Issue 657, Friday 28th November 2008
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Frozen Assets
After the financial meltdown in Iceland, Reykjavik becomes a direct action hot-spot..... plus, the Observer's infamous article about the rise of 'eco-terrorism' by Mark Townsend is withdrawn, Critical Mass cyclists win House of Lords ruling, allowing their bike-powered protests, update on the Minga movement marching on the Colombian capital of Bogota, after last week's publishing on the internet of the BNP's membership the fun continues, and more.
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Previous Issues

Issue 656, Friday 21st November 2008
Minga The Merciless
A popular movement is building in Colombia against the US-friendly government and the other murderous paramilitary bully-boys from the supposed left.... plus, protester's charged after the SmashEDO demonstration on June the 4th, Western ISM protesters begin a hunger strike after being seized by the Israeli navy, Police are using new legislation to crack down on photographers at demonstrations, Big demonstrations in Germany against the nuclear waste convoy, and more.
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Issue 655, Friday 14th November 2008
Fifth Columnist
As the Observer newspaper trots out the Police line over puffed up threats of eco-terrorism.... plus, Lakenheath anti arms protesters face SOCPA trial in court, Birmingham social housing protest camp evade eviction by moving, anti-arms trade campaigners target one of the UK's largest events companies, Otis as Roxy Music star's pro-foxhunt, spoilt brat son is in prison on remand, and more
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Issue 654, Friday 7th November 2008
B'Iraq Obama
SchNEWS assess what direction US foreign policy is going to go now, and in particular the occupation of Iraq.... plus, more direct action at the Bristol offices of Raytheon, the US arms corporation, a round-up of 'Scary Science', SHAC's week of action against a range of HLS clients, the Class War Bonfire at London Fields on Bonfire night goes off with a bang, two more house raids and arrests relating to Smash EDO's carnival against the arms trade, and more.
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Issue 653, Friday 31st October 2008
Any Port In A Storm
An independent, international ship carrying medical supplies has reached a port in Gaza, depsite threats from Israel....plus, The Brighton-Tubas delegation have reached the Tubas region of Palestine to help the locals fight the Israeli occupation, Christiana, the famous squatted community in Copenhagen is under threat again as a building is evicted, US Arms Corp's office in Bristol sees a 38-hour rooftop occupation by anti-arms protesters, blockade at the Aldermaston atomic weapons establishment is the biggest in a decade, and more.
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Issue 652, Friday 24th October 2008
Ciba Punks
Two activists doing a banner-drop against HLS client Ciba Vision end up having their house raided, and are arrested for 'conspiracy to blackmail'.... plus, Brighton delegation go to the Tubas region of Palestine, peace activists in Sweden begin disarming weapons factories, direct action threat derails badger cull, A squatted social centre in Worcester fights back against eviction threat, and more.
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Issue 651, Friday 17th October 2008
Pepperazzi
Smash EDO's second mass demo on Wednesday - Shut ITT! - was dramatic with up-for-it protesters and oppressive police numbers..... plus, Muslim schoolkid at Slough Grammar is suspended for being photographed with a gun – a paintballing gun that is, a rowdy demonstration against banks and the public money being pumped into them, Brighton Starbucks protest gets comedic lift, and more.
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Issue 650, Friday 10th October 2008
End of World is Nigh
As the entirely predicable meltdown continues to roll on it becomes increasingly hard to predict what\'s next - but SchNEWS tries anyway as we mull over great depression and repression to come....plus, Sussux students bring more disruption to Naval recruitment drive, peasant farmer resistance forces car firm to quit West Bengal, US Homeland Security goons spy on maths group, and more.
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Issue 649, Friday 3rd October 2008
Debts the Way to Do It
SchNEWS takes on the credit crunch and the future of global capitalism as the system collapses of its own accord.... plus, Protesters staged two days of protest last weekend at Carmel Agrexco, A Royal Navy recruiting team at Sussex Uni were left sunk without trace after a devastating broadside from a gang of clowns, Zombies invade shopping centre in Bristol, and more.
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Issue 648, Friday 26th September 2008
Lost in Transition
Schnews fails to understand language of climate group as it looks at Transition Towns.... plus, Animal rights activists get police pay out, a gay artist is deported to Azerbaijan, shout out for Titnore Woods protest camp, 'Freedom Not Fear' protest at top cop shop, and more
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Issue 647, Friday 19th September 2008
Bail of the Century
The British and US Governments are welfare states – for big business – as they hand out billions to bail out companies. And the meltdown is set to continue.... plus, the coroner's inquest into the police murder of Jean Charles de Menezes begins on September 22nd, a victory for the Shell