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Issue 659, Friday 12th December 2008
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Click here to see this weeks issue Go Greece Fightin'
Greece has exploded into a week of riots after the police murder of a fifteen year old boy..... plus, Obama is planning to take troops out of Iraq and put more into Afghanistan, but this is another unwinnable war, and the US's attempts to smash the Taliban have largely failed, last week in Edinburgh was an anti-military gathering, beginning the process of mobilising against the November 2009 NATO summit in Edinburgh, a daring Plane Stupid action at Stansted Airport sees 56 flights cancelled, and more.
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Previous Issues

Issue 658, Friday 5th December 2008
Koch-A-Hoop
Nottingham anti-arms trade and No Borders campaigners hold a joint demonstration highlighting the links between the arms trade and the forced movement of refugees..... plus, SchNEWS' take on the arrest of Tory MP Damian Green this week, A round-up of recent developments in the Smash EDO campaign, Climate change campaigners across the country held a series of protests against E.On, and more.
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Issue 657, Friday 28th November 2008
Frozen Assets
After the financial meltdown in Iceland, Reykjavik becomes a direct action hot-spot..... plus, the Observer's infamous article about the rise of 'eco-terrorism' by Mark Townsend is withdrawn, Critical Mass cyclists win House of Lords ruling, allowing their bike-powered protests, update on the Minga movement marching on the Colombian capital of Bogota, after last week's publishing on the internet of the BNP's membership the fun continues, and more.
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Issue 656, Friday 21st November 2008
Minga The Merciless
A popular movement is building in Colombia against the US-friendly government and the other murderous paramilitary bully-boys from the supposed left.... plus, protester's charged after the SmashEDO demonstration on June the 4th, Western ISM protesters begin a hunger strike after being seized by the Israeli navy, Police are using new legislation to crack down on photographers at demonstrations, Big demonstrations in Germany against the nuclear waste convoy, and more.
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Issue 655, Friday 14th November 2008
Fifth Columnist
As the Observer newspaper trots out the Police line over puffed up threats of eco-terrorism.... plus, Lakenheath anti arms protesters face SOCPA trial in court, Birmingham social housing protest camp evade eviction by moving, anti-arms trade campaigners target one of the UK's largest events companies, Otis as Roxy Music star's pro-foxhunt, spoilt brat son is in prison on remand, and more
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Issue 654, Friday 7th November 2008
B'Iraq Obama
SchNEWS assess what direction US foreign policy is going to go now, and in particular the occupation of Iraq.... plus, more direct action at the Bristol offices of Raytheon, the US arms corporation, a round-up of 'Scary Science', SHAC's week of action against a range of HLS clients, the Class War Bonfire at London Fields on Bonfire night goes off with a bang, two more house raids and arrests relating to Smash EDO's carnival against the arms trade, and more.
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Issue 653, Friday 31st October 2008
Any Port In A Storm
An independent, international ship carrying medical supplies has reached a port in Gaza, depsite threats from Israel....plus, The Brighton-Tubas delegation have reached the Tubas region of Palestine to help the locals fight the Israeli occupation, Christiana, the famous squatted community in Copenhagen is under threat again as a building is evicted, US Arms Corp's office in Bristol sees a 38-hour rooftop occupation by anti-arms protesters, blockade at the Aldermaston atomic weapons establishment is the biggest in a decade, and more.
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Issue 652, Friday 24th October 2008
Ciba Punks
Two activists doing a banner-drop against HLS client Ciba Vision end up having their house raided, and are arrested for 'conspiracy to blackmail'.... plus, Brighton delegation go to the Tubas region of Palestine, peace activists in Sweden begin disarming weapons factories, direct action threat derails badger cull, A squatted social centre in Worcester fights back against eviction threat, and more.
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Issue 651, Friday 17th October 2008
Pepperazzi
Smash EDO's second mass demo on Wednesday - Shut ITT! - was dramatic with up-for-it protesters and oppressive police numbers..... plus, Muslim schoolkid at Slough Grammar is suspended for being photographed with a gun – a paintballing gun that is, a rowdy demonstration against banks and the public money being pumped into them, Brighton Starbucks protest gets comedic lift, and more.
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Issue 650, Friday 10th October 2008
End of World is Nigh
As the entirely predicable meltdown continues to roll on it becomes increasingly hard to predict what\'s next - but SchNEWS tries anyway as we mull over great depression and repression to come....plus, Sussux students bring more disruption to Naval recruitment drive, peasant farmer resistance forces car firm to quit West Bengal, US Homeland Security goons spy on maths group, and more.
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Issue 649, Friday 3rd October 2008
Debts the Way to Do It
SchNEWS takes on the credit crunch and the future of global capitalism as the system collapses of its own accord.... plus, Protesters staged two days of protest last weekend at Carmel Agrexco, A Royal Navy recruiting team at Sussex Uni were left sunk without trace after a devastating broadside from a gang of clowns, Zombies invade shopping centre in Bristol, and more.
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Issue 648, Friday 26th September 2008
Lost in Transition
Schnews fails to understand language of climate group as it looks at Transition Towns.... plus, Animal rights activists get police pay out, a gay artist is deported to Azerbaijan, shout out for Titnore Woods protest camp, 'Freedom Not Fear' protest at top cop shop, and more
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Issue 647, Friday 19th September 2008
Bail of the Century
The British and US Governments are welfare states – for big business – as they hand out billions to bail out companies. And the meltdown is set to continue.... plus, the coroner's inquest into the police murder of Jean Charles de Menezes begins on September 22nd, a victory for the Shell To Sea protesters in Ireland against Shell's planned gas refinery and offshore pipeline at Rossport, Right wing forces in Bolivia are attempting a 'civil coup' against socialist President Evo Morales, and more
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Issue 646, Friday 12th September 2008
All The Precedent's Men
A historic court ruling finds protesters at Kingsnorth Coal Power Station not guilty of criminal damage, the first time 'preventing the greater crime of climate change' has been successfully used as a legal defence.... plus, On the anniversary of 9-11, we remember that other 9-11 – the violent coup in Chile in 1973 which installed General Pinochet, and saw the death of thousands, Fox hunting is now illegal in Britain – but that doesn't stop it still happening., and more.
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Issue 645, Friday 5th September 2008
Unconventional
Mass demonstrations against this year\'s Republican Convention – held this week in St Pauls, Minnesota – were met with aggressive policing.... plus, While SchNEWS is not pro-Obama as such in the forthcoming US election, it is clear that the McCain/Palin ticket would be the least sane choice, Protesters battling Shell\'s plans to build an offshore gas pipeline and refinery at Rossport, on the west coast of Ireland, are now up against the Navy, and more.
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December

