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Arms dealers, military, and nuclear industry come to Nottingham

22-05-2006 14:38

A graduate recruitment fair featuring the armed forces, Lockheed Martin, and the British Nuclear Group, is coming to the East Midlands Conference Centre (University Park) on 2nd June, 11am - 3.30pm.

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Hands Across the Hill :: Sharphill Woods, Nottingham. Piccys

22-05-2006 14:18

Hands Across the Hill :: Sharphill Woods, Nottingham. Piccys

Local people call for protest against the proposed Sharphill housing development in West Bridgford.

On Sunday (21st May) at 11am folks met up at Sharphill Woods and joined hands for the 'Hands across the Hill' protest.

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Norwich Airport Shop targeted in DRAMATIC PROTEST

22-05-2006 11:19

protestors and shoppers outside shop
At 1030, today Saturday May 20th , Climate Change campaigners made a dramatic protest “Today Flying, Tomorrow Swimming” about the environmental cost of cheap flights.

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4000 Peasants say no to Monterrico Metals in Ayabaca, Peru

22-05-2006 10:31

On the 11th May, in the beautiful city of Ayabaca, Northern Peru, between 3000 and 4000 people marched the streets protesting against the activities of the British mining company Monterrico Metals (owner of Mineria Majaz) in their province.

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Climate Camp London Info Night at the Square

21-05-2006 21:03

*From the London area and thinking of going to the Climate Camp this summer?* London Rising Tide is hosting an open meeting for people who want to find out more about the camp, and discuss the idea of a London neighbourhood.

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National Anti-Incinerator Meeting 27 May at Birkbeck College, London

21-05-2006 20:48

Dear Friends,

The Defra public consultation period is now over and the Government's new waste strategy is going to be formulated. There is still plenty of opportunity to influence the final outcome by showing how strongly we feel against incineration, how harmful it is and how it affects global warming, a major point on the Government's agenda at present. However, we are not going to be able to influence the Strategy on our own, no matter how strong any one local group shouts.

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ELF Prisoner benefit, 27/5/06, in Nottingham

21-05-2006 16:52

A night of info about the latest US crackdown on radical green activists is planned, for sat 27th May, at the Sumac in Nottingham. Entertainments will follow.

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local protest at housing development

21-05-2006 12:26

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today local people showed their opposition to green belt development.

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Bush in Wonderland

21-05-2006 09:40

"Bush in Wonderland, a Mad Emitters Tea Party" was held outside the heavily barricaded front of the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square on Saturday 20 May, 2006.

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waking up to breakfast in amsterdam, dying for soya in south america...

20-05-2006 17:35

Audio
last week I had breakfast with two lovely activists in a squat in amsterdam. we had no soya milk, but strangely enough, soy was in almost everything else on the table except for the coffee (curdling? yick). but where does this soya come from, and why are kids dying for it to reach our tables? this interview begins to tell the story....

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Sheffield Free Bus

20-05-2006 17:03

Get a lift with your friends
Sick of paying too much money on the buses ? We are offering a donations only bus service so that people can pay what think is reasonable and what they can.

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massive climate chaos direct action - Reclaim Power

20-05-2006 16:30

Reclaim Power flier front side
Visualise Industrial Collapse

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REYT POSH DINNER at Matilda 2nd June ICELAND ANTI-DAM BENEFIT

20-05-2006 11:40

Benefit Meal at matilda in aid of anti-dam campaign in Iceland.

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Camp for Climate Action Planning Meeting

20-05-2006 09:40

Wednesday 31 May 7.30 @ The Casa, 26 Hope Street

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Public Meeting - Community Sustainability Bill

20-05-2006 08:26

Sustainable Communities Bill Public Meeting

Date: 25th May 2006
Time: 7:30pm (duration ~ 2 hours)
Venue: Queens Walk Community Centre, Queens Walk, The Meadows, Notts NG2 2DG

Have you noticed the following things happening in your community?:

Closure of local independent shops

Closure of the local Post Office

Closure of the local bank branch

Decline of local street markets

Closure of the local pub

Closure of local services e.g. health centres

Green spaces being built on

More traffic and less people walking on the streets

Less public transport services

More "clone" branded shops and huge superstores

Local Works is the campaign that aims to change this situation that is known as Ghost Town Britain. Instead we want local sustainability, which has these 4 measurements:

1. Thriving local economies
2. Environmental protection
3. Social inclusion
4. Active democratic participation

Please come along to the Public Meeting to discuss the Sustainable Communities Bill. Guest speakers include Alan Simpson MP and Jon Beresford from NAIL ) Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill)

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Leeds Veggie Fayre!

19-05-2006 19:49

On Sunday the 21st May, prior to vegetarian week, the
Leeds vegetarian and vegan society are holding a small
veggie fayre at The Common Place between 12 and 5.

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Global Coalition Sounds the Alarm on Synthetic Biology

19-05-2006 11:23

Today, a coalition of 35 international organizations including scientists, environmentalists, trade unionists, biowarfare experts and social justice advocates called for inclusive public debate, regulation and oversight of the rapidly advancing field of synthetic biology - the construction of unique and novel artificial life forms to perform specific tasks.

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Anti M1 campaign gains momentum

19-05-2006 09:31

speakers at the meeting
Around 50 people attended a public meeting yesterday in Sheffield to oppose the widening of the M1 motorway and to demand a radical change in government transport policy to sustainable solutions.

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CHEMTRAILS - In Law, Policy, and Practice.

19-05-2006 07:09

CHEMTRAILS - In Law, Policy, and Practice.

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Going nuclear

18-05-2006 12:28

Why has Tony Blair got the hots for nuclear power all of a sudden?
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