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film and pics of today's tent city demo in parliament square

22-06-2008 00:39

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voicesuk.org organised a 24-hour unauthorised 'tent city' in parliament square which started soon after midday on midsummer's day, the 21st june. they are highlighting the increasing number of iraqi and kurdish refugees being deported from the uk to a war zone which we helped create

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Artspace Exhibition at Social Centre.

21-06-2008 22:56

All this weekend Mill Road Social Centre is hosting an exhibition by local visual artists in their friendly and informal environment.

Below are some samples of the work to whet your appetite.

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Israeli Owned Agrexco Warehouse Shut Down

21-06-2008 19:16

In the early houses of Saturday morning, activists occupied and shut-down the HQ and only UK frefight warehouse of Carmel Agrexco - Israel's largest agricultural exporter form the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The occupation held for over 6 hours until they were forcibly removed at 12 noon.

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A visit to the Opencast Squat

21-06-2008 18:17

I decided to take a trip to Shipley today to see how the new residents of Prospect farm were settling in.

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Tent City Parliament Square.

21-06-2008 15:37

Unauthorised* 24-hour "Tent City" in Parliament Square to Protest Against Ongoing Deportations to Iraq. There are some 15 tents and a Gazebo now pitched on the grass.

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Anti McD Day comes to Cambridge!

21-06-2008 12:52

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At approximately 12:10pm today (Saturday 21/06/2008) half a dozen protestors upheld the illustrious tradition of invading McDonalds and reminding them just what rotters they are to people and the planet by walking into the Rose Crescent, Cambridge branch of the megacorp.

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Carmel occupied! Israeli settlement exporter shut down.

21-06-2008 06:13

Protestors have shut down operations at the Carmel Agrexco warehouse near Heathrow Airport. Two protestors are locked to a vehicle barrier, one to a truck and one to a main gate. Two protestors have climbed on top of the truck to further immobilise any loading or unloading work, and suspended banners. The Israeli flag that usually flies over the Carmel compound has been replaced with a black flag in mourning for Gaza.

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Demo in Oaxaca in solidarity with Zapatista Communities

20-06-2008 19:29

Demo in Oaxaca
Yesterday at 6:30pm a march from the Emiliano Zapata monument towards the Oaxacan Zócalo in solidarity with the Zapatista Communities threatened by the army the past 4th of June.

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This Week In Palestine – Week 25 2008

20-06-2008 18:37

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This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for June 14th, through June 20th , 2008.

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Dissident Island - Food Special tonight

20-06-2008 17:23

Food Special
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Shipley Bodge squatted coal site recieves papers

20-06-2008 13:30

The farm house on the prospective open cast coal site that was squatted this week has receieved its papers.

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Palestine Today 061908

19-06-2008 14:42

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday June 19th, 2008.

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Urgent Action: Control Order Detainee on Hunger Strike til Death or Deportation

19-06-2008 12:04

In a London hospital Mahmoud Abu Rideh lies in a critical condition from a hunger strike against the Control Order conditions which he has lived under for more than three years. Following an attempt on his life more than a month ago, he has been refusing food, and much of the time even ice cubes or water for 31 days. Wheelchair-bound, he is now coughing and excreting blood. Disillusioned with the injustice he has encountered in Britain, all Mr Abu Rideh requests is allowance to leave the UK and be deported to Syria, or for his Control Order to be lifted.

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Repression and Revolt in the run up to G8 Japan

19-06-2008 00:06

Over the past week and a half, an unprecedented political crackdown has been enacted in advance of a series of economic summits around the country. Despite this, the brave workers of Kamagasaki stood up against the stiff security environment in riots against the brutal beating of a day laborer over the past five days. The twin situations of repression and revolt deserve to be examined in more detail.

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Cuba: Interview Porno Para Ricardo

18-06-2008 23:48

PPR - Cuba
* The Cuban Libertarian Movement (MLC) interviewed via internet a punk musical group active in Havana for over 10 years who are today a significant reference in a counter cultural scene that merits recognition and solidarity.

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The trip to Summit 718

18-06-2008 21:14

A group of left-wing young people in the Czech Republic recently invaded a closed military area in the Brdy mountains. Why? Because an American radar base is planned there.

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international statement of solidarity with the zapatistas

18-06-2008 16:19

protest against renewed military invasion of zapatista communities June 4th caracol of la garrucha

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Amdani released on bail

18-06-2008 16:19

On Monday May 16th, the first day of Refugee Week 2008, Nottingham Community worker Amdani Juma, whose deportation was postponed for the second time on Tuesday 10th June, was released on bail pending a Judicial Review Hearing and returned to Nottingham.

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G4S Targeted

18-06-2008 16:11

Late on Sunday 15th June, G4S (Group 4 Security) depot in Portland Square, Bristol, was attacked by dedicated individuals. 3 vehicles were beaten up with sledgehammers in revenge for the beatings G4S give out to innocent migrants every day, in the course of their 'business'
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