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Leeds Bradford Social Struggles Newswire Archive

Report to UN Disability Convention on use of ASBO's/Injunctions against Disabled

13-10-2006 16:18

There is a continued misue and abuse and 'criminalisation of disabled peoples behaviour' of using ASBO's and Injunctions against all disabled people (both Children and Adults). I myself as a disabled people basic human rights and civil liberities activist and researcher have experienced this here in the East Riding of Yorkshire, UK.

In my voluntary work within the UN Disability Convention I have brought this to the attention (again) of the UN Convention and you can read my emailed report that I have sent today to some of my colleagues and peers within the UN Disability Convention and Disabled People's Movement and also Anne McGuire, Minister for Disabled People

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The terror plot that didn't fit

12-10-2006 15:30

We're only interested in the sort of terrorism that suits our paranoia

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Bradford Shell Garage gets Samba'd

11-10-2006 21:23

Blocking the entrance
Just before 5:30pm tonight, amid rush-hour traffic, a group of protesters lined up outside a city centre shell garage to play samba and alert passers by to the situation in County Mayo, Ireland.

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Take Action! Skin 2 U

11-10-2006 18:50

Action Stations! Only 6 stores in the whole of Yorkshire are known to be selling fur, which includes Skin 2 U who are stocking fox trimmed coats. On demonstrations outside their store, the Skin 2 U manager has physically assaulted activists and tried with desperation to silence the truth about the store's support for cruelty.

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Shell petrol pumps shut down in Leeds in solidarity with County Mayo, Ireland

11-10-2006 12:19

Protesters shut down Shell
A Shell petrol station on Kirkstall Rd in Leeds was shut down this morning between 8am and 10am by local people in solidarity with people in in County Mayo, Ireland, who are currently fighting to stop Shell's disastrous and potentially deadly gas pipeline being built through the beautiful coastal village of Rossport.

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Big teacher is watching you!!

08-10-2006 11:18

3500 schools in the UK have introduced fingerprint identification for children

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Benmira Family belong to Leeds

06-10-2006 06:34

At 6.00am on the morning of Thursday the 20th September, immigration and police officers 'snatched' the family from their Leeds home and took them to Tinsley House IRC, where they spent five days before being transferred to Yarl's Wood IRC. Removal directions have been set for Sunday the 8th October.

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Rossport solidarity actions against Shell Oct 11th

05-10-2006 21:21

SOLIDARITY ACTIONS IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SHELL IN COUNTY MAYO IRELAND WILL TAKE PLACE IN LEEDS NEXT WEDS 11TH OCT

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Repression in Osaka, Japan, as city bids for G8 2008

03-10-2006 13:03

There has been a series of arrests in Osaka against the homeless liberation movement. Several activists, including anarchists, have been detained on serious charges. These arrests follow a number of attacks by Osaka city against homeless people and their supporters.

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Life insurance business fails so BNP moves into double-glazing

03-10-2006 07:17

Yet another new business venture for the near-bankrupt BNP

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BNP's life insurance branch close to death already

02-10-2006 15:15

Albion Life in trouble!

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The Yorkshire Ripper revisited

28-09-2006 22:27

The Peter Sutcliffe myth is wearing a bit thin now. This is big, really big. When the lid blows off this one, I intend to be standing well back from ground zero.

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September 15, 2006 prison dispatch from Jeff "Free" Luers

24-09-2006 17:09

The last several weeks have been very intense. Many of you are familiar with my personal struggles at this time having lost my contact visits for the next year. But, that is a small story compared to what the last two weeks have been like at OSP.

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Using Tax Payers Money To Subsidise Your Business -The Reality of Prison Labour

19-09-2006 14:42

Having plundered the third world with impunity for so long, first-world capitalism has now turned its attention to the incarcerated working class in its own prisons, potentially a rich source of exploitable labour. Prisoners are paid around 30 pence per hour, but even these pitifully small wages are seen as fair game by capitalism.

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Zimbabweans call demo against mass deportation this Saturday (16th)

14-09-2006 12:33

Blair and Mugabe are on the same side
Thando Dube, who was recently freed after 12 months detained in Yarlswood after joining a hunger strike among Zimbabwean detainees, will join a demonstration against the deportation of Zimbabweans in Leeds this Saturday 16 September.

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It’s time to get Watty! - British nazi admits to running Redwatch

12-09-2006 10:59

A veteran British nazi has publicly admitted to being behind the pernicious Redwatch website. Kevin Watmough, from West Yorkshire, made the claim in June on a nazi bulletin board. While Watmough’s role has long been known to Searchlight, this is the first time he has publicly confirmed his involvement in writing.

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Leeds Palestine Film Night: "Goal Dreams"

11-09-2006 12:26

Map to the Common Place
Leeds Palestine Solidarity Campaign Presents:
Film Nights at the Common Place Cinema
Join us for a fortnightly film and discussion night
At the Common Place, Wharf Street (off Kirkgate) Leeds City Centre
Wednesday 13th September 7 pm:

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British National Party moves into life insurance business

09-09-2006 12:32

Second-hand car businesses that mysteriously fail, printing businesses that never get off the ground, expensive renovations to an invisible bus, a record business that produces rubbish records sung by Nick Griffin and his entourage - and now life insurance. Is there nothing the BNP won't do to con money out of its supporters?

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Justice & Liberty Network

08-09-2006 15:09

A new network founded to protect citizens legal rights and civil liberties.

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22 Iraqi Kurds detained today

07-09-2006 17:23

Today, 22 Iraqi Kurds were detained at mainly reporting centres across the UK with plans to forcibly deport them next week to Northern Iraq in another high profile, media event. This follows the forced deportation two days ago of 32 Iraqi Kurds. The government is clearly now going for it big style on mass deportations.

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