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Economic sanctions on Israel

04-03-2007 12:10

Israeli nuclear missile
It is a disgrace that a foreign country like Iran can tell the US government what to do.

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PHOTOS - National demonstration in Bologna the 3rd of March 007

04-03-2007 11:56

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Towards the repeal of Bossi-Fini Law. First step: the closure of all detention centres.

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Iraqi Feminist in London Targeted by Islamists

04-03-2007 11:42

Houzan Mahmoud, Representative of the Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq has been threatened by Islamic Fundamentalists. On February 26, 2007, Houzan received an e-mail signed by Ansar al-Islam, the notoriously brutal jihadist group based in Kurdistan/Iraq.

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announcement of Bath Climate Camp

04-03-2007 11:01

Bath Activist Network has begun organising a climate camp to be held between thursday the 19th and sunday the 22nd of April

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Demo against the privatization of the NHS, in Preston

04-03-2007 10:29

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Against profiteering in the health service.

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Champagne water in radioactive danger

04-03-2007 10:20

Greenpeace is warning that the nuclear waste centre in Soulaines in eastern France is endangering the growing of champagne grapes. Less than ten kilometres from the famous vineyards of the Champagne the groundwater is polluted with radioactive tritium.

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Hicks Update: Determined to Fight

04-03-2007 02:32

An Australian son abandoned by the nation and his government has decided to fight the fabricated charges brought against him by the criminal Bush regime. You bloody little bewdy! Against all odds and after years of psychological and physical torture Hicks proves his mettle. The murdering yanks and the slimy Howard government COULDN’T BREAK OUR LITTLE AUSSIE FIGHTER! One can only imagine the forlorn faces of the Howard servile government who no doubt desperately hoped that Hicks would break and accept a plea bargain in time for the elections. The Hicks case as previously stated has all the ingredients to bring down the servile government of John ‘deputy-sheriff’ Howard.

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Parents V Patents

04-03-2007 01:20

FAMA POWER!
"The road ahead is long. It is littered with myths, secrecy and shame. Rare is the family that will be free from an encounter with mental disorders or will not need assistance and care over a difficult period. Yet, we feign ignorance or actively ignore this fact."
-Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of the World Health Organization in 2001

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Report from presentations in court, Copenhagen

04-03-2007 00:40

Audience at the presentations in the city court in connection with the riots in Copenhagen consider the trials "out of order". The arrested were presented in court during friday night and the cases were considered in groups of six people at a time. They all took place between 19 and 22.30 friday night

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Map of Norrebro, Copenhagen

04-03-2007 00:27

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Here is a map of Norrebro in Copenhagen, the center for the riots, so foreigners can follow the development easier. The other main area for the riots have been Christianshavn, the area where christiania is located, but here it is not so spread out and thus easier to keep track of.

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Protest against police raids

04-03-2007 00:07

The pressgroup from Ungdomshuset calls the police raids and the following arrests earlier today for a "campaign to provoke fear". At the same time the encourage the politicians of Copenhagen to do something
"It is not new that the Copenhagen Police is making illegal arrests. But it is incredible that the politicians aren't doing anything when the police are using illegal means to solve a problem that is political", says Jan from the pressgroup from Ungdomshuset

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Interview with a war resister

03-03-2007 21:55


Darrell Anderson received a purple heart after being wounded in Iraq, and has since been one of the wars harshest critics. He currently lives in Portland Oregon and continues to speak out against US war crimes committed in IraqQ: What led you to join the military?

A: Basically, I wanted money for education. I wanted a future. At the time I joined, it was a month before the war had started. So, I was ready to go to war, and I had actually joined because I wanted to see combat and wanted to go to war. I believed that If I died for my country, I’d be a hero, and I believed all the propaganda that they feed the youth of the country about war.

Q: How did you and your fellow soldiers react to President Bush’s announcement of war with Iraq?

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Copenhagen, saturday afternoon:Big demo in support of Ungdomshuset

03-03-2007 21:24

Saturday afternoon, the 3. March 2007, a big demonstration with around 2.000 participants draw from the square in front of the City Hall to Nørrebro to express their support to the fight for Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen.
They were all there : The black dressed and the punks, mothers with prams and the eternal vagabonds, mature women with handbags and powder on their cheeks and old veterans with silver in the hair.

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Defend the NHS Day: Sheffield Demonstration

03-03-2007 20:15

Protestors assembled on Saturday 3rd March 2007 in Weston Park in Sheffield to march to a rally on the City Hall steps in opposition to the ongoing privatisation of the National Health Service.

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Liverpool: £377,000 Spent On Marketing Toy

03-03-2007 18:46

Liverpool city council has spent £377,000 on a massive advertising campaign...for re-cycling!

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Denmark: Copenhagen is burning

03-03-2007 18:39

Tonight riots in Kopenhagen became extreme. Burning barricades were built all over the city. Several black outs caused chaos in Copenhagen - actvists had cut off electricity cables. Swedish police supports the Danish state.

Solidarity action in many european countries.




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documentary: Reclaim Power - voices from the camp for climate action 2006

03-03-2007 18:18

In the summer of 2006, 600 people convinced that there is no time to waste set up a Camp for Climate Action in the shadow of one of the biggest C02 emitters in Europe: Drax coal-fired power station in Yorkshire / UK. Cine Rebelde produced a documentary film about the camp.

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Apartheid In Israel - Disappearance By Denial

03-03-2007 17:34

"THERE IS APARTHEID IN ISRAEL. Denial of same, lying about same will not bring the wall down. Only the truth will do that, a truth that will eventually lead to the establishment of a free Palestinian state."

Which is exactly why Zionism puts so much effort into hiding this uncomfortable truth, and smearing those commentators who dare call a spade a spade.

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Photos of Defend Our NHS Demo - Sheffield

03-03-2007 17:28

Some pictures from todays Defend Our NHS demo

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The International Criminal Court Is a Racist!

03-03-2007 16:20

Lt. Gen. Omar Ahmad al-Bashir, President of Sudan
Holy pigmentation, the president of Sudan is black guy! I thought the western media said he was an Arab. Oh, he's a Muslim with a Muslim name like millions of black people in Africa.

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