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leeds 2nd Queer Film Festival

16-09-2010 18:58

Leeds 2nd Queer Film Festival - 22nd to 26th Sept 2010

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Save our Youth Centres! Anti-cuts demo - Bath - Monday 20th

16-09-2010 10:28

Callout for Baths first anti-cuts demo

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English Defence League sing "Aint no black in the union jack" at EDL protest

16-09-2010 03:04

The notorious racist and Islamophobic English Defence League were shouting "Aint no Black in the Union Jack" at an EDL protest. The EDL have rioted across the country. Their protests have been attended by the National Front, Combat 18, the BNP, Blood and Honour, Nationalist anarchists and lone racists. They have attacked Muslim women, attacked Mosques & Temples.

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anon

15-09-2010 20:02

The English Defence League are holding a flash demo in Gateshead. NOW.

One of them has been arrested for burning a Qur'an and they have put a call out for help at the Gateshead police station where they are holding a "flash demo".

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English Defence League demo Amsterdam & support of Dutch extremist Geert Wilders

15-09-2010 19:14

The English Defence League are a racist, Islamophobic and Zionist organisation who have rioted in Luton, Dudley, Stoke, Bolton, Bradford, Newcastle...they have attacked Muslims including women and have desecrated Mosques. They have attempted to riot in London. The EDL held a "Freedom Of Speech" rally in support of Geert Wilders in London. They plan another demo in Holland on October 30th.

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Hunger strikes in Swiss prisons by anarchist prisoners Marco, Billy, Costa and S

15-09-2010 15:40

Eco-anarchist prisoners Marco Camenisch, Luca Bernasconi, Costantino Ragusa and Silvia Guerini started an hunger strike the past 10th September.

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Why we love to hate conspiracy theories: 9/11 Truth as threat to intelligentsia

15-09-2010 11:48

Especially left and liberal professionals and service intellectuals but also right-wing members of the intelligentsia vehemently attack and ridicule “conspiracy theories” such as the present 911 Truth movement.

Why? It’s as though power did not covertly orchestrate its predation of us? Is that not the modus operandi of power?

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A CALL OUT FROM AMSTERDAM

14-09-2010 21:06

The squatting ban is not a threat - it’s an opportunity and a tool.

…and we like tools.

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Rally in support of John and Mary Flynn / Traveller Test Case at Southend County

14-09-2010 20:28

In poor health and anxious to stay with their extended family, grandparents Mary and John Flynn, among the many elder residents of Dale Farm, have refused a offer to accommodate them in a council flat.

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9/11 Truth and "Global War on Terror": Pretext to wage war is totally fabricated

14-09-2010 12:54

"The New Middle East"
In the wake of 9/11, the (real) antiwar movement was completely isolated. Trade unions and civil society organizations had swallowed the media lies and government propaganda. They had accepted a war of retribution against Afghanistan on humanitarian grounds, an impoverished country of 30 million people.

Concurrently, a fake anti-war activism emerged in the wake of 9/11 which broadly consisted in stating: "I am against the war but I support the war on terrorism". Meanwhile, several NGOs became actively involved in humanitarian projects in Afghanistan, in close liaison with USAID and the Pentagon.

This acceptance of the "war on terrorism" was in large part based on the acceptance of the official 9/11 narrative, namely that the US was under attack, that the 9/11 attacks were perpetrated by Muslims, that the Taliban were protecting Al Qaeda and providing refuge to its illusive leader Osama bin Laden.

Ironically, many "Progressives" in America not only accepted the official 9/11 narrative, they were also involved in smearing the 9/11 Truth Movement. By slurring those who questioned the official 9/11 story (backed by carefully researched evidence and analysis), they (unwittingly) provided legitimacy to the bombing and invasion of Afghanistan, Iraq, the Palestinian occupied territories as well as the targeting of Iran, as part of the "Global War on Terror" GWOT).

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Support the Reykjavik 9

14-09-2010 10:26

As we speak, Iceland’s first post-collapse trial is taking place. To no-one’s surprise, the accused are individuals from the most radical part of the uprising that toppled Iceland’s government during the winter of 2008 and 2009. The people – anarchists and radical leftists – are now facing somewhere between 1 and 16 years in prison, will they be found guilty of attacking the parliament.

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Truth and Justice for Victims of Pinochet Dictatorship

14-09-2010 05:14

Presenters will discuss their efforts to bring truth, justice and reparations for victims of crimes against humanity committed during the Pinochet dictatorship.

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Report from the frontlines of the eviction of Travelers at Hovefields, Essex

13-09-2010 19:02

Everybody is feeling very bruised after the Hovefields eviction and the two instant police evictions under s61 of the Criminal Justice Act 1994 around Gardiners Lane, which were done in jackboot fashion without the least mercy.

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Israeli troops kill three Palestinians in Gaza, officials say

13-09-2010 16:26

"Shortly after, Abu Saeed's 17-year-old grandson, Hossam Khaled, also died of wounds sustained in the incident, medics said.

The Israeli military spokesman's office said it had no immediate information on the reported incident. Israeli army radio described the two men as "terrorists" and said that at least one was armed."

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'State Visit' costing the UK tax payer 43,332 Euro PER CITIZEN of the Vatican

12-09-2010 21:31

For the record. The 'State Visit' is costing the UK tax payer 43,332 Euro PER CITIZEN of the Vatican and a large percentage of those 'people' (11% +) are accused child rapists and molesters.

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Nottingham PSC Annual Garden Party

12-09-2010 14:54

Nottingham Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Jenin Friendship Group Annual Garden Party 2010 will be held on Sunday 19th September.

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9/11 and America’s secret terror campaign

11-09-2010 13:37

Given our historical understanding of al-Qaeda as a “database” of intelligence assets, which were recruited to fight the Afghan-Soviet war, and our more recent understanding of the relationships between the U.S. and other Western intelligence agencies historically and presently to these groups and individuals, does it not seem plausible that the operation of al-Qaeda as a covert branch of U.S. policy has continued?

Certainly, more research needs to be undertaken, but what is clear is that any and all official investigations thus far have been nothing but concocted lies: that is, willful and intended deception, designed to hide the truth, not reveal it.

It is also within this context, of understanding the deep nexus of intelligence and terrorism in international relations and imperial stratagems (that is, strategic deception), that we must view the rise, role, evolution and purpose of the “Global War on Terror,” now in its 9th year, spending trillions to send poor Americans to kill poor Muslims in nations across the Middle East, Africa, and Central and South Asia.

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Protests expected to increase as Tony Blair reveals he will travel with Pope.

11-09-2010 03:41

The Guardian reported, "protests could increase after it emerged that Tony Blair, who has been pelted with eggs and cancelled two public events in the past week, is likely to accompany the Pope on part of his trip".

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The English Defence League East Anglis are meeting tomorrow in Gt Yarmouth

10-09-2010 20:45

The violent racists, neo Nazis, Islamo[phobes and extreme Zionists are meeting tomorrow in Great Yarmouth East Anglia at 12 noon. Anti fascists might want to pop in for a chat hey.