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Smash EDO demo tomorrow and Fundraiser this Sunday

17-05-2005 17:04

HERE ARE THE UPCOMING EVENTS AT EDO/MBM

EDO/MBM IS A FACTORY PROVIDING WEAPONRY FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ ON THE HOME FARM IDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MOULECOOMB, BRIGHTON - THEY HAVE RECENTLY TAKEN OUT INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PROTESTERS TO SILENCE PROTEST HERE. IF PUT INTO PLACE THE INJUNCTION WOULD STOP ANYONE GOING TO THE FACTORY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTEST

contact  smashedo@hotmail.com or 07891 405923 for more details

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No ASBO for Lindis Percy

17-05-2005 15:57

Some good news for followers of ASBOwatch ( http://www.statewatch.org/asbo/ASBOwatch.html).

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Anti-nuclear activists declare Drake's Island nuclear free state

17-05-2005 15:17

Anti Nuclear Action - Sarah Lasenby from Oxford has helped occupy the nuclear free state of Drake’s Island in Plymouth Sound

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Watch Galloway Live

17-05-2005 13:42

Watch Galloway Live

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Refusnik film screening, Sunday 22nd May

16-05-2005 22:55

On Sunday 22nd May at 7:30 there will be a screening of 'Refusing to Kill', a film that tells the story of soldiers from around the world who have taken a moral position on their country's foriegn policy and who have suffered as a consequence. 'Why Close the G8?' by the Camcorder Guerillas will also be shown.

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Corporate Pirates Latest: Peace(s) of Cake

16-05-2005 16:47

Some pirates, yesterday.
The latest event in an on-going campaign by the Corporate Pirates protesting the corporate invasion of Iraq, went off with a figurative Kerblam! Friday (13/05) lunchtime, as members of the group opened a “Pirates Pantry!”, selling cakes and biscuits to members of the public outside the offices of Windrush Communications.

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Once again, the civil inspectors entered the NATO base of Bétera (Spain)

16-05-2005 16:45

Similarly to what happened the last two years, a group of inspectors crossed the wire fences of the future headquarter of the NATO Response Force in Valencia (Spain) in order to claim for its closure and return to the population, inspite of a strong deployment of police forces.

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NATIONAL NOISE DEMO @ EDO IN BRIGHTON

15-05-2005 21:10

If your against the Invasion of Iraq, If your against the Occupation of Iraq, If your against the killing of 100,000 Iraqis by U$ and British forces, If your against attacks of Civil Liberties, then come down to Brighton, Defend the Right to Protest and support the Smash Edo Campaign!

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EDO injunction still not in place

15-05-2005 14:41

The lawyers are still arguing about the interpretation of the judge's ruling on the interim injunction. This means that protest can continue as before so let's make protest whilst the sun shines.

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Horror Of US Depleted Uranium In Iraq Threatens World

15-05-2005 05:10

"The most frighteneing thought for me is that these nuts may be trying to protect themselves from having to account for their crimes against humanity by destroying most of humanity????"

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International Conscientious Objectors' Day in Greece

14-05-2005 18:25

Flyer as jgp
Join the international demonstration from the Labrakis monument.
There will be street theatre, carnival, fun & games.
Enjoy FREE food and drink from the FOOD NOT BOMBS collective.

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Drake's Island occupied - declared nuclear free state

14-05-2005 15:24

On 13 May 12 anti-nuclear weapons protestors from the Plymouth Trident Ploughshares (Tamarians) along with supporters, squatted Drake’s Island in Plymouth Sound. A peace camp has been set up and the island declared a nuclear free state. The protest highlights the UK’s breach of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which is now being reviewed at an important at the UN in New York. The refit of the UK’s nuclear armed and nuclear powered Trident submarines in Devonport Dockyard plays a large part in Britan’s violation of this international treaty.

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World Leaders Run Out of Control in Oxford

14-05-2005 15:03

Leaders of the powerful G8 countries ran wild in Oxford today, shaking hands, waving and dancing to samba rhythms.

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The Delusion of Militarism

14-05-2005 14:37

Analysis: an American version of the delusion of militarism.

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Is israel using the americans to start a civil war in iraq?

14-05-2005 00:29

is israel using both the american troops and iraqi insurgents to foment civil war in iraq? The lastest from Xymphora on this little discussed topic.

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Ethics of BioWeapons researched by Kent Prof.

13-05-2005 11:22

A lecturer from the Univ of Kent has been given a grant by the Wellcome Trust to investigate the 'ethics' of bio
weapons (Porton Down)

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Propaganda Remix Project

13-05-2005 09:21

This is a plug for a book I haven't read; but it's also a link to some cool subverted WW2 propaganda posters.

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University Clampdown on Campus Protest

12-05-2005 12:48

Lancaster University has brought charges against 6 students and graduates after a peaceful protest against Arms Dealers and GM Companies on campus.

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G8-Crashing - Benefit gig in London - Tuesday 17th May - Free entry - £1 a pint

12-05-2005 00:04

G8 awareness raiser in New Cross on Tuesday. Info will be available on the night about how to get to Scotland in July. Dub and Breakbeat Music from : Freq Nasty, Fun-da-Mental(WattsRiot), Smart Monkey and Performance Poetry from Paradox. Decent Line-up. £1 a pint. See You there.

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iraq quagmire or Genocide

11-05-2005 22:07

The so-called progressive Neo-liberal media in the US are more closed minded in support of invasion than the the rightwingers who occupied Iraq. That is why not only we don't have anti-war movements but actually there is no credible voice if dissents.Here is one example of a neo-liberal hypocricy. They are using the argument about the Quagmire in Iraq as a sokescreen to cover the genocide in iraq.