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The Coal caravan has arrived in West Yorkshire!

29-04-2009 16:23

The coal caravan is now in West Yorkshire and has visited Fairburn Ings which is threatened with open casting and Ferrbybridge power station which will burn the coal.

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Abseil blockade of nuclear waste train in Germany

29-04-2009 12:13

An abseiling 27-year-old female activist from France held up a train carrying over 1000 tonnes of 'depleted' uranium through a densely populated region of Germany for two hours on Monday 27 April, the day after the 23rd anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster - the world's worst ever civil nuclear accident.

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Nottingham's April Critical Mass + Coal Caravan 2

29-04-2009 00:44

On Friday 24th April, Nottingham's Critical Mass Bike Ride started from the Market Square. Critical Mass is for everyone who rides a bike in Nottingham and wants to take part.

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Nottingham's April Critical Mass + Coal Caravan 1

29-04-2009 00:40

On Friday 24th April, Nottingham's Critical Mass Bike Ride started from the Market Square. Critical Mass is for everyone who rides a bike in Nottingham and wants to take part.

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United Community of Erris, Co Mayo, Remove Shell Nets.

28-04-2009 18:14

Shell nets collected, shredded and bagged for export, by a united community.
“There is no land that can rightfully be called ‘Shell’s land’. This land is our land”. – Local Resident

Following a cowardly and vicious attack in the dead of night by Shell mercenaries on Willie Corduff in the early hours of Thursday 23rd April 2009, members of the Erris community assisted by national supporters opposed to the Shell Corrib Gas Project, united at 3pm on Sunday 26th April to rid the Glengad beach and cliffs of Shell nets.

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Nuclear-Free Future Walk from Geneva to Brussels is underway

28-04-2009 16:47

The Footprints for Peace International Walk towards a Nuclear-Free Future from Geneva to Brussels set off on Sunday, 26 April 2009, on the 23rd anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster: the world's worst ever civil nuclear accident.

In 2007, the group walked for 12 weeks from Dublin to London via Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and England, and last year walked for 12 weeks from London to Geneva through France.

En route to their destination they will pass through five countries: Switzerland, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. Individuals are invited to join them along the way, for as long as they like.

More details here:  http://www.footprintsforpeace.net



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Radioactive waste leak at Faslane

27-04-2009 09:54

An MoD report released under the freedom of information act has revealed repeated leaks of nuclear waste into the Firth of Clyde over the last few years.

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Object to planning application for biofuel power plant in Southall, West London

27-04-2009 09:53

Object against a planning application for a biofuel power plant in Southall, Ealing, West London:
REF:  http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/blueng_2009apr_live.php

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Coal Caravan - Latest

26-04-2009 21:45

Due to overwhelming interest the Coal Caravan website at  http://www.coalcaravan.org.uk/ has been, well, overwhelmed! This epic 219 mile cycle caravan travels through communities threatened with open cast coal mines and power stations, from Notts to Newcastle (and a bit beyond). To keep up-to-date check out the blog at  http://coalcaravan.wordpress.com/

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Whaling Ship Sunk in Norway!

25-04-2009 21:27

Another whaling ship scuttled - "WE SANK THE BASTARD. -AGENDA 21"

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3 Lappersfort occupiers released, with deportation notices

25-04-2009 15:58

Yesterday (friday 24th april) the 3 Lappersfort occupiers arrested on tuesday night were released (original article about arrest www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/04/428135.html). Upon signing out of the Brugge prison they were all issued with deportation notices, ordering them to leave the "Kingdom of Belgium" by midnight on the 29.04.2009.

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Fuck up the Land Grabbers

24-04-2009 22:41

The Dey Krahorm Community in Cambodias Capital was evicted in January by the 7NG Real Estate Company.

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Telmex poetically sabotaged, locks glued & shops etched

24-04-2009 20:24

TELMEX VICTIM OF POETIC SABOTAGE (Mexico)
DOORS TO EXPLOITIVE BUSINESSES GLUED (Mexico)
WINDOWS ETCHED AT FUR RETAILER (Germany)

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Critical Mass! Nottingham pictures...

24-04-2009 19:41

An initial upload of pictures of todays Critical Mass bike ride through Nottingham city centre. Reclaim the streets!

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Indians blockade main Amazon tributary - 24 April 2009

24-04-2009 17:28

A large number of Indians have blockaded one of the Amazon’s main tributaries, the Napo River, in response to the violation of their rights by oil companies and Peru’s government.

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Audio: Transition Sheffield Community Supported Agriculture Meeting

24-04-2009 14:55

Audio Meeting Flyer
Attached are the slides and audio from two presentations at a Transition Heeley/Meersbrook meeting on community food growing held on Thursday 23rd April.

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Lappersfort- police out of control in Brugge

23-04-2009 16:06

Following the ambush & arrest of 3 lappersfort occupiers on the night of 21st April (for original article go to  http://www.indymedia.be/en/node/32755), the Brugge police yesterday conducted a raid on the house of a local sympathiser.

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Bike Ride to Reach Fair

23-04-2009 13:01

A leisurely 10 mile bike ride from Midsummer Common to the village fair at
Reach and back, leaving around 10am Bank Holiday Monday 4th May.

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CALL OUT: Permaculture! Party! Resistance!

23-04-2009 11:20

Beechwood Hotel/Squat
A day of permaculture workshops, followed by a BBQ and party. Then stay and help us resist the bailiffs.

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LNG leak

23-04-2009 10:19

On March 29th, just a few days after the South Hook LNG terminal in Pembrokeshire, there has already been a leak.
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