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The fate of U.S. troops in Iraq (by Latuff)

27-10-2003 22:17

Fate
Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of brave Iraqi resistance and their struggle against U.S. occupation.

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Asylum seeker sent home is killed

27-10-2003 20:38

Jon Snow claimed on this evening's news that Britain would never reject an asylum claim knowing that there was a chance that the asylum seeker would be killed when sent home. It would be good to be able to challenge this.

Monday 27 October 2003

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THESSALONIKI 7 solidarity demo at the greek embassy.

27-10-2003 19:19

Support for the hungerstrikers.

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Group wanting new local railway has public meetings.

27-10-2003 18:59

CAST.IRON - the Cambridge And St. Ives Railway Organisation - is to host a
series of public meetings to present the case for returning rail services to
the line.

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Madeleine Albright demonstration tomorrow - call by OSAN

27-10-2003 18:18

Oppose MADELEINE ALBRIGHT Former US Secretary of State
- the woman who thinks 500,000 Iraqi Children
dying due to Sanctions is a price worth paying.

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Co-op goes for GM-free

27-10-2003 17:46

The Co-op, which owns farms, supermarkets and a bank, has said it is banning genetically modified food and ingredients throughout its entire business...

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Exiled Family Drugged For The Flight Removal

27-10-2003 17:24

Information on Exiled Family from Finland at the time for the return flight is correct...

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GLOBALIZATION: A SIMPLE DEFINITION-“Diez horas con la globalización”(google)

27-10-2003 17:21

A SIMPLE DEFINITION OF WHAT THE GLOBALIZATION IS.


According to the book “DIEZ HORAS CON LA GLOBALIZACION” (amazon, google, yahoo, netbiblo, Foro-los retos de la globalización, elcorteingles, netbiblo, indymedia.org..)

Author: Oscar Sanchez Fernandez de la Vega (google).
 ofdelavega@edu.xunta.es


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RTZ/Freeport protest in London

27-10-2003 17:06

Outside RTZ offices in London
On Friday 24th October 13 people demonstrated outside the offices of RTZ in London in solidarity with a simultaneous protest in Jakarta outside the offices of PT Freeport Indonesia. These demonstrations were against the continued exploitation of both the land and the tribal people of West Papua by the giant Freeport mine.

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ISM Olive Harvest Reports: International Volunteers Beaten By Israeli Settlers

27-10-2003 16:45

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS BEATEN BY SETTLERS

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Speeches from Tractors and Trollies anti-GM event

27-10-2003 16:14

Audio
Here is an mp3 audio file containing the speeches given after the Tractors and Trollies against GM event on the 13th October. The play time is about 1 hour and it is highly compress down to a modest 15mb which should make it pretty much accessable to all.

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R.T.Z's windows popped.

27-10-2003 16:11

Solidarity with West Papua.

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Police recruits resign after TV exposes racists

27-10-2003 15:32

Senior officers said they were "sickened" by the racism among recruits at a training centre which was unearthed in the documentary The Secret Policeman. The officers served in the Greater Manchester, North Wales and Cheshire forces.

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People Not Profit October Newsletter

27-10-2003 14:14

The October edition of the People Not Profit newsletter - producd by Liverpool-based activists - is now online. Read it at  http://www.peoplenotprofit.co.uk or read it below.

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Jew accused of German genocide

27-10-2003 12:39

POLAND is seeking the extradition from Israel of an elderly Polish-born Jew on charges of genocide for the deaths of German prisoners in a communist camp he commanded after the Second World War.

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'War Child' involved with arms lobby

27-10-2003 12:24

Dutch royal scandal sheds light on former 'Bosnia lobby'

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"Smart" spy being tested in Marks & Spensers in London

27-10-2003 12:01

RFID makes sense for big companies. This month, Marks and Spencer has become one of the first retailers to test individual tags on men's shirts, ties and jackets in one of its London stores.

But what about privicy implications? Anyone wanna find out which stores and call a demo? I'm not in London...

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Satire gets Israeli journalist sacked

27-10-2003 11:58

The following piece was published in Israeli daily Ma'ariv's chain of local magazines. Within 48 hours, Ma'ariv's editor in chief fired its author, columnist Yehuda Nuriel. The item, part of Nuriel's weekly column Midbar Yehuda (The Yehuda Desert), was titled "A brave and moving response to the refusenik pilots. A must read..."

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Argentina Video Collectives Screenings Thursday 30th Sept.

27-10-2003 11:41

Indymedia Cinema
@ The Other Cinema
presents

Argentina
Politics>Video>Art

Thursday, October 30th 9.00pm

The Other Cinema
11 Rupert Street,
London W1
Tel: 020 7437 0757
Nearest tubes: Piccadilly Circus or Leicester Sq.
5/7 pounds waged/unwaged


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