-The mobilisation day called by ANV last saturday. -Pernando Barrena Spokesperson for Batasuna, has said that the independentist movement is politically very strong. -Alastair Lyon, English Lawyer of the Sheffield 3 is concerned that some facts point out to an unfair trial. -The third anniversary of the Anoeta Proposal. -Police repression. -Informations on the political prisoners. -Xabier Mina in Mexico, remembering basque fihgter for the independence of Mexico. -ETA's armed actions. -Amnesty International: Torture in the Basque Country.

The incident unfolding in Makati City today is not surprising. It is a logical conclusion to the abuses committed by the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) administration, from the dismissal of the impeachment complaint to the clamp down of democratic and constitutional processes.

A struggle has been going on in the Old Town of Edinburgh for nearly three years, between wealthy developers and community activists. The Council and a company called Mountgrange have been trying to invest and build in the Cannongate area of Edinburgh, and their £200 million 'Caltongate' plans have met a great deal of criticism and opposition from community activists.

Radical Independent Bookfair - CCA Glasgow - Saturday 15 December 2007

Cannabis cultivation rose 40 percent in Afghanistan this year, to 173,000 acres from 123,550 in 2006, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime estimated in its 2007 opium survey. The crop is being grown in at least 18 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, according to the survey released last month. The U.N. report singles out Balkh as a "leading example" of an opium-free province, saying other areas should follow "the model of this northern region where leadership, incentives and security have led farmers to turn their backs on opium."

At 7.30 a.m. yesterday morning 5 people peacefully walked straight into Raytheon Systems Ltd, Glenrothes having found the gates open and security a bit slow. They walked into reception and asked to speak to a spokesperson at the site, who unsurprisingly did not emerge, and traffic was held up whilst a long banner stating “Raytheon SL, Death Profiteers” was held across a main access road inside the site. Two supplementary gates had by lucky coincidence been D-locked at the same time. Fliers were given out to workers queuing up to get into the car park and photos of the human cost of the bombs dropped on Lebanon last summer.

Staff at State-run detention centres including Dover and Lindholme are issued with wooden staves, a weapon banned from use in some prisons. "wooden staves had been replaced with prison-issue extendable plastic batons which they carried at all times, as did many other prison officers" according to an immigration service spokesman, ignoring the fact that most folk in detention centres have committed no crime.

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A strike by around 270 Day Care Workers in Glasgow is entering its 8th week. It is based around issues of pay and grading.

The day care workers are employed in ten centres across Glasgow offering support and care to people with a physical and learning disability. Their day to day work involves supporting a wide range of people, from those with a mild learning disability who need help accessing community resources and employment, to those with complex needs who require a high level of care.

You are invited to the Bilston Glen Workshop and Building Weekend! This Weekend - Friday 30th to Sunday 2nd Come down for the whole weekend or for however much you can manage. Learn new skills and help us with some of our on-going projects in Bilston Glen