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Study Finds Concerns with Biofuels' Impact on Biodiversity

02-04-2008 12:55 | Bio-technology | Climate Chaos | World

Bothell, Wash. – March 31, 2008 - Biofuels are widely considered one of the most promising sources of renewable energy by policy makers and environmentalists alike. However, unless principles and standards for production are developed and implemented, certain biofuels will cause severe environmental impacts and reduce biodiversity – the very opposite of what is desired.

Welsh Opencast Mine protest in London on Fossil Fuels Day

02-04-2008 11:05 | Climate Chaos | World

The demonstration by the Campaign Against Climate Change at the offices of Argent Group PLC in Piccadilly on April 1 was one of many actions as part of the global 'Fossil Fools Day.'
Pictures copyright (C) 2008, Peter Marshall

Direct Action: Spain, Sweden, UK, Czech & Italy

01-04-2008 22:20 | SHAC | Animal Liberation | Ecology | World

30st March - 1st April

1000 MINK FREED (Spain)
STONES AND PAINT AGAINST ASTRAZENECA (Sweden)
EASTER BUNNY VS. NOVARTIS (UK)
FOUR LIVES SAVED (Czech Republic)
RABBIT RESCUED, TIRES SLASHED ON MEAT CO. VANS (Italy)

Kenyan Green tear gassed

01-04-2008 19:35 | Ecology | Gender | Repression | World

Nobel laureate and all round eco-warrior and politician Wangari Maathai was tear gassed in Kenya!

Fossil Fools Day action round up

01-04-2008 18:36 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | World

A round up of many of the fossil fools day actions so far worldwide. Pictures, more info on all these actions and updates at

http://www.fossilfoolsday.org

Iran: 3rd US International Crime in the Making

01-04-2008 16:49 | Anti-militarism | World

If only America had an independent media and an opposition party. If there were a shred of integrity left in American political life, perhaps a third act of naked aggression -- a third war crime under the Nuremberg standard -- by the Bush Regime could be prevented.

Note that, unlike Afghanistan and Iraq, the hand of Israel's Extremists in starting this war is not hidden at all, except perhaps by the media/propaganda factory.

Palestine Today 040108

01-04-2008 14:44 | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday April 1st, 2008.

Mithraic Temple Discovered under Terminal 5

01-04-2008 14:31 | Climate Chaos | Culture | World

Worldreviewer archeological expert Professor Avril Buffon from the Institute of Classical Archaeology at the University of Nantes announced today that formal excavations will start next month on a Mithraic Temple complex discovered during the construction of Heathrow’s Terminal Five.

Camden Councillor Roger Robinson challenge to the MRC consortium.

01-04-2008 13:28 | Animal Liberation | Bio-technology | Other Press | World

Roger Robinson has asked for a Development Control Consultation Forum re the controversial "World's largest ever, highest level virus containment facility and animal testing lab" due to be built on a Camden Council housing estate - Somers Town.

Heads-up warning - Nuclear Attack on Iran appears imminent!

01-04-2008 03:32 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

This heads-up wakeup call has embedded links for self-study so that the reader can affirm the truth or falsity of this warning and reach his or her own informed conclusions on the matter. The full url is

http://humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2008/03/warningamerica-nuking-iran-imminent.html

Report From Nablus-Boomchucka Circus

31-03-2008 21:32 | Culture | Palestine | Terror War | World

More inspiring words from the real clowns...we operate purely on donations..hint hint ;o)

Grass roots struggle for ecology in Palestine

31-03-2008 16:41 | Ecology | Free Spaces | Palestine | World

This weeks Indy Global Reports was recorded in the village of Marda, in the middle of the West Bank International activists and environmentalists from across the world, Palestine and Israel came together to join a workshop which was originally to be led by Star Hawk, author and activist.
Star Hawk was denied entry to Israel and deported from Ben-Gurion airport last week. Local activists put out an emergency call for workshop leaders, and the course was able to take place. I went to Marda to speak with the participants and organisers.

Palestine Today 033108

31-03-2008 15:21 | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday March 31st, 2008.

London Olympic Flame Route protests 6th April

31-03-2008 14:58 | Repression | Social Struggles | World

"Fears of violent clashes on London's streets grow as flame becomes symbol of protest over Tibet".
Its a crap article from the The Observer, Sunday March 30 2008, but it highlights some interesting informational material for those who wish to join in actions against the Olympics in China, the 2012 London Olympics and the historical part Olympic Games in general have in repression and gentrification in host cities. Affinity group action opportunity!! Spread the word!!

The Martians Are Coming...

31-03-2008 11:51 | Climate Camp 2007 | Climate Chaos | Ecology | World

There are rumours that some of our descendants from Mars have returned from the future to save the human race from extinction caused by global warming.

Canadian Coast Guard Rams Sea Shepherd Ship (twice)

31-03-2008 09:21 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Ocean Defence | World

The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker CCGS Des Groseilliers twice rammed the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship Farley Mowat today. The Sea Shepherd is present at the baby seal hunt to document the killings. Witnessing a seal being clubbed is a crime in Canada.

