Ogoni Nine Memorial in Rossport

Looking back at Shells history of brutality and looking forward to the comemmeration actions in Mayo on November 9th

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Protest Actions Planned

17 comrades arrested in massive paramilitary operations by the New Zealand State. Huge Maori anger about to explode. One good friend of ours a 19 year old editor of Indymedia Aotearoa who cannot be named as yet because of name suppression.

Related Links: Appeal for Solidarity! Civil Rights under attack in New Zealand- 17 arrested under "Terrorism" Scare

GAMA workers and Joe Higgins fighting exploitation

Recent reports indicate that trade union activists are coming under increasing attack and in some cases these attacks are deadly. As globalisation and far right wing capitalism increases, so the attacks on trade unions and their members increase. Below is a ICFTU report which highlights the extent of the problem

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"I don't care about the law, I'm a member of the Gardaí"

Shell to Sea protestors yesterday successfully stopped Shell and RPS drilling on an SAC. Yesterday afternoon, Shell’s drilling work on the SAC known as the Glengad Bog Complex was successfully halted and Shell (& RPS) were forced to remove their equipment from the area. For the past 3 days Shell had been drilling test bore holes in the area surrounding Rossport Solidarity Camp.

Related Links: Rossport Still Resists | 14th Sept at Bellanaboy | Shell pipeline letters handed back | Rossport Solidarity Camp Eviction Report | Norway profits while Irish people face jail | Community outrage over unjust sentencing | NGO Report Slams Garda abuse in Mayo | Indymedia Rossport Archive

Where the Miles social centre was

This morning at 8.30 the Mossos arrived and carried out the eviction of anohter of Barcelonas most important social centres, Ruina Amalia, one of the last few squatted spaces in the Raval nieghbourhood of the old city. The centre was another of the critical spaces and nodal points of BCN's social movements, about 20 people lived in the squatted space and its social centre hosted a wide range of services and support to the social movement: Okupa office, ASF (architects sans frontiers: arx without borders) support, free internet access, Carcoma the popular carpenter, costume workshop, free shop, kilombo library, theatre and dance space, flamenco patio with cheap bar and cafe.

This is another severe blow to critical nodal points of the cities social movement. It seems blow after blow has been dealt out with no real response from the movements..... Is it time for a change of thinking or acting?

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Ruinaamelia; "We will continue to imagine resistance against the control of speculation logic and its accomplices." 0.2 Mb riot cops in cherry picker pluck defender of space from Miles roof 0.01 Mb