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Soldarity demo at Harmondsworth this Saturday, 13 March 2010

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:00:43 +0000

from email, 11 March 2010: "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 for months, others for years. We call for the immediate closure of all detention centres and stand in solidarity with all those in Harmondsworth, Yarl's Wood and elsewhere resisting this barbaric practice..." more

Poland: Rozbrat squat solidarity call - the final strike!

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:45:21 +0000

from anarkisterna, 19 February 2010: "Demonstration on 20th March in Poznan! Support our protest! The auction of the grounds where Poznan’s Rozbrat squat is situated will take place on 26th March at 10 a.m. Since January 2008, when the bailiff came to the squat for the first time, we have managed to keep the squat, through different legal actions and protests. If nobody buys the ground on 26th March, the next auction will take place within the next 2-3 years. That is why this is a critical moment for us..." more

Full Spectrum Resistance! Events and protest against the 13th European Police Congress, Berlin, February 2010

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:13:09 +0000

from email, 21 January 2010: "In February 2010 the European Police Congress, a meeting of international police functionaries, politicians and various actors of the security industry, is again going to take place in Berlin. It is the 13th convention and just like the Congress on European Security & Defence, it is being organised by the publishing group "Behörden Spiegel". According to the organisers, last years convention was visited by 1800 participants from 70 countries..." more

London: No borders, no nations! Life is too short to be controlled: 23 January 2010

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:31:00 +0000

from noborders london, updated 18 January 2010: "No borders, no nations! A day out of control in London, Saturday 23rd January 2010. 2pm St. Pancras International -> 4.30pm Piccadilly Circus. While the migration regime is fortifying itself and setting up rings of defence around European wealth, inner control is tightening to keep public order, at a time where the nation state already seems to be a dead corpse. On Saturday 23rd January 2010 there will be two demonstrations in London..." more

Convergence February 2010: All Out Against the 2010 Winter Olympic Games!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:57:58 +0000

via mostlywater, 9 January 2010: "The 2010 Winter Olympics will take place in Vancouver & Whistler, on unceded Indigenous land, from February 12-28, 2010. We call on all anti-capitalist, Indigenous, housing rights, labour, migrant justice, environmental, anti-war, community-loving, anti-poverty, civil libertarian, and anti colonial activists to come together to confront this two-week circus and the oppression it represents. We are organizing towards a global anti-capitalist and anti-colonial convergence against the 2010 Olympic Games..." more

Burn the borders: Freedom for the accused of the fire of Vincennes, France

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:52:40 +0000

from no-racism.net, 8 January 2010: "January 25th, 26th and 27th 2010: trial of the revolt that set the detention centre of Vincennes on fire. Action Week, January 16th to 24th 2010. The revolt, which led to the fire that destroyed the largest prison for foreigners in France, is a concrete and historical response to the existence of detention centres and to the whole of the policy of control of the migratory flows..." more

An invitation: from Copenhagen to Toronto 2010

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:53:58 +0000

via afj, 24 December 2009: "The Group of 8 Leaders (G8) and the Group of 20 (G20) leaders are meeting in Ontario, from the 25th to the 27th of June, 2010. Following the collapse of the December 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit, they will be discussing the global economy, development and climate change. These gatherings are about trying to fix capitalism, a system that cannot be fixed; about creating unsustainable market responses to ecological catastrophe that reinforce systems of oppressions; about ensuring the continued exploitation of people of color and the South and about celebrating war as a means to create puppet allies to maintain imperialist power..." more

Everything you wanted to know about the Great Climate Swoop

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:21:42 +0000

from plane stupid, 7 October 2009: "There are less than three weeks to go until our day of action! Just imagine… it’s the morning of Saturday 17th October 2009. You receive a message telling you to move into position at the south side of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station. The helicopter blades cut through the noise of the cars zipping up and down the M1. Your mission is clear and you’re ready to swoop..." more

Call out for anti-2010 Olympics solidarity! October 29th-31st 2009

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:29:42 +0000

from anarchistnews.org, 6 October 2009: “Our struggles come from before 2010 and will reach beyond!” This is a call out for direct action and solidarity. At the end of October, the Olympic Torch will come from Greece to Canada..." more

London Anarchist Bookfair, Saturday 24 October 2009

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:14:07 +0000

from friends, 3 October 2009: "This year's London Anarchist Bookfair will be held on Saturday 24th October 2009, from 10am to 7pm. The venue for this year's London Anarchist Bookfair, for the 3rd year running, is Queen Mary & Westfield College, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS.

