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Edinburgh Rally against US middle east policy

17-04-2004 16:50

basically all of the participants at the rally at about 1pm
Some hundred people gathered today, Saturday the 17th of april, in Edinburghs parliament square following the invitation of the Edinburgh Stop the War Coalition to listen to speakers condemning the current US policy in the Middle East, and the mainstream British involvement and support for Bush's policy of massacring civilians in Falludja.
Another key point was Israels current policy of the seperation wall and the encouragement Bush and Blair expressed for Sharons discriminative policy towards the palestinians.

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April 17: Global Day of Farmers' Struggles

16-04-2004 18:08

MST occupies office in Rio, Brazil
Day of Farmers' Struggles

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REEL CHANGE screening

16-04-2004 16:31

A night of inspiring activist films for social and political change co-organised by Indymedia, Guerrilla News Network (GNN)
and European Creative Forum

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Peer to peer sharing of political information

16-04-2004 01:36

Why not use Peer-to-peer networks for sharing of cool content that is legitimate anyway?

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BP shoots own foot at AGM, 15.4.04

15-04-2004 21:16

...mighty spoof banner dropped from Waterloo Bridge...campaigning shareholders excluded...possession of scissors an arrestable offence...skeleton samba band...passionate Caspian speakers...rockin sound system...Channel 4 news...meeting disrupted...next stop an 'Exhibiion of Resistance to BP & Big Oil at BP-sponsored National Portrait Award', June 15-21st 2004...

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Gobalise resistance conference 2004

14-04-2004 23:30

GR conference

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Anti-G8 'Dissent! Network' National Gathering in Manchester, April 24-25

14-04-2004 23:02

Dissent! is a Network of resistance to the G8, set up in the Autumn of 2003 to co-ordinate resistance to the 2005 G8 Summit in the UK, and to contribute to the building of an anti-capitalist movement in the UK. The Network is open to all of those who work within the PGA Hallmarks (www.agp.org)

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WHAT’S RIGHT WITH BP? (10am, Oil Festi Hall, Thurs April 15th 2004)

14-04-2004 20:58

you’ll to need an industrial-strength stomach pump to get this out yer system
No, not a counter-demo...Here's the text of a leaflet to go out at tomorrow's BP AGM.

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Local activists needed to attend UN Indigenous Peoples conference @ Geneva.

14-04-2004 07:53

UNWGIP @ Geneva.
The 22nd session of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations (UNWGIP) will take place from 19th to 23rd July 2004 in the Palais des Nations at the United Nations in Geneva.

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IMF

12-04-2004 16:46

photos

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Interview with Ewa J. about current situation in Falluja, Iraq

10-04-2004 21:21

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Audio Interview with Ewa Jasiewicz who was present at the Balata Installation in Glasgow today, and who spoke about the situation in Palestine and Iraq.

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Dissent! Resistance Against the G8: Gathering in Manchester

10-04-2004 20:10

A Network of Resistance Against the G8: The G8 (Group of Eight most industrialised nations) Summit is coming to Britain in the Summer of 2005. In past years, everywhere they have tried to meet they have been met with a massive response from the world's social movements. Now, in Britain, a network of groups and individuals is emerging that hopes to resist the Summit, and build a lasting movement against capitalism.

The next Dissent! gathering will take place on the 24th/25th April in Manchester. Come
along and get involved.

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Work Restarts in Biddu, Villagers Injured in Protests

09-04-2004 21:59

buldozer
yesterday people from the village of Biddu, as well as several neighboring villages north west of Jerusalem confronted Occupation Bulldozers destroying their lands for the Wall's path.

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Support the popular uprising of the Iraqi people!

09-04-2004 10:37

The town of Falluja is the emblematic stronghold of the Iraqi resistance. The occupants were forced to withdraw from the city already by last autumn limiting themselves to daylight patrolling. The support of all strata of society for the armed resistance is overwhelming. But Falluja is only one outstanding example for a tendency affecting the entire country.

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BP AGM protest, 10am, Thursday 15th April, Oil Festi Hall

09-04-2004 10:19

Greetings from the Oil Festival Hall
10am: Meet and greet the shareholders
10-3.30pm: Rally, performance and open mic:
Sound system, Rhythms of Resistance samba band, voices from Colombia, the Caspian
Region and other oil-cursed areas, poets, musicians, ranters, diggers and dreamers…
3pm:      The Beginning is Nigh! Say Bye Bye (Planet) to shareholders and contemplate 
saying farewell to BP for good.
Bring banners, drums, voices, music and friends

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Ex Aussie PM & Vietnam Defense Minister says Iraq like Vietnam

08-04-2004 23:42

Former Australian PM and Defence Minister during the Vietnam War, Malcolm Fraser, says Iraq just like Vietnam

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WAL * MART Told To F * K OFF By LA Voters

07-04-2004 08:47

In an unprecedented high profile vote the residents of a Los Angeles suburb
have fought off the mega corporation Wal Mart.

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Historically British Shiet Ayatollahs Threaten Iraq's Future

06-04-2004 20:07

Iraq's future government
Threat of Theocratic Rule in Iraq.

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Warsaw 29 April: demo illegal; fake black bloc

06-04-2004 18:00

the Warsaw 29 April anti-demo has been refused permission;
a major newspaper announces plans of police fake black bloc

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Competing Ourselves to Death?

06-04-2004 11:55

Industry lobby groups cheered when the EU's Spring Summit agreed to
do 'business impact assessments' for all new EU legislation and re-
evaluate EU climate change policies. This year's European Business
Summit showed that industry's list of 'obstacles to competitiveness'
ranges from chemical safety rules over GM food restrictions to
'insufficient' military budgets.