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50 face imminent deportation to Iraq
More than fifty men from northern Iraq have been given deportation tickets telling them they will be removed to Erbil in the Kurdistan Regional Government controlled area in northern Iraq. The 50 are currently being held in immigration prisons in Heathrow, Gatwick and Doncaster. They told the detainees that they will be removed at 6pm tomorrow morning (17 March). The tickets state that they will be: ‘removed no sooner than 7 days and no later than 22 days from the date of this notice’. more >>
The Situation in Greece
This is best viewed at http://www.lasthours.org.uk/blogs/the-situation-in-greece/ and will be updated from there. Tensions rise once again in the streets of Greece’s major cities. Radicals and Anarchists join workers from around the country in voicing dissent. Airports, hospitals and other public services have shut down for the day as the Greek Government attempt to impose harsh new austerity measures. more >>
Protest at Harmondsworth, Sat 13 March
Saturday 13th March at Harmondsworth Demonstrate outside Harmondsworth immigration prison, Heathrow 12 noon – 1pm Detainee Solidarity London is calling for a demo this Saturday at Harmondsworth in solidarity with the 55 detainees on hunger strike since last week. At any one time, over 2500 people are in immigration detention in the UK. Some have been detained [...] more >>
Shannon Watch Vigil
Seven Years of Occupation and Suffering in Iraq ... Seven Years of Daily War Support at Shannon Airport. Voice your Protest at the Shannon Vigil on March 14th, 2 - 3pm (gathering just before airport entrance/security checkpoint) more >>
Demo at WH Tours, Saturday 27th March
STOP DANGEROUS DRIVERS! NO MORE WH DEPORTATION TOURS! Public demo at WH Tours offices, Kelvin Way, Crawley Saturday, 27th March 2010 Meet 11am at Crawley train station. Bring banners and instruments. WH Tours is a coach company based in Crawley, near Gatwick airport. Part of the company's business is leisure: coach excursions, sightseeing tours and so on. Another part, however, is much more sinister: the company provides coaches for transporting detained migrants facing deportation from immigration prisons to airports to be deported on commercial or specially chartered flights. read more more >>
Airlines Will Cancel Flights to Avoid Risk of Fines for Delays
Didn’t think air travel in the U.S. could suck any more than it already does? Behold… Via: MSNBC: Passengers may soon be seeing more cancellations on airport departure boards. Several airlines, including Fort Worth-based American and Houston-based Continental, say they will cancel flights rather than risk paying stiff penalties for delaying passengers on the runway. Continental’s CEO told investors Tuesday [...] more >>
International Women's Day Peace Camp at Shannon
End Irelands complicity in the oppression of Afghan Women The Women’s Peace camp Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th of March, at Shannon airport, as part of the International Women’s Day celebrations, was certainly worth while. Women and some men came from afar. more >>
Low-paid porters at Gatwick stay solid
By Mick Duncan About 70 porters at the second biggest airport in the UK staged a solid two-day strike over Christmas. Action is now on hold while uncertainty rains over who will be holding the contract beyond the next few weeks. The workers currently work for a the facilities giant Interserve. Interserve’s last posted profits were £88 [...] more >>
WCA engages with Grimshaw workers
Grimshaw Architects is the prestigious architecture firm who brought you Waterloo’s Eurostar Terminal and the Eden Project. However, Grimshaw also has a long history with BAA and is now designing the Third Runway at Heathrow. Grimshaw also has other BAA contracts on the go, which are rapidly undermining the company’s green credentials. So now that the [...] more >>
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Reclaim the Future 5: A vast day/night party event in a liberated, occupied space in London, 5 September 2009
from email, updated 6 September 2009: "Reclaim the Future 5 is a vast all-day all-night information and party event in a liberated, self-managed occupied venue somewhere in London on Saturday 5 September 2009.
* At least two rooms of live bands 9pm-4am
* DJs 4am-7am
* Cabaret * Workshops and stalls all afternoon - info on the arms trade, the G20, prisoner & detainee support, squatting, samba, permaculture, climate change, bike repair, and more... more
Police Review: magazine cartoon - "In staggeringly poor taste"
from J4J campaign, 18 November 2008: We would imagine that, in the midst of the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, publications aimed at and widely read by serving police officers would show greater sensitivity in the way they talk about fatal shootings by the police. But evidently not. The magazine "Police Review", in its 14 November edition, decided that the introduction of new rules preventing firearms officers from conferring after a shooting was best illustrated by this appalling cartoon. more
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