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We will never work for the BBC again – actors and directors in Gaza protest
By EMILY PYKETT ACTORS and directors have warned the BBC they will not work for the corporation again if it does not broadcast the Gaza charity appeal. In a letter written to Mark Thompson,
Read More »BBC staff protest over decision not to show Gaza aid appeal
By Leigh Holmwood The BBC is facing a growing revolt from its own journalists over its decision not to broadcast the Gaza humanitarian aid appeal, with sources reporting “widespread disgust” within its newsrooms. BBC
Read More »Cyberspace wars
By JAMES EAGLE WHILE bombs and bullets have been raining down on Gaza, a different kind of warfare has been conducted in cyberspace – and it’s nowhere near as one-sided as Israel’s assault on
Read More »Activists threaten to close Heathrow
Activists behind an annual climate change camp today threatened to close down Heathrow in an early sign of direct action aimed at stopping a controversial third runway being built. Leaders of the annual event
Read More »Police at Gaza demo ‘caused stampede’
By René Lavanchy | FURTHER allegations of police brutality at last Saturday’s demonstration against the Gaza violence have emerged, as activists promise to take up complaints with the Metropolitan Police. A steward told Tribune
Read More »Events timeline for National Free Gaza demo
Indymedia | After 14 days of of Israeli state aggression against the people of Palestine 802 people are dead, over 257 of which are children. Across the world there have been militant protests, Saturday
Read More »Rallies to protest Gaza bombing
Tens of thousands of protesters are due to voice their anger at the Gaza bombing blitz in a series of rallies across the UK. Up to 20,000 people – including the singer Annie Lennox
Read More »Amy Goodman: Voices of Resistance Sing On
Strong voices for peace have left us this year, people who used their art for social change, often at a high personal price. Odetta was a legendary folk singer of the civil rights
Read More »Zimbabwe police won’t free activists
By Jonathan Clayton POLICE in Zimbabwe defied a High Court order for the release to hospital of a leading human rights activist and eight other opposition campaigners, taking them off to an undisclosed location
Read More »China sentences rights activist to two years in prison
Beijing – A Beijing court sentenced a rights activist to two years in prison on Thursday after convicting her of ‘obstructing public business,’ her husband said. Dong Jiqin said he was not allowed into
Read More »Greek youths break into state TV center, take over
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Protesters forced their way into Greece’s state NET television news studio Tuesday and interrupted a news broadcast featuring the prime minister so they could urge viewers to join mass anti-government
Read More »Police charge 49 after Stansted protest
Nearly 50 people have been charged following yesterday’s climate change protests at Stansted airport. Essex police said in a brief statement that 49 people had been charged with aggravated trespass. They, along with several
Read More »Hundreds protest police shooting of youth
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Riots broke out Sunday in the Greek capital and the northern city of Thessaloniki as demonstrators protested the fatal police shooting of a teenager in Athens the previous night. Youths
Read More »Greenpeace activists scale Bank of England
By Hannah Wooderson | Activists from environmental group Greenpeace scaled the Bank of England building in the City of London today, calling on the Government to invest in “green” industries as part of the
Read More »Iraqi protesters burn George Bush effigy
The crowd of tens of thousands, gathered in Baghdad where a Saddam Hussein statue once stood, protests a security pact that would keep American troops in Iraq through 2011. By Tina Susman and Caesar
Read More »Unite against Nato expansion and war
With conflict spreading across the globe, April’s protest in Strasbourg will be a key focus for the anti-war movement, writes Chris Nineham The European anti-war movement is calling for mass protests at next year’s
Read More »Scientology lambasted
By Caitlin Loughran | As soon as protesters in a local anti-Scientology group, donning Guy Fawkes masks, arrived at the religious group’s temporary Portland office Nov. 1, members of the organization hurried to the windows
Read More »Undercover cops were among the unruly at DNC
By Felisa Cardona |The Denver Post When a Jefferson County deputy deployed pepper spray into a crowd during the first night of the Democratic National Convention, he did not know that his targets were
Read More »Riot police use violence to break up student demonstration
Harare – Riot police broke up a student demonstration in Harare, injuring at least four people and arresting three Tuesday, in the first such incident of police violence since the signing of a power-sharing
Read More »Md. Police Put Activists’ Names On Terror Lists – Surveillance’s Reach Revealed
By Lisa Rein | The Maryland State Police classified 53 nonviolent activists as terrorists and entered their names and personal information into state and federal databases that track terrorism suspects, the state police chief
Read More »Report: Police Erred In Activist Surveillance
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A report has concluded the Maryland State Police intruded on the ability of law-abiding residents to express themselves freely by conducting surveillance of anti-war and death-penalty opposition groups. The review of
Read More »Climate change demo cost police £6m
The estimated cost of policing a week-long protest against climate change stands at just under £6 million, it has been disclosed. Around £5.9 million has been spent policing the Camp for Climate Action event
Read More »Rights groups demonstrate outside UN
Amnesty International and human rights activists are expected to send a message to United Nations Security Council at a rally on Thursday evening urging the body to reject efforts to block indictment of Sudanese
Read More »Howard Zinn – US ‘in need of rebellion’
Al Jazeera speaks to Howard Zinn, the author, American historian, social critic and activist, about how the Iraq war damaged attitudes towards the US and why the US “empire” is close to collapse. Q:
Read More »UK activist faces 12 year sentence after RNC protests
Indymedia | Dave Mahoney was cycling to the grocery store with his girlfriend in Minneapolis on September 4th 2008, when an un-marked van pulled up, and two men wearing FBI shirts inexplicably bundled him
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