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RMT Underground maintenance strike paralyses London.

06-09-2007 14:24

On strike for jobs and pensions....
These days it seems that every five minutes the government are reminding us about the importance of our pension. It is given far more coverage than most things. As issues go it seems to be on the agenda every other day with some ‘expert’ warning us to invest in some private pension scheme or else.

So it is the height of hypocrisy for Gordon Brown to be describing the RMT Metronet strikers as “wholly irresponsible” when they are in fact on strike to protect their pensions!? Mr Blair (oops I mean Brown) goes on to call their action “totally unnecessary” when all they are doing is following government advice. And that, by the way, is the same government who introduced the ‘Public Private Partnership’ (PPP) to the Underground to begin with. Which resulted in years of total incompetence by PPP company Metronet. Which has now gone bust threatening everything from safety on the Underground, to massive job losses in the maintenance sector to the wiping out of peoples pensions.

And which chancellor introduced PPP?

Nice one Gordon……

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Video: APEC Climate Action at Loy Yang Power Station (Australia)

06-09-2007 00:47

On Monday September 3rd 2007 activists shut down down part of the Loy Yang power station in Gippsland's Latrobe Valley to coincide with APEC leaders meeting in Sydney. The protest aimed to highlight the inaction on climate change by APEC member governments. A range of cilmate actions have happened across Australia over the past several days.

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Guantánamo: UK refuses to prevent return of Ahmed Belbacha to torture in Algeria

05-09-2007 21:50

A letter from the British government explains, but does not justify the government’s refusal to prevent the return of Guantánamo detainee and British resident Ahmed Belbacha to Algeria, where he faces the risk of torture.

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Occupation creates disaster in Iraq

05-09-2007 19:48

There are more than 4 million Iraqi refugees and more than 1 million dead. Seventy percent of Iraqi children are not in school. Yet these reports and statistics do not begin to tell the story of destruction and violence caused by the U.S. occupation.

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Indigenous women murdered in Ecuador.

05-09-2007 19:35

Puyo, Ecuador

Gloria Ushigua and Rosa Gualinga, two indigenous leaders, were attacked on Sunday August 26, after months of receiving death threats for their efforts to protect the territory of the Zapara people in the Ecuadorian Amazon. They were beaten until unconscious, thrown in the trunk of a car, and later, apparently, left for dead.

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Tara Tara Tara- 'avinit new film on schmovies.

05-09-2007 17:05

A film of recent Tara activity from an activist recently returned-WATCH IT NOW.

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Oxford Lord Mayor Welcomes Peace Activist (press release)

05-09-2007 11:04

Bruce Gagnon & John Tanner
On Sunday 2nd September 2007, John Tanner, Lord Mayor of Oxford, welcomed US peace campaigner, Bruce Gagnon, to Oxford. Also a call out for a demonstration at 'RAF' Croughton, Saturday 6th October.

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Sehabden Family Need Urgent Help

05-09-2007 10:16

Currently detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre, the family are due to be forcibly removed this evening Wednesday 5th September 2007 on Sri Lankan Airlines Flight UL504 from Heathrow To Sri Lanka at 21.45hrs.

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Protest at Dawn Raid on Tyneside 05.09.07

05-09-2007 09:05

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This morning a Sri Lankan family was snatched by immigration from their home in Benwell, Newcastle. They have been active with TCAR standing up for the rights of all against the Home Office. TCAR members mobilised through the Pledge of Resistance to protest against the dawn raid, but regular cops were already on the scene and prevented other members of TCAR from even entering the street.

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Brighton Volunteers to Help Build School in Palestine

05-09-2007 08:12

Brighton Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group Press Release:

Brighton Volunteers to Help Build School in Palestine

For more info tel. 07845039980 or email  thewallmustfall@riseup.net

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Two Pensioners Spend Two Hours Inside Nuclear Weapons Storage Base

05-09-2007 06:48

Two pensioners this morning spent over two hours inside RNAD Coulport, where Britain's Trident nuclear warheads are stored. Joan Meredith, who will be 78 next week, and Irene Willis, 62, entered Coulport shortly after midnight and were only arrested at 0230 when they approached police on the main gate from the inside.

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Save Tara: Protestors Walk The Line, Direct Action Halts Construction

04-09-2007 20:05

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Thursday 16 August, protestors walked the route of the M3 motorway to view what destruction of the ancient sites in Tara Valley have already disappeared. Then they decided on a little direct action.

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RMT Metronet workers strike: violence on the picket line!

04-09-2007 18:57

Attack on a cameraperson on picket line outside Metronet HQ

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Leafleting in Soli-hell

04-09-2007 16:49

Leafleting at Sanford House, Solihull
A couple of Birmingham NoBorders activists did some lealfeting today at the immigration reporting centre in Solihull, West Midlands. An 'advice leaflet' and another about Sandford House were handed out to asylum seekers who are forced to go there to 'sign on' every week or every month, along with some literature about the upcoming Gatwich No Border Camp. Copies of the leaflet exposing Sandford House and what really goes on there were also given out to the public in town, many of whom seemed to not give a toss about migrants and their mistreatment at the hands of immigration authorities.

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Finningley Airport Climate Camp, Update and Photos

04-09-2007 12:47

Finningley Climate Camp 1
Photo's from yesterday's action at Finningley "Robin Hood" Airport and an update on the outrageous police response. 11 hours in the cells for giving out leaflets!

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Be Proud to Make a Difference: Subvert an Army Ad.

04-09-2007 12:16

Phonebox before
Army recruitment ads on phoneboxes in Oxford get the treatment they rightly deserve!

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Second wave at Faslane - 3 more arrested for cycling in to nuclear base

04-09-2007 10:19

At 11.00a.m. today, 3 more peace protesters breached security at the North gate of the Faslane nuclear submarine base, entering on bicycles. This second team from the ‘Faslane 365 Serious Organised Crime Investigation and Prevention Team’ follows the earlier arrest of 3 women inside the base. It is understood that they are being charged under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA). The total number of Scottish SOCRAP arrests is now 6.

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3 Arrested for Entering Faslane Nuclear Base

04-09-2007 09:22

3 women have been arrested this morning (4 September 2007) inside the high security fences at the Trident nuclear submarine base after entering the base to get further information on the weapons of mass destruction deployed by the UK government in contravention of Scottish and International Law. According to the police, the women, who were acting to uphold the law, are being charged under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act, which is increasingly being used to prevent peaceful protests at sensitive sites, including Britain’s nuclear bases.

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Scotland's first SOCRAP charges - 3 arrested inside Faslane high security area

04-09-2007 09:17


Faslane Naval Base, Scotland, September 4, 2007, 06.30 a.m.
Police say 3 women have been arrested inside the high security fences at the Trident nuclear submarine base after entering the base to get further information on the weapons of mass destruction deployed by the UK government in contravention of Scottish and International Law. According to the police, the women, who were acting to uphold the law, are being charged under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act, which is increasingly being used to prevent peaceful protests at sensitive sites, including Britain’s nuclear bases.

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Frontline Tara update

04-09-2007 00:04

5 Actions throughout day at Tara Valley Ireland
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