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The USA used NGOs in former USSR republics to recruit Muslim students for ISIS

29-06-2015 09:51

ISIS terrorist grouping, now the major threat to international stability, sticks to successfully recruiting new combatants into its ranks. They are not only Muslims of Middle East origin but also European Muslims and young people from former USSR republics, the latter being the main source of new recruits to ISIS at present time.

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"Back To Work Therapy, Is No Therapy At All"

29-06-2015 03:45

On the 26th of June 2015, members of the Mental Health Resistance Network and Blac Banner Collective @blacbanner disrupted the launch party of the so called Living Well Hub in Streatham Job Centre. Many believe that having therapists in the JobCentre Plus will only lead to further sanctions and targeting of the most vulnerable in our society. For further background search the hashtag #NoForcedTreatment.

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International Art and Social Consciousness: Rejecting ‘Endless Lines and Squares

28-06-2015 12:11

Despite all the contemporary global interconnectedness, the lack of an international social consciousness among artists (whose work is linked only by its sameness and market-ready designs and styles) evokes frustration in the politically conscious critic and commentator.

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Meersbrook B&M Bargains Workfare Protest #BandMDayofAction

27-06-2015 17:36

There was a protest outside B&M Bargains on Chesterfield Road, Meersbrook, Sheffield on 27th June 2015 as part of the National Day of Action organised by Boycott Workfare.

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Mass Sleepout in Solidarity with Newport's Homeless People

26-06-2015 06:52

Police are harrassing, bullying and arresting Newport's homeless people even more than usual, telling them that they will be clearing them out of Newport. They are using the 1884 Vagrancy Act and imposing impossible bail conditions. This stinks of a clean-up ready for the opening of a new shopping centre in November. A mass sleepout has been organised so that we can help these exceptionally vulnerable people.

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6 July: Join Smash EDO at Elbit Block the Factory mass action

26-06-2015 04:42

Smash EDO is supporting the upcoming Block the Factory mass action at UAV Engines in Shenstone, a subsidiary of Israeli Elbit systems, on July 6th. Please see

https://www.blockthefactory.org/ for updates and further info and follow @blockthefactory on twitter.

Last summer’s assault on Gaza, which killed over 2,200 Palestinians, was one of the most brutal effects of Israel’s ongoing occupation and colonisation of historic Palestine. The massacre was carried out using drones manufactured by Israeli arms company Elbit Systems. In response, activists occupied Elbit’s factory in Shenstone, causing its operations to grind to a halt and costing Elbit over £100,000.

On 6th July, to mark the first anniversary of the assault on Gaza, groups and campaigners from across the UK are going back to Elbit’s factory to demand that the UK stops arming Israel. Join us for a day of creative action in solidarity with Palestine!

Supporting organisations have endorsed the call and will be there taking collective action to block the factory from making these weapons.

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Defend Chelsea Manning & all whistleblowers!

25-06-2015 09:57

You are invited to march with our banner
Defend Chelsea Manning & all whistleblowers!
Saturday 27 June, meet 12.15pm outside Baker St (march starts at 1pm)
Queer Strike, Payday, Compassion in Care, whistleblowers from Yarl’s Wood detention centre, women from the Julian Assange Vigil and many more...All Welcome

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev execution verdict - demo at US embassy this Friday

25-06-2015 08:28

Once again the US 'justice' system has shamed the word by sentencing to death Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Join us this Friday outside the US embassy to let the American authorities know we don't want their brand of justice in the modern world.

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American political escapade in Saudi Arabia

25-06-2015 07:02

American senators don’t usually bother about the sentiments in other countries, including the developed ones. We are still basking in the memory of that infamous Victoria Nuland’s revelation ‘F*ck the EU…’ Still even they do take care about the reaction of the international community to the progress of the relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia where we can regularly witness outrageous abuse of human rights. The latest example being Raif Badawi who was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1 000 lashes for voicing the opinion different from the official stance of the Islamic clergy.

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Ongoing weekly demo, Tuesday evenings at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill

24-06-2015 21:53

Join CAAB every Tuesday at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill.
18.00-20.00 BST/GMT

Demos/vigils organised by the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases.

Menwith Hill is the largest US spy base outside the USA. Run by the National Security Agency (National Reconnaissance Office also present), it is situated in the Yorkshire dales, approximately 8 miles from Harrogate adjacent to the A59.

Menwith Hill is the largest intelligence-gathering, interception and surveillance facility outside the USA. The base is unaccountable, secretive, and out of control of the UK government.

