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The indigenous: between harassment and dispossession

12-03-2011 13:33

Seventeen years after the armed uprising in Chiapas and eleven after the signing of the San Andrés accords on indigenous rights and culture, the situation of indigenous peoples throughout the country is worse than ever. There is literally a war of dispossession against their lands and territories.

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A victory for democratic rights in Glasgow!

12-03-2011 11:23

GLASGOW DEFENCE CAMPAIGN

http://glasgowdefencecampaign.blogspot.com/

Police attempt to ban Fight Racism!

Sunday March 20 - Callout 4 Solidarity Bradley Manning- 2pm U.S. Embassy, London

12-03-2011 09:42

On Sunday March 20th. - around the anniversary of the 2003 invasion of Iraq - anti-war activists will be going to Quantico U.S. Marine Base, Virginia, U.S.A. to demand the end to the torture of Bradley Manning. In London, we will be heading to the U.S.Embassy!
***Footage from the January 17th., the last time anti-war folks went to Quantico

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4eNzokgRIw

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LibDem Conf: Convergence Centre Open in Sheffield #ldconf

12-03-2011 09:07

A convergence space is now open in Sheffield, the shop next door to Debenhams on The Moor. There is lots of space for banner and placard making, there is water, electricity and should be food and internet access at some point today and later tonight there might even be some film screenings, come on down!

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Alternative to the Cuts: see 6 short videos about tax havens

12-03-2011 08:55

Transition Stroud and Stroud Commonwealth organised the recent talk 'The Rise and Rise of Britain's Tax Haven Empire' by John Christensen from the Tax Justice Network. The videos help understand how tax havens work, their history and how Britain is the biggest player - they also cover the importance UK Uncut has played in putting this issue on the agenda.

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Palestine Today 03 12 2011

12-03-2011 08:14

At least two Palestinians armed with knives stabbed the mother, father and three of the children, aged, 11, three and a baby of a month in their sleep at Itamar, south of Nablus early Saturday. Hamas hailed the murders as a "heroic operation," without taking responsibility.

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Gaddafi learns the Israeli way

12-03-2011 06:25

Graphic
Gaddafi reads "How To Win Wars... The Israeli Way"

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Open Letter from Out East to the organisers of East End Gay Pride

12-03-2011 01:13

In response to 'East End Gay Pride' march from the organizers of Hackney Pride March - OUTEAST

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Earthquake and Tsunami Update

12-03-2011 00:12

Vienna, 11 March 2011 (1245 CET) | The IAEA's Incident and Emergency Centre has received information from Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) that a heightened state of alert has been declared at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. NISA says the plant has been shut down and no release of radiation has been detected.
Japanese authorities have also reported a fire at the Onagawa nuclear power plant, which has been extinguished. They say Onagawa, Fukushima-Daini and Tokai nuclear power plants were also shut down automatically, and no radiation release has been detected. ....

http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/2011/tsunamiupdate.html

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so this is what 2 million quid of policing looks like - day 1

11-03-2011 21:42

libdems converge on sheffield........boo!

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Exclusive footage from Gaddafi mansion occupation

11-03-2011 21:22

There was originally a consensus agreement not to publish images from inside the Gadaffi mansion but that has now been made redundant with the building being handed over to the Libyan Solidarity Group. This short video (1min) is a quick rush around some of the building. It shows kitchen and reception room along with master bedroom and some of the other bedrooms and bathrooms in the house. The property was pretty much empty of personal effects but fully furnished and the heating on full blast despite being empty.

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Big Society? Big Social Centres! Public meeting, Tuesday 22nd March

11-03-2011 21:14

Public meeting for anyone interested in establishing an autonomous social centre in Manchester, 18.30-20.00, Tuesday 22nd March at the University of Manchester occupation - for map and printable flyers see

https://northern-indymedia.org/events/1453

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Japan earthquake: A timely reminder of the dangers of nuclear power

11-03-2011 21:04

Anti-nuclear campaign group Kick Nuclear today urged the government to cancel its planned ‘nuclear renaissance’ following the declaration of a ‘state of nuclear emergency’ by officials in Japan.

http://stopnuclearpoweruk.net

http://boycottedf.org.uk

http://www.sizewellcamp.org.uk - 22-25 April 2011, marking the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster

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Open Letter from Out East to the organisers of East End Gay Pride

11-03-2011 20:47

Why Out East are calling for a boycott/cancellation of East End Gay Pride.

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Photos from the protest, 11th March, Sheffield city centre #ldconf

11-03-2011 20:12

Photos from the protest, 11th March, Sheffield city centre

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Protests at the First Day of the Liberal Democrat Conference #ldconf

11-03-2011 19:19

Some photos of the protest today, lots more are expected tomorrow, assemble at 11am on Devonshire Green.

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UK Ungoverned: a call to action on March 26th.

11-03-2011 18:27

The TUC has called for a mass demonstration on March 26th against the cuts. We call to make the 26th a day
of effective action and resistance.

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UG#538 - Outing School 1 (Unmasking US Tax-Exempt Foundations' "Philanthropy")

11-03-2011 18:19

The show this week features two friends from different generations who dish the dirt on the US forced schooling system and the tax-exempt foundations which engineered it. Our main interview is Norman Dodd, chief investigator of the 1953 'Reece Committee' on Tax Exempt Foundations, set in context by a reading from John Taylor Gatto's Underground History of American Education. Next it is Charlotte Iserbyt, ex-senior policy advisor in US Department of Education, followed by the first half of a 2004 Radio Free School interview with John Taylor Gatto.

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UG#539 - Outing School 2 (Scientific Management as Religion)

11-03-2011 17:53

This week we continue to examine the details of schooling as a social control mechanism. First, a section from John Taylor Gatto's Underground History of American Education, followed by the conclusion of his Radio Free School interview and an excerpt from a speech on the scientific management of children. In hour 2, Peg Luksik of the Pennyslvania Parents' Commission asks Who Controls The Children?, focusing on increasingly sophisticated efforts by the schooling system to establish, log and 'correct' US students' attitudes.

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UG#540 - Outing School 3 (Teaching for Money v. Learning for Love)

11-03-2011 17:51

This week we conclude our series on forced schooling, with a range of voices on its inter-relation with commercial organisations, including a radio adaptation of the Canadian film, "Corporations in The Classroom", an interview with Maia Szalivitz on the 'troubled teen' industry, and an interview with Dayna Martin on the emerging 'partnership' style of parenting known as radical unschooling.

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