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Tonight! Cinema Libre @ The Library House

15-04-2009 13:30

Cinema Libre is a chance for people to meet up and discuss there perspectives and share and learn from others in an informal environment. Discussion is open, and we always look forward to all contributions

Each week we bring you a selection of shorts and feature documentaries in an attempt to flesh out the issues and explore the solutions and action needed.

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Rent strike for decent environment

15-04-2009 13:05

Walking tour through Abercromby - an area completely transformed and 'regenerated' by Liverpool University

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Clarification

15-04-2009 12:06

Can someone from Indymedia please clarify or make a statement of some sort as to whether Chris Knight has or ever had ANYTHING to do with Indymedia?

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Parachinar: The Silent Massacre

15-04-2009 11:34

Surprisingly, at a time when the “civilized” world is on a so-called offensive against “terror”, coverage of the sorrow-filled plight of Parachinaris within western media has been periodical at best. The reasons for this are unclear. May be it is because Parachinar, fatefully, does not sit over barrels of oil; or perhaps our probing of the historical context behind these massacres will lead us to discover that Parachinar is yet another piece of anecdotal evidence of the much disregarded “blowback” stemming from the Soviet era.

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'I survived BP! (But life on Earth might not!)'

15-04-2009 10:54

'I survived BP!'
Picture shows the T-shirt to be presented to retiring BP Chairman Peter Sutherland at its AGM, ExCel, 16.4.09

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Hillsborough 1989 Remembered

15-04-2009 10:48

20 years ago I was on the way to a Roy Harper gig in Leeds totally unaware of what was unfolding in Sheffield.

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The “anti-terror” arrests in northwest England: what really lies behind them?

15-04-2009 10:25

One week after a series of high profile arrests, little evidence has come to light of plans for the mass terrorist atrocity that supposedly triggered the detentions.

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Cherbal Family Must Stay In Blackburn

15-04-2009 07:07

Ismail Cherbal and Safia Aouf, nationals of Algeria, and their British-born children Sonia aged four and son Aya aged 15 months have lived in Blackburn, Lancashire, for almost five years. They are currently detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre and are due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Thursday, April 16th at 09.45 hours on British Airways flight BA894 to Algeria.

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ITALY Fly with the Fascist to London

15-04-2009 07:04

In the 90 right-wing extremists Roberto Fiore and Massimo Morselli created "Easy London, now try to imitate the acolytes near Gianluca Iannone

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Jean-Loup Lapointe : asesino de Fredy Villanueva

15-04-2009 01:24

Jean-Loup Lapointe : asesino de Fredy Villanueva
N'oublions jamais : Jean-Loup Lapointe a tué Fredy Villanueva impunément

Lest we forget: Jean-Loup Lapointe murdered Fredy Villanueva

No sea que olvidemos: Jean-Loup Lapointe asesinó Fredy Villanueva

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Camp for Climate Action emerges in New Zealand.

15-04-2009 00:01

Camp for Climate Action Aotearoa Gathering
Parihaka, Taranaki 24-26 of April

Building a Peoples Movement addressing the root causes of Climate Change.

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Video Camera`s are cheap on ebay

14-04-2009 23:20

Given the fallout from the G20 protests in London it would appear that we should all be investing in video cameras and stills cameras.

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Cant find transport from your area to World Day for Animals In Laboratories?

14-04-2009 21:52

For those of you who don't have coaches going from your area to London on the 25th of April...

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Massive Tamil Protest Against Sri Lankan Genocide

14-04-2009 21:29

Civilians including babies are killed
The British Tamils Forum organised another massive march in London on Saturday April 11th to protest at the genocide of Tamils taking place in Sri Lanka as government forces close in on the Tamil Tigers. By the time I left around 4.15pm it stretched most of the way from Westminster to Hyde Park.
Pictures Copyright (C) 2009, Peter Marshall, All rights reserved.

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Coach Tickets Left from Bristol to World Day for Animals In Laboratories

14-04-2009 21:09

To mark World Day for Animals in Laboratories, campaigners from all over the UK and beyond will be gathering in London on Saturday 25th April to call for an end to animal experiments. A coach has been booked from Bristol to go to this important march and rally.

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International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian prisoners

14-04-2009 20:26

Support Palestinian prisoners - join Victory to Intifada regular demo outside Marks and Spencer, Oxford Street (nr Marble Arch), London on Thursday 16 April 6-8pm, this week dedicated to the international day of solidarity with Palestinian prisoners.

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March in Memory of Ian Tomlinson, Sat 11 April

14-04-2009 19:46

A marcher argues with police about their behaviour on April 1
Several hundred people marched in silence from Bethnal Green Police Station to Bank to lay flowers where Ian Tomlinson was attacked by police. Pictures (C) Copyright 2009, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.

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G20 to come to Scotland in November

14-04-2009 19:05

During the G20 summit at the beginning of the month in London heads of state from around the world agreed on an “Action Plan” to try and combat the recent economic downturn [1].

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BNP City Hall official meets neo-fascists at Euro summit

14-04-2009 18:34

fascist activists give Nazi salutes to speakers arriving at the meeting in Milan
A BRITISH National Party official at City Hall came under fire today after he attended a conference where European neo-fascists gave Nazi salutes.

Simon Darby, who works at the Greater London Authority at the expense of the London taxpayer, was pictured at the event in Milan last week.
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