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Gary Sudborough RIP

20-11-2009 09:08

Gary Sudborough, one of my favorite writers has died suddenly from a heart attack on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.

In his memory, I’m reposting an article he wrote last year that was published on several Indymedia websites.

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Vestas Event tomorrow (sat): Push the Green Button-the Revolution is ON!

20-11-2009 08:31

The Vestas Occupation and continuing campaign caught the imagination of many labour and environmental activists. With Copenhagen coming up, the campaign is bringing together it's disparate elements... Gather in St James Square, Newport, Isle of Wight with friends, colleagues & family. Meet like-minds, swap ideas, and forge new connections for the challenges ahead. At 12 noon ex-Vestas workers who occupied their factory in July, lead the countdown and PUSH THE GREEN BUTTON as we declare the REVOLUTION... ON!

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BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create "Pirate Finder General"

20-11-2009 01:01

BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create "Pirate Finder General" with power to appoint militias, create laws

Cory Doctorow writes on BoingBoing about tomorrow's proposed amendments to the Digital Economy Bill that will grant draconian powers to the Secretary of State, civil servants and "rights holders".

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White, English, from Essex NOT a racist.

19-11-2009 23:12

A new type of stereotype has emerged, The white, working class, East London /Essex racist. They have short cropped hair they talk with a cockney accent and they eat, wait for it, Pie 'n' Mash. The most sinister type of hot meal favoured by all the biggest bigots.

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10 months inside without trial

19-11-2009 22:31

resisting war crimes is not a crime
10 months ago, on 18 January 2009, Elijah Smith A former British Soldier was arrested in Brighton. He had spent the previous night decommissioning the EDO/MBM/ITT factory in Brighton, in an attempt to stop it providing parts for weapons being used by the Israeli army to bomb civilians in Gaza. Nobody was injured or harassed during their action, which was one of property damage. He and his co-defendants did not resist arrest.

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N30 Global Day of Climate Action / 10 yrs since Seattle!

19-11-2009 22:29

N30 - November the 30th, or the Monday after next - is 10 years since a coalition of protest and campaign groups shut down the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Seattle. It was successful coalition building, direct action and brought anti-globalisation into the mainstream. The WTO has struggled to achieve any new bollocks since (though it has managed to use it's existing bollocks to bad effect). Here's a hastily put together flyer/poster re the n30 climate day of action.

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Reclaim Reuse Recycle The Earth Centre

19-11-2009 20:35

Meet 21/11/09 1130

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Local Playwright and Human Rights Campaigner told to leave UK

19-11-2009 20:32

Lydia Besong and her husband Bernard Batey fled Cameroon and came to the UK seeking asylum on 17 December 2006. On 29 October 2009 the couple returned to their home in Rochdale to find a letter from the Border and Immigration Agency informing them that they must return to Cameroon, where Lydia she is still wanted by the authorities since escaping prison.

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Bez Granits (No Borders): new anarchist newspaper for the Baltic region

19-11-2009 19:56

On November 7, 2009 (Nestor Makhno's birthday anniversary) a new
anarchist newspaper, Bez Granits ("without borders" / "no limits")
published its debut issue - 12 black and red pages which were prepared
by the collective which was at the moment spread between St.
Petersburg, Russia, and Riga, Latvia.

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Bene-rave For London Coalition Against Poverty Sat 21st - London

19-11-2009 17:17

Benefit party for LCAP, london's premier direct action class struggle campaign, from their friends and supporters in the underground dance scene. 2 rooms playing: Dubstep, DnB, Jungle, Bastard Pop, Punk, Ska, Wonk and Techno! Massive sound system provided by Underkonstruktion, RedEye and Flipside

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Day of workshops - Black Cat Occupied Social Centre, Bath - Sat 21st Nov

19-11-2009 15:40

As part of our grand opening, the Black Cat centre is putting on a day of activities and workshops

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Photographers 6 year legal battle concludes.

19-11-2009 15:33

Photo taken by Swiss doctor after emergency surgery in 2003.
Tomorrow (Friday 20th) a court in Lausanne Switzerland will hear an appeal by photographer Guy Smallman who was crippled by a deliberately targeted Police Stun Grenade during the G8 protests in 2003. Mr Smallman previously won his case but the State of Geneva successfully appealed the first ruling. The Swiss Federal Court will hear arguments from both sides tomorrow morning and makes its decision in the same session. If Mr Smallman wins then he will qualify for compensation for his injuries. If he loses then he will owe thousands in legal costs to the State of Geneva.

