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A success: the tour America banned

28-11-2011 11:09

It was the tour the authorities tried to stop. Dan Glass, the Plane Stupid activist who had superglued himself to Gordon Brown in protest against a third runway at Heathrow, never got a visa to visit America. His fellow speaker, John Stewart, who had chaired the coalition against the third runway, was sent packing back to London when he landed at JFK Airport.

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Media lies used to provide a pretext for another "humanitarian war"

27-11-2011 13:16

The Independent, 19 August 2011
According to numerous reports from the Western media, human rights organisations, as well as the UN, countless peaceful civilians have been killed by the Syrian forces since the beginning of the unrest in the country in mid March. But where do the numbers come from? Many media reports on the alleged deadly repression by the Syrian government fail to mention the sources of their information, which are very often referred to solely as "human rights groups" or "activists":

The reliance of the mainstream media on information emanating from anonymous groups provides a biased understanding of the Syrian protests, which in turn supports the broader objective of destabilizing the Syrian regime. When information from unknown sources pertaining to the death toll is published either by a mainstream media or a recognized human rights group, it is invariably picked up and considered as "factual evidence" by other news sources or think tanks, without further verification. Moreover, in the process the information is subject to further distortion.

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SchNEWS: Nov 30: We're All In It Together

25-11-2011 22:22

Well, it’s been a long time coming... Wednesday 30th November will see the first mass strike in the UK for four decades. 17 unions, including the biggest ones Unite, UCU, Unison, various teaching unions and PCS, have balloted to strike on pension reform which will see an estimated 3 million off work and, hopefully, cause massive disruption. Demonstrations and pickets are planned across the country – see complete list. Amongst the strikers are some unlikely suspects: 18,000 Border Agency workers are expected to strike leaving the government having to employ sinister private security firm Serco to take over for a day. Even the National Union of Probation Officers voted to join the strike four-to-one.

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IT's On The Net!

25-11-2011 16:45

Pioneer of the alternative press, International Times, is now publishing new material featuring original writers and artists along with new contributers.

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Palestine Today 11 24 2011

24-11-2011 15:00

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday November 24, 2011

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New Radical Newsletter launched in Cardiff

24-11-2011 14:43

Cardiff has a new radical/anarchist newsletter. Faultlines aims to publish on social justice issues such as housing and migration from a radical perspective, and in particular focusing on Cardiff and South Wales.

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Palestine Today 11 21 2011

21-11-2011 15:16

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday November 21, 2011

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New Human-rights group for Sussex

20-11-2011 15:31

OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES DON'T ACT IN OUR INTERESTS
COUNCILS AND OTHER AUTHORITIES
ARE A LAW UNTO THEMSELVES,

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This Week in Palestine week 46 2011

18-11-2011 17:03

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Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, from November 12 to the 18th 2011.

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Palestine Today 11 17 2011

17-11-2011 14:22

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday November 17, 2011

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Palestine Today 11 16 2011

16-11-2011 14:34

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday November 16, 2011

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Swansea Telly wins Digital Hero award for Wales

16-11-2011 13:57

D Murphy wins £5,000 grant for new internet TV channel about community and activist life in Swansea.Swansea resident will be honoured at House of Lords ceremony

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mark kennedy's thatcher tears

16-11-2011 13:10

Last night, a year after he was uncovered[1] by the activists he had infiltrated for seven years, undercover cop Mark Kennedy starred in a Channel 4 documentary (it can be watched online here[2], at least for now). In it he said how wonderful the activists had been to him day in day out for years on end and how he feels bad having shopped them by the dozen. If that were true and he had a conscience as you or I understand it, he would have ended his mission years earlier.

[1] http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/10/466705.html
[2] http://www.channel4.com/programmes/confessions-of-an-undercover-cop/4od

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Palestine Today 11 15 2011

15-11-2011 16:55

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday November 15, 2011

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Greece, 11.Sep.2011 Photoreporter under (state) attack, photos

14-11-2011 19:02

On September 11th 2001, whilst covering a Greek demonstration, photojournalist Yannis Behrakis experienced a live stun/flash grenade.

Police violence against against demonstrators and the general public has increased dramatically that it's hardly worth reporting.

The stun/flash grenade was launched directly at him, and follow similar attacks on other individuals.

Fortunately Behrakis was unharmed, although his clothes were burnt. Others have not been do fortunate, suffering burns, deafness and other injuries.

Photographs by Ken Cedeno

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Britain’s sports stars at the service of war propaganda

11-11-2011 23:17

2011 Poppy Appeal poster features Andy Murray
Sadly, world-famous sportsmen like Andy Murray, David Beckham, Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Wilkinson are deeply complicit in genocidal wars.

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Scottish Crown Office - Unfit for purpose?

10-11-2011 23:13





Here is a summaryof the way that the Scottish "justice" system has treated Robert Green from the outset

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A Dictionary of Terms for the Shafted: political policing

10-11-2011 20:19

New terms to help us describe the increasing intimidation of protesters in the UK.

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SWP Internal Bulletin - How the party thinks about recruitment...

10-11-2011 15:35

Leaked from an internal members-only SWP 92 page post-conference bulletin published in January.

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Hope Not Hate & Searchlight: civil war?

08-11-2011 21:37

In the last few weeks there have mean major cracks developing between Searchlight magazine & their cash-cow dummy front organisation 'Hope Not Hate'. Clearly, arguments about money are not exclusive to the BNP...