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delegitimize.com - new media library on Israel; currently Gaza Flotilla archive

03-06-2010 06:16

delegitimize.com is a new media library project that plans to publish a series of both topic-specific and current event-focused archive websites, with the help of the pro-Palestinian community and beyond.

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Media Activism: The Yes Men

03-06-2010 04:42

How the Yes Men saved Copenhagen! Funny speech by Andy Bichlbaum, professor and professional hoaxster, who befuddled Canada and the world at Copenhagen, announcing an end to the Tar Sands. Also how they pushed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce into climate change.

Recorded by Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock at the annual dinner for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

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BP Protests Oil Activism

03-06-2010 04:33

Round up of anti-BP protests in U.S., plus drilling halted in U.S. and Canada. Ideas and songs for your activism. Threats of the next spill, from East to West and up to the Arctic.

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The Lone Ship of the Freedom Flotilla: The Rachel Corrie MV Continues to Sail

03-06-2010 02:51

"The Malaysian and Irish peace and humanitarian activists aboard share their deepest grief and sense of loss with the loved ones of those killed and injured in the illegal action undertaken by Israel on Monday 31st May 2010 in the international waters of the Mediterranean.   In the names of our friends, we are more determined than ever to continue into Gaza with our humanitarian cargo and our support for the blockaded and suffering people of Gaza."

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Mass demo against deportations in Parliament Sq this Saturday

03-06-2010 00:41

Demonstration against deportations in Parliament Square, London, this Saturday, 5th June, 2-4pm.
See callout below.

Followed by a solidarity evening with Kurdish and Iraqi refugees, organised by the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees @ the Ringcross Community Centre (60 Lough Rd, N7 6RH) from 6-11pm.

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Announcing Bilderberg 2010: Plutocracy with palm trees

03-06-2010 00:22

There are usually 115 participants in each annual meeting. Eighty are from Western Europe and the remainder from North America. From this mixture, one-third are from government and politics, and the remaining two-thirds from industry, finance, education and communications. The meeting was named after the hotel that the first meeting was held at in 1954. Anyone who is who tries to enter the meeting uninvited is instructed to be removed at all costs, and if resisting the individual is to be shot and killed where he stands. The purpose of this secretive annual meeting is to provide a forum where the worlds most powerful individual's can discuss and direct world events without anyone knowing what they are determining. If these elite world rulers had nothing to hide this meeting would at least be spoken about publicly.

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Brian Haw - Nine Years Harassed By Police

02-06-2010 23:41

Brian Haw started his peace protest in Parliament Square nine years ago, and today he was still there. Police marked the occasion by serving a summons on his fellow protester Barbara Tucker for using a megaphone. London, UK. 02/06/2010. Photos Copyright (C) 2010 Peter Marshall - please contact for use.

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Pro-Israeli demonstrators attack and chase press photographers at Embassy today.

02-06-2010 23:07

Pro-Israeli demonstrators attack and chase press photographers at Embassy today.

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What if Iran had carried out the Gaza carnage?

02-06-2010 22:54

What would happen if Iran, my country, had carried out such a vicious action? The country which has never attacked nor occupied any lands over the past 100 years; the country which has never killed any foreign civilian under fallacious pretexts; would it have been treated the same way as Israel?

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Venezuela: Pointing the way forward

02-06-2010 22:35

Venezuelan Socialist United Party (PSUV) members Katy Jaimes and Elias Chacon recently toured Britain to build solidarity with the Bolivarian revolution and the movement of occupied factories in Venezuela.

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Cardiff Flotilla Demo

02-06-2010 21:31

Short report with images from demo in support of Gaza flotilla victims

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Solidarity Concert for Shell to Sea Prisoners

02-06-2010 20:37

Report from the walls of Castlerae prison, Roscommon, Ireland

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Sheffield Protest against the Gaza Flotilla Attack

02-06-2010 20:22

Protestors gathered in front of Sheffield Town Hall on 2nd June 2010 to protest against the murderous Israeli attack on peace activists sailing to Gaza, attached is an unedited recording of the speeches.

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There is no state soloution for Palastine

02-06-2010 19:29

“It depends on what you mean by Zionism. I was a Zionist activist in my youth. For me, Zionism meant opposition to a Jewish state. The Zionist movement did not come out officially in favor of a Jewish state until 1942. Before this it was merely the intent of the Zionist leadership. The Zionist movement for a long time stood against the establishment of a Jewish state because such a state would be discriminatory and racist.”

