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Brixton
Brixton is a district in south London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is miles south south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong () is one of two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the other being Macau. Situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. With a land mass of and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Hong Kong's population is 95 percent ethnic Chinese and 5 percent from other groups. Hong Kong's Han Chinese majority originate mainly from the cities of Guangzhou and Taishan in the neighbouring Guangdong province.
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Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein (born May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author and activist known for her political analyses and criticism of corporate globalization.
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U'wa people
The '''U'wa people''' are an indigenous people living in the cloud forests of northeastern Colombia. Historically, the U'wa numbered as many as 20,000, scattered over a homeland that extended across the Venezuela-Colombia border. Some 7-8,000 U'wa are alive today.
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A1 road (London)
The A1 in London is an A road in North London. It runs from the London Wall to Bignell's Corner, where it crosses the M25 and becomes the A1(M) motorway, continuing to Edinburgh. The London section of the road passes through four London Boroughs: the City of London, Islington, Haringey and Barnet. Whilst the route of the A1 outside London closely follows the historic route of the Great North Road, the London section for the most part does not.
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Adelaide
Adelaide () is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.28 million. The adjective form of Adelaide used to describe residents or other qualities of the city is "Adelaidean".
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam (; Dutch ) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, with an urban population of 1,364,422 and a metropolitan population of 2,158,372. The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. It comprises the northern part of the Randstad, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in Europe, with a population of approximately 6.7 million.
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Arcata, California
Arcata is a city adjacent to the Arcata Bay (northern) portion of Humboldt Bay in Humboldt County, California, United States. In 2006 Arcata's population was estimated to be 17,294. This college town, located north of San Francisco (via Highway 101), is home to Humboldt State University.
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Australia
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Bangor, Gwynedd
Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of the City of Bangor itself, the population is about 18,000. Although it is Wales's fourth largest city, this is somewhat misleading as it only ranks as 36th largest urban area in Wales. According to the census, 46.6% of the population speak Welsh.
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Barcelona
Barcelona (Catalan , Spanish ) is the capital and the most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, after Madrid, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Barcelona extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of over 4,200,000 on an area of , it is the sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, Ruhr area, Madrid and Milan. About 5 million people live in the Barcelona metropolitan area. It is also Europe's largest metropolis on the Mediterranean coast. The main part of a union of adjacent cities and municipalities named Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB) with a population of 3,186,461 in an area of 636 km² (density 5.010 hab/km²). It is located on the Mediterranean coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs and is bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola ridge ().
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Berkeley, California
Berkeley ( ) is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington. The eastern city limits coincide with the county line (bordering Contra Costa County), which generally follows the ridge line of the Berkeley Hills. Berkeley is located in northern Alameda County.
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Berlin
Berlin (; ) is the capital city of Germany and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Area, comprising 5 million people from over 190 nations. Geographically embedded in the European Plains, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one third of the city's territory is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.
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Birmingham
Birmingham ( , locally ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. It is the most populous British city outside London with a population of 1,028,700 (2009 estimate), and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the United Kingdom's second most populous Urban Area with a population of 2,284,093 (2001 census). Birmingham's metropolitan area, which includes surrounding towns to which it is closely tied through commuting, is also the United Kingdom's second most populous with a population of 3,683,000.
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Bogota
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Brighton
Brighton () is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove (formed from the previous towns of Brighton, Hove, Portslade and several other villages) in East Sussex on the south coast of Great Britain. For administrative purposes, Brighton and Hove is not part of the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, but remains part of the ceremonial county of East Sussex.
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Brisbane
Brisbane () is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has an approximate population of 2 million. A resident of Brisbane is commonly known as a "Brisbanite".
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Brixton
Brixton is a district in south London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is miles south south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
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Brussels
Brussels (, pronounced ; , pronounced ), officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region (, Dutch: ), is the de facto capital city of the European Union (EU) and the largest urban area in Belgium. It comprises 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels proper, which is the constitutional capital of Belgium, the seat of the French Community of Belgium and of the Flemish Community.
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Camden High Street
Camden High Street is a short stretch of road (less than 500m long, forming part of the A400) in Camden Town, in London, England. It is part of the route from central London to Hampstead. It is the local high street and features major music venues at either end (KOKO, the former Camden Palace, at the southern end and the bridge over Regent's Canal at the northern end).
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Canberra
Canberra () is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne. A resident of Canberra is known as a "Canberran".
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Cardiff
Cardiff (, {{lang-cy|) is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. According to recent estimates, the population of the unitary authority area is 324,800, while the wider metropolitan area has a population of nearly 1.1 million, more than a third of the total Welsh population. Cardiff is a significant tourism centre and the most popular visitor destination in Wales with 14.6 million visitors in 2009.
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Colombia
Colombia (), officially the Republic of Colombia (, ), is a constitutional republic in northwestern South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the northwest by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia also shares maritime borders with Venezuela, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. With a population of over 45 million people, Colombia has the 29th largest population in the world and the second largest in South America, after Brazil. Colombia has the fourth largest Spanish-speaking population in the world after Mexico, the United States, and Spain.
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic ( ; , , short form Česko ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west and northwest, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. The Czech Republic has been a member of NATO since 1999 and of the European Union since 2004. The Czech Republic is also a member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). As an OSCE participating State, the Czech Republic’s international commitments are subject to monitoring under the mandate of the U.S. Helsinki Commission. From 1 January 2009 to 30 June 2009, the Czech Republic held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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Dublin
Dublin (; locally or ) is the primate and capital city of Ireland. It is officially known in Irish as Baile Átha Cliath or Áth Cliath . The English name is derived from the Irish Dubh Linn (meaning "black pool"). The city has an urban population of over 1 million people and is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. Originally founded as a Viking settlement, it evolved into the Kingdom of Dublin and became the island's primary city following the Norman invasion. It is currently ranked 29th in the Global Financial Centres Index, has one of the fastest growing populations of any European capital city, and is listed by the GaWC as a global city (with a ranking of Alpha), placing Dublin among the top 30 cities in the world. It is a historical and contemporary cultural centre for the country, as well as a modern centre of education, the arts, administration, economy and industry.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (, or ; Scots: Edinburgh ; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland after Glasgow and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a 30-square-mile (78 km2) rural area.
