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Home | Friday 1st May 2009 | Issue 674

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SCHNEWS IN BRIEF

* Arms manufacturer BAE was targeted on Monday (27th) in a day of action organised by No Borders. While No Borders London activists picketed BAE’s London HQ, members of Break the Siege! blockaded the Middleton factory in Manchester.
www.nobordersmanchester.blogspot.com

* In Ireland, protesters opposed to the Shell Corrib Gas Project resumed actions against Shell’s Glengrad site last Sunday (26th), refusing to be intimidated following last week’s severe beating of protester Willie Corduff at the hands of Shell hired thugs (see SchNEWS 673). www.shelltosea.com

* After successfully resisting two evictions in one day last week (See SchNEWS 673), Birmingham squatters lost the Beechwood Hotel in the early hours of last Friday morning as bailiffs piled in. See http://justicenotcrisis.wordpress.com

* Following on from SchNEWS 672, Oaxacan activist David Venegas has been declared innocent in a trial after he was fitted up with drugs. He had already beaten charges ranging from sedition to arson, and was declared innocent of all charges with the judge accepting his defence that the Oaxacan police planted drugs on him. http://narcosphere.narconews.com

* May 1st - Convicts Party at The Bank of England - We are a nation who are guilty until proven innocent. Turn yourself in at The Bank Of England, dressed in your best stripes. Sneak some contraband (Sound Systems, Moonshine, Cake, Kettles, Party Games) past the guard... Meet 5pm, Bank of England, London www.spacehijackers.org

* May 4th - Strangers into Citizens, a campaign supporting the integration of immigrants into UK society, is holding a London National Rally. The campaign calls for amnesties for migrants who have been in the UK for a long periods of time, many who are escaping danger and can’t return to their home countries. 11.30am at Tothill Street, marching to Trafalgar Square. With Asian Dub Foundation live. www.strangersintocitizens.org.uk

* For the full PARTY & PROTEST listings updated weekly see www.schnews.org.uk/pap

Keywords: bae, bank of england, david venegas, direct action, mayday, no borders, schnews in brief, shell to sea, squatting, strangers into citizens


 

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