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ANTIFA: SOUTH YORKSHIRE'S KKK MARCH IN BARNSLEY @edlnews @misscheeky666 @slatedl

23-06-2015 02:52

Taking their inspiration from the lynch mobs of the Mississippi Delta, the rednecked lager swilling former football hooligans of the "South Yorkshire Casuals" emerged as Yorkshire's answer to the KKK, marching against a rape suspect just because he was reported as having a brown skin and a "big nose"....... The pre-march event post claimed "immigrants were out to destroy Barnsley".

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SCHOOLBOY BOMB PLOT NOT TERRORISM @edlnews @misscheeky666 @ant1fane @leejasper

22-06-2015 15:25

News today has emerged of a potentially devastating terrorist plot hatched by two Tyneside schoolboys (15 at the time), who were planning a series of deadly bomb attacks, having purchased bomb-making equipment on the internet. Inspired by Raoul Moat and Taliban murder videos, the two were noted to have chanted the far-right nationalistic chant "no surrender", and hated Jews and black people. No mention of Islam as a motivation - not deemed terrorism by the media.

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MANILA – ‘Morong 43’ arrest, detention illegal — CHR

22-06-2015 13:46

Five years since the arrest, detention and release of the 43 health workers dubbed as the “Morong 43,” the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has finally issued a resolution stating that state forces violated the rights of the health workers.

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Ecuador Breaks World Record as Reforestation Blooms Across the World

22-06-2015 09:13

Ecuador's record-breaking achievements can herald a new age of action to confront an impending ecological crisis. Can the momentum take root elsewhere?

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Independence FROM America

21-06-2015 21:33

National demonstration for Independence FROM America at Menwith Hill Spy Base, near Harrogate, Yorkshire

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Armed Forces Day North Wales: Report & Pics

21-06-2015 13:59

The Armed Forces Day 'family fun' extravaganza in Colwyn Bay's Parc Eirias went ahead on Saturday in intermittent drizzle and behind a prominent banner near the main gate stating what you'd have thought would be bleedin' obvious, but apparently to many punters wasn't: 'WAR IS NOT FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT'. As you'd expect of any attempt to disguise the brutal reality of war as fun and games, the event was at best conflicted and contradictory, at worst downright dishonest. With the stated aim of "recognising and honouring our armed forces and veterans" AFD is designed to leave no space open to question the legality or morality of the wars they've been off fighting in recent years, to ask whether warfare offers any real solutions for the problems we face, nor indeed to consider whether our various wars of aggression might conceivably be an aggravating factor in these problems.

In the end it was down to a handful of protesters to pitch up and create this space, right by the main entrance, and to break the illusion that everything in the military garden is rosy.

This event was held a week before official Armed Forces Day on 27 June. There's time to organise a presence at an AFD event in your area and it's well worth doing, however small. Even one person standing vigil at the gate can have a big impact.

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EDL RADICALISING LITTLE TODDLERS: #edl #antifa @edlnews @misscheeky666 @slatedl

21-06-2015 07:59

Frightening evidence has emerged that EDL parents are dressing up their children in far right merchandise. Little girls as young as three are being kitted out in clothing complete with fascist political messages designed to groom little kiddies into full-blown neo-nazi hatred which will be with them for life. Bringing up kids with the immorality of racism is totally and utterly unforgiveable. EDL parents are immoral to the extreme.

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ANTIFA: Selwyns Coaches Race Scandal @edlnews @misscheeky666 #NationalExpRacism

20-06-2015 20:15

A disgusting case of racial discrimination against Muslim passengers has been reported by National Express passengers denied access to a Manchester to Leeds coach, and is trending on Twitter. Most National Express coach routes are operated independently of NX. The driver reportedly named "Caroline", is exployed by Runcorn-based Selwyns Coaches owned by French government-owned transport company RATP.

https://twitter.com/sayedalkadiri/status/611975974847164418

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EDL NAZI THUG ALAN SPENCE CALLS HATE CRIMES GOOD NEWS @edlnews @misscheeky666 #a

20-06-2015 17:40

The NorthEast Division of the EDL (AKA Alan Spence), has openly come out in support of racist hate crimes on Twitter. Once upon a time, divisional Twitter accounts would have kept their mouths shut as a PR exercise, but now, Tommy Robinson long gone, they openly laud violent Islamophobic hate crimes, proud of supporting criminal hate. This is vile beyond words....

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Ukraine: 3.2.1. Booooooooom!!

18-06-2015 09:28

This would be a sensation if was not so obvious and predictable far long ago.

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