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American Beauty

20-03-2005 19:16

The concept of 'embodiment' is not an easy one to make sense of - but in using it to explore how America is perceived around the world, Yakoub Islam began to understand why he no longer feels at home on the Muslim Wake Up website.

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BBC bans Better Dead Than Wed

20-03-2005 14:12

BBC RADIO has banned the Class War/Conflict CD 'Better Dead Than wed' after allegedly discovering a plot to hype it to the number one slot during the week of the Royal wedding. Sales of just 18,000 would apparently do the trick!

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"Pagan" Celebration Turns Into Street Fights Against Iranian Regime

19-03-2005 10:57

L ast Tuesday , 15th March, violent clashes rocked the main Iranian cities as brutal militiamen attacked Iranians who transformed the already hardly tolerated celebration of the traditional "Tchahr Shanbe Souri" (Fire Fiest) into protest action and show of "un-Islamic" joy.

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Nestor Makhno: Anarchy's Cossack

18-03-2005 20:07

Nestor Makhno: Anarchy's Cossack by Alexandre Skirda is now out. Never heard of him? Been conned by Leninists into thinking was was a bandit without the sense to tie his own shoelaces? Either way, you will find this an interesting read.

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Reform the UK flag!

17-03-2005 14:05

remove this cross from the UK flag please.
On the occasion of the day of Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, an island country (about the size of Virginia) located to the west of the principality of Cymru & the Kingdoms of Scotland & Engurland, The permanent assembly (auto-appointed) @rtists & activists & inteleKtools demand-

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Is Islamic dress acceptable?

17-03-2005 09:21

How acceptable certain cities find Islamic dress

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Anarchist Therapy

16-03-2005 23:39

How an anarchist (anti)psychiatrist developed an psychotherapy to help people liberate themselves collectively in a fun way.

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graffiti iz indymedia

16-03-2005 14:43

a possative message...
more graff updates from oxfud

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Shakedown ‘05 - Nottingham G8 :: The Pictures

14-03-2005 22:10

Shakedown ‘05 will brought together the diversity of Nottingham’s cultural life (live bands, DJs, visual artists, performance artists) at this very big one-off non-profit DIY all-night event that tries to bring together as large a variety of people, music and arts as possible.

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Biggest Opposition Demo Swears to Break Syria's Stranglehold and Lahoud's Regime

14-03-2005 16:55

Lebanon's opposition staged the biggest show of force in the nation's modern history from slain ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's graveside Monday, taking a thunderous oath to break Syria's ruthless stranglehold and tear apart President Lahoud's police state of "secret service phantoms."
Between 1.5 and 2 million opposition activists converged on Beirut's downtown Martyrs Square and surrounding neighborhoods to mark the lapse of one month on Hariri's assassination. They shouted slogans demanding the resignation of all security commanders in Lebanon because of dereliction of duty in stopping the assassination.

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Stiches in Time new date

14-03-2005 14:59

Necklace and love pins, Xhosa jewelery
Stitches in Time has been extended to 22nd April. I've added some more pictures too to whet your appetite.

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Oxfordshire Local News Campaign - Saturday 19 March: Have your say

11-03-2005 10:07

Workshops on the state of the local media led by local journalists. Contributions from Indymedia peeps, plus showing of Robert Greenwald's recent film Outfoxed (starts at 11.15am), a stunning and stylish indictment of Rupert Murdoch's Fox News.Venue Oxford & Cherwell College. For more info: www.oxnuj.org.uk/localnews.php. Free.

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broken words

10-03-2005 17:01

“...and then the word becomes flesh! Choreo-poetry takes spoken word to new dimensions” Jonzi D

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Fraud

10-03-2005 10:12

The real fraud situation in the UK. It is a very depressing and saddening picture.

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Stitches in Time

10-03-2005 09:21

Traditional Xhosa love pins
Fabulous embroidery from the Xhosa of South Africa and from Palestine.

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Fun Protest, Upper Clapton, Springfield One O'clock Club Site

09-03-2005 16:32

Protest agaianst building on Metropolitan Open land in Upper Clapton

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These guys are comeing to the UK do we whont to host them in Oxford?

08-03-2005 14:11

They play music and are heading for scotland...

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Colombia and Human Rights Defenders talk

07-03-2005 13:24

Talk on Colombia and Human Rights Defenders at thecommonplace -Tues 15th March 7pm

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March London Calling

06-03-2005 17:51

March's London Calling looks at London's new police chief ( having one Mr Blair who wants to lock everyone up is surely enough) we continue debate about the Hackney Empire, and comment on the first anti-olympics march in London.

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Film: Why I Love Shoplifting from Big Corporations

06-03-2005 16:30

Scene from the short film "Why I Love Shoplifting from Big Corporations"
subMedia completes second short film inspired by crimethinc's manifesto.