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Recent Main Stories Climate Camp Round Up | Climate Camp Cymru | Grassroots Festival Cancelled | Drone Warfare | Thomlinson Report | GM Crop Resistance | Rossport Protests | EDO Decommissioners Acquitted | Austerity Budget | Police Close Rave

Royal BS

Camp for Climate Action 2010 finished this week having shut down operations at the RBS Global Headquarters, disrupting works at their administration building and closing numerous branches around Edinburgh's city centre. Activists also targeted Cairn Energy and Forth Energy, companies that had received huge wads of cash from the bank for not-so-environmentally-friendly projects.

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Other stories from this issue...
Hovefields Eviction Threat - Bailiffs move in on traveller community near Dale Farm
The Fash Show - EDL to descend on Bradford as ENA hit Brighton in Bank Holiday Fash double header
War is Over (Killing Continues) - As the US army slinks out of Iraq with its tail between its legs, the country remains torn apart by violence and sectarianism.
Grow Heathrow Eviction Alert - Squatted garden in Heathrow faces eviction
 

Previous Issues

Issue 735, Friday 20th August 2010
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High Pressure Front
Climate Camp Cymru kicked off on Friday (13th) in South Wales and continued until Tuesday (17th) with an eviction forcing a change of site. The camp ran into problems on Saturday (14th) afternoon when it was evicted from its site. A disproportionately large police force consisting of 10 riot vans accompanied by dogs, helicopters and mounted police, was called into action to remove just 30 activists from a field.

Issue 734, Friday 6th August 2010
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Grassroots Struggle
Yet another independent festival has been cancelled after a concerted campaign by bureaucrats, nimbys and police. The Grassroots Festival was a small volunteer-run event due to take place in Cambridgeshire in early September. Organisers had lined up three days of revelry, from poetry to Drum ‘n’ Bass and culminating in a communal banquet replete with juggling waiters.

Issue 733, Friday 30th July 2010
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Robot Wars
Want to keep fighting an unwinnable war while keeping down the home team casualty figures? You need remote-control warfare. Drones or UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are increasingly becoming the face of modern imperial war. Remotely piloted Predator, Reaper and now Avenger drones mean that the world’s great powers can unleash destruction from afar without risking a single soldiers life.  

Issue 732, Friday 23rd July 2010
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Getting Away With Murder
“After 16 months of waiting, to hear nothing is being done is a complete joke. Today they gave us no hope. This experience has broken our family apart. The DPP has told us there was an unlawful act, yet no charges are to be brought. This is no justice - everyone has failed us.” - Ian Tomlinson’s son Paul King 

Issue 731, Friday 16th July 2010
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Against the Grain
This week sees GM firmly back in the spotlight. On Wednesday the EU took a huge step in pushing forward the genetic modification agenda by copping out of regulation and putting the decision on whether to grow GM or not back into the hands of national governments. The European Commission approved changes to the rules that may break the deadlock which has prevented any significant cultivation of GM crops in Europe. What does this mean for GM production in the UK and other nation-states? And where does this leave the resistance movement?

Issue 730, Friday 9th July 2010
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The Hole Truth
There is still plenty of ire left in Ireland as campaigners ready themselves for another summer of action against Shell and their plans to despoil the coast of County Mayo with a new gas pipeline. The project is already a decade late and three times over budget; pretty impressive for a small community fighting one of the biggest multinationals in the world. 

Issue 729, Friday 2nd July 2010
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They Think It's All Over... ITT is Now!!!
After a nail-biting twenty-four hour hiatus, the jury came to decision on the Decommissioners Case - 100% Not Guilty! Six of the seven defendants Tom Woodhead, Bob Nicholls, Ornella Saibene, Harvey Tadman, Simon Levin and Chris Osmond came smiling out of Hove Trial Centre at the end of a gruelling three and half week trial. Elijah Smith was remanded in custody for another offence. Five were acquitted on Wednesday afternoon, the other two Chris and Elijah had to wait until this morning. They had waited eighteen months for this moment.  

Issue 728, Friday 25th June 2010
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Cutting ‘N’ Running
So ‘austerity’ took shape this week as George ‘where were you hiding during the election campaign’ Osborne went for broke on Tuesday with his hard-hitting ‘fuck the poor’ budget. Yes, taxes & VAT are going up and almost every type of benefit is being slashed (and tied into being available for whatever work they deem you fit for), but hey! it’s not all bad news - corporation tax is being reduced!

Issue 727, Friday 18th June 2010
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Raving Madness
Around 2,500 partygoers descended on Dale Aerodrome in Wales last May bank holiday for the 2010 UK Teknival, only to be met with a massive police response. Police broke up the party on the first day, arresting 17 people in the process. Four remain on police bail and six have been charged.

