UK Indymedia - UK Globalisation Newswire Archive

Collective statement of solidarity with the social struggle in Oaxaca, Mexico

24-11-2006 10:53

Nottingham anarchists and Indymedia activists send their message of support for the struggle of the Mexican people against corruption, poverty, suppression of free speech, for their autonomy and wish to live in peace.

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Global Action Day for Education (30th Nov.)

24-11-2006 02:31

A Global Action Day for Education will take place on the 30th Nov to protest and resist neoliberal reforms (especially within the education sector). Students of the world unite!

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report back: Oxford WDM meeting - Our World is Not for Sale

23-11-2006 11:17

Oxford World Development Movement (WDM) hosted a talk on Wednesday 22nd November at the Town Hall entitled, 'The World Bank and International Monetary Fund: Reform or Abolition?' Turn-out was really good and people heard three top speakers talk on the future of the World Bank and IMF: Dr. Stephen Hurt, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Oxford Brookes, Patrick Watt, Senior Policy Officer at ActionAid, and Peter Hardstaff, Head of Policy at WDM.

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Buy Nothing Day this Saturday 25th November

23-11-2006 10:27

aturday November 25th 2006 is Buy Nothing Day (UK), It's a day where you challenge yourself, your family and friends to switch off from shopping and tune into life. Anyone can take part provided they spend a day without spending!

This year our message is simple, shop less - live more! The challenge is to try simple living for a day, spend time with family and friends, rather than spend money on them.

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Janitors' Victory in Houston - Thank You!

23-11-2006 00:22

Compas!!!

After 4 weeks of janitors in Houston, USA, striking and a heavy escalation last week (88 arrested in civil disobediences, local, national and international coordinated actions and a heavy corporate campaign against Chevron and Hines) janitors won a big victory!

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Student Sit-In Halts LSE Oil Baron Peter Sutherland's Lecture

22-11-2006 23:00

LSE students this evening demonstrated their opposition to the appointment of current BP Chair, Peter Sutherland, as the prospective Chair of LSE Court of Governors by staging a mass sit-in and halting a public lecture that he was due to give at the university.

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Ten Reasons to Block LNG in Wales

22-11-2006 12:11

Corporate greed and mindless materialism threaten to destroy the planet. Act now

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Oaxaca - day of action minute by minute in the rebelion

21-11-2006 18:34

november the 20th oaxaca.minute by minute. Global day of action. general stricke. PFP strickes against demonstrators in Oaxaca, breaks into the faculty of Law.

original and ammendments

http://vientos.info/cml/ < free media centre collectives

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St Edmunds Day 2006: A year after the curse

20-11-2006 17:09

Last November 20th 2006 the Knights of St Edmund formerly laid the ancient curse of St Edmund upon the Cattle-Market Development at Bury St Edmunds to prevent the construction of an 11.5 acre shopping mall, which has been rejected by three democratic and independent ballots of the towns people. So what happened next?

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Brize Norton National Demonstration, 2 December

20-11-2006 17:03

STOP THE WAR COALITION NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION
2 DECEMBER 06 ~ RAF BRIZE NORTON
Coaches leaving from Central London 9.30am
Tickets: £10 / £8 (to book contact

office@stopwar.org.uk or 020 7278 6694)

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ephemera special issue on Latin America

20-11-2006 15:19

Whether in Oaxaca, El Alto, Buenos Aires or Porto Alegre - Latin America is a continent that has seen many social struggles and popular resistances in recent years. This special issue of "ephemera" is dedicated to giving voice to some of these struggles, in order to share their experiences across the globe. Comprising 10 contributions, published in Spanish or Portuguese and translated into English, these texts particularly explore the question of how struggles and resistances have been organized in the Latin American context.

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The Evolution of Morality

19-11-2006 16:07

Scientists who study human evolution have discovered the evolutionary origins of morality. The concept of morality exists in every culture on Earth, but the morals themselves are different, which causes a lot of conflict in the world. Now that the Democrats own the U.S. Congress, I’m sure that conflict is about to get very interesting…

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Melbourne: Police Attack G20 Protestors Causing Severe Injuries

19-11-2006 14:02

Police attacked a peaceful group of anti-G20 protestors at the Melbourne Museum on Sunday evening causing severe injuries. The protestors, who had gathered on information that G20 delegates were attending an event at the Museum, were reportedly given no prior warning before the assault which involved fists, boots and batons. Footage clearly shows police brutally beating defenseless people lying on the ground.

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Ludicrous Assumptions

19-11-2006 03:21

Ludicrous assumptions are many but perhaps the most absurd is the assumption that those who steal the greater percentage of available wealth and continue to implement economic strategies designed to enslave are (somehow) safe and secure. From the Pacific islands to the pitch battles in Mainland China, exploited people of the world are retaliating against injustice.

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Buy Nothing Day!

18-11-2006 22:20

calling all activists....

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Payback: 100 Melbourne Police violently attack G20 Festive Gathering

18-11-2006 16:51

The G20 meeting of Finance Ministers, World Bank, IMF and Reserve Bank Governors is occurring in Melbourne and has met with local protests and street confrontations with police. A festive gathering of G20 protestors on Saturday night was violently broken up by the police. One must asume this is a payback operation for protests earlier in the day breaching police barricades and even damaging a police riot unit vehicle.

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Street Confrontations at Melbourne G20 Protest

18-11-2006 12:52

Protestors were on the offensive again today against the G20 meeting in Melbourne with some of the most confrontational protest actions of recent times in Australia.

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Melbourne: Businesses Targeted by G20 Protests

17-11-2006 16:07

The G20 meeting of Finance Ministers, the World Bank and the IMF is appearing in Melbourne, Australia over the weekend of 18-19 November. They are being welcomed by a series of conferences, creative protests and festivals by a wide variety of anti-globalisation activists.

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War Profiteers Targeted on Corporate Engagement day

17-11-2006 06:06

Media release for actions Friday 17th

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Public Meeting: Our World is Not for Sale

16-11-2006 20:21

Oxford World Development Movement (WDM) is hosting a public meeting to discuss possible ways forward in the fight against global poverty in the Long Room, Oxford Town Hall, on the 22nd November from 7:15-9:15pm . The topic for discussion is, 'The World Bank and International Monetary Fund: Reform or Abolition?'