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Triple whammy for RBS in Norwich
Demo and d-locks today at RBS branches in Norwich.
Cambridge RBS action
At lunchtime on Monday 15 October, around ten activists assembled outside the Royal Bank of Scotland branch on Trinity Street, Cambridge, as part of the national day of action against the UK's main bankroller of carbon emitters. The protesters put up placards next to the ATM, handed out leaflets, and engaged passers-by and customers in discussion.
Corporate publishing houses
For all the bad press that they receive, a lot of people still believe that Western corporations are making some sort of contribution to improving the lot of people in the third world. Let me present a counter-example.A Free Market Tesconomy
In support of the "Keep Tesco off Mill Road" campaign!Tesco Campaign Off to a Great Start!
Over 200 people attended a meeting on Thursday 27th of September at St. Philips Church on Mill Road, to express their displeasure at the prospect of Tesco's landing in the middle of their community.Anti-Tesco meeting venue vandalised
In the run up to this week's meeting against Tesco moving into Mill Road local retailer, Libra Aries bookshop, who is to host the meeting has had their shop front covered in graffitti. Keep Tesco off Mill Road, Cambridge
Tesco hope to move into Mill Road, Cambridge. The over whelming majority of residents and local traders absolutely do not want this to happen. The campaign against Tesco has well and truly begun
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Bacton, Norfolk. Locals show solidarity with Shell to Sea
A small gesture of solidarity from the North Norfolk Coast
Compact G8 Info for the UK
As I felt there is a lack of (practical) information on how to participate in this years G8 protests, I have designed this little info thingy, originally for the Essex Uni area but usefull for everybody.
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5 pence an hour working for Tesco
Protest against Tesco this SaturdaySt Edmunds Day 2006: A year after the curse
Last November 20th 2006 the Knights of St Edmund formerly laid the ancient curse of St Edmund upon the Cattle-Market Development at Bury St Edmunds to prevent the construction of an 11.5 acre shopping mall, which has been rejected by three democratic and independent ballots of the towns people. So what happened next?Launch of new climate change project
The Akashi project, looking to explore climate change issues with a diverse range of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) community groups and faith groups was launched in Cambridge on Friday 4th August 2006.Simultaneous Policy campaign latest
Cambridge SP Adopters' Group next meeting will be at 12 noon, Emmanuel URC Church, in the Fair Shares café on 10 August. Come along for a chat about how the campaign is going or to find out more about SP. If you prefer an evening meeting, let me know and perhaps we can schedule on. The latest news from Cambridge and around is given below.G8 Summit 2006, Russia, Tony & Repressive States
Today the Group of Eight (G8), the unofficial "world government" of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, will attend the 32nd G8 Summit in some suburb of St.Petersburg, which is in Russia somewhere.Chain store disrupted by TWISTER
20 local residents took over a Cambridge Pizza Hut on Friday evening with a "No Chains" party with music, dancing, balloons and playing twister to protest against the encroachment of multinationals into Mill Road, a vibrant, multicultural community. The protest party lasted over half an hour until the games were interupted by police who dispersed the crowd.Racism and Imperial Nostalgia at the BBC: an open letter to Andrew Marr
http://leninology.blogspot.com/2006/06/wanted-loyal-natives-to-discuss-empire.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/starttheweek.shtml PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY TO INTERESTED PARTIES
Open Letter to Andrew Marr, Presenter, Start the Week on Radio 4, the BBC
Dear Andrew,
This is an open letter that I am going to ask the people--many of whom are
prominent academics-- I have copied in to circulate as widely as possible,
to draw the attention of people to the egregious manner in which you dealt
with the follow-up this morning's show on 'The Legacy of Empire'. I am
appalled and shocked at your biased introduction to the evening phone-in.
You use dismissive words like 'blarney', 'aggressive', and 'too much heat'
to describe an impassioned discussion of a painful and traumatic legacy
that didn't fit the genteel upper-class British converation over 'tea and
cucumber sandwiches'model. This then set the tenor for the phone-in that
followed.
BAYER charged with cartel offences:”Those responsible should be behind bars”
The Coalition Against BAYER Dangers (CBG) has filed charges against the Board Chairman of the BAYER corporation, Werner Wenning, with the Cologne Public Prosecutor. The association accuses the manager of tolerating or orchestrating the participation of the company in illegal price-fixing.9/11 - Loose Change
Loose Change Second Edition, a film about the events of Septemer 11th 2001, has become a net phenomenon — it currently (18th May 2006) holds the 1st, 4th and 26th places on the Google Video top 100 and this is in competion with lots of very short titillation clips (eg Webcam Girls Go Wild) and dubious humour clips (eg funny clips baby fart).
Loose Change is the most popular 9/11 "conspiracy theory" film, no doubt due to its slick graphics, soundtrack and editing — for an amateur movie it is impressive. However it's not the most accurate movie of its type — see the discussion on indybay and the detailed Sifting Through Loose Change — The 9-11 Research Companion.
Loose Change Second Edition on Google Video
Read on for a brief guide to some better 9/11 videos that deserve more attention...
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Free Food, not Free Trade!
Today No Chains pitched up outside a well known no-union fast food emporium on Mill Road and gave away free food (and advice) to prospective customers. Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch!?
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Bayer Corp. rewards gluttony and sponsors obesity
Bayer Corp. rewards gluttony and sponsors obesity“Speed eating competitions contradict everything we know about health and nutrition”