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ashley rd, bristol - squat eviction update

13-11-2008 00:03

23.36 - 5 people still on roof

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Cambridge Holds Corporations to Account

12-11-2008 23:42

E.ON, BAE, Rolls Royce, Shell and BP meet fierce resistance to their presence at Cambridge University Careers Fair.

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Biased Newsnight coverage of Oxford animal lab opening

12-11-2008 23:02

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fh6xb

Last nights Newsnight programme on BBC2 had a report on the opening of the new Oxford animal lab. It was one of the most biased pieces I have ever seen.

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Yet another Animal Rights Case dropped.

12-11-2008 22:57

It's not looking good for the animal rights cops. The one arrested at the Wickham Labs National has been released before even attending bail.

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On-going Italian Education rebellion: Some articles and videos

12-11-2008 22:44

STUDENTS WANT TRAINS! - November 12, 2008
The next big day of student protests in Italy is this Friday. There will be a mass demonstration in Rome, organized by students and universitarians, independently of parties and unions. At the moment, people are trying to pressure Trenitalia to allow people to travel to Rome by trains with reduced prices. This has been done in many occasions before

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Somali Shebab fighters seize port town ΜΑRΚΑ, entry point for food

12-11-2008 22:23

Somalia's Shebab group has taken over the southern port of Marka, an important entry point for food aid. The heavily armed fighters rolled into Marka, located 100km south of the capital Mogadishu, after pro-government forces fled. The Shebab is the armed wing of the Islamic Courts' Union

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Brown's Child P folly at today's PMQs typifies deeper crisis - the Councils

12-11-2008 21:27

Wednesday's [weekly] Prime Minister's Questions [PMQs] at Westminster, fielded by Gordon Brown on the day of the latest jobless and economic bad news, got focussed on Brown’s refusal to show that he was disowning a negligent local Council disaster...This became very acute after David Ca-Moron had successfully included the reference to £100 Million that the public spends to keep the social service unit at Haringey in place.

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Eviction resistance in Bristol

12-11-2008 17:49

check out story here

http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/689221?&condense_comments=false#comment41008

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Tirupur, I do mind dying - Primark in India action mtg@LARC

12-11-2008 17:29

Meeting with photos from Tirupur, site of Primark's exposure for using child workers in their supply chain and organising solidarity actions.

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VIDEO: 7/7 Survivor Daniel Obachike - The Peter Power Terror Drill Inquest

12-11-2008 17:12

With Daniel Obachike - Tavistock Square Bus Survivor & Eye Witness Many who've heard or read my story ask me to explain more about The Peter Power/Visor Consultants 'Terror Drill' I witnessed that day.

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Barack Obama- War Criminal in Waiting

12-11-2008 16:35

One astute observation made by a friend surrounding the US elections is that not voting for/being excited about Obama would be like not celebrating/being excited about Christmas. The analogy was actually more profound than intended, since not only are both events extravaganzas that bring people together, happen rarely, and make people feel good, they are also events whose founding principles have zero fundamental substance.

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Demos continue at Heckler & Koch weapons HQ in Nottingham

12-11-2008 16:30

At 4pm on Monday 10th November, people gathered at the gates to the UK headquarters of Heckler & Koch, based within the Easter Park Industrial Estate on Lenton Lane, Nottingham.

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Media coverage of Bath fainancial crisis campaign and upcoming demo (22/11/08)

12-11-2008 15:54

the local press have picked up on the campaign , launched by Bath Activist Network against bank bailouts/recession.
the first action of this campaign will be a protest in Bath city centre on saturday the 22nd of Nov. Assemble at 12.30pm infront of Bath Abbey, Bath.
the campaign is picking up momentum, and we are hoping for the largest turnout possible - so get yerself down to the demo!
For more info, to get involved, or to order some flyers and posters, e-mail

bathactivistnet@yahoo.co.uk

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A Clarion Call - The Baby Show at Manchester Central

12-11-2008 14:58

If you can, get yerself up/down to Manc where Clarion Events, new owners of bomb pimping show Defence Systems and Equipment International (DSEi), will be at Manchester Central (to us locals it will always be the GMEX) 14 - 16th Nov.

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Palestine Today 111208

12-11-2008 14:40

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Wednesday November 12 2008

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Solidarity demo with migrants in Calais, London Nov 14th

12-11-2008 13:25

** Solidarity demo with migrants in Calais, outside the French Tourist
Board, 300 High Holborn, London - this Friday Nov 14th 1-2pm **

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RE-BRANDING OPPRESSION

12-11-2008 13:24

REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST...

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87 Ashley Road Eviction Happening NOW!!

12-11-2008 13:10

The inhabitants of 87 Ashley Road woke up this morning to a garden full of cops and bailliffs here to evict them from the house that is a home to around 15 people, and make them homeless.

Rooftop occupation happening right now!

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