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Sicko Tory MP in Nazi stunt

12-12-2011 00:00

David Cameron and Aidan Burley
David Cameron's friend Tory MP Aidan Burley says he's the "candidate for Berlin East" and high-fives David Cameron while his brother and friends dress in SS uniforms and chant Nazi slogans.

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Resist Plainclothes Cops

11-12-2011 22:25

More plainclothes cops were spotted during the public sector protests on November 30th.

The ones pictured here were all identified during the kettle in Panton Street, and all admitted to being cops when challenged.

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Cardiff events for Bradley Manning: Sat 17 Dec

11-12-2011 22:13

Saturday 17 December is an international day of action for accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower Bradley Manning on his 24th birthday. Bradley Manning's pre-trial hearing begins at Fort Meade, Maryland, USA on Friday 16 December and is expected to last most of the following week. Manning has Welsh family connections and we'll be marking the day in Cardiff. All welcome.

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Read This!

11-12-2011 21:45

Read this you are lucky to, Haven Distribution helps those whom aren't so fortunate.Those behind bars AR/Eco Activists included.

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2 Films of Bristol Strikes Share wide and far

11-12-2011 10:55

2 new films about the Bristol Strikes from Bristol IWW, please watch and share widely to fight the cuts.

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Redwatch spy changed name

11-12-2011 01:06

The redwatch spy account on facebook 'Rebecca Johnson' is now called 'Tim Anderson'.

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remarkable media silence on congo protests

11-12-2011 00:55

this evening there was a massive police operation in central london to control a passionate but mainly peaceful protest by up to 1000 congolese people which began in whitehall, spreading to trafalgar square, and with further breakaway groups marching through the west end. mainstream coverage has been minimal.

today's protest follows two others this week, with serious clashes between police and hundreds of protestors outside downing street on tuesday, and on thursday evening oxford circus was closed down for a while, and police arranged for an empty train to ferry protestors to seven sisters station for dispersal in tottenham.

but you'd be hard-pressed to find much about these events on bbc or other mainstream media other than a brief report of 143 arrests this evening, with no explanation of the issues other than it being 'a demonstration over election results'.

well, according to the very passionate voices on the streets tonight, the issue is years of mass rape, genocide, and repression (with UN estimates of more than 5 million, nearly a tenth of the population, murdered in the past decade) and the western states' support for an illegitimate leader after rigged elections.

the protestors believe that joseph kabila, who this week was announced as clear leader in the first democratic elections in the country in 40 years, is a corrupt rwandan military man with a deadly army unit of 7000 soldiers who is supported by western interests. they believe that etienne tshisekedi has a much larger popular vote, with estimates of support above 50%.

it is not hard to see why the west would meddle in the affairs of this huge country. it has vast mineral wealth, being the main world source of 'coltan' used widely in mobile phones, as well as cobalt, copper, uranium, gold, diamonds, tin, and zinc. as is often the case in africa, despite these huge resources, the standard of living of ordinary people in this rich country has been spiralling downwards for years.

the congolese protestors see cameron, sarkozy, and obama as the three biggest hypocrites, looters, and supporters of the illegitimate regime responsible for the human rights abuses in their country. with the first results of the election coming out, they see western support as a key ingredient in the rigged vote.

on tuesday a few hundred congo supporters blocked whitehall outside downing street, and as police TSG cleared the road, one protestor was violently head-butted and received a broken nose (fortunately caught on video by activists and soon to emerge).

today, up to a thousand protested again in whitehall, and the road was blocked for hours with a huge police containment operation failing to get to grips with the protest, and breakway groups forming further road blocks around trafalgar square and other parts of london.

as i arrived at around 7 this evening, a group of a couple of hundred were sitting in the road at the south side of trafalgar square at the top of whitehall. with huge numbers of police engaged in containing the main crowd in whitehall, the road blockade lasted for up to an hour, and during that time, at least a hundred more actually broke through the police line in whitehall and joined them.

for the most part, the protestors were very passionate and committed but peaceful.

as hundreds of riot police flooded the area, an operation began to push protestors into trafalgar square and off any roads. more sit-downs occurred and police became violent in removing them.

one particular officer, JI44, seemed to take great delight in continuously assaulting people, including passers-by, and particularly worryingly, women.

eventually, this large group of protestors was pushed into trafalgar square, but as more riot police entered the square from the north, several hundred protestors made a break up the steps and marched along charing cross road. catching the police out completely and avoiding being kettled, they set off on a boisterous walkabout down shaftesbury avenue, and along piccadilly.

overstretched police became involved in occasional scuffles with protestors and there were several violent arrests.

numbers dwindled gradually, and i headed back to trafalgar square to see what was happening, but there were few protestors left there, just vast swathes of police lines.

i heard later that there were more than a hundred arrests around pall mall, apprently for "affray", which seems most unlikely based on what i'd witnessed so far.

of course, among the boisterous crowd, there were some youths who took things too far, and i heard reports of photographers being attacked, and passers-by being harrassed. perhaps i was lucky, but my own expereicne of the people i met was that they were desperate to be heard, were passionate, loud, and boisterous, but completely peaceful and frightened for their compatriots.

they kept asking why the bbc wasn't covering what was happening in the democratic republic of congo and were desperate for their voices and for the plight of their people to be heard.

