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Animal Protection Party shops thrive in spite of police clampdown on SHAC stalls

22-02-2010 05:39

The Animal Protection Party have opened another shop, which they say have "gone from strenght to strength" in spite of the massive police clampdown on fundraising stalls for AR groups like SHAC. After the police raids on SHAC they claimed that SHAC had raised £1 million through street stalls & closed down the SHAC [which they said were ALF] stalls. The APP shops however stay open.

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Camden Animal Lab campaign residents "We are up against heavies".

19-02-2010 20:31

There are plans to build a high level [3+] virus contianment facility and animal testing lab on a Camden Council house estate alongside St Pancras International behind the British Library. Residents have been campaigning against the lab plans. Some have said that "we are up against heavies" and others have spoken of "dirty tactics" by those who are in support of the lab plans including aggression.

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Stop UKCMRI [Camden Bio Hazard] Lab meeting at Camden Town Hall update.

19-02-2010 03:23

There are plans to build a high level [3+] virus containment facility and animal testing lab in Camden on a council house estate in Camden, alongside St Pancras International behind the British Library. This week residents met with councillors at Camden Town Hall as a follow up to the meeting at St Mary & St Pancras Primary School meeting. Read the notes below regarding this meeting.

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Stop The Stevenage GSK/Wellcome Trust/Mandelson Animal Torture Park

18-02-2010 18:59

Plans were unveiled in October 2009, that's FIVE MONTHS AGO, to build a new animal testing lab park in Stevenage. They plan to open the project, fully built in 2011. This should be opposed with a National campaign. We want to know what is being done to stop this animal lab science park. Is anything being done? We are aware that Brendan co ordinates UK Animal Rights / ARC. What will be done?

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Call out to Brendan / London Animal Rights and Bedford Animal Rights.

18-02-2010 18:48

In October 2009 plans were unvelied by the government, Glaxo Smith Kline, Wellcome Trust and Stevenage council for a new Stevenage Bio Sciences Park. This will of course contain new animal testing labs. The plans wee unvieled in October and have been met with SILENCE. Is there a campaign other then struggling local activists who do not want the lab? Will there be a national group?

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Adrian Radford. A hoax, diversion and paid by Cancer Research UK?

15-02-2010 02:04

The farce that is the "Adrian Radford" story. Adrian Radford claimed that he infiltrated SHAC who he describes as the ALF. He runs a "surveillance instruction" outfit and claims that he was working for MI6 [SIS]. He came out publicly and claimed that he was "responsible" for the info given to police about SHAC [leaving the real moles to carry on]. We think his real employer was Cancer Research UK.

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UKCMRI Camden Animal Lab project. Will it replace Huntingdon Life Sciences?

14-02-2010 23:52

There are plans to build a high level [3] virus containment facility & animal testing lab in Camden. The lab has been described as "becoming the world's largest ever animal testing lab" & will be partially govt funded by 40 -50%. Currently Huntingdon Life Sciences near Cambridge is the third largest such European lab & the two labs could be in direct "competition" with each other say campaigners.

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UKCMRI lie to Camden residents over letters at public forum Peter Pan debacle

11-02-2010 23:54

The UKCMRI have been dubbed by the mainstream media as building a "28 Days Later Lab" after amjor safety alert was issued from Camden. Photos from the film appeared on the front page to warn residents of the danger posed by the level 3+ Bio Chemical Laboratory. At a public formal meeting to "consult us" we were lied to by the UKCMRI who claimed to send letters they did not sent out.

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Camden Animal Lab : [BLISS Lab] UKCMRI meeting joined by Peter Pan

11-02-2010 04:59

Residants at development control forum meeting to discuss the propsed BLISS Lab or UKCMRI projetc were stunned as a photo of a Peter Pan photo was used as background for the UKCMRI "big guns" including sir Paul Nurse of the Rockefeller Insititute, Sir Les head of the MRC, Camden council, John Cooper and a group of seriously angry Camden residents. Tempers flared at the meeting.

