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Three Muslims held under draconian anti terror law

15-02-2009 01:52

Nine Muslims were arrested under the draconian anti terror law on the M65 motorway, near Preston, Lancashire, Friday at 9pm, according to the police.

The vehicles were apparently going to Gaza in the 'Aid Convoy' from the UK through Europe. On one of the vans were signs saying 'No Justice, no peace', 'Stop Killing Children' and 'Free Palestine'. Another was adorned with the Palestinian flag.

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Mel Broughton sentenced to 10 years

14-02-2009 23:53

Animal rights campaigner Mel Broughton has today been sentenced to 10 years. The jury at Oxford Crown Court convicted the 48-year-old of conspiracy to commit arson. Mel has been the public face of the anti-vivisectionists' campaign against the construction of an animal experiments laboratory in South Parks Road, Oxford. He is a member of the campaign group ‘Speak’.

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Climate Chaos meets economic chaos - report on a discussion in Leeds.

14-02-2009 23:37

I went to an interesting meeting last week and as Leeds faces up to the collapse of neo-liberalism with a lot of meetings and events happening, I thought it would be useful if people started to report back so we can get an overall picture of what's possible.

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The second annual Investing in Soft Commodities and Agriculture conference

14-02-2009 23:32

PAY A VISIT , SAY THAT FOOD IS NOT A STOCK MARKET BUSINESS!!!

Date(s):
17-Feb-2009 to 18-Feb-2009

Venue:
Radisson SAS Portman
London, United Kingdom

Organisers: Agra Informa Ltd.

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Direct Action; UK, Netherlands, Czech, Italy & Mexico

14-02-2009 21:26

OPEN RESCUE IN SUPPORT OF SHAC PRISONERS (Czech Republic)
ABUSED HENS RESCUED FROM "FREE RANGE" FARM (UK)
VACATIONING ALF VISIT HLS CUSTOMERS (Netherlands)
OPEN RESCUE IN SUPPORT OF SHAC PRISONERS (Czech Republic)
MAX MARA SHOP SPRAY-PAINTED (Italy)
TELMEX SABOTAGE CONTINUES (Mexico)

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The Convention on Modern Liberty: 28th Feb 2009

14-02-2009 20:30

A CALL TO ALL CONCERNED WITH ATTACKS ON OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS UNDER PRESSURE FROM COUNTER TERRORISM, FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN AND THE DATABASE STATE

What are the threats?
What can be done about them?
Why should everyone care?

Get Involved. Help create our modern liberty. Saturday 28 February 2009

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WHO IS ALBERT WOODFOX OF THE ANGOLA 3

14-02-2009 19:42

Celebrate Albert's Birthday

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SAUDI TRADE UNIONIST THREATENED WITH DEPORTATION!

14-02-2009 19:36

BRITAIN HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SAUDI REGIME AND BAE SYSTEMS, COULD THIS BE WHY THEY ARE DEPORTING SOMEONE WHO FACES POSSIBLE DEATH?

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Stop Silent Genocide in DRC March

14-02-2009 19:06

www.congoleserights.com

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How Racism Sparked the Financial Crisis

14-02-2009 18:15

From who gets loans and credit, to who is deemed worth of "restructuring" or bailouts, to which neighborhoods home buyers are steered to, race has as profound an impact upon real estate, housing, and the fiscal crisis as it does on everything else in this supposedly "post-racial" society.

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World Social Forum 2009: Time to bring the WSF to the USA

14-02-2009 18:14

Thomas Ponniah is the co-editor of the first book of alternatives from the World Social Forum: Another World is Possible. He is also a member of the Network Institute for Global Democratization, one of the founding organizations of the World Social Forum’s International Council, and he is also a Lecturer on Social Studies at Harvard University.

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Dresden: No place for lying about history!

14-02-2009 18:00

In Dresden, Germany, some 4,000 anti-fascists demonstrated today against an annual march of 6,500 neo-Nazis, the biggest procession of its kind Europe-wide.

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Scandal-Ridden Blackwater Changes Name

14-02-2009 17:37

The scandal-ridden security firm Blackwater USA is officially changing its name effective immediately as the company moves to rebrand itself after being fired last month by the State Department from its job protecting diplomats in Iraq.


February 13, 2009

 http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Blackwater/story?id=6873331&page=1

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RIP Beverly Eckert, 9/11 Widow

14-02-2009 16:57

Beverly Eckert
Today brings the sad news that Beverly Eckert died in the crash of Flight 3407 on her way to Buffalo for a weekend celebration of what would have been her late husband Sean Rooney's 58th birthday. She had planned to take part in a presentation at Canisius High School of a scholarship award that she established in Sean Rooney's honor. Among the family members surviving her was her sister, Sue Borque, who told the Buffalo News that while the family had not yet received official confirmation of her sister's fate, the reality was settling in. "We know she was on that plane," Bourque said, "and now she's with [Sean]." Her husband of 34 years, Sean Rooney had been killed in the South Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11th, 2001.

 http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/578061.html

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Second time round - Mel Broughton found guilty

14-02-2009 14:39

He is sentenced to 10 years - similar to the SHAC defendants

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Why the police riot? - part 5

14-02-2009 13:42

Kent Police in riot gear, near Kingsnorth, 4th August 2008
The British police public order manual is a secret document establishing a paramilitary third force in the UK, under the control of a private company (ACPO) with permission from the home office. It's long overdue that more information about this was in the public domain.

This is part 5 of a series, for parts 1-4 see:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/418797.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/419998.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/420982.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/421761.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/01//418801.pdf
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/01//420000.pdf
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/02//420984.pdf
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/02//421762.pdf

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Post Office campaign: 140 MPs now support EDM 428 ‘Royal Mail’

14-02-2009 12:52

We're pleased to inform you that 140 MPs have now signed up in support of EDM 428 which calls on the government to abandon plans to privatise Royal Mail and the Post Office. Please continue to lobby MPs who've not yet signed up. We must urgently get new MPs to sign up, in order to keep up the pressure on the government to think again its proposals for privatisation of post services.

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What's Really In Your Food

14-02-2009 12:51


You may be grossed out, but insects and mold in our food are not new. The F.D.A. actually condones a certain percentage of “natural contaminants” in our food supply — meaning, among other things, bugs, mold, rodent hairs and maggots.
In its (falsely) reassuringly subtitled booklet “The Food Defect Action Levels: Levels of Natural or Unavoidable Defects in Foods That Present No Health Hazards for Humans,” the F.D.A.’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition establishes acceptable levels of such “defects” for a range of foods products, from allspice to peanut butter. . . .

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Israelis, in Crisis, Vote for a Government of War

14-02-2009 12:46

Dust of Tuesday's voting battle settled down and the battle of forming the next Israeli government has just begun. With Benjamin Netanyahu poised for premiership and Avigdor Lieberman, leader of a “racist and fascist” party (as condemned by Talia Sasson of the Merez party) very well positioned to be the king or queen maker of the next ruling coalition, the Palestinian people and the whole region will have to brace as from next March for an Israeli government of war.

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Church of England: Dumping Caterpillar

14-02-2009 12:42


God whispered in the Church of England's ear and it dumped its shares in Caterpillar. This House of God had about £2.5m invested in a company that manufactures one of Israel's weapons of mass misery and destruction. After saying for years that they couldn't see anything unethical about it, Church bosses finally agreed with the rest of us that Caterpillar’s D-9 bulldozer, which is used in the Holy Land for the ugly purpose of demolishing Palestinian homes, uprooting olive groves and destroying civilian infrastructure, is more like a vicious weapon in Israel’s hands than a civil engineering tool.
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