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This weekend: Stop Nuclear Power Network Gathering in Bristol

18-10-2010 16:55

Stop Nuclear Power UK Network Gathering

Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th, Bristol

Meet, make plans, take action.

There are groups and individuals coming from all over -
Suffolk, London, France, Lancaster, Manchester, Wrexham, Bristol, Cumbria, Ireland, Hinkley, Exeter and more - Come along and get involved in creating a network of active anti-nuclear campaigns across Britain and Europe.

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CrudeAwakening at Coryton Oil Refinery - a archive

18-10-2010 11:19

Here are some links to the social media archive from the CrudeAwakening action

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Crude Awakening

17-10-2010 23:22

Crude Awakening. A mass direct action to stop the flow of oil to London. Three blocs: the Dirty money bloc meeting at Euston, the Building bloc meeting at Waterloo and the Body bloc meeting at Victoria. The final location \ target to be revealed over twitter. This is all that was known before the day of the action.

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Crude Awakening Film

17-10-2010 18:45

Here are 2 films just out from the Crude Awakening action that several people from the Oxford area went to...

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Crude Awakening Blockade Reporting on Indymedia London

17-10-2010 14:42

Full reports,links and video at:

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Video: 16 Oct 2010: World Food Day - Kids Action @ Cargill Ghent

17-10-2010 12:09

A small action to denounce the policy of the worlds biggest soy firm. Cargill mainly produces soy for fodder, that fattens our dairy, poultry, porc and...fish.

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Cumbrian Greenfield Nuclear Sites 'Removed'

14-10-2010 09:50

Kirksanton and Braystones 'Refused"
Yesterday a leak on the DECC website revealed that Kirksanton and Braystones - two greenfield sites in West Cumbria earmarked for new nuclear build are - "not suitable."

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Crude Awakening - Final Checklist for this Saturday

14-10-2010 07:38

This is it. 2 days to go. Oil – time’s up!

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The Crude Awakening - this Saturday, 10 AM! Final checklist...‏

13-10-2010 23:53

So this one is going to be short and sweet. Here’s your final checklist.

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Ratcliffe on Trial

13-10-2010 19:10

21 climate change activists face a Crown Court trial for defending the future of our planet. Their crime: Planning to shut down the UK’s third largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Coal trucks locked out at Mainshill!

13-10-2010 16:40

This morning people locked the haulage gate of Mainshill Open Cast Site on the B7078 with a d-lock preventing coal trucks entering the site and transporting coal to the Ravenstruther Rail Head.

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Huntington Lane Coal Mine Eviction?

13-10-2010 13:05

The eviction process at the Huntington Lane coal mine site near Telford, Shropshire appears to have begun, but no eviction notice has yet been served. The National Eviction Team and local constabulary are currently on site but no arrests have been made. Heavy machinery is now on site and breaking ground.

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Huntington Lane Eviction Call Out!

13-10-2010 13:03

Huntington Lane protest camp is in the process of being evicted - part of the site has already been taken by bailiffs, and the other half is expecting eviction any time from tomorrow. The site was set up over six months ago on the site of a proposed open cast coal mine in a beautiful stretch of ancient woodland near the Wrekin in Shropshire. Find some mates and get yourself down there to support!
Call 07503 583419 or check out  http://defendhuntingtonlane.wordpress.com/

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Film About Climate Activism Seeks Crowd Of Donors

12-10-2010 16:41

Just Do It, a pioneering new film following the life of the UK climate activist movement, is seeking funds to help complete the film, and release it free to the entire world in 2011. They're undertaking a massive push with guarantees of all their funding for the next 20 days being matched!

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The Minorca Opencast Mine: A Blot on the Landscape

12-10-2010 10:23

PR 83 'The Minorca Opencast Mine experience is likely to be a longer term' blot on the landscape' says MOPG' accompanies the publication of our 5th set of objections to the Minorca Surface Mine Application on the effect this application would have on the local landscape and gives some of the detail contained in the submission as well as suggesting why the effect may be longer lasting.

It also announces the postponement of the Determination Date

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Avonmouth targeted for international day of climate action

12-10-2010 09:19

Making a getaway
This morning activists from Bristol and Bath Rising Tide (1) dropped a
banner reading 'IMPORT CO2AL: EXPORT POVERTY' from Avonmouth bridge near
the docks, as part of a global week of action for climate and
environmental justice

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THWAC Autumn Gathering

11-10-2010 17:00

The Happendon Wood Action Camp (THWAC) was occupied on 12th September 2010 to resist the destruction of the Douglas Valley by Scottish Coal and SRG Estates.


Join us for our five day Autumn gathering in the woods!

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Anti nuclear energy activists target EDF Energy

11-10-2010 10:08

The launch of a national boycott of EDF Energy heralds the beginning of a wave of campaigns and actions designed to alert the UK to the dangers of allowing the government to give the green light to a new generation of nuclear reactors next Spring. There's a lot of work to do and very little time left to stop new nuclear for good.

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Sheffield Free School: How can we bring about radical change in our society?

09-10-2010 23:09

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Attached is a recording of a discussion at the Sheffield Free School, recorded on 9th October 2010, discussing how can we bring about radical change in our society? It was advertised as a session to "Discover the approaches of different groups operating in Sheffield with a broadly common aim of creating more communal, fulfilling and sustainable ways of living, and discuss how we can help support each other by focusing on our shared objectives."

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Shell Garage Occupied in Bristol!

09-10-2010 14:20

In the early hours of this morning, a small group of Bristol activists
occupied the roof of a Shell garage in solidarity with the people of
Rossport, Ireland. The activists would like them to know that “We salute
you in your struggles! You are not alone!”