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Hunter Shot, dies in agony: Gets Own Medicine

28-07-2010 03:22 | Animal Liberation | World

Last Weekend A Victoria hunter was shot dead by another hunter who mistook him for a deer. This coward died in the same way that he wanted the deer to die: in agony with no help to turn to.

Campaign launched to close down German dolphinarium

27-07-2010 21:38 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Ocean Defence | World

"Not only do we have to fight criminal operations and cruelty to animals on the high seas but also take responsibility and direct action to help those who are imprisoned in concrete pools, doomed to entertain us".

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The killer PC Simon Harwood

27-07-2010 19:04 | World

Their conclusion? The killer PC Simon Harwood will not be charged with any offence.

Palestine Today 07 27 2010

27-07-2010 14:59 | Other Press | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org for Tuesday, July 27, 2010.

Bother In Bradford by 'Malatesta'

27-07-2010 13:08 | Anti-racism | Sheffield | World

The EDL are to march in Bradford. But all is not well.

"SIKITIKO" satirical shortfilm

27-07-2010 12:50 | Culture | Education | Free Spaces | World

In 2004 a mysterious group abducts the hand of a statue, part of a monument for King Leopold II. This as an act of political activism. They would catalyse a surreal chain of events, in the best Belgian tradition. A little girl reconstructs the story...

The Sherrod Affair and Etta Rosales

27-07-2010 03:47 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

CALIFORNIA, United States—By now, Shirley Sherrod’s fascinating story is well known.

Afghanistan casualty rate highest of war

Eight months after the Obama administration announced a “surge” of 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan to crush the Taliban-led insurgency, the rate of US and allied casualties has soared to the highest level of the nearly nine-year war and is beginning to match the bloodiest stages of the occupation of Iraq.

Afghan War Leaks Expose Costly Folly

The brutality and fecklessness of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan have been laid bare in an indisputable way just days before the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on whether to throw $33.5 billion more into the Afghan quagmire, when that money is badly needed at home.

International Sakine Day against Stoning - no more stonings!

26-07-2010 17:37 | Gender | Repression | Social Struggles | World

This is a campaign to bring an end to stoning. Stoning is a barbaric act that belongs in Medieval times, not the 21st Century. Sakine's case represents all that is bad with a Sharia based system of law, that lets the state decide who one is allowed to have sexual relations with whom. On the 24 July 2010, thousands of campaigners from all over the world came together to say: Not to Stonings, no to Executions in Iran, no to State interference in private lives of citizens.

Palestine Today 07 26 2010

26-07-2010 16:25 | Indymedia | Other Press | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org for Monday, July 26, 2010

All Star cast at heavily polluted ex Bayer site, Hauxton Cambs

26-07-2010 16:05 | Cambridge | World

Hows does a area that is known to be contaminated with highly toxic chemicals, some of them now banned, become a prime site for property speculation ??
well for a start you need an all star cast, including the Secretary of State for Health / local MP
with the local authorities and environmental protection agencies all on board.
Plus a few of ritains most caring (about quick profits) corporations and it's Bingo 2 da bank

Corporate Watch: Decommissioners Victorious

As the zionist press angrily whip up media smoke screen around the real meanings of the decommissioners acquittals Corporate Watch take an in-depth look at the trial...

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The internet springs a leak. Inspiring news and a short message from G Joe

26-07-2010 14:25 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | Terror War | World

"White House National Security Advisor James Jones issued a statement calling the leaks "irresponsible," saying they not only put the lives of Americans and their partners at risk, but also threaten national security."

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Fri 30th July: 100 days of Gulf of Mexico oil spill

Along with BP, Transocean, the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, is also responsible for the Gulf of Mexico disaster.
Transocean also built the wellheads for the Shell Corrib gas project in Mayo, Ireland where the community campaign is now in it's 10th year of struggle

UKBA detention capacity @ 26th July 2010

26-07-2010 07:12 | Migration | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Harmondsworth IRC, managed by GEO Group UK, is now back to full capacity after being partially made uninhabitable by frustrated detainees in November 2006.

