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Scottish Census Refuser Jailed for Anti-Nuclear Court Graffiti Protest

19-03-2012 16:04

Barbara Dowling, centre, at Census court hearing in January 2012
Two peace activists were sentenced today in Dumbarton Sheriff Court for painting "political graffiti" on the walls of the court following a 2010 trial in which they maintained that the court did not uphold international law with respect to the illegality of the Trident nuclear weapon system. Barbara Dowling, a retired Occuptational Therapist, 67, of Knightswood was given 3 months in prison and Janet Fenton, 64, Secretary of Scottish CND was given 120 hours Community Service.

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Remotely living Australian Aborigines to be stripped of all rights

17-03-2012 01:09

Australian Aborigines in 73 remote communities will be stripped of all rights by laws about to be passed.

The imminent vote in the upper house, the Senate, on what is derisively called “Stronger Futures legislation”, will extend for 10 more years draconian restrictions on Aboriginal people who’ve already suffered five years of them.

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Camp and Demonstration at Sizewell nuclear power station April 20th to 22nd

16-03-2012 15:46

the camp at sizewell
Some folk in East Anglia would like to invite people to come across to the beautiful Sizewell beach in Suffolk for our fourth annual camp. We have the camp at this time of year to commemorate Chernobyl and to show our opposition to nuclear power. The pictures included here are from last years camp

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Anniversary of Kurdish town poison gas attack

16-03-2012 15:27

Kurdish massacare
A genocidal massacre against the Kurdish people that took place on March 16, 1988, during the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War, when chemical weapons were used by the Iraqi government forces in the Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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Roger Franklin explains why he refused to complete the 2011 Census

15-03-2012 17:06

When Roger Franklin of Stroud, aged 84, received a court summons for failing to comply with the 2011 Census, he wrote to the Magistrates in Bristol explaining his stance and refusing to enter a plea. Roger was found guilty at a court hearing on 8 February. His fine has just been paid by a total of 222 individual donations as cheques made payable to the court, many sent with scathing comments about the conviction.

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Anti-nuclear activists claim double record at Hinkley Point demo

13-03-2012 14:07

Credit: D. Viesnik / Stop New Nuclear
Press release: 11 March 2012

On the first anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, anti-nuclear campaigners claimed two records in two days. The mass protest at Hinkley Point nuclear power station on Saturday attracted more than 1,000 people from all over the UK – the largest protests against a the construction of a nuclear power station in four decades.

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Successful anti-nuclear rally at Hinkley Point on Fukushima anniversary

13-03-2012 14:02

Credit: D. Viesnik / Stop New Nuclear
Press release: 10 March 2012

The Stop New Nuclear alliance has hailed today’s mass rally at Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station as the largest anti-nuclear protest in three decades.

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Fukushima Disaster - One Year Later

12-03-2012 22:59

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Government lies, Tokyo radioactive, current status of 3 out-of-control reactors. New speech by nuclear expert Arnold Gundersen to Vancouver conference March 11th, organized by Physicians for Global Survival. Plus a unique report of citizen activism in Japan, as parents measure radiation in their air, food, and children. Reports from Aya Marumori & Wataru Iwata of CRMS from Fukushima. Bottom line: when disaster strikes (whether nuclear, hurricanes, floods, etc) - big government hides the truth, and will not help. We have to organize and act as local communities to survive.

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Fukushima 1 year on: Hinkley Point to be surrounded and blockaded

10-03-2012 14:55

Leading environmentalists Jonathon Porritt and Caroline Lucas MP will join demonstrators at Hinkley Point nuclear power station in Somerset to mark the first anniversary of the Fukushima disaster - and to call for a halt to the development of Hinkley C

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Fukushima 1 year on: Hinkley Point to be surrounded and blockaded

09-03-2012 12:35

Credit: D. Viesnik / Stop New Nuclear
Jonathon Porritt, Caroline Lucas MP and CND’s Kate Hudson to join anti-nuclear protest on eve of Fukushima anniversary: programme of events on Saturday March 10th 2012

Leading environmentalists Jonathon Porritt and Caroline Lucas MP will join demonstrators at Hinkley Point nuclear power station in Somerset to mark the first anniversary of the Fukushima disaster - and to call for a halt to the development of Hinkley C. Kate Hudson, chair of CND will also be speaking at the event.

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Anti-nuclear bike ride and picnic at Heysham this Saturday

06-03-2012 09:04

flyer
We'd like to invite you to two events this coming weekend to mark the anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and our opposition to the plans to build new nuclear power stations in the UK.

Fri 9th March, 8pm, upstairs in the Gregson, Lancaster: film evening (more info below)
Sat 10th March, 11am antinuclear bike ride to Heysham, followed by picnic at 3pm at the power station

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Today is just another day of destruction

28-02-2012 21:57

Today could have been a day to celebrate. Today is the deadline for proposals as set out in at the Durban COP for increasing the level of ambition on international co-operation on climate change. Instead, a silence broken only by the drum beat for war and destruction of our planet by the world's elites.

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Schmallenberg or Nuclear iceberg.

27-02-2012 12:27

Birth abnormalities and stillbirths are well known in the world of Nuclear Power, not forgetting Leukaemia and various other cancers.

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Hinkley Barnstormers need you!!

24-02-2012 17:28

Image credit: D. Viesnik
Apparently, the Occupy Hinkley Barnstormers could be evicted as soon as next Tuesday, after which EDF Energy and its contractors could begin their massive land trash in earnest at any time!!

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Ministry of Defence HQ marked on Ash Wednesday in resistance to Nuclear Weapons

24-02-2012 12:53

Seven Catholic Workers, a Quaker, a doctor and a priest were detained and searched following the marking of the M.O.D. Buiding in Whitehall in an anti-nuclear weapons action on Ash Wenesday

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Hinkley C ~ Site Occupation

21-02-2012 19:08

Hinkley C ~ Site Occupation
www.youtube.com
This film gives an account of the first few days of the occupation of Langborough Farm on the site of one of the proposed 'new wave' of Nuclear Reactors, at ...

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfW-Kv6IWEI&feature=share



 http://stopnewnuclear.org.uk/

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When Principles of Journalism are Betrayed

21-02-2012 15:29

The articles looks at the various reports published about the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists, and then tries to work out the reason behind reports which came out on the subject by anonymous officials. Taking into account that quoting un-named officials is a well known tactic often used by dictatorial regimes, the article tries to find out the reasoning behind the issue.

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More mistreatment of Australian Aborigines planned

20-02-2012 01:19

The Australian Labor government is planning more assaults on the rights of Aborigines. It plans to extend for another ten years onerous conditions on income quarantining, education, alcohol and land rights. And moves to dump nuclear waste on Aboriginal land have advanced with a deal between government and opposition.

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EDF Energy seeks high court injunction against protestors

20-02-2012 00:34

Credit: D. Viesnik / Stop New Nuclear
Nuclear energy company seeks high court injunction against protestors

For immediate release Feb 18th

Nuclear energy company EDF today served papers on activists occupying a farm on the proposed site for nuclear new build at Hinkley Point in Somerset. The papers, served by Squire Sanders of London, are applying for possession of the premises and, in an unprecedented move, an injunction against all future protests at this site: this includes any protests by other local residents, such as campaign group Stop Hinkley.

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Anti-nuclear protesters occupy Hinkley Point

19-02-2012 14:38

A barn has been squatted in the middle of the proposed Hinkley Point C development site. Activists are reclaiming the land for wildlife and future generations before preparatory works trash this environmentally sensitive site and turn it into the biggest building site in Europe.