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Ariadna Pi occupies Ikea Barcelona

01-11-2006 17:26

A hundred of young people summoned by Ariadna Pi entered
last Friday, 13th of October in a chain Ikea in Barcelona (Catalonia)

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Shell Offices Raided in Solidarity with Rossport

01-11-2006 15:22

Shell Gas offices near Chesterfield were occupied today, while a simultaneous noise demo outside woke up Shell staff to our feelings about the multinational’s abuse of the Rossport people and their environment.

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Oaxaca solidarity film evening.

01-11-2006 15:06

Federal Preventative Police (PFP) are still advancing on the city of Oaxaca in the hopes of dislodging the Peoples’ Popular Assembly (APPO.) In the face of an impending military occupation of their city, determined residents are resisting the invasion without resorting to violence. We'll be showing video testimony shot by authentic journalists determined to document the truth about the Mexican state violence.

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Update on Mexican Embassy arrests at Oaxaca/Brad solidarity demo, Wednesday 1st

01-11-2006 14:23

The eight people arrested at the demonstration held outside the Mexican Embassy in London on the 30th of October, have just been released today wednesday 1st November.

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Oaxaca Solidarity Action Report, Berlin

01-11-2006 13:07

Around 100 people gathered today (01/11/06) in front of the Mexican embassy in Berlin to demonstrate solidarity with the resistance movement in Oaxaca, Mexico and to demand an end to the police and (para-)military brutality which has left at least seven dead and over a hundred injured.

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'No More Fallujahs' - a personal account

01-11-2006 11:23

One participant's account of a weekend of nonviolent mass civil disobedience - remembering the dead in Iraq, calling for an immediate end to the US/UK occupation, for massive reparations and debt cancellation so Iraqis can rebuild their country free from foreign interference, and for prosecution of those responsible for war crimes. Those events which took place within 1km of Parliament were also a direct challenge to Section 132 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA).

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Hunt Saboteurs tell police 'For Fox Sake - Enforce the Hunt Ban!'

31-10-2006 23:39

At the start of the second season under the hunt ban, the Hunt Saboteurs Association has written to all police forces in England and Wales asking them to enforce the ban on hunting with hounds.

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Brad Will Memorial Demonstration Video

31-10-2006 22:30

2 min mpeg1 video of the protest at the Mexican Embassy, Monday, October 30.

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John Matthews Chair of Crest Nicholson “Please Help Us” – A Family Request

31-10-2006 20:16

Stuck in the actuality of the third anniversary of their houseboat and home eviction, the Shalom Family from Wales made a special visit on 30th October, to Crest Nicholson’s brand new ‘Crest House’, in Chertsey, Surrey. The Family delivered a new letter of appeal, in perfect harmony with their cause for Social Justice, to Crest Plc Chairman John Matthews.

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Update on Mexican Embassy arrests at Oaxaca/Brad solidarity demo

31-10-2006 17:24

There are currently (5pm 31/10/06) eight people being held after the demonstration held outside the Mexican Embassy in London on the 30th of October.

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Road Block e-bulletin 31 Oct 2006

31-10-2006 15:14

This is the latest Road Block e-bulletin. Road Block won't be posting them up regularly, but thought climate change activists might want to see what is going on within road campaigns. You can sign up to receive them monthly here: www.roadblock.org.uk

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Video of Naming the Dead ceremony.

31-10-2006 15:10

In the UK it is an arrestable offence to read out a list of names while carrying a small placard within the SOCPA designated area of Parliament and Downing Street without prior police permission. Democracy hypocrisy.

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Anti Fur Demo

31-10-2006 14:13

On Saturday 28th October, Rhythms of Resistance Manchester joined anti-fur activists to protest against Kurt Geiger’s repeated refusal to introduce a fur free policy.

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Photos: Mexican Embassy protest in London (30.10.06)

31-10-2006 11:25

Police and protesters clash outside the Mexican Embassy in London (30.10.06). The protest was about the US cameraman Brad Will who killed in Oaxaca, Mexican.

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Photos from London IMC screening at Mexican Embassy

31-10-2006 09:41

A selection of photos from the IMC screening of Brad Will's final footage at the Mexican Embassy, 30 October 2006.

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In memory of Brad: Pigs go wild

31-10-2006 02:45

At 5pm protestors gathered at the Mexican Embassy on Hanover Square in London.

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PICS: The Attack On Oaxaca

30-10-2006 22:09

links to the pics:

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4 arrested as London joins Oaxaca protests

30-10-2006 21:06

Attempts by imcistas to project Brad Will's final and fatal footage onto Mexico's London embassy were thwarted tonight when scores of police sealed off the area and provoked violent clashes with demonstrators.

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Solidarity demonstration at the Mexican Embassy in London

30-10-2006 19:19

At 5pm this evening, Indymedia and solidarity activists and friends of Brad turned up outside the Mexican Embassy in London to show solidarity with the uprising in Oaxaca and the state murder of Indymedia journalist Brad Will, 36, of New York City. Initially, there around 30 people, but this quickly swelled to a mass of 60-70 or more people. The initial presence was marked with banners and a small noise demonstration, before the Indymedia Tricycle turned up, followed thereafter by a samba band and audiovisual equipment.

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Video of 'No More Fallujahs' demo (Quicktime version).

30-10-2006 18:54

The 5 min video shows several arrests for holding a placard and refusing to give a name and address.

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