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Workshops Line up for Ladyfest Leeds 2007

08-03-2007 23:37

Ladyfest Leeds 2007 is excited to announce a selection of its workshops as part of its diverse music and arts festival, which aims to celebrate female creativity and gender equality, and which takes place from Tuesday 10th to Sunday 15th April 2007. Workshop events, many of which are free, take place primarily at The Carriageworks (3 Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD) from the Friday (13th) to Sunday (15th) of April.

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News from the rampART

08-03-2007 23:01

Been a while since there has been an update on the situation at the rampART social centre posted on the newswire. Below is the latest newsletter - regisiter as a member yourself via  http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/rampart and get the latest news each week.

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Co-mutiny community gardening

08-03-2007 18:04

Fancy a bit of co-mutiny community gardening this sunday? Down in deepest darkest Whitechapel (east London), an amazing thing is starting to happen. A formerly disused and abused piece of land has been reclaimed and is starting to be turned into a garden, with the aim of having a place where people can interact with, take care of and just gain a greater understanding and respect for nature.

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Liverpool Council To Cut Culture By £21 Million For Capital Of Culture Year!

08-03-2007 17:41

Liverpool city council is making cuts of £21million to Capital of Culture in 2008. Liverpool's proud year is now set to be a penny-pinching damp squib because of the financial waste and neglect of the city council and Culture Company.

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Hewitt To Get Taste Of Hospital Life

07-03-2007 22:48

Bogong Moth
Petsie the graveDigger is to spend a day with Mandy Marsden, who deals with 30 patients a day at her clinic at Glenfield Hospital. Leicester.

Nothing involving faeces or body fluids!

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France: Police end occupation at Rennes University

07-03-2007 12:43

March 5th, 2007 by jef costello

Some 50 students occupying the presidential administration offices at Rennes II University were evicted by CRS riot police. There do not appear to have been any arrests.

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Reclaim the Future 4, London March 31st.

05-03-2007 20:41

Flyer front
All day event in a self-organised space in London.

For more info and full line-up see:  http://www.rts.gn.apc.org/benefits.htm

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Screening of A Crude Awakening at the Barbican Wednesday

05-03-2007 18:28

A Crude Awakening
The Sheffield Doc/Fest Tour, in association with the BFI, kicks off on Wednesday 7th March at the BARBICAN, in partnership with Dochouse. Returning for the eighth year, it features the 'best of the 2006 fest'.

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Come celebrate Norouz with Cross Border Beats!

05-03-2007 11:58

Birmingham ARC + IRANIAN REFUGEE ASSOCIATION

CROSS BORDER BEATS!

An Iranian evening of International music and food in support of refugees and asylum seekers + NOROUZ A CELEBRATION OF THE IRANIAN, KURDISH + AFGHANIE NEW YEAR

Sat 10th March 2-6pm @ The Oaklands Centre, Winleigh Road, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham B20 2HN

admission £5.00

refugees/ asylum seekers/ unemployed Free

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The Return of the Original AfricaTown Folk Festival

04-03-2007 22:46

CEO Robert Battles
AFRICATOWN, USA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO
ROBERT BATTLE
PLAYS HOST TO 14 WEST AFRICAN DELEGATES
& AWARD WINNING AUTHOR
SYLVIANE DIOUF
MARCH 16, 17 & 18 2007

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Jamii-Africa Chairman Constantine David-Gnahoui Special Envoy at Africatown, USA

04-03-2007 22:41

Constantine David-Gnahoui
CONSTANTINE DAVID-GNAHOUI
CHAIRMAN OF JAMII-AFRICA
TO MEET
WITH WEST AFRICAN DELEGATION
&
RENOWNED AUTHOR SYLVIANE DIOUF
AT AFRICATOWN CULTURAL & EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

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Greece: After an eight week struggle, the movement is still on…

04-03-2007 19:45

It has, already, been eight weeks since the world of education in Greece has been struggling. Today we can count up to 280 occupied faculties out of the 420, six national mobilizations in Athens and six decentralized, a few occupations of secondary schools, a three week strike by university personnel and three days of nation-wide strike in several sectors of the industry

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Music Line Up For Ladyfest Leeds April Festival

02-03-2007 09:54

• Ana da Silva, Gina Birch & The Raincoats, Hello Cuca, Sky Larkin, The Duloks, Rae Spoon, Lianne Hall, Shrag, Polly Shang Kuan Band, Guardians of Ancient Wisdom, The Smears, Baba Yaga and many more
• 6 days of music and arts events across 7 city centre venues in Leeds celebrating creativity, diversity and promoting gender equality.
• Over 100 events in all; with more than 25 bands and music artists, 25 dance and theatre performances, 20 workshops and a multitude of arts exhibitions and even more to come

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Fight for Our Land

02-03-2007 02:03

Over here in the big smog of Hackney, east London, we're fighting a battle to stop the LDA, who are responsible for bringing the olympic games to London in 2012, evicting and destroying a massive 80 plot, hundred year old allotment site. All just to make way for a footpath!

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Police evicts social centre 'Ungdomshuset' in Copenhagen

01-03-2007 19:32

After a long political and legal battle the basis-democratic, alternative political and cultural centre 'Ungdomshuset' was forcefully evicted by riot police and airborne anti-terror squads this morning. Ensuing demonstrations have seen large-scale confrontations between protestors and heavy-handed police, here is the full story from Copenhagen.

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Ungdomshuset evicted - Protests everywhere!

01-03-2007 16:29

The police is in Ungdomshuset. Around the neighbourhood and in the rest of the city there are actions, happenings, events and fighting. There is a demonstration starting at 17.00 which has just been surrounded by police. Calls for international support!

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Close Down Dallas Court Reporting Centre! Monday 26 March 2007, 12pm

01-03-2007 14:55

No to state racism! Defend all asylum seekers! No to deportations! No to the racist Labour government!





The next protest in the series of monthly protests at Dallas Court Reporting Centre, South Langworthy Road, Salford Quays (nearest Tram stop Broadway), will be held on Monday 26 March 2007 at 12pm - 2pm. People are kidnapped daily at Dallas Court and taken to detention centres, and racially abused and insulted by racist staff. All are urged to attend and support these protests against the oppression of asylum seekers by this racist Labour government. NWASDG has been organising these protests since May 2006. Get involved!

Retrieved from " http://www.asylum-seekers-defence.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Events"

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NWASDG Organising Meeting, Saturday 10 March 2007, 2.00pm.

01-03-2007 14:51

There will be an organising meeting at the Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, from 2.00pm. This meeting is for all who want to help defend asylum seekers and refugees against Britain's racist laws. Everyone is welcome.




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Anti-deportation stall on Saturday 3 March 2007, 12-2pm

01-03-2007 14:48

Anti-racist activists from NWASDG and Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! will be holding another anti-deportation stall on Saturday 3 March 2007, 12-2pm, on Market Street, Manchester. You are invited to attend and take an active part.