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Birmingham Newswire Archive

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26-11-2009 03:10

Cruelty-Free Xmas Fair in Birmingham, Sat 12 Dec

Photo of our 2007 vegan food fair in Kings Heath Everything you need for a compassionate Christmas - cruelty-free goodies galore, cookery demos, talks, free vegan food samples and so much more...!!
From 10.30am - 3pm at All Sants Church Hall, Kings Heath, Birmingham
 http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk/events/kingsheath09.html

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24-11-2009 15:38

Stitched-Up In Honduras - Workers speaker tour - UK

Come and hear how together we can fight sweatshops!

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23-11-2009 11:56

Warwick students disrupt careers fair to protest against arms companies

Earlier last week, students at the University of Warwick disrupted an
engineering and technology careers fair attended by a number of arms companies,
including Rolls Royce, DSTL, MBDA, Thales, QinetiQ and BAE Systems.

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23-11-2009 02:27

Xmas Social/Benefit Gig for the IWW - Reading - 12th December

Please fwd to local email lists, activist friends etc...

Friends and comrades,

On the evening of the next IWW* BIROC meeting, the Reading IWW branch invite y'all to come on down to the 2009 IWW Xmas Social gig!

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21-11-2009 11:42

Staff and Students Oppose Corporate Education in the University of Birmingham

Students and staff protested this week against the University management's decision to put profit and the needs of business over those of education. And the fightback appears to be working!

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21-11-2009 01:11

Veg*n Climate March, Sat 5 Dec `09 in London

The livestock industry is responsible for many of the environmental catastrophes facing the planet, including the biggest contributor to climate change! Governments must STOP subsidising this industry which we need to drastically scale down before it`s too late! Those who care about the future of the planet MUST adopt eco-friendly plant based diets & there`s no better time to convince masses of people than at The Wave on Sat 5 Dec `09 in London.

Join the march to help bring about the environmental revolution we so desperately need!  http://www.ecoveggie.org.uk

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19-11-2009 11:39

Corporate Watch: NDET issues bail conditions designed to prevent protest

Following two house raids in Evesham and Gosport in the early hours of Tuesday 10th November, four animal rights activists were arrested, charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage and given wide-ranging bail conditions designed specifically to prevent their participation in any facet of animal rights campaigning. The charges are based upon the seizure of a solitary piece of 'evidence' in a raid a year earlier.

The raids commenced at 7am when police wearing balaclavas, including members of the National Domestic Extremism Team (NDET), raided two houses. At one address masked police scaled the walls and broke windows, instead of knocking on the door, to gain entry. At the other, 20-30 police burst in brandishing fire extinguishers. From these two raids four people were arrested and later charged with conspiracy to cause criminal damage. The arresting officer was DC Mace, of the NDET London, and the accusations relate to several minor acts of criminal damage in the south of England, claimed by anonymous animal rights activists.

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05-11-2009 14:58

Missing person alert: Ahmed Abdulrahan Mustafa

Appeal for help to find a vulnerable homeless man who has been missing for over 3 weeks.

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03-11-2009 14:18

Information requested to make public

My activities among people in prison and hurt by the system frequently render me angry and disgusted by the corruption that seems to proliferate. Terry Allen’s case is one such example and in a recent letter placed in the public domain at his request, he told me -

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02-11-2009 20:07

Half day conference on War Crimes in Gaza

Saturday 28th November

10.00am to 12.30pm at Carrs Lane Church Centre in Birmingham City Centre.

Registration will start from 9.30am and entry will cost £3

Organised by West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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01-11-2009 18:40

Police censorship

in west midlands,a police man decided that he,personally would decide what a cinema should show.

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28-10-2009 20:43

Day of the Dead Samhain Celebration REEL NEWS Benefit Sat 31 Oct Brum

All proceeds to REEL NEWS Reel News is an activist video collective, set up to publicise and share information on inspirational campaigns and struggles - not just in this country, but across the world. Initially we are doing this through producing a monthly newsreel, made up of a number of videos short enough to use in union and campaign meetings.

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28-10-2009 19:00

More than ever, the oil must be ours

Requião Lately, nothing compares to the discoveries made by Petrobras in the pre-salt layer of the Brazilian coast. Maybe it's the last finding of a significant energy source that has its depletion announced for soon. After splendid news, as these are, how to act?

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25-10-2009 11:16

Halloween demo at Sequani this sat!

Just a reminder of the demo opposite Sequani Labs, Bromyard Road, Ledbury, Herfordshire, this Sat 31st Oct, 3pm till late, please feel free to dress up in Halloween costume...

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23-10-2009 09:42

Griffin torn apart, but not literally unfortunately

Yesterday, Thursday the 23rd October saw unprecedented protests outside BBC television centres across the country over the planned appearance of the fascist BNP party leader Nick Griffin on the current affairs programme Question Time. Numbers eclipsed even the protests sparked by the BBC's refusal to air a Gaza aid appeal last January. Crowds gathered to hear the usual speeches and chant the usual slogans, but after a car entered the television centre a large crowd surged forward towards the main gates to be met by police. Soon enough the cops were overpowered and pushed aside with officers climbing over the gates to escape. The gates were forced open, officers on the other side struggling to hold them shut. Seconds later the crowd stormed the gates and headed towards the BBC entrance with dozens of activists entering the building. Protestors were seen being dragged outside by security. As the evening wore on the scene became moody with reports of police using CS gas. Inside the television studio the scene was not much calmer.

I saw a rather succinct review of Question Time: "Griffin came across as a blithering idiot while the other three politicians acted like a bunch of kids fighting over a bag of sweets, Jack Straw seemed to drop most of his sweets on the floor when asked about immigration. Bonnie Greer was hilarious". This about sums up what happened, but here follows a more in depth analysis.

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22-10-2009 22:05

Confront the BNP in Herefordshire this Saturday

The BNP will be holding their annual fundraising dinner at the Chase Hotel* in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, this Saturday evening.

* PLEASE CALL THE CHASE ON 01989 763161 AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
* Email them on  res@chasehotel.co.uk

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22-10-2009 14:56

Hate comes to Herefordshire

A plush country house hotel in Herefordshire will knowingly host a fundraising dinner for the British National Party, Searchlight can reveal.

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21-10-2009 14:29

Vegan Festival & After Party this Saturday

Are you ready for Saturday??!!!

The biggest annual vegan festival in the UK (outside of London & Bristol) returns to Wolverhampton and looks set to knock the spots off last year`s event!!  http://www.midlandsveganfestival.org.uk

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