Archive - May 2006

May 31st

5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AGAINST DISAPPEARANCES

The 5th International Conference Against Disappearances, was gathered in Diyarbakır in between May 16th and 20th, under the main title “War and Occupation: Human Rights Violations, Torture and Disappearances�

SAVING ICELAND

Iceland is Western Europe’s last surviving intact wilderness. Covered in mountains, lagoons, glaciers, ice caves, lava fields, hot rivers and live volcanoes - it is one of the rarest and unusual landscapes you’ll ever experience. You can feel the rage of fire echoing throughout the island. It is the world’s youngest large land mass, which means that it is very geologically active.

Troops Out of Iraq/ email campaign

May 30th

Faslane Peace Camp Birthday!

Faslane Peace Camp is turning 24! Come the 12th of June, the Peace Camp will of permanently occupied a strip of land outside Faslane Nuclear Weapons base since 1982, making it the oldest peace camp in the UK.

European Coordination Against Precariousness: Strasburg (France), June 9-10-11th

We invite you to take part in the European Coordination against precariousness on June 9th, 10th and 11th at Strasburg’s universities, to create a resistance network and european-scale common action projects.

May 29th

Scotland's Original Anti War Song, Seconded by US Peace Activist: Song Lyrics

American peace activist Geof Bard is publishing his lyrics for Robert Burn's "Soldier's Joy", lampooning Bush and Blair. This song, frequently aired on US stage and radio, is arguably one of the first antiwar songs, in its original Scottish version.

Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign Campaign Calls for Boycott of Disney Stores

The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign branches in Dundee, Glasgow, and Edinburgh leafletted in front of the Disney stores in protest of the Disney Corporation's financial support of Israeli occupation.

Have you seen the new Benefit Fraud advertisements???

Want to waste some Gov't money and time......

John Pilger on the Clearing of Diego Garcia

The island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean is now a US military base. Very useful for reaching Iraq, Afghanistan, keeping an eye on China etc. It was formerly a UK colony but we sold it to the US for £13M discount on a Polaris nuclear submarine. In the process, the people of the islands were forced from their homes into poverty.

Glasgow Asylum Seeker Protest Report and Photos

Over 100 asylum seekers and their supporters gathered in the city centre of Glasgow to demand the right to work and an immediate end to dawn raids. Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! and Unity called for the protest in Glasgow for Saturday 27 May, which followed a several-hundred strong march of asylum-seekers and supporters through the streets of Glasgow earlier on in the spring, and an end to all forms of criminalisation were clearly and visibly articulated.

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