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New NHS IT system putting patients in danger.

28-11-2006 22:39

New NHS IT system is not only an expensive waste of money, but it actually preventing NHS staff from accessing medical records!

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Latest from Oaxaca and San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas

28-11-2006 22:00

Oaxaca: Mass arrests, dissent crushing, Indymedia journalist disappeared.
San Cristobal de las Casas: Military spotted in the streets.

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Copenhagen: Police brutality ... again

28-11-2006 21:21

Arrest with a cops glove in mouth
This sunday a demonstration against the church Faderhuset turned into resulted in police brutality and mass arrests.

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Huge Demonstration in Cite Soleil, Haiti

28-11-2006 20:55

Cite Soleil Protest
Demonstrators demand the physical return of Aristide, the exit of MINUSTAH, rehabilitation of all civil employees illegally dismissed, and freedom for all political prisoners

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Offensive Continues Against the APPO

28-11-2006 20:54

Government Launches New Aggression Against the Popular Assembly Movement

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Brighton blockade for peace

28-11-2006 17:25

This weekend, from Sunday over to Monday, saw a large group of students from Sussex University travel to Scotland to play their part in the audacious civil resistance initiative, 'Faslane 365', which began on October the first 2006 to apply critical public pressure for the disarmament of Britain's nuclear weapons. Groups from all over Scotland, England, and Wales and beyond have been invitied to come down and shut the base for a period of time suitable to them.

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The Downside of ‘Liberation Democracy’

28-11-2006 16:06

A recent study highlighting the rapid expansion of organised criminal activity in those areas where NATO and the U.S. have engaged in aggressive military intervention offers further evidence of the lasting negative social consequences of foreign occupation by neo-colonial powers. As corporate driven America attempts to assert its dominance over weaker nations, organised crime, quick to exploit traumatised societies, becomes the principal beneficiary in the 'war against terror' and the spread of ‘democracy, liberty’ and free market capitalism – what is good for capitalist America is even better for a crime boss!

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No oil no War

28-11-2006 16:04

Alternative energies are now obligatory. This is the true emergency

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Goldman Sachs Headquarters Occupied by Cleaners Union

28-11-2006 15:08

Today at 12pm around 25 cleaners and supporters went into the lobby of Goldman Sachs Headquarters, despite attempts by security to kick them out. They were protesting at the treatment of cleaners by ISS, which is partially owned by Goldman Sachs, and demanded a deal with the TGWU.

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Sudan getting better??

28-11-2006 14:48

Mr. Bashir was quoted in todays papers as saying that things were much better in Sudan than internationals were claiming so i asked a friend of mine who is working for the UN there for his views. They are understandably to the point

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Artist Arrested in Cardiff

28-11-2006 14:04

Artists home raided

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Everything instore half price today!!!

28-11-2006 13:01

Group shot
For this year's Buy Nothing Day, the Hijackers decided to resurect one of our favourite projects. The Half Price Sale.

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Sucessful opening for Poitical Video Festival

28-11-2006 12:52

Sucessful opening for Poitical Video Festival

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March 19th 2007 - A Global Day of Action for Iraq and Beyond

28-11-2006 12:51

The common call to action to make March 19th 2007 a global day of action against the war on terror, marking the 4th anniversary of the invasion, followed by a proposed response. Please circulate widely.

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"DISARM NOT REARM:" NORTH EASTERNERS DISRUPT TRIDENT WEAPONS BASE

28-11-2006 12:50

D-Locked Protestors Block Road outside Faslane
A dozen anti-nuclear campaigners from the North East have returned
home, after spending 27 hours in police cells in Scotland. The
campaigners, ranging in age from 16 to 73 and from Berwick to County
Durham, lay or sat in the road in front of the main gate of Faslane
naval base.

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Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre - 'Not fit for Purpose'

28-11-2006 11:10

Anne Owers HM Inspector of Prisons (HMIP) has published today a report on Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), the UK's largest immigration removal centre, stating that it was not performing satisfactorily against ANY of the Inspectorate's tests of a healthy custodial environment and that poor relationships between custody officers and detainees were "worse than had been seen at any other detention centre" and was "Undoubtedly the poorest report" issued by HMIP of any IRC to date.

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danish pigs attack activists

28-11-2006 03:03

activists demonstrating against faderhuset, (rightwing fundamentalist christians) who are trying to evict them from ungdomshuset, are brutally attacked by the police. over 80 people arrested
see video here
 http://politiken.dk/poltv/?ExtID=1198

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Interview: A London anarchist bookfair organiser

27-11-2006 23:50

The London anarchist bookfair is the biggest annual event for libertarians in the UK. This year was the first since one of the major organisers and founding member left, so Rob Ray interviewed one of the collective to see how they thought it went...

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Cancerous computers cause concern

27-11-2006 23:48

Following the clearing in 2004 of IBM in a lawsuit alleging they knew about carcinogens found in their computer chip factories, a new scientific study has been brought out confirming that workers in computer facilities have a high risk of developing cancer.

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Oxford Shoppers Left Bemused By Consumer Cult

27-11-2006 23:48

The iPostles warm up for a hard day's worship
The Rev. E. Littlehelps, Lord High Purchaser of the Cult of Consumerism, explains in his own words what happened when a group of activists pretending to be corporation-worshippers descended on Oxford City Centre for International Buy Nothing Day.
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