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shell garage closed twice by protest in london

11-11-2006 12:19

garage enjoys calm b4 the storm
the old street shell petrol garage in london was closed down twice yesterday evening by protestors highlighting shell's repression of local people in county mayo, ireland, and linking it to the 11th anniversary of the murder of the ogoni 9 in nigeria, where shell is proven to have been involved in the killing of ken saro-wiwa.

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ken livingstone harangued at opening of dalston square

11-11-2006 11:55

whose expense?
livingstone was at gillett square in dalston today to mark the opening of a new 'space for local people'. protestors are angry at the gentrification of the area connected with the olympic invasion.

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Meeting on World Bank & IMF in Oxford

10-11-2006 19:21

Our World is not for Sale: The World Bank and the IMF - Reform or Abolition?

‘They no longer use bullets and ropes. They use the World Bank and the IMF’
Jesse Jackson

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Report on sectarian attack by PSC members

10-11-2006 15:20

such situations must be brought to light..

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Shell Protest in Newcastle only one arrest!

10-11-2006 12:58

Recycled and updated Banner from 1995
Rush hour protest at largest Shell station in Newcastle November 10th

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Photos from Nottingham Shell Action

10-11-2006 12:53

blockade 1
photos from the Nottingham Shell to Sea solidarity action.

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Demo in solidarity with Palestine Liberation struggle - Saturday 11 November

09-11-2006 20:00

You are invited to join our activities in solidarity with the Palestinian People as part of the international week of action against the Apartheid Wall.
Freedom for Palestine!
Smash the Apartheid Wall!
Fight racism and occupation!

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OAXACA: MEXICO’s WATERSHED.

09-11-2006 18:36

Mass protests against fraud in the wake of the Mexican
presidential elections this summer and a
six-months-old standoff in Oaxaca between the
authorities and protesters have converted Mexico into
a hotbed of insurrection. The target is a long-ruling
oligarchy of hacienda owners and industrialists who
may have underestimated populist power buoyant today
on mass communication techniques and encouraged by the
swing to the left on the Latin American continent.

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RECLAIM THE NIGHT March- Oxford- Tues 28th November 2006!

09-11-2006 16:10

Oxford University Student Union is organising a Reclaim The Night march on the 28th November, protesting against violence against women and demonstrating for the right of women to walk the streets at night without fear. All women from Oxford and the local area are warmly invited to join the march- we want to unite the local community of Oxford for this march. The march will start at 6.30 on Cowley Place, progress across Magdalen Bridge, and end in a candlelit vigil on Broad St at 8.

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CUBA y el mundo contra el bloqueo

09-11-2006 14:49

Contra el bloqueo terrorista
La Guerra económica desatada por Estados Unidos
contra Cuba califica como un acto de genocidio...

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Asylum Seekers - The long walk

09-11-2006 14:32

Destitute asylum seekers in Nottingham now have to travel to Loughborough to report -under threat of arrest if they don't.

Would you support a campaign to highlight (and hopefully overturn) this policy?

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PHILIPPINES: Junk the Toxic Deal with Japan! Junk JPEPA!

09-11-2006 12:48

“Save us from this destructive deal, Junk JPEPA!”
With the battle shifting to the Upper House, AKBAYAN Partylist today trooped to the Senate to call for the junking of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). “Japan may have done it once, but we will not allow the dumping of toxic wastes in the country again”, the group said referring to the 1999 incident, when 122 containers declared as “recyclable paper” (which turned out to be clinical wastes) arrived at the Port of Manila.

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divided but not conquered

09-11-2006 08:58

the good protester bad protester dichotomy is a view largely put forth by the media's portrayal of us. they are wrong of course....

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Shell to Sea activists disrupt Dempsey at oil bosses conference

08-11-2006 17:21

Secuity breached by activists to deliver message to potential "investors"

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Leeds Film fringe to remember Ken Saro-Wiwa 11 years after his execution

08-11-2006 08:18

Ogoni writer and political activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, will be remembered with films and talks this Saturday at the radical fringe of this year’s Leeds International Film Festival at the Common Place Social Centre in Wharf Street. The final programme has been announced.

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Day of Resistance to the War: March 19th, 2007

07-11-2006 23:32

On March 19th 2007, we call for a worldwide day of resistance to the imperialist, racist and senseless war in Iraq. We propose occupations, acts of civil disobedience, and direct action. We propose that these acts of resistance be directed towards governments, military recruitment centres, corporations, and other institutions that perpetuate empire and war.

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Nadine Saawka

07-11-2006 22:46

Nadine Saawka of Notting Hill Housing Trust, Grove House, 27 Hammersmith Grove, Hammersmith, London W6 0JL

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GAGGED! #14 - South Wales Anarchist Newsletter

07-11-2006 21:54

*** quick reminder - we've got our first benefit gig on friday -
 http://news.southwalesanarchists.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=34 ***

GAGGED! #14 November 06 anti-copyright
South Wales Anarchist Newsletter • southwalesanarchists.org • PO Box 70, Newport NP20 5XX 
It looks alot prettier on pdf!! -  http://lists.riseup.net/www/d_read/gagged/gagged14.pdf

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Benefit Gig for Mumia Abu Jamal - 24 years on death row

07-11-2006 21:16

Flier
former Black Panther - award winning journalist - the 'voice of the voiceless' - framed on false charges of killing a copy - on death row 24 years. INNOCENT man!