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Finland
Finland (pronounced ), officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden on the west, Norway on the north and Russia on the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.
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Germany
Germany (), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (, ), is a country in Western Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The territory of Germany covers 357.021 km2 and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state of the European Union, and home to the third-largest number of international migrants worldwide.
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Helsinki
Helsinki (; , ) is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, in the region of Uusimaa/Nyland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is (), making it the most populous municipality in Finland by a wide margin. Helsinki is located some east of Stockholm, Sweden, west of St. Petersburg, Russia and north of Tallinn, Estonia. Helsinki has close connections with these three cities.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong () is one of two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the other being Macau. Situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. With a land mass of and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Hong Kong's population is 95 percent ethnic Chinese and 5 percent from other groups. Hong Kong's Han Chinese majority originate mainly from the cities of Guangzhou and Taishan in the neighbouring Guangdong province.
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Islington
Islington () is the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is an inner-city district in London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street. The name is now also often applied to the areas of the borough close to Upper Street such as Barnsbury, Canonbury, and De Beauvoir Town, developed in the Georgian era.
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Kennington Park
Kennington Park is in Kennington in London, England, and lies between Kennington Park Road and St Agnes Place. It was opened in 1854. Previously the site had been Kennington Common. This is where the Chartists gathered for their biggest 'monster rally' on 10 April 1848. Soon after this demonstration the common was enclosed and, sponsored by the royals, made into a public park.
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Leeds
Leeds () is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city had a population of (). Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial heart of the West Yorkshire Urban Area, which at the 2001 census had a population of 1.5 million, and the Leeds city region, an economic area with Leeds at its core, had a population of 2.9 million. Leeds is the UK's largest centre for business, legal, and financial services outside London, and according to the most recent Office for National Statistics estimates, Leeds is the fastest growing city in the UK.
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Liverpool
Liverpool () is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880. Liverpool is the fourth largest city in the United Kingdom (third largest in England) and has a population of 435,500, and lies at the centre of the wider Liverpool Urban Area, which has a population of 816,216.
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Ljubljana
Ljubljana (; , , ) is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 280,000 inhabitants. Throughout its history, it has been influenced by its geographic position at the crossroads of Germanic, Latin and Slavic cultures.
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London
London () is the capital of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who called it Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; , Spanish for "The Angels") is the second most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of California and the western United States, with a population of 3.83 million within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Los Angeles extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of over 14.8 million and it is the 14th largest urban area in the world, affording it megacity status. The metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is home to nearly 12.9 million residents while the broader Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) contains nearly 17.8 million people. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most multicultural counties in the United States. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos" ().
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Manchester
Manchester () is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2009, the population of the city was estimated to be 483,800, making it the seventh-most populous local authority district in England. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas; the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester had an estimated population of 2,600,100, the Greater Manchester Urban Area a population of 2,240,230, and the Larger Urban Zone around Manchester, the second-most-populous in the UK, had an estimated population in the 2004 Urban Audit of 2,539,100. The demonym of Manchester is Mancunian.
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Melbourne
Melbourne (, locally also ) is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre (also known as the "Central Business District" or "CBD") is the hub of the greater geographical area (or "metropolitan area") and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater geographical area had an approximate population of 4.00 million. Inhabitants of Melbourne are called Melburnians.
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Milan
Milan (, ; Western Lombard: Milan, ) is a city in Italy and the capital of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1,310,000, while the urban area is the first in Italy and the fifth largest in the European Union with a population of 4,345,000 over an area of . The Milan metropolitan area, by far the largest in Italy, is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 7,400,000.
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Mill Road, Cambridge
[[Image:Mill Road Cambridge map.png|thumb|Map of the Mill Road area of Cambridge (source:[http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap]).]]
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New Delhi
New Delhi (, naī dillī) is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
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Nigeria
Nigeria (), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. The three largest and most influential ethnic groups in Nigeria are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. In terms of religion Nigeria is roughly split half and half between Muslims and Christians with a very small minority who practice traditional religion.
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Philippines
The Philippines ( ), officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (), is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea to the southwest lies between the country and the island of Borneo, and to the south the Celebes Sea separates it from other islands of Indonesia. It is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea. Its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and its tropical climate make the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons but have also endowed the country with natural resources and made it one of the richest areas of biodiversity in the world. An archipelago comprising 7,107 islands, the Philippines is categorized broadly into three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Its capital city is Manila.
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Prague
Prague (; , see also ) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Nicknames for Prague have included: Praga mater urbium/Praha matka měst ("Prague – Mother of Cities") in Latin/Czech, Stověžatá Praha ("City of a Hundred Spires") in Czech and Zlaté město/Goldene Stadt ("Golden City") in Czech/German.
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Queen's Pier
'''Queen's Pier''', named after Queen Victoria, was a public pier in front of City Hall in Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong. For three generations it served not only as a public pier in day-to-day use but also as a major ceremonial arrival and departure point. The pier witnessed the official arrival in Hong Kong of all of Hong Kong's governors since 1925; Queen Elizabeth II landed there in 1975, as did the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1989.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 12th most populous city in the United States, with a 2009 estimated population of 815,358. The only consolidated city-county in California, it encompasses a land area of on the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, giving it a density of 17,323 people/mi² (6,688.4 people/km²). It is the most densely-settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most densely populated large city in the United States. San Francisco is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of more than 7.4 million.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest. In addition to the mainland, Scotland includes over 790 islands including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.
