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NYCLAW Antiwar Digest (10.28.08)

29-10-2008 01:58

"In the States, if police burst into your house, kicking down doors and swearing at you, you would call your lawyer and file a lawsuit. Here, there are no lawyers. Their resources are limited, so they plant IEDs (improvised explosive devices) instead."

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Reports from the Brighton Group - Living in the Shadow of Al Hamra

28-10-2008 22:56

This is part of a series of blogs from delegation of eight people from Brighton who arrived in the Tubas region of occupied Palestine last week. The delegation is part of the project by the Brighton-Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group. The group's aims are to highlight Israeli war crimes against Palestinians in the region, raise awareness about life under occupation and create practical solidarity links between grassroots organisations in Brighton and Tubas region.

This is an excerpt from Sarah's blog

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Reports From the Brighton Group - Land confiscation in Atoof

28-10-2008 22:53

This is part of a series of blogs from delegation of eight people from Brighton who arrived in the Tubas region of occupied Palestine last week. The delegation is part of the project by the Brighton-Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group. The group's aims are to highlight Israeli war crimes against Palestinians in the region, raise awareness about life under occupation and create practical solidarity links between grassroots organisations in Brighton and Tubas region.

This is an excerpt from Andy Shaw's blog

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Anti-Militarist Gathering Call Out – 29th & 30th November – Edinburgh

28-10-2008 22:51

Anti-Militarist Gathering – 29th & 30th November – 60 The Pleasance, Edinburgh
A gathering of reflection and planning for a new anti-militarist movement.

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Gestapo Watch: Evidence of Met police intelligence targeting British journalists

28-10-2008 19:49

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The map of EU the "peace" missions ....

28-10-2008 19:21

the content of the "peace" missions
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Reports from the Brighton Group - IDF shoot man in El Far'a refugee camp

28-10-2008 19:04

This is part of a series of blogs from delegation of eight people from Brighton who arrived in the Tubas region of occupied Palestine last week. The delegation is part of the project by the Brighton-Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group. The group's aims are to highlight Israeli war crimes against Palestinians in the region, raise awareness about life under occupation and create practical solidarity links between grassroots organisations in Brighton and Tubas region.

This is an excerpt from Fiona's blog

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Reports from the Tubas Group - One Day the chains must be Broken

28-10-2008 18:31

This is part of a series of blogs from delegation of eight people from Brighton who arrived in the Tubas region of occupied Palestine last week. The delegation is part of the project by the Brighton-Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group. The group's aims are to highlight Israeli war crimes against Palestinians in the region, raise awareness about life under occupation and create practical solidarity links between grassroots organisations in Brighton and Tubas region.

This is an excerpt from Sarah's blog

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Brighton - Tubas delegation and Palestinian farmers attacked by Israeli settlers

28-10-2008 16:03

BRIGHTON TUBAS FRIENDSHIP AND SOLIDARITY GROUP

28th October 2008

Press Release.

Brighton residents violently attacked by Israeli settlers.

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Brighton Delegation joins Olive Harvest in Al Masra

27-10-2008 11:24

BRIGHTON TUBAS FRIENDSHIP AND SOLIDARITY GROUP

October 27th PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Major blockade of nuclear bomb factory underway to mark Disarmament Week

27-10-2008 10:06

Blocking the gates
A major blockade and protest is underway of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston near Reading to mark UN Disarmament Week. The Aldermaston Big Blockade, organised by Trident Ploughshares and supported by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Block the Builders and the Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp [5] is seeking to disrupt work on existing Trident nuclear warheads and the facilities that will enable the development of their successors at Britain’s nuclear weapons research laboratory.

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Aldermaston Big Blockade underway!

27-10-2008 08:59

Several if not all gates plus A340 currently being blockaded, with protesters attached together with superglue, arm tubes and concrete lock ons, and there's a tripod blockade on the A340 north of Home Office gate. Mounted police deployed.

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NYCLAW ANTIWAR DIGEST

26-10-2008 17:33

Change Colin Powell can believe in is exactly the kind of change we should fear.

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Iran's Civil Society & Prospects of Peace

25-10-2008 10:44

Iranians for Peace is proud to announce its exciting event on Monday 27 October. It is a chance to hear one of the most important figures from the Iranian Civil Society, Baquer Namazi, the chairman of the Board of Directors of "Hamyaran" the Iranian NGO resource center, speak. He will show a short film on their latest projects followed by a presentation. We will then have a distinguished panel focusing on the standoff between Iran and the west and the effects of the forthcoming US election on Iran. Our panelist are: Akbar Etemad, the honorary co-chair of "Iranians for Peace" and the founder of "Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and Farhang Jahanpour, a tutor at the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford and a former Senior Fulbright Research Scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard.

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Eight Acquitted After Rolls Royce Blockade

24-10-2008 22:53

Eight people were found not guilty by Derby Magistrates Court today. They were arrested after blocking the main gates of Rolls Royce marine power operations limited with two quarter of a ton concrete blocks for several hours in April this year. Two other protestors who blocked a second gate were found guilty.

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Some guilty some not at Derby court anti-nuclear defendants

24-10-2008 21:13

rolls anti nuclear prottest 20/10/08
2 gueilty as thet were on rolls royce car park chained up 8 others not guielty of crossing red line .still a win for the cause .

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Bristol rooftop protest against Raytheon still going after 34 hours

24-10-2008 16:59

1000+ sorties from RAF Fairford... carrying Raytheon's lethal hardware
Eight protesters began a roof-top protest in the Bristol offices of the arms manufacturer Raytheon. 34 hours later, two people remain on the roof basking in the sun and reminding Bristolians of Raytheon's hideous trade...

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Stop the War Activist Graffiti on Recruitment Office: Appeal to Nottingham Crown Court

24-10-2008 13:51

On Thursday 23rd October, I attended the Nottingham Crown Court to hear the appeal against conviction of Henry Twigger.

On the 6th April 2008, Henry had initially painted graffiti on the Army Careers Office at the Victoria Centre, in Milton Street, Nottingham. He did so while wearing a hi-vis vest and was unmasked. His choice of slogans included "War 4 Oil" & "Terrorists join here" on the front of the building in red paint.

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Protest at Raytheon Bristol 16th October 2008

24-10-2008 13:18

there is currently a rooftop occupation of Raytheon in Bristol

this is the second protest in a week

here is a report of the protest on the 16th from Bristol Indymedia

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Sussex University Students make Links with Palestinians Under Occupation

24-10-2008 11:26

Brighton Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group Press Release
For Immediate Release