West Country Newswire Archive
International day of peace observed in Swindon
Simon, 21-09-2006 20:38
Police midnight raid for offensive garden ornament...
Lepricorn, 19-09-2006 11:50
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Arms Trade Now Environmentally Friendly
Pilgrim, 17-09-2006 21:56
Apparently BAE Systems are coming up with a range of environmentally friendly arms. So you can save the planet while butchering the people on it.
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Press Release : Re-Trial Ordered In Case Of Fairford Defendants
disarmer supporter, 15-09-2006 20:19
This is a forwarded press release:
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Prisons & Their Role in Social Control
anarchists, 14-09-2006 20:50
Ask anybody how prisons work in society and you will generally receive the same glib response: they protect society by removing 'criminal' and 'anti-social' elements, thereby making life safer for the rest of us.
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Swiss policemen 'not guilty' of attempting to murder British electrician
WorkRep.co.uk, 10-09-2006 00:42
G8 activists had their ropes cut whilst hanging from a bridge. One fell 23 m and was lucky to survive.
Swiss appeal court blames the activists and exonerates the police.
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Swiss appeal court blames the activists and exonerates the police.
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GAGGED! #13 Autumn 2006 - South Wales Anarchist Newsletter
Gagged!, 06-09-2006 13:52
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Iraq: Fairford Peace 'disarmers' trial continues
Philip Booth, Gloucestershire Green party, 05-09-2006 17:57
A jury at Bristol Crown Court is being asked to accept for the first time in an English court that peace activists who damaged military property should be acquitted because they were trying to prevent war crimes. Dave Cockcroft, a long standing peace campaigner and local Green party member will be a witness for the defence tomorrow for Dr Margaret Jones and Paul Milling who are accused of "conspiring to cause criminal damage to property" at USAF Fairford in March 2003.
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Exeter strikers celebrate success
mike g, 04-09-2006 22:49
Exeter postal workers voted unanimously to return to work this morning after hearing that they had won a “total victory”.
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Fairford disarmers’ trial starts in Bristol
Simon, 04-09-2006 21:43
Walkout to support Exeter Royal Mail union rep
Mike G, 01-09-2006 23:42
Postal workers at Exeter mail centre have walked out unofficially and spontaneously to defend their CWU union and their local rep Fran Choules.
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Airborne protest at Bristol Airport against climate chaos
Global warning, 01-09-2006 19:41
Fwd: Press release from Bristol protesters 1/9/06 5.10pm
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Airborne protest at Bristol Airport against climate chaos
Following yesterdays anti-nuclear ‘reclaim power’ protests at Drax power station in Yorkshire, campaigners in Bristol today focused on Bristol Airport’s absurd plans for expansion and the harmful greenhouse emissions from air traffic, currently running at 700 million tonnes of CO2 per year in the UK.
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Airborne protest at Bristol Airport against climate chaos
Following yesterdays anti-nuclear ‘reclaim power’ protests at Drax power station in Yorkshire, campaigners in Bristol today focused on Bristol Airport’s absurd plans for expansion and the harmful greenhouse emissions from air traffic, currently running at 700 million tonnes of CO2 per year in the UK.
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People Needed @ Bristol Crown Court This Monday + FAIRFORD ARTICLE ARCHIVES
disarmer supporter, 01-09-2006 05:27
Three years of pre-trial hearings later, the trials of Margaret Jones and Paul Milling - who disabled vehicles at Fairford air base in Gloucestershire in the lead up to the bombing and invasion of Iraq - are due to begin on 4th September, and are expected to last until 18th September.
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Info on bailiffs heading for Camp Titnore
Tree person, 30-08-2006 22:42
WITH eviction now looking extremely imminent at Camp Titnore in Worthing, information has been gained on the firms who will be trying to force the protesters off the ancient woodland they are trying to protect.
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Greens resist compulsory registration
Philip Booth, Gloucestershire Green party, 30-08-2006 16:31
Greens opposed to the Government's plans for Identity Cards have joined a national campaign to renew passports now to avoid being forced to register on the national ID scheme database.
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SW REGIONAL ASSEMBLY'S 'IRRESPONSIBLE' PLAN TO INCREASE CO2 EMISSIONS
Philip Booth, Gloucestershire Green party, 30-08-2006 16:29
Stroud District Green party have been appalled by the South West Regional Assembly's 'Draft Regional Spatial Strategy' (RSS) report which sets out development for the region over the next 20 years. The Green party in a submission to the RSS consultation process welcome some aspects of the report but argue it fails disastrously to tackle climate change and is based on flawed economics (i).
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Greens welcome Oldbury reactors shutting down
Philip Booth, Gloucestershire Green party, 30-08-2006 16:26
Safety regulators say they have seen nothing to persuade them that Oldbury nuclear power station is safe to restart - and despite the industry spending more than £2 billion researching the safety of graphite reactor cores, both reactors are due to shut early September (i).
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Bristol Stop The War Newsletter : September 2006
Bristol Stop The War, 23-08-2006 20:03
BRISTOL STWC PUBLIC MEETING : WED 30th AUG
See Section 1 of this newsletter.
NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION : MANCHESTER : SAT 23rd SEPT
Coach Ticket Details in Section 3 of this newsletter.
(Also see Section 8 for Brize Norton National Demo on 2nd Dec)
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See Section 1 of this newsletter.
NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION : MANCHESTER : SAT 23rd SEPT
Coach Ticket Details in Section 3 of this newsletter.
(Also see Section 8 for Brize Norton National Demo on 2nd Dec)
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SOUTH WEST NEWS can also be posted on BRISTOL INDYMEDIA
indymedia volunteer, 18-08-2006 22:56
While West Country IMC is officially closed, it is still good to see it ticking over, and occasional posts still being made to the newswire.
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Fairford Disarmers @ Bristol Crown Court : SUPPORT NEEDED : 4th Sept Gathering
disarmer supporter, 17-08-2006 09:13
Forwarded from the Bristol Social Forum egroup.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bristolsocialforum/
Most recent Bristol Indymedia 'Fairford' Front Page:
http://www.bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25213
The Bristol Indymedia Pre-Trial Archives:
http://www.bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25208
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bristolsocialforum/ Most recent Bristol Indymedia 'Fairford' Front Page:
http://www.bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25213 The Bristol Indymedia Pre-Trial Archives:
http://www.bristol.indymedia.org/newswire.php?story_id=25208
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