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Seattle
Seattle ( ) is the northernmost major city in the contiguous United States, and the largest city in the Pacific Northwest and in the state of Washington. A seaport situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an arm of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about south of the Canada – United States border, it is named after Chief Sealth "Seattle", of the Duwamish and Suquamish native tribes. Seattle is the center of the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metropolitan statistical area, the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the northwestern United States. Seattle is the county seat of King County and is the major economic, cultural and educational center in the region. , the city's population was approximately 617,000 within a metropolitan area of some 3.4 million inhabitants. The Port of Seattle and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport are major gateways to Asia, Alaska, and the rest of the world.
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Shepherd's Bush
'''Shepherd's Bush (also Shepherds Bush''') is an area of west London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, situated west of Charing Cross. Although it is primarily residential in character, its focus is the shopping area of Shepherds Bush Green, the north side of which is home to the Westfield shopping centre, the largest urban shopping centre in Europe. The south side also has a smaller shopping centre, West 12, with a supermarket, cinema and gym. The main thoroughfares are Uxbridge Road, Goldhawk Road and Askew Road, all containing a large number of small and mostly independent shops, pubs and restaurants. Loftus Road in Shepherd's Bush is home to Queen's Park Rangers football club.
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Spain
Spain ( ; , ), officially the Kingdom of Spain (), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar; to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal.
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Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and the largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the Riksdag (parliament), and the official residence of the Swedish monarch as well as the prime minister. Since 1980, the monarch has resided at Drottningholm Palace outside of Stockholm and uses the Royal Palace of Stockholm as his workplace and official residence. As of 2009, the Stockholm metropolitan area is home to approximately 22% of Sweden's population. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden with a population of 829,417 in the municipality (2009), 1.25 million in the urban area (2005), and 2 million in the 6650 km² large metropolitan area (2009).
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Sydney
Sydney () is the largest and most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. With an approximate population of 4.5 million in the Sydney metropolitan area the city is the largest in Oceania. Inhabitants of Sydney are called Sydneysiders, comprising a cosmopolitan and international population of people from numerous places around the world.
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Sydney, Australia
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Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 411,196. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, west of Saint Petersburg.
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Tampere
Tampere (; Swedish: Tammerfors or ) is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of {{Formatnum: , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in Finland, after the Greater Helsinki municipalities of Helsinki and Espoo. In 2007, the entire Pirkanmaa region had around 470,000 residents, of which 230,000 were employed, and a turnover of 25 billion euros.
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo (Hebrew: , lit. "Spring Hill"-Jaffa; , ''Tall 'Abib''), usually referred to as Tel Aviv, is the second-largest city in Israel, with an estimated population of 393,900. The city is situated on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline, with a land area of . It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, home to 3.2 million people as of 2008. The city is governed by the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality, headed by Ron Huldai. Residents of Tel Aviv are called Tel Avivians.
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Toronto
Toronto (, colloquially or ) is the largest city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America. Toronto is at the heart of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and is part of a densely populated region in Southern Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe, which is home to over 8.1 million residents—approximately 25% of Canada's population. The census metropolitan area (CMA) had a population of 5,113,149, and the Greater Toronto Area had a population of 5,555,912 in the 2006 Census.
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Turku
Turku (; ; ) is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland. Turku quickly became the most important city in Finland and retained that status for hundreds of years until Finland became part of the Russian Empire in 1809 and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland was transferred to Helsinki in 1812. After that Turku continued to be the most populous city in Finland until the end of the 1840s. Today Turku remains a regional capital and is an important location for business and culture.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a country and sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island nation, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign state, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. Great Britain is linked to continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel.
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Utrecht
Utrecht () city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern end of the Randstad, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands, with a population of 300,030 in 2009.
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Valencia, Spain
Valencia (Spanish ) or València (Valencian ) is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain, with a population of 814,208 in 2009. It is the 15th-most populous municipality in the European Union. About 1,175,000 or 1,564,145. people live in the Valencia urban area and 1,705,742 or 2,300,000 in the Valencia metropolitan area.
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Vancouver
Vancouver () is a coastal city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is named for British Captain George Vancouver, who explored the area in the 1790s. The name Vancouver itself originates from the Dutch "van Coevorden", denoting somebody from Coevorden, a city in the Netherlands.
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Wellington
Wellington () is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand.
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York
York () is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence.
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Spiral Tribe - Reclaim The Streets - 1994 UK CJB Protest
Spiral Tribe present the Reclaim The Streets film. The streets of London danced to the beat to stop the government's Criminal Justice Bill going through parliament. 1994.
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Reclaim The Streets, London, 1996, M41
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- Duration: 6:01
- Published: 23 Jun 2006
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- Author: rockingthecity
Reclaim the Streets in London, 1996. A free festival on the M41 motorway in West London - July 96
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Reclaim The Streets UK documentary
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- Duration: 50:21
- Published: 30 May 2011
- Uploaded: 25 Jan 2012
- Author: Whirlytunes
Reclaim The Streets UK documentary Documentary about the 90s protest group Reclaim The Streets
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ESF 2008 - Reclaim The Streets in Malmö (080919)
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- Duration: 9:22
- Published: 23 Sep 2008
- Uploaded: 21 Nov 2011
- Author: TheK9Corporation
During the European Social Forum days in Malmö, Reclaim The Steets took over a huge street for a few hours, resulting in a violent rush. Video Equipment: Canon XL-H1 w. Canon HD optic lens 3,4-20,4mm @ HDV 1080p mode, generating a 1440x1080 Progressive scaned image.
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Oh, Harry - I Reclaim My Streets
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- Duration: 2:14
- Published: 27 Aug 2010
- Uploaded: 16 Jan 2012
- Author: hectornado
Official video for Oh, Harry - I Reclaim My Streets from her brand new brilliant solo debut album Arena Rock. www.ohharry.com http www.facebook.com Animation by Hector Projector: www.hectorprojector.com http www.facebook.com Photography: Carl Ternstedt www.mezcla.se Light Anna Hallberg Make up: Lina Burlin
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Reclaim the Streets
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- Duration: 2:56
- Published: 11 Oct 2007
- Uploaded: 21 Nov 2011
- Author: nativeshell
A preview to "Reclaim the streets" docco, looking at the street parties and the need for public space.
