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Playing with Fire: The Story of Daniel McGowan, "eco-terrorism" and the Green Sc

22-09-2007 17:12

The Indypendent Cover
Growing up in New York City, Daniel McGowan saw first-hand how pollution fogged the air and fouled the beaches in some of the city’s poorest communities, setting him on a lifelong path of environmental and social justice. But how he ended up drenched in gasoline and setting fire to Oregon’s Jefferson Poplar Farms in 2001 and was later targeted as a “domestic terrorist” is the story of someone who cared too much and didn’t know what else to do.

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Otterspool Promenade Under Threat Again

22-09-2007 15:54

On 28 September Liverpool Council plan to give-away a stretch of public open
space along Otterspool Promenade. This is part of the tree lined grass
embankment that runs along the coast from the Britannia Inn for about 1/2
mile between the Garden Festival site and the Promenade walkway. The
Executive Board meet at Millennium House at 9am next Friday 28th September
to approve the disposal and to include the land in the lease agreement with
Langtree McLean for their Festival Gardens development.

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Sun 23rd Sep: Rally Against Olympic Evictions - on Allotment Demolition Day

22-09-2007 12:18

Details of March & Rally Against Olympic Evictions on Allotment Demolition Day - Sunday 23rd Sept
Meet 2pm outside Hackney Town Hall

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sharrow chapel saved

21-09-2007 16:07

we won and lost all in a short space of time

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Greenspan, Kissinger: Oil Drives U.S. in Iraq, Iran

20-09-2007 22:00

Alan Greenspan had acknowledged what is blindingly obvious to those who live in the reality-based world: The Iraq War was largely about oil.

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What Does Democracy Really Mean In Preston?

20-09-2007 21:57

A Preston councillor has asked questions about the democracy of decision making about key decisions affecting the future of Preston's Town Centre, and of the ecology of the River Ribble - but what does democracy really mean in Preston, when council officials, directly involved in the decisions affecting our future, are leaving our town like rats leaving a sinking ship?

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Do plans for "New Town" signal end to Cambridgeshires green belt.

20-09-2007 21:29

Gordon Brown plans to build 3 million new homes in the coming years. It seems Cambridgeshire is going to be one of the first counties to be on the recieving end of these plans, but at what cost?

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Biofuels talk and protest planning on 26th Sept 8pm @ Sumac

20-09-2007 13:07

Biofuelwatch Event Poster
In advance of a protest at a corporate biofuels conference in Newark on 17/18 October, there will be a presentation by Biofuelwatch on the pros and cons of biofuels, followed by a discussion of campaigning possibilities.

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No War, No Warming, Rise Up!

20-09-2007 10:13

For months a movement has been developing that consciously and intentionally links the related issues of the war in Iraq/oil wars and the heating up of the earth that is disrupting the world’s climate. On Monday morning, October 22, in Washington , DC on Capitol Hill and elsewhere around the country, that movement will become visible as large numbers of people engage in nonviolent direct action to disrupt business as usual. We will be calling for an end to this criminal war and strong action to slow, stop and reverse global warming (  http://www.nowarnowarming.org/ ).

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Time for Navy to Ship Out of Illegally Occupied Hawaii

19-09-2007 21:56

It is time for the U.S. Navy to close its Hawaii Range Complex, pack its bags, and ship out of the illegally occupied nation of Hawaii.

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Glossop Critical Mass

19-09-2007 19:58

Critical Mass
Thanks to everyone who turned out for the Glossop Critical Mass last week. It was a great turn out and a really nice ride. Keep in touch for the next event.

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Killing teh Future: The Worldwide Ban Asbestos Movement

18-09-2007 17:13

Asbestos has sicked tens of thousands throughout the world, yet it is still legal in many countries

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Philippine Protest Marks The First Senate Hearing On The JPEPA

18-09-2007 02:40

THE MAGKAISA JUNK JPEPA COALITION
14 September 2007, Manila, Philippines. – A crowd of more than 300 workers, farmers, fishers, and environmentalists from the Magkaisa Junk JPEPA Coalition (MJJC) today called on the Senators of the 14th Congress to look beyond the rosy projections and government hype surrounding the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), and to carefully assess its short-term and long-term implications. The group’s call came on the day of the first scheduled Senate hearing for this historic, precedent-setting treaty.

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Save Tara: Roestown Site Invasion, 17/08/07

17-09-2007 21:41

Video
Following the archaeologist blockade, the Save Tara activists and International Cultural Conservationists invaded the Roestown site to halt work.

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Rossport Solidarity Picket in Reading

17-09-2007 13:56

On Friday 14th September, Reading Grassroots Action and others from around Reading took part in a picket of a lcoal Shell garage. This picket was made in solidarity with the anti-pipeline/refinery community struggle taking place in Rossport, Ireland.

We protested for about an hour on the forecourt, giving out many leaflets to drivers. The Police arrived just as we left.

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Big Green Gathering in crisis and in need of support

17-09-2007 12:41

The Big Green Gathering is in danger of financial collapse and urgently needs to raise funds to be able to stay in business.

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Rossport Solidarity Demo in Madrid

15-09-2007 18:52

madrid rossport solidarity demo

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This Was Forever, a film about the Allotments in the Olympic Games pathway.

15-09-2007 18:34

On September 23, Manor Garden Allotments will be bulldozed to make way for a pathway for the Olympic Games in 2012. The site in Hackney Wick, next to the River Lee, has been there for 100 years and was originally bequeathed as a gift to local people to grow their own food. The local community is now scattered and has lost a great resource. Over the past year, film maker Mark Aitken and a group of teenagers have produced a film in tribute to the plot-holders and this special place.

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Shell to Hell, Leeds Banner Hang

15-09-2007 14:56

Stop Shell Hell in Ireland
Yesterday morning at 8am, a banner was hung over the A58 /Leeds Inner Ring Road in solidarity with the day of action against Shell's plans for a gas pipeline & refinery in Mayo, Ireland.

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Rossport solidarity demo in bristol

15-09-2007 10:58

Bristol Rising Tide do a solidarity demo at a Shell garage on the day of international action.