He has been supported in his fight by both UK Indymedia and the National Union of Journalists over the past six years.

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Corporate Watch: NDET issues bail conditions designed to prevent protest

19-11-2009 11:39

Following two house raids in Evesham and Gosport in the early hours of Tuesday 10th November, four animal rights activists were arrested, charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage and given wide-ranging bail conditions designed specifically to prevent their participation in any facet of animal rights campaigning. The charges are based upon the seizure of a solitary piece of 'evidence' in a raid a year earlier.

The raids commenced at 7am when police wearing balaclavas, including members of the National Domestic Extremism Team (NDET), raided two houses. At one address masked police scaled the walls and broke windows, instead of knocking on the door, to gain entry. At the other, 20-30 police burst in brandishing fire extinguishers. From these two raids four people were arrested and later charged with conspiracy to cause criminal damage. The arresting officer was DC Mace, of the NDET London, and the accusations relate to several minor acts of criminal damage in the south of England, claimed by anonymous animal rights activists.

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take action to save earth centre from council

19-11-2009 11:21

The council is set to sell the wasted yet wonderful earth centre, this can't happen we can't let them make this mistake, lining their greedy pockets again while destroying another beautiful community resource.

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Trident Ploughshares Activists Disrupt NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Edinburgh

19-11-2009 11:05

From Indymedia Scotland:
 http://www.indymediascotland.org/node/17482

By trident ploughshares, submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 17/11/2009 - 13:04

PRESS RELEASE

Anti-War Activists Disrupt NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Edinburgh

Trident Ploughshares Press Release 17 November, 2009 - For immediate release

Just after eight thirty this morning, several members of Trident Ploughshares blocked the entrance of the Edinburgh International Conference Center for quarter of an hour as Parliamentarians from NATO countries met for the final session of the assembly. Foreign Secretary David Milliband and the Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen were due to speak following a minute’s silence. The protesters wore shirts emblazoned with the images of wounded and traumatized Afghan children, graphically demonstrating the fact that NATO’s war in Afghanistan is killing innocent civilians and traumatizing children in violation of international law. They recited the names of Afghan civilians who have died since the war began. Several protesters were blocking the entrance to the Conference Centre so that Parliamentarians could see them on their way into the session or from the escalators inside the building. Police arrested six of them.

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Bankrupt the BNP!

19-11-2009 08:32

Just came across this on another IMC site - might be worth doing as the BNP are already on the verge of bankrupcy! (a group I belong to subscribe to their e-newsletters, and everyone is a desperate plea for more cash)

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Wales, the first and final colony

19-11-2009 02:01

The speech Adam Price, the MP for Dinefwr and East Carmarthenshire, presented to the Institute of Welsh Politics on Monday night.

Institute of Welsh Politics, Annual Address, Aberystwyth, 16th November 2009

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Athens in siege: police Hq attacked, hundreds detained and many wounded

19-11-2009 01:53

This is a first posting on the developing situation in Athens where the 36th anniversary of the Polytechnic Uprising against the colonels' junta has been marked by long and sustained battles with the police during which hundreds of people have been detained. At the time of writing all central Athens is off bounds.

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Identifying Threat: New biometrics markets and terror culture

19-11-2009 01:16

The culture of fear and distrust that has grown up around this century’s terror culture and its associated wars has created vast new markets for anything that can be branded with the words security or defence. In April 2010, London’s Kensington Olympia will play host to a Counter Terror Expo, put on by DSEi’s infamous events’ organiser, Clarion, and sponsored by French arms company, Thales. Officially supported by a plethora of military, police and private security associations, the expo will showcase over 250 security, surveillance and specialist logistics companies; state agencies including NATO and the MoD; and anyone else claiming to provide protection against terrorism for both the armed forces and civilian populations. Joining the fray are a number of corporations involved in creating identity verification technologies. The biometrics and database management companies whose invasive products, based on the recognition of physiological characteristics, are finding voice as futuristic 'solutions' in, what is deemed, an 'increasingly dangerous world'.

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Camden Bio Hazard Lab plans will pose threat to Camden Irish community

19-11-2009 01:01

There are plans to build a deadly pathogen lab in Camden. The lab could be a level 3 facility which means that it could contain anthrax and bird flu. This in turn means that the community could face scrutiny under teoor legislationa nd that the community on the Somers Town estate, many of whom are Irish could face intimidation and surveillance under terror legislation in relation to The Troubles.
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