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G8-Crashing - Benefit gig in London - Tuesday 17th May - Free entry - £1 a pint

12-05-2005 00:04

G8 awareness raiser in New Cross on Tuesday. Info will be available on the night about how to get to Scotland in July. Dub and Breakbeat Music from : Freq Nasty, Fun-da-Mental(WattsRiot), Smart Monkey and Performance Poetry from Paradox. Decent Line-up. £1 a pint. See You there.

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British Trade Unions

11-05-2005 21:00

We at libcom are planning to create a section on British Trade Unions as part of our organise section.

Get involved!

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Merseyside Goes Mad For Anit-G8 Protest

11-05-2005 15:21

When the G8 meets in Scotland, Merseyside will be at the forefront pf the protest. Last night (10th May) saw an excitable and positive mobalising meeting which gives promise for a really big and diverse campaign...

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Dissent! Benefit: Brighton, Tonight!

11-05-2005 14:10

Brighton Dissent! Benefit! Tonight!

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FFS! (Fit For Struggle)

11-05-2005 11:59

Would you like to be a bit fitter, and improve your endurance and alertness in the anti-capitalist struggle?

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Will Galloway go the same way as David Kelly?

11-05-2005 10:58

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, an embittered Oona King said that her former constituents would live to regret voting her out of office, and hinted that there might soon be a by-election in Bethnal Green and Bow for "one reason or another".

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Our Man in Karachi...

11-05-2005 07:21

No, it wasn't James Bond. He didn't seem to care. And I never saw him again, this servant of the vultures and jackals. A man who, like his brutal bosses: 'knew too much to be good for mankind'. That's why I'll never forget 'the Karachi-man'.

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Video of the emotive funeral of the Comrade Gladys Marín, president of the Chile

11-05-2005 05:40


A Video of the emotive funeral of the Comrade Gladys Marín, president of the Chilean Communist Party with millions of people in the streets of Chile marching to say farewell to one of the most important icons of the contemporary socialism fight.

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Bristol Dissent news, events & G8 summit info

10-05-2005 16:35

Below is a list of upcoming events organised by Bristol Dissent and friends, plus summit info, along with web links where appropriate. Available at Bristol Dissent meetings are flyers, posters, briefing papers and info.

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Greece: Mayday of Solidarity and Dignity in the dockyard ZONE of Piraeus

10-05-2005 13:29

This year’s 1st of May was on a Sunday and on a religious day of the easter. So Mayday in Greece will take place on the 10th and 11th of May.

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IRAQ IS NOT A QUAGMIRE STUPID !

10-05-2005 05:43

Progressive media's obsession about Vietnam has made them believe that the US in a Quagmire in Iraq. Critics of war must keep calm. Americans did not go to Iraq to spread democracy or liberate the enslaved people of Iraq, give them the gift of liberty, freedom of press and economic prosperity.They went there as gold diggers for oil! They have broken Iraq in three antagonistic parts who are killing each other and destroying their economic infrastructure.Foget the propaghanda, the occupiers are doing a good job in destroying iraq; instigating Death Squad Capitalism,establishing a puppet government to secure the flow of cheep oil to the US. All thanks to an American Mullah who is helping US to establish "Market Economy",that is the transfer of Iraqi assets to US corporations. In Vietnam the US did not have an Ayatollah at our side! Iraq as a national identity is no more!It has been bulkanized!

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The Power of Performance

10-05-2005 00:57

The link between Psychology and Drama is a barely visible, hugely underestimated and very powerful human resource. Augusto Boal knew this and developed exercises with this link in mind. Though they were still firmly rooted in the theatre, the psychological benefits cannot be ignored.

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weekend training in Nonviolent Direct Action, Legal skills, and Action Support.

09-05-2005 16:28

This in-depth training is a chance to come together with
other likeminded people and prepare yourself for taking direct action or supporting others to take action at the G8 Summit and beyond.

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weekend training in Nonviolent Direct Action, Legal skills, and Action Support.

09-05-2005 16:18

This in-depth training is a chance to come together with
other likeminded people and prepare yourself for taking direct action or supporting others to take action at the G8 Summit and beyond.

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,Illegal eviction peckham we need your help now

09-05-2005 13:24


for the third time Builders & Police are attempting to illegally evict our site

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we need YOUR HGELP now ILLEGAL EVICTION peckham

09-05-2005 12:53

for the third time Builders & Police are attempting to illegally evict our site

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Zimbabwe's Fight for Justice

09-05-2005 11:38

The struggle for land reform and self-determination in the face of Western hostility and sanctions.

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Iraq cabinet approved, minister quits

09-05-2005 10:57

The Iraqi parliament has approved appointments for six cabinet vacancies, handing four more positions to the Sunni Arab minority.

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Local Media Campaign Meeting, Thursday 19 May

09-05-2005 07:24

Please note I have not included the 3 documents mentioned below (agenda etc), as they would have taken up too much space and been boring for most people. If you are interested in any of them, you can contact Anna at  Oxnuj@aol.com.

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15 year old anarchist killed by police on mayday, Bogotá,Columbia

08-05-2005 21:48

News is circulating that yet another anarchist has died due to state repression on Mayday. Within hours of the Dublin anarchist picnic Nicolás David Neira Alvares was clubbed to the ground by up to eight police on the Bogota Mayday march and beaten on the head until he passed out. Police then prevented his comrades getting to him so it was some time before they could get him to hospital where he died earlier today.