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Protest Brings Pipeline to Shell: London. March 17, 2008

18-03-2008 18:00 | Ecology | Globalisation | World

All-Irish environmental and social justice movement Gluaiseacht were in London for the weekend, and on St Patrick's Day itself gathered outside the Shell HQ at Waterloo, bringing with them a very large pipeline.
Pictures © Peter Marshall, 2008, all rights reserved.

Tibet Vigil at Chinese Embassy, 17 March 2008

18-03-2008 17:50 | Repression | World

Tibetans and supporters held a vigil to show solidarity with the protesters in Lhasa to coincide with the Chinese government’s midnight deadline for them to surrender.
Pictures © Peter Marshall, 2008, all rights reserved.

Seed varieties at risk

18-03-2008 16:21 | Bio-technology | Ecology | Globalisation | World

A €35,000 fine on Association Kokopelli for selling traditional seed varieties sets a dangerous precedent and could force this important seed-saving organisation out of existence.

Palestine Today 031808

18-03-2008 15:39 | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday March 18th, 2008.

Report: CAMPACC “Creating a Climate of Fear” Public Meeting: 14 March

18-03-2008 10:57 | Anti-racism | Repression | Terror War | World

Over 150 people attended the “Creating a Climate of Fear: Counter-Terrorism and Punishment without Trial” public meeting hosted by the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC) and the Centre for the Study of Terrorism (CFSOT) at the London Muslim Centre in Whitechapel, London, on 14 March. The meeting focused on a number of new, dangerous measures the government is seeking to introduce through the current Counter-Terrorism Bill granting more powers to the police and the judiciary to undermine civil liberties and human rights.

"Corpus Juris" and the effect on British Common Law rights

18-03-2008 10:41 | Terror War | World

to understand what is happening to those associated with Mr.Brian W. Haw and the arbitrary detention of him and his mates... please read

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Republican nominee McCain's fundraiser with Lord Rothschild in London on Thursda

18-03-2008 02:38 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Terror War | World

Sen. John McCain plans at least one campaign event on his week-long congressional trip to Europe and the Middle East: a March 20 fundraiser in London.

Gender and U.S. Bases in Asia-Pacific

18-03-2008 01:54 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Gender | World

Nations and U.S. territories within the Asia-Pacific region are treated as inferiors with limited sovereignty or agency in relation to U.S. foreign policy interests that go hand-in-hand with this racist/sexist ideology.

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ALF torch circus trucks; sabotage pet shop & butcher

18-03-2008 00:00 | Animal Liberation | World

The trucks destroyed belonged to Pinder's circus in France; that ADI exposed in 2003 after Dicky Chipperfield joined, following his trade of lions and tigers being driven out the UK. Pet shop and butcher also sabotaged in Mexico.

"Our message to Dicky Chipperfield [Pinder's] is: GIVE UP" Animal Defenders International (ADI), 2004

What's all this about?

17-03-2008 18:33 | Terror War | World

Bent coppers + bent judges = no justice

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Obama’s Blood and The Forbidden Truths

17-03-2008 17:50 | Culture | Other Press | World

"The latest media furor was over videotaped remarks from Obama’s former minister, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright Jr. The bloodhounds were soon barking and snipping at Obama’s heels demanding a renunciation of the pastor’s words."

Shut Down Guantánamo! Weekly Protests in April 2008

17-03-2008 16:47 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Terror War | World

Since February 2007, the London Guantánamo Campaign has been holding a weekly vigil outside the US Embassy in Mayfair. At 6-7pm at the start of every weekend, come rain or shine, we’ve been there, supported by many individuals and groups over the past 14 months, to call on the American government to shut down Guantánamo Bay and other illegal jails in the “war on terror” and to respect human rights and the rule of law. The message is simple: no torture, no detention without trial!

Leon Greenman dies

17-03-2008 16:45 | Anti-racism | World

I am sorry to say that long term Nazi fighter Leon Greenman has died.

Palestine Today 031708

17-03-2008 15:38 | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday March 17th, 2008.

Global Recession: Global Breathing Space

17-03-2008 15:11 | Analysis | Climate Chaos | Globalisation | World

Was it just my imagination, or did I hear a small ripple of applause from the forests, the wetlands and the glaciers, as the news of the collapse of Bear Stearns leaked into the public realm.

Do you publish anonymously?

17-03-2008 13:51 | Culture | Other Press | World

A new site to host/archive anonymous 'zines, pamplets and comics has been set up.

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Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group at World Against War

Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group remembers those killed in illegal and immoral wars, 15 March 2008

More evidence of MI5’s network of informers and provocateurs in the IRA

17-03-2008 02:45 | Analysis | History | Repression | World

According to the Observer, shortly before taking him into “protective custody,” it was MI5 itself that warned Roy McShane that he was in danger of being exposed as another British spy close to leadership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).

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Meltdown: Global warming by the numbers

17-03-2008 01:47 | Analysis | Climate Chaos | Ecology | World

The IPCC estimates global warming to be between 2.4 and six degrees by the end of the cnetury. Recent research is putting warming on the order of four and 7.6 degrees C. This is 'dangerous' warming that will cause runaway feedback processes leading to a warming of ten to fifteen degrees over the next couple of centuries; the lifetime of your grandchildren.

Tibet Vigil in London - Solidarity with the Tibetan protesters - 17th March

17-03-2008 00:46 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The Chinese government have given an ominous deadline of midnight on Monday in Lhasa (4.00pm GMT) for the protesters to 'surrender'. In London, opposite the Chinese Embassy, Tibetans and supporters will be holding a vigil from 3.30pm in solidarity with the Tibetan protesters in Lhasa, Labrang, Gansu and elsewhere who have bravely stood up to the Chinese occupying forces.

World Newswire Archive

Protest Brings Pipeline to Shell: London. March 17, 2008

Tibet Vigil at Chinese Embassy, 17 March 2008

Seed varieties at risk

Palestine Today 031808

Report: CAMPACC “Creating a Climate of Fear” Public Meeting: 14 March

"Corpus Juris" and the effect on British Common Law rights

Republican nominee McCain's fundraiser with Lord Rothschild in London on Thursda

Gender and U.S. Bases in Asia-Pacific

ALF torch circus trucks; sabotage pet shop & butcher

What's all this about?

Obama’s Blood and The Forbidden Truths

Shut Down Guantánamo! Weekly Protests in April 2008

Leon Greenman dies

Palestine Today 031708

Global Recession: Global Breathing Space

Do you publish anonymously?

Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group at World Against War

More evidence of MI5’s network of informers and provocateurs in the IRA

Meltdown: Global warming by the numbers

Tibet Vigil in London - Solidarity with the Tibetan protesters - 17th March

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