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Pegz - "Reclaim The Streets"
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- Duration: 3:51
- Published: 14 Feb 2008
- Uploaded: 21 Jan 2012
- Author: thetangarang
From Pegz's 2003 debut album "Capricorn Cat", this is the second track "Reclaim The Streets". Artist: Pegz Album: Capricorn Cat Released: 2003 Label: Obese Records Verses: Pegz Production: Derm Turntables: DJ Selekt
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Take a bike! - European bikers reclaim the streets
Streets for people" is the central theme for European Mobility Week 2007 which takes place from 16th to the 22th September. Two video features are available to illustrate the sustainable mobility and intelligent solutions for transport. A cyclist facing usual problems in a European city. The municipality of Bucharest (Romania) starting to develop the use of bikes in the town, building cycle lanes and trying to reduce the numbers of cars. The Italian city of Bolzano, model in sustainable mobility with its infrastructure and thousands of cyclists. A training for young cyclists in Bromley (South of London) Valentin Valeanu, cyclist in Bucharest, Romania Florin Epure, cyclist in Bucharest, Romania Sorin Luchian, head of traffic system office, Bucharest, Romania Klaus Ladinser, coucellor for mobility, Bolzano, Italy René Rinner, consultants Okoinstitut Sud Tyrol, Italy Sergio Berantelli, mobility manager, Bolzano, Italy Andy Mills, senior road safety officer, Bromley, UK Colin Smith, councellor for environment and leisure, UK Rachel Parker, cyclist under instruction, UK Luke Jefferey, cyclist under instruction,UK - European Commission video
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Reclaim the Streets - M41 action, 1996
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- Duration: 6:10
- Published: 27 Aug 2007
- Uploaded: 07 Oct 2011
- Author: childoflewin
Direct Action against the M41 motorway by Reclaim the Streets, from 1996 (film by kinokast.net & available there)
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G20 Protest Reclaim The Streets 2009
G20 Protest. Filmed and edited by ana maTrix, 09. Bank of England, Threadneedle Street
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Reclaim the streets birmingham1998
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- Duration: 8:08
- Published: 06 Oct 2006
- Uploaded: 28 Dec 2011
- Author: iainstewart
Reclaim the streets at the G8 summit Birmingham
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Reclaim the Streets infiltrated by undercover police - newsnight
MORE HERE www.youtube.com Undercover police report delayed by new allegations Publication of a major report on undercover policing has been delayed after allegations that a police officer took part in a criminal trial under a false name. A defence solicitor claimed that Jim Boyling, a specialist operations detective constable with the Metropolitan Police, maintained an alias throughout court proceedings. The allegations forced the postponement of the publication of a review of the future of undercover policing, which was scheduled for today. Another report examining the actions of an officer who infiltrated protest groups was also delayed. Mike Schwarz of law firm Bindmans said he had discovered he represented DC Boyling under the name Jim Sutton, along with other protesters. The undercover officer went on trial for public order offences with other activists from pro-cycling campaign group Reclaim The Streets following a demonstration at the headquarters of London Underground in 1996. The lawyer said the revelation raised concerns about the "confidentiality" of discussions between the officer's co-defendants and their legal representatives. He told The Guardian: "This case raises the most fundamental constitutional issues about the limits of acceptable policing, the sanctity of lawyer-client confidentiality, and the integrity of the criminal justice system "At first sight, it seems that the police have wildly overstepped all recognised boundaries." Activist John Jordan <b>...</b>
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Reclaim the Streets protests- M41, Angel, Brixton and Camden in london
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- Duration: 14:35
- Published: 24 Jul 2011
- Uploaded: 13 Nov 2011
- Author: undercurrentspaulo
Road eco-warriors take over the streets in the 90s- from the undercurrents archive www.undercurrents.org
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Reclaim the Streets
My own take on taking back our cities and struggling against corporate globalization, consumerist lifestyles including "car culture" and promoting sustainable cities, sustainable transport and protecting the environment. All this to the very cool and astig music of Velvet Revolver.
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Reclaim the streets...DStorm Style!
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- Duration: 3:37
- Published: 29 May 2006
- Uploaded: 27 Aug 2011
- Author: DjPseudonym
Check out how UK tekno sound system Desert Storm take the party to the streets...!!! www.myspace.com/djpseudonym
http://wn.com/Reclaim_the_streetsDStorm_Style!
Shut Up & Dance / Dj Hype - Reclaim The Streets ( Move Ya & Steve Lavers remix - EDITED )
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- Duration: 3:39
- Published: 13 Jan 2010
- Uploaded: 22 Jan 2012
- Author: DopeMoves11
www.shutupanddance.co.uk T shirts:audio-bug.dizzyjam.com Unreleased mix of old skool Soldiers SUAD production from 2003 `Reclaim The Streets` Free download here: soundcloud.com FREE Breaks mix / downloads : soundcloud.com soundcloud.com Move Ya : soundcloud.com Audio Bug on Facebook www.facebook.com
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Reclaim the Streets (Dublin) - Pt 1
When animals attack. This is what happens when coppers come to work with a hangover.
