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Action Against US Missile Defence
Posted April 23rd, 2008 by The StaffFrom the CND site:
May is a month of action against the US missile defence system. US plans to put new bases in central Europe, and NATO’s recent backing for this provocative step, are making a new nuclear arms race more likely. Join us at the following events…
Plane Stupid expose mole
Posted April 8th, 2008 by The StaffTagged:
Since late summer 2007, an employee of a corporate espionage agency has been trying to infiltrate the anti-aviation action group Plane Stupid, the organisation have revealed.
Protest exposes ‘black hole’ in climate change policy
Posted April 2nd, 2008 by The StaffTagged:
A group of protesters occupied and halted work at the Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine in Wales yesterday morning, barricading the main entrance to the site, climbing on the roof of the coal washery and chaining themselves to machinery.
Tabloid Fabricated Heathrow Plot
Posted March 22nd, 2008 by The StaffTagged:
In a rare and unusually damning ruling, the Press Complaints Commission has censured the London Evening Standard for its “materially misleading” and “alarmist” coverage of the Camp for Climate Action at Heathrow.
Bearing Witness to a Crime
Posted March 13th, 2008 by The StaffTagged:
Two British human rights campaigners have been arrested after entering waters around the island of Diego Garcia, protesting the enforced exile of its population and the island’s use in the “rendition” of prisoners.
Guantánamo: Return of UK residents welcomed
Posted December 22nd, 2007 by The StaffTagged:
The Guantánamo returnees should be treated first and foremost as victims of a serious miscarriage of justice – having suffered ‘rendition’, secret detention and alleged torture, say Amnesty International.
Good, But Not Good Enough
Posted December 12th, 2007 by The StaffTagged:
The government’s latest drive for offshore wind power, say the Centre for Alternative Technology, is laudable, but insufficient: we need more than four times the proposed number of turbines, and a serious reduction in consumption.
Still Human, Still Here
Posted November 4th, 2007 by The StaffTagged:
Documentary maker Nick Broomfield has made a new short film for Amnesty International to highlight the issue of destitute refused asylum seekers in the UK.
shell wildlife photographer of the year hit by singing protest
Posted November 4th, 2007 by The StaffActivists gathered today to sing a new hymn of hope to an oil-free future in the Unnatural History Museum, where the heartbreakingly beautiful Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition has just opened.






