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Fascistic Danish Police Force Threatens to Shoot Activists!

18-12-2009 13:01

In connection with a funny, rather innocent, yet cheeky and coordinated Greenpeace action last night in front of and inside the Danish Parliament – Christiansborg – the Chief Inspector of Copenhagen Police, Per Larsen, now severely threaten people.

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This Festive Season? / Stay out of cars / stay out of detention

18-12-2009 11:49

The next fortnight, supposed season of good cheer, it probalyl is if you are a UK national, not if you are a 'foreign national' with out secure status.

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Free Amadeu Casellas, Anarchist Political Prisoner

18-12-2009 10:37

Llibertat Amadeu Casellas! Solidarity with Anarchist Political Prisoners!

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Never ending horror of child immigration detention

18-12-2009 09:32

Report on an unannounced short follow-up inspection of Tinsley House IRC 13-15 July 2009 by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (Full report attached)

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Banner Action in Central Copenhagen

18-12-2009 08:11

Today we dropped a massive banner in central Copenhagen. We dropped it over the corporate "Hopenhagen" greenwash campaign in the town hall square because Hopenhagen is damaging the planet!

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Worldwide database

18-12-2009 06:47

 http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/09/linked-government-data-feature.aspx
Excerpt:
"Almost 20 years ago, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, then a contractor for the European Organization for Nuclear Research, invented a document hypertexting format that became the basis for the World Wide Web. He now hopes to advance this technology another step by building a web of data. And he wants government to lead the charge.

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Climate Camp Trafalgar- Ice Bear action

18-12-2009 01:42

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As Copenhagen refuses entry to NGO's and delegates from around the world, Climate Camp Trafalgar enter another day of solidarity action. This time, the target..... The London Ice Bear.... He just didn't see it coming.

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The REAL Puppy Farmers

17-12-2009 23:58

Puppy Farming is a tag thrown by the real puppy farmers who operate with the full consent of the KC

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Thur Dec 17 protest outside Danish Embassy, London

17-12-2009 23:44

Protest outside the Danish Embassy, London, 17 Dec 09
Demonstrators gathered outside the Danish Embassy in London to object to Denmark police's harsh treatment of demonstrators at the COP Summit in Copenhagen.

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Tar Sands Protest, London, Monday 14 December 2009

17-12-2009 23:31

Tar sands protestors at Canada House, London
On Monday December 14, demonstrators gathered outside Canada House to protest against Canada's energy wasteful and polluting tar sands oil extraction program.

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Delivery of Petition at Danish Embassy 10.30am Friday Dec 18th

17-12-2009 21:31

In solidarity with all those arrested in Copenhagen at the Climate Summit, 10.30 am tomorrow, Friday December 18th, delivery of petition, "Release Tadzio Mueller and the other climate prisoners!"
To read and sign petition, see here:  http://www.petitiononline.com/Tadzio/petition.html
The Danish Embassy is at 55 Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9SR.

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Nottingham City Council Makes Vague Legal at Blogger

17-12-2009 20:54

Nottingham blogger ncclols is told by Council lawyers to stop causing 'distress'

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Smash EDO: Gaza Anniversary

17-12-2009 20:25

We are aware that most things tend to take a bit of a break around xmas, but this year the holidays are also the anniversary of the horrific massacres that took place in Gaza from the 27th of December 2008. Predictably, Smash EDO have a few things coming up...

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DE: Grassroot Union FAU Berlin - Prohibited!

17-12-2009 20:19

On December 11, 2009, the Berlin District Court decided that the Free Workers' Union Berlin (FAU-B) could no longer call itself a union or grassroots union. This is the culmination of a series of attempts by the Neue Babylon Berlin GmbH to legally hogtie the strongest and most active form of workers' representation in the company.

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ITT there is a bomb in the building.Have fun.

17-12-2009 20:07

ITT who own Brighton bomb parts maker EDO MBM almost got bombed themselves back in April this year by one of their own employees.

The evacuation caused by the threat allegedly cost ITT nearly $300,000 in lost revenue.

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Reclaim Power-Green Block

17-12-2009 19:39

Activists meet at the metro station before breaking police lines and rushing towards the Bella Centre.

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4 banks attacked, Greece

17-12-2009 18:37

Corporate media, taken from signalfire.org

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2 armed robberies, Athens

17-12-2009 18:34

Corporate media, taken from signalfire.org

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Jailing of 4 in continuing criminalising of protest in Ireland

17-12-2009 17:59

The plight of a community's struggle, to ensure their own safety against an experimental raw gas pipeline project, in Ireland, took another dark turn this week with the jailing of 4 people for their opposition to the Shell led project.

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Bookies Windows Destroyed, Claimed for ALF and ELF

17-12-2009 17:35

BetFred Bookies Attacked!
17th Dec 2009

Today, at around 4pm in the city centre of Nottingham, England, a bookies windows were targeted by an anarchist, with the tactical solidarity of the ALF and the ELF around the world.

This strike in the heart of a busy shopping centre, famous for the rebellious figure that was robin hood, was during shopping hours with hundreds of shoppers passing by.

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