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Leopold - Reclaim the streets
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- Duration: 4:20
- Published: 26 Aug 2006
- Uploaded: 09 Aug 2011
- Author: LeopoldDrummer
Music video 16mm Dir - Robert Manson IADT
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Reclaim the streets - str33t.org
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- Duration: 2:14
- Published: 29 Oct 2007
- Uploaded: 05 Aug 2010
- Author: street33org
Reclaim the streets. Our world doesn't need more tag lines. Art defines itself in the eye of the beholder, just like it does on a wall or back of a street sign. Music is also part of that game. There is no need to distinguish between hip-hop, punk, b-boying, skateboarding, BMX, stencil or fashion. It is all the same world. The street is our inspiration. We are an unconvential channel, giving you the most vibrant moments from the veins of the city. From underground events to politics, documentaries to personal portraits. Str33t is your platform. We keep our ears close to the ground because thats where it all starts. Keep moving, no parking. www.str33t.org
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Reclaim the Streets 1990's
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- Duration: 7:03
- Published: 19 Sep 2010
- Uploaded: 19 Jan 2012
- Author: undercurrentspaulo
The most inspiring anti car culture movement in the UK during the 1990's. RTS closed down motorways to host parties Distributed on Undercurrents Alternative News Video issue 8 1998
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Reclaim the Streets - Helsinki 2006
People dancing in the streets
http://wn.com/Reclaim_the_Streets__Helsinki_2006
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Creative Commons / WiNG![Un Chau Estate (traditional Chinese: 元州邨), or Un Chau Street Estate (traditional Chinese: 元州街邨) before redevelopment, is a public housing estate on the reclaimed land of Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located between Un Chau Street and Cheung Sha Wan Road, next to MTR Cheung Sha Wan Station.[1] It consists of 10 residential buildings completed in 1998, 1999 and 2008, which were developed into 4 phases. Phase 5 is under development on the site of former Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate.[2]](http://web.archive.org./web/20120213054208im_/http://cdn2.wn.com/pd/d2/a2/8fe0d269f42c79c57e4b8f0efefd_small.jpg "Un Chau Estate (traditional Chinese: 元州邨), or Un Chau Street Estate (traditional Chinese: 元州街邨) before redevelopment, is a public housing estate on the reclaimed land of Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located between Un Chau Street and Cheung Sha Wan Road, next to MTR Cheung Sha Wan Station.[1] It consists of 10 residential buildings completed in 1998, 1999 and 2008, which were developed into 4 phases. Phase 5 is under development on the site of former Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate.[2]")
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![Un Chau Estate (traditional Chinese: 元州邨), or Un Chau Street Estate (traditional Chinese: 元州街邨) before redevelopment, is a public housing estate on the reclaimed land of Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located between Un Chau Street and Cheung Sha Wan Road, next to MTR Cheung Sha Wan Station.[1] It consists of 10 residential buildings completed in 1998, 1999 and 2008, which were developed into 4 phases. Phase 5 is under development on the site of former Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate.[2]](http://web.archive.org./web/20120213054208/http://cdn6.wn.com/pd/d2/a2/8fe0d269f42c79c57e4b8f0efefd_medium.jpg "Un Chau Estate (traditional Chinese: 元州邨), or Un Chau Street Estate (traditional Chinese: 元州街邨) before redevelopment, is a public housing estate on the reclaimed land of Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located between Un Chau Street and Cheung Sha Wan Road, next to MTR Cheung Sha Wan Station.[1] It consists of 10 residential buildings completed in 1998, 1999 and 2008, which were developed into 4 phases. Phase 5 is under development on the site of former Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate.[2]")
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Reclaim The Streets (RTS) is a collective with a shared ideal of community ownership of public spaces. Participants characterize the collective as a resistance movement opposed to the dominance of corporate forces in globalization, and to the car as the dominant mode of transport.
Camden High Street, May 14, 1995. A busy London street closed to motor-traffic for an afternoon.
Upper Street, Islington, July 23, 1995. One thousand people party at another busy traffic junction. There is a sound system and kids play in a hastily constructed sandpit.
Birmingham, 6 August 1995
Brighton, February 14, 1996. Protest publicised in part by Justice? & SchNEWS closes a section of the North Laine area of Brighton. A bouncy castle is erected in a crossing and traffic is stopped for most of the afternoon.
M41 Motorway, Shepherd's Bush, London. July 13, 1996. After a cat-and-mouse game with the police, 6,000 protestors take over part of the elevated motorway. Many sound-systems play. Hidden underneath dancers walking on stilts and wearing huge, wire-supported dresses, environmental activists drill holes in the tarmac and plant trees.
Pershore Road, Birmingham, 17 August 1996
Mill Road, Cambridge, Saturday 14 September 1996
Reclaim the Future, Liverpool, Saturday 28 September 1996
Trafalgar Square, April 12, 1997. The 'Never Mind The Ballots' protest against the forthcoming general election. A march with the sacked Liverpool dockers started at Kennington Park and ended up at Trafalgar Square in the centre of London.
Brixton Road, Brixton ''and'' High Road, Seven Sisters, June 6, 1998. Two street reclamations in one day, with an estimated 5,000 people at each party.
Grassmarket, Edinburgh, 11 August 1997
Bank Underground station, London, 13 July 1998. In order to show support for London Underground workers striking resisting privatisation, activists shut down the Central line by climbing on a train in the morning rush-hour and unfurled a larger banner at the station entrance.
Toxic Planet at 173 Upper Street, London (opposite Islington Town Hall), 4–11 October 1998.
Tube party, May 1, 1999.
Carnival Against Capitalism: 18 June 1999. A global day of action. In London the financial district is targeted. The LIFFE building is stormed.
Seattle Solidarity Action, Euston Station, London. November 30, 1999. The World Trade Organisation was meeting in Seattle and met with concerted protest. In London, after a peaceful rally a police van is overturned and set on fire.
No Blood For Oil. February 3, 2000. A solidarity action in support of the U'wa people of Colombia.
Guerilla Gardening. May 1, 2000. An expressly non-violent gardening action at Parliament Square.
Action to mark the introduction of the Terrorism Act. February 19, 2001.
Bye Bye Planet. April 19, 2001. An action at the Natural History Museum protested at the perceived greenwash and corporate rebranding of British Petroleum (BP) by subverting an exhibition about climate change which was sponsored by BP.
Business Class Tube launched. June 5, 2001. 50 trains receive stickers announcing a new Cattle Class.
Free shop at a May Day event. May 1, 2002
Reclaim the Future. September 11–22, 2002.
Street party against arms trade. September 10, 2003.
February 1998 Sydney.
April 1998 Amsterdam.
April 1998 Bielefeld, Germany.
