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Radical newspaper seeks volunteer graphic designers + illustrators

04-04-2008 13:35

Help us put together the next edition of The Mule.

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Birmingham City Council Endorses Sinister Scientology Cult

03-04-2008 17:56

Birmingham City Council is endorsing the 'L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future contest', a science fiction competition run by the dangerous cult, the Church of Scientology.

 http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=5418&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=5&MENU_ID=147

Birmingham City Council also link to the competition site  http://www.writersofthefuture.com/ where you can win "The L. Ron Hubbard Gold Award, a magnificent trophy with a god [sic] quill and star set in red-based lucite". The site's 'shop' links to  http://www.galaxypress.com/ 'a publisher of the fiction works of L. Ron Hubbard' the deceased founder of the cult.

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Exposed! - Bobby Roberts Circus

03-04-2008 14:04

This is a report received by protesters from a customer of Bobby Roberts Circus in relation to a performance on Thursday 27 March 2008 7pm. See demo report:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/04/395225.html

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We Are Bad – Bronze Graffiti

03-04-2008 12:37

We Are Bad – Bronze Graffiti
Recognising the high art status of graffiti the We Are Bad Collective have had the letters cut from their stencils cast in Bronze.

On the 2nd April 2008 30 Bronze Graffiti plaques, with text that reads “WE ARE BAD – PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON US”, where attached to CCTV camera posts in various London locations.

wearebad.net

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EuroMayDay Promo Video

03-04-2008 11:27

A EuroMayDay promo video has been made and is on YouTube. Check it out! Link it. Add it to your blog/MySpace, etc...

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asbo evicted

02-04-2008 18:29

the asbo was this afternoon evicted
and about bloody time
i wonder where the violent residents will lay their shame now
its just a shame its not winter

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Free Social Space weekend of events in Birmingham, April 11th to 13th 2008

01-04-2008 20:05

As part of the Europe-wide call for decentralised action for squats and autonomous spaces (see  http://april2008.squat.net/ ), there will be a temporary free space and weekend of workshops and events in Birmingham on the 11th to 13th of April.

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Protesters Threatened at Bobby Roberts Circus

01-04-2008 15:30

Animal exploitation and threats just a normal day for the likes of Bobby Roberts!

[Bobby Roberts Super Circus will be in Hitchin (Butts Close – Bedford Road, Fishponds Road) from 1st – 6th April 08]

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Mithraic Temple Discovered under Terminal 5

01-04-2008 14:31

Worldreviewer archeological expert Professor Avril Buffon from the Institute of Classical Archaeology at the University of Nantes announced today that formal excavations will start next month on a Mithraic Temple complex discovered during the construction of Heathrow’s Terminal Five.

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Gagged! #23 - South Wales Anarchist Newsletter

01-04-2008 13:04

Are they having a laugh? - All Aboard The Welsh Assembly Gravy Train

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Report From Nablus-Boomchucka Circus

31-03-2008 21:32

More inspiring words from the real clowns...we operate purely on donations..hint hint ;o)

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The Chirpy Council Caption Competition

31-03-2008 11:22

What's Michael Frater saying?

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"There is a climate of hate and fear in the Netherlands"

30-03-2008 15:25

The Netherlands Shows Its Colors, anti-racism protest, Amsterdam, 22 March 2008
Geert Wilder, the leader of the right-wing Freedom Party in the Netherlands, plans to release his 15-minute film, entitled "Fitna," an Arabic word for sedition or strife, before April 1.

"We can no longer remain silent. There is a climate of hate and fear in the Netherlands," said Rene Danen, a spokesman from anti-racism organisation Nederland Bekent Kleur (The Netherlands Shows its Colours), which organised a protest against the film.

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Protect the Children of Darfur

29-03-2008 01:13

SUNDAY 13th April – PROTECT DARFUR DEMONSTRATION

Free coach - Nottingham to London and back, Book your place now!

Leaves from outside the Nottingham city centre Post Office on Queen Street (opposite Gatecrasher) at 7 am and returns by 8 pm.

Demonstration outside the Sudanese Embassy in London starting at 12 pm on Cleveland Row, opposite St James’ palace. Postcode: SW1A 1DD

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Interviews from the top of Rath Lugh (March 2008)

28-03-2008 20:25

Video
Here's an interview with Professor George Eogan, on top of the Rath Lugh Monument, which is one of the seven ancient forts that was used to protect Tara throughout the centuries in Ireland.

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Interview at the Solidarity Vigil Camp Tara!!

28-03-2008 14:51

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The illegal M3 Motorway is being ploughed through one of the richest and best known archaeological landscapes in Europe.

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Benefit gig for CIPO-RFM prisoners in Oaxaca, Mexico.

28-03-2008 11:24

Feel free to download and distribute....
CIPO-RFM are a pressure group campaining for the rights of indiginous people in Oaxaca which is Mexicos poorest state. They were part of the APPO uprising in 2006 and have a long history of struggle against the corrupt Mexican political establishment. For a basic intro (In English) about who they are see this page:

 http://www.nodo50.org/cipo/ourstory.htm

Indymedia coverage here:

 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/01/303427.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/02/305490.html

As a result of their work many of their activists are in prison on false and trumped up charges. Nowhere is the state repression of CIPO-RFM more acutely felt than in the remote village of San Isidro Aloapam where men and women have been murdered by paramilitaries supporting an American logging company who are trying to cut down their local forest. Other villagers have been detained and imprisoned by corrupt Police supporting the local establishment. At the the end of last year two London based IMC UK volunteers visited San Isidro to report on the situation. After many months of translating our findings from both Spanish and Zapatec we will shortly be publishing our material on this newswire. WATCH THIS SPACE....

In the meantime there will be a benefit gig for CIPO-RFM prisoners in London on April 16th. Details below. See you there.

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Reclaiming Human Rights In Birmingham

27-03-2008 15:29

Birmingham , it's time to reclaim your rights to choose before the big fat coorporate butts sit on you and extinguish your right to a creativity , diversity and most of all YOUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE for good.

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New Brighton 'On the Verge' screening

27-03-2008 12:08

The Smash EDO film ‘On the Verge’ will be screened for free on Wednesday the 2 April at The Friends’ Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton. The film will start at 19.30 and will be followed by speakers and a Q&A.

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Oxford community-run bar under threat from local cops

26-03-2008 23:19

East Oxford Community Social Club is a social club run for and by its members, based in a local community centre for which it raises money. It's unique not just for the way it's run but also because of its diverse, inclusive and friendly atmosphere, cheap prices and availability as a community venue.

A personal account and call to action. Corrections and comments welcome!