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Liam Byrne, minister for immigration: "We will not tolerate illegal migrants disrupting deportation from Britain and will take every step necessary, in the taxpayer's interest, to enforce returns of those with no right to be here."
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Gender studies journals
Thought some of you may be interested to know that Sage are doing a free online trial on all their gender studies journals until the end of november.
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March for Burma - London
Saturday 6th October
Global Day of Action for Burma
Assemble at Tate Britain at 11.00am
Nearest tube Pimlico
March to Trafalgar Square for a rally at 12.45pm
11:00 Assemble at Tate Britain, London SW1P 4RG
12:05 Monks will drop petals over Westminster Bridge to symbolise the lives at threat in Burma
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According to unconfirmed reports apparently there's more like 200 deaths in Myanmar/Burma rather than the 9 or so which have been officially reported. If you want to show your solidarity with the protesters, Amnesty International has listed some demonstrations taking place in different countries over the next few days:- Belgium: Saturday 29 September ( Read more... )
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This story will be probably be old news (although it's not over yet!) to the Americans on my friends list as it's been brewing for a while, but as it's not had a lot of coverage over here in the UK (or anywhere else I would imagine), thought it was worth highlighting:
Jena Six story in the Guardian
This guy is a d**khead:
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(This article was originally published in the 'Race Revolt' comp zine about race in diy, queer and/or feminist activist communities, published June 2007 by Humaira Saeed. Unfortunately she didn't do that many copies so don't think you can get hold of it online, but I may be wrong. It is a great zine, if you can track it down, with lots of UK-based ( Read more... ) -
No Borders camp
The exact location near Gatwick airport for the No Borders camp next week (19-24 Sept) has now been announced. If you are not a camping sort of person, there is also a demo on the Saturday which you can attend.
Go to the No Borders website for all the details.
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Just in case any of you Londoners don't know about this, if you have been delayed for 15 minutes or more on the tube, hidden very well on the Transport for London website is a form where you can put in a claim for a £4 refund. They'll send you a voucher in the post (about a month later though) Might help alleviate symptoms of public transport rage -
National Weekend of Action for Refugees
London 1 / Demonstrate --- Demonstrate --- Demonstrate ---
Show solidarity with asylum seekers
Protest against reporting and detention centres!
Friday 18 May / 1:00 - 2:00pm
UK Immigration Service
Communications House
210 Old Street
London
EC1V 9BR
(nearest tube - Old Street )
All Welcome - Open Microphone
Bring Your Drums, Whistles & Lets Make Some Noise!
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