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26-01-2007 14:39

Evicton of five indigenous communities in Guatemala

Five indigenous communities were cleared by 800 policemen and 150 soldiers in the regions Izabal and Alta Verapaz in Guatemala on 8th and 9th January 2007.

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26-01-2007 12:53

WSF in Kenya stormed by slum kids

pics from Indymedia Belgium Reuters reports that the people from the slums invaded the WSF in Kenya whilst refusing to pay the entrance fee. According to Reuters' account the kids then continued to raid the canteen.

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26-01-2007 00:10

Hypocrisy of the middle class media about racism.

An executive of Standard Life Pensions has used a vile racist comment during a speech, yet Indymedia and the rest of the middle class press are completely silent.

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24-01-2007 16:06

Two families face deportation on Friday

Kem and Abdul Two families from Glasgow face deportation on Friday 26th January.

Please take urgent action to help them

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More details from The Unity Centre, 30 Ibrox Street Glasgow G51 1AQ Tel: 0141 427 7992

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24-01-2007 01:37

Tyneside March Against Dawn Raids-Resistance to Deportations Continues to Build

On 20 January Tyneside Community Action for Refugees held a militant demonstration through the centre of Newcastle to protest against deportations of asylum seekers and to launch the pledge of resistance to snatch squads. Over 100 protesters from diverse communities marched under the banner ‘Here to Stay. Here to Fight. Defend Asylum Rights!’ and demanded an end to dawn raids, the name given to the brutal policy of snatching failed asylum seekers from their homes in the early hours of the morning.

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23-01-2007 15:57

John Taylor Caldwell 1911-2007

The Kate Sharpley Library are sad to report the death of John Taylor Caldwell, veteran Glasgow anarchist and comrade and biographer of Guy Aldred.

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23-01-2007 09:43

aldermaston shut down

A group of eight activists from Scotland blockaded the entrance to AWE Aldermaston this morning at 6.45am.

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23-01-2007 07:15

Stop the Deportation of Iraqi/Kurdish Asylum Seekers

Protest against the resumption of 'Charter Flights' Manchester 19/01/2007 Reports today show that more than 2 million Iraqi refugees, fleeing conflict in their homeland, are being supported in neighbouring countries including Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt, which are struggling to cope with the exodus. Some countries are preventing refugees from crossing their borders, contrary to international law, and prompting international aid agencies to warn of a humanitarian crisis.

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21-01-2007 11:47

Calling all comrades G8 to expose clandestine corporate oligarchy G8 works for &

Annual Meeting of the illegal Trilateral Commission Brussels, Belgium, March 16-19, 2007
location most likely a 5star hotel with room for 300plus & usual facilities of G8 conferences

document hopefully attached on file in its intended format,

for translation please try  http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr

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19-01-2007 23:32

the doomsday clock

with the minute hand of the doomsday clock having been moved forward again, romero hesq examines what this means for us.

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19-01-2007 17:21

remember MLK day, etc

numerous events happening, includes afternoon do at the friends meeting house, euston rd, 4pm saturday.
despite seeming incorporation into media "sainthood", plenty is in the actual history to cause new thinking - so - in the spirit of the "remember the eleventh" campaign - 2 extra facts to remember . . . .

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18-01-2007 17:45

STUDENT MARCHES IN ATHENS AND THESSALONIKI 17/1/2007

National marches were organised by many student associations in Athens and Thessaloniki, where more than 270 faculties are occupied by students, protesting against the revision of the constitutional article 16...

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18-01-2007 02:21

Haiti: Outbreak of Sickness in Prisons

Beri-beri A newly released investigation into the deadly scourge of Beri-beri in Haiti's National Penitentiary uncovered evidence that the clash between the manufacturing process used in U.S. processed rice and the traditional Haitian rice cooking method has been killing poor young men behind bars and leaving others morbidly ill. - Jeb Sprague and Eunida Alexandra*

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17-01-2007 00:25

We'll keep a welcome in the hillsides

we'll keep a welcome in the vales,
this land of song will keep on fighting,
'till LNG gets out of Wales.

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16-01-2007 19:56

NATIONAL GRID ENDANGER LIFE OF PROTESTOR

RESISTANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!1 National Grid blatantly abused health and safety regulations yet again today when a peaceful protester d-clamped himself to a crane at their construction site at Alltwen in the Swansea valley. Despite calls from onlookers that he was clamped by his neck, national grid / nacap staff started up the crane and proceeded to move it with the protester attached who was approx 45 feet up in the air...................

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16-01-2007 16:11

ACTIVISTS STOP WORK ON GASPIPE IN ALLTWEN

Work stopped for five and a half hours on construction site in Alltwen, Pontardawe

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15-01-2007 20:11

From The Back Of The Bus To Prison

When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a White passenger on a city bus 51 years ago, it was the spark that brought about the American Civil Rights Movement; changing the lives for millions of Blacks. For a short while, in the mid 60’s and 70’s, Blacks made some social and racial gains, however today many Blacks are wasting away their lives in American prisons due to the unjust practice of the Three Strikes Laws.

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15-01-2007 18:00

Please help Zahra

Zahra at Unity demo 07.10.06 Zahra Byansi and her two boys were detained when reporting at the Home Office in Glasgow on Monday last week. She was moved to Yarls Wood detention centre on Saturday while her friends protested outside the Home Office in Glasgow organised by the Glasgow Campaign to Welcome Refugees. Zahra and her sons have been in Glasgow for over four years. She has made a huge contribution to the local community.

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13-01-2007 18:38

Media coverage of Guantanamo protest on January 11th 2007.

Notes from the media coverage of the Guantanamo protests with four related photos.

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