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squat pretoriusstraat 28 in amsterdam to be evicted Those activists who have passed through Amsterdam, will know that there is a thriving squatting scene there. One of the main squats in the east of the city, Pretoriusstraat 28, will be evicted by riot cops on tuesday 14th October. After a seven year battle against speculation and the sale of social housing, state and capital have finally got their way. For the time being! On this day other Amsterdam squats will be evicted. Dick Cheney rampages through London - Pictures. Campaigners gather outside the Shell oil company HQ in London to protest against the contracting of Iraqi oil reserves by US occupation forces in Iraq on behalf of US and British private oil corporations. Call out for day of action: Shut Down BMI Airlines- 20th Oct On the one month anniversary of the deportation of artist and No Borders South Wales activist Babi Badalov, we call for a day of action to shut down BMI Airlines who carry migrants being deported by the UK Government No Borders Network wide Gathering 8 & 9 Nov Less than a month till the next network-wide No Borders Gathering, to be held in Newcastle on 8 & 9 November! The Gathering will be a chance to discuss, network and plan, and to build on discussions from the last network-wide Gathering, held in Manchester earlier this year. £42 million missing in Iceland Apparently, Nottingham City Council has £42 million pounds invested in Icelandic banks. Economic Fascism and The United States If I do not believe in, trust, or support the US Federal Government, my home should not be in jeopardy. The Federal Government, whenever they choose, through the IRS, will take your home if you do not support them. This confiscation of property by the Federal Government is absolutely and unequivocally wrong, and it is illegal. For the Federal Government to threaten me with stealing my home because I want them to fail, is economic FASCISM. Let the Federal Government collect it?s taxes but to put my home in peril because of taxes - is ECONOMIC FASCISM. I want the Federal Government to spend itself into bankruptcy and irrelevance; and it is my patriotic right as a human and and an American to have control over my money to do so. I believe in local taxes, and local representation of those taxes; to me - the FED is DEAD. The day a Trident Nuclear submarine pulls into port for salvage and dismantling, because the US Federal Government has no money, will be a day I open a bottle of champagne and christen my life. (I will drink it and not smash it on some battleship.) Demonstration for Amdani Juma's right to stay, Market Sq, Nottingham : Pictures Amdani Juma remains in immediate danger of deportation. There was another demonstration at 12.30pm in Market Square on Saturday 11th Oct to show continuesd support. The demonstration insisted that the Home Office remove the threat of deportation for Amdani. Mr. Kean and Mr. Hamilton are Invited to Participate in ?A Real 9/11 Commission Mr. Kean and Mr. Hamilton are invited to Participate in ?A Real 9/11 Commission?. A May 2006 Zogby U.S. poll found that 42% of adults polled believe the U.S. government and the 9/11 Commission "concealed or refused to investigate critical evidence" that contradicts the official explanation of the attacks. 9/11 Commission chairs Kean and Hamilton were upset with their own commission. Stalling Tactics Win A Victory for Freedom of Expression Today, in Liverpool City Centre, political campaigners, supporters and members of the public joined in a spontaneous direct action to block police vans for around half an hour after the unlawful arrest of two activists. Pix of Anti-RBS Action, London - Fri 10 Oct 08 (1 of 2) What do a Distraught Bengal Tiger, a Sacked Financial Analyst, a Homeless Polar Bear, and a Jobless Banker all have in common? Why they're all victims of the Carbon Crunch - the conflation of Capital's toxic Carbon Addiction and it's self-made Credit Crunch. Oh, and they're also all characters in a protest drama played out at the Olympia Exhibition Centre between some radical smart cookies from... ? People & Planet - http://peopleandplanet.org ? PLATFORM - http://www.platformlondon.org ? Rising Tide - http://risingtide.org.uk & http://londonrisingtide.org.uk ...and some shitty-brown suited security drones. For permission to copy and use, see 'CopyLeft' at the end of the story below the photos. For links to the other sets of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.