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Climate Rush & Yes Men Barricade Mandy's Home in Support of Vestas Protests

10-08-2009 09:51

Not you're usual return from holiday...
Welcome home Mandy! At 6am this morning, two climate suffragettes and the Yes Men barricaded Peter Mandleson's Regent's Park home in support of the Vestas workers and wind power in the UK. The climate suffragettes, chained to his gate, unfurled a banner reading 'Mandy, Put Some Wind in Vestas' Sales' while the Yes Men inflated their 'survivor balls' in preparation for the worst effects of climate change...

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Cardiff Vestas Solidarity - Defend Jobs, Defend The Planet

09-08-2009 18:13

DEFEND JOBS, DEFEND THE PLANET - VESTAS SOLIDARITY MEETING
Wednesday 12 August at 7.30 pm
Riverside Community Centre
Brunel St. (off Ninian Park Road), ten mins from Cardiff Central Station

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Climate Action Camp occupies Belgian coal terminal

08-08-2009 22:17

Clean Energy Now!
The Climate Action Camp on the Belgian/Dutch border yesterday occupied the Antwerp Bulk Terminal (ABT) coal terminal in Antwerp Harbour, Belgium. This terminal; responsible where coal is imported to Europe from Africa and South America before distribution by train and boat to power stations around Europe was shut down for the day as activists blocked train lines and conveyor belts at the site.

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Climate Camp - Cycle To The City!

08-08-2009 18:57

After trying to find other people who want to join me on a bike ride to this years camp, I am now inviting everyone to cycle to the city with me.


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Revenge decision to site German nuclear dump

07-08-2009 23:20

Gerd Lüttig
A West German provincial leader placed a nuclear waste dump near the border with communist East Germany out of revenge for the East Germans doing the same on their side of the border.

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Climate Camp Scotland/Mainshill Solidarity Camp

07-08-2009 18:17

Audio The doomed conveyor
A few photos and some audio ...

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ELF Sabotages Telmex Cable Line in SW Mexico City

06-08-2009 22:33

August 2, 2009: ELF Sabotages Telmex Cable Line in SW Mexico City

Communique:

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Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki!

06-08-2009 13:42

A-US-Bombe Hiroshima-Nagasaki
So würde ein Voll-Laufen der Asse mit Wasser zu einer 100-fach über den zulässigen Grenzwerten liegenden Strahlenbelastung der Bevölkerung führen. ... Merkel wusste seit 1996 von Atommüll-Risiken der Asse .... Türkei: ... "mit Merkel zur Atommacht" ........... Remember Hiroshima! > 6. August 1945 – 6. August 2009 < .......

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MFAH destroy Novartis CEO's hunting lodge, ALF paint subsidiary

05-08-2009 20:30

NOVARTIS CEO'S HUNTING LODGE DESTROYED (Austria)
August 5, 2009 - Austria
NOVARTIS CEO'S HUNTING LODGE DESTROYED

August 4, 2009 - UK
WARNING PAINTED AT NOVARTIS SUBSIDIARY

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Villagers stage Oldbury anti-nuclear protest

04-08-2009 08:57

Direct action by local residents against new E.On / RWE npower nuclear power plant planned in Oldbury, Gloucestershire.

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Direct Action; Spain, Mexico, Italy, UK, Belgium & Mexico

03-08-2009 22:58

10 RABBITS LIBERATED (Spain)
30th July - 3rd August

10 RABBITS LIBERATED (Spain)
ROOSTERS RESCUED FROM COCKFIGHTING RING (Mexico)
BOAR LIBERATION (Italy)
SHOOTING BUTTS BURNT TO THE GROUND (UK)
ONE NIGHT, THREE FUR SHOPS GLUED (Italy)
CIRCUS ADS, BUTCHER SHOP PAINTED (Belgium)
PHEASANT PEN SMASHING (UK)
"DOUGLAS FAMILY BUNNY BUTCHERS" (UK)
FIRE STARTED AT DOOR OF MEAT RESTAURANT (Mexico)
MEAT SLASHED (UK)
GLAXO BILLBOARDS CUT DOWN, PAINTED OVER (UK)
P&G ADS SUBVERTISED (UK)

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Workers' Fightback: Vestas still occupied, Lewisham victory, Irish occupations

02-08-2009 21:18

We support... rank and file workers' struggles against the chaotic profit system!