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UKCMRI tonight displayed pic of Peter Pan and treated Camden with contempt.

10-02-2010 22:53

Tonight's "last chance" formal public meeting & "consultation" at St Mary & St Pancras Primary School hosted by the UKCMRI saw Camden fuming & asking the UKCMRI not to patronise residents. Bizarrely a photo of Peter Pan was displayed while the speakers on stage studiously ignored "difficult" questions & residents. Safety, animal rights and community questions were dismissed & people ignored.

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Call-out for international week against biotechnologies

06-02-2010 18:42

Have received this call-out from Italy, read and support if you can/want

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Camden Bio Hazard Lab - your LAST CHANCE to speak out public forum in Camden

02-02-2010 14:46

There are plans to build a high level [3] virus containment facility and animal testing lab in Camden on a residential Camden council houses estate, Somers Town in Camden. The lab could contain deadly pathogens such as anthrax and if built will be alongside St Pancras International in Kings Cross behind the British Library. There will be a development forum and public meeting in Camden on February 10th in Camden. This is your LAST CHANCE to ask questions and speak out. Attend!

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Porton Down military lab blew up 18 pigs

26-01-2010 05:28

Frankenstein would be Bonapartes
had eighteen pigs blown apart

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Residents contact the Camden New Journal in growing numbers over deadly lab

16-01-2010 22:16

There are plans to build a high level [3/4] bio hazard lab and animal testing facility on a Camden council house estate, Somers Town, Camden alongside St Pancras International. Foot and Mouth disease was leaked from such a govt facility in Pirbright, Surrey devastating the countryside. Such a leak in central London next to the Channle Tunnel would be like something from the film Doomsday....

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Danger! Bayer genetic modified rice! (by Latuff)

08-01-2010 13:14

Free reproduction artwork for Coalition against BAYER-Dangers:

http://www.cbgnetwork.org/

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"Monstrous" Cancer Research building with jacuzzi, swimming pool and gyn sold.

14-12-2009 13:30

There is outrage in Camden as a £30 million building described locally as "monstrous" and hosting a jacuzzi, gym and swimming pool and currently used by Cancer Research UK has been sold. Camden council have given planning permission for the ambassadorial building to be converted into a home that campaigners say "will never be used". Is this how CRUK spend money?

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The Amazon Dilemma

09-12-2009 20:25

The climate change conference in Copenhagen is set to be one of the most important meetings of countries this milleniumum. The key players here are not only the huge economic giants but the small Islands and countries that have the most to lose. As time runs out a group of nations sit on the edge.

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Camden Bio Hazard Lab consortium [UKCMRI] : 24 hrs notice of "consultation"

09-12-2009 14:36

There are plans to build a deadly pathogen lab alongside St Pancras International on a Camden Council house estate [Somers Town]. The consortium unveiled the design plans this week as revealed by the Evening Standard where they admitted that the lab could in fact be level 4 facility if "driven by science" meaning that it could contain deadly diseases such as rabies. They have claimed that full "public community consultation will take place" and have given 24 hours of this.

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Cop15 Social & Climate Justice Caravan - Reader / Newspaper Published

23-11-2009 20:20

From WTO to Cop15: 60 activists from the global South will travel across Europe through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France and Denmark. They will draw attention to the consequences neoliberal globalization and climate change have on their lives and show how to fight against them. Together with local activists, they look for alternatives to free trade and the privatisation of resources, and unite the North and South in their fights for another world.

The 23 page caravan reader introduces some of the caravan groups, their struggles and positions on the above issues:

http://www.biopiraterie.de/fileadmin/pdf/Caravan_bulletin_09.pdf

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Camden Bio Hazard Lab plans will pose threat to Camden Irish community

19-11-2009 01:01

There are plans to build a deadly pathogen lab in Camden. The lab could be a level 3 facility which means that it could contain anthrax and bird flu. This in turn means that the community could face scrutiny under teoor legislationa nd that the community on the Somers Town estate, many of whom are Irish could face intimidation and surveillance under terror legislation in relation to The Troubles.