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2 Zapatistas assassinated in Simojovel

23-02-2004 18:13

The assassination of two zapatista supporters in Simojovel - the Assembly of Good Government "Centric Heart of the Zapatistas In front of the World" denounces this double murder and the system of impunity which allows such crimes.

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Report back on Anti Wall demonstation at the Hague.

23-02-2004 17:55

Report back on this afternoon's demonstration called by Pengon/Anti Apartheid Wall campaign and the Dutch Coalition against the Wall.

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Boycott BP's Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline Greenwash Meeting, Feb 24th, London

23-02-2004 11:53

Here below is the text of the leaflet we'll be handing out at tomorrow's BP-organised meeting on the Baku Cyehan pipeline, to which they have invited compliant/complicit NGOs and investors. Feel free to come along and join us from 9.30-10.30 outside the Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Stratton Street, London. Bring confetti.
It's followed by 'Can BP Keep NGOs Talking?', written by Strategic Forecasting Inc.,. in which LRT is mentioned.

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Argentinian film screening

23-02-2004 09:40

Sheffield Indymedia is showing a series of short films about the struggles at the Argentinian Brukman textiles factory in Abbeyfield Park House, Burngreave at 1930, Wednesday 25 February. One of the film-makers will also be attending.

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Nicaragua to claim US money

23-02-2004 03:26

Never were Nicaraguans' chances better to get what the International Court ruled the US owed to them. A new initiative at the United Nations Security Council may be worthwhile given the current member situation.

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*Call for Solidarity from GE FREE VERMONT CAMPAIGN!*

22-02-2004 18:28

We write from the little green mountain state of Vermont (pop. 600,000) in the northeastern USA, and we greet you in the spirit of our state motto: "Freedom and Unity."

We write to you to share our story, and to ask you to join us at 10 AM EST on Thursday, February 26th 2004, with seeds of solidarity for a GE Free future.

Here in Vermont, we are very strong. On Thursday, there is a likelihood that our STATE SENATE WILL PASS THE FIRST BILL in the USA TO PROHIBIT THE PLANTING OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SEEDS, INCLUDING THOSE ALREADY ON THE MARKET. We are gearing up for a big moment, and this moment will be only the beginning of our struggle.

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Argentinean films on labour struggles in Oxford

22-02-2004 17:05

Monday 23 February, 8 pm
Merton graduate complex TV Room (entrance on Holywell Street, opposite New College)

Ana Fraile, Argentinean filmmaker, will be showing a series of short films on
the Struggles at the Brukman Textile factory in Argentina.

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Info about resisting the 2005 G8 Summit in the UK

21-02-2004 15:08

Dissent! - A Network of Resistance Against the G8 has recently formed to help coordintate resistance to the G8 Summit in 2005, with the aim of helping build a lasting anti-capitalist movement in the UK.

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EU's new IP Law: "You just have to trust us".

21-02-2004 14:25

The EU Parliament's Legal Affairs committee is set to rubber stamp a new text on Monday for the controversial EU Directive on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, despite serious unanswered concerns from across the EU -- including the UK House of Lords. It will have been only six days since the final text, drafted in secret without any public analysis of its detailed national implications, was finally released to the European public.

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g8 03 music video.

21-02-2004 01:46

Video
Music video from G8 03 protests from Geneva and Lausanne cut to storming track called shit list.

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Greenwash and The NGO-friendly Corporation

20-02-2004 14:42

The following gives an interesting insight into how Corporations view the movement that opposes them and how they hope to gain credibility by co-opting the less radical elements by forming partnerships with them. It's long, but worth a read I think...

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Fair Trade Fortnight event in Bradford

19-02-2004 08:33

6th March: Fair Trade Fortnight event in Bradford

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Call to boycott and/or take action at BP Baku-Ceyhan pipeline greenwash meeting

18-02-2004 23:44


On February 24th 2004, BP has invited NGOs and 'socially responsible' investors to a meeting on the highly controversial Baku Ceyhan oil pipeline. It's set to take place at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel in Stratton Street, London.

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This is the first lawsuit in Japan to bring justice to Japanese ODA.

18-02-2004 14:49

Let's Support the victims of Japanese funded dam in Indonesia's Sumatra island.
8,396 residents and natural ecosystem filed
Koto Panjang Dam lawsuit in Tokyo.

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Protest planned at Coca-Cola launch, 19-2-04

18-02-2004 12:44

Coca-Cola are planning a stunt to launch Dasani a new bottled water. The Columbian Solidarity Campaign, are planning a protest at 12 noon on Thursday at the Peace Gardens to coincide with the launch on behalf of eight assasinated trade unioun workers and their families. They accuse Coca Cola of impeding the progress of programmes to clean up drinking water forcing millions to drink soft drinks.

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Occupation, Inc.

18-02-2004 09:43

The giant steam turbine at the Najibiya power plant is quiet. If the Russian engineers who built the original equipment over 30 years ago stopped by to take a look, they might have a hard time recognizing the machinery: over the years Iraqi engineers have replaced many of the original blue parts with a patchwork of white and grey makeshift materials.

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Photo's of York PSC Sainsburys Demo

18-02-2004 00:32

The trolley
These pictures should have accompanied an earlier post on an action which took place at York Central Sainsburys. Posted on 15-Feb-2004.

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Heads up for Nine Ladies - bailiffs blagging onsite

17-02-2004 15:02

Message from today below.

More on Nine Ladies - IMC Feature:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/01/284233.html

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DISSENT - Anti G8 Day

17-02-2004 14:51

An invitation to a day event (& evening social) to discuss the forthcoming G8 Summit in the UK in 2005.

SATURDAY 21ST FEB. 2pm onwards.

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Sainsburys - another brick in the wall?

17-02-2004 11:19

Is Sainsbury's the most unethical supermarket in Britain?