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UK Social Struggles Newswire Archive

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Around the Campaigns Tuesday 30th September 2008

30-09-2008 14:23

Elsa and Bethlehem on their way back to Leeds where they belong

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Sussex police taser street drinker

30-09-2008 12:14

According to that venerable Brighton institution- The Argus, Sussex Police used a taser on a street drinker who turned aggressive/violent after they attempted to confiscate his booze.

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Digital Freedom in Education and Youth :: October 19th :: Marbella Cafe

30-09-2008 11:38

DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education and Youth) is a group formed in response from a growing need in the Northwest of England for a Group to encourage and promote young people's involvement with the free software community by creating a social space to make it more comfortable for young people to get involved with GLUGs and FSUGs.

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Zapatista Benefit, Hallowe'en

30-09-2008 08:49

Benefit night for Zapatista communities, Hallowe'en, Hulme

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“It is wrong to criminalize migration”

30-09-2008 05:38

"Criminalization is a disproportionate measure which exceeds a state’s legitimate interest in controlling its borders.

Such a method of controlling international movement corrodes established international law principles. It also causes many human tragedies without achieving its purpose of genuine control"

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Freedom not Fear | The Big Picture Photocall

30-09-2008 00:45

Capturing the database state: community photocall in preparation for Oct 11th

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Direct Fraud Action- 492,000 euros stolen for social movements

30-09-2008 00:34

This article was found on the above mentioned website under the title: "I have “robbed” 492,000 euros to whom most rob us in order to denounce them and build some alternatives for the society."

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Hackney Wasn't Crap - Walking tour of Gentrification report

29-09-2008 15:49

Hackney isn’t Crap Gentrification Tour on Sunday the 28th of September walked from Dalston lane to Broadway market visiting new developments like Dalston Square and listening to shopkeepers and local residents at the sharp end of the regeneration of Hackney.

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Justice Not Crisis Homelessness Demonstration

29-09-2008 15:01

*DEMO FOR THE HOMESLESS*

Campaign group JUSTICE NOT CRISIS are organising a demonstration to
highlight the issues of homelessness and other housing issues in Birmingham.

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Stalking the Solitaire

29-09-2008 13:13

Shell to Sea Kayakers visit the Solitaire in Scotland

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Friends of Elsa and Bethlehem / We want them to Stay in Leeds, where they belo

29-09-2008 09:51

Elsa and Bethlehem
Elsa Temesgen Imbaye and her 11 year old daughter, Bethlehem are currently detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Wednesday, 1 October 2008 on British Midland Airways flight BD913 from Heathrow @ 14:15 to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Genevieve Adetoro or Liam Byrne, who is telling the truth?

29-09-2008 08:15

"I know our contract staff in removal centres provide care with the utmost sensitivity and compassion in really difficult circumstances, because I have studied the situation at first hand.
It's why medical care at a removal centre is as good as it is on the NHS. At Yarl's Wood - - there is 24-hour nursing care with 14 nurses, two doctors on call day and night, as well as social workers and dentists." Liam Byrne, Minister for Immigration, New Statesman, 11th September 2008

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Direct Action; Venezuela, UK, Italy, Spain & USA

28-09-2008 19:19

Video BULLFIGHTING MONUMENT DEFACED (Venezuela)
23rd-27th September

BULLFIGHTING MONUMENT DEFACED (Venezuela)
CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR 51 TURKEYS (UK)
THOUSANDS OF MINK RUN FREE, FARMERS WORRY ABOUT THEIR FUTURE (Italy)
ALF ATTACK VIVISECTION BREEDER (UK)
FLY FISHERY TARGETED (UK)
MESSAGE LEFT FOR BULLFIGHTER (Spain)
3 BARCLAYS CASHPOINTS GLUED (UK)
OLD TRICKS FOR A NEW DOG (UK)
MCDONALD'S BILLBOARD PAINTBOMBED (USA)
STICKY SITUATION CONTINUES FOR BARCLAYS (UK)
HOME VISIT FOR NOVARTIS VIVISECTOR (UK)
BARCLAYS BANK PAINTED AND GLUED (UK)
DOWN ON THE FARM WITH THE ALF (UK)
ANIMAL TRANSPORTER & FARM VEHICLES WRECKED (UK)
TWO SOUTHERN BARCLAYS VISITED (UK)

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Rare sighting of endangered Leftists in Walworth, South London

27-09-2008 17:40

Graphic Design for the Revolution - Old School
On Saturday 27th September, the South-East Council of Action organised demo to defend local council housing estates in Walworth, London was held. An estimated 40 people, young and old, marched through Aylesbury Estate, down a busy Walworth Rd and onto Heygate Estate where a meeting was held.

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No police at Critical Mass London!

27-09-2008 08:27

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In an extraordinary development no police turned up for the September ride. Not only that but they were notable for their absence throughout the ride and the weather was perfect.

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Brighton Council named & shamed as discriminatory employer in The TES

26-09-2008 14:15

Please read this article on the shameful actions of Brighton & Hove City Council, as reported in G-Scene Magazine, October 2008, and The Times Educational Supplement, September 2008.
We've been waiting for answers and seeking an investigation from Council Leaders since November 2007 without any success!

Please share this story widely. Thanks for your support.

Andy Baldwin, Spokeperson and co-author of successful legal cases

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Brighton Council named & shamed as discriminatory employer in The TES

26-09-2008 13:54

Please read this article on the shameful actions of Brighton & Hove City Council, as reported in G-Scene Magazine, October 2008, and The Times Educational Supplement, September 2008.

We've been waiting for answers and seeking an investigation from Council Leaders since November 2007 without any success! Please share this story widely. Thanks.

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Around the Campaigns Friday 26th September 2008

26-09-2008 11:45

Annociate Back in Sheffield Where She Belongs
"Annociate is back home in Sheffield! She was released from Colnbrook IRC yesterday. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all the people that have made this campaign a success. The immediate threat of deportation is now over - however, there are more battles to fight, as now we need to ensure that Annociate gets her id card so she can get married and she gets Leave to Remain." Yours Jubilantly! Graham Wroe  http://www.ncadc.org.uk/Newszin98/Annociate.html

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Small efforts that aim at contributing to working class resistance in today's Un

25-09-2008 23:53

From the 'Love and Treason' web page, at www.infoshop.org

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Review: "FARE STRIKE! San Francisco 2005: First-Hand Accounts"

25-09-2008 21:08

A critical analysis of a not-terribly-accurate version of what took place in the failed transit system fare strike in San Francisco, California three years ago.
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