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Talk Tank 29 July - Scan Dot Org 30 July mp3

31-07-2006 20:46

AUSTRALIA: NSW Talk Tank
Talk Tank - length: 59 mins. mono 14 B Scan Dot Org - length: 30 mins. stereo 27.6 MB
Talk Tank - Weekly News Commentary - 29 July 06

AUSTRALIA: NSW Talk Tank - length: 59 mins. mono 14 B Scan Dot Org - length: 30 mins. stereo 27.6 MB Talk Tank - Weekly News Commentary - 29 July 06

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Oxford Campaign Against Climate Change Meeting

31-07-2006 15:43

Next OCCC meeting: 7.30pm Weds 9th August, OARC East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley Road- all welcome

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Mind the Gap... world energy crisis approaches, dire consequences for planet

31-07-2006 11:47

Last year, for the first time since 1992, the UK became a net importer of crude oil as a result of terminal decline of the North Sea oil and gas fields. The British government doesn't appear to worried yet and apparently thinks the country can simply buy the energy it needs so quite some time to come. "The government consider that the world's oil resources are sufficient to prevent global total oil production peaking before 2030," said energy minister Malcolm Wicks earlier this month. Wicks said that the Government are already putting in place policies that will "help ease the UK economy away from power supplied primarily through fossil fuels" - probably a reference to the recent energy review and the U turn on nuclear power.

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Reminder: Emergency Assembly against Israel invasion tomorrow

31-07-2006 07:38

// EMERGENCY ASSEMBLY CALLED TO PLAN DIRECT ACTION AGAINST ISREALI INVASIONOF LEBANON AND PALESTINE! (AND THE CONTINUED OCCUPATION OF IRAQ)

// TUESDAY 1ST AUGUST

// ROOM, H216, CONNAUGHT HOUSE, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

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This War is Also a War on Animals

30-07-2006 03:09

the war on animals: bombs, mines, oil spills, animals trapped in Beirut harbor, zoos bulldozed with animals in cages

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Enlightening GW Congressional Hearing on C-span Last Night

28-07-2006 19:16

At midnight last night, C-span aired a hearing that took place yesterday
in DC about global warming. They had four experts and scientists and one guy, Mr. Wegman (a government hack), who has been refuting the
scientist's work for years.

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Iceland - protest camp against destruction of nature

28-07-2006 18:31

News from the protest camp which is happening at the moment in Iceland to fight against the destruction of nature for heavy industry.

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Christian-based direct action gathering - Leeds - 28-30 July

28-07-2006 08:53

CHRISTIANITY HELPED TO CREATE CAPITALISM...NOW IT MUST DESTROY IT!

Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you. (James 5:1-6)

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Camp Titnore - High Court Update

28-07-2006 08:05

The campsite was in the High Court in London yesterday, heres a short summary of what happened

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Urgent Eco Alert from Lebanon! 10,000 tons of fuel oil spill in the sea

28-07-2006 01:17

Ecological deterioration in Lebanon as a result of the Israeli invasion, and an ecological catastrophe awaiting the Mediterranean shores.

10,000 tons of fuel oil spill, 15,000 tons are expected to spill any time from a burning tank hit by Israeli raids in Jeyieh electric plant.
The damage so far has reached around 70 - 80 km of the Lebanese shore. For map and more info please check www.beirut.indymedia.org

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US Air Force begins bombing raids in NT!

27-07-2006 23:26

Yankee Go Home!
Out where the river broke, The bloodwood and the desert oak, cockatoos will be wrecked and kangaroo, Stealth in 300,000 degree centigrade bombing raids?

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Open letter: disinvest from Monterrico Metals

27-07-2006 10:05

Yesterday a coalition of Belgian and Peruvian organisations sended in open letter to the investors in Monterrico Metals. In the letter the organisations ask to disinvest from the Britisch mining company, on ethical grounds. Here you find the letter.

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Shell’s Corrib Gas Project in Context

26-07-2006 20:23

For over a year now all work has been stopped on Shell and the Irish state’s attempts to build gas refinery and production pipeline in Erris, County Mayo, aka the Corrib gas project. This overview seeks to put the resistance to the planned destruction in context, by looking at the potential for oil and gas exploitation in Ireland, and at the positive impacts the struggle in Mayo can have, and is having, on other situations. Though firstly I’ll look at the issues around this mis-development, and I’ll conclude by looking at what activities we will be carrying out in the near future.

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Titnore - new police dirty tricks

26-07-2006 20:03

ONE day before the High Court hearing which could lead to an eviction order for the camp, police have resorted to dirty tricks in what is now clearly a concerted campaign against the campers. Whatever happened to the impartial community policing approach they have been presenting to the media?

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Alternative development plan for the General Cemetery

26-07-2006 15:45

The Friends of the General Cemetery,  http://www.gencem.org/ have just published an alternative plan for the development of the Chapel which could well reduce the chances of the plan to turn it into a private house,  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2006/06/343310.html from being successful.

But the battle is not yet won - join the Zombie protest on Friday:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2006/07/346036.html

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Camp for Climate Action Meeting - Friday 4th August

26-07-2006 09:38

Meeting on Friday 4th August for anyone interested in attending the Camp for Climate Action in Leeds/Megawatt Valley (Aug 26th - Sep 4th). .

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‘Peace is a way of traveling. It is both a destination and a path’. Compare Rice

26-07-2006 03:59

Compare Rice/Howard blind Israel policy
I have a sign which reads:"Peace is a way of travelling. It is both a destination and a path." obtained from a NSW based Phoenician, read Lebanese Australian, a seafaring trader people, whose family has been here for generations, Franklin Scarf of Earth Repair Foundation with a logo gun transforming to a tree as here. It's the kind of message we need not more military madness:

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Anti-Asbestos campaigners to 'go bananas' against Countryside Properties PLC

26-07-2006 01:19

Anti-Asbestos campaigners 'go bananas'...
Wednesday 26th July:

Anti-Asbestos campaigners are to ‘go bananas’ this evening outside Rochdale Town Hall from 5.45pm – 6.15pm.

Strict council rules ban placards and banners inside the Town Hall so the campaigners hope to get their point across with Fairtrade soft fruit.



They say the planning system is ‘bananas’ where local council taxpayers have to pay up to £80,000 for a report that heavily criticises the past actions of property speculators who wish to build a £100 million development with a planning fee of just £5500.

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What If...We All Became Vegan?

25-07-2006 22:37

In June 2006 there were 6,525,000,000 people on the Earth, each consuming an average of 2800 calories per day. That’s a total of around 18 trillion calories per day, all of which have to come from somewhere; meat, dairy products, legumes, leafy vegetables, cereals, beets...ultimately though, from the soil, the rain and the sun.

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Titnore volunteers urgently needed to resist imminient eviction.

25-07-2006 15:25

On Monday, 24th July Tinore Woods Action Camp in Durrington West Sussex was served with a summons to appear at crown court in london. We are expecting an attempted eviction at any time from Thursday 27th July and urgently require support from local residents, activists and anyone who wishes to help protect this ancient woodland from development/destruction.