International protestors blockade Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP for 10 hours Blockade of the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant, August 28, 2010 http://www.olkiluotoblockade.info/ OLKILUOTO, Finland – The main road leading to Finland’s Olkiluoto Nuclear power plant was blocked off for nearly 10 hours by anti-nuclear demonstrators from all over Europe – including from Russia and Belarus –...
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Congratulations to all those in Dublin today who’ve given the mass murderer Tony Blair the welcome he deserves: Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday as Tony Blair held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in the Irish capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed — evidence that the...
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Who, What, Why: How do you un-glue a protester? The tactic is designed to cause maximum disruption Climate campaigners superglued themselves to a cark park gate during a demonstration on Monday. How are they released? It is the latest tactic used by direct action activists to make sure they stick in the public consciousness...
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‘RAF’ Croughton US communication base Keep Space for Peace! Saturday 2nd October 2010 12.00 – 3.00pm Speakers: Peter Burt – Nuclear Information Service. Rev. David Platt – Clergy Against the Bomb. Mark Levene – Crisis Forum. . . This major U.S. communication base supports many US bases in Europe and world wide war operations....
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Israel has urged Lebanon and the international community to prevent two Lebanese-sponsored ships, the Julia (also known as Naji al-Ali) and Junia (also known as Miriam), from sailing to Gaza. In a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council Wednesday, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gabriela Shalev called on...
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Yesterday saw the launch of “Beat the Boreholes”; a campaign of mass civil disobedience to stop Shell works in Mayo this Summer. At 7am in the morning campaigners entered the water in Broadhaven Bay in kayaks and a safety rib in a peaceful attempt to prevent Shell from bringing in a second borehole drilling...
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A group of Canadian activists met last night to begin raising $300,000 in a bid to launch a boat to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, insisting it is doing nothing that will aid Gaza’s Hamas government. The group called Gaza Freedom March is co-ordinating the effort to charter and crew an all-Canadian...
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The Libyan aid ship Amalthea, or Hope has docked at El Arish. Medical supplies and passengers on board will enter Gaza through the Rafah border crossing, while food will enter through the Awja border, Captain Gamal Abdel Maqsoud, who is in charge of the port, said. He said Egypt’s Red Crescent would be responsible for...
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The aid ship Amalthea is sitting off the coast of El-Arish within sight of the port and understood to be docking within the hour.
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Israeli Navy Cordons Al-Amal Aid Ship Wednesday, 14 July 2010 10:52 Al-Amal aid ship is currently undergoing a cordon by the Israeli Navy as four naval vessels are showing up on each side of the ship. The Ship is moving at a slower pace as the Israeli naval vessels are trying to force it...
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