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Climate Camp - Stay Informed

30-07-2008 19:12

"Deansgate Ridge, site of next weeks Climate Camp successfully occupied, 1km SW of Kingsnorth." - SMS 30/07/08

With the news that the site for the climate camp has now been occupied, information about how to stay informed over the next two weeks is also being revealed.

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The Gary McKinnon show starts countdown to European HR court.

30-07-2008 18:12

if i needed a thumb I would thumb it at you
A long time ago in a galaxy just down memory lane a young Glaswegian Gary McKinnon made the news. 4 years later he was still making it :-
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/05/339905.html

Since then he has had documentaries made about him, a support website set up for him, been to courts and even the Lords. He spoke movingly about not wanting to be sent to Gitmo. Quite sensible too.

In Gitmo no-one hears you scream.

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Palestine Today 073008

30-07-2008 13:43

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday July 28th, 2008.

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The possibility of a retaliatory attack by Iran on US bases in the region

30-07-2008 11:28

[4] Sunday Times, 13 July 2008
The US Airbase in Incirlik, Turkey contains 90 nuclear warheads. As was the case in Afghanistan and Iraq, this base is likely to play a crucial role in a prospective war against Iran. Moreover, the Sunday Times map (see item 4) indicates that the use of Turkish airspace by Israel is also being planned, with the tacit consent of the Turkish authorities.

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Be The Media at the Climate Camp

30-07-2008 08:02

For this years climate camp the alternative media provision, documtation group and the camp media team are working much closer together to aid communication, reduce duplication of effort and running back and forth and improve the efficient flow of information. Operating under the banner 'be the media' you will find all the stuff expected from an Independent Media Centre, along with the facilities required by the media team to liaise with the main stream media.

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GW Bush signs "first" US military death warrent in 51 years.

29-07-2008 18:23

Ronald A. Gray, 42, was convicted in connection with a spree of four murders and eight rapes in the Fayetteville, N.C., area between April 1986 and January 1987 while he was stationed at Fort Bragg. He has been on death row at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., since April 1988.

"While approving a sentence of death for a member of our armed services is a serious and difficult decision for a commander in chief, the president believes the facts of this case leave no doubt that the sentence is just and warranted,"..........."The president's thoughts and prayers are with the victims of these heinous crimes and their families and all others affected," White House press secretary Dana Perino said.


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Palestine Today 072908

29-07-2008 14:31

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday July 29th, 2008.

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Exploring BBC Conspiracy Files: 9/11 the Third Tower

29-07-2008 04:52

This piece does a 'walk thru' of the TV documentary by the BBC on the collapse of WTC7
on 11 Sept 2001 which was shown originally on BBC on 6 July last.

The most significant sequences in the programme are described with critical comment following where appropriate.

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Flashback: "Wiped Off The Map" - The Rumor of the Century

28-07-2008 18:31

Across the world, a dangerous rumor has spread that could have catastrophic implications. According to legend, Iran's President has threatened to destroy Israel, or, to quote the misquote, "Israel must be wiped off the map". Contrary to popular belief, this statement was never made, as the following article will prove.

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Palestine Today 072808

28-07-2008 14:34

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday July 28th, 2008.

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Kim Powers ARA in hands of cancer research

28-07-2008 09:22

Kim Powers singer songwriter animal rights activist, gives a short insight into his experiences after the diagnosis 'cancer cup syndrome'.The article comes out soon in the agstg.ch magazine 'albatros' in German, French & Italian.

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Open letter to The Camp for Climate Action from NUJ.

25-07-2008 14:47

An open letter to The Camp for Climate Action from the National Union of Journalists.

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How low UK TV has sunk - Dennis Potter lectures the BBC

24-07-2008 00:30

Dennis Potter
Potter's disenchantment with modern television ran deep. Fifteen years on this is the first time this speech has been available to watch on the web - what a shame because it's one of the best speeches ever made at the Edinburgh Television Festival. Probably the best there will ever be judging by this year's appaulingly anodyne choice for a lecturer.

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The Great Global Warming Swindle Swindle Confirmed

23-07-2008 21:33

We already knew this but... media regulators today confirmed that the controversial Great Global Warming Swindle 'documentary' commissioned by Channel 4 film was a pile of misrepresentation and misleading crap. The long-awaited judgement from Ofcom said that Channel 4 had not fulfilled it's responsibilities and obligations in airing the documentary which claimed that global warming is not a result of human activities.

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Guardian Story Reveals Brown a Christian Zionist

22-07-2008 05:25

The Guardian shamelessly repeats Brown's long-refuted LIE that Iran's president threatened to "wipe Israel off the map", and frames its story in the language being used by the belligerent parties in Israel and the US, the ones threatening another illegal war, the ones who have created the illusion of a crisis, in order to feign justification for a war they planned years ago.

But to its credit, they've also outed Brown as a Zionist, and all future statements by this dangerous and irresponsible sycophant should be considered with this in mind.

No Middle East Peace Without Tough Love
 https://israel.indymedia.org/mod/otherpress/display/275

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Cultures combined

21-07-2008 08:54

Independent Street Carnival Troupe perform at the Pakistan Forum.

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Unlawful Crossrail shortchanges tube and Londoners £16bn - another central line

18-07-2008 13:56

The Crossrail Bill is due to receive Royal Assent on Tuesday 22 July 2008 after petitioning in the House of Lords and House of Commons. Residents are beginning to realise why so many publicly funded projects go wrong if the level of scrutiny is similar to that of the Crossrail Bill, the Millennium Dome of public transport schemes. The Department for Transport, the House of Commons and House of Lords Crossrail Committee, who have favoured the City over ordinary London residents, taxpayers and farepayers have slammed the final nail in the coffin of the Crossrail Bill. We now know why so many publicly funded schemes are so poorly scrutinised.

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Natalie Bracht, more reported sightings

15-07-2008 08:58

On the run for two months now with her five daughters, the police remain hot on the trail of fugative Natalie Bracht. The latest statement from the police say she has been sighted in Devon on a bus from Exeter through Dartmoor. She has previously been reported to have been in Yeovil, Glastonbury and Bristol since originally hiding out in London after abandoning her home in Sunderland. Other reports place her in Holland or Germany.

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Manchester Free Software Meeting - Ian Forrester - BBC Backstage

14-07-2008 11:31

Manchester Free Software is a group based in the Manchester area that focuses on free software and GNU/Linux primarily and issues which infringe on the freedoms of computer users.
They hold monthly meetings of a non-technical nature on a range of intersting issues.
This month Ian Forrester from the BBC is to talk about "BBC Backstage".