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Battle of the Beanfield Anniversary 31May – 1st June

It’s the 20th anniversary of the trashing of my tribe there ‘lest we forget!’ Stonehenge: http://tash.gn.apc.org/stones1.htm Solstice Ritual: http://tash.gn.apc.org/solst_0.htm Beanfield: http://tash.gn.apc.org/sh_bean.htm The Story so far: http://tash.gn.apc.org/history.htm & My recent Indymedia posting, about the history of the subject http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/04/308800.html This lot … Continue reading

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Nottinghamshire Indymedia Developments

Not up yet, but when we are, it’ll be at: Nottinghamshire Indymedia http://nottinghamshire.indymedia.org.uk We have a collective up and running, to make all this happen, and were having regular meetings and all ……. So, if you’d like to be involved … Continue reading

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ID card cost soars as new bill published

Matthew Tempest and agencies Wednesday May 25, 2005 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1491895,00.html The price of an identity card will be higher than previously thought at £93, the Home Office admitted today, as it published a new bill to introduce the controversial scheme. It … Continue reading

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Identity Cards Bill

So, here we go round again…… just published by the government today. Much the same as the last time round. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/009/2006009.htm This is the PDF of the Bill http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/009/2006009.pdf Explainatory Notes, Statewatch http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/may/uk-ID-CARD-Bill-expl.pdf Ho hummmm………..

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Clarke makes second ID card bid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4577087.stm The government’s latest plans for compulsory identity cards are set to be unveiled by Charles Clarke. The home secretary said he accepted genuine worries had been raised about the previous bill, which was dropped ahead of the general election. … Continue reading

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Nice cup of tea and a sit down

http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com The net’s ability to link people who share a common interest – but who will never meet – is unparalleled. And that’s true even for fans of… biscuits? The internet and snack foods have a lot in common. Both … Continue reading

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Two dead at Dale Farm Gypsy Site, Essex

Two people, John and Kathleen McCarthy died tragically last night in a fire on the threatened with eviction site, Dale Farm. Early this morning a fire swept through the McCarthys chalet killing both John and Kathleen McCarthy and destroying three … Continue reading

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Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill [NAIL] Residence Protest against expansion plans.

On friday afternoon, the residence of Sneinton and surrounding areas of Nottingham, came to protest against an Incinerators expansion plans. The company Waste Recycling Group Ltd [WRG], are preparing a planning application for expansion, and in support of this, had … Continue reading

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Law change impractical – Met chief

Rosie Cowan Friday May 20, 2005 The Guardian http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsandalcohol/story/0,8150,1488170,00.html Cannabis should not be upgraded again, and if it is, fixed penalty fines should be issued for the possession of small amounts, Britain’s top policeman said yesterday. Sir Ian Blair, the … Continue reading

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Recording conversation with authority on mobile phones.

Gosh, it’s happened, and on national tv news! For some time now, I’ve been telling people of the advantages of recording police conversations at ‘situations’ on a mobile phone, to your voice bank. In the past, I’ve done recordings with … Continue reading

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Mushroom cloud :: A new law puts a harmless fungus on a par with crack and heroin

Mark Honigsbaum Wednesday May 18, 2005 The Guardian http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsandalcohol/comment/0,8146,1486466,00.html The Aztecs referred to them as “the flesh of the gods”. Lewis Carroll based whole passages of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland on them. And the Glastonbury organisers have found that, unlike … Continue reading

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Rate your university’s Duck Density!

Information just in. http://www.DuckDensity.org.uk Universities these days are subject to many tests, ratings and measurements … REAs, TQAs … all of these leave out one vital factor, in fact the one most important measure of the quality of a university. … Continue reading

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Nottinghamshire Indymedia IMC Exhibition pages

Nottinghamshire now has its own Indymedia Collective! Various people have been active in the setting up of an Independent Media Centre (IMC) in Nottingham and the wider county. The local IMC will consist of an interactive open publishing website, film … Continue reading

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Nottingham Student Peace Movement – Crystal Ball, Marcus Garvey Centre :: The Pictures

“…a summer ball on friday for all the ethical and community groups around Notts. We thought it be a great opportunity to get everyone together and celebrate the campaigning and projects achieved so far and get everyone excited for those … Continue reading

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News just in, photography = terrorism, obviously!

This is getting bloody ridiculous! Here is the latest example of policemen, using law in a silly way. Sometime this is done thoughtlessly, sometimes it is done with the agenda of what some of us have taken to call “Media … Continue reading

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StopWar Picket of Chetwynd Barracks, Nottingham: The Pictures

Chetwynd Barracks, Chilwell is where most of the Reservists and TA’s being sent to Iraq are mustered. The Blair Government orders these troops to fight an illegal, unjust and murderous war. Many tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed … Continue reading

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Critcal Mass Bike About in Nottingham

Critcal Mass is a regular event. The meeting point is the Savoy cinema on Derby Road in Lenton on the last Friday of every month now at 5.30pm. We even got a police helicopter, to look over us, for our … Continue reading

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Attorney General’s full advice on Iraq Resolution 1441 7mar2003

Blimey!! the Freedom of Information Act and allsorts. So many requests, it’s been like drawing teeth. But finally, the government published the Attorney General’s full advice Iraq Resolution 1441 [7mar2003] on the legality of opening the war against Iraq has … Continue reading

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Critical Mass, bike about Nottingham

Friday 29th April 2005 starts 17:30 Critcal Mass is a regular event. The meeting point is the Savoy cinema on Derby Road in Lenton on the last Friday of every month now at 5.30pm. The ride lasts no more than … Continue reading

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Priceless thinking at the BBC

Sunday April 24, 2005 The Observer http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1468695,00.html Photography shapes our world – and our perception of it. Think of the Vietnam war and what comes unbidden into your mind? Here’s my guess: that photograph of the naked little girl running … Continue reading

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