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Costa Nothing strikes again!

15-09-2007 15:13

More coffee, tea and cake handed out by the caffeinated crew

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Reminder: 29 Hours To Go In Liverpool!

14-09-2007 13:31

With only one day to go 'till the doors of Liverpool's new social centre finally open, expectations are high and a fair degree of excitement can be felt on the streets of our fair city.

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Nearly 30 Months of Neglect: Sparkbrook Social Centre Remains Abandoned

12-09-2007 22:32

The Cottage of Content social house at 147 Kyrwicks Lane, Sparkbrook has had a turbulent past two years. Following an eviction, criminal damage, an occupation and attempted restoration, followed by another eviction, the building continues to rot on the corner of Montpellier Street, with Birmingham City Council seemingly oblivious to its presence or its potential.

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DSEi footage wanted, screening 'Lord of War' Thursday

12-09-2007 11:28

The weekly cinema at the rampART social centre will be screening Lord of War this thursday along with DSEi footage, so if you were filming please contribute your rushes or finished edits. Screening starts 8pm so you just have time to scream at a few delegates going into the arms dealers dinner at the Dorchester before hightailing it over to rampART for more immoral death and destruction.

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It Costa Nothing! Reclaiming the Cowley Road

10-09-2007 14:12

Cheeky advertising
Increasingly annoyed with the growing number of chains and instead of whinging about the state of our society, a group of intrepid activists decided to do something about it...

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'Anarchy' in Piccadilly

10-09-2007 00:43

I was walking down London's Piccadilly yesterday and stumbled upon Raymond Charles Dell's street exhibition, Anarchy in the UK, which has been on display every weekend for almost 40 years. The pictures, all marked with a circled A and priced £8 each, ranged from anti-war and anti-establishment to images of resistance from different eras. Luckily, i had a friend's camera with me so i took some pictures.

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Copenhagen Update September II

08-09-2007 16:12

69 small...
More news from Copenhagen - 69 peaceful demos totaling thousands of people, US embassy warns against activists and preparations are underway for big squatting action in October.

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"Sink MediaSpree!"

08-09-2007 13:30

"MediaSpree versenken!"
("Sink MediaSpree!")

22.04.2007

Quarter walk / demo in Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, Mitte (Berlin), against "MediaSpree".

"MediaSpree" is a capitalistic project made by big companies, like "O2", "Anschutz Entertainment Group" (  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anschutz_Entertainment_Group ), "MTV", "Universal", ..., to build big, ugly blocks, near by the Spree river who cross 2 "poor" quarters (Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain) in Berlin.

More infos:
www.ms-versenken.org
 mediaspreeversenken@no-log.org

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Perverse Preston Development Direction

07-09-2007 23:41

Why does Preston City Council say NO to Brownfield city centre housing developments but YES to housing in our beautiful greenbelt floodplain areas by the precious River Ribble?

Any suggestions?

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Free Screen Is Back! And We're Regular!

05-09-2007 19:48

Liverpool's only place for radical film screenings, Free Screen @ The Liverpool Social Centre, 96 Bold Street Liverpool is launching its autumn program this September 23rd at 7pm.

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Copenhagen Update September

03-09-2007 19:17

Video Occupied Inland Ice
Current situation in Copenhagen in brief, the fight for free spaces continues and escalates as we reach the 6 month anniversary of the eviction of Ungdomshuset, and a well known (and hated) repressor "loses it".

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Hill Holt Woods Project 2

03-09-2007 13:08

Hill Holt Wood (HHW) is a 14 hectare deciduous woodland situated on the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire border, just off the A46.

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Hill Holt Woods Project 1

03-09-2007 13:03

Hill Holt Wood (HHW) is a 14 hectare deciduous woodland situated on the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire border, just off the A46.

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'An Introduction to Anarchism' In Liverpool

01-09-2007 17:22

Hosted by the Merseyside Anarchist Group
Thursday 20th September - 7.30pm - 10pm
Next to Nowhere at the Liverpool Social Centre, 96 Bold Street, underneath News from Nowhere.

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Grand Opening Week At Liverpool's Next To Nowhere

01-09-2007 15:27

We open with a week of events from 15th September to 23rd September (flyer), and from then on will be available to book for meetings and events. If you have a meeting or event that you would like to put on why not book the centre?

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Grand Opening Week 15th - 23rd September

01-09-2007 13:04

Next to Nowhere at the Liverpool social centre presents a week of events to celebrate our opening.

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Sumac Centre Reopens Today After Maintenance and Redecorating Work

01-09-2007 11:48

Many people have done a triffic job redecorating the Sumac Centre, whilst the rest of us have been lazing with our cocktails on some sunny tropical island - or getting trench foot camping in yet another flooded field.

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Events at Camberwell Squatted Centre postponed

01-09-2007 11:14

Black Frog Stays!
Events at the recently evicted Camberwell Squatted Centre have been postponed whilst a new venue is sorted out. There are discussions about squatting a new building and a fuller collective statement on the legacy of the building will be available soon.

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Camberwell Squatted Centre Evicted 30-08-07

30-08-2007 09:58

Camberwell Squatted Centre was unexpectedly evicted this morning by the police and high court bailiffs. The building had been occupied since March 2007 and was planning a busy weekend of events including a soca night, a bike wheel making workshop and a vegan cake day.