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Peace camp in parliament square

29-06-2007 10:37

Last week-end I toddled up to London to participate in a peace camp in Parliament Square. The camp lasted from noon Saturday until noon Thursday, straddling the death throes of the Blair administration and the early wailings of the Brown era (“The King is dead! Long live the… errrm. No, actually, down with the next king too!”)

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People of Britain: It's "Liberation Day!"

28-06-2007 15:05

We would like to welcome the United Kingdom, back into the "family of nations", now that the country has been "liberated" from the "repressive", "dictatorship" of Mr. Anthony Blair.

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University of the Lies London a.k.a. University of the Arts London

28-06-2007 10:57

Can it be true?

Is this University really going to expel Paulo Duarte for caring enough to discuss the Iraq war and the death of Jean Charles de Menezes in his homework?

Could there have possibly been any political interference in this decision by 10 Downing Street?

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Tony Blair: Middle East peace envoy (by Latuff)

28-06-2007 07:02

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

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blair's new home - neighbourhood watch

28-06-2007 00:01

a small group of activists including a loud samba presence braved the rain outside blair's new connaught square home this evening and made neighbours aware that their new resident may not be the sort of person you'd like living next to you.

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Blair to be a Middle East `peace envoy` - is satire now obsolete?

27-06-2007 22:06

Is it April fools day?

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Good riddance Blair from Parliament Square.

27-06-2007 16:30

Since Saturday the protest camp in Parliament Square has been a scene of almost boring calm. Even the police were behaving in an unusually affable manner but all that changed today, almost as if in a final finger-up gesture from the departing Tony Blair.

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Update on the "War is Stil the Issue" Peace Camp

26-06-2007 11:22

The illegal "War is Still the Issue" Peace Camp in Parliament Square has now been in place since noon on Saturday 23 June.

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24th June, Manchester: Gordon Brown Demo report

25-06-2007 19:23

While the rest of the march was going by...

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George W. Bush Movin' Out Campaign!

25-06-2007 16:43

George W. Bush Movin' Out Campaign!
A GLOBAL EVENT!

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Parliament Square update, Monday afternoon.

25-06-2007 16:39

Plenty of rain but still no hassle from the police. The Peace Camp now has 10 tents plus one Gazebo. The latter is very good for socialising out of the rain.

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Audio: Iraqi Trade Unionists Speak out

25-06-2007 09:57

Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein, Pres. Electrical Utility Workers Union and Faleh Abood Umara, General Sec. of the Federation of Oil Unions are currently on a speaking tour of the US, see:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/06/374129.html

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Photos: Stop the War Demo Manchester 24th June

24-06-2007 18:49

Thousands march on Stop the War Demo in Manchester as Gordon Brown is crowned new leader
Sunday 24th June

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Baquba: ' A kill sack'

24-06-2007 17:31

Operation 'Arrowhead Ripper' is underway. A new America killing field is opening up. The victims are the residents of Baquba, captol of Iraq's Diyala governorate. As the killers move in, they are targetting, as ever, 'Al-Qaeda.'

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Amnesty International vigil and sleep out in Edinburgh Friday June 22nd 2007

23-06-2007 21:34

Some photos from the Amnesty International sleep out in Edinburgh for refugees. There is a link to more photos from the sleep out in Birmingham.

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Parliament Square Peace Camp pics.

23-06-2007 18:21

At 5pm there were 8 Peace Camp tents, including a Gazebo. While Brian's bunch had 11 tents and a fairly loud sound system for music and speeches.

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Lawyers claim British government approved systematic policy of torture in Iraq

22-06-2007 11:45

Lawyers are claiming that the British government approved a systematic policy of torture of detainees in Iraq.

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Peace Strike - Your Presence Required

22-06-2007 09:40

PEACE STRIKE – THE BIG ONE - Parliament Square Saturday 23rd June
Singer Harry Loco and guest speakers join the Peace Camp in "Don’t Attack Iran" Pre Emptive Peace Strike Number 7

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