This year, apart from the wide variety of anarchist groups and individuals having meetings, we are hoping to have a few surprises. Watch this space.

We need help publicising the bookfair far and wide this year. We want to get more people along to find out what we all do and say. We want to aim at those who may not have heard much about anarchism, apart from the rubbish on the TV... more

Istanbul IMF/World Bank summit, October 2009: "We are looking forward to seeing you at the bonfire of resistance"

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:16:39 +0000

from email, updated 28 July 2009: "Representatives and bureaucrats of multinational capitalist companies will be in Istanbul in 6 – 7 October for the annual meeting of the World Bank and the IMF (International Money Foundation) where they will make decisions to blacken billions of people’s lives... We would like to orginise some concerts, workshops, exhibitions, movie presentations, conversations and activities against the IMF and the World Bank between 1-8 October. Sheltering needs for those coming from other cities and other countries will be met..." more

Smash EDO! Shut down the Brighton bomb makers! 18 January 2010

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:39:18 +0000

from email, 9 January 2010: "MEETING POINT - We will announce the meeting point for the demo closer to the time, please watch this space to find out details - Alternatively you can sign up to receive a text when the location is announced - email your phone number to smashedo@riseup.net or text your number to 07538093930

For three weeks in January 2009, the bombs rained down on Gaza. At the end of Israel's brutal bombing campaign and ground offensive over 1400 Palestinians had been murdered, including 314 children.

Here in Brighton EDO MBM/ITT manufacture some of the weapons components that devastated so many lives. All over the world thousands of people watched appalled at the carnage on the streets of Gaza. Thousands marched and raged at the destruction of peoples' homes and lives.

On January 18th 2010, the anniversary of the final day of Operation Cast Lead, we will come together to remember the people of Gaza. more

London: Solidarity with the arrested, against police violence! Demo @ Danish embassy 4pm onwards, 17 December 2009

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:46:31 +0000

from various sources, 17 December 2009: "There will be a mass demonstration outside the Danish Embassy in London in solidarity with those unlawfully arrested and detained in Copenhagen during the Climate Summit protests. Today on Thursday the 17 December from 4pm onwards. The address of the embassy is: 5 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9SR. Nearest tube Knightsbridge.

As many people as possible need to turn up to protest at the Danish state's appallling treatment of climate protesters and its denial of free speach. Spread the word far and wide!" more

COP15: International solidarity in support of climate justice, 16 December 2009

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:16:44 +0000

from various sources, 16 December 2009: The Reclaim Power march to the Bella centre was blocked by Danish riot police using batons, pepper spray, tear gas and dogs. At least 200 peope have been detained, perhaps many more. At least 35 injured have been reported. NGO and developing world delegates from inside the COP15 summit - who had been marginalised by the arrival of the delegations of many heads of government - tried to leave the Bella centre to hold a People's Assembly with Reclaim Power, but were beaten back and gassed... more

London, after the "Wave": Cop Out! Camp Out! Saturday 5 December 2009

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:16:28 +0000

from email, updated 5 December 2009: "This Saturday Climate Camp London will be joining the tens of thousands of people descending on London to help put the spotlight on the failing international climate talks in Copenhagen. Now is the time to challenge the vested interests, corporations and political systems that are causing climate change - so we’ve got a secret plan to take a space in the city after the wave! Sat 5th December, after the wave – bring a pop up tent and warm clothes because this time we're definitely staying in London at a secret location to be announced by text message..." more