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I am a Tabloid Police Moralist

13-03-2001 14:33

The Saatchi gallery is so far refusing to comply with police 'requests' to censor the content of its current exhibition.

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Government Euro Site Hacked

13-03-2001 11:11

 http://www.euro.gov.uk/ government site for the european single currency still down tuesday morning after hacking on sunday by 'Prime Suspectz'

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Serious Questions of State Censorship

12-03-2001 15:55

North London. An art gallery has become the unlikely center of the fight against censorship.

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Amnesty Report Condemns Czech Police Brutality

12-03-2001 12:33

CZECH REPUBLIC: Police brutality should be firmly addressed

"We are concerned that the Czech police appear to have violated the rights of hundreds of people who were detained following protests organized to coincide with the annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Prague in September 2000", said Amnesty International in a report published today. This report is based on extensive information, including over 60 complaints of people who had been detained in Prague at the time.

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DON'T LET STARBUCKS OFF THE HOOK IN THE UK!

12-03-2001 07:22

Help the Organic Consumers Association shut down GMO sales in the US and promote fare trade coffee world wide.

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Protestor explains 'Why Nike?' Pt II

11-03-2001 21:15

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Anti-sweatshop campaigners marched into Nike's central London Flagship Niketown store today in a move to highlight the abuses of workers in the majority world and show support for the Mexico-based Zapatista movement.

Text report at:  http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=2217

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Protestor explains 'Why Nike?' Pt I

11-03-2001 21:12

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Anti-sweatshop campaigners marched into Nike's central London Flagship Niketown store today in a move to highlight the abuses of workers in the majority world and show support for the Mexico-based Zapatista movement.

Text report at:  http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=2217

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Zapatista Solidarity - inside Nike film clip 2

11-03-2001 21:08

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Anti-sweatshop campaigners marched into Nike's central London Flagship Niketown store today in a move to highlight the abuses of workers in the majority world and show support for the Mexico-based Zapatista movement.

Text report at:  http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=2217

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Zapatista Solidarity - inside Nike film clip 1

11-03-2001 21:03

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Anti-sweatshop campaigners marched into Nike's central London Flagship Niketown store today in a move to highlight the abuses of workers in the majority world and show support for the Mexico-based Zapatista movement.

Text report at:  http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=2217

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Zapatista Solidarity - Niketown photo montage

11-03-2001 20:50

Zapatista Solidarity - Niketown photo montage
Anti-sweatshop campaigners marched into Nike's central London Flagship Niketown store today in a move to highlight the abuses of workers in the majority world and show support for the Mexico-based Zapatista movement.
(some of the pics show security guards and suspected undercover police aggresivly trying to push out the protestors - but failing)
Text report at :  http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=2217

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Zapatista Solidarity - Protestors storm 'Niketown'

11-03-2001 20:43

Zapatista Solidarity - Protestors storm 'Niketown'
Anti-sweatshop campaigners marched into Nike's central London Flagship Niketown store today in a move to highlight the abuses of workers in the majority world and show support for the Mexico-based Zapatista movement.

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Zapatista Solidarity at Mexican Embassy

11-03-2001 20:26

Zapatista Solidarity at Mexican Embassy
A protest in London to support the zapatista's arrival in mexico city, saw a gathering of around 30 people outside the mexican embassy.

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Milestone Reached In Musical Battle For Mumia As New Single Passes 500 Downloads

11-03-2001 16:22

More than 500 people have downloaded "Freedom of Speech," the new hip hop single by Buddha Mind, released on Groove Embassy Records (www.grooveembassy.com). The single, inspired by the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, is out on CD for US$5 and in MP3 format for free. All proceeds from sales of the CD single will go to the ICFFMAJ's organizing fund for Mumia.

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CHILE. MILITARY REVENGE

11-03-2001 02:52

The Chilean citizens (women and men) are being persecuted and being tortured by the Armed Forces and police officers of Chile. These aberrations, that began in 1973, continue today, March of 2001. In Chile, the Armed
Forces and police officers today have the same conformation and the same personnel who during the dictatorship of Pinochet. The case of Isabel Pavez Guzmán is clear and forceful. We requested the diffusion of this article. In order to facilitate this, we sent the English, Spanish and Italian text in.

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The Mood is about to Change

10-03-2001 11:17

World Wrestling Federation is de-sensitizing our children to gratuitous, sexist violence.

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Vatican Bank Sued For Alleged War Crimes

10-03-2001 08:37

In apparently the first legal action of its kind, the Vatican Bank has been sued by
World War Two victims and their heirs and beneficiaries.

Brought as a class action in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, the
initial plaintiffs are Ukranians and ex-Soviet citizens but the affected class
includes Serbians, Roma, anti-Fascist Croatians, and Jews.

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pic - Hackney town hall rocks to the sound of drums

09-03-2001 18:20

pic - Hackney town hall rocks to the sound of drums
On the 7th March, during another Hackney strike back demo, Hackney town hall saw a powerful resonance, reverberating through their walls - not the pathetic wimpers of those responsible for the huge incompetant management of the borough - but the sound of a 50 strong band and accompniment rocking those tired walls.

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International Womens Day - Philippines

09-03-2001 16:51

International Womens Day - Philippines
Mandaluyong, Philippines. 08/03/01
Female death row convict Evangeline Padayhag (left) and other inmates demand an audience with the president as part of International Women's day

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International Womens Day - Moscow

09-03-2001 16:41

International Womens Day - Moscow
Moscow, russia. 08/03/01
Moscovite women brave the icy water, to demonstrate in celebration of International Womens day.
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