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Nanotech industry front group use Indymedia to talk to angels

15-12-2004 14:02

Nanotech industry front, group Institute of Nanotechnology have taken to using the UK Indymedia Newswire in an attempt to make contact with "Angels Against Nanotechnology".

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STAR WARS TEST FAILS

15-12-2004 12:40


Missile defence shield test fails
A target missile that was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base leaves a blue light over the night sky in California, 7 July 2000.
The Pentagon blamed the test failure on an.............

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pseudoDemocracy

13-12-2004 20:49

EU fails in democracy

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IDENTITY CARDS BILL - a brief guide

13-12-2004 18:06

While the media are merrily focusing on Blunkett’s love affair, ignoring the fact that one of the most draconian changes to happen in British society, ID cards and the ID database, are being foisted upon us. The government is clearly keen to push the ID Cards Bill through Parliament as quickly as possible, with a Second Reading (the first stage of real debate in parliament) likely to happen before Christmas.

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crane occupation halts construction of europes largest nanotech centre.

13-12-2004 11:45

From 8 a.m. this morning, a group of people has occupied a crane of the Minatec building site in Grenoble (france), to stop work for the day. The occupying ones, supported by protestors on the ground, unrolled a banner against nanotechnologies and distributed leaflets to passers by inviting them to come to join them (see leaflet below in french).

Minatec is set to be the largest centre for Nanotechnologies in Europe and is currently being built next to the site of the super-collider in Grenoble.

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Activists occupy Nanotech centre construction site

13-12-2004 11:36

Activists in Grenoble France occupy construction site for Minatec Nanotech centre

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Over with Minatec (before it starts)

13-12-2004 10:24

Since 8 o'clock this monday december 13th, a group is occupying a Minatec's building
site's crane, in order to interrupt the construction for a day (two banners have been tied: "we stop everything" and "nanotechs = giga-control"). The
occupiers, supported by demonstrators on the ground, have unrolled a
banner against nanotechnologies (« here the industry of
totalitarianism »)
and distributed some tracts to the passers-by, calling them to join them
fast.

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German industry pushing for nuclear waste dump

13-12-2004 09:44

CAUTION! You are leaving the democratic sector for the Gorleben police state.
The German government, industry and anti-nuclear activists are arguing publicly again about final storage of nuclear waste. Industry wants a salt deposit experts condemn as unsafe. The activists want it scrapped altogether. And the environment minister is promising examination of three new sites but hasn’t moved on that in six years.
The president of the federation of industry, BDI, Michael Rogowski, has criticised the plans of environment minister, Jürgen Trittin (Greens), to start a fresh search for one storage for waste of varying radioactive intensities.

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undercurrents video of angel nanotech action

11-12-2004 17:58

Video
The is a short edit, just the highlights and clearer sound and a long edit of the whole action

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worldwide climate change conference in Buenos Aires

09-12-2004 20:19

The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change is taking place in Argentina from 6 to 17 December 2004.
Over 6,000 participants are gathering in Buenos Aires to decide on the fate
of the global climate. After Russia´s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol,
it is now coming into effect on 16 February 2005. Following are the comments of a participant at the conference.

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angels at nano-tech conference - pics

09-12-2004 17:57

the host of angels
The Heavenly Righteous Opposed to Nano-tech Greed manifested at a conference of potential investors in the nano-technology industry today. Harry Swan, once in charge of PR for Monsanto and now trying to sell nano-tech to investors, was presented with a Can of Worms Award.

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angels against nanotech leaflet & pic

09-12-2004 15:40

angels against nanotech
leaflet from the event and logo

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Angels disrupt nanotech conference

09-12-2004 15:28

nano-angel
A host of heavenly angels from THRONG (The Heavenly Righteous Opposed to Nanotech Greed) appeared today unto a nanotechnology business conference in order to bestow a "Can of Worms" Award on a representative of the Nanotechnology Industry. Chosen to receive the award was Mr Harry Swan, formerly of Monsanto, who is Nanotechnology manager of Britain's leading producer of carbon nanotubes, Thomas Swan & Co.

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what's really happening to Google ...and the net?

09-12-2004 04:49

More and more people use Google as the only way to search the net. Nothing wrong, you may say. But Google is changing...

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Maelstrom infosquat - 7 Weeks On

07-12-2004 12:28

Maelstrom is an info-squat based in Leeds. We are entering our seventh week in occupation of the building, which we have made our home and collective project.

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Stagecoach buses get into nanotech

06-12-2004 23:43

Stagecoach Boss Brian Souter - one of the most homophobic rich men in britain who has personally bankrolled anti-gay campaigns - has announced that he will be using nanoparticle fuel additives in all stagecoach buses in the UK - Nanoparticle pollution from car exhausts is already a leading cause of child death - how can you claim to be environmentally friendly by adding more nanoparticles???
another nasty corporate person backing another nasty corporate technology? - more reason to boycott stagecoach...

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nano protests

03-12-2004 04:21

this protest news is slightly out of date but it should get you going. big up all tha true demonstrator!

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Mobile Bulletin Boards

02-12-2004 10:02

A technology called TxTMob was deployed to effect at the RNC in Noo Yawk. It's a sort of SMS bulletin board system - you send a text to a TxtMob group, and it gets relayed to all the subscribers to that group.

 http://www.txtmob.com/

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Good news for anti-ID campaign

01-12-2004 14:38

A press release from Financial Times, at ft.com, published today December 1st.
Good news for anti-ID campaigners.
Anti-ID views from a traditionally "respectable" lobby.

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Computer chaos hits DWP:A Press Release

29-11-2004 02:26

An article published on private Kablenet a couple of days ago, worth reading since they are explicitly asking if anyone has been affected by the experience.