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Family Violence United States, Bad Data, Bureau Justice Statistics Needs to Redo

19-06-2005 06:24

United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that family violence had declined over half from 1993 to 2002. The report is criticized because it does not meet the BJS high standards of quality and is in error in method and substance. Discussion of the report is important in England because there are similar problems with the data collection systems for family violence throughout Europe.

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Radical new appraoch to rad danger reduction

18-06-2005 18:31

A radical new 'easy-read' report, 'Better Streets for Stroud District' is just out. It looks at new ways of looking at road danger reduction and although written about Gloucestershire, it is applicable to anywhere.

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Activist Trauma Gathering

18-06-2005 15:30

workshop
Activist Trauma gathering is happening now in Oxford from the 18th till the 19th June, all welcome, working on logistics of support for anti-G8 activist, and our own support.

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Sainsburys demo- moosletter from parents

17-06-2005 15:26

Text for the leaflet distributed to Sainsbury's staff outside their HQ this morning. Over 400 were handed out by parents and kids.

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Mums against Sainsbury's PHOTOS

17-06-2005 12:12

These photos were taken during a week long series of demonstrations 12th - 17th June 2005 outside Sainsbury's Supermarkets London head office at 33 Holborn.

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Video from the Campaign to Save Daycare in Bristol demonstration, 9th June 2005

16-06-2005 23:07

Video
Video title: ‘Campaign to Save Daycare in legal threat from Bristol City
Council’
A short video (dur. 4.42 mins) in quicktime (.mov) or avi formats.

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Mad Brighton Manifesto

16-06-2005 21:31

The manifesto of a new group of mad activists who will host a social forum in Brighton this autumn. Check out the new website and join in making this project flourish.

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Meacher joins Sainsburys demo

16-06-2005 11:37

These photos were taken during a week long series of demonstrations 12th - 17th June 2005 outside Sainsbury's Supermarkets London head office at 33 Holborn.

Creative Commons Licence

These photos are licenced under a Creative Commons Licence.

If you wish to use any of these images in a commercial pubication or require hi-res or uncropped versions, please contact gringoben[at]indiemail[dot]com.

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The Daily Moosletter from Soya Samba

15-06-2005 14:46

Here is the text of the flyer distributed by the brazlian dancers during Tuesdays Brazilian themed demo outside Sainsburys HQ.

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Oracle corp aims to make chip implants 'available to all' in UK

15-06-2005 12:29

The world's largest maker of database software, Oracle, has admitted in a major newspaper that its aim is to make microchip implants "available to everybody".

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Sainsburys day three photos

15-06-2005 11:13

These photos were taken during a week long series of demonstrations 12th - 17th June 2005
outside Sainsbury's Supermarkets London head office at 33 Holborn.








These photos are licenced under a Creative Commons Licence.


If you wish to use any of these images in a commercial pubication or require hi-res or uncropped versions, please contact gringoben[at]indiemail[dot]com.

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Rearranged medic training in London this weekend

14-06-2005 18:34

The Action Medics group has rearranged the training this weekend. It was due to be in Portsmouth, but is now in London.

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Sainsbury 'vigils' day two - Brazilian Samba PHOTOS

14-06-2005 10:20

These photos were taken during a week long series of demonstrations 12th - 17th June 2005
outside Sainsbury's Supermarkets London head office at 33 Holborn.








These photos are licenced under a Creative Commons Licence.


If you wish to use any of these images in a commercial pubication or require hi-res or uncropped versions, please contact gringoben[at]indiemail[dot]com.

Broadcast quality video also available on request.

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Sainsbury's Targeted in Week of GM Protest

13-06-2005 09:43

Press release from Friends of the Earth...

Photo opportunities every morning from 8am - 9am at Sainsbury's HQ, 33 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HT.

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Photos from naked no GM demo

12-06-2005 12:26

Naked truth
More photos from the 'I'd rather go naked, than drink GM...' demo Sunday 12th June..

Anyone wanting hires photos contact gringoben at indiemail dot com

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NAKED - Sainsbury action kits off

12-06-2005 12:01

Eight naked protesters exposed themselves in front of Sainsbury HQ in the City Of London today to demand that sainsbury fullfils it's promise on ending the sale of products from animals fed on GM.

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Bill Gates: Killing Africans for Profit and PR, Now Blair joins him.

11-06-2005 18:57

Bill Gates: Killing Africans for Profit and PR and and Britain is teaming up with the Gates Foundation in the US to launch a pilot project to increase spending on vaccines and medicines to $4bn per year.

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The Worst Breakfast You Can Eat

11-06-2005 16:26

Study findings published in the April issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition declares the Mcbreakfast 'the worst breakfast you can eat!

Are you suprised?

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Week of Action For Keeping Sainsbury's To Their Word On GM Animal Feed

10-06-2005 16:29

To encourage supermarkets to keep their commitment to stop selling GM fed meat and dairy a wide range of organisations have come together to hold morning vigils outside Sainsbury’s Head Quarters in central London.

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Silent Violence

09-06-2005 15:18

If you like peace the notion of silent violence may be uncomfortable - disturbing even. But the elements that make violence what it is; fear, pain, danger, and death are all contained within deprivation. The only difference perhaps is that one is a result of aggression and the other a result of ignorance.