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CALL TO END GENOCIDE

12-04-2005 09:58

LAST CHANCE FOR DOMESTIC
JURISDICTION TO ACT.
Indigenous Elders from geographic Australia are lodging a writ of mandamus at High Court Registry in Melbourne at 10.00am tomorrow morning on the Wednesday 13 April 2005

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Art Not Oil 2005; (not the National Petroleum Gallery!)

12-04-2005 09:37

BP boss Browne in the dock for his company's sundry crimes
ART NOT OIL 2005: A TRUER PORTRAIT OF AN OIL COMPANY?

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Queens Market

11-04-2005 17:16

mercado de fruitas y veduras en Tenerife
Queens Market, a jewel in the crown, one of the few surviving East End markets, can be found at Upton Park in East London. At least it can for now, as the local mayor in collusion with property developers St Modwens wishes to see it destroyed and replaced by an Asda superstore and a block of luxury flats.

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Upheaval at East Oxford Community Centre

11-04-2005 13:53

An era is ending at the East Oxford Social Club as the Chair and Secretary announce plans to step down after more than twenty years of service.

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LSF mayday planning meeting

11-04-2005 13:30

There will be a meeting to plan for the Liverpool Social Forum's Mayday Weekend this Thursday

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The Meaning of Liverpool (2)

11-04-2005 13:15

An invitation
14th April 2005, 6.30-9pm at Hope at Everton (RSVP)

This is the second of a series of open meetings about the meaning of Liverpool. The topic for this is: 'Enabling local grassroots organisations and supporting diverse culture within the cultural regeneration of Liverpool'.

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Young asylum seekers exhibit at MOA

11-04-2005 10:11

EXHIBITION: Young asylum seekers explore how they have adapted to life in Oxford

12 April - 29 May Modern Art Oxford Café, Pembroke Street, Oxford

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Anniversary of the 'Battle of the Beanfield': an exhibition 'Operation Solstice'

09-04-2005 23:55

Anniversary of the 'Battle of the Beanfield' 1st June 1985
It's 20 years, since the major trashing of my community, travelling on the way the make the "Peoples Free Festival of Albion" at Stonehenge. It was a regular event on the calender.

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An Openly Gay Communist Wins in Southern Italy

08-04-2005 19:19

An openly gay candidate of Partito della Rifondazione Comunista wins in southern Italy, in regional elections that resulted in 11 victories for the center-left coalition, which now controls 16 of Italy’s 20 regions. Nichi Vendola's victory decisively refutes the American dogma that militants on the left, choosing radicals, can't attract votes at the center and lose to the right -- the dogma that the Democrats in America and the center-left in Italy promulgate, even though it has been often contradicted, as in the moderate John Kerry's loss -- as Vendola won 100,000 more votes than the center-left coalition.

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DISILLUSIONED VOTER URGES OTHERS TO CAST NON-VOTE

08-04-2005 12:02

A disillusioned voter from the North West of England is encouraging people who feel similarly disconnected from the UK political system to not waste their vote in the forthcoming general elections, but instead cast what he terms as a 'none vote.'

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Yet another attempt at anti-traveller law, on the horizon

07-04-2005 22:28

Just after PM's Questions, this chap stood up, to introduce a Ten Minute Rule Bill titled: "Equal Enforcement of the Law". A fine sentiment perhaps, that what law we do have, should be equally applied to all citizen. However, he doesn't mean that! It's all about travellers

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FILM: SpaceHijackers challenge Parliament to Mayday Cricket match

07-04-2005 02:51

Over 600 letters were handed to the House Of Commons on Monday April 4th, challenging every Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat MP to a game of cricket over their lack of honour and morals.

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Photos from the second Sharrow Lantern Festival

05-04-2005 20:49

The Sheffield Samba band got things started as people gathered
On Sunday night the Lantern Festival wove its magic around the streets of Sharrow, stopping the traffic, drawing people out of their homes, shops and restaurants on to the streets to watch the large procession.

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Sharrow Lantern Carnival

05-04-2005 10:29

Hundreds gather in Mount Pleasant Park around 7pm
The second Sharrow Lantern Carnival is another success.

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Pope J Paul - PBS Documents his Evils in LAtin America

04-04-2005 20:30

No denying hypocracy - the Pope Put the CHurch above helping the Poor and oppres
There was an opportunity there. There was a moment in the history of Latin America. There was a moment in the history of the church. He decided not to go down the route of change. Instead he chose another route. He chose to end the experimentation, to throttle that initiative. That was his choice, and that's what he'll live with…

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Pope opposed gay and women's rights - Condom ban killed millions

04-04-2005 13:03

While the Pope's opposition to war and poverty was commendable, his attacks on the human rights of women and gay people were gravely immoral.

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Human Rights Film Festival at Brookes

04-04-2005 10:51

The annual Human Rights Film Festival at Oxford Brookes Uni is back again for the third year running. Last year's was excellent; this year's programme includes Atom Egoyan's "Ararat", and much more. Admission's still free too.

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Irish Historian Margaret Ward's New Book: An Interview

04-04-2005 04:56

Irish historian Margaret Ward discusses her new book and current Irish historical and media situation, in a recent e-mail interview for indymedia website readers.

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Mayday Cricket - Space Hijackers Vs The Government

03-04-2005 15:58

Space Hijackers (first 11) Vs The Government (first 11)

2:00pm
May 1ST 2005
PARLIAMENT SQUARE

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Another tory billboard subverted!

03-04-2005 12:14

subverted tory billboard
This billboard subvert was spotted in Pontllanfraith, South Wales.