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Direct Action; Mexico, USA & UK

28-07-2009 02:06

23rd-27th July

TRUCK TORCHED AT SLAUGHTERHOUSE (Mexico)
"HAPPY MEAT" PACKAGES CUT UP (USA)
GRAFFITI FOR ANIMAL LIBERATION (Mexico)
ANGLERS VEHICLES REDECORATED (UK)
LOCKS GLUED SHUT AT PET STORE, OTHER BUSINESSES (Mexico)
FIRES STARTED AT DAIRY SHOP (Mexico)

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Eight Hinkley nuclear workers contaminated after radiation incident

27-07-2009 11:37

Press reports state that eight workers at Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset had to receive radiation decontamination treatment last week following an incident.

 http://www.stophinkley.org/NewsPages/News090723.htm
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/8166557.stm

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Big Green Gathering Cancelled

27-07-2009 07:11

The Big Green Gathering has been cancelled.

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Climate Change: a year from now

26-07-2009 11:15

On Tuesday August 4th, the people of Greater Manchester have an opportunity
to come together to share knowledge and ideas about Climate Change and what
to do about it.

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You're Appointing Who? Please Obama, Say It's Not So!

25-07-2009 10:45

The person who may be responsible for more food-related illness and death
than anyone in history has just been made the US food safety czar. This is
no joke.

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ALF Visit HLS Supplier, Burn Animal Transport Trucks

24-07-2009 16:14

July 22, 2009 - USA
AFTER-HOURS VISIT TO HLS SUPPLIER

July 21, 2009 - Mexico
ANIMAL TRANSPORT TRUCKS BURNED

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CCD Progress Report 2009: Proof by Omission

24-07-2009 14:53

CCD, Colony Collapse Disorder, refers to the phenomena of the disappearing bees, a major threat to our ecosystem. This is a response to the USDA CCD Steering Committee Report,
TheURL of the full report of CCD Steering Committee is:

 http://www.extension.org/pages/Colony_Collapse_Disorder_Progress_Report_2009

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LONDON VESTA SOLIDARITY - SAVE JOBS, SAVE THE PLANET

22-07-2009 16:26

2 events in London to show solidarity with workers occupying Britain's only wind turbine factory, their families and community & the planet

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Report from International Conference on Climate change

22-07-2009 14:30

More evidence from the International Conference on Climate change last month which produced the Manhattan Declaration of the way in which scientists who are sceptical about man-made global warming find their work is suppressed. A detailed piece on the website of the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works reports:

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GMWatch launches new myth-busting website

22-07-2009 13:31

GMWatch has just launched its new myth-busting website: www.gmwatch.org, which replaces the one forced off the web by 14 months of cyber attacks.

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a splendid evening of local food 7 local musicians

22-07-2009 13:10

After much demand we are proud to announce the first YOMA presents... this month featuring “It's easy to fall in love with girls with guitars”.

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The 300-350 Show: Arctic Special - part one

22-07-2009 11:39

Audio
The first of two episodes featuring Jess Worth – a co-editor of New Internationalist - who has recently finished editing an issue of the magazine focusing on the Arctic which uncovers the largely untold story of how climate change is impacting already on indigenous peoples and how they are fighting back.

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VESTAS Plant Occupied- they need you

21-07-2009 09:44

URGENT! Vestas plant occupied

Around 150 have occupied the Vestas plant on the Isle of Wight. Their brave stand needs urgent support now. All 600 workers at the factory face redundancy. The factory is the largest employer on the island.

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Camp For Climate Action 27 Aug - 2 Sept

20-07-2009 21:08

27 August - 2 September, London

With the city lights in sight, you pitch your tent alongside thousands of others. Another future emerges from the ground.
Welcome to the Climate Camp.

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Direct Action; Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, Mexico & Australia

20-07-2009 17:59

15th-20th July

40 HENS LIBERATED (Netherlands)
HUNTING CLUB BURNT TO THE GROUND (Sweden)
NEW STRIKE AGAINST DUFFY'S CIRCUS (Ireland)
LEATHER SHOPS SET ON FIRE (Mexico)
FUR SHOP & OWNER'S HOME SPRAY-PAINTED (Sweden)
MEAT EXPORTER VANDALIZED (Australia)
LOCKS GLUED AT MEAT MARKETS (Mexico)
ANGLERS LOCKED OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES (Ireland)
A LITTLE SQUIRT OF GLUE (Mexico)

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Forget Shorter Showers

20-07-2009 16:00

Forget Shorter Showers
Why personal change does not equal political change
by Derrick Jensen

WOULD ANY SANE PERSON think dumpster diving would have stopped Hitler, or that composting would have ended slavery or brought about the eight-hour workday, or that chopping wood and carrying water would have gotten people out of Tsarist prisons, or that dancing naked around a fire would have helped put in place the Voting Rights Act of 1957 or the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Then why now, with all the world at stake, do so many people retreat into these entirely personal “solutions”?

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Whistleblowers denied role in Sizewell nuclear leaks investigation

20-07-2009 12:28

Press statement from the Shut Down Sizewell Campaign about the 22 July Special Meeting of Sizewell A & B Stakeholders Group to investigate the Cooling Pond Leak at Sizewell A nuclear reactor on 7 January 2007.

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Two Weeks to go till the Camp for Climate Action in Scotland 3-10 August 2009

19-07-2009 18:08

Join us for a week of low-impact living and high-impact direct action in the Firth of Forth. There's just two weeks till the first of the summer climate camps begins. From the 3rd to the 10th Bring yourself and your friends to put a stop to the root causes of climate change and ecological collapse. Together we will take action to shut down polluting industry, while living sustainably in a horizontally organised camp.