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Join the Stop the War Coalition at Faslane blockade 6 & 7th November

05-10-2006 09:19

The Stop the War Coalition is blockading Faslane in Scotland, the base where Britain's nuclear weapons are deployed 6th & 7th November.

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Will a coup in Iraq follow the US elections?

05-10-2006 08:57

Another comment has appeared in the American press foreshadowing a move by the Bush administration to remove the Shiite-dominated government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Iraq. In an opinion piece in the October 2 Washington Post, the newspaper’s deputy editorial editor Jackson Diehl strongly suggested that Washington may dispense with Maliki’s regime shortly after the November 7 US congressional elections.

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Reminder: Weekend of resistance before Sack Parliament

05-10-2006 08:51

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“People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people”

A weekend of planning and training for ‘Sack Parliament’

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Gulf of Tonkin II?

05-10-2006 04:50

Remembering 1964

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Party@Parliament - 9th October, 1pm

04-10-2006 22:03

an invitation
We know how distressing it can be to lose your job. As we're sure people who have been sacked know it is helpful to have caring and supportive people around you to deal with the stress of being unwanted. In this spirit we will be helping sacked MPs and Civil Servants get over their distress of being fired on Monday 9th of October.

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Palestinians must leave Baghdad in 72 hour

04-10-2006 20:38

please find this article published today by Roads to Iraq. Call the Iraqi Embassy in London, protesting this incitment to murder by those so-called democrats in Iraq! Contact details below article.

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Anarchist and anti-authoritarian block - Sack Parliament

04-10-2006 19:35

Taking inspiration from others who are taking action on the day London Anti-Authoritarians are calling for an anarchist bloc. We stand against all war and oppression, and see both the domestic war against 'terror', and the international wars against Iraqis and Afghanis, as being led by this government with the support of the parliament.

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How to stop domestic state terrorism - the A,B & C

04-10-2006 19:16

SInsignia of the NATO far right Gladio troops
Webster Tarpley's revelations about 'Able Danger' the terrorist exercise team on 911 organised by US Special Forces, mean that we are beginning to identify the true planners, inside the US military, of the 911 attacks. Yet these facts are being deliberately kept from the European public by a Western media who apparently refuse to listen.
So how can those of us who understand that 'False Flag' 911 type attacks have been going on for many years’ work to change that?

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Uranium Weapons - What you should know (warning: very graphic)

04-10-2006 17:18

"Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy." -- Henry Kissinger, former US minister, quoted in Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States Betrayed Its Own POW's in Vietnam

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Palestine Today

04-10-2006 16:59

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Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre  http://www.imemc.org for Wednesday October 4th, 2006.

An Israeli air strike wounds five Palestinians in northern Gaza, Hamas leader is assassinated near Qalqilia, and a Palestinian worker is murdered by Israeli police in Jaffa. These stories and more coming up, stay tuned.

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Masked men kill Hamas activist

04-10-2006 16:44

Masked men have killed a local Hamas activist on Wednesday as he set out for morning prayers in the northern West Bank.

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Court challenge to legality of taxes and fines - Friday

04-10-2006 12:34

On Friday 6th October at 10am, anti-war campaigner Chris Coverdale appears at Marylebone Magistrates Court to defend his decision not to pay a fine arising from his conviction for using a megaphone and demonstrating in parliament square earlier this year. He will argue that to do so would aid genocide, and so he has a duty not to which he will prove in court by putting the Iraq war on trial. Supporters and the press are warmly welcomed.

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Louise Amoore Talk

03-10-2006 17:19

Louise Amoore of Durham University and editor of The Global Resistance Reader will be speaking at CSSGJ, Nottingham University on 9th October. The title of her talk is "Vigilant Visualities: The Watchful Politics of the War on Terror".

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The "New Anti-Semitism" (by Latuff)

03-10-2006 09:16

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Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of the brave Palestinian people and their struggle against U.S. backed IsraHell's occupation and state terrorism.

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Electronic-Voting and the U.S. & Brazilian Elections

03-10-2006 04:49

Exit Polls vs. Election Results (Traditional & Electronic)
Whenever these machines have been used, there is a surprisingly strong showing for conservative candidates regardless of the exit polls ,
These electronic voting machines can be altered in minutes to throw elections

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Is The Independent really concerned about the plight of the Afghan women?

02-10-2006 23:19

Where speaking out is murder for women_26 Sep 06
comparing The Independent and Mail on Sunday's front page articles on Afghanistan

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Shaking Uncontrollably: Does Guzzling Gas Make You Piss Fire?

02-10-2006 22:30

Bad ideas are like starfish: You can cut them up, but unless you squash them into jelly and incinerate the remains, they will multiply. I’m not really saying that we should go around murdering idiots . . . but this week’s “news” certainly made me want to beat a few people mercilessly.

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STRIKES AND CLOSURES IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE

02-10-2006 21:47

These posts are from a Brighton based activist spending part of October in occupied Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement, a network of international activists set up to support Palestinian non violent resistance agaisnst Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. In these posts I will be writing short accounts of aspects of the occupation and resistance…

In October I will also be trying to foster grassroots links with grassroots organisations in the Jordan valley region, the most fertile area of the West Bank in danger of annexation by the Israeli state suffering from exploitation by Israeli and international corporations...

PLEASE FORWARD

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March to War: Naval build-up in the Persian Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean

02-10-2006 21:30

There is an evident military build-up of conventional, ground, air, naval, and nuclear forces in and around the Middle East and Central Asia. It includes the mobilization of British troops on the Iranian border, and the extension of military tours of service in Anglo-American occupied Iraq and NATO garrisoned Afghanistan. Many of the Arab dictatorships will also secretly support the Anglo-American alliance.

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Full quality video of 23rd September march 3mins of colour

02-10-2006 19:45

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Only the bright survive in this super short cut of the most colourful parts of the time to go demo on the 23rd September in Manchester