bank immediately provokes reactions.
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03-08-2007 19:23
As millions of college students begin preparing to enter college this fall, many have become accustom to increased tuitions year after year. Nationwide college tuitions are climbing and in some states the increase is 10 percent or more going into the fall semester. Stewart A. Alexander, a Peace and Freedom Party Candidate for President, says free education is possible through university level; a position the PFP, Peace and Freedom Party, has supported for 40 years.
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02-08-2007 21:01
Not only have you graduated as medical doctors, but also as humanists. You have learned what it means to practice international solidarity and have understood the reality of preventive and healing medicine in a socio-political context. This brings to reality the much celebrated phrase of Jose Marti: Homeland is humanity.
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