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Dismayed by the the lack of hemp on this site

07-11-2007 11:31

this is regarding the serious lack of hemp in the environmental movement. although it would also help just about every other grassroots movement. i would have thought that being alternative media, there'd be something on hemp. i was especially surprised by the sister site

http://climateimc.org/
which throws up 1 article in a search for "hemp". a search on greenpeace is similarly depressing. www.foe.co.uk is a little better. it seems there's more in the mainstream. eg. www.theecologist.org

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Stand up 4 Journalism! Manchester rally 05/11/07

07-11-2007 01:56

Video report from rally outside of the offices of the Manchester Evening News held on the NUJs' day of action, 'Stand up for Journalism'

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South West - A New Option On Bristol Indymedia - Please Read

06-11-2007 12:18

Bristol Indymedia have now added South West as a new option when uploading articles.

This is an ongoing part of the remodelling of Bristol Indymedia.

http://bristol.indymedia.org

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G8 Diaz raid Parliamentary inquiry defeated in Rome parliament.

31-10-2007 22:05

(ANSA) - Rome, October 30 - A bid to obtain a fresh parliamentary enquiry into alleged violence by Italian police at a 2001 G8 summit foundered on Monday when two government parties joined the opposition in voting against it.

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30/10/2007: London Mexican Embassy Protest, The World is STILL Watching

31-10-2007 19:54

Tuesday 30 October 2007: Protestors returned to the London Mexican Embassy one year on from the scenes of police violence that greeted them on the 2006 protest.

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One Year Since Brad Will's Murder in Oaxaca, Mexico

28-10-2007 15:59

Brad Will: Open Letter International

Like in the cases of so many other journalists, human rights activists, indigenous leaders and social activists, the murder of Brad Will, a U.S. journalist and documentary video maker from Indymedia New York, who was killed in Oaxaca on October 27, 2006, has been addressed by the Mexican Government with impunity for the murderers.

Brad Will's Last Video:

http://www.stralunato.com/2006/11/09/el-ultimo-video-de-brad-will

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3664350201077731285

http://www.docacine.com.ar/Notas%20Centrales/NOTAS.htm

Brad Will's murder and solidarity actions reports in IMC-UK:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/10/354501.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/10/354689.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/10/354866.html

IMC-UK's Oaxaca topic page:

http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2006/oaxaca/

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Something for the weekend

24-10-2007 02:36

This saturday is set to be a busy one for activists in London with both the 9th annual remembrance procession against deaths in custody and the 27th Anarchist Bookfair.

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Latest Offline Newsheet

20-10-2007 17:01

This is the latest Offline, which will hopefully be availble printed at the Anarchist Bookfair, but please feel free to download and print and distribute (that is why we upload it here btw)

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rampART news and more

18-10-2007 09:36

Last Friday the rampART was used by locals to celebrate EID which marks
the end of Ramadan. In Islam, believers are called upon to cease all
consumption of food and drink between the hours of daylight for 30
consecutive days.

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DEADLINE Screening @ The Custard Factory, Birmingham

15-10-2007 11:40

4wardever in association with Birmingham Indymedia presents Deadline, an excellent documentary film chronicling the astonishingly flawed criminal justice system in Illinois, USA -

http://www.deadlinethemovie.com

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Anarchist Bookfair after party at rampART

14-10-2007 23:29

Offering something of a break in tradition, the noborders/rampART benefit party after the anarchist book fair is an alternative to hanging out in the pub. Open from 6pm it's a chance to hang out with friends while supporting grassroots campaigns and a rare opportunity to listen to conscious hip-hop and rap with acts from the USA, Greece, Scarborough, Manchester, Bristol and London.

Suggested donation £5
proceeds to NoBorders and rampART

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Vicente Fox disrupted in NYC by questions about Oaxaca and Brad Will

12-10-2007 09:03

A book signing at Barnes and Noble turned tense when audience members
asked about Brad Will…

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Indymedia Exhibition.

11-10-2007 17:24

Starting in London and then moving to other venues.

Opening October 30th.

Text the contact numbers if know of a suitable space that is free and accessible. Or if you wish to organise something. Anywhere in the UK or Europe considered.

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Where Do We Go From Here? - Notts Indymedia Meeting on Monday

02-10-2007 15:14

There will be a Notts Indymedia meeting on Monday 8th October. If you're interested in doing some stuff with us, please come along. It will start at 7.30pm at the Sumac Centre, Forest Fields, Nottingham. All welcome!

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London benefit gig for REEL NEWS

21-09-2007 13:20

Details below

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Liverpool IMC Info Night

20-09-2007 00:19

Another night at Next To Nowhere, and another triumph! There's a great buzz about the place, and everything's really exciting! Who knew activism was meant to be like this?

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Oaxaca Info Night Held In Liverpool

17-09-2007 22:17

An audience of about thirty-five people came to Next To Nowhere last night, to meet an Indymedia activist from Oaxaca, Mexico, and to hear him speak about recent struggles against the state government there.

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Liverpool Indymedia night this Wednesday!

17-09-2007 21:24

The Indymedia info night on Wednesday will consist of a
short presentation introducing Indymedia, and then give people a chance to
try out posting articles to Indymedia, with advice & help on hand from the
Liverpool Indymedia volunteer collective.

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YOU Could Be An Indymedia Journalist

14-09-2007 23:21

It isn't that hard being an Indymedia journalist. YOU could do it easily. All you need is:

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Threats against alternative media

14-09-2007 16:18

The “Ké Huelga Radio” is an free radio project, broadcasting in Mexico City at
102.9 FM which began in 1999, during the early weeks of the student strike of the
National Autonomous University of Mexico

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