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Artwork for Irish Ship to Gaza (Freedom Flotilla 2) by Latuff

29-08-2010 20:04 | Flotilla to Gaza | Palestine | Terror War | World

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of brave Palestinian people and their struggle against US backed IsraHell's state terror.

Chilean Circus of 'Saints and Sinners'

29-08-2010 18:11 | Repression | World

An update in spanish and english, by Mapuche International Link on the indigenous Mapuche political prisoners hunger strike in Chile on day 47 of their protest in defence of ancestral territorial rights and against the criminalisation of Mapuche democratic protest

HLS Exposed Again - Primate supplier shows shocking cruelty

29-08-2010 17:22 | SHAC | Animal Liberation | World

SHAC has received a number of leaked documents detailing the purchase of hundreds of monkeys from China by Huntingdon Life Sciences between 2006-2008. The documents reveal, once again, how HLS and its customers are directly responsible for the horrible suffering of monkeys trapped for the international primate trade.

Bradford & Brighton

29-08-2010 10:19 | Anti-racism | South Coast | World

They came, they stood, they shouted. And then nicked off again! Such was the so-called ‘Little Big One!’ much trumpeted by the EDL and proving to be a static demo too far.

A week of Hell for Shell

A week of actions surrounding BEAT THE BOREHOLES campaign in Co. Mayo Ireland.

Fidel says Bin Laden is CIA

28-08-2010 12:05 | Repression | Terror War | World

It's cool to say conspiracy theory is nonsense if you are on the Left. But what if one of the Left's leading heros endorses it?
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Season for change in Britain? Citizen-led democracy

More citizen-led democracy (the original rule-by-the-people) could become an important tool-kit for positive social and environmental change.

UG#514 - Virtual Reality & the Fragmentation of Modern Consciousness

28-08-2010 10:00 | Technology | Sheffield | World

Computer technology promises to be make work ever more efficient. But efficient at what? And why? If technology is saving people time, why do they seem to have so little left for what matters? The first hour features a presentation from last month by Nicholas Carr, author of "Is The Internet Making Us Stupid?", introduced by an essay from Steve Talbott, "Multitasking Ourselves to Death". We conclude with a few minutes of history from the great techno-sceptic, Ivan Illich, followed by a speech from Heather Menzies, author of "No Time, Stress, and the Crisis of Modern Life".

Greek Cops and bullies kick english tourists

28-08-2010 06:30 | Anti-racism | Other Press | World

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Stop the racists of the English Nationalist Alliance MFE & EDL Monday 30th Aug

The racists and Islamophobes of the interconnected groups the English Nationalist Alliance, March for England and English Defence League will be holding a hate rally in Brighton over the bank holiday. They have claimed that they are "marching against Palestinian militants of Brighton" and their supporters, "extreme socialist students and anarchists". They will be meeting at 12.30 noon 30th August.

Dear friends of justice

27-08-2010 18:40 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

"Iraq and Afghanistan are U.S. imperial wars. Imperialism means simply invading other people’s homelands and killing them in order to secure something that our rulers want. This is how they are “removed,” or otherwise encouraged to get the hell out of the way. This is the “mission” of the troops. Forget “Democracy,” liberation, “nation building,” bravery, heroes, anything you hear from the talking head “experts” you may have heard on some NPR talk show, or any other pretty words on the subject."

US to Lebanon: Israel can completely destroy Lebanese Army within four hours

A senior US advisor has threatened Lebanese army commander, Jean Qahwaji that should his army initiate additional fire exchanges with Israel, the Israeli army "would completely destroy the Lebanese army’s bases, centers and offices within four hours".

This Week in Palestine- Week 34 2010

27-08-2010 17:48 | Indymedia | Other Press | Palestine | World

Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org" www.imemc.org, for August 21st, to 27th, 2010

In solidarity with Silvia, Billy and Costa

27-08-2010 15:42 | Bio-technology | Ecology | Repression | World

Costa, Silvia and Billy continue their struggles from the Swiss prisons they're locked up in. They're accused of possession, transport and attempted use of explosive materials, and of planning to attack an IBM centre under construction. An IBM centre that will be among the focal ones in Europe's nanotechnology research.

Norway Divests from Leviev Companies Due to Israeli Settlement Construction

27-08-2010 09:18 | Anti-racism | Palestine | Social Struggles | World

August 23, New York, NY – In a major victory for the international movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, the Norwegian government announced today that it has divested from Lev Leviev’s company Africa Israel Investments and its construction subsidiary Danya Cebus due to their construction of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The move followed a campaign of more than a year by affected Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Jayyous and by Norwegian, Palestinian, Israeli, and international activist groups, including Adalah-NY, calling on the Norwegian government to divest from Africa Israel.

The companies of Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev have been the target of a boycott campaign that led UNICEF and Oxfam to renounce donations from Leviev, the British government to sever business ties with Leviev, celebrities to seek distance from him, and divestment by other major investment firms.

Protest against the informal EU Defence Summit 2010

27-08-2010 07:03 | Anti-militarism | World

Demonstration September 23rd 2010, Ghent (Belgium), to oppose war preparation:
Protest against the informal EU Defence Summit 2010.
More info: www.vrede.be

The United States Federal Government and Property Value Manipulation

27-08-2010 06:45 | Culture | Other Press | Social Struggles | World

President Obama said; “Failure is not an option”. I agree, failure is not an option, failure is a given.

Oona King gets hold of private details of Labour Party members

27-08-2010 00:02 | Anti-militarism | Indymedia | Iraq | World

London newspaper Evening Standard reports [Thursday 26 August 2010] that Oona King, Neil Kinnock's challenge to Ken Livingstone, has got hold of private details of Labour Party members. This should worry even those who despise Ken Livingstone. The availability of Labour Party members' details to Oona King shows that she is being backed by secretive forces. Very worrying.