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Basic Introduction to the ESF (london oct 04) And Autonomous Projects

05-06-2004 09:28

An Basic Introduction to the ESF in London - October 2004

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'Greenwash ' Or Us?

04-06-2004 20:16

The corporate sponsorship of cultural life is taking off a storm with companies such as BP and Esso up to their old PR tricks. Buy their oil because they’re the coolest, greenest, cheapest (!), most caring guys in town. This is tosh and we all know it.

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A difficult day in Palestine

04-06-2004 16:41

A friend in Palestine just emailed me this article. It is the account of a difficult day of Samah Atout including the trashing of her home and her family being held by soldiers while they occupied the home. Samah is the Project Hope Palestine Director and Nablus Coordinator. The account is in her own words, and details some of the horrendous but everyday tragedies she and others have gotten used to.

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Transforming Ecuador Into Another Cambodia

04-06-2004 14:20

Thirty-five years ago the Nixon administration launched a secret campaign of intense aerial bombing in Cambodia and in doing so plunged that country into the flaring quagmire in neighboring Vietnam. Today, the U.S. may again be pushing another small, neutral and peaceful nation into a comparable entanglement. Ecuador is now in the early stages of being a combatant in the seemingly intractable conflict engulfing its much larger and bellicose neighbor to the north, Colombia, says the liberal Washington-based think tank COHA (The Council on Hemispheric Affairs).

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oil industry addresses - updated 'greasy palms' list v.1.7

03-06-2004 18:28

'Greasy palms' oil industry offices (& related) list just updated, version 1.7

Target offices close to you!

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Statue of Liberty

03-06-2004 11:58

How the world sees America

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BUSHMEN TO TAKE BOTSWANA TO COURT

02-06-2004 18:31

SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE

The court case that could decide the future of the Gana and Gwi
Bushmen will be held in July this year. Two hundred and forty-eight
Bushmen and Bakgalagadi are taking Botswana to court over the
government's forced eviction of them and their families from their
ancestral land, in what could be a test case for Bushman rights
across southern Africa.

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Zapatista Coffee vs. Starbucks, Oxford

02-06-2004 15:02

Report and photos from Starbucks, Cornmarket Street, Oxford

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Postal Votes Fiasco in the NW

01-06-2004 20:11

Can we publish this on Indymedia?

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Nine Ladies support action: 4th June, Doin' it Up North (of England)

31-05-2004 21:45

DOING IT UP NORTH is a bi-monthly campaign that moves around to different arrears in the North of England. Different local groups take on the planning for the next action.

For more info email:   diun@hushmail.com

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Nine Ladies Support Action: 4th June - Doin' it Up North

31-05-2004 21:38

DOING IT UP NORTH is a bi-monthly campaign that moves around to different arrears in the North of England. Different local groups take on the planning for the next action.

For more info email:   diun@hushmail.com

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Day of Action at the Olympic Games

30-05-2004 23:37

Day of Action at the Olympic Games

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South Korea, MSSC Struggle Weekend

30-05-2004 20:52

Last weekend, here it is now Monday, we celebrated the 200th day of our sit-in struggle strike in Myeong-dong, downtown Seoul.

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Doing It Up North: Nine Ladies Support Action

30-05-2004 20:31

DOING IT UP NORTH is a bi-monthly campaign that moves around to different arrears in the North of England. Different local groups take on the planning for the next action.

For more info email:  diun@hushmail.com

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Free Trade Summit EU-Latinamerica kicks off in Guadalajara, Mexico

29-05-2004 10:28

According to mainstream media reports, riots have prevented a press conference of the french president Chirac in Mexico.
If you are able to speak and write and translate Spanish, please help by translating the middle column feature articles on  http://mexico.indymedia.org/ into english or other languages. Please post translations to the relevantindymedias or the  http://translations.indymedia.org Tranlsation Tool. Thanks.

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Critical Mass remembers Blackfriars Bridge cyclist's death

29-05-2004 09:58

People gather on Blackfriars Bridge
Around 700 cyclists attended London's monthly Critical Mass to pay their respects to Vicki McCreery who was crushed to death by a bus earlier this month while riding across a new cycle lane on one of London's busiest bridges.

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GRIEVING MOTHER ARRESTED AT PRISON DEMO

28-05-2004 18:09

Pauline Campbell Arrested outside Holloway Prison
Grieving mother arrested outside Holloway prison

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EXHIBITION of PROTEST PHOTOGRAPHS AT LARC

28-05-2004 17:27

AN EXHIBITION OF 21ST CENTURY PROTEST PHOTOGRAPHS IS ON SHOW AT LARC, 62, FIELDGATE STREET, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON UNTIL 21ST JUNE 2004

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OPEN LETTER TO RESPECT - THE UNITY COALITION

28-05-2004 16:30

This is an open letter to those involved with Respect - the so-called "Unity Coalition".