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The NHS? We'll Take It From Here!

05-09-2006 20:16

In a 'triumph of Blairism', the government has awarded a £1.5 billion NHS contract to DHL - a Germany-based air courier company. Workers in Runcorn are amongst those considering strike action.

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Day 5 of Mersey Fire Strike: Talks Break Down

05-09-2006 18:51

Firefighter Mark Rowe - Speaking up for Merseysiders
Talks seemed to have broken down between Merseyside FBU and the Fire Authority today, as allegations were slung backwards and forwards.

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Wrexham Council votes for landfill

04-09-2006 21:50

Residents of Johnstown vow to continue their protests at Hafod Quarry following failure by Wrexham Council to revoke planning permission for landfill at the site, part of which is a Special Area of Conservation and home to great crested newts. The landfill site is also just 150 yards from local houses. Several other landfill sites in the area have caused nuisance, noise and pollution for years and local people have had enough.

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SchNEWS - Rave New World? Techno Prisoners As Riot Cops Gatecrash Free Party

04-09-2006 21:31

Repetitive Beats
Uninvited guests in the shape of the riot squad crashed a free party in Chesterford, Essex over the bank holiday weekend. All was going well for the 1,000 or so twinkle-eyed party-goers until the Saturday, when hundreds of cops from five different forces surrounded a sound system and waded into the crowd with truncheons swinging. Some indignant punters defended themselves with sticks and, showing their commitment to preventing climate change, burnt out a cop car. Police claim the revellers acted “disgracefully”, going so far as to “attack police dogs”. Any one who’s been faced with a police dog will doubt the likelihood of anyone being daft enough to attack one, no matter how many drugs they’ve taken (not that the pills are any good any more!)

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Exeter strikers celebrate success

04-09-2006 20:49

Exeter postal workers voted unanimously to return to work this morning after hearing that they had won a “total victory”.

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SOCPA - support brian haw tomorrow (short version)

04-09-2006 18:57

five years of parliament square anti-war vigil and still there. brian haw is in court at marylebone court tomorrow afternoon. supporters are welcome outside the court and in the public gallery.

(short version of previous post)

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Day 4 of Mersey Fire Strike: More 'Negotiating' Amid Allegations

04-09-2006 17:42

Firefighter Mark Rowe - Speaking up for Merseysiders
Merseyside firefighters today began the second part of their eight day strike, following a two hour return to work. Meanwhile, Merseyside FBU secretary Les Skarratts continued his secretive face-to-face "negotiating" with Assistant Chief Fire Officer Bill Evans.

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SOCPA - recent news and analysis - support brian haw tomorrow

04-09-2006 17:00

if you ever had doubts that the socpa law restricting protest round parliament was political, then read on. faced with legal challenges, police are showing their true colours by trying all other means of deterring peaceful protest against the genocidal and illegal policies of this government.

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Day 3 of Mersey Fire Strike: FBU's Skarratts Blinks First

03-09-2006 15:25

Firefighter Mark Rowe - Speaking up for Merseysiders
Even though the firefighters' strike seems to be absolutely solid, there are worrying signs that Merseyside FBU secretary Les Skarratts may be preparing a retreat.

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Using Tax Payers Money To Subsidise Business - Reality Of Prison Work Camps

03-09-2006 10:38

Having plundered the third world with impunity for so long, first-world capitalism has now turned its attention to the incarcerated working class in its own prisons, potentially a rich source of exploitable labour. Prisoners are paid around 30 pence per hour, but even these pitifully small wages are seen as fair game by capitalism.

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Dover Live Export Demo Policing Costs

02-09-2006 19:39

The following information was obtained via Freedom Of Information request from Kent Police regarding the cost of policing Ban Live Exports demos at Dover, Kent UK.

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Day 2 of Mersey Fire Strike: Authority Calls On "Fantasy firefighters"

02-09-2006 13:29

Firefighter Mark Rowe - Speaking up for Merseysiders
As Merseyside FBU Secretary Les Skarratts prepared for tonight's face-to-face talks with Assistant Chief Fire Officer Bill Evans, it was clear that fire chiefs were becoming increasingly desperate in the face of firefighter solidarity.

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"Walking, We Ask Questions" - The Other Campaign in Harlem, NYC

02-09-2006 11:11

(Repost from Narconews.com)


“Walking, We Ask Questions”
The Other Campaign in Spanish Harlem


By RJ Maccani
The Other Journalism with the Other Campaign on the Other Side
August 31, 2006

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Two Days in the Life of Oaxaca's Revolution

02-09-2006 11:04

(Repost from Narconews.com)

A Neighborhood Organizes to Hold a Radio Station and Protect Citizens from Police Repression


By James Daria
The Ricardo Flores Magón Brigade Reporting for Narco News from Oaxaca
August 23, 2006

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Academics speak out against Shell conference sponsorship

02-09-2006 11:01

Members of 10 research and working groups of the Royal Geographical Society yesterday expressed their serious concern at the Society’s continued links to oil giant Shell against the backdrop of the corporation’s ongoing exploitative behaviour in Ireland and the Niger-Delta.

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SSAW (School Students Against War) Gig

01-09-2006 23:05

Liverpool School Students Against War had a gig on Friday 1st Sept... here is a review.

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Walkout to support Exeter Royal Mail union rep

01-09-2006 21:42

Postal workers at Exeter mail centre have walked out unofficially and spontaneously to defend their CWU union and their local rep Fran Choules.

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Strike at Whipps Cross Hospital

01-09-2006 20:47

Some news about an important industrial dispute in the health service in London.

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Climate Camp Cartoon by Jo Makepeace

01-09-2006 20:34

Climate Camp cartoon
Mr Burns from the Simpsons sneers at the Climate Change protesters
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