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Help stop Kelda and Aquarion from privatizing Holyoke wastewater!

11-05-2005 18:45

Holyoke CSO map
Help Keep Holyoke Wastewater Public:
Sign the online petition to stop the contract with Aquarion:
 http://www.petitiononline.com/holyokew/petition.html

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Dissent Gathering in Nottingham

11-05-2005 16:26

Dissent! Network of Resistance against the G8:
Organising Gathering in Nottingham,
Friday 20th - Sunday 22 nd May

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Merseyside Goes Mad For Anit-G8 Protest

11-05-2005 15:21

When the G8 meets in Scotland, Merseyside will be at the forefront pf the protest. Last night (10th May) saw an excitable and positive mobalising meeting which gives promise for a really big and diverse campaign...

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Dissent! Benefit: Brighton, Tonight!

11-05-2005 14:10

Brighton Dissent! Benefit! Tonight!

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Our Man in Karachi...

11-05-2005 07:21

No, it wasn't James Bond. He didn't seem to care. And I never saw him again, this servant of the vultures and jackals. A man who, like his brutal bosses: 'knew too much to be good for mankind'. That's why I'll never forget 'the Karachi-man'.

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Lebanese General Aoun addresses the crowd at Martyrs Square

10-05-2005 22:07

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Oh Great People of Lebanon! I told you one day that the world can crush me but it won’t get me to sign. I return to you today and the world has neither crushed me nor did it get me to sign. I once told you, shame on a world that is afraid of a general in battle fatigues who has to tell the world that life, that existence outside the realm of freedom is a form of death. Here I am today, returning to you to a Lebanon that has recovered its sovereignty, freedom and independence.

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Cre8 Summit workshop seeks folk who want to run a workshop/perform/cook

10-05-2005 15:40

DESPERATELY SEEKING: anyone who wants to come up for Cre8 Summit and run a workshop/perform/host an event/cook/whatever! The Summit runs from June 12-17 and whether you can do a one-off or a repeated event, please let us know!

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Greece: Mayday of Solidarity and Dignity in the dockyard ZONE of Piraeus

10-05-2005 13:29

This year’s 1st of May was on a Sunday and on a religious day of the easter. So Mayday in Greece will take place on the 10th and 11th of May.

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New Corporate Watch Report on G8

10-05-2005 13:23

Excellent new report by corporatewatch on the G8 in Scotland.

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Special Report: Bringing the G8 Home

10-05-2005 12:54

Corporate Watch's new hard-hitting report, 'Bringing the G8 home: corporate involvement in and around the G8 in Scotland 2005' is now on the web, available to read, print and distribute. Go to  http://www.corporatewatch.org and follow the links.

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Fairtrade Fashion Show

09-05-2005 16:16

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Fairtrade@ St.Michaels, Artworks for Africa and Oxford University students invite you to a Globally Glamorous Fairtrade Fashion Show at 7.30pm on Saturday 14th May 2005 at St. Aldates Church (opposite Christchurch College).

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Gush-Shalom says “Aren’t You Ashamed?” of the Government of Ariel Sharon

09-05-2005 13:59

Relatives of two Palestinains boys shot dead
Ariel Sharon has placed the very safety of Israel and America in jeopardy; by creation a situation where now 1000’s of suicide bomber are rushing to Iraq to kill themselves and prevent America from ever winning our mission in Iraq and having our brave soldiers return home as winners.Ariel Sharon is now solely responsible for a dramatic worldwide increase of anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism.

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Simultaneous Policy campaign achieves cross-party support in new Parliament

09-05-2005 13:50

The Simultaneous Policy campaign for global justice has achieved cross-party support in the new UK Parliament.

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YOU ARE HERE BUT WHY? Free Festival of Mapping Full Programme - June 2005

09-05-2005 13:18

Full programme of the YOU ARE HERE BUT WHY? Free Festival of Mapping in London June 2005

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Critical Talk on Nanotech - Oxford, this wednesday

09-05-2005 11:59


There will be a critical talk and discussion about Nanotechnology and converging technologies at OARC (east oxford community centre) this wednesday 11th May - speakers from ETC Group, Corporate Watcha nd Scientists for Global Responsibility.

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G8 travel arrangements: initial info

09-05-2005 07:43

Please note that there will probably be coaches travelling directly from Oxford to Scotland - we will post this info when we receive it.

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Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline about to be opened

08-05-2005 18:54

Within the next few weeks, oil from the Caspian will start flowing into a 1,762 kilometres long pipeline.

The pipeline will run from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, via near Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and across eastern Turkey to the port of Ceyhan, on Turkey's Mediterranean coast.

The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is being built by a consortium of companies led by energy giant BP.

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All you ever wanted to know about G8

08-05-2005 14:44

Flyer for the event
On Sunday 15th May Sheffield Dissent invites you to learn more about the upcoming G8 summits (15th to 17th June in Sheffield and 6th to 8th July in Gleaneagles, Scotland) in a day of information, workshops and laughter...

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Anti-G8 Mobilising from Merseyside

08-05-2005 11:22

Anti-G8 meeting 7pm Casa, Hope St. this Tuesday!

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Don't Feed the Wolfowitz!

07-05-2005 17:07

We have a bloodthirsty war criminal in charge of the World Bank!