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Anti-abortion activist charged in killing of doctor

Mick Meaney June 3, 2009 0

An anti-abortion activist was charged yesterday with first-degree murder in the death of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, and the prosecutor said evidence in the case ruled out the death penalty.   Scott

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62 arrested at Guantanamo protest

Mick Meaney May 1, 2009 1

Included in the 62 arrestees were 55 people bearing nametags with names of those “cleared for release” but still held at Gitmo-and five more nametags for those who have died at Guantanamo Bay. Witness

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Houses of Parliament Protestors Get Stuck

Mick Meaney April 27, 2009 2

Three woman and one man have glued themselves to a statue at the Houses of Parliament. A message posted on the Internet from the four states: “4 members of Climate Rush have just glued

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Activists lose legal bid to stop expansion

Mick Meaney March 14, 2009 0

ANTI-EXPANSION campaigners lost their High Court battle yesterday to block the decision to expand Stansted airport. The Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE) group was opposing proposals for an additional 10 million passengers a year to

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Photographers protest new antiterror law

Mick Meaney February 16, 2009 0

By Owen Amos at New Scotland Yard Hundreds of photographers protested outside Scotland Yard in London this morning as a new law which they claim restricts their freedom came into force. From today, under

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Student occupations for Gaza spread

Mick Meaney February 13, 2009 0

By JAMES TWEEDIE STUDENT occupations spread across the country on Thursday in the latest wave of protests against Israel’s siege of Gaza. Angry undergraduates are demanding that their universities cut all ties with Israel

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Why You Should Delete Your MySpace Account

Mick Meaney January 1, 2009 13

Today I am deleting all the content from my Myspace account and leaving only this notice. I’ve been inspired by the Franklin Street Statement and Identi.ca and I realize that a free/libre/open source internet

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Londoners protest against ‘Police Brutality and State Terrorism’

Mick Meaney December 21, 2008 0

A call for world-wide solidarity actions against state terrorism had come from those occupying the Polytechnic University in Athens, who linked their struggle to that of others around the world, “zero tolerance and repressive

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Genuine UK Activists Invade and Occupy UK Power Plant

Mick Meaney October 31, 2008 0

Because they care about the issue — not about Youtube hits, UK truthers take note ;) By Alex Felsinger | The crown jewel of Greenpeace’s naval arm, the Rainbow Warrior, pulled in to the harbor alongside

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