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11-03-2012 02:37

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The Shame of Portsmouth Water - The Scandal of Havant & Waterlooville FC

03-03-2012 05:22

Portsmouth Nazi Watch were disgusted to be forwarded the comments being made by 45-year-old Portsmouth Water supervisor Steven Clarke, a Leigh Park member of Portsmouth North East Division of the English Defence League [EDL].

Our disgust turned to shock when we discovered this diminutive ex-657 crew football hooligan has been allowed to propagate and spread his insidious and vile views to impressionable young boys as young as NINE...as an official coach for Havant & Waterlooville Football Club.

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Alter-Globalisation Week - University of Essex

01-03-2012 22:54

From March 5th - 11th, the Universtiy of Essex will be hosting Alter-Globalisation week, seven days of discussions, talks, film screenings and workshops on neo-liberalism and resistance to globalisation across the world. All events are free and open to all, so come join us!

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Portsmouth Fascists Banned from Facebook

01-03-2012 17:18

Up to half-a-dozen of Portsmouth's most extreme hard-line racists were suspended from social networking site Facebook this morning after uploading a vile racist slogan to the site as their profile pictures.

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Cornelius Castoriadis, Autonomy, and Occupy Movement

29-02-2012 17:06

I wrote this (funny and "very serious") text about the French philosopher of autonomy Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997), who would have supported Occupy Wall Street Movement, and Occupy Movement around the world.

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Reaction to Proud & Prejudiced documentary on Channel 4

28-02-2012 00:55

If you've not seen the Proud & Prejudiced documentary about the conflict between the EDL and extremist Muslims in Luton... every spring bank holiday Luton hosts a multicultural Carnival which welcomes over 100,000 people... don't suppose we'll ever be seeing TV documentaries about THAT though...

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Militant Camp @ Arcadia Missa : Public events

26-02-2012 12:20

MILITANT CAMP @ ARCADIA MISSA

As part of the survival series artist Tom Bresolin will initiate a militant camp at arcadia missa.A week long social experimental performance camp. Involving physical and mental training to prepare for the inevitable apocalypse and collapse of capitalism

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BNP and EDL in Hyde, Manchester

25-02-2012 15:16

The EDL are in Hyde today, responding to "an alleged attack by Asian youths on two white teenagers", despite the fact that "the family of one of the victims has asked the EDL not to hold the protest and said they did not support the activities of the group". The BNP are also in Hyde, protesting with Japanese war-crimes apologist Adam Walker...

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Please help us to get live hare coursing banned in Ireland

19-02-2012 22:51

A Bill proposing a ban on hare coursing will soon be debated in Ireland's parliament. We are seeking the support of people worldwide to influence our political leaders to back this measure.

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Human Rights Films Festival - Oxford Brookes

19-02-2012 21:44

Welcome to the annual Oxford Brookes University Human Rights Film Festival.

This year is our 10th anniversary and to celebrate we are showing 10 films over 5 days. Each focusing on a different region: Africa, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

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Queer - 24th-26th February 2012

17-02-2012 18:54

QUEER: an exhibition of local artists' work in response to "LGBT History Month" and the first open event to be held at The Black Rose Centre, let's make it a good 'un!

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What is Facebook doing to us?

16-02-2012 22:47

4 Months ago, after years of resisting, I finally joined Facebook for the first time. Half social experiment, half wanting to know what I was missing I concluded that in fact I was right and Facebook is bad news.

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Occupy Your Heart! Reclaim Love - Sat 18th Feb

15-02-2012 00:45

Reclaim Love events will be taking place around the UK and globally on Saturday 18th Feburary 2012.

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Anne Perry's World War I ...Echoes Still In Afghanistan

08-02-2012 21:53

Anne Perry''s book Shoulder The Sky and others of her over 60 books are understated litanies of the suffering of World War I, written without preaching or opining. They serve as a mirror for the atrocities of present wars. Perry lives on the Eastern coast of Scotland.

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Participatory Democracy and the Occupy Movement

06-02-2012 13:46

Organisation, hierarchy and transparency in activist organisations, and specifically in the Occupy movement, and in (previous) Climate Camps. Originally published at Feminist Action Cambridge.

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Big Society?

04-02-2012 10:16

Big Society?Tonight!

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Praver Plan: Confiscation of Bedouin Lands Bill - soon to be passed by Knesset

03-02-2012 13:05

In January the Israeli Government published the memorandum of a Bill - 'Regulation of the Bedouin settlement in the Negev' which provides steps to be implemented to relocate the overwhelming majority of residents of the unrecognized villages & confiscate about 2/3s of the land remaining in their possession. Due to anticipated resistance, the Bill also provides violent measures to ensure its implementation & this bill will soon will become law.

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EDL Leicester 4th Feb Preview

31-01-2012 23:24

The EDL will be marching in Leicester on Feb 4th 2012. This Jan 14th about 80 EDL supporters protested in Barking - here are some photos...

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Daisy lane eviction,north wales

28-01-2012 14:39

With evictions up and down the country we can see a clear pattern of ethnic cleansing in action, excluded from society and looked upon as second rate citizens,the caravan act of 1968 to provide camp sites is no longer in force councils do not have to comply, so folk buy there own land ,but planning applications are often refused.

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Ilan Pappe on ‘Memorcide: Crime, Closure & Reconciliation in Palestine’

23-01-2012 16:19

Ilan Pappe, a Professor of history discussed ‘Memorcide: Crime, Closure & Reconciliation in Palestine’ at 'Genocide Memorial Day 2012' in London, hosted by the Islamic Commission for Human Rights at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS.