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Addressing the Financial Crisis is not a distraction from Peak Oil/Climate Change

06-10-2008 11:05

Addressing the problems issues that arise out of the financial crisis - above all by developing local currencies - is not a distraction from peak oil and climate change. The financial crisis is creating turmoil - but creating an opportunity and necessity to change the way money is created and managed.

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Demo At Ilkley Council Surgery Against Grouse Shoot

04-10-2008 13:09

Councillor Anne Hawksworth has been backing the return of grouse shooting to Ilkley Moor and is Head of the Environmental Portfolio, who deal with the decision whether or not the shoots go ahead.

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Direct Action; UK, Mexico & Sweden

02-10-2008 14:41

27th September - 1st October

HLS CUSTOMER EXEC'S SHINY CAR DAMAGED (UK)
SLOGANS PAINTED AT HLS SUPPLIER (Mexico)
RETURN OF THE LOBSTER LIBERATION FRONT (UK)
STOCKHOLM FUR SHOPS ATTACKED (Sweden)
BURGER KING TARGETED (Mexico)
MORE PAINT, MORE TROUBLE FOR KFC (Mexico)

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Primate Liberation Week: 11th - 19th October 2008

02-10-2008 14:08

Primate Liberation Week is a week of action against the primate research industry being staged in the USA from the 11th to the 19th of October.......but we say why should the yanks have all the fun???

This is a European call to action against the Primate Research industry that kills over 12,000 primates each year in the most disgusting and sordid manner to produce scientifically pointless research!

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A Call to Climate Action- Copenhagen 2009

02-10-2008 12:54

We stand at a crossroads. The facts are clear. Global climate change, caused
by human activities, is happening, threatening the lives and livelihoods of
billions of people and the existence of millions of species. Social movements,
environmental groups, and scientists from all over the world are calling for
urgent and radical action on climate change.

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Call to Climate Action COP-15

01-10-2008 17:50

Call to Climate Action in preparation for UN Climate Conference 30th November 2009

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Shipley Bodge cost Derbyshire police £58,000

01-10-2008 11:26

The eviction of the Shipley Bodge anti-open cast mine squat in Derbyshire cost the local police force £58,000. UK Coal, the legal owners of the land, will be billed for some of the expenses. The full cost of the eviction to UK Coal, who hired bailiffs and equipment, is expected to have been much higher.

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Ilkley Shoot Demo - This Saturday

30-09-2008 17:39

Just a reminder about the demo in Ilkley this Saturday

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Sainsbury's greenwash

30-09-2008 14:11

closed loop cycles
Sainsbury's have hit the height of hypocrisy with their decision to remove plastic bags from their checkouts. This is an exercise in greenwash to distract from their excessive and unnecessary packaging.

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2000 Days of Occupation - Hands Off Iraqi Oil action to target Cheney

30-09-2008 10:21

2000 days of occupation and the oil lobby and neo-conservative right still haven't got what they came for. Iraq's oil is still unprivatised but for how long? With just over 100 days to go until the end of Bush and Cheney's term in office, the crude pair are redoubling their efforts to secure the black stuff for US oil majors. Monday October 13th sees 41 international oil companies meet the Iraqi oil minister in London, to discuss the oil carve up they have waited so long for and which has been such a key factor in the deaths of over a million Iraqis. Lets get out on the streets on Saturday October 11th and remind them an Iraqi and a global movement demands the end to the occupation and their oil grab plans. End the occupation Now, Hands Off Iraqi Oil...

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EV-EON: Nice Bit Of Subvertising (Shame About The Solutions)

30-09-2008 09:19


Here’s something nice from a group that brainstormed an idea at the 2008 Climate Camp; EV-EON [ http://www.ev-eon.com]. EON want to build the first of a whole raft of coal-fired power stations in the UK, so these guys decided - and I’m guessing there are a few graphic designers and web bods involved - to make a spoof, which works well.

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Stalking the Solitaire

29-09-2008 13:13

Shell to Sea Kayakers visit the Solitaire in Scotland

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Direct Action; Venezuela, UK, Italy, Spain & USA

28-09-2008 19:19

Video BULLFIGHTING MONUMENT DEFACED (Venezuela)
23rd-27th September

BULLFIGHTING MONUMENT DEFACED (Venezuela)
CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR 51 TURKEYS (UK)
THOUSANDS OF MINK RUN FREE, FARMERS WORRY ABOUT THEIR FUTURE (Italy)
ALF ATTACK VIVISECTION BREEDER (UK)
FLY FISHERY TARGETED (UK)
MESSAGE LEFT FOR BULLFIGHTER (Spain)
3 BARCLAYS CASHPOINTS GLUED (UK)
OLD TRICKS FOR A NEW DOG (UK)
MCDONALD'S BILLBOARD PAINTBOMBED (USA)
STICKY SITUATION CONTINUES FOR BARCLAYS (UK)
HOME VISIT FOR NOVARTIS VIVISECTOR (UK)
BARCLAYS BANK PAINTED AND GLUED (UK)
DOWN ON THE FARM WITH THE ALF (UK)
ANIMAL TRANSPORTER & FARM VEHICLES WRECKED (UK)
TWO SOUTHERN BARCLAYS VISITED (UK)

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MoD in 'disgrace' as safety breaches at Trident bases reach record high

28-09-2008 11:18

From Sunday Herald:

Lapses at Faslane and Coulport include power failures, spilled radioactive waste and contaminated workers.

By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor

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Saving Iceland Targets International Aluminium Conference

25-09-2008 23:00

Today, the 11th International Conference on Aluminium Aloys (ICAA) met with angry protests. Activists from the environmentalist network Saving Iceland disrupted the proceedings at the University in Aachen, Germany. Early this morning, during one of Rio Tinto Alcan’s lectures, the fire alarms in the building were put on. Later today - again during Rio Tinto Alcan’s lecture - stink bombs were thrown and a high volume rape alarm was put on and suspended out of reach by green and black helium baloons. The auditorium was also strewn with information leaflets. The aim was to call attention to the industry’s singular involvement in ecological destruction in Iceland, as well as on a global scale.

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Arts Show Attacks Shane Meadows

25-09-2008 14:03

Shane - ASDA awards
Lord Biro's latest art show 'Thomas the Eurostar Tank Engine Art Show' takes a critical view of Shane Meadows involvement with ASDA's latest advertising campaign - other subjects include nuclear power, Tesco, Ecotowns and David Milliband's sabre rattling in the Ukraine.

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Hunt Sabs Breach Security at Bradford Council Offices

24-09-2008 17:39

Hunt Sabs breached the 'security' at Bradford Council's main office and made an impromptu visit to the Countryside and Rights of Way office who are incharge of dealing with the Ilkley Moor shoot.

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Alternatives Book Fair

23-09-2008 12:54

Wrekin Stop War & Wrekin Anarchist Group are holding an Alternatives book fair on Saturday 4th October at Belmont hall, New Street, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire. 10am-5pm

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Direct Action; USA, Mexico, Sweden & UK

22-09-2008 19:26

COMMUNIQUE RELEASED FROM RAID AT MINK FARM (Sweden)
LARGEST U.S. FUR FARM RAID IN YEARS (USA)
25 MEAT MARKETS GLUED (Mexico)
UCLA'S FALL TERM BEGINS WITH A BURNING VAN (USA)
COMMUNIQUE RELEASED FROM RAID AT MINK FARM (Sweden)
AFTER-HOURS VISIT TO PET SHOP (UK)
HLS SUPPLIER'S VAN SUPER-GLUED (USA?)

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Thousands of mink freed & hens, turkeys rescued

19-09-2008 16:11

MORE MINK RUN FREE IN SWEDEN
September 18, 2008 - Canada
ACTIVISTS BUSY RESCUING HENS, TURKEYS

September 17, 2008 - Sweden
MORE MINK RUN FREE IN SWEDEN