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Camden Bio Hazard Lab consortium [UKCMRI] : 24 hrs notice of "consultation"

09-12-2009 14:36

There are plans to build a deadly pathogen lab alongside St Pancras International on a Camden Council house estate [Somers Town]. The consortium unveiled the design plans this week as revealed by the Evening Standard where they admitted that the lab could in fact be level 4 facility if "driven by science" meaning that it could contain deadly diseases such as rabies. They have claimed that full "public community consultation will take place" and have given 24 hours of this.

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Peter Tierney and Merseyside BNP head to court yet again...

09-12-2009 14:31

Today, Merseyside BNP "super-activist" Peter Tierney was up at the Crown Court to enter a plea on charges of assault. In response, Liverpool Antifascists turned up to distribute leaflets informing the public of exactly who Merseyside BNP has in its ranks.

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No Pasaran - Oppose Fascists in London

09-12-2009 13:58

This Sunday 13 December, SIOE and EDL plan to hold a provocative demonstration against Harrow Mosque. All antifascists out to oppose!

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Manchester Transport Police Armed with Tasers

09-12-2009 13:44

British Transport Police (BTP) will be armed with electric stun guns as part of a three-month trial scheme patrolling the railways of Manchester, London and Cardiff. Until recently, they have called in armed officers from other forces when dealing with incidents that require them.

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Copenhagen Farewell Lunch

09-12-2009 13:37

Friday 11th
12pm
Climate Camp -Trafalgar Square

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Merry Crisis! A Talk of the Greek Insurrection

09-12-2009 13:25

Considering the re-ignition of violent struggle in Greece in the last week, tomorrows talk on the Greek Insurrection of December 2008 promises to offer lots of interesting debate. For those who want to get some understanding of the violence, this talk will cover the background and political context of the insurrection. All Welcome, please come along!

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Justice Denied: Women victims of torture face a lifetime of suffering

09-12-2009 13:16

Medical Foundation
"Whether perpetrated in conflict or in peace, the root causes of violence against women [are] deep-seated inequalities and discrimination"

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Black Cat Social Centre (Bath) To Be Evicted!

09-12-2009 12:35

The Black Cat, Bath's only autonomous social space, has lost an extended court battle against Cabot Investments, and is due to be evicted in the near future.

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Urgent Communique From Athens Anarchists

09-12-2009 12:22

armed greek police officer
Since police in Greece shot and killed a 15 year old libertarian named alexis grigoropoulos last december the 6th, anarchists and other activists have waged a total war of revenge and plotting to overthrow capitalist and junta rule around their neighborhoods, with bomb, gun and riot attacks on police at every available opportunity.

Below is a translation of a message urgently posted on Indymedia to highlight the after effects of that continued resistance, based on the memorial march on the 6/12/09 that police attacked and tried to stop.

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100 Ways To Undermine The Industrial Machine (collated version)

09-12-2009 11:42

This article appears in two parts on The Earth Blog, and an ongoing request is on for further ideas that can be added to the list - submissions can be made to  keith@theearthblog.org.

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Hunger Strike in Parliament Square, London

09-12-2009 11:23

Ocalan and Big Ben
On Sunday 5 December 2009 a post on the 'United States of Kurdistan' blog announced that The Kurdish Community in the UK were starting a hunger strike opposite the UK Houses of Parliament in Parliament Square, and asked for support.

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Green Councillor to Present Petition Calling for Brighton Council to Discuss EDO

09-12-2009 10:10

Press Release

For immediate release: 9/12/2009

Photo opportunity: Infostall outside the council meeting at 4pm, Thursday 10th. For more information contact Andrew Beckett or Chloe Marsh: 07754135290.

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Around the Campaigns Wednesday 9th December 2009

09-12-2009 08:06

Child 'M' Campaign
Child 'M' Back in Manchester, where he belongs
Child M and his family were released from detention yesterday evening after 3 weeks in Yarl's Wood. No reason has been given for their release. They are now back in Manchester.

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FASCIST police dictatorship in Greece NOW!

09-12-2009 06:06

This message of urgency has also been sent to indymedia athens, but it seems that the site may have been hijacked by the greek police and it is obviously censored. The message is in Greek and I urge greek persons or persons who know greek to translate it into English first, so it can be translated into other languages too. FOR A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT OF SOLIDARITY THAT WILL SMASH THE NEW GREEK JUNTA.

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Indonesia - thousands march against corruption

09-12-2009 06:04

ANTI-CORRUPTION protesters have today taken to the streets of Indonesia despite a threatening police presence.

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Vegan Food Festival Returns

09-12-2009 02:28

Nobody seemed sure whether this was the fourth or the fiftth vegan food festival in Liverpool, but they agreed it was the most successful. It was held again at Lark Lane Community Centre, which also hosted the festival last year.

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Climate and Capitalism in Copenhagen

08-12-2009 23:24

Beginning in the second week of December, representatives to the United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen will wrestle with the challenge of climate change. This week, influential actors in the World Trade Organization Seventh Ministerial Conference taking place in Geneva are trying to push for a conclusion to the nine-year-old Doha Round of trade negotiations.

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Direct Action; Canada, Chile, Italy & UK

08-12-2009 23:13

3rd-7th December

DEPARTMENT STORES PAINTED RED (Canada)
NOISE BOMBS AT THE DUTCH EMBASSY (Chile)
FUR SHOP, HUNTERS TARGETED (Italy)
SABOTAGE AT HOME OF HUNTER AND COAL MINE PROPONENT (UK)
HOAX BOMB LEFT AT ZOOLANDIA (Italy)

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Radiokebele

08-12-2009 21:53

Here's the pilot episode - it gets a bit 'blue' at times so keep the kiddies away!

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U.S., NATO War In Afghanistan: Fifty or more countries in a single war theater

08-12-2009 18:48

B-52 jets carpet-bombing Afghanistan
Over the past ten years citizens of the United States and other Western nations, and unfortunately most of the world, have become accustomed to Washington and its military allies in Europe and those appointed as armed outposts on the periphery of the "Euro-Atlantic community" engaging in armed aggression around the world.

The bombing and the ground combat operations in Afghanistan continue since October 2001 and both will be intensified to record levels in short order. The combined U.S. and NATO forces in the country would represent a staggering number, in excess of 150,000 soldiers.
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