The Coast Guard had ordered the Farley Mowat to not approach the area where seals are being slaughtered. When the Farley Mowat did not comply, the Coast Guard rammed the vessel near the port aft stern area. After the Farley Mowat stopped in the ice, the Coast Guard rammed the ship a second time in the same area of the ship causing damage to the plates in that area.

The Coast Guard has demonstrated extreme recklessness with this move. The crew of the Farley Mowat were engaged in documenting the slaughter of seals. They were not interfering with the hunt. The annual slaughter of baby harp seals has started off the east coast of Canada in Newfoundland last week. The slaughter of over 325.000 baby seals has been widely condemned around the world, but the Canadian government is ademend in its continued support for it.

Kerala Declaration on Irresponsible Tourism

31-03-2008 06:44 | Ecology | Globalisation | Social Struggles | World

The Kerala tourism events last week can be considered as an important milestone in the Third World tourism debate as an alliance of local civic organizations and activists vigorously pointed out to participants of the Second International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Kochi the vast difference between theory and practice of `responsible tourism'. The Declaration of the official conference is posted at

http://www.responsibletourism2008.org/keraladeclaration.php.
This is the Declaration of the People's Declaration on Tourism adopted by the civil societygroups in parellel convension on Irresponsible Tourism

Ruling Against Mumia Shows: No Justice in the Capitalist Courts

30-03-2008 23:52 | Analysis | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | World

On March 27, the U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia reaffirmed the frame-up conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther Party spokesman and world-renowned radical journalist who has been locked up on Pennsylvania’s death row for more than a quarter century. After previously rejecting Mumia’s request to present evidence of his innocence, as well as a host of issues showing that he was railroaded by a racist court, the Court turned down Mumia’s request for a new trial. It upheld the 2001 ruling by a federal district judge that ordered a new hearing on the sentence, but limited the “choice” to the living hell of life imprisonment without parole ... or execution. Mumia is innocent. He was declared guilty and sentenced to die because of his revolutionary politics and because for years he had been a thorn in the side of the racist rulers of the misnamed “city of brotherly love.” Around the world, millions have come out in defense of Jamal. This latest ruling, like all those that preceded it, shows that the exploited and oppressed must have no faith in the racist injustice system. We call on the workers movement to mobilize its power to free Mumia now!

Sea Shepherd Moves In On Canadian Seal Slaughter

30-03-2008 21:56 | Animal Liberation | Ocean Defence | World

The annual slaughter of baby harp seals has started off the east coast of Canada in Newfoundland. The slaughter of over 325.000 baby seals has been widely condemned around the world, but the Canadian government is ademend in its continued support for the barbaric mass killings. The EU is said to pass legislation this year to ban the sale and/or export of seal products within its borders.

Last week, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship 'Farley Mowat' set off from Bermuda to make its way to the killing fields. The last time the Sea Shepherd went out to confront the seal hunt was in 2005 when eleven Sea Shepherd crew were arrested. The aim of this year's 'Seal Defence Campaign' is to try and document the atrocities. In Canada it is a crime witness a seal being killed. Never mind going out there purposefully to document whats going on " It is a crime to take a photograph of a dying seal. It is a crime to video tape or film a sealer doing his grisly work. Unless you have a permit and the government is not granting permits. And the regulations that ban anyone approaching the slaughter are actually called the 'Seal Protection Regulations'."

Anti-Arab Racism and Incitement in Israel

30-03-2008 20:51 | Palestine | World

For more on this subject, the excellent documentary "Lessons In Hate" is required viewing. I thought it would find Palestinian schools disseminating hateful material, as the Israeli line goes.

However, the producers found that, whereas Palestinian schools teach the reality of the conflict (what the Zionists refer to as 'spreading hate'), Israeli curriculum disseminates Revisionism to Israel's children, breeding misunderstanding and perpetuating hatred. This is designed, of course, to allow the Extremists who design this curriculum, to fool its population into allowing it to perpetuate its war to eliminate Palestine.

World Newswire Archive

Study Finds Concerns with Biofuels' Impact on Biodiversity

Welsh Opencast Mine protest in London on Fossil Fuels Day

Direct Action: Spain, Sweden, UK, Czech & Italy

Kenyan Green tear gassed

Fossil Fools Day action round up

Iran: 3rd US International Crime in the Making

Palestine Today 040108

Mithraic Temple Discovered under Terminal 5

Camden Councillor Roger Robinson challenge to the MRC consortium.

Heads-up warning - Nuclear Attack on Iran appears imminent!

Report From Nablus-Boomchucka Circus

Grass roots struggle for ecology in Palestine

Palestine Today 033108

London Olympic Flame Route protests 6th April

The Martians Are Coming...

Canadian Coast Guard Rams Sea Shepherd Ship (twice)

Kerala Declaration on Irresponsible Tourism

Ruling Against Mumia Shows: No Justice in the Capitalist Courts

Sea Shepherd Moves In On Canadian Seal Slaughter

Anti-Arab Racism and Incitement in Israel

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