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Liverpool Critical Mass this friday 29/4

28-04-2005 13:30

RELAUNCH OF LIVERPOOL CRITICAL MASS

THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 29TH

MEET 6.30PM, CHINATOWN GATE

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Rising Tide Climate Change Day 3 Demo - TODAY (thursday 28th)

28-04-2005 04:36

Rising Tide Climate Change Day 3 Demo - TODAY (thursday 28th)

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Support Needed thursday 28th London, st. james square

27-04-2005 23:13

thorn in BP's side is still firmly wedged in trees after two days and nights opposite their offices in st. james square, london with gorgeous banner and tree bark for company.

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BP treesit goes into second night of occupation - get down there now!

27-04-2005 13:37

A lone climber from London Rising Tide is spending Wed night up a tree opposite BP - we need people outside the BP office, 1 St. James' Square, through the day, evening and night even.

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text from rising tide banner drop leaflet

27-04-2005 11:31

Look up – the trees opposite BP’s HQ in St. James’ Square have been occupied by a group of concerned citizens. They have hung (with any luck) a banner reading 'BP fuels climate chaos'

Some will stay the night and greet BP workers for the second time tomorrow morning, to urge them to try to find a less destructive job, and to underline the company’s complicity in the climate crisis we’re all facing. They also hope to inspire others to take direct action for the planet and its people.

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Pictures from Rising Tide climate chaos banner outside BP HQ

26-04-2005 22:38

banner is directly opposite BP HQ - unmissable
Some pics of the brilliant climate chaos banner that London Rising Tide climbers hung directly opposite BP's London headquarters in St James Sq. I breezed in during the evening after they finally unfurled it.

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photos from BP banner drop

26-04-2005 16:47

"protesters? where?"
Okay, it was perhaps the longest banner drop in the history of banner drops (over 8 hours to unfurl) but it was worth it...

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BATH PEACENIK PIRATE GATHERING - DROP ANCHORS NOT BOMBS!

26-04-2005 16:46

Celebrate mayday with the Peacenik Pirates in bath. Activities include info stalls, music, poi lessons and bucaneer antics. DROP ANCHORS NOT BOMBS!

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Candlelit vigil at Rochdale Town Hall...

26-04-2005 14:59

A candlelit vigil is to be held outside Rochdale Town Hall on Thursday 28th April from 8pm. Organised by Greater Manchester hazards Centre, this is to commemorate Workers’ Memorial Day. Its purpose is to remember all those who have died in Rochdale, Britain and throughout the world as a result of their work.

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Piles of crushed asbestos factory of immediate concern...

26-04-2005 14:32

Spodden Valley, Rochdale:

Official concern has been raised about large piles of crushed rubble on the site of the former Turner Brothers asbestos factory.

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Climate campaigners scale Prescott's roof + fit solar panels

26-04-2005 12:48


26th April 05

Greenpeace volunteers fitted solar panels to John Prescott's roof and hung a huge banner across his house this morning that says: Oi 2 Jags! Hit targets, not voters.

The Deputy Prime Minsiter is putting Britain's climate change targets at risk by failing to make UK homes more energy efficient. According to the UN, climate change kills 150,000 people every year, and Tony Blair has described the threat as the gravest we face.

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Concerned Squirrels target 'Blair Petroleum' in tree protest at record profits

26-04-2005 11:32

Protesters have today occupied trees outside BPs corporate HQ to protest the company's parlous environmental and social record, on the morning that they announce highest ever profits for their first 2005 quarterly financial results.

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Landless Movement against Green Desert needs support

26-04-2005 06:38

letter from a friend travelling in South America; concerning a settlement of the Movimento Sem Terra (MST, landless workers' movement) in Brasil that is fighting the growing ecological menace of eucalytpus monoculture as part of their own struggle for land and justice. We all need to know about this situation, and they all need our support. thanks.

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Fuel Protestors Considering G8 Summit Action?

26-04-2005 01:02

Report in yesterday's Transport News Network, following the short blockade / picket of Shell's Stanlow oil refinery in Cheshire. Plans for high-profile demonstrations to demand a cut in fuel prices will be discussed at a meeting in Edinburgh today (tues).

Re G8 see report below:

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Derby G8 arrestees' bail dropped

25-04-2005 15:30

The 12 people arrested at the Derby G8 protests last month have had their bail dropped.

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saturday club 4x4 antics

25-04-2005 05:14

the saturday club met this saturday to congratulate the 4x4 drivers of manchester for giving us asthma..causing 25% of all road traffic accidents and for their massive contribution to climate change...

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Voting for global justice (not party political)

24-04-2005 06:12

Voters in 21 constituencies have the option of voting for a candidate who has signed a pledge to implement the Simultaneous Policy (SP) alongside other governments. This campaign is gaining cross-party support and now is the ideal time to encourage politicians to sign the pledge.

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Greens Oppose Eco Disaster in Warwickshire

20-04-2005 14:09

Stratford Green Party members have been shocked and horrified by a last minute through the back door proposal to try and get a 2000 metre of River Avon frontage extending across a 64 hectare site of extreme natural beauty and diversity at the edge of a Warwickshire village turned into a gravel quarry for at least 10 years to supply the ever greedy building trade.

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rabble rousing for SOS Iceland

19-04-2005 15:08

At the rampART - 15-17 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA
Friday 22nd from 8pm to 11pm

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LONDON ISN'T VENICE... YET! Environmental Comedy Spectacular

19-04-2005 13:38

Free performances: 26 April - 2 May
A brightly clad troupe of masked Venetians are travelling long the river Thames and London canal network looking for a new home after floods have engulfed Venice. Alighting rom their boat, they make their way to numerous performance locations accompanied by an accordion and singing Italian love songs.