Issue 726, Friday 11th June 2010
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Slick Publicity
In response to America’s largest ever environmental disaster, Tony Hayward, CEO of BP, said, “I’d like my life back.” We’re sure he does, as would the eleven workers who died on BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig when it exploded 40 miles off the Louisiana coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20th.But you have to sympathise with Tony. The fact that BP failed to test the strength of the cement in the well, despite knowing that the casing was “the riskier of two options” and that it “might collapse under pressure” can’t be held against him. Even though the same disregard for safety killed 15 and injured 170 BP workers in the Texas Oil Refinery explosion of 2005.

Issue 725, Friday 4th June 2010
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Israel Attacks Freedom Flotilla
The shocking news of the assault by Israeli Navy commandos on the Gaza flotilla has swept across the world, bringing the violent and complex conflict that is Israel and Palestine to the forefront of the global media. The flotilla was in international waters approaching the Gaza Strip, which has been blockaded by Israel for the last three years. The six ships of the freedom flotilla were carrying aid supplies and a multinational collective of people who oppose the conflict centred around Gaza.

Issue 724, Friday 28th May 2010
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Flight Brigade
Migrant rights activists across the UK are readying themselves for next week’s European Week of Action Against the Deportation Machine. Campaigners are calling out for a week of protest and direct action targeting the government agencies and private companies responsible for shipping migrants out of Blighty and back to the desperate situations they risked their lives to flee, often subjecting them to violent abuse on their way

Issue 723, Friday 21st May 2010
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All That Romains...
Welcome to the age of austerity. Romania has erupted in protests as harsh measures continue to grow and waves of discontent flood Europe. Romania’s capital, Bucharest, stood still for a day on Wednesday (19th) as ferocious cuts cripple the Romanian populace. The city was brought to a halt as an estimated 50,000 protesters marched through the streets in the largest of the demonstrations seen since the cuts were announced.

Issue 722, Friday 14th May 2010
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Squaring Up To 'Em
Only four days into the brave new Libservative era and the population is getting into the national coalition-building mood - a rag-tag rainbow alliance of the disaffected is set to pitch up in Parliament Square this Saturday (15th). But will it be a strong, stable protest in the national interests?


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August

31st Aug to 11th Sep
Photo Exhibition: Mugabe's Victims - Zimbabwe Today
London based human rights charity, The Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund, will be hosting a photo exhibition focusing on the victims of political violence in Zimbabwe, taken clandestinely by a senior staff photographer for Getty Images in Zimbabwe and the slums of South Africa, where many opposition political party members were forced to flee.
Address: Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1RU
Nearest Public Transport: Nearest tube London Bridge or Southwark
Postcode: SE1 1RU | View Map
Time: 10am to 6pm daily (closed sunday)
Price: Free admission
Phone: 020 7407 6644
Email: info@prisonersofconscience.org
Web: www.prisonersofconscience.org

September

2nd Sep to 6th Sep
Trident Ploughshares Summer Gathering
The politicians won't listen. It's time to start seriously plotting how to get rid of our Trident nuclear weapons of mass murder, and stop the £97bn replacement. It is up to us, the people, to take direct action and put a stop to this nuclear madness. The gathering is a chance for new and experienced activists to come together. With - workshops & discussion, networking, NVDA training, planning plus trips to Aldermaston AWE.
Address: Church of St John & St Stephen 121-147 Orts Rd, Reading, Berkshire RG1 3JN
Nearest Public Transport: Reading train station
Postcode: RG1 3JN | View Map
Time: From 2pm on the 2nd onwards
Phone: 0845 45 88 361
Email: tpgathering@yahoo.com
Web: www.tridentploughshares.org

3rd Sep to 5th Oct
Tadamon - Images of solidarity and strength in Palestine
Photo exhibition by British activist Penny Quinton showing the defiance, grief, solidarity and everyday lives of Palestinians living under the Israeli occupation, and during the bombing of Gaza.
Address: Freedom Gallery, above Freedom Bookshop, Angel Alley off 84B Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX
Nearest Public Transport: Tube: Aldgate East
Postcode: E1 7QX | View Map
Time: 12pm-6pm Mon-Sat, 12pm-4pm Sun
Phone: 07981184474
Web: http://penniequinton.org

4th Sep
Demonstration Against French Government Roma Evictions
Protest against the French Govt policy of mass evictions and deportations of Roma Gypsy/Travellers. Some have lived in France all their lives - some have come from Romania and Bulgaria since they joined the EU in 2007 - either way it is illegal to remove them. Resist the ethnic cleansing.
Address: French Embassy 58 Knightsbridge London SW1X 7JT
Nearest Public Transport: Tube: Knightsbridge
Postcode: SW1X 7JT | View Map
Time: 1pm
Web: www.enar-eu.org/Page_Generale.asp?DocID=
25135&langue=EN
www.freemovement.org.uk

