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On February 24th there is a solidarity protest outside the Swiss Embassy (16-18

24-02-2011 14:04

On 24 February there will be a solidarity action at the Swiss embassy for Silvia, Billy and Costa .

On the 15th of April 2010 Silvia Guerini, Luca Bernasconi (called Billy) and Costantino Ragusa (called Costa) have been arrested nearby Zurich, in Switzerland. Their car was stopped and searched by the police that found explosives, gas bottles, incendiary devices and communiques signed ELF Switzerland. From the communique is clear the intention to attack the construction site of the new IBM research center of nanotechnologies in Ruschlikon, Zurich.

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Undersea nuke stations!

16-02-2011 14:25

Another mad corporate idea springs up it seems, this time nuclear power stations under the Channel!

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Corporate complicity in Egyptian regime's crimes

10-02-2011 19:38

When the ongoing Egyptian revolution started on 25th January, a high-profile Egyptian military delegation was in the US requesting 'help' with technology to fight the 'enemies'. It turns out that a US company, with Israeli origins, had already sold Egypt new technology to monitor Internet and mobile phone traffic to crack down on protesters' communications, possibly leading to the arrest and abuse of many. Meanwhile, US-made tear gas and other anti-riot weapons were ruthlessly used against protesters in the first few days of the mass protests, resulting in many injuries and deaths. Should the multinational corporations profiting from these crimes be held responsible? Corporate Watch investigates.

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Department of Homeland Security shuts down websites, but they can “Byte my back

08-02-2011 17:41

Concern over the US Department of Homeland Security confiscating and closing down websites for copyright infringements with the real purpose of censorship

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New powers for police to hack your PC

02-02-2011 00:49

Civil liberties groups raise alarm over extension of surveillance without warrant

[Not to be confused with GCHQ's extensive tapping of emails and other internet traffic, for which no warrant is required]

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“You're in charge but don't touch the controls.”

30-01-2011 20:37

Shannon Lucid, recounting what the two Russian cosmonauts told her
every time they left the Mir space station for a spacewalk, 1996

Indymedia UK, one of the oldest Indymedia websites worldwide, will fork in two projects by the 1st of May 2011 [1]. A contentious point was IP monitoring [2] by uk.indymedia.org which led to a fierce controversy [3] | [4] | [5] | [6]. Both the British Indymedia website and de.indymedia.org run on the content management system Mir [7] and de.indymedia.org logs IPs temporarily, too. But what exactly does that mean?

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Nimrod

27-01-2011 18:51

Scrap the Politicians

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5 Arrested In UK For Anonymous Cyber-Actions

27-01-2011 14:45

Scotland Yard has arrested five people under the Computer Misuse Act as part of its investigation into alleged attacks by the Anonymous hacking collective.

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Anonymous Press Statement : Operation Egypt

26-01-2011 17:24

To the Egyptian Govt : Anonymous challenges all those who are involved in censorship. Anonymous wants you to offer free access to uncensored media in your entire country. When you ignore this message, not only will we attack your govt websites, we will also make sure that the international media see the horrid reality you impose on your people!

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Off topic - mainstream media on ACS Law

25-01-2011 14:08

Criminal lawyer gives up

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Campaigners demand action about enriched uranium at Hinkley

25-01-2011 00:59

Chris Huhne minister in charge of DECC visited Somerset today (Monday 24th January) He visited Hinkley Point the Site of EdF's planned G3 reactors and Bridgwater college where they are building a nuclear skills facility to put a bit of political spin on the close of the governments reconsultation on it's National Policy Statements. Campaigners attempted to meet him to demand action on enriched Uranium

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Full list of Gateway 303 and 202 posts to IMC UK

23-01-2011 19:30

Attached is a CSV file (which should open in Open Office) of all the posts from gateway-303.energis.gsi.gov.uk and gateway-202.energis.gsi.gov.uk that were caught by the anti-abuse filters set up to detect this Police abuse of the site.

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Support Kashmir - 26th January "Black Day" protest

22-01-2011 00:26

On the 26th January kashmiris are protesting against the occupation,
they are calling the day "black day"

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helestine visits advanced manufacturing death park

19-01-2011 12:03

Lordy Lord Helseltine the old wrinkly had a party with his chums at the Advanced Manufacturing (Death) Park last week...

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Suggestions for activists when using 'Social Media' like Facebook

14-01-2011 22:21

A very brief outline of some suggestions which social activists could use when using social media such as Facebook or Flickr.

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WikiLeaks: treat incitement seriously or expect more Gabrielle Gifford killing sprees

11-01-2011 14:19

Wikileaks today offered sympathy and condolences to the victims of the Tucson shooting together with best wishes for the recovery of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords, a democrat from Arizona's 8th district, was the target of a shooting spree at a Jan 8 political event in which six others were killed.

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Wikileaks: a Political-Economic History

06-01-2011 13:22

Despite blanket media coverage of Wikileaks and Julian Assange, there has been little discussion of the fact that Assange is merely one leader within a large and complicated social movement.

Racist, Fascist & Zionist Facebook pages hacked by TeaMp0isoN & ZHC

01-01-2011 14:01

A Few hours before the start of 2011, TeaMp0isN & ZHC announced that they were going to do a "Mass Clean-up" on Facebook, a few hours after the announcement, 100s of Facebook pages were hacked

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Banks vs the Smart Card Detective

28-12-2010 12:48

Banks are trying to censor a Master of Philosophy thesis from Cambridge University student Omar Choudary, showing how to avoid scams. The banks claim this is a security threat in itself. The university are intent on keeping his work on their website, and it remains on Choudary's, but the banks have a history of successfully covering up and ignoring security flaws to protect their reputations. I think it is useful for as many people and sites as possible to download and republish this information while it is still available.

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BNP & EDL Websites Hacked & Member Information Leaked

21-12-2010 04:42

A list showing the full contact details of shoppers and donors who used the far-right English Defence League’s (EDL) clothing website & the database of BNPtv has been published online.