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05-12-2010 16:26

student action against the cuts newcastle

saturday the 4th december student activsts took part in anti cuts protest across shops in newcastle shops include

. VODAPHONE ( 6 billion in tax owed )
. BOOTS ( 86 million in tax owed)
. TOP SHOP (owned by phillip green who owes 285 million in tax)

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04-12-2010 19:19

The Latest Lie..

The latest lie, the latest disappointment, the latest injustice, by the latest government.
The coalition government is imposing vicious cuts on education, welfare, and other public services. In education, especially, there has been uproar against the hike in tuition fees, a hike which is to merely plug the gap left by the Governments spending cuts and not act as extra cash for any of the universities.

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01-12-2010 20:28

D Day - March on Parliament - 9th December

This is IT people! The day has come!

The date for the parliamentary vote on fee increases has been announced!

9 DECEMBER 2010

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01-12-2010 15:38

Cruelty-Free Xmas Fair, Sat 18 Dec in Kings Heath, Birmingham

Please download, copy & distribute some leaflets (see below) On Saturday 18th December, the Cruelty-Free Xmas Fair in Kings Heath, Birmingham offers the chance to stock up on a wide range of cruelty-free products(list of 23 stalls below), watch mouthwatering cookery demos, enjoy fantastic vegan food including lots of free samples, listen to inspirational speakers (details below), relax with a free yoga session & much, much more...!!

Free entry, all welcome.

 http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk/events/kingsheath10.html

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01-12-2010 03:27

Film: DAY X2 - Birmingham youth and students take to the streets..

School students and university students take to the streets over cuts which will leave university out of reach for working class students.The city Council House chambers are taken over by students staging a sit-down protest. A list of demands are put to the City Council, whilst more protesters gather outside..



Web Link to Video

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01-12-2010 00:46

UK Cuts Revolt 2010 - What's Next

SINCE OCTOBERS SPENDING REVIEW SET OUT THE IMPENDINGS THERE HAS BEEN WAVE AFTER WAVE OF PROTEST TO THE CON-DEM CUTS AGENDA.

STUDENT PROTESTS, UK UNCUT TAX DODGER SHUTDOWNS, AND MOST RECENTLY A RESIDENTS + WORKERS REVOLT ON MONDAY THAT SHOOK LEWISHAM TOWN HALL AND COULD HAVE PREVENTED £80M OF BUDGET CUTS BEING PASSED.

SUMMARY OF INFOMATION ON WHAT'S COMING IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE BELOW. FULL DETAILS AT  http://anticuts.org.uk/

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30-11-2010 19:46

Teach-in and sit-in at Warwick Uni today

Warwick Uni students today held a day long teach-in followed by a sit-in protest occupying the busy public Art Centre foyer this evening, winning great public support.

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30-11-2010 15:32

Day X2: Birmingham students occupy council chambers

Council chambers occupied! Around 50 students from different colleges and universities in Birmingham have occupied the Birmingham council chambers in the council house on Victoria square in protest at government plans to cut EMA and higher education funding, and raise tuition fees .

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29-11-2010 13:14

Buttermarket in Hereford selling real fur - Please take action

The Buttermarket in Hereford are selling real rabbit fur cat toys, please contact the local manager for market fairs and street trading with complaints stating that these items are morally offensive (there is a bye law regarding Hereford market that prohibits the sale of morally offensive items).

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28-11-2010 20:13

The Rise of North Yemeni Islamism in Birmingham, U.K.

With Yemen in the news these days, this essay is about how a North Yemeni Islamisation school arrived in Birmingham, UK, in the 1980's. The essay outlines the arrival of this school within the geo-political context of the period, namely when the US/UK were actively courting political Islamism.

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27-11-2010 22:47

Birmingham Education Strike! 30/11/10 Day X2

Assemble: The Bullring, front of Waterstones, Birmingham city centre

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26-11-2010 15:04

Good News for Anti Opencasters Bad news for UK Coal

Our latest Press Release contains more good news for the Minorca Opencast Protest Group (MOPG)and more bad news for UK Coal plc as the fight to stop a new opencast application continues is now published as Pr 85 'Campaigners resistance to opencast mine proposals hears encouraging news from MP'. It also contains the results of MOPG's 2010 AGM.

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25-11-2010 23:14

The Rise of North Yemeni Islamism in Birmingham

One of the reasons generally given for the rise of extreme Islamism is the Arab defeat at the hands of Israel in 1967 in the six day war. It is theorised that, from this defeat (or Nakba as the Arabs refer to it), loomed the beginning of the end of Arab Nationalism and other, largely secular ideologies, which had hitherto led the struggle to liberate the Middle East from western domination and zionist colonialism. This defeat created the vacuum political Islamism has supposedly filled since..

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25-11-2010 11:05

Warwick University occupation ended

In the face of extreamly repressive university policy this occupation has ended to re-group and plan further action.

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25-11-2010 09:27

Film: Birmingham university walkout and occupation

On Wednesday 24th November, students and workers at Birmingham University walked out to join the national day of action against fees and education cuts.

Web Link to Video

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24-11-2010 21:54

Cardiff Uni Occupation CONTINUES: Public Statement

Cardiff University Students will continue Occupying Large Shandon Lecture Theatre in the Main Building of Cardiff University over night. The decision was taken by consensus by the ~50 students present at 9.45, shortly before the deadline to leave set by the University Management (10pm).

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24-11-2010 13:55

Warwick University Occupied

80 students occupy Warwick university

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24-11-2010 12:53

Protest at closure of Erdington Connexions office

Support Connexions workers

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