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Chavez: the FTAA is dead
Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, expressed again that US project of completing a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is definitely dead. This time, the Venezuelan president made this balance at his arrival to Puerto Iguazu, in Misiones, Argentina, where he will participate on the Summit of MERCOSUR presidents.Dismantling refugee protection
The European Commission has developed the controversial UK plan to keep refugees outside the EU by giving so-called protection in the region and resettlement. There is no clear legal basis for scheme. It has been set out in a form that allows officials to simply proceed without any consultation of national or European parliaments.modern slavery in Britain
New Labour proposes slave labour for asylum seekers who are unable to provide evidence that they are personally at risk of persecution, but whose countries are deemed unsafe to deport to.Scotland to be testing ground for tagging of asylum seekers
Electronic tagging and GPS tracking of aslyum seekers.Human Rights groups including Liberty and UN High Commission for Refugees have condemned plans which will treat asylum seekers as criminals, undermine the Refugee Convention and stigmatise and potentially mark asylum seekers out for abuse and attacks.
Urgent - river Kelvin under threat
People needed asap to protect a reclaimed patch of the river Kelvin in Glasgow.Political camps and events this summer
Every year political activists come together in the summer - locally, country-wide and internationally. Here is a quick round- up of forthcoming events listed according to time, issues and location.Dissent! Anti-G8 Gathering, Bradford this weekend!
The next Dissent! gathering will take place at the 1 in 12 Club in Bradford from the 3rd-4th July 2004. Come along and get involved!Anti-Occupation demo Edinburgh Wednesday 30th June 2004
This is a 2,000 word report with six photos about the anti-occupation demonstration held in Edinburgh on Wednesday 30th June 2004.WHEELCHAIR USER BREAKS INTO TOP NUKE BASE
A wheelchair user was amongst those who breached security by breaking into a top UK nuke base yesterday. Veteran campaigner, Roz Bullen, spent several minutes painting, "No WMD" and other peace slogans on buildings before being arrested.Sunday Herald writes about Golfing anarchists' threat
Sunday Herald20 June 2004
Golfing anarchists' threat to Gleneagles G8 summit
Protest groups publish plans to disrupt world leaders' 2005 meeting
By Stephen Naysmith
GOLFING anarchists are plotting to descend on one of Scotland's most prestigious hotels in protest at the hosting of the G8 summit of world leaders next summer.
Kim Sun-il Beheading video: Short Version - Long Version
Kim Sun-il Beheading video: Short Version - Long VersionRefugee Solidarity in Glasgow
Film screening to kick-start campaign.Hundreds of refugees are being put of their flats with no benefits and no right to work. Unable to return to their countries they're in a stateless limbo on Glasgow's streets. Camcorder Guerillas film, WELCOME, tells the story of three homeless refugees.
noteworthy development scottish parliamentary political scene
the following text is not advocating parliamentary politics.dissent! meeting in bradford July 3/4
Early notice of Bradford meeting of the UK-wide anti-G8 network dissent!More details to come in the following days.
Green Anarchy Film Showing, Edinburgh, June 30th
On Wednesday the 30th of June, 8pm, we in the Bilston Glen Collective are organizing a green anarchy film showing at the Forest Cafe, 3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh. The showing is a part of "Green Anarchy in the UK - Gathering of the tribes" and Re-pressed Distribution ( http://www.re-pressed.org.uk/) will be having a book stall at the showing.Report from the solidarity actions for Jeff "Free" Luers in Edinburgh
On tuesday the 15th of june we in the Bilston Glen Collective held two solidarity events for political prisoner Jeff "Free" Luers. (For info about his case look at http://www.freefreenow.org).ICG-UK Position
Press releaseIGC-European Constitution
Assembly of European Regions deplores UK government decision to grant the Union exclusive competence in Health & Education Policy
anti-Fringe infringement festival is born as act of cultural resistance
...Montreal has a history of rebellion as long as the list of festivals that take the city by storm throughout the lazy, hazy days of summer...Enter the Infringement Festival, the anti-Fringe Festival fringe festival.Activists at Gleneagles protest against G8 summit 2005
1. The leaders of the eight richest nations despite being of various political shades come together in a unified effort to serve the rich against the people of their own countries as well as the people of the world.2. So a strong message of disapproval and dissent must be sent to the G8 leaders but if they do insist on coming, the offense must not be compounded by infringment of the liberties and rights of the people.
3. But if these gangsters do get to meet to fine-tune their strategy of exploitation, we can assure you that the downtrotten and oppressed will gather to show their dissent against the current vicious exisiting order and to show their power to reshape society to be more just.