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"Empowering women is the best antidote to extremism anywhere.M.Yunus

15-10-2006 21:01

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to ‘the banker of the poor,’ a man whose visionary idea about empowering poor women by making them economically independent has helped tens of millions of people and created a micro-loan system now copied by over one hundred countries, not all of them poor .

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Rally to Save Affirmative Action in Michigan Draws Thousands

14-10-2006 21:57

The campaign in Michigan opposing Proposal 2, a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban affirmative action and equal opportunity programs in the state, is picking up steam as it heads into the November election.

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Everything4Everyone is All We Want

14-10-2006 21:30

Don't demolish our community!
EVICTION SHOWDOWN PENDING AT EVERYTHING4EVERYONE (Dalston Theatre) - Support the Resistance!

The long and eventful battle to stop the demolition of the historic Dalston theatre (previously the 4 Aces/Labyrinth Club), could be drawing to a climatic end. The fate of the theatre is hanging in the balance as the current court injunction preventing its demolition is set to run out.

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OutRage!- Iran's secret war against it's own people

12-10-2006 15:22

gay rights group Outrage! highlights the report in The Times concerning Iran's attacks on its own minorities....

(Twiglet-Now try saying we don't campaign against anyone else other than lgbt.. We always have highlighted general attacks on everyone's human rights etc. anyway..)

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MIDDLE-CLASS EXAGGERATED CLAIMS UNFAIR

12-10-2006 07:57

Professional classes who abuse the system...

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cultures of resistance: call for footage

11-10-2006 16:52

MakeFilmsNotWar.org is seeking footage from filmmakers around the world for a feature-length documentary called CULTURES OF RESISTANCE.

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Music of movement to manifest the moment

11-10-2006 14:02

Recently, there has emerged a new social movement which intends to shine some light on the state of the music industry. It examines copyright, publishing rights and exposes those who control such commodities in a society which has become dominated by financial gain. This group of people proclaim the inevitable arrival of a sound which defies the current trend of the pillage of social consciousness in music and concentrates on the origins of music as a unique form of communication, from regions across the globe. Their aim is to expand and elevate social consciousness; describe the terms and conditions of extreme wealth/poverty, highlight all of the injustices which seek to perpetuate this and eventually put an end to it. The acetate republic claim no leadership and the only criteria for membership is that its members 'use' music as opposed to 'abusing' it. The republicans have also caused a stir by adopting a controversial 'copyleft' law -juxtaposing the infamous 'copryright'-, allowing other artists to use original material in live performance without gaining permission.

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Radical Romance Mystery Solved

11-10-2006 07:44

Romance in politics is rare, especially one sector of public activities to another. Recent ones like Rhoderick Gates in the Labour Party campaigner and the actor Daniel Radcliffe continues to grab headlines, as it did in Culture Now in London, gossip magazines like Young Turks in Turkey, and brawls with The Sun are certainly big when there are more important issues to cover than romance between two public figures.

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Not to the evict of the Almagro`s Assembly !

11-10-2006 02:29

Que se vayan todos!!!
¡No al desalojo de la Asamblea de Almagro!

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Battle of Cable Street - 70th Anniversary

10-10-2006 19:30

'They Shall Not Pass' and Cable St Mural
On Sunday the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, when Londoners massed and denied access to the East End to Masley's fascist blackshirts was celebrated in Cable Street with a parade and fair in the grounds of St Georges Town Hall.

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Maya Evans & Emily Johns Speak in Birmingham

09-10-2006 19:01

not the biggest of demos!!
Maya Evans and Emily Johns speaking tour:

'The "War on Terror" at Home and Abroad'

Public Meeting in Birmingham:

Wednesday 11th October @ 7:30pm @ Stirchley Community Centre, Pershore Road, Stirchley, next to the Royal Oak.

 http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=405410&Y=281127&A=Y&Z=1

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War is bad for your health

09-10-2006 14:47

Do you feel bombarded by conspiracy theories? Does the thought of an imminent war in Iran make you reach for the chocolate? The Media's war on terror is sabotaging your security in the name of war, but there is something you can do about it....

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Nottingham's 712th Goose Fair - Pictures 2

08-10-2006 22:04

Nottingham's 712th Goose Fair - Pictures 2

Nottingham's Goose Fair is one of Europe's largest travelling fairs, with more than 150 rides and 450 games and exhibitions to thrill and amuse. This was the 712th fair. It's been happening for a while [like over 700 years]. The fair started on thursday, with the offical opening by the Sheriff of Nottingham, The Lord Mayor, and assorted dignitaries from the Showman's Guild etc ..... The Charter was read and the silver bells rang, signifying the official opening at 12 noon.

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Nottingham's 712th Goose Fair - Pictures 1

08-10-2006 21:58

Nottingham's 712th Goose Fair - Pictures 1

Nottingham's Goose Fair is one of Europe's largest travelling fairs, with more than 150 rides and 450 games and exhibitions to thrill and amuse. This was the 712th fair. It's been happening for a while [like over 700 years]. The fair started on thursday, with the offical opening by the Sheriff of Nottingham, The Lord Mayor, and assorted dignitaries from the Showman's Guild etc ..... The Charter was read and the silver bells rang, signifying the official opening at 12 noon.

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Bullet Boy screening @ Everything4Everyone

08-10-2006 15:24

Next tuesday's (10/10) E4e Cinema screening at Everything4Everyone will be Bullet Boy.

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Latest updates on Blind Samurai's forthcoming film and graphic novels

08-10-2006 11:53

Roger Cottrell's novella, War Child, set in 2048 Baghdad is now well on the way to becoming a completed graphic novel, and the pilot film is to be shown at the TIC, Birmingham between October 26th and 29th.

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why swap boxes?

08-10-2006 03:11

The Swap Box Project- an experiment in public space reclaimation, community building and street re-artification

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[ s p a c e ] S.O.S: Save Our Studios

06-10-2006 18:00

Please sign our e-petition to save studio space in East London .

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Shell's Wild Lie - counter exhibition and speaker tour

06-10-2006 12:22

Shell is the third largest oil company in the world.
It is also the new sponsor of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife
Photographer of the Year exhibition.

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Saving a Stranger - documentary

05-10-2006 22:09

New Community Channel doc appeals for Asian, black and ethnic minority groups to save lives by joining bone marrow register.