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Video: Shac City Shakedown 27 February 2009 - City of London

28-02-2009 18:13

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Friday saw a huge success for Animal Rights Activists as over 300 people turned out for the SHAC city Shakedown. A protest directed at the financial shareholders of HLS

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Shac City Shakedown 27 February 2009

28-02-2009 17:19

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The City of London trembled on Friday as Animal Rights protesters marched its streets in what has been one of the largest Animal Rights turnouts since some unlucky activists got 50 years.

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Reflections on Cardiff University Occupation

28-02-2009 14:07

Following on from comments made on an earlier post:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/422914.html
I am angry and wanted to say things which people would see, not comment on an old article.

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London Critical Mass February ride.

28-02-2009 12:30

About 300 riders turned up and still no police.

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March of the Corporate Undead, Oxford St

28-02-2009 12:08

Making up
The 'Government of the Dead' held a pancake day (24 Feb) parade along along Oxford Street in the early evening, hanging an effigy of a banker at Tyburn. Pictures Copyright (C) 2009, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.

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Smash EDO benefit gig tomorrow

28-02-2009 11:07

As a part of the "Artivism" week of events there will be a benefit gig for Smash EDO tomorrow, 1st March, at the Prince Albert, Trafalgar Street, Brighton from 8.00pm.

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Maqbool Butt Day

28-02-2009 10:52

Maqbool Butt
A public meeting commemorating martyrdom of Maqbool Bhat, a socialist Kashmiri freedom fighter and leader and screening of a short documentary, Che of Kashmir, based on his life and cause.

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Nuclear warhead plant application on Burghfield flood plain – Latest news

28-02-2009 10:43

A planning committee meeting on Wednesday is set to approve plans for a new nuclear warhead facility on a flood plain at Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Burghfield, near Reading, Berkshire. The proposal has received a record number of objections from the public, drawing the attention of mainstream media.

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A case of rape in Rome is exploited by politicians to approve racial laws

28-02-2009 10:38

A case of rape in Rome is exploited by politicians and racist patrols to approve racial laws and carry out acts of violence and camp clearances of the last Roma settlements.

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Obama's Iraq "withdrawal" in a nutshell (by Latuff)

28-02-2009 09:45

Obama's Iraq "withdrawal
Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

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Superb turnout for SHAC City Shakedown

28-02-2009 09:30

Yesterday the HLS share price tumbled a further 10% whilst in London an estimated 350 people turned out yesterday for the SHAC City Shakedown.

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SHAC City Shakedown: 300 people march through London

28-02-2009 09:16

outside NYSE Euronext
Around 300 people traveled from around the country (and some from around the world!) to gather by the Bank of England, the only bank in the world to give HLS banking facilities at the behest of the Government for a loud and vibrant demonstration against the financial supporters of HLS in the centre of London.

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Corporate Watch: Direct Action Against Israel – Part 2

28-02-2009 08:29

Last month Corporate Watch looked at the private companies in the arms trade, agricultural produce, banks and media sectors that have been targeted by Palestine solidarity protesters and campaigns (see Part 1 here). This month we take a detailed look at supermarkets and other food chains.

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Action Against Judicial Corruption & Institutional Failures in the UK

28-02-2009 08:12

Demonstration against Judicial Corruption, Unlawful Imprisonments, Convention Rights Violations, Institutional Failures and unaccountability in the UK; weekly every Saturday outside HMP Wormwood Scrubs, Du Cane Road, London W12 0AE; commencing from 12pm until 3pm.

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London Indymedia Cinema presents...

28-02-2009 00:57

2 evenings of films about occupied spaces

Showing videos of UK university occupations,
and of squatting in the UK and Europe.

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Targeting Israel with Boycotts, Divestment, Sanctions, and Prosecutions

27-02-2009 22:59

Enough is enough. After 61 years of Palestinian slaughter, displacement, occupation, oppression, and international dismissiveness and complicity, global action is essential. Israel must be held accountable. World leaders won't do it, so grassroots movements must lead the way.








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Ornella Sabin, 1of 9 activists on trial for decomissioning Brighton arms factory

27-02-2009 22:58

Audio Smash Edo
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"Erik and Sons" Hacked!

27-02-2009 22:36

Nazi webstore hacked! Data of customers accessed and available to download!
Translation from German Indymedia
 http://de.indymedia.org/2009/02/242765.shtml

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Nuclear Waste Not Good Enough For Yucca-Nevada: Good Enough For Who? Ontario…

27-02-2009 22:33

Areva Nuclear Plant and Sunflowers
NUCLEAR WASTE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR Yucca-NEVADA:GOOD ENOUGH FOR WHO? ONTARIO...
The Ontario Liberal McGuinty government, the Toronto Star newspaper, and Ontario Power Generation say nuclear power is CLEAN, GREEN AND SAFE. OPG says they are great at and very proud of their nuclear waste management. We say President Obama bring it on. We’ll take all of your lethal nuclear waste, and will split it with the Alberta Tar Sands.

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Willis cleaners protest grows

27-02-2009 22:30

Sacked cleaners and their supporters held their third and largest protest on Thursday, outside insurance brokers Willis in the heart of the City of London. Willis's cleaning contractors Mitie had brought in redundancies and overnight working over Christmas, just when the cleaners had achieved the 'living wage'.
And a new video tells the story so far....
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