17 - Anarchist FAQ - A talk with Iain McKay. The FAQ was started in 1995 when a group of anarchists got together in order to write an FAQ about Anarchism, which has become a 748 page book published by AK.
Address: Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Rd, King's X, London N1 9DX
Directions: map: http://tinyurl.com/2oq9vv
Nearest Public Transport: Kings Cross
Postcode: N1 9DX | View Map
Time: 7pm
Price: free
Phone: 020 7837 4473
Email: nik@housmans.com
Web: www.housmans.com

20 - Plane Stupid Xmas - Benefit for Plane Stupid. Live music, full xmas dinner and dancing! Bands and DJs TBC + very special guests.
Address: 12 London Road, Brighton BN1 4JA
Postcode: BN1 4JA | View Map
Time: 7.30pm
Web: www.cowleyclub.org.uk

26 - Critical Mass - Bike powered events reclaiming city roads happen on the last Friday of the month around the country. This year it falls on boxing day but it looks like a few events are still on. To see if there's one in your city see the website.
Nearest Public Transport: Come on yer bike innit
Time: typically meet 5pm
Web: www.critical-mass.info/europe.
html#europe

31 - Offline New Years Eve - punk rock dance party - The Offline crew are putting on another fantastic night of mayhem, with the incredible Ramones tribute band I Wanna Be Sedated bringing in the New Year with an almighty gabba gabba hey! There'll be the usual mass of great DJs spinning dance tunes till 4am, laying down ska classics, punk rock floorfillers, electro, indie, big band thumpers and beer spilling hoedowns.
Address: Prince Albert, 418 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton SW9 8LF
Nearest Public Transport: 2 mins from Brixton tube/BR/buses.
Postcode: SW9 8LF | View Map
Time: 8pm - 4am, band on at midnight
Price: donation on door
Web: www.offline-club.com

January

11 - Seven Years of Guantánamo Demonstration - Seven years of... Torture, Arbitrary detention, Detention without trial... with no access to justice. What are Obama and Brown doing about it? And what are YOU doing about it? With speakers including Andy Worthington (journalist), Jean Lambert (Green MEP), Bruce Kent (Pax Christi), Imam Shakeel Begg (Lewisham Mosque), Mohammed Yahya (hip hop artist) and others.
Address: American Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London, W1A 1AE
Nearest Public Transport: nearest tube: Bond Street/Marble Arch
Postcode: W1A 1AE | View Map
Time: 3pm-5pm
Phone: 07809 757 176
Email: london.gtmo@googlemail.com
Web: www.guantanamo.org.uk

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