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text from rising tide banner drop leaflet

27-04-2005 11:31

Look up – the trees opposite BP’s HQ in St. James’ Square have been occupied by a group of concerned citizens. They have hung (with any luck) a banner reading 'BP fuels climate chaos'

Some will stay the night and greet BP workers for the second time tomorrow morning, to urge them to try to find a less destructive job, and to underline the company’s complicity in the climate crisis we’re all facing. They also hope to inspire others to take direct action for the planet and its people.

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Protestors to shut top UK military base before G8 Summit

27-04-2005 11:00

This is the first press release from the Faslane G8 Team

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Mayday Cricket Vs The State

27-04-2005 06:33

First 11
A Mayday Cricket match on Parliament Square

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PALESTINE AND G8

27-04-2005 05:36

CALL OF THE Adalah bloc

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Turkish activists in court – supporters call for international solidarity

27-04-2005 05:28


On 27 April, 46 men and women will go before the Turkish ‘special main criminal court’, charged with ‘terrorism’. They were arrested in 2004 while demonstrating against proposed new laws to impose stringent restrictions on the living conditions of Turkey’s political prisoners.

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sans-papiers: hungerstrike and occupation

27-04-2005 05:14

(translation from indymedia germany)
Paris:On march 4th 15 sans-papiers (refugees without staying permission/papers)
occupied offices of Unicef Paris.
Since the 17th, eleven of them are in hungerstrike.
On march 19th, Unicef let evict the building.
The hungerstrike continues.

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Call for Art- Theme 9-11 Truth for Peace and Justice

27-04-2005 02:24

The Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance has issued a call for art- theme "9-11 Truth for Peace and Justice." Over a thousand dollars in cash awards and many additional prizes. Entries will be posted online and winners art will be published. Youth Category and Adult Category. Deadline July 1st

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State of the Prison System

27-04-2005 01:32

All the world's a prison
The city's first jail was a 7-by 5-foot cage built in 1693 for the detention of miscreants. Criminals convicted of minor offenses were sentenced to banishment, branding and public whipping. Charges such as counterfeiting, treason, spying, desertion from the Army, burglary, robbery, piracy, rape, sodomy and murder were considered capital offenses, and convicts were subject to execution by hanging.

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Networks Zine to launch at Cybersonica 05

27-04-2005 01:24

MAzine, a new online magazine produced by the postgraduate community at Ravensbourne College in Kent (UK) will be launched at Cybersonica 05 with a MultiBlog of the event.

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Next Notts IMC meeting

27-04-2005 00:29

Print, copy and distribute!
After some succesfull meetings and the setting up of several working groups we have set the date for a new Nottinghamshire Indymedia/IMC meeting.

This will be on Wed 11th May, 7.30pm, at the Sumac Centre. Anyone wanting to get involved, please come along!

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Descent into the Fourth Reich

26-04-2005 23:31

It's remarkable how closely America's current decent into a police state parallels that of Germany in the 1930s. The Illuminati is following the German Nazification model here in America down to the smallest detail.

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Campsfield demonstration and meeting!

26-04-2005 23:07

Campsfield demonstration and sponsored bike ride 30th of April, and meeting tuesday 3rd of May. Come along to the demo and show you disgust with the way asylum seekers are being treated, and get involved by coming along to the meeting!

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Pictures from Rising Tide climate chaos banner outside BP HQ

26-04-2005 22:38

banner is directly opposite BP HQ - unmissable
Some pics of the brilliant climate chaos banner that London Rising Tide climbers hung directly opposite BP's London headquarters in St James Sq. I breezed in during the evening after they finally unfurled it.

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Castlereagh Redux

26-04-2005 20:57

On March 17 2002, 3 men in 'smart-suits' drove up to the gates of Castreagh Barracks in Northern Ireland. They allegedly spoke with "British accents" flashed some military ID and were allowed to proceed. They were then escorted by a police officer into the core of arguably one of the most secure buildings in Europe.

What they left with is what we are concerned here.

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National Demonstration Against Jack Straw

26-04-2005 19:33

Tell Jack Straw To Hit The Road! National Demonstration Against Jack Straw - Blackburn - 2.30pm Saturday 30th April

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Down the Bush and Blair

26-04-2005 18:37

Taking an ex pat look at what is wrong with the American media and how a few Pubs would solve all their problems.

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Public Meeting

26-04-2005 18:36

ARE WE LOSING THE RIGHT TO PROTEST?

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FBI releases slim Bush file

26-04-2005 18:17

Bush's slim FBI file released to blogger

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Trafalgar Sq. Sunday !st May, BABY SEALS supported

26-04-2005 17:29

Baby seals will be supported in Trafalgar Square on Sunday 1st May 2005 afternoon. Canada hunters are killing them by the hundreds of thousands!!! - for greed -

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Timetable for London Anti-authoritarian Film Festival 30th April

26-04-2005 16:48

LINE-UP OF FILMS AND DISCUSSIONS ON SATURDAY 30TH APRIL AT THE INSTITUTE FOR AUTONOMY
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