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Indymedia ESF Newsblast 1

22-10-2004 17:25

Indymedia UK ESF NEWSBLAST #1

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Endorse urgent petition to defend our right to protest in Parliament Square

22-10-2004 15:56

Dear friends,
Please ask your organisation to sign this petition to defend all of our right to protest in Parliament Square. Time is short, please return your organisation’s contact details and your signature by the Friday, 29 October, if possible, as the Government wants to include this legislation in the Queen’s speech next month. Return your endorsement to the Global Women’s Strike by email to  womenstrike8m@server101.com or by fax or post. Individual signatures are also welcome; please indicate if you are signing for your organisation or as an individual.
Thank you

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Pavilion Housing Association lurches from bad to worse

22-10-2004 15:11

After a damning report by the Audit Commission, and a soon to be published equally damning report by the industry regulator, one would have expected Pavilion to be making some effort to improve, instead they lurch from bad to worse, and continue to show the same arrogant contempt for their tenants and the local community.

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Waverley propaganda on housing privatisation

22-10-2004 15:03

Waverley is leading its tenants into privatisation through a one-sided discussion. Alternative views are not tolerated. Tenants are not being told the truth, critics are being silenced and vilified, and meetings are being manipulated by council officials.

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Bristol City Council facing Meltdown after Bristolian paper revelations

22-10-2004 14:03

Bristol City Council is facing meltdown next week when all three parties on the ruling coalition are likely to refuse to run the council

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GR Scotland tries to capitalise on disruption

21-10-2004 14:20

This message is being circulated by Gill Hubbard. I don't know why I
recieved it because Scottish CND or me were never part of the Scottish ESF mobilisation committee although Scottish CND has affiliated to the G8 Alternatives group - which was originally a ESF Committee clone...

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Pix of ESF 2004, Thu 14 Oct 04

21-10-2004 12:17

Ken Loach, director 'Bread and Roses (2000)'
Photos of the speakers at "Bread & Roses (Director's Cut)", screened at the Prince Charles Cinema SITE? — kudos to the organisers and hosts.
For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For links to the other sets of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

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Pix of ESF 2004, Fri 15 Oct 04 - Set 1 of 3

21-10-2004 12:12

GM-Free Europe - Lim Li Ching
Photos of the speakers at "GM-Free Europe" and "A Trans-Atlantic GMO Trade War: US attempts to use the WTO against European citizens" atAlexandra Palace.
For a list of the speakers photographed and associated web links, see the story below the photos.

For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For links to the other sets of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

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Pix of ESF 2004, Fri 15 Oct 04 - Set 2 of 3

21-10-2004 11:49

Photos of some of the stalls in Alexandra Palace.
For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For links to the other sets of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

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Pix of ESF 2004, Fri 15 Oct 04 - Set 3 of 3

21-10-2004 11:30

Photos of some of the art in Alexandra Palace, plus John Pilger and the translation booths.
For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For links to the other sets of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

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Pix of ESF 2004, Sat 16 Oct 04 - Set 1 of 2

21-10-2004 11:19

Developments in Human Genetics - Helen Wallace
Photos of the speakers at "Developments in Human Genetics " and "Beyond GM: Nanotechnology in Food and Agriculture" in Bloomsbury.
For a list of the speakers photographed and associated web links, see the story below the photos.

For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For links to the other sets of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

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Pix of ESF 2004, Sat 16 Oct 04 - Set 2 of 2

21-10-2004 10:59

Resisting corporate monopolies and new enclosures - Birgit Müller
Photos of the speakers at "Resisting corporate monopolies and new enclosures", "Prenatal screening: eugenics or women's rights?" and "Human cloning and genetic engineering: what's at stake?" in Bloomsbury.
For a list of the speakers photographed and associated web links, see the story below the photos.

For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For links to the other sets of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

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Pix of ESF 2004, Sun 17 Oct 04 - Set 4 of 5

21-10-2004 10:41

Photos of the banners and flags on display at the peace demonstration.
For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For links to the other sets of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

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Pix of ESF 2004, Sun 17 Oct 04 - Set 1 of 5

21-10-2004 10:14

Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution - Jorge Martin
Photos of the speakers at "Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution", and of the peace demonstration.
For a list of the speakers photographed and associated web links, see the story below the photos.

For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For links to the other sets of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

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Pix of ESF 2004, Sun 17 Oct 04 - Set 2 of 5

21-10-2004 09:53

Photos of the pink and silver sections of the peace demonstration: Code Pink, the samba band and associated dancers.
For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For links to the other sets of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

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Pix of ESF 2004, Sun 17 Oct 04 - Set 3 of 5

21-10-2004 09:37

Photos of the creative imagination of peace demonstration participants: DIY placards, banners and sculpture.
For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For links to the other sets of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

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Pix of ESF 2004, Sun 17 Oct 04 - Set 5 of 5

21-10-2004 09:23

Photos of the wonderfully provocative "counter-demonstration" (thanks and congratulations to all involved - remember, "You're going home in the dustbin of history!"), and of the end of the peace demonstration.
For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For links to the other sets of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

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Trust you had a successful and productive social forum

21-10-2004 00:17

I see this as an introductory weekend, the plenary workshops and practical demonstrations of what is actually possible. Was and is a shining example to a whole new generation!

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"We tell lies for white supremacy every day" admit PSNI.

20-10-2004 17:22

PSNI confess to covering up the facts of sectarian murder in the still-occupied north.

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Building Bridges Radio: The Jobless "Recovery"

20-10-2004 01:42

Building Bridges: Your community and Labor Report presents this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW