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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Review of American Subversive by David Goodwillie (Scribner, 309 pages, 2010). David Goodwillie’s American Subversive is a study in trust—earning it and detecting it. One of the main characters is skilled at identifying who among her friends and colleagues is trustworthy. The other main character is an amateur who fails miserably at gauging who...
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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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Greenpeace UK We’ve arrived at the site of current deepwater oil drilling in the Arctic. The Esperanza is currently anchored about 2km from the oil rig in the Davis Straits between Canada and Greenland – also known as iceberg alley. We’re here to tell them to end deepwater drilling. And we need you to...
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Ruth Sherlock in Beirut guardian.co.uk, Friday 6 August 2010 19.20 BST A ship bearing aid for Gaza is preparing to leave Tripoli in Lebanon this weekend in the latest attempt to defy the Israeli blockade – with only women on board. The Saint Mariam, or Virgin Mary, has a multi-faith international passenger list, including...
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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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Sunday, July 26 5pm EST. WikiLeaks today released over 75,000 secret US military reports covering the war in Afghanistan. It holds a further 15,000 as yet unpublished documents. Congratulations and eternal thanks to wikileaks. Read the Wikileaks ‘ Afghan War Diary 2004-2010′ here. . Channel 4 News interviews Julian Assange with a report on the leaks....
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