We believe... workers know how to run our workplaces far better than business people, the government, or trade union leaders!

We aim for... workers' control over our own jobs and our own lives!

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Latest EF! Action Update bursts forth

01-08-2009 20:48

Car tyres deflate in the night, diggers halted in their tracks, buildings and MPs covered in slime...airports plagued by crazy golf, picnics, city gents and hostage-taking...eco-villages and other autonomous spaces sprout, as others are under threat...tree-sits, banks evicted, fake phone-masts and whaling ships sunk....it must be time for another Earth First! Action Update, bringing you a concentrated quarterly blast of inspiration and contacts to get out there and take direct action against the bastards threatening this planet and its inhabitants.

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Two Irish Anti-shell Campaigners Imprisoned for Civil Disobedience (Update)

01-08-2009 16:44

Shell snaps its fingers and the State hops to it' - Maura Harrington

In Bellmullet court on Thursday, five Shell to Sea protesters were up for hearings on charges ranging from last August 2008 to this June 2009. Judge Anderson dismissed several charges on technical points but was very harsh in serving two of the campaigners with four and eight month prison sentences.

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Browne Ignores Brit Opposition to War ..Dogs Used as Minesniffers in Afghanistan

31-07-2009 16:45

As British polls fraudulently report opposition to Afghan war at only
58 to 63% and ministers of Browne's govt. promote the war on
American airwaves, news comes of dogs being used by US
Marines as minesniffers

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Camp For Climate Action 09 - Prepare to Swoop!

31-07-2009 13:13

On Wednesday 26th August, the Camp for Climate Action will take back the
city of London in a massive public swoop.

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Two Irish Anti-Shell Campaigners Jailed for Civil Disobedience

31-07-2009 02:30

--- Eight and four month sentences show dramatic increase in repression ---

Shell to Sea campaigners Maura Harrington and Niall Harnett were sentenced to four and eight months in jail respectively at Bellmulet district court today. Both protesters have been convicted for taking action as part of a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience against the ill-fated Corrib Gas Project. Maura was given her four month sentence under Section 8 of the Public Order Act; 'failing to comply with the directions of a Garda'. The sentence was handed down in relation to an incident that occurred duing a protest at Shell's 'landfall' compound gate on 30th August 2008. Niall was sentenced to eight months in relation to two separate incidents. He was given a four month sentence under Section 8 of the Public order act, and another four months under Section 2, for the supposed assault of a Garda.

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ALF Burn Butcher School Vehicles, Paint Diary Shop & Butchers

30-07-2009 18:03

VEHICLES SET ALIGHT AT BUTCHER SCHOOL (France)
July 30, 2009 - France
VEHICLES SET ALIGHT AT BUTCHER SCHOOL

July 29, 2009 - Mexico
PAINT SPILLED AT DAIRY SHOP, BUTCHER GRAFFITIED

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Flotilla / vigil against nuclear power, Bradwell, Essex - Sun 9 August

29-07-2009 08:44

From:  http://www.banng.org.uk/page_1246466074069.html

Sunday, 9th August 2009 - from 14.00 to 16.00 hrs
join a peaceful summer vigil in the Blackwater Estuary

The future of the Blackwater Estuary should concern everyone. Any despoiling of this unique facility will take away the opportunity for its enjoyment for many generations to come.

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ELF Mexico Targets Former City Councilman's Truck & Telmex Branch

28-07-2009 23:43

ELF Burns Former City Councilman's Truck
07.21.09: ELF Burns Former City Councilman's Truck in Protest of Corruption and Urban Sprawl in Mexico
07.20.09: ELF Targets Telmex Branch office in Mexico
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