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London Anti-Mcd's Report

17-10-2003 08:51

Report from yesterday's action

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Stop GM food!

16-10-2003 13:32

Stop GM food!

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Why we say NO to Foundation Hospitals- Local Meeting

15-10-2003 23:22

Meeting to build local campaign agaist Foundation Hospitals.

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Baghdad street kids are crying out for a safe place to sleep

13-10-2003 17:34

The city centre of Baghdad, its once prosperous capital, is haunted today by thousands of street children, who sleep under hedges and bridges and eke out a living, begging from Westerners, soldiers, journalists and members of the non-governmental relief organisations with a presence in the city. Our Home-=Iraq is a new charity set up to organise a safe refuge for these street kids. A fund-raising dinner, presentation and auction is being organised at Anam's Restaurant, Great Horton Road, Bradford, on Monday October 20, tickets £10 from 0776 686 1373.

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Sheffield Mental Health Email Group

05-10-2003 21:33

An email group / message board / discussion list for mental health service users / survivors / refusers in Sheffield.

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Anti-GM activists off their trolleys?

05-10-2003 16:34

On Saturday 4th October 2003, anti-GM activists set off from Totnes in Devon to cycle to London for the Tractor + Trolley event on Monday 13th October, on a bike ride that will take them via several GM-related locations, spreading the word that the majority of the British public do not want GM crops in the UK.

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**McDonald's invites you to look behind the scenes!!** (doors open 18th Oct)

04-10-2003 14:51

I saw this advert in the Guardian's Weekend Magazine. It appeared half way through the Michael Moore interview(!)

The text was as follows:

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Mad Pride at the movies Saturday nite!

30-09-2003 14:36

Pete & Penny
There will be a showing on Saturday night of the Pete Shaughnessy film "With endless love", introduced by Simon Holder, at the Rio Cinema in Hackney. The Rio is at 107 Kingsland High Street, Hackney E8, Dalston Kingsland BR, 149 bus from Liverpool Street. This is a late showing, which means that it starts after 11pm, and the admission charge is £7. Also showing will be Simon McClellan's film about schizophrenia, "Some voices", with David Morrissey ('The deal'), Daniel Craig ('The road to perdition', 'Our friends in the north') and Kelly Macdonald ('Trainspotting').

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Bayer back out of GM trials

28-09-2003 16:23

Bayer beginning to back out of GM?

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Sheffield Incinerator Protest

28-09-2003 14:12

Bernard Road Incinerator Chimney
A protest is planned in Sheffield at 5pm on Monday 29th September at Bernard Road Incinerator to protest against the start of the building of new facilities.

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Sri Lanka healthworkers treated like slaves

28-09-2003 05:41

The government of Sri Lanka has used troops to break a strike of health workers and
sacked all those involved in the strike.....but the health workers are hitting back
and there is an email address for protests and messages of support
at the end.....your union branch (or other organisation!) could send
a message

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New Mad Pride website

25-09-2003 22:16

Mad Pride have re-vamped and re-launched our website, the old one having been a little bit inactive for some time

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Mad Pride at the Hutton enquiry

24-09-2003 00:27

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Mad Pride maintained a presence at the Hutton enquiry on Tuesday, in conditions of blistering rain, as part of their ongoing 'stop the suicides' campaign.

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Lyme Disease Cover-up -Sept 2003 Action alert!

20-09-2003 21:09

The British government covers up the number of Lyme Disease victims and does not publicise the issue or treat the people who are ill. Lisa Masterson's kids became victims to the fraudulent testing procedure and finally were taken off her by the Social Services.
READ the story and ADD your voice to the petition.

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Mon 22 Sept is European Car Free Day - Oxford Cyclists meet 8am in Broad Street

20-09-2003 16:10

If you cycle in Oxford and are sick of nearly getting run over / not having adequate cycle provision, then please come to Broad Street between 8am - 9am this Monday. They'll be a free breakfast of fair trade coffee and bananas, as well as lots of local press to publicise a pro cycling agenda here in Oxford. The event is organised by Cyclox.

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Bayer Cropscience targetted!

19-09-2003 02:56

As part of the campaign to stop commercial growing of GM crops, actions have been taken against Bayer Cropscience.

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'LaVM 31/2002 vp' taking place January 1st 2004

18-09-2003 22:25

Short analyses on 'HE 52/2002 vp' accepted as a new Police and Enforcement act 'LaVM 31/2002 vp' starting from January 1st 2004. Citations from implicit explanatory memorandum assigned to Parliament's Constitutional committee appended with further explanations and grounds. All but one references can be found from internet for information validation. Raise of the second Holocaust?

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Sheffield Public Health Warning!

16-09-2003 16:49

Residents in arbourthore at seious risk from pond.

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BlackState.com: HIV/AIDS Is The Number One Threat To Black Survival

14-09-2003 16:01

For a people that have survived centuries of slavery and colonialism and race based terror HIV/AIDS represents today the most serious threat to the survival of people of African descent. HIV/AIDS is not only a serious threat to the genocide of millions of Africans affected with HIV/AIDS it is also the fastest growing leading cause of death amongst African Americans and people of African descent throughout the world.