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Nick Clegg Sheffield Demo

05-01-2011 21:12

At short notice a spontaneous group demonstrated Nick Clegg's attendance at Sheffield Town Hall

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Judge sentences 18 of Ratcliffe defendants

05-01-2011 17:01

At 2pm today, 18 of the 20 defendants were sentenced after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass in December. The judge addressed each defendant individually, commenting on their previous convictions and the strength of their character, before passing their sentences. The judge spoke broadly about the defendants’ qualities as a whole – commending them for their references, which repeatedly described them as ‘honest’, ‘dedicated’, ‘committed’, ‘intelligent’ and ‘caring’.

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Sizewell blockaders again walk free from court / case dismissed

05-01-2011 11:05

Sizewell blockade - Feb 2010 (Credit: M. Harrison)
Anti-nuclear campaigners again walk free from court / case dismissed

Two anti nuclear campaigners, Andreas Speck (46) from London and Ian Mills (45) from Chippenham, who appeared at Lowestoft Magistrates Court today (4 January) on charges of "failing to leave land" (S69(3)(a) CJPOA 1994) when they blockaded Sizewell nuclear power station in Suffolk on 22 February 2010 [1] walked free after the case was dismissed when the prosecution did not offer any evidence.

Report on the original action (Feb 2010):

Local Democracy Dumped! - Sizewell nuclear plant blockaded again
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/02/446513.html

Press Release (Tuesday 4 January 2011):

 http://stopnuclearpower.blogspot.com/2011/01/anti-nuclear-campaigners-again-walk.html

See also:

Activists 2 - EDF 0
 https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/01/471549.html

Sizewell: Protesters walk free after CPS error
 http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/sizewell_protesters_walk_free_after_cps_error_1_766391

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Sheffield Council chief execs resist calls for pay cut

04-01-2011 23:28

Council Chief Exec John Mothersole, who earns £184,500 per year.
Communities minister Eric Pickles is said to be furious that almost all top earning council bosses, including Sheffield council’s Chief Executive, have ignored his order to take a pay cut.

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Palestine Today 01 04 2011

04-01-2011 16:29

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, January 4 2011.

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Sheffield to Import Waste?

03-01-2011 20:45

It's always interesting when councils and their major contractors run public consultations nicely placed over the Christmas period, as if to catch the public unaware of a deadline for responses on, let's say, 15th January. This is the case with the proposal to ship in up to 50,000 tonnes of waste for Bernard Road Incinerator. It would come from surrounding towns and counties, by heavy lorries presumably. That's not likely to be controversial is it?

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Palestine Today 01 03 2011

03-01-2011 17:33

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, January 3rd 2011.

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New Year's Eve Demonstration Outside Prison in Solidarity with the Yarl's Wood 3

02-01-2011 23:24

On New Year's Eve, friends, family and supporters of the Yarl's Wood 3 came together outside Holloway Prison for a noisy demonstration of solidarity. Over 100 people showed that the struggle for freedom for these three brave women, and all those in detention, will continue in 2011.

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Palestine Today 12 30 2010

30-12-2010 16:52

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, December 30th 2010.

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Palestine Today 12 28 2010

28-12-2010 17:30

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, December 28th 2010.

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Free the Yarl’s Wood 3! - New Year’s Eve Solidarity Demonstration

28-12-2010 12:37

Yarl's Wood immigration prison
A solidarity demonstration will be held on New Year’s Eve outside Holloway Prison, London, in support of the 'Yarl’s Wood 3' and all those locked up in immigration prisons.

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Palestine Today 12 271 2010

27-12-2010 17:06

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, December 27th 2010

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Catholic Workers "close" Dalston "Arcade of Death"

23-12-2010 21:22

Thursday 23 December 2010 - Pre-Christmas peace vigil in front of Dalston army showroom in east London by London Catholic Workers and friends, in opposition to the war in Afghanistan and the perceived cynical establishment of a military recruitment centre within this impoverished community during a time of economic hardship.

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A merry band of London Catholic Workers and friends, fresh from shooting remakes of videos for John Lennon's anti-war classics "Merry Christmas (War is Over)" and "Give Peace a Chance" (watch this space for the finished videos), took themselves along to their favourite local army showroom, or "arcade of death", inside Dalston Kingsland shopping centre to bring their seasonal message of peace to the happy festive shoppers of east London.

After some initial lively interaction with security guards, who were calmed by police officers who arrived not long afterwards, the peaceful demonstration was allowed to continue undisturbed for an hour or so, whereupon the protesters left of their own volition.