May 1998 Global Street Party!; Arcata, California; Berkeley, California; Athens, Greece; Birmingham and York, England; Bogota, Colombia; Brisbane, Melbourne and Darwin, Australia; Dresden and Berlin, Germany; Geneva, Switzerland; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Lyon, France; Prague, Czech Republic; Stockholm, Sweden; Tallinn, Estonia; Tel Aviv, Israel; Toronto, Canada; Turku, Finland; Utrecht, Netherlands; Valencia, Spain; Vancouver, Canada.
July 1998 Helsinki.
August 1998 Jyväskylä.
September 1998 Berlin.
October 1998 Broadway, New York City.
April 1999 New York City: Reclaim the Streets and Turn them into Gardens.
April 1999 Berlin.
May 1999 Turku, Finland; late May 1999 Brussels, Belgium
June 1999 Global carnival against capital; London; Scotland; Nigeria; Czech Republic; Los Angeles; Germany; Australia; Spain; New York City.
July 1999 Tampere, Finland.
July 1999 Helsinki.
September 1999 Berlin.
September 1999 Stockholm.
All over the place: N30; Seattle, WA/USA: N30 and today's Seattle Indymedia; London (and commentary; Geneva, Switzerland 16 Nov and 27 Nov; New Delhi; Manila, Philippines 24 Nov; Athens; New York City 26 Nov; Padua, Italy 27 Nov; Milan, Italy 27 Nov; presque toute la France; Brisbane, Australia; Cardiff & Bangor, Wales; Halifax, England; Leeds, England; Manchester, England; Totnes, England; Limerick, Ireland; Iceland; Narmada, India; Bangalore, India; Schipol/Amsterdam, Netherlands; Berlin, Germany; Rome, Italy; Long Beach, CA/USA; Baltimore, MD/USA; Tel Aviv, Israel; Nashville, TN/USA; Washington DC/USA.
May 1, 2000 Beverly Hills, California, USA.
May 2000 Helsinki.
May 2000 Turku, Finland.
July 2000 Joensuu, Finland.
September 2000 Naperville, Illinois.
September 2000 Brussels.
September 2000 Prague: S26 at the World Bank / International Monetary Fund.
November 2000 Den Haag, Netherlands: Rising Tide (etc.) protests at the UN climate talks
December 2000 Nice: European Summit (indymedia reports: more a joined-up-Europe than a UK thang?)
January 2001 Davos: World Economic Forum demonstrations.
24 Feb - 12 Mar 2001 Chiapas - Mexico City: the Zapatour
March 2001 Adelaide, Australia.
April 2001 Québec: Anti-capitalist Carnival, welcoming in the spring (and shaking down the Free Trade-touting "Americas Summit"): www.quebec2001.net
April 2001 Everywhere (mostly Nordic) Operation Dessert Storm.
May 2001 All over - MayDay. RTS in crèche shock! statement; and see indymedia.
May 2001 Thessaloniki, Greece.
May 2001 Helsinki.
May 2001 Prague.
May 2001 Asheville, North Carolina.
June 2001 Brno, Czech Republic.
June 2001 Bratislava, Slovakia.
July 2001 Bonn, Germany at climate conference.
July 2001 Naperville, Illinois.
August 2001 Turku, Finland.
August 2001 Seattle.
September 2001 Leuven, Belgium.
September 2001 Cochabamba, Bolivia: PGA gathering.
25 September 2001 Cochabamba, Bolivia Magical Mystery tour.
October 2001 Ghent, Belgium.
November 2001 widespread actions coinciding with the World Trade Organization Doha Declaration.
December 2001 Sydney
December 2001 Brussels
March 2002 Summit of the European Council Barcelona.
March 2002 Active Fair (street party) Sydney.
April 2002 Seattle Street Party.
April 2002 Gap, France
April 2002 Paris
May 2002 Lahti, Finland
May 2002 Liège, Belgium
May 2002 Lyon, France
May 2002 Dublin
July 2002 Helsinki
August 2002 Zurich
Sept 2002 Dublin
Sept 2003 Melbourne
Sept 2003 Brisbane, Canberra & Sydney
Sept 2003 Wellington, New Zealand
December 2006 - Protest against demolition of the 1957 Star Ferry Pier, Central, Hong Kong
May 2007 - Protest against demolition of the 1953 Queen's Pier, Central, Hong Kong
Mar - Apr 2008 - Performance art competition against the privatization of public area in front of Times Square (Hong Kong), Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Apr 2008 Amsterdam - protest for free space and a performance from a truck driving through the streets of Amsterdam
May 31, 2008 San Francisco - Street party against Prop 98
Sept 01, 2008 Limoilou, Québec, Canada
Sept 19, 2008, Malmö, Sweden
Feb 06, 2010, Zurich
August 2011, Jyväskylä, Finland
August 07, 2011, Helsinki, Finland
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Wall, Derek ''Earth First and the Anti-Roads Movement: Radical Environmentalism and Comparative Social Movements'' London: Routledge, 1999. ISBN 0-415-19064-9
Mosey, Chris ''Car Wars - Battles on the Road to Nowhere'' London: Vision Paperbacks, 2000. ISBN 1-901250-40-7
Klein, Naomi. ''No Logo''. Toronto : A.A Knopf Canada. 2000. ISBN 0-676-97282-9
Reclaim The Streets (London)
Reclaim the Streets Feature length documentary about RTS
Car Busters Magazine is published four times a year by the World Carfree Network
International Car Free Day - 22 September
Kinokast videos of various RTS events
Google video RTS & Liverpool dockworkers march from Kennington Park, April 1997
Youtube RTS video from Teubingen, Germany.
