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22-06-2006 19:48
Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR) organised a demo outside North Shields Reporting Centre. There were also demos outside reporting centres in Leeds, London and Manchester.
No to Deportation! No to detention!
Noise Demonstration in Support of Asylum Seekers 22nd June
Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR) organised a demo outside North Shields Reporting Centre. There were also demos outside reporting centres in Leeds, London and Manchester. No to Deportation! No to detention!
21-06-2006 19:03
The Scottish Socialist Party United Left
The Scottish Socialist Party United Left (or SSP United Left for short) is a new grouping in the Scottish Socialist Party. An appeal to launch this grouping took place on 13 June 2006.
21-06-2006 07:06
Pacfica Radio's Flashpoints' Dennis Bertsein interviews Kim Scipes, an assistant professor in Sociology at a branch of Purdue University and Jeb Sprague, Freelance journalist, graduate student, and Special Correspondent for Flashpoints.
Haiti and Venezuela: Reverse Solidarity of International Labor Organizations
Pacfica Radio's Flashpoints' Dennis Bertsein interviews Kim Scipes, an assistant professor in Sociology at a branch of Purdue University and Jeb Sprague, Freelance journalist, graduate student, and Special Correspondent for Flashpoints.
17-06-2006 16:49
Sea Action and Helensburgh CND protested at the Faslane Fair at Helensburgh, near Faslane.
Every year the MoD take over the car park at Helensburgh with a celebration of the war machine and the culture of war.
Sea-action at Faslane Fair
Sea Action and Helensburgh CND protested at the Faslane Fair at Helensburgh, near Faslane. Every year the MoD take over the car park at Helensburgh with a celebration of the war machine and the culture of war.
16-06-2006 11:38
While there was immediate criticism from many NGOs after the final G8 2005 communique, the situation now, just a few weeks before the St Petersburg G8 Summit in Russia, is just as depressing.
Some movement yes, but nothing like what's needed.
As to climate change and energy, well, there's plenty of reasons to be protesting against the G8.
G8 2005 - One Year On and We Are Failing the World - Reports
Some recent articles and reports one year on from the Gleneagles G8 (from NEF, Oxfam, WDM etc)....While there was immediate criticism from many NGOs after the final G8 2005 communique, the situation now, just a few weeks before the St Petersburg G8 Summit in Russia, is just as depressing.
Some movement yes, but nothing like what's needed.
As to climate change and energy, well, there's plenty of reasons to be protesting against the G8.
15-06-2006 00:40
Perrier Comedy Award ends as Nestle bows to boycott pressure
A boycott of the Nestlé Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe was launched in 2001. Today Nestlé announced it was no longer sponsoring the Award and the organiser announced a new sponsor. The demonstration outside the event was part of the protest calendar, but good riddance to Nestlé.
10-06-2006 10:24
Sheriff McColl stated that she believed the two policemen were credible witnesses – although no-one could explain why not one frame of film shot by the countless police and media cameras present in that confined space had captured the accused charging the police lines, as described by Merseyside PCs Grant and Keith.
Interestingly, the reason for the police tactics of mass detention on that day was openly stated – both police witnesses said that the police had decided to cordon and detain the crowd of 200 plus demonstrators NOT because of anything the demonstrators had done, or were doing – but purely to stop them joining up with other groups of demonstrators in the city centre.
Guilty verdict in G8 Carnival Case
A G8 demonstrator was found guilty of Breach of the Peace and fined £300 at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on 8th June – despite numerous mistakes, contradictions and omissions in the identification evidence by the police witnesses. The demonstrator had been arrested after being penned into Canning Street for around six hours during the Carnival for Full Enjoyment.Sheriff McColl stated that she believed the two policemen were credible witnesses – although no-one could explain why not one frame of film shot by the countless police and media cameras present in that confined space had captured the accused charging the police lines, as described by Merseyside PCs Grant and Keith.
