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Parliament Square carol service mentioned on Radio 4 news

21-12-2005 18:46

BBC Radio 4 6pm news gave a few minutes to cover tonight's carol singing in Parliament Square:  http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/12/330376.html

No arrests so far apparently...

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Art censorship strikes Cowley Road again

20-12-2005 22:16

The original mural
A group of local artist were told “you can have a free reign” to paint murals on a wall on Cowley Road owned by a local estate agent in Marston Street

After deciding to illustrate a poem written by local Poet Nyarai Humba and spending many hours researching photographs they then spent two days in the freezing cold painting the mural.

Over the weekend they had so much public support for the mural, the artists were constantly fed mince pies, cups of tea and mulled whine by passers by as they painted. So you can imagine the shock and horror they experienced to find the poem had been painted out by censors the day after it had been finished.

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Stop the baby genocide

20-12-2005 01:06

USA is planning to test Dangerous Chemicals and Drugs on Orphans and innocent Children worldwide.

Stop the cruel Atrocities on Defenseless children.

Just say NO to the Bush Gestapo.

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Winter Solstice Celebration @ Asbo Community Centre

19-12-2005 17:50

Come along and celebrate. The days are getting longer and a new year is coming on!

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Philosopher's and Memetic Engineers Wanted

19-12-2005 12:50

Philosopher's and Memetic Engineers wanted for the submission of their concepts, political analysis, mind viruses and memes, for the "now-back-online-being-switched-off" Memetic-Flux.com.

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Land Roots: Benefit gig in Nottingham. What's it all about

17-12-2005 20:30

Land bought by the people for the people and protected through common ownership and good stewardship for cooperative and creative sustainable living
forever!
We are part of a growing movement of people and grass roots organisations that are holding out the seeds of hope for a healthy future for us all. LAND ROOTS invites you to help plant these seeds
in the rich Earth, that is our home.

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UPDATE: Romanian Social Centre UNDER THREAT!

17-12-2005 18:51

As detailed in previous articles on Indymedia, the social/cultural centre INCA in Timisoara, Romania, is under threat of eviction and desperately needs support. To send a protest email will only take a few minutes.

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Michel Van Rijn, The Gospel of Judas

16-12-2005 21:31

Michel Van Rijn
Interview with Michel Van Rijn.

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My life as a Muslim woman

16-12-2005 13:54

They differed with me over what times we are living in.
It is not a democracy when a man can talk about politics without anyone threatening him.
Democracy is when a woman can talk of her lover without anyone killing her.

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An Ethical Way to Get Rid of Unwanted Christmas Gifts

16-12-2005 07:17


There's a new ethical way to get rid of unwanted Christmas gifts - swap them for stuff you do want, online.

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How is your high street?

15-12-2005 13:57

More and more independent retailers are disappearing from Britain’s high streets every year. ITV news recently reported that 1700 shops were lost last year, but other surveys put it at much higher.

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MUHAMMAD HAQUE POLITICAL POETRY on the POVERTY OF TONY BLAIR

15-12-2005 01:03

POVERTY OF TONY BLAIR’s empty facade fails to hide
the decay the destruction of the soul! ... BBC yields the unravelling of the Paxman myth and the official Opposition in the UK Parliament is an immorality and an absurdity

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Dalai Lama becomes vegetarian again!

14-12-2005 18:35

“Lately I have turned to a vegetarian diet. Today’s youth, particularly the ones who have come from Tibet and have a refugee status must inculcate these principles for their own development and to have peace of mind. The message from mahakaruna [Sanskrit: ‘great compassion’] has clearly asked us to follow and preach love and compassion for all living beings.”

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UK Muslim author delivers anti-war speech to California!!

14-12-2005 16:23

Yorkshire-born author, Suhayl Saadi won a prestigious PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Literary Award on December 2nd for his novel, Psychoraag. Although he was unable to attend the event in California, he delivered an anti-war speech via CD.

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Alternative Carol Singing in support of Palestinians

14-12-2005 14:37

please come to sing
ALTERNATIVE CAROLS
with Sea Green Singers and others
in support of Palestinians
on TUESDAY, 20 DEC.
at 5.15pm (for5.30-6.30pm)
in Cornmarket St.
(outside St. Michael in the Northgate Church),
Words provided - see you there!

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Music Monday! Aphrodesia

12-12-2005 22:08

Aphrodesia
Interview with Ezra of Aphrodesia.

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Mindwalk 23: The Fight Within the Right

12-12-2005 20:38

We start off with this Anti-Walmart TV ad being badmouthed by some smarmy news anchors. Followed by a poem by David Wilcox about this hypocracy. David Rovics up next and Norman Finklestein speaks of a similar irony regarding The Wall that was once in Warsaw and is now surrounding Palestine.

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ACT NOW TO SAVE ROMANIAN SOCIAL CENTRE!

12-12-2005 19:51

The INCA centre in Timisoara, Romania is a rare example of an activist-run cultural centre in the country. Without it, alternative and activist culture in Romania will lack a focal point. The local authority is currently threatening to throw INCA onto the streets 18 months before their contract ends.


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Government and media provocations spark racist violence on Sydney beaches

12-12-2005 17:12

Fomenting racial divisions
Both the Liberals and the Laborites are committed to implementing deeply unpopular right-wing economic reforms--exacerbating social inequality, eliminating job security, and driving down wages and living conditions. The two parties seek to deflect opposition to their agenda by fomenting racial divisions in order to channel the insecurity and disaffection felt by millions of ordinary people into deeply reactionary channels. At the most fundamental level, that is what caused Sunday's events.

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Save INCA cultural center Timisoara - Romania

11-12-2005 20:47

This is Tavi from city of Timisoara, Romania writing on behalf of the INCA Center in Timisoara.
INCA stands for International Network of Contemporary Artisans and the Center is the only alternative place of this kind in Romania.