Video RTS 7, Sydney
urban75 Reclaim The Streets reports and photos RTS articles, 1996 onwards
Wild in the Streets skateboarders reclaim the streets
Protests
Reclaim The Streets often stage non-violent direct action street reclaiming events such as the 'invasion' of a major road, highway or freeway to stage a party. While this may obstruct the regular users of these spaces such as car drivers and public bus riders, the philosophy of RTS is that it is vehicle traffic, not pedestrians, who are causing the obstruction, and that by occupying the road they are in fact opening up public space. The events are usually spectacular and colourful, with sand pits for children to play in, free food and music, however they have been know to degenerate into riots and violence. A Temporary Autonomous Zone sometimes results. The style of the parties in many places has been influenced by the rave scene in the UK, with sound systems playing dance music.
Reclaim the Streets is also as a term used to denote this type of political action, regardless of its actual relation to the RTS movement.
History
The earliest written source for the phenomenon "reclaim the streets" can be found in Marshall Berman's (1981) ''All That is Solid Melts Into Air.'' In a chapter entitled "Modernity in the Streets" Berman writes:
"At the ragged edge of Baudelaire's imagination we glimpsed another potential modernism: revolutionary protest that transforms a multitude of urban solitudes into a people, and reclaims the city streets for human life. . . ''Thesis,'' a thesis asserted by urban people starting in 1789, all through the nineteenth century, and in the great revolutionary uprisings at the end of World War One: the streets belong to the people. ''Antithesis,'' and here is Le Courbusier's great contribution: no streets, no People." (pp. 166-167, emphasis added)
Streets have many times been occupied with the intent of using them for other things than traffic. For example, a group of environmentalists occupied the streets of central Stockholm in autumn 1969. And in 1990-91 the same group arranged a tradition of 20 minutes "culture crashs" in busy street crossings. Like other occupations against car traffic before 1991, these events were not called Reclaim The Streets.
United Kingdom
Reclaim The Streets was originally formed by Earth First! in Brixton, London, in Autumn 1991 and was born out of anti-road protest camps at places such as Claremont Road and Twyford Down. The idea of street reclaiming soon spread throughout the United Kingdom. The first actions can be seen as specifically anti-car and pro-alternative transport, but over the years the members of the core group changed its focus, realising that it was better to go to the root of the problem as they saw it, namely the capitalist system. ''"Our streets are as full of capitalism as of cars and the pollution of capitalism is much more insidious."'' Nevertheless, the actions always followed the principle of non-violent direct action.Selected RTS actions include:
Trafalgar Square, London, Saturday 12 April 1997
Global
The idea of a Reclaim The Streets action was quickly taken up as a form of protest around the world. These "street parties" have been held in cities all over Europe, Australia, North America, and Africa. Initial instances confounded authorities and drivers alike, but over the years the protests have become institutionalised in many places, occurring much like other forms of legal protest in that the event is arranged with authorities beforehand, but not in all places like for example in Finland, where the first Street Party outside the UK was arranged in 17 May 1997.Selected RTS actions include:
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| name | The Streets |
|---|---|
| background | group_or_band |
| origin | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom |
| instrument | Vocals, keyboards, guitar|, drums |
| genre | UK garage, electronica, hip hop |
| years active | 1994–present |
| label | Locked On/679 Recordings (UK)Vice/Atlantic Records (US) (2000–2010) Warner Music (Worldwide) |
| website | |
| current members | Mike Skinner Giorgio Scrocca (Bass) }} |
The Streets is a British rap/garage project from Birmingham, United Kingdom, led by Mike Skinner. Skinner has credited Johnny Drum Machine as the only other member of The Streets to have appeared on all the albums. The Streets regularly perform live, and have appeared at several major festivals. The current live line-up consists of Skinner, Kevin Mark Trail on backing vocals, Wayne Vibes on guitar and bass, Chris Brown on keyboards, Magic Mike on samplers and Johnny Drum Machine as drummer and musical director.
Performance trademarks include crowd controlling "Go Low" (the whole audience drops to the floor) and "Go Moses" (audience parts down the middle, Skinner runs to the back and crowd surfs back to the stage) with variable success.
History
1994–2001: Early years and "Has It Come to This"
The Streets started out as a group project but quickly became a one-man act as band members fell away. Skinner moved from Birmingham to Brixton to pursue his recording career, he then moved to Camden Town for three years before returning to Brixton. At the end of 2000, the Locked On label, who had success with The Artful Dodger featuring Craig David, agreed to release "Has It Come to This?" under the name The Streets. "Has It Come to This?" proved to be a breakthrough hit for The Streets, reaching number 18 on the UK charts in October 2001.
2002-2003: ''Original Pirate Material''
For The Streets' debut album, ''Original Pirate Material'', Skinner wanted to take UK garage in a new direction with material reflecting the lifestyle of clubbers in Britain. The track "Let's Push Things Forward" reflects the philosophy of the album. The album was released and proved to be successful both with critics and the general public alike. In the UK, the album was nominated for the Mercury Prize and was favourite with the bookies to win it (it was later won by Ms. Dynamite). The Streets was nominated for best album, best urban act, best breakthrough artist and best British male artist in the 2002 BRIT Awards. The NME named it as one of their top five albums of 2002. The cover image is ''Towering Inferno'' by the acclaimed photographer Rut Blees Luxemburg. Subsequent singles from that album included "Don't Mug Yourself", "Weak Become Heroes" and "Let's Push Things Forward" which all reached the top forty in the UK. Many of his songs have a UK garage feel. ''Original Pirate Material'' had debuted and peaked at number twelve in the UK album charts, and would not reach any higher until his next album was released.The success of ''Original Pirate Material'' in the UK led to a US release of the album through Vice/Atlantic in late 2002. Though the album was not a commercial success in the States, it was received positively by ''Rolling Stone'', ''Spin'', ''The New York Times'', ''Blender'', ''USA Today'' and the ''Los Angeles Times'' all nominating it as one of the albums of the year. The album was named ''Entertainment Weekly'''s "album of the year". The album reached number two on the ''Billboard'' electronic charts and the top 20 on the independent and Heatseeker charts in the US in 2003.
