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Teach- in on Rio+20 Earth Summit: Green Economy or Greed Economy

13-03-2012 12:24

Climate science update; the UN Earth Summit in Rio (20 years later); the international treaty process and economic justice; technology assessment: hope or hype; and what to expect in the future. Plus open Discussion.

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Barclays Brighton closed down for complicity in Israeli apartheid and arms trade

13-03-2012 09:20

Occupation of Barclays - 10/3/12

video at

http://brightonpalestinecampaign.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=7715799679e7a66f1939dfea9&id=d27ad0391b&e=af1958d423

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Privatisation of Abbeywood MoD procurement may only increase fraud

13-03-2012 02:55

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Growing Concern Over Surveillance Drones In The UK

13-03-2012 02:55

Small, low-flying UAVs of 20kg or less – similar in size to radio-controlled model aircraft – can legally be flown under existing UK regulations, provided they have a permit from the CAA.

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Israel initiates bloodbath on Gaza

12-03-2012 23:09

Israel initiates bloodbath on Gaza… which continues 4 days later ... As Gaza endures its 4th day of intense bombing from Israeli F-16s, V58 fighter planes, Apache helicopters, UAVs and warships, please take the time to look at these websites and read these key articles: Ali Abunimah: “Mowing the lawn”

http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/mowing-lawn-israels-latest-massacre-gaza-and-lies-behind-it ... On Israel’s latest massacre in Gaza and the lies behind it: Israel provoked this violence and according to some Israeli commentators its goals are to escalate pressure for war with Iran and to drag Hamas away from diplomacy and back into violence. .......

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Fukushima Disaster - One Year Later

12-03-2012 22:59

Government lies, Tokyo radioactive, current status of 3 out-of-control reactors. New speech by nuclear expert Arnold Gundersen to Vancouver conference March 11th, organized by Physicians for Global Survival. Plus a unique report of citizen activism in Japan, as parents measure radiation in their air, food, and children. Reports from Aya Marumori & Wataru Iwata of CRMS from Fukushima. Bottom line: when disaster strikes (whether nuclear, hurricanes, floods, etc) - big government hides the truth, and will not help. We have to organize and act as local communities to survive.

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bikes alive bike blockade protest at king's cross

12-03-2012 22:55

earlier this evening, a couple of dozen cyclists brought a little chaos to the junctions outside king's cross station in protest at new revelations over TfL's complicity in road deaths there.

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despite dozens of deaths and injuries to cyclists at the dangerous king's cross road intersections, it has recently come to light that between 2005 and 2009, TfL actually instructed its planners to ignore the needs of cyclists (http://kingscrossenvironment.com/2012/03/05/buchananreport).

also, where the planners, buchanan and partners, made bicycle-friendly recommendations, their draft report was watered down by TfL before final publication (http://kingscrossenvironment.com/2012/03/07/did-tfl-weaken-pro-cycling-recommendations-for-killer-kings-cross-junction-as-long-ago-as-2007).

tonight's protest, attracting just a couple of dozen cyclists and pedestrians, held up traffic by processing slowly in a route up and down the euston road outside the station, while more than 200 explanatory leaflets were distributed to passers-by. it was the latest in a series of fortnightly actions, and the next one, to which all pedestrians and human-powered vehicles are invited, will begin promptly at 6.30pm on monday the 26th march.

later that week, friday 30th will celebrate the 15th anniversary of critical mass in london.

more info at http://bikesalive.wordpress.com
also see http://www.criticalmasslondon.org.uk/main.html

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Extradition Watch: Richard’s Story

12-03-2012 22:30

A Liberty Extradition Watch event, chaired by Shami Chakrabarti, Thursday, 29 March 2012 from 18:30 to 20:00 Sheffield Hallan University, Stoddart Lecture Theatre, Howard Street, please register in advance on the web site for a ticket

http://extraditionwatch-richardsstory.eventbrite.co.uk/

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Menwith Hill: Lifiting the Lid and Occupying

12-03-2012 22:18

Yorkshire CND have published a new report about the secret US spy base at Menwith Hill and on April 17th there is a protest to Occupy Menwith Hill, starting at 11am.

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Brazil, Amazonia, Forest Code: A million square KM* to devastation.

12-03-2012 22:10

As the soil of the Amazon is very thin, brought by the waters and built by the forest with rotting logs, leaves, carcasses, feces, seeds and other natural features, the felling of trees stops soil fixing and the multimilenar reconstruction of the ground and exports the soil in the form of soy, or disaggregates it with the weight of thousands of heads of cattle livestock.

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Angie Zelter arrested on Jeju Island

12-03-2012 18:52

British peace activist and nobel prize nominee Angie Zelter is amongst those who have been arrested in ongoing protests against the building of a new naval base on Jeju Island in South Korea. The military base is due to be built on the island which was named an “Island of World Peace” by the South Korean government in 2005. Local villagers and activists have raised concerns over the environmental destruction of the island, which has several UNESCO World Heritage sites, and its potential to escalate military tensions in the region.

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Greece, Athens: Anarchist demo in memory of comrade Lambros Foundas

12-03-2012 18:23

Greece, Athens: Anarchist demo in memory of comrade Lambros Foundas

http://actforfree.nostate.net/?p=8289

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Press Chief to Explain Controversial Reform Plan to Bristol Audience

12-03-2012 16:55

PRESS CHIEF TO EXPLAIN CONTROVERSIAL REFORM PLAN TO BRISTOL AUDIENCE

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Foie gras being peddled in Gwent

12-03-2012 12:21

Please take a moment to contact/protest the outlets below who are profiting from the torture and murder of ducks/geese used to make the disgusting so-called “delicacy” foie gras.

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Animal torturer from Sequani speaking in Coventry 26-28 March

12-03-2012 12:03

There is a British Toxicology event at Warwick University Conference Park in Coventry from 26 - 28 March

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England Footballer Micah Richards Lets Down The Community Where He Grew Up

12-03-2012 11:08

England Footballer Micah Richards Lets Down The Community Where He Grew Up.

Chapeltown (Leeds) loses a residential care home, gains a block of student flats.

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Bike Train

12-03-2012 11:00

Bike Train Brighton

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Nottingham Indymedia skill shares

12-03-2012 10:55

Next Saturday (17th March), Nottingham Indymedia will be hosting two skill share sessions looking at Online Security (2pm) and giving an Introduction to Indymedia (4pm). The sessions will take place at the Sumac Centre in Forest Fields.

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'Rogue soldier' story is a propaganda lie

12-03-2012 09:48

THE AMERICAN claim that only one 'rogue' soldier was behind the massacre in Afghanistan on Sunday is being described as a lie.

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Swp hijack's workfare protest newcastle

12-03-2012 03:54

As per normall the swp HIJACK a demonstration in newcastle