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Roof of St.Pauls Cathedral occupied to commemorate 9/11

12-09-2006 14:21

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I case you were wondering 9/11 is not just the anniversary of General Pinochett's US backed coup which installed a fascist government and murdered 30,000 people. Nor is it just the day that the people of New York discovered what it is like to be Palestinian.

It is also the day that Gandhi announced his strategy of peaceful non violent direct action. A way of doing things that would eventually see the liberation of an entire continent and inspiration for many of the great civil rights movements of the last 100 years.

Whether or not such tactics could work now is a matter of debate. One of the first things that US troops did when 'liberating' Iraq was to gun down 'peaceful non violent' demonstrators demanding jobs from the 'Coalition' government. Personally I think that if Gandhi was alive now he would be carrying an AK47 and dedicating his spare time to making roadside bombs.

Anyway, yesterday was the 100th anniversary of Gandhi's declaration. So to remember the great man and his work, 3 women occupied the roof of St.Pauls Cathedral and dropped a banner. Below is their press release.

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It’s time to get Watty! - British nazi admits to running Redwatch

12-09-2006 09:59

A veteran British nazi has publicly admitted to being behind the pernicious Redwatch website. Kevin Watmough, from West Yorkshire, made the claim in June on a nazi bulletin board. While Watmough’s role has long been known to Searchlight, this is the first time he has publicly confirmed his involvement in writing.

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Government in 100% support SHOCKER!

11-09-2006 19:59

Is the UK Government doing a good job?
Recently the Government has come under attack for a lot of things, dissent amongst the populous is high and support for the war on terror is very low.

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VENICE FILM FESTIVAL: ‘THE OTHER INDUSTRY

11-09-2006 09:13

Art must serve as a mirror of society.
This old cliché was confirmed once again this month during the 63rd Venice Film Festival when the coveted Golden Lion was won by a Chinese film carrying a political message about the destructive social and environmental effects of building huge dams, in this case China’s monstrous Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.

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Sack Parliament! Benefit Gig 16th Sept rampART

08-09-2006 22:54

Benefit night for the October 9th Sack Parliament actions featuring Rass Smallmoney (conscious hip-hop), boogie knight, Stuart P (Hit or Miss), Sarah Bear & Josh (Sunday Sounds), Mad Scientist (Burning Spear), El Crisis (reggae), Excentral Tempest and Vendetta (Fun-Da-Mental).

Saturday 16th September 8pm til 1:30am. Donations welcome.
rampART, 15-17 Rampart Street, London, E1 2LA

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UN agrees disability treaty

08-09-2006 17:08

An international treaty that will give greater rights and freedoms to disabled people around the world has been agreed at the United Nations

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted in New York. This is the first human rights treaty of the 21st Century, and the UN hopes it will mark a significant improvement in the treatment of disabled people.

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Chalk4Peace Chalk4Peace Sunday 9th @ Brick Lane Festival - See you there :)

08-09-2006 04:26

Chalk4Peace will be out in force again this weekend chalking the pavement with statements for peace .at The Brick Lane Festival, located BETWEEN THE MOSQUE and THE POLICE STATION on Brick Lane,

Brick Lane Festival goers will be INVITED and ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE by chalking their personal statements on the pavement - poetry, hearts, peace symbols, hopes, dreams, empowering statements, also expressions of frustrations and despair.

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Festival Promotes Disabled Peoples' Rights....

06-09-2006 10:41

Hundreds of people were in Trafalgar Square for the fourth annual Liberty festival for disabled people's rights.....

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Sistani Helpless to Prevent Civil War

03-09-2006 19:51

Iraq's most revered Shiite scholar Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani has said that he is helpless to prevent a civil war in Iraq, lamenting that he no longer as an influence on Shiites who have switched allegiance to militant groups and death squads.

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If not Now, when?

02-09-2006 16:15

Surely it is time to restore intelligent, sane, Democratic secular government throughout the world! Over the past eight years we have all had a taste of the simplistic binary ‘us or them’ logic of religionists; the reality is that the majority of people on the planet reject religious divisionism and the associated violent ‘solutions’ of criminals, liars, demented murderers and delusional fools.

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Vine and Fig Tree Planters at Reading court

01-09-2006 01:13

29th August 2006 – Reading Magistrates Court

Two people from the international Vine and Fig Tree planters (Post Protest Community) who planted trees in Aldermaston in August 2005 begin to augment the altering of matters by appearing in Reading court to initiate changes themselves.

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Spending on Government Spin Trebles

31-08-2006 21:43

Official figures obtained by the Conservative Party bring to light the astonishing expansion of the Whitehall press machine under Tony Blair’s government.

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Manchester Gay Pride Parade: Pictures 2

31-08-2006 20:46

Saturday on the August Bank Holiday. Starting on Deangate at 2pm, the parade including 200 floats, snaked it's way round the city centre, finishing with an event at Princess Street.

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Manchester Gay Pride Parade: Pictures 1

31-08-2006 20:40

Saturday on the August Bank Holiday. Starting on Deangate at 2pm, the parade including 200 floats, snaked it's way round the city centre, finishing with an event at Princess Street.

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The Guardian must stop lying against Muslims and recognise the truth

31-08-2006 11:30

The truth is, and here it is being said for the first time in this form, that Muslim people’s objection to Satan Rushdie was not about Rushdie's alleged freedom to write fiction. It was to Rushdie's satanic evil plot to distort the humanity of the entire Muslim peoples across the world. All Rushdie's apologists have suppressed the truth. They have covered it up with the lie that Muslims are against freedom of expression. Muslims are against the organised lying against human rights. There is no cause higher than this on earth. Uphold human rights. To deny Muslims the right to freedom to express opposition to the lies of Satan Rushdie or his likes is the greater violation of the allegedly western-only virtue of freedom of expression

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Kola Boof Fights to Transcend Bin Laden

31-08-2006 03:04

Novelist Kola Boof
Commander Deng Akol of the Sudanese People Liberation Army has announced that the SPLA's highest ranking woman, Kola Boof, will edit and contribute to a new poetry collection that will raise money to help victims of Darfur.

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Protest by Baloch commuinity against Pakistan on Killing of Nawab Bugti

30-08-2006 19:07

Protest against Pakistan by Baloch Community
Protest by Baloch commuinity against Pakistan on Killing of Nawab Bugti

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Iestyn ap Rhobert fined £200

30-08-2006 17:54

Iestyn ap Rhobert and supporters
Iestyn ap Rhobert (27 from Llangadog) received a fine of £200 at Carmarthen Magistrates Court today, but he was not forced to pay compensation to the private company representing Debenhams.

Iestyn ap Rhobert had been accused of causing criminal damage for taking down a large, monolingual English sign which denoted the site of the new Debenhams development in Carmarthen.

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Hundreds of police from 5 counties bravely disperse 600 kids partying

28-08-2006 14:55

Does it really need 300+ police officers in full riot gear, dogs and helicopters to disperse a few hundred youngsters in a field?

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Aspects of Asymmetric Post-Modern Warfare

28-08-2006 09:05

Victory over any opponent is the result of functionally superior values and strategies not advanced technologies as is often imagined; wars today continue to be fought by men and women. The relative strengths and weakness of combatants and cultures determine outcomes in today’s conflicts. The recent conflict in Lebanon demonstrates that military might is no match for superior strategy and tactics – superior technology is the intoxicant of technocrats and the drug of weak and incapable fighters/soldiers.