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Sign the online petition to defend democratic rights and the right to collect
Four activists are due in court on 11th March 2008 charged with collecting donations without a licence at an anti-deportation street meeting on 7th May. Please sign the online petition which will be submitted to a full meeting of Newcastle City Council on 5th May 2008. To sign the petition visit:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/87/petition-to-defend-democratic-rights-and-the-right-to-collect-donations-for-grassroots-campaigns
On the Right to Demonstrate.
A look at our right to demonstrate, the importance of dissenting voices and the cornered animal of the government attacks.Japanese Government to Keep ‘Hooligans’ Away from Summit
An article reposted from the mainstream media about immigration regulation for G8 in Japan 2008Sir Ian's head on a SOCPA platter please
Bollocks 2 Blair still means something, I do believe.Urgent solidarity needed with 4F anarchist prisoners in Barcelona
Barcelona 4F prisoners 7-11 Jan trial & ResistanceSolidarity with Imprisoned Berlin Anti-Fascist Andrea!
On the 1.12.07 the Berlin anti-fascist Andrea has been arrested by plainclothes cops of LKA's political branch.Scottish human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar prosecuted
Scottish lawyer Aamer Anwar is due to appear before the High Court in Edinburgh in January 2008 on charges of contempt of court, relating to statements he made following the conviction of his client on terrorism charges in September.Full Story | 3 additions | 4 comments >>
Aggressions Against the Zapatistas of Bolom Ajaw
The Other Campaign Mobilizes in Response to Aggressions Against the Zapatistas ofBolom Ajaw
Authorities, Working Through an Alleged Paramilitary Group, Plan to "Relocate" the
Inhabitants; Civil Groups Called to Boycott Tourism of the Agua Azul Falls
Police do their best to contain NATO chaos; succeed (just)
Police let show their lack of a plan for today's NATO summit on the outskirts of Edinburgh, not knowing quite what to do with activists found well inside their supposedly secure area.Quick report of short, small and sociable anti NATO protest:
Guantánamo Britons To Be Released: A Mixed Result
Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison, explains why news that four British residents are to be released from Guantánamo provides grounds for cautious celebration, but also points out that two British residents will not be coming home.Police taser diabetic in a fit,when they should be arresting terror oil corprats
police are increasingly using a growing arsenal of "safe weapons"that kill from tasers to toys & state terror.We are being daily fed a diet of bullshit by the corporate state, so it comes as no suprise, 2 paranoid android officers twice tasered a diabetic on a empty bus despite being ordered not to if he did not respond
Dont the officers in this case need publicly reprimanding at the least.
If the authorities dont do it themselves the communities they police may feel forced to.
But shouldnt we all be reprimanding people like the Bush Family & other corporate oligarchs whoes powerhungry cultivation of terrorist groups & regimes has led to this situation & get true democracy
Failing Senior Care System Burdening Families
The war is still the number one issue in the U.S. 2008 Elections, but even as we work to bring this war to an end, it is essential that the country look at real solutions rather than illusory for-profit “solutions” to our basic problems: the crisis facing an aging working class, poverty, homelessness, the cost of living, low wages, inflation, the recession, and many other issues on the American agenda of things-to-do.Remember Genoa (Guardian artilce today)
The following article was posted on The Guardian's 'Comment is Free' site.See:
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/ben_trott_/2007/11/remember_genoa.html
Uk activist update from USA/Mexico No Borders camp
2 people released from custody.1 person remains in custody.
Facing life in prison or deportation to Colombia, was also denied medication in solitary confiment.
Edinburgh: Contempt of Court charges against lefty lawyer in Terrorism case
As informed by grassroot group Scotland Against Criminalising Communities, our lefty lawyer Aamer Anwar is likely to face contempt of court charges for disagreeing with the judge in the Siddique "terrorism" case.At Edinburgh High Court - 23rd of October, Lord Carloway sentenced Mohammed Atif Siddique - convicted last month of "terrorism" offences - to a total of 8 years in jail.
The main point of controversy seem to be the different opinions in if the defendant actually did anything illegal.
New Video Documents Looting in Nahr al-Bared Camp
In May 2007 Nahr al Bared Refugee Camp, home to over 40,000 Palestinian refugees, became the site of a 4-month battle between the Lebanese Army and extremist group Fatah al-Islam.Nahr al-Bared Camp (Lebanon): 2 Short Films
The anarchist video collective "a-films" announces the release of two short films dealing with the situation of the Palestinian refugees who where forced out of the meanwhile totally destroyed Nahr al-Bared Refugee Camp in North Lebanon. After the fighting between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam fighters had ended, the refugees still weren't allowed to return to the ruins of the camp, while the Lebanese army as well as civilians looted what was left of Nahr al-Bared.Phill and Cat from Glasgow Unity in the dock!
Their trial starts in Glasgow Sheriff Court on Wednesday 24th October.Cat and Phill are asking for as many people as possible to come along
to show their support.