2004–2005: ''A Grand Don't Come for Free''
In May 2004, he released a new single, "Fit But You Know It" which became his highest debuting and highest selling single to that point, reaching number four in the UK."Fit But You Know It" is from his second album, ''A Grand Don't Come for Free'' which is a concept album about a short period in the protagonist's life. The events depicted include losing a thousand pounds, the start of a new relationship, going on holiday, breaking up, and eventually finding the grand again. The MC's remix of "Fit But You Know It" features formerly underground MCs such as Kano, Tinchy Stryder, Donae'o, Lady Sovereign and Devilman.
The album debuted at number two in the UK album charts, but later reached the number one position. Soon after the album was released, his success grew even larger in July 2004, with the second single "Dry Your Eyes" debuting at the top of the chart in the UK. The success of this album and its singles led to a re-kindling of interest in the first album ''Original Pirate Material'', which re-entered the UK album charts and beat its original chart peak of two years earlier. "Blinded By the Lights", the third single from ''A Grand Don't Come for Free'', hit the Top 10 in September 2004, and a fourth and final single, "Could Well Be In", was released in late 2004.
2006–2007: ''The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living''
Skinner's third studio album under The Streets moniker, ''The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living'', was released on 10 April 2006 in the United Kingdom and on 25 April 2006 in North America. In the UK it debuted at number one on the album chart. It was a change in direction from his first two albums, the lyrical theme moving away from the stories about working class Britain and instead focusing on the ups and downs of the fame that Skinner encountered after the huge success of his previous albums.The lead single, titled "When You Wasn't Famous", was released two weeks prior to the album. The song is about Skinner's troubles with trying to date a famous person, following his new found fame. It was also named 'Track of the Week' by NME in early March 2006, but when it came into the UK singles charts, it only reached the latter course of the top 10, peaking at number eight. There has been much speculation over which celebrity "When You Wasn't Famous" is about - Rachel Stevens and Cheryl Cole are two names that have been ruled out, despite Skinner dedicating the song to Cole on Top Of The Pops. This reluctance to reveal the subject may be more than simple politeness, as some of the descriptions of the unnamed starlet in the track are potentially damaging. At one point, Skinner discloses "my whole life I never thought I'd see a pop star smoke crack".
The second single, "Never Went to Church", is a tribute to Skinner's late father, and appears to use the chord progression of The Beatles' "Let It Be" as a backing beat.
The Streets appeared on ''The Late Show with David Letterman'' on 26 June 2006 to promote the new album.
The album also featured the track "Prangin Out" which later would go on to be remixed with Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty.
2008–2009: ''Everything Is Borrowed''
In September 2008, Skinner released his fourth studio album, ''Everything Is Borrowed''. One song from the album, was on Skinner's Myspace page for a while before being replaced by a cover of "Your Song". In a posting on his Myspace blog, Skinner noted that the group's upcoming LP would contain "peaceful, positive vibes" in comparison with 2006's ''The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living''.In a blurb about the album on Skinner's Myspace, he says "This album started off life as parables but then I realised that it might get a bit cheesy so I got rid of the alien song and the devil song replaced them with more straight up songs. I've pretty much kept my promise that I made to myself not to reference modern life on any of them though which is hard to do and keep things personal at the same time."
2010–Present: ''Computers and Blues'' and ''Cyberspace and Reds''
In November 2010, Mike Skinner announced via the official The Streets website, that he will release what he referred to as a "mixtape" album called ''Cyberspace and Reds'', consisting of various recordings he had made since he finished work on the final Streets album ''Computers and Blues''. ''Cyberspace and Reds'' was released in January 2011, initially only for download via the Streets iPhone app. A so-called "deluxe" edition was later made available for general download through the Streets website. An additional version of the Cyberspace and Reds track 'Everyone has something to hide' was released by producer Callum James Greens with added music rather than the acapella version originally released.The final The Streets album ''Computers and Blues'' was released on 7 February 2011, the first single being "Going Through Hell". They will be playing live in 2011 at the famous Jersey Live festival for the first time. The band last gig was at reading festival 2011, co-headlining the NME/Radio stage with 2manydj's.
Discography
References
External links
Category:English electronic music groups Category:Music from Birmingham, West Midlands Category:BRIT Award winners Category:Ivor Novello Award winners Category:UK garage musicians
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| background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
|---|---|
| birth name | Kevin Ford |
| born | London, England |
| genre | Drum and bass, jungle |
| occupation | Record producer and DJ |
| label | Playaz | Ganja | Frontline | Ganja-Tek | Liq-Weed Ganja True Playaz |
| website | www.realplayaz.co.uk }} |
Biography
He was an early DJ on one of London's pirate radio stations, Fantasy FM, and has been popular on the international DJ circuit, landing awards for Best Male DJ and Best Radio DJ (in 1994 and 1995, respectively) at the UK's Hardcore Awards. He also presented on the London based radio station Kiss 100, and was a player in Suburban Base’s compilation series, ''Drum and Bass Selection''. DJ Hype began producing in 1989, engineering and co-producing tracks (including "Exorcist" and "The Bee") for Kickin', Strictly Underground, and Suburban Base.His Ganja Records label gained popularity, primarily through dance floor fillers such as "You Must Think First", "Tiger Style" and DJ Zinc's "Super Sharp Shooter". Their popularity peaked with the release of their first album in 1996: ''Still Smokin' '', a label compilation released jointly by Ganja and Pascal's Frontline imprint. Re-released in 1997, its success also led to a major label deal with BMG's Parousia sub-label and the establishment of True Playaz, a Hype led DJ and production unit also including DJ Zinc, Pascal, and Rude Bwoy Monty. His 1997 Parousia EP, ''New Frontiers'', with Ganja Kru, reached #56 in the UK Albums Chart.
DJ Hype is known for his jump up DJ sets, including appearances at the Playaz night at Fabric.
On 30 March 2009, Hype released a new double album mix compilation on Rhino Records, entitled ''DJ Hype presents Drum and Bass Essentials''.
Selected discography
References
External links
Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:English DJs Category:English drum and bass musicians Category:English radio personalities Category:English record producers Category:People from London
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