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Hulme Green Spaces Day - April 16th 2005

18-04-2005 17:06

We had a great day on Saturday, over the course of the morning around 50 people popped by to our event on the green space site opposite Hulme Post Office.

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G8 Climate Counter Summit - Follow up event

16-04-2005 14:41

A follow up meeting to the G8 Climate Counter Summit has been called for this Monday, April 18th at Rampart Street.

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Facing Climate Change & Other Great Adventures

16-04-2005 07:37

A talk by Joanna Macy, 6-8.30pm Monday 9th May 2005. Wesley Memorial Church, New Inn Hall street, central Oxford. £2-£5 on the door.

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Spodden Valley asbestos concerns- John Prescott gets the message...

15-04-2005 17:20

On his visit to Rochdale today, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott met with Save Spodden Valley campaigners and listened to their concerns about building 600+ homes and a children's nursery on the site of what was the world's largest asbestos textile factory.

Countryside Properties have just had their controversial planning application put on hold. campaigners are now asking that the plans be "called-in" to the ODPM so that a Planning Inspector is appointed to oversee any decisions about the troubled site.

John Prescott promised that a request for "call-in" would be considered sympathetically by his office.

The Deputy Prime Minister also expressed his concerns about the dangers of asbestos. He explained how he had lost friends and colleagues to a "slow and lingering death from asbestos"

Save Spodden Valley handed a letter to John Prescott. (More details of the campaign can be fond at: www.Spodden-Valley.co.uk -type carefully- Countryside Properties have been busy buying up similar sounding domain names!)

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'Wake Up to Trade Justice' Set to be Biggest Mass Protest in Election

14-04-2005 21:36

Open public gathering at Westminster Abbey
World poverty and environmental groups descend on Whitehall Friday 15th April to show strength of public concern on the UK’s role in global trade.

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“Fake” Spodden Valley asbestos websites exposed…

13-04-2005 21:53

The Save Spodden Valley campaign may have discovered a sinister move by developers of the former asbestos factory site in the Spodden Valley, Rochdale:

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G8 Climate Counter Summit - follow-up event

13-04-2005 20:06

A follow up to the G8 Climate Counter Summit held last month has been called for 18th April, 7 PM at Rampart Street in London. The meeting is open to anyone interested in networking, campaigning and planning for action on climate change around the G8.

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Destruction of the palmtrees in Iraq

13-04-2005 15:58

Le palmier dattier est l'arbre emblématique de la Basse Mésopotamie. Les dattes sont l'un des produits de base de l'alimentation de l'Irak moderne. Avant l'embargo, l'Irak, qui abritait plus de trente millions de palmiers dattiers et plusieurs centaines de variétés, était le premier exportateur de dattes au monde. Aujourd'hui, les palmeraies, saccagées par les troupes d'occupation et atteintes par une maladie inconnue, sont pratiquement détruites.
La destruction des palmiers-dattiers et d'autres arbres fruitiers pourrait-elle faire partie de la politique de génocide culturel menée par les Etats-Unis en Irak, berceau de la civilisation, tout comme la destruction des oliveraies en Palestine par les Israéliens ?

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Sonae factory threaten local website

12-04-2005 18:55

Sonae factory threaten local website with solicitors threats and accuse website of damaging reputation of Sonae.

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London Motorway Inquiry - Inspector resigns after protests

12-04-2005 17:40

At a pre-Inquiry meeting into a huge new motorway through East London, Inspectors stormed out after residents protests. Today it has been announced that the Head Inspector has resigned.

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Art Not Oil 2005; (not the National Petroleum Gallery!)

12-04-2005 09:37

BP boss Browne in the dock for his company's sundry crimes
ART NOT OIL 2005: A TRUER PORTRAIT OF AN OIL COMPANY?

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Biofuel available in Sheffield

11-04-2005 18:12

Waste vegetable oil from local eateries is now being reprocessed by a local company to provide an alternative fuel for most diesel powered vehicles.

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Drumming up support for Legalise Cannabis Alliance

11-04-2005 13:41

We are in Canterbury on saturday to canvas voters

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Robert Newman to play free comedy gig at Trade Justice demo this friday

10-04-2005 19:16

The Trade Justice Movement has announced activist and author Robert Newman will head the Comedy line up at this friday's Wake Up to Trade Justice all night protest.

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Swindonians are still Together On Planning

10-04-2005 14:53

Wait for the results of the public inquiry
Bright sun and a chilly wind greeted the people of Swindon as they assembled in Faringdon Road Park on Saturday 9th April 2005 for the second STOP (Swindonians Together On Planning) march. Placards spoke out against various unpopular planning decisions in and around the borough of Swindon, and many different signs were in evidence which made use of a subverted version of the orange Swindon Borough Council logo. The protestors marched through the Railway Village, past the Mechanics Institute, through the town centre to a rally outside the Civic Offices.

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Trade Justice Club Night London 15 April Nitin Sawhney + Tickets Now On Sale

10-04-2005 14:07

The night that starts in London's Marquee Club and takes you to Tony Blair's doorstep. Join thousands on the 15th April for a night long protest for trade justice.

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Oil and the Power of Arizona Big Shots

07-04-2005 02:26

Arizona is the millionaire retirement and second home Fat-Cat capital of the world – and they like to shoot or humiliate Mexican nationals (and Mexican Americans too!) who cross the border to fill the low paying jobs that US businesses offer them (Wal-mart is a big employer of undocumented workers and a threat to Mexican retail stores too!) For some reason, Arizona is one of the most powerful states in the US with 3 or four Supreme Court justices ( if you count the ones to be nominated soon), War-Boy John McCain who could be the next US president,

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The Walks: Council approves building cafe on children's playground

06-04-2005 14:12

The local council has recommended approval of their own planning application, in breach of local planning zones. Will the national government intervene? We hope so.

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PILLOW FIGHT for Trade Justice - London 13th April

06-04-2005 12:15

13th April 6.30pm
Pillow fight for Trade Justice.
City of London
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED ---email:  pillowsforjustice@hotmail.com to register your interest or visit  http://www.cloxfam.org/pilllow.htm

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The first UK Simultaneous Policy general election begins

05-04-2005 19:30

The Simultaneous Policy (SP) campaign will have an impact in this general election as candidates are asked by supporters to sign a pledge to implement measures to address global problems.