4th Sep
Bristol Anarchist Bookfair fundraiser
The Bastard Squad present the Bristol Anarchist Bookfair 2010 fundraiser volume II. Live music from Zounds (unique '80s anarcho-punk, full line-up pumping out the favourites alongside new material) / Violent Arrest (grizzled U.K hardcore veterans out in force - ex-Ripcord) / Virus (more vintage anarcho-punk back from the '80s). Plus stalls & info.
Address: The Croft, 117-119 Stokes Croft, Bristol
Directions: Stokes Croft is on the A38, 5 mins from central Bristol
Nearest Public Transport: Buses stop nearby, plenty of bike lock-ons nearby.
Postcode: BS1 3RW | View Map
Time: 8pm start
Price: £6
Phone: 0117 987 4144
Email: bristolanarchistbookfair@riseup.net
Web: http://bastardsquadcollective.wordpress.
com

4th Sep
Protest & Picnic on the Downs with Worthing Downlanders
Despite agreeing not to sell land next to Cissbury Ring, Worthing council has failed to progress talks on long-term protection and access. Remind them that we are watching! Bring banners, walk en mass from meeting point to picnic.
Address: meet Broadwater Green (opposite fire station)
Time: 12 noon
Web: www.worthingdownlanders.co.uk

4th Sep
NCADC Annual Conference, London
The National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns is having a day conference, with speakers on a range of topics around immigrant support, legal issues, challenging immigration policy, resisting deportations and more. With lunch provided for participants.
Address: Hinde Street Methodist Church, 19 Thayer Street, London W1 2QJ
Nearest Public Transport: tube: Bond Street or Marble Arch
Postcode: W1 2QJ | View Map
Time: 10.30am-3.30pm
Web: www.ncadc.org.uk

4th Sep
End Domestic Flights Now!
Demonstrations in London and Manchester. This will be the time to take the agenda forward on aviation, and insist that at this time of climate emergency we cannot afford to be using high-emission forms of transport where viable alternatives exist. And that aviation will need to bear the burden of emissions reductions along with other sectors.
Address: London and Manchester city airports
Directions: take the DLR at Bank to get to the ‘City airport’ stop on the Woolwich line
Time: 11am
Email: info@campaigncc.org
Web: www.campaigncc.org

5th Sep
Urban Green Fair, Brixton
Giant community fair in Brixton with green issues, entertainment, workshops, alternative health, kids zone, sustainable transport and much more.
Address: Brockwell Park, Lambeth
Nearest Public Transport: Train: Herne Hill, Tube: Brixton, Buses: 2,3,37,68,196,201,322,432,468
Time: 11am-7pm
Price: free/donation
Phone: 07952 929 710
Web: www.urbangreenfair.org

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For those with an attention span of more than three minutes, here is a new collection of articles too long, analytical or high-brow to normally publish in the weekly newsheet.
Click Here for full list of feature articles...
Report from US-Mexico border about the narco wars whose connections go right up to the president
One year after the military coup in Honduras which ousted the leader and installed a neo-liberal cabal, grassroots groups across the country are aligning to create a popular movement.
SchNEWS interviews Richard Stallman – hacker, founder of the Free Software movement and activist for digital-software-information freedom...
From Kemp Town to Kabul, as SchNEWS interviews Al Jazeera journalist Medyan Dairieh about his take on the war...
An eyewitness account from Phnom Penh, as Cambodia faces its largest forced displacements since the time of the Khmer Rouge.
The future of Titnore Woods is threatened as Tesco and Worthing Council gang up to build upon the ancient woodland...
Imagine A Garden
Imagine A Garden
The story of the squatted Lewes Rd Community Garden on the site of a disused petrol station in Brighton.
Reports From The Verge
Reports from the Verge
- OUT NOW - Smash EDO/ITT Anthology 2005-2009 - covering the Smash EDO/ITT's campaign efforts to shut down the Brighton based bomb factory since 2005.
National London Gaza demo, Jan 09
Conflict Alert
National demo in London in Jan 09 against the Israeli bombing of Gaza.
Brighton Gaza Demo, Jan 09
Humanity
Protests in Brighton against the Israeli bombing of Gaza in Jan 09.
Brighton Shut ITT Demo
Watch ITT!
Report from second national Smash EDO demo against Brighton bomb-parts makers EDO/ITT in October 2008.
Uncertified
Uncertified
SchMOVIES 2008 DVD Collection including the saga of On The verge, Newhaven anti-incinerator campaign, Titnore Woods and others.
On The Verge
On the Verge
The full length Smash EDO Campaign Film - the film the police tried to ban.

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