(Formally known as 'Wackenhut Corrections Corporation'. GEO Group has been accused of gross civil rights violations relating to adequate access to food and medical care, especially at its USA Northwest Detention Center, including unlawful interrogations and coercing inmates to sign paperwork they would otherwise not be inclined to. Source 'Wikipedia'. GEO's worldwide operations include the management/ownership of 63 prisons/Immigration Removal Centres and residential treatment facilities with a capacity of 61,500 beds)

As of today there are a total of 3,436 bed spaces, in Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) and Short Term Holding Facilities (STHFs).

A sizable number of prison bed spaces are occupied by persons off the end of criminal sentences (have reached their release date) and continue to be detained as immigration offenders, awaiting deportation or transfer to a detention centre. UKBA no longer release the numbers of those held in prison as immigration offenders.

Eight IRCs and 4 STHFs are owned/managed or managed by private corporations, three IRCs managed by the Prison Service.

Campsfield House IRC GEO Group Bed spaces: 216 male detainees

Harmondsworth IRC GEO Group Bed spaces 615 male detainees

Yarl's Wood IRC Serco Bed spaces 405 Female detainees

Colnbrook IRC Serco Bed spaces 383 male detainees ( STHC 40 beds male/female)

Brook House IRC G4S Bed spaces 426 male detainees

Oakington IRC G4S Bed spaces 408 male detainees

Dungavel House G4S Bed spaces 190 Mixed, male, female

Tinsley House G4S Bed spaces 146 Male Detainees

Dover IRC HM Prison Service Bed spaces 316 male detainees

Haslar IRC HM Prison Service Bed spaces 160 male detainees

Lindholme IRC HM Prison Service Bed spaces 112 male detainees

Manchester STHF G4S Bed spaces 32

Queens Buildings (Heathrow) STHF G4S Bed spaces 15

Harwich STHF Abbey Security Ltd Bed spaces 12

Dover Harbour STHF Dover Harbour Board Bed spaces 20

Addresses/phone/fax/visiting times for all the above can be found here:

http://www.freemovement.org.uk/Resources/addresses.html

(Editors note, data has been taken from UKBA/Private management web sites)

Cambridge Uni Security Injures Animal Activists

Elderly female campaigner sustains injuries and is taken to hospital.

UG#509 - Gift Economy (1) - Reconceiving The Market

25-07-2010 08:58 | Analysis | Social Struggles | Sheffield | World

The show this week looks at the gift economy. We look at a range of reasons to challenge the cynical, capitalist view of the human as 'red in tooth and claw', listening to evidence from speakers including Alfie Kohn, Genevieve Vaughan & Jeremy Rifkin.

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Letter from the comrade Pola Roupa of July 9, 2010

25-07-2010 01:28 | Repression | World

the comrade Pola Roupa (Πόλα Ρούπα) describes her treatment as a prisoner while heavily pregnant.
Both her conditions of arrest and her transferral from one prison to another have been excessively severe, often resulting in her remaining handcuffed behind her back for hours. Both in jail and in hospital, police are constantly present for 'security reasons' even during medical examinations.
She is currently confined in Korydallos prison.

Anarchist prisoner Nikos Maziotis goes on hunger strike

25-07-2010 01:17 | Repression | World

Nikos Maziotis, an anarchist imprisoned in relation the Revolutionary Struggle case , has gone on hunger strike. Below is a translation of his letter announcing the commencing of the hunger strike.

World Newswire Archive

Hunter Shot, dies in agony: Gets Own Medicine

Campaign launched to close down German dolphinarium

The killer PC Simon Harwood

Palestine Today 07 27 2010

Bother In Bradford by 'Malatesta'

"SIKITIKO" satirical shortfilm

The Sherrod Affair and Etta Rosales

Afghanistan casualty rate highest of war

Afghan War Leaks Expose Costly Folly

International Sakine Day against Stoning - no more stonings!

Palestine Today 07 26 2010

All Star cast at heavily polluted ex Bayer site, Hauxton Cambs

Corporate Watch: Decommissioners Victorious

The internet springs a leak. Inspiring news and a short message from G Joe

Fri 30th July: 100 days of Gulf of Mexico oil spill

UKBA detention capacity @ 26th July 2010

Cambridge Uni Security Injures Animal Activists

UG#509 - Gift Economy (1) - Reconceiving The Market

Letter from the comrade Pola Roupa of July 9, 2010

Anarchist prisoner Nikos Maziotis goes on hunger strike

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