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Eat the G8 in Iceland!

10-07-2008 00:12

The G8 summit will be held from July 7 to 9 of this year, at Toya-ko lake in Hokkaido (Japan). In solidarity with the worldwide plan of actions held against the kind of globalization promoted by G8 and the repression of Japanese police against activists, an action also took place in Reykjavik yesterday (5th July).

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Free Online Book Now Available : A Matter Of Scale

09-07-2008 22:14

A Matter Of Scale is a book to help humanity survive the mess civilization has got it into. It is like no other book in its huge scope and the levels over which the problems and solutions are addressed. And, unlike almost any other book, it is free, because having people read the book is far more important than making money...

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The Two Degrees Show - Climate Code Red

09-07-2008 19:22

Part two of our recap on the recent science including the work of Dr James Hansen and his team.

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Palestine Today 070908

09-07-2008 15:16

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday July 9th, 2008.

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Lobbying airline companies DOES work!

09-07-2008 12:45

More news - lobbying airline companies DOES work!
Keep sending those faxes and emails!

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Inside the IOM Birmingham conference

09-07-2008 12:42

After leafleting the delegates and staff and doing a banner drop at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) 'conference' in Birmingham on June 25th (see here), my fellow protesters left for work, leaving me alone to the boring presentations at the four-star hotel of Marriott. It is not very usual for activists to get to attend such events and I did get sick of it all after the first session. But what I heard and read is probably worth a report.. to give campaigners a glimpse into the world of IOM that they wouldn't normally get through protests and actions.

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Ilkley Moor Grouse Shoot - Update & Action Alert

09-07-2008 01:30

STOP GROUSE SHOOTING ON ILKLEY MOOR

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Report of the annual ‘Independence From America’ demonstration

08-07-2008 19:47

A beautiful, sunny evening in the Yorkshire Dales outside NSA/USAF Menwith Hill was the setting for the annual 'Independence From America' demonstration. Over 150 people attended what was a special and peaceful occasion, only to be marred by the arrest of Lindis Percy (Coordinator of the Campaign for the Accountability of Amercian Bases (CAAB) near the end of the demonstration for breach of bail conditions.

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Palestine Today 070808

08-07-2008 16:54

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday July 8th, 2008.

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Mary-Jane Sareva responsible for police arrest two people on false charges.

08-07-2008 15:48

On Sunday at EOCC Mary-Jane Sareva refused to engage in dialog and instead rapidly resorted to violence and intimidation to resolve the issue – when that failed she resorted to lying to the police.

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Repression in Austria over PGP keys

08-07-2008 15:46

(See also UK repression:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/385589.html)

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FIT at menwith hill

08-07-2008 15:13

Food, music, fun and FIT, Menwith Hill, 4th July Independence from America Day

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$tarbuck$-Brum Union bustin' Protest

08-07-2008 14:28

Saturday 5th July- as part of an international day of action against the latest illegal sackings of union activists in Michigan, USA and Seville, Spain, the West Midlands IWW helped organise a protest picket outside the main Starbucks store in Birmingham. The general public were very supportive of the protest. We were surprised how much people hated starbucks. The store manager hated the fact it the store was half empty, just like their tills.

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Fitwatch: The Story So Far

08-07-2008 13:24

It's been just over a year since we started a concerted campaign against the FIT Teams, so we thought it was time we celebrated some of our achievements.

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Scandal of Diego Garcia rendition flights strains US-UK relations

08-07-2008 12:03

Andy Worthington, author of “The Guantánamo Files”, reports on the latest developments relating to the British Overseas Territory of Diego Garcia: the exiled islanders’ latest salvo in their 40-year pursuit of justice, and the British government’s failure to tackle its US allies over the use of Diego Garcia for “extraordinary rendition” flights.

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Campaign continues against UC Berkeley

07-07-2008 23:47

In the hills above the University of California's Berkeley campus, nine protesters gathered in front of the home of a vivisectors home, their faces covered with scarves and hoods despite the warm spring weather.

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