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Monkeys fight back against trainer, China

12-03-2009 22:36

Three angry monkeys turned on their cruel trainer and beat him with his own stick (See Photos). One of the trio bit him and pulled out handfuls of his hair. When one of the monkeys refused to ride on a child's bicycle in a street performance in Sizhou, in eastern China, their owner beat it with a stick.

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Attorney General misleads the people

12-03-2009 22:12

This article looks at the merit and veracity of a speech given by Attorney General Robert McClelland on Australia's democracy and the rule of law. The following article will disprove all his points and comments.

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Council workers protest job cuts

12-03-2009 22:05

On Monday 9th March a several hundred strong protest was held in Nottingham's Market Square calling on the city council not to follow through on threats to cut jobs in its budget that evening.

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Nottingham City Council job cuts demo

12-03-2009 19:59

On Monday March 9th, workers at Nottingham City Council held a rally in protest against proposed job cuts.

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Closure of landless movement's autonomous schools!

12-03-2009 18:57

A couple of weeks ago the state governor of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil forcefully closed schools which attended to 600 kids from the encampments of the landless peoples movment in Brazil. The movement runs its own autonomous schools, providing an education specifically tailored to the needs of it's students. Now Landless children are forced to go without an education or travel miles to study in schools where they are subject to discrimination and a curriculum irrelevant to their lives and needs.

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Police Raid 3 Houses Of Palestine Supporters In Swansea

12-03-2009 12:57

Three houses of Palestinian supporters were raided yesterday morning and two people were arrested on suspicion of 'conspiring to commit racially aggravated criminal damage', the third person was not at home. Police seized three computers and papers relating Palestine and Israel. The 3 are outraged at the racist slur implied by the charge.

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DWP occupied by bankers & others.

12-03-2009 09:08

Starting young.
On Monday the Department of Work and Pensions was visited by some irate bankers demanding more children to sweep their chimneys. At the same time some proletartian protesters also intervened leaving both of the main entrances to building blocked.

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Safe From Who? Issue #5 The Fargate Speaker

11-03-2009 19:02

The Fargate Speaker - Sheffield's antidote to crappy local news rags.

In this Issue: The Economic Crisis for Dummies, Bus Fare Hikes, Identi-kit stores, Starbucks, Fargate poses the question..., Sport

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Protest the Government Ban on Youtube After Secret Mutiny Tape of 70 Killed Airs

11-03-2009 18:34

You Tube Censored
Podcast, Articles and Videos regarding the fact that we must let the world know it is unethical for the Bangladesh Government to censor Free media access for their people especially after an incident involving the murder of over 70 people! - http://www.blackmanfluff.org - http://tinyurl.com/link2itunes

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Forest Fields Latest: CCTV

11-03-2009 17:33

Typical control centre
Nottingham City Council have adjusted the number of new CCTV masts they are proposing to erect in the Forest Fields area.

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indigenous representative murdered in Colombia

11-03-2009 14:01

This latest murder takes place during an Emergency Territorial and Humanitarian Gathering in Jambalo municipality, Cauca, where indigenous communities decided to recover the territory for the civilian population and remove armed groups.

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Miss University London Pageant Infiltrated and Disrupted

11-03-2009 13:17

Protestors infiltrate Beauty Pageant, disrupting it from the inside. To complement the different protests against this event, one group braved the inside of the club. They used a variety of means to disturb it, halt it and show why its not okay to do this.

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National Squat Meetup This Weekend. BRISTOL

11-03-2009 13:04

For more info:
07790073015

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Videoclip: Block NATO strasbourg 2009 - public action training

11-03-2009 12:13

block NATO
About 50 activists from the Block NATO network held a public action training in the run up to the NATO summit in Strasbourg. They present their motivations and intentions to shut down the summit through civil disobedience.

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The Stereotypes Rally - Miss University pageant picket

11-03-2009 03:44

Over 50 people gathered outside Crystal nightclub off Oxford Street, London, to demonstrate against the miss university beauty pageant being hosted inside.

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Feminist Protest of Solidarity : Newcastle upon Tyne

11-03-2009 01:14

I heart feminists
Radical/Anarcho Feminists from Newcastle upon Tyne "decorate" Greys Monument on the eve of International Womens Day with banners protesting against the exploitation and oppression of women worldwide.

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Direct Action; USA, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Mexico & France

11-03-2009 01:01

5th-10th March

VEHICLE BURNED AT HOME OF UCLA VIVISECTOR (USA)
WINDOWS SMASHED WITH BRICKS AT WAGENINGEN UNIV. (Netherlands)
FUR FARMERS HARASSED WITH JUNK MAIL (USA)
FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS CLEANING-UP AFTER ALF VISITS (USA)
THOUSANDS OF PHEASANTS FREED (Italy)
CIRCUS POSTERS TAKEN DOWN (USA)
FUR SHOP REDECORATED (Spain)
"THE FIRE WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT" (Mexico)
POLICE STATION BURNED IN PROTEST OF SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS IN JALTENCO (Mexico)
HOME VISIT PROTESTS KILLING OF ANIMALS AT L.A. ANIMAL SERVICES (USA)
FUR SHOP COVERED IN PAINT (France)

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Promo Video - Pro-Capitalists gather for G20 in London April 1st

10-03-2009 17:56

Video
As the world finances start to spin and the roulette wheel of international finance starts to turn increasingly dark, this is not to abandon the ideas that have made a select few people very rich.

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Dundee packaging factory occupied

10-03-2009 17:19

A small group of workers in a Dundee packing case factory have taken an important stand in defence of their living standards. Twelve workers have occupied Prisme Packaging's industrial unit near central Dundee in order to force their employer into paying legally required redundancy payments, following the company's decision to dispense with its entire workforce.

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Berlin Squatters UNITED WE STAY demo, 14/3 + video

10-03-2009 16:48

Call for Autonomous Demonstration 3/14/2009
"United we stay- Collective, offensive, subversive".

Mobilization Video:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfmesReuHdk