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UK activist faces 12 year sentence after RNC protests

09-09-2008 20:55

Front of flier
Dave Mahoney was cycling to the grocery store with his girlfriend in Minneapolis on September 4th 2008, when an un-marked van pulled up, and two men wearing FBI shirts inexplicably bundled him into the back, and drove off.

Dave was part of the protesters assembled at the Republican National Convention in the City that week, and was there to peacefully remind America and the rest of the world of some of the atrocities, and in-justices millions of people endure everyday across the globe - many of which link directly to the actions & policy of the Republican party.

Instead, Dave's become one of the victims... facing trumped up charges of Assault, and Conspiracy to Riot with a Furtherance of Terrorism; if convicted he could get up to 12 years in jail AND a $24,000 dollar fine...

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Urgent: Solitaire Ship Arrived: Hunger Strike Begins

09-09-2008 20:39

The world's biggest pipe-laying ship, the Solitaire, has just arrived in Broadhaven Bay, Mayo. Security has significantly increased with vanloads of police; including special public order units.

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The Solitaire arrives in Broadhaven Bay

09-09-2008 20:17

The Solitaire
The world's largest pipe-laying vessel, The Solitaire, arrived off the coast of Mayo, Ireland, this evening. The Solitaire is installing the offshore section of the Corrib Gas pipeline for Shell. The ship is supported by a number of Shell support craft, the Irish Police Water Unit and part of the Irish Navy.Stiff opposition is expected, with a local school teacher already on hunger strike. Hundreds of police officers are in the area, and the main road to the beach has been closed.

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Man dies following raid by police and immigration

09-09-2008 19:31

An investigation is underway as to how a man died following a raid by police and immigration officers at his home in Woodford Green, Essex on Tuesday 2nd September.

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Palestine Today 090908

09-09-2008 16:18

Audio
Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Tuesday, September 09, 2008.

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Labour to introduce work for benefits programme

09-09-2008 14:33

The Labour government in Britain has escalated its attack on the unemployed, the disabled and other vulnerable people with an announcement in a green paper to introduce a work for benefits scheme.

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Antifa Newsletter - Issue 2 - Out Now

09-09-2008 13:58

Issue 2 of the Antifa England newsletter 'No Pasaran!' is now out.

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US Election Campaign: National Security and Permanent Wars. Vying to Be Toughest

09-09-2008 13:47

Ignoring public sentiment, both party nominees stress "national security" and face off on who's toughest on "terrorism." For 2009, expect more of the same. A continued right wing agenda. Bigger budgets for militarism. Police state repression for enforcement. Little attention to public needs. No end to wars and occupation. Possible new ones against Iran, Pakistan, elsewhere in Eurasia, and a resurgent confrontation with Russia.

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possible squat in oxford

09-09-2008 12:37

empty building in oxford

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London fare rises are a con - Mayor leaves Londoners paying for £16bn Crossrail

09-09-2008 12:04

The recent London fare rises are just the beginning of how the City will fleece ordinary Londoners to pay for a rail line that reduces congestion for fat City bankers in the City of London and Canary Wharf. The City of London Corporation, the medieval unelected body of the City wants Crossrail but wants ordinary taxpayers to pay for Crossrail. Who is behind this? None other than the dodgy British Energy Adrian Montague who is good at leaving taxpayers paying for incompetent companies for instance, he negotiated leaving taxpayers paying for the decomissioning of nucelar waste (current cost £70bn and rising) and he is behind the Government wanting more nuclear power

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Support Danish WMD Whistleblower Frank Grevil

09-09-2008 10:05

Frank Grevil - imprisoned Danish whistleblower
Frank Søholm Grevil (born in 1960) had the rank of major in Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste [FE] (Danish military intelligence agency). On February 22, 2004 he acted as a whistle blower leaking classified information about the FE's assessment of the possibility of weapons of mass destruction [WMD] in Iraq. These documents proved that Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen lied to the Danish parliament when he claimed that there was evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

Frank Grevil was sentenced to four months in jail for leaking these documents.

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Thurs @ Ministry of Justice

09-09-2008 07:36

Demonstrate for Civil Rights
Thursday 11th September
4pm-7pm at the Ministry of Justice
SW1H 9AJ

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Please help Ibrahim Mutahar Alkhader and his children

09-09-2008 06:28

Ibrahim with four of his children
Ibrahim and four of his children are currently detained in Dungavel IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Wednesday 10th September on British Airways flight BA1493 from Glasgow at 17.10hrs to London Heathrow Airport and then on Yemen Airways flight IY743 at 21:00hrs to Sana'a Airport, Yemen.

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Wikipedia Weekend - Mass Editing

09-09-2008 00:25

For an open Source for sharing information Wikipedia always tends to Miss the real truths

However this will change

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Bobby Robert's Circus Demo Wrexham

08-09-2008 22:13

No let up for this sad circus!

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September 20th: National Demo at Wickham Labs

08-09-2008 20:08

Thanks and well done to those who travelled on the bus to Ledbury in Herefordshire on Saturday for the inspiring demo at Sequani animal labs, let's make sure we keep up the momentum at Wickham...

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Pay strikes brewing in education and construction

08-09-2008 19:38

The past few days have seen teachers set to vote again on strike action in an ongoing dispute over a sub-inflation pay offer while thousands of carpenters, bricklayers, painters, joiners and labourers employed by local authorities voted in favour of industrial action for the same reason.

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Free London Listings - new web resource launched

08-09-2008 18:10

Free London Listings is a new website designed to provide the most comprehensive guide to free events on the web.

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The Lies and Crimes of 911: A Canadian View of the War on Terror's Origins

08-09-2008 17:49

During this, the season of the seventh anniversary of 911, we must continue to increase the effectiveness of our transnational peace lobby aimed at extending the Nuremberg process towards an international investigation into the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the name of the War on Terror.
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