~ Noam Chomsky

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Save Refugee and Migrant Justice

02-06-2010 19:22

Picket the Legal Services Commission against cuts
On 9th June Bristol No Borders are calling for a picket at the Legal Services Commission, 33-35 Queen Square
Bristol BS1 4LU, between 12pm and 2pm. We call for an end to these cuts that would leave more than 10,000 asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants will be left without legal assistance. Pass on and hopefully see you there.
Lawyers Defending Human Rights
tinyurl.com/Save-RMJ-Campaign

Refugee and Migrant Justice (RMJ) is a campaigning legal charity that provides free, high quality legal advice and representation some of the most vulnerable people in the UK. Our lawyers have helped more than 110,000 children and adults on every level of the immigration and asylum process. Our work is free, and it saves lives. But without your help, it might have to stop.

What’s happening
Refugee and Migrant Justice is facing possible closure due to bureaucratic rules that lead to late payment by the Government for asylum and immigration legal work.

The problem is that the Legal Services Commission, which funds legal aid work, has changed its payment scheme. We used to get paid monthly to cover the work we do. But now, we get paid only after each case has closed, which depends on the timing of Home Office and tribunal decisions. Asylum cases can take months, or even years, but RMJ still faces the cost of doing the work. No charity can be expected to wait that long for payment and no private sector organisation will be able to replace RMJ’s outstanding commitment to those with the greatest needs. As a charity, it is also not possible for us to get bank loans.

RMJ is not asking for extra money, just for the Legal Services Commission to pay us the money it owes us or, failing that, give Government backed interest free loans to make up the difference. The new Government is committed to a fundamental review of legal aid and this is the perfect opportunity to cut out inefficiency and pay providers like RMJ promptly and fairly.

What this means
If RMJ is forced to close, more than 10,000 asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants will be left without legal assistance. That includes almost 900 children as well as victims of trafficking, torture and armed conflict. Many cases will have to be put on hold, adding to the UK’s already enormous asylum backlog. Lives will be put at risk and there are likely to be many more miscarriages of justice, which sadly are already common in the asylum system.

Who will be affected
Asylum seekers who have fled their homes and families in fear of persecution or death. Home Office officials often fail to identify asylum seekers in need of protection, including those with additional vulnerabilities, such as victims of torture, rape or trafficking. Thousands of asylum seekers are detained each year having committed no crime. They are given no indication of the length of detention and can be kept for months or years.

Children who have travelled to the UK with or without their families. Many children are treated as adults by the Home Office. Even those who are accepted as children can face an intimidating culture of disbelief when telling their story and are interviewed without legal representation or an independent adult present. We fight to help them secure protection and a real chance of a future. The Government has announced that it will end the detention children, but many will continue to be detained while it is deciding what alternative arrangements it will put in place.

Victims of trafficking for labour or sexual exploitation. We work to make sure victims of trafficking are given the legal protection they deserve and campaign to stop victims of trafficking being prosecuted for ‘crimes’ committed under duress.

*Come to Bristol's Legal Services Commission in solidarity with those affected and to find out more
On 9th June Bristol No Borders are calling for a picket at the Legal Services Commission, 33-35 Queen Square
Bristol BS1 4LU, between 12pm and 2pm.

Other ways you can help

1) * Email/write Kenneth Clarke Secretary of State for Justice,(model letter attached, you can copy/amend/write your own version and send to:

Kenneth Clarke
Secretary of State for Justice,
Ministry of Justice
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 0AL

Or, email the letter to Sally.Jones@Justice.gsi.gov.uk, for the attention of Kenneth Clarke

* Copy your letter to The Immigration Minister, Damian Green by writing to Emily.Warren2@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

* If you wish, you can also send a copy to your your local MP: find out who they are here: www.theyworkforyou.com/mp

2) * Fax a copy to your your local MP for free @ Write to Them.com
www.writetothem.com

3) * Make an online complaint direct (use model letter) to the Legal Services Commission

Please notify Refugee and Migrant Justice of any Emails/letters sent:
rlc@rmj.org.uk

Many thanks,
Refugee and Migrant Justice
Registered charity (no. 1012804)
refugee-migrant-justice.org.uk/?page_id=4

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Chard harvest!

02-06-2010 19:22

Royate Hill Community Orchard and Kebele Allotment
regular bimonthly workday

Saturday 5th June
11am-4pm (drop in anytime, clean up usually starts around 3:30pm)

more info: https://we.riseup.net/kebelepermaculture
map:
http://tinyurl.com/ydkwxsk (plot number 20)

Gardening gloves and tools provided
Bring your own lunch and snacks to share - we'll brew the tea

All levels of gardening experience welcome!

There's a good chance there will be some food to take away at the end of the day...though it is likely to be red or green chard ;)

Hope to see you there!

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Africa house eviction demo

02-06-2010 19:09

Brighton demonstration against the proposed eviction and demolition of 'Africa House' in Calais.

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"Cruel" Lincs greyhound breeder exposed again

02-06-2010 18:23

Animal protection campaigners have called on the RSPCA and the local authority to take action against a Lincolnshire greyhound breeder after he was exposed in the media for a second time for illtreating his dogs.

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