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Heckler & Koch Campaign Benefit Gig

17-10-2008 11:27

Saturday 25th October, Wolverhampton, 4pm - 4am, £5.

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Wakey Wakey!: Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond woken to the impacts of airpo

16-10-2008 07:34

Wakey Wakey!: Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond woken to the impacts of airport expansion by Airport residents.

Communities at their wits end living under Scottish flightpaths join forces with ClimateAction group Plane Stupid Scotland

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Global Winding

15-10-2008 19:06

"Global winding" - is blowing really hard due to - "localized wind-bags" ;

Scientists say.

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Witnesses needed from Climate Rush (13 Oct 2008)

14-10-2008 14:21

did you see this woman?
If anyone witnessed, has videos or pictures of the incident where a woman was caught under a barrier, near the entrance to parliament during the climate rush on the 13 October, around 7pm, please contact  gingham@riseup.net or on 07908371094.

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Call for creative responses to Shell's 'Oedipus'

11-10-2008 17:50

Shell is sponsoring the National Theatre's new production of 'Oedipus',and, unsurprisingly, Art Not Oil is preparing a response on variousfronts. We're asking people if they're up for making an artwork of some kind as a response. This could be an image, song, film or poem to appear on our website, or to be printed on a postcard or something similar. We're open to ideas. (Unfortunately, we aren't able to pay for your work, but we have no wish to possess it!)
If this is of interest, we'd love to see it as soon as possible, as 'Oedipus' runs until January 2009 only.

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Economic Crash Space - anarchist bookfare

10-10-2008 16:55

yes, it's that time of year again and once again (eviction threats permitting) the rampART social centre is offering crash space for those coming to London for the anarchist bookfare.

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Heckler & Koch Campaign Benefit Gig

10-10-2008 12:36

Saturday 25th October, Light House, Wolverhampton, 4pm - 4am.

This event is a not for profit event. All money raised will be donated to the Heckler & Koch Campaign. They are attempting to shut down the UK Headquarters of Heckler & Koch in Nottingham:

 http://nottsantimilitarism.wordpress.com/heckler-koch/

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Basement Social Centre Update

09-10-2008 15:50

NEXT TUESDAY 14th October at the Friends Meeting House (Mount Street) 6-8pm

a chance to find out whats happening with the basement collective, think about whether manchester wants or needs another social centre and find out what everyone has been up to since the fire last year

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Illegal use of Equity - Average and Normal

09-10-2008 02:47

People have made bad and improper investments with credit and equity.

My family and friends (who I would say are "average" and "normal" Americans) have used home equity to buy other homes, invest in the stock market, to buy "stuff", and to pay expenses. This sometimes illegal and improper use of residential property equity is the problem! This equity does not exist yet, and no one knows when - or if it will. --- No one knows how much it may be. ----- And it is all ready "at work" - multiply times over. --?--- I have seen many people live off of credit, and use their money to invest. This "hyper-capitalism" of equity on equity - on credit and debt appreciation, is a flawed and failing economic model; and it is failing - just as it should.

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Welfare Reforms - Govt found to have misquoted research findings

07-10-2008 15:24

The Government has been exposed as completely misquoting a couple of researchers whose report they have used to justify the new workfare proposals in the Green Paper — “No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility”, where the report based on a study of the effect on the labour market in Australia of the introduction of a workfare scheme there actually found that as a result, the very long term unemployed in fact grew by 68%!

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US Real Estate: From Goldmine To Money Pit Mortgage Backed Securities and Derivatives are Flawed and Failing

06-10-2008 06:02

The mortgage debt problem is simple really, it has been a total mis-appropriation of equity. The equity lost on flat screen TV's, boats, new cars, vacations, and other living expenses; is equity lost forever. This loss of equity spent on consumer goods and expenses is a pyramid scheme of hyper-capitalism that is flawed and failing. Equity not spent on the property the equity comes from, is equity lost forever, a mis-appropriation of funds, and inappropriate; it is a failing economic model.

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The Banana Incident

06-10-2008 03:40

Bananas, cosmic radiation, and private property.

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Facebook comes to Ireland but deletes Shell to Sea page

03-10-2008 13:50

Yesterday an Irish government minister from the ruling Fianna Fáil party announced that the social networking site Facebook would be setting up its European office in Dublin. In what some may see as a weird coincidence, and others as a pointed message, the profile page for the Shell to Sea campaign was removed from Facebook at the same moment the announcement was made public.

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Creative outpost live all dayevent 101008

30-09-2008 12:53

A day of events in the exploration and fusionof creative spaces with cakes , artist and live music

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No Border Fest this Weekend!

29-09-2008 23:09

On Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th October, there will be a two day festival of punk, ska and folk at TJs, Newport.

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Climate Camp 2008: illustrated diary

29-09-2008 18:29

Kingsnorth in the distance
I went to Climate Camp during the final week of the event, and before the day of action. I went mainly to enjoy the atmosphere and attend some workshops. I also took my sketchbook though and thought it would be an interesting alternative way of documenting the event.

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Hackney Wasn't Crap - Walking tour of Gentrification report

29-09-2008 15:49

Hackney isn’t Crap Gentrification Tour on Sunday the 28th of September walked from Dalston lane to Broadway market visiting new developments like Dalston Square and listening to shopkeepers and local residents at the sharp end of the regeneration of Hackney.

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ARK, Teachfirst and Common Purpose

28-09-2008 12:37

ARK (Absolute Return for Kids) works in partnership with Teachfirst, who offer discounts on Common Purpose courses. They are also linked to people at Tavistock, via the 'Teaching Leaders' program.

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Heckler & Koch Campaign Benefit Gig, Sat 25th Oct, Wolverhampton

28-09-2008 11:41

Poster
Heckler & Koch Campaign Benefit Gig, Sat 25th Oct, Wolverhampton, 4pm - 4am

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The right to the city, lecture by Professor David Harvey

26-09-2008 12:52

extract: "Derivative rights (like the right to be treated with dignity) should become fundamental and fundamental rights (of private property and the profit rate) should become derivative."