Chavez suspects CIA role in Iran
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused the CIA of being behind anti-government protests rocking Iran, and repeated his support for Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[Full Story | 16 comments ]
Reverend Billy and Starbucks
Banned from every Starbucks in America we are coming to spread our gospel of sustainable consumption, strong local economies and access to public space and free speech.[Full Story ]
Buck Off out of Brighton
A short documentary following activists as they protest against the controversial opening of a Starbucks in St James Street, Brighton.[Full Story ]
Parliament Protest — Jam Cam shut
Tamils on the streets again to protest the carnage of Sat night.Clearly it is the media blackout and spin that is deviating these ordinary peace loving people to take to the streets.
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Film Night in Southampton 10/05/09
Subvert The City Arts Collective presents an evening of independent film from 7pm in Southampton.[Full Story ]
Time's Up! Read it now for free.
There is a book I would like you all to read, and you don't have to pay a single penny for it, if you don't want to; but it could change the way you see the world and live your life, entirely. [Full Story | 2 additions | 2 comments ]
Paulo Coelho t-shirts from Mango
Brazilian writer Paul Coelho in partnership with Spanish fashion chain Mango has launched a range of t-shirts bearing quotes from the author, monies raised will go to fund the Paulo Coelho Institute. The ultimate chic, a t-shirt bearing words of wisdom from a critic of the fashion industry?
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The Winner Stands Alone by Paulo Coelho
The Winner Stands Alone, the latest novel by Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho, is a savage indictment of the shallow world of consumerism and fashion and what it is doing to our souls.[Full Story | 2 comments ]
Ewa Jasiewicz from Free Gaza Movement speaking in Brighton, 28th April
EWA Jasiewicz has been on the ground in Gaza since November, having arrived on the siege breaking Free Gaza boat. She has been working on ambulances and reporting the reality of lives under siege and under military assault.
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01.04.09 - G20 demonstrations, Bank of England
Images from the 1st April demonstrations outside the Bank of England, which coincided with the arrival of world leaders for the 'G20' summit in London. Includes images of RBS being broken into, police battling protesters, protesters climbing buildings and lamp-posts to escape the police, etc.
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You don’t want to pay for the crisis of capital? Then just don’t do it.
A critique of the calls for demonstrations against the G20 in Berlin, Frankfurt and London under the slogan “We won't pay for your crisis! – For a solidarity society”[Full Story | 1 comment ]
G20 Map - Squaring Up to the Square Mile - Easily printable versions
Get your maps here! Get your maps here! - Map of the Square Mile
Technological gremlins and exhaustion have been banished and more easily printable versions of the maps of the Square Mile and the ExCeL Centre have now been sorted. A3 is the best size for the Square Mile map, so for those without A3 printers, there are two A4 versions you can print out and stick together with old-fashioned sticky tape. The map is downloadable as a JPEG or PDF in A4, A3 and split A3 versions, in black and white or colour.
Here's the full map: Version for printing to A3 - JPG | Version for printing to A3 - PDF | Version for printing to A4 - JPG | Version for printing to A4 - PDF
However, it's best to print an A3 map on two A4 sheets and tape them together:
Here's the two parts in colour: Part One Colour PDF | Part One Colour JPG | Part Two Colour PDF | Part Two Colour JPG
And here they are in greyscale: Part One Greyscale PDF | Part One Greyscale JPG | Part Two Greyscale PDF| Part Two Greyscale JPG
And here's the map of the ExCeL centre: Excel Map PDF | Excel Map JPG
Finally, here's a Button/Banner to embed and link to the map.
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"Top secret" G20 venue revealed
G20 Finance ministers are to hold pre-summit talks in southern England next weekend, Saturday March 14, ahead of the main event on April 2-3.[Full Story | 3 comments ]
Independent Film Night in Southampton 01/03/09
Subvert The City Arts Collective presents their 2nd evening of independent films at The Hobbit pub in Southampton[Full Story ]
Is it G20 or G22?
This is a real puzzle. Gordon Brown has just sent out his invite list for the G20, which, once Britain is included, runs to 22 countries. I think it is because Spain and the Netherlands have been invited this time. Even so, you have to wonder why it is still called the G20. So far the UK bumpf has promoted it as the “London Summit”, which may be a cover for the arithmetic issues. It would be easy enough to rename it the G22 — after all we there have been G22 and even G33 meetings in the past. But G22 does sound a bit like a fighter plane. And if you put G22 into google, it comes up with this rather scary looking gun. Probably best to leave things as they are. Long live the 22 members of the G20.[Full Story ]
Obama’s Trilateral Commission Connections,
The pre-election attention is reminiscent of Brzezinski’s tutoring of Jimmy Carter prior to Carter’s landslide election in 1976. For anyone who doubts the Commission’s continuing influence on Obama, consider that he has already appointed no less than eleven members of the Commission to top-level and key positions in his Administration.[Full Story | 1 comment ]
New World Order - Told u so!
TIME Mag does an article called, “New World Order.” It Calls for Global Central Bank to be Constructed to “Save” the Global Economy, Backed by G-20. Didn’t We All Call This Out When We Were Telling You They Were Crashing The Economy On Purpose to Bring About the NWO?February 7th, 2009 by Jonathan
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Nitin Parshotam promotes ARK at Wembley, Brent
The Greater London Authority (GLA) have recently produced a damning document critising the plans for ARK to build on the Wembley Park Sports Ground at Brent. However, some at Brent Council are still determined to drive this forward, in the face of enormous public opposition. The following demonstrates Nitin Partosham's role in this and his association with Shishukunj charity, with a logo 'Baal Devo Bhava'; 'Honour Baal as God'.[Full Story ]
What does Krill Fishing and Sandalwood Harvesting Have in Common?
At first glance, there is no way Krill and Sandalwood could have anything in common: one is a sea animal and the other is a land plant. If you examine the plight of both species of biodiversity, then there are some similarities.[Full Story | 1 comment ]
Off Balance Among the Hungry in Haiti
This morning one of my favorite blogs made me stop and think. I like “No Impact Man” for a lot of reasons, and it’s the only blog that I get delivered to my email. The author is a father in New York City, and he is taking part in a great experiment to prove that anyone anywhere can reduce his or her impact on the environment. Today he suggested that “it might be fun if we all--the entire community on this blog--weighed in and told each other something they've seen or an experience they've had or someone they love that makes them feel like they don't want to change a thing.”[Full Story ]