UK Indymedia - UK Other Press Newswire Archive

'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' farce: the Brooks/Cameron texts we didn't see

16-06-2012 14:10

Only one SMS text was revealed at the Leveson Enquiry which decended into farce when Prime Minister David Cameron’s wife Samatha rang in to ‘remind him’ about the frequency of meetings with Ms. Brooks over lunch. All “hogwash, they’re all in the dirt on this”. Why has the whole Murdoch family not been arrested and charged? The big fish are being protected and the small fish are being thrown to the sharks at Leveson enquiry which is being stage managed in a US style for TV.

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Notes From the Borderland: our response to cyber-attack

14-06-2012 22:10

issue 10 of Notes From the Borderland has just been published, along with an extract from one key article. Subsequently, our main magazine site has been sabotaged. The article extract that triggered the sabotage is reproduced below.

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Abolish the IPCC' Campaign your support wanted

05-06-2012 13:32

Following on from the very successful protest 'ABOLISH THE IPCC' CAMPAIGN4JUSTICE calls for a mass protest on the 12th of June outside the forthcoming conference;
SEE

http://www.facebook.com/Campaign4Justice4SmileyCulture

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Living in Sweden, Thinking of the Holocaust - CounterPunch

04-06-2012 14:56

The Sweden that Julian Assange might be sent to is not the country many believe it to be. In 2010 The Guardian had an article titled "The new Swedish xenophobia", the piece ominously warning of xenophobia's finding new strength, strongholds and legitimacy. Notably, on 25 April, a seminar at Sweden's Parliament addressed justice system prejudice against minorities and foreigners.

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Citizens on Patrol Sussex

04-06-2012 12:52

If I becomer Sussex’s Police & Crime Commissioner said David Joe Neilson
I will set up CITIZENS ON PATROL SUSSEX

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Shift Magazine is closing shop

03-06-2012 10:52

It is with a heavy heart that the Shift Editorial Team are announcing our decision to close the magazine down for the foreseeable future. We hope to incorporate some reflections on this move as part of our next and final issue (Issue 15). Ordinarily due for publication in May, Issue 15 is now scheduled for release in September and we are seeking articles to fill its pages. Send pitches to:

shiftmagazine@hotmail.co.uk.

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Tageszeitung: CIA Exposed Bulgarian PM's Criminal Activities

31-05-2012 18:26

The secret cables of the US Embassy in Sofia, exposing Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, as participant in criminal activities, list a source SIMO, which is now being disclosed as a codename for the CIA. The information has been revealed in a German investigative report.

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Police & Crime Commissioner For Sussex

31-05-2012 17:04

SUSSEX POLICES MOST HATED PERSON HAS PUT HIMSELF FORWARD
AS SUSSEX’S FIRST POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONER DAVID JOE NEILSON

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Cutting off the Financial Lifeline to Cruel Hare Coursing

28-05-2012 10:31

You can help us win a crucial battle in the ongoing campaign against hare coursing in Ireland.

As the campaign to persuade the Irish government to ban hare coursing continues, financial sponsorship is keeping this horrific practise alive.

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GM Crop Trashing: If I Stay There Will Be Stubble

21-05-2012 18:49

Story with links

http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/IF-I-STAY-THERE-WILL-BE-STUBBLE/

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Final callout for June Events - Blacklist

21-05-2012 12:22

Final callout for JUNE EVENTS FOR THE BLACKLIST LONDON

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Message from recentley released Antifascist Ravi Gill

17-05-2012 03:53

I just hope this can even show 1% for the love I feel for those who supportted me, I'll never forget you and love you always. NO PASARAN!

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Damascus terror bombing: Made in the USA

14-05-2012 08:53

“Our policy is to try to accelerate the arrival of that tipping point” at which the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad is toppled, Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman explained last March to the US Senate’s foreign relations committee.

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Latest FOI reports from Ireland's State Wildlife Service exposes hare coursing

11-05-2012 14:55

Latest FOI reports from NPWS reveal terror and suffering inflicted on hares at coursing events in eleven counties in Ireland. Irish animal protection groups are renewing our call for a total ban on live hare coursing following the latest series of shocking reports on coursing events compiled by State appointed wildlife rangers

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The 'GlobalMay manifesto' of the Occupy movement

11-05-2012 11:33

This warrants a wider distribution and sharing.

The global Occupy movement wants a better world. Such a world is possible, and here's how …

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Activists shut down UN building to raise awareness about Palestinian hunger strikers

10-05-2012 08:03

Yesterday, demonstrators in Ramallah surrounded a United Nations building in Ramallah to demand attention to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

At 7:30 AM, about 25 youth activists reportedly blocked access into and out of the UN Ramallah Common Premises building. Later reports indicate upwards of 40 demonstrators involved in this morning’s action. A few minutes into the action, the hashtag #UNclosed began to trend worldwide on Twitter.

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Close Newcastle Animal Lab National March

04-05-2012 02:59

On May 26th UK activists will converge in Newcastle to march against Animal murderers at Newcastle university.

22 thousand animals are tested upon every year and Newcastle university is one of the last remaining universities to perform testing on primates.

Its time to say NO to animal testing.

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London Radical Events Listings

29-04-2012 11:34

you are reading the first blacklist london. Its objective is simple and stems from the
successful and effective de blacklist amsterdam // stressfaktor berlin : - to draw together
as many of the political, academic and social activity of London’s (sometimes, often or by
definition) radical hubs into a single document to use at your disposal.

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A ramble round Daily Mail tax exile Lord Rothermere's Ferne Park in Wiltshire

23-04-2012 00:59

Particularly annoyed by the Daily Mail's mean-spirited and skewed reporting of the criminalisation of squatters. That is fine and dandy Mr Rothermere when you are a £750m tac exile and have lots of places to live yourself. Having said all that your rag the Daily Mail has been the only UK media to report the mysterious death of Dr Richard Holmes so yes, free speech does mean the right for you to print what so many profoundly disagree with. The trouble is Paul Dacre cynically prints libelous stories about penniless young squatters when Associated Newspapers' lawyers know that they cannot afford to take you to court.

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From Bristol With Love #19

22-04-2012 09:04

From Bristol with Love is a showcase for local music, local news and new forms of local thinking.