Interestingly, the reason for the police tactics of mass detention on that day was openly stated – both police witnesses said that the police had decided to cordon and detain the crowd of 200 plus demonstrators NOT because of anything the demonstrators had done, or were doing – but purely to stop them joining up with other groups of demonstrators in the city centre.
10-06-2006 01:22
In a gathering of around 100 leaders from labor, peasant, urban poor, women and youth groups, the umbrella coalition Laban ng Masa is bracing for bigger fights in its bid to oust the Arroyo regime and initiate reforms under a transitional revolutionary government.
Philippines: Anti-Arroyo Groups Brace for Bigger Fights Ahead
In a gathering of around 100 leaders from labor, peasant, urban poor, women and youth groups, the umbrella coalition Laban ng Masa is bracing for bigger fights in its bid to oust the Arroyo regime and initiate reforms under a transitional revolutionary government.
09-06-2006 17:02
Edinburgh Stop the War announce a public meeting in Edinburgh on Saturday June 17th. The venue is the Augustine Church on George 4th Bridge (near the Central Library). The `HANDS OFF IRAN` event starts at 2.00pm.
PUBLIC MEETING IN EDINBURGH on IRAN Sat June 17th
Edinburgh Stop the War announce a public meeting in Edinburgh on Saturday June 17th. The venue is the Augustine Church on George 4th Bridge (near the Central Library). The `HANDS OFF IRAN` event starts at 2.00pm.
09-06-2006 08:11
Blair's Quick-Fix Nuclear mistake
Mr Blair is finally starting to realise and admit that Global Warming is rapidly damaging our environment; some scientists have startling estimations on how quickly the polar ice caps could disappear if the right things aren’t done. Fast. I have spent a lot of time researching the possible problems and benefits of nuclear and renewable energy. This article will shoot Mr Blair’s reasoning down in wood-burning flames, and expose it to be (self-confessed) foolishness.
09-06-2006 06:02
Lie Down Against Slavery
Share your food and ideas
pointless picnics
Autonomous Local Picnics Every SundayLie Down Against Slavery
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08-06-2006 18:04
Home Office thug Reid strikes again! - Support urgently needed!
A 23-year-old man of Thai ethnicity was seized in a dawn raid on his flat in Lerwick, Shetland on Tuesday. The Home Office want to deport him to Thailand - where he has no family, can't speak the language, and faces imprisonment or conscription on arrival.
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04-06-2006 19:36
Kidnapped by head hunters a group of Uighurs was released from Guantanamo Bay by
Kidnapped by head hunters a group of Uighurs was released from Guantanamo Bay by the U.S. military last month after five years in detention, only to face new terrorist charges, this time by China……
31-05-2006 03:05
Asylum seekers stage successful Glasgow protest
Over 100 asylum seekers and their supporters gathered on saturday 27th of May in the city centre of Glasgow to highlight the ongoing racist attacks which are being carried out by the Labour government, demanding the right to work and an immediate end to dawn raids.Full Story | 1 addition | 1 comment >>
31-05-2006 00:29
Faslane Peace Camp Birthday!
Faslane Peace Camp is turning 24! Come the 12th of June, the Peace Camp will of permanently occupied a strip of land outside Faslane Nuclear Weapons base since 1982, making it the oldest peace camp in the UK.
28-05-2006 00:35
Statement from Alan McCombes, jailed policy co-ordinator of the SSP
Alan McCombes, yesterday jailed for refusing to hand over confidential internal minutes of the Scottish Socialist Party has released the following statement.
25-05-2006 14:27
In Korea, there will be demonstrations held in solidarity with the villagers of Daechuri and Doduri, who are being evicted to make way for the expansion of US military base, Camp Humphreys.
June 4th, 2006 International Day of Solidarity with the Daechuri Villagers
Sunday, June 4th, 2006In Korea, there will be demonstrations held in solidarity with the villagers of Daechuri and Doduri, who are being evicted to make way for the expansion of US military base, Camp Humphreys.
