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rampART losses possesion case but buys two more weeks

20-12-2007 22:37

Today the rampART social centre lost in court against a claim for possession. A possession order will now be granted although not until the 3rd Jan 2008.

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ITT offices targeted in Basingstoke

20-12-2007 18:53

On 20th December at 13:30 15 activists targeted the ITT offices in Basingstoke, to protest against the takeover of Brighton arms manufacturer EDO MBM by the infamous ITT corporation, expected to be completed today.

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Sizewell Protesters Accuses Site Director of Burying His Head in the Sand

20-12-2007 17:22

Today the group of activists calling themselves the Sizewell Blockaders visited Sizewell nuclear power station again.But this time they did not lock themselves together to block the workers entering Sizewell A and B but challenged the director of Sizewell, Mr Dowds to a public debate.

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Struggle in Spanish FIES units for anarchists Antonio and Rafa

20-12-2007 12:33

Since some time, in the new maxi-prison of Puerto III, several FIES prisoners are struggling to expose the brutal conditions in the isolation wings of Puerto III. Some communiques about this have been spread recently.

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Solidarity with Imprisoned Berlin Anti-Fascist Andrea!

20-12-2007 06:32

On the 1.12.07 the Berlin anti-fascist Andrea has been arrested by plainclothes cops of LKA's political branch.

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Shell to Sea occupy Natural Resources Minister's office in Dublin

19-12-2007 20:16

Shell to Sea protesters occupied the department of Natural Resources in Dublin today. Teh new Minister for Natural resources, Eamon Ryan, has done nothing to help the campaign of which he was once a leading member.

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pics from portsmouth blockade at Border and Immigration Agency

19-12-2007 17:36

we wrote a proper write up yesterday, but didn't publish for some reason,

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Veg*n Climate March report

19-12-2007 16:50

On Saturday 8th December 2007, the Campaign for Eco-Veg*nism set out to coordinate the "biggest ever mobilisation of vegetarians and vegans on environmental grounds" at the National Climate March in London. We called on veggies and vegans to join a Veg*n Climate March, which in effect would be a `veg*n block` within the main march. See report below.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page for more about CEV and the shocking facts regarding meat/dairy production which reveal that our diet is critical to the survival of the planet!!

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Palestine Today 121907

19-12-2007 16:06

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday December 19th, 2007.

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Blockade of North Shields Immigration Reporting Centre

19-12-2007 12:11

press release from the blockade

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Pensioner Jailed for Opposing Trident Nuclear Weapons

18-12-2007 21:45

IRENE WILLIS, a 62-year-old peace activist from Southend, Essex was today sentenced to seven days' imprisonment by City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court for refusing to pay a fine of £50 (+ £50 court costs). The fine was for deliberately obstructing traffic around Parliament Square during an anti-nuclear protest on 14th March 2007, the day Parliament voted to replace Trident, despite a huge Labour backbench rebellion.

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Shell Oil and the Institutions Greenwashing them feel the ‘Heat’

18-12-2007 20:04

It hasn’t been an easy week for the organisers of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award and the Bristol Museum, or their sponsor and proud wildlife destroyer— sugardaddy Shell Oil Company. All week, concerned individuals from around Bristol have been exposing the truth about Shell and the public institutions who are helping to greenwash them. **CK sHELL !

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On The Ground - Calais, France: Migration, Immigration, Starvation

18-12-2007 17:18

On a day when the main news headliners strike out with the Diana Inquest and the Lib-Dem D-Day between Nick Clegg, unfortunate name, and Chris Huhme, the international day against immigration detention and deportation goes unnoticed by the masses. And all the while the cold wind bites into skin and bone, freezing deep within the bodies of those refugees I met not two weeks ago, living rough on the streets and in the forests of Calais, France.

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Palestine Today 121807

18-12-2007 16:14

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday December 18th, 2007.

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London Home Office HQ Blockaded by Refugee Support Groups

18-12-2007 14:30

9.45am, 18 December 2007: Five people from refugee support groups including No Borders London managed to successfully blockade the front entrance of the Home Office headquarters on Marsham Street in London.

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Short haul flight adverts cancelled

18-12-2007 14:27

Shocking U-turn from short-haul carrier!

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Urgent appeal for British resident Binyam Mohamed, “close to suicide” in Guantánamo

18-12-2007 14:13

An appeal for readers to write to the Foreign Secretary David Miliband to demand the return to the UK from Guantánamo of British resident Binyam Mohamed, who, as his lawyer explains, "may be close to suicide."

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