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British Foreign Influence: Learning From Cyprus

29-09-2012 17:23

Information about the invasion and subsequent occupation of Northern Cyprus and the UK involvement in it.

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Oxford Indymedia Film Nights back with "Gasland"

29-09-2012 15:33

Join us on Sunday 7th October for our first film of the new autumn/winter season: Gasland...

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Direct Action in Belarus

25-09-2012 22:20

Anarchists in Belarus are getting ready to rumble with the regime again.

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Tomorrow's Stop G8 planning meeting - details

21-09-2012 18:27

Stop G* is a network set up to oppose the G8 summit which is taking place in the UK in 2013

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Camp Bastion attacked - heaviest US air loss since Vietnam.

17-09-2012 00:12

Camp Bastion attack
A major and very serious blow has been dealt to ISAF forces in Afghanistan after ISAF earlier released details of a Taliban offensive which took place north-east of Lashkar Gar on 14th September.

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The Constitution Unit - 'constitutional change'. Who controls it?

06-09-2012 20:58

The Constitution Unit describes itself as ‘The UK's leading research body on constitutional change’. It was also said by Ben Rogers of Prospect Magazine: as 'preparing the ground for a hung parliament and enabling the creation of a coalition government...’

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Who rigged Britain’s hung parliament? ‘The Institute’ rigged it.

26-08-2012 17:10

Quote from ‘The Institute for Government’ Annual Accounts, 2011:

'Just think of the role that The Institute for Government ....played for preparing the ground for a hung parliament and enabling the creation of a coalition government...’

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Call to boycott Sainsbury's in Oxford

26-08-2012 13:25

I just went to the local branch of B&Q at Temple Cowley to get a couple of things and have discovered that it is closing down, due to close on the 1st September. This is because the owner of the land the store sits on apparently wished to double the rent. A new Sainsbury's supermarket is to be located on the site, and the City Council have not used their powers to intervene. Is another Sainbury's supermarket really what we need?

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Unemployment a look into the Future with Humour and Awareness

22-08-2012 14:17

The Diary snapshot written in humour cannot but be praised enough for its imaginative narrative that connected with the websites members in a way that got them roaring with laughter but at the same time its impenetrable insight had many crying at just how real the prospects of it happening might occur.

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Lonmin massacre: statement from Abahlali baseMjondolo

17-08-2012 13:52

Statement from South African grassroots movement Abahlali baseMjondolo on the Lonmin massacre, the political context to the killings, and solidarity actions called so far in Cape Town and Auckland, New Zealand.

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Stop G8 Planning Meeting - Birmingham 22nd September

16-08-2012 11:51

In 2013 the UK is once again host to the G8 Summit for the first time since 2005, eight world leaders from the most powerful capitalist nations are meeting here on our home turf.

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Twisted Progeny Of Babylon

15-08-2012 11:45

"Private Corporations Feeding On The Nations, People On The Street Eating Chicken And Meat"

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War Without Mercy in Syria

14-08-2012 19:03

If wars had labels, Syria's conflict would be called Made in America. Paul Wolfowitz and other Project for the New American Century  http://www.newamericancentury.org/ (PNAC) ideologues planned it years ago. They also targeted half a dozen or more other countries. PNAC's Statement of Principles called for "shap(ing) a new century favorable to American principles and interests." Doing so it said requires:

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Britain: London Olympics opening week

23-07-2012 15:31

The greatest sporting, and money-making, show on earth The 2012 Olympic Games, held in London, will start with on Friday 27 July, watched by an estimated audience of 1 billion people around the world. Beyond the sporting excellence, Manny Thain looks at the crass commercialisation and increased state repression that accompanies the ‘greatest show on earth’.

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Obama Planning More War

14-07-2012 22:10

America's favorite pastime isn't baseball. It's war, permanent imperial wars that won't end in our lifetime Dick Cheney said earlier. America is addicted to war. One nation after another is ravaged and plundered. Unchallenged global dominance is sought. Who's next? Syria? Iran? Washington's long knives target both countries. On June 29, AP headlined "US, Russia fail to reach agreement on Syria, jeopardizing Annan plan to end crisis," saying: Before heading for Geneva, Hillary Clinton and Sergey Lavrov met in St. Petersburg. Differences between them weren't resolved.

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Philippine government a "show-off"

11-07-2012 13:03

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government’s decision to extend a US$1-billion loan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to supplement the Fund’s Financial Transaction Plan (FTP) of $456 billion to contain the economic crisis in Europe is an “arrogant pretension of a country very much in debt,” according to the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)

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Venezuela: Interview with Rafael Uzcátegui

05-07-2012 19:28

* Rafael Uzcategui is a member of the group that publishes the anarchist newspaper El Libertario in Caracas (Venezuela). As antimilitarist, he is also a member of the War Resisters’ International and works in a Venezuelan human rights NGO called Provea. He is author of the books “Heart of Ink” and “Venezuela: Revolution as Spectacle” in which he reports the so-called Bolivarian process of Chavez and the true face of his “revolutionary” government. Taking advantage of his conference tour in Germany, we interviewed Rafael for the magazine Gai Dao.

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Report on protest against Land-Grab Investors Summit - Tues 26th June, London

30-06-2012 07:11

Protestors make their voice heard to delegates leaving landgrab investors summit
On Tuesday 26th June, a group of people from environmental, development and farming groups joined together to denounce land grabs outside an international agricultural investors conference in London.

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Just Do It - direct action doc now available online for free!

28-06-2012 15:16

Just Do It - a tale of modern-day outlaws, the bold and inspiring direct action documentary charting the escapades of Climate Camp, Climate Rush and Plane Stupid is now available to watch online!

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Groups urge world leaders to reject “Green Economy” in Rio+20 summit

27-06-2012 13:11

MANILA, Philippines - Various cause-oriented groups warned the Philippine delegation and world leaders attending the three-day United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil not to fall into the trap of believing that the proposed "Green Economy" is "a tool and mechanism for sustainable development."
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