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Audio: YT and Babar Luck Play @OccupySheffield

11-12-2011 00:54

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YT and Babar Luck played a great set each at Occupy Sheffield on 10th December 2011.

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Cruelty-Free Xmas Fair in Birmingham, Sat 17 Dec

10-12-2011 23:51

There's just one week to go until our fantastic Cruelty-Free Christmas Fair in Kings Heath, Birmingham! Please read on for details or see our website  http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk/events/kingsheath11.html

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The US Air Force’s New Mind Control Wing

10-12-2011 23:47

USAF "Human Effectiveness Directorate" logo
The use of RF Directed Energy Weapons is roughly similar to other ‘electroshock’ weapons. Just as the cattle prod-like ‘taser’ has been widely adopted in American law enforcement to temporarily disable (or permanently kill) those targeted, pulsed microwave directed energy weapons have been covertly adopted by the US military for remote incapacitation of human targets, such as political dissidents. More properly classified as weapons of electronic warfare--a type of information war--RFDEW are used for the “jamming” of “enemy information systems,” which also happen to be human brains.

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A chance to talk to the MOD about submarines

10-12-2011 22:55

The MOD are in Scotland to consult the public on proposals for dismantling old nuclear submarines.

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Why Tanya and @OccupyLSX need to cut ties with Oasis.

10-12-2011 17:25

Audio v @HarpyMarx
I think that what a lot of the discussions that Occupy have brought up is the fact the dots are not necessarily being joined. There was a big banner outside Occupy London and it said “Capitalism is Crisis” and essentially I think that when I first started Occupy I didn’t look at it as, I looked at it as “Capitalism is IN Crisis” and the more I’ve learnt on this journey of being with Occupy, and the more research I’ve done, and the more I’ve talked to people, and discovered and read about what is going on with our economy, with the global economy, with the financial crisis, with the political instability in Europe, I mean, effectively there isn’t a day when you can’t open the paper and find something that really does directly link to capitalism being completely and utterly in crisis. One of the things that capitalism can’t do, is it can’t add value to our lives. You can’t buy your childrens joy. You can’t buy anything that gives you quality in life. And the idea that capitalism can just continue and continue and continue is just to simply, it is utterly the most unsustainable system that could ever have been created, because it relies on continual growth.

Tanya Paton – InterFaith coordinator at #OccupyLSX speaking at Ethical Capitalism? debate jointly organised by #OccupyLSX and Oasis.

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Occupy London stock exchange camp coming under increasing night time attack

10-12-2011 16:44

There has been a big increase in the number of late night attacks by drunken bankers on the occupy London stock exchange camp outside St Paul's Cathedral. Most of these attacks occur between 1am and 3am in the morning at weekends when local late night bars close.

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Free Mumia Abu Jamal protest at US Embassy

10-12-2011 14:55

Report on the the Free Munia Abu Jamal protest in London on 9th December 2011

Report on The Free Mumia Abu Jamal Protest in London on 9th December 2011. Free Mumia Now !

Action called by Free Mumia Abu Jamal Defense Campaign UK: Sixty people protested outside the US Embassy 5- 7 pm, to demand the immediate and unconditional release on Mumia Abu Jamal. 

A sizeable number of the protesters marched from Speakers Corner, along Oxford Street calling for freedom for Mumia and for all political prisoners, before joining others at the US Embassy, Grosvenor Square. 

Initiallly we shared the space immediately outside the Embassy with other activists who were calling for action to tackle climate change. 

Speakers from the Irish Political Prisoners, FRFI, Pan African, UHURU, and others brought support from their organisations. Linn Washington from Philadelphia campaign joined us. 

The campaign is delighted with the news that the state will not be seeking to reimpose the death penalty. But a message from MOVE reminded us this does not mean they do not want Mumia dead. The Police Federation and other reactionary forces are already threatening his rights and his safety in prison. Russia Today TV was there to record the protest and interview participants about why Mumia's case is important and why we believe he must be released immediately. 

Members of the campaign then went on to a public meeting in support of Mumia held at Metrolpolitan University where comrade Togogara was speaking on behalf of the campai

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Stoke EDL mosque arsonists get 10 years

10-12-2011 13:36

Two men have been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of setting fire to a mosque in Stoke-on-Trent.

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Russian anarchists torch police car and call for uprising

10-12-2011 10:26

RUSSIAN anarchists have torched a police car and called for a radical uprising against the regime.

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Fr. Martin Newell Catholic Worker Imprisoned for Anti-War Action at Northwood HQ

10-12-2011 09:32

Fr. Martin Newell of the London Catholic Worker community was sentenced to 24 days imprisonment Friday Dec 9th 2011 at Highbury Magistrates Court. Martin was brought before the court for refusing to pay a fine arising from cutting into the Northwood Headquarters/ London.

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Vendetta’ case against anti-abuse campaigner

09-12-2011 22:55

Friday, December 09, 2011Ex Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini to be called as witness in TWO YEAR, £1/2 MILLION Crown Office ‘Vendetta’ case against anti-abuse campaigner

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Greece - Athens: clashes during December 6th demo - photos from night

09-12-2011 20:12

Greece - Athens: clashes during December 6th demo - photos from night
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