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Ban Police Kettling Campaign

22-02-2011 14:07 | Free Spaces | Public sector cuts | Repression | World

Kettling is being used to suppress dissent rather than to prevent violence. In fact it is a cause of violence. You can join this campaign and vote to ban kettling.

more 'tar sands' crooks join the Advanced Manufacturing Park

Swiss company joins ‘united nations of advanced manufacturing’

One of the world's leading crooked manufacturers of construction machinery is the latest international company to sign up at the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham.

Liebherr-Great Britain Limited is part of the Swiss based Liebherr-International AG company, which in addition to its production of heavy construction machinery such as the trucks used on the tar sands is also an acknowledged in numerous other fields, including commercial refrigeration, aerospace and rail vehicles.

http://www.attheamp.com/featured_news/swiss-company-joins-united-nations-of-advanced-manufacturing

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Christian Voice Lends Support To The EDL

21-02-2011 17:28 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | Sheffield | World

Conservative Party member Stephen Green of Christian Voice (and Cameronesque opponent of multiculturalism) has openly come out online in support of the violent fascist EDL, posting offensive remarks via their official Facebook designed to inflame the EDL's racist reactionaries paranoia to boiling point, as Christian extremists join extremist Jewish renegades in voicing their approval of the far right group's ugly Mosleyite street demonstrations.

Palestine Today 02 21 2011

21-02-2011 16:50 | Other Press | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, February 21 2011.

Sheffield protest against repression in #Libya

On 21st February there was a protest outside Sheffield Town Hall against the Libyans governments repression of demonstrators.

Mark Kennedy, the Black Bloc & 5 German undercover cops at G8 in Scotland 2005

21-02-2011 13:23 | Other Press | Repression | Sheffield | World

According to German Newspaper Der Spiegel, head of Germany's federal police Jörg Ziercke admitted that German state authorities had specifically requested undercover Met Police officer Mark Kennedy's presence in Heiligendamm in 2006/7.
An acknowledgement in the public domain of what some of us long suspected, on quote from the Guardian today: "The Newspaper [Der Spiegel] said Kennedy's involvement in criminal activity raised concerns that he was working as an agent provocateur and not just an observer "

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BARAC public meeting Birmingham on 21st February

21-02-2011 10:35 | Anti-racism | Culture | Public sector cuts | World

Black Activists Rising Against Cuts (BARAC) is holding a public meeting in Birmingham on 21st February for any blacks who wants to fight the cuts.

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F24 British aim to return Assange to custody, Bradley Manning

21-02-2011 07:07 | Terror War | World

As WikiLeaks founder. Australian Julian Assange, faces return to British custody on Thurdsay Feb 24th, Bradley Manning continues to be tortured in Quantico U.S. marine base in Virginia U.S.A.

http://www.bradleymanning.org/ - anti-war resistance & solidarity to the persecution of these peace activists continues to emerge.

Demo, revolt, fire and escape at Brussels detention centre today

20-02-2011 23:31 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression | World

Activists held a solidarity action outside the Steenockerzeel 123bis detention centre in Brussels this afternoon. Inside, prisoners took matters into their own hands and started a revolt which led to one escape and a wing destroyed by fire. Currently the area is shut down by police.

The Uninvited Visitors

On Wednesday 26th January 2011 at approximately 6am in the morning, my son had just made the first adhan for Fajr and was waiting to make the second adhan. All of a sudden, there was a bang on the door.

Hollywood star slams Shell as ‘The Pipe’ wins IFTA award

20-02-2011 15:53 | Rossport Solidarity | World

The Pipe, a documentary about the conflict caused by the controversial Corrib gas project, has been lauded at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs)

Uprising spreads as the Egyptian revolution moves to the next stage

20-02-2011 13:24 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Workers' Movements | World

A version of this article was published in schNEWS….

original post at

http://reportsfromtheegyptianuprising.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/riot-like-an-egyptian/#more-417

Breaking News: Bloody protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan

Violence has again rocked the streets of the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah as Kurdish demonstrators continue to demand the ouster of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Uprising spreads as the Egyptian revolution moves to the next stage

20-02-2011 11:33 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Workers' Movements | World

An version of this article was published in schNEWS….

original post at

http://reportsfromtheegyptianuprising.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/riot-like-an-egyptian/#more-417

Spies on video- Martin Hogbin and Paul Mercer

20-02-2011 11:00 | Sheffield | World

Going through our video archive, undercurrents have found images of the following spies who have infiltrated protest groups

Veolia lost contract in Richmond - West London

20-02-2011 09:53 | Anti-racism | Palestine | Repression | World

A campaign was started in late 2009 by members of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Richmond upon Thames, London, to have Veolia excluded from all contracts with Richmond Council when they came up for renewal.

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Breaking News: Bahraini police surrenders to protesters

19-02-2011 16:15 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Reports say thousands of pro-democracy protesters, chanting “victory, victory,” have forced out police and snipers from a central square in The Bahraini capital, Manama.