The protest included signs stuck up on the glass doors of the showroom (which was already shut) indicating that it was now permanently shut, since the 'war is over', a duvet sprinkled in fake flowers, framed images of former Beatle and peace activist Lennon - assassinated 30 years ago this month - and Catholic Worker founder Dorothy Day. Also present was a man dressed in an orange boiler suit, wearing shackles and a Father Christmas mask, some of the time covered in a black hood (images to follow), who sat or knelt on the duvet most of the time and sang the above-mentioned songs by Lennon, sometimes accompanied by some of his colleagues.

The war in Afghanistan is now into its 10th year, with no end in site. Lennon's peace activism was spurred on by the lengthy US war in Vietnam at a time when peace activism went together with a vibrant counter-culture movement, and growing anti-war resistance from war veterans themselves. There is perhaps much to be said for fostering such a movement in this country. There is the odd sign of hope in terms of resistance to the seemingly endless western-instigated carnage in Afghanistan, such as the refusal by Lance Corporal Joe Glenton to return there, resulting in his incarceration for several months earlier this year, the many militant but peaceful actions by members of the Democracy Village and Peace Strike in the course of the year, the ongoing long-term witness of the Parliament Square Peace Camp(aign), Peace Strike and others in the vicinity of the corridors of power, as well as various demonstrations, vigils and walks. However, all of this seems a woefully inadequate and pitiful response from the vast majority of us to the level of violence and suffering being carried on in our name in Afghanistan and, increasingly, Pakistan, in the name of the so-called "War on Terror". Will there be a surge of anti-war activism in 2011, or will the current decline in militant anti-militarist activity in the capital and, indeed, nationwide continue into the new year? That is surely for the grassroots activist community itself to decide.

Related link: http://www.londoncatholicworker.org

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Palestine Today 12 22 2010

22-12-2010 17:01

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, December 22th 2010.

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Palestine Today 12 21 2010

21-12-2010 16:44

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, December 21st 2010.

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Palestine Today 12 21 2010

21-12-2010 07:43

Those brave palestinian resistance fighters have fired a Qassam at a Zionist installation (i.e. a kindergarten), wounding a Zionist occupation soldier (i.e. a schoolgirl)

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Vigil Against Violence Towards Sex Workers

21-12-2010 01:22

On Friday 17th December 2010 a group of sex workers from various locations around West Yorkshire and the UK were joined by local campaign supporters to hold a vigil as part of a global event to mark the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

The group, carrying red umbrellas to mark their support for the campaign, handed out leaflets and chatted to late night shoppers, early revellers and passers by in the area around Ivegate, Bradford.

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And So It Begins: Police repression of anti cuts & fees campaigners

20-12-2010 11:22

At 5am on Saturday 18th December the home of UWE Student and Anti-cuts & Fees campaigner Paul Saville was raided by police.
He was arrested on suspicion of affray and conspiracy to commit affray.

Paul, who was involved in the recent UWE occupation was held for 12 hours. His computer, mobile phone and note books have all been seized.

This is only the start, police repression of anti-cuts activists will only increase in the coming months. Anyone involved in the campaign is a potential target of repression but particularly those individuals and groups openly active in mobilising and organising.

After the October 23rd demo the two people arrested we questioned by a Detective constable, not what normally happens when arrested for a minor offence. The DC asked them question related to active anarchist groups in the area and showed them photographs on individuals they believe are active in the socialist/anarchist movement that they wanted information on. Of course their response was No comment to everything.

We urge everyone to take appropriate steps to keep themselves safe and protect any information you may not want falling into the wrong hands. Take time to swat up on security both on demos and using computers and the internet.

Heres a tip that came straight from a cop: When you delete files on your PC all it does is give permission to the hard drive to write over the space if needed. If it is not overwritten then the information can still be retrieved. Once files are deleted, clear the recyling box then load a large file (a film for example) onto the hard drive and copy it until the space is full, then wipe that file. It does take time but there are programmes on the net that can do this for you.

Don't let the bastards win, stay safe & stay active.

In Solidarity,
Bristol AFed


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Clifton Suspension Bridge Banner Drop

19-12-2010 14:28

After students in Italy successfully performed a banner drop and occupation of the tower of piza and colloseum Bristol responds to an open invitation to act in solidarity with a banner drop from Bristol's most iconic landmark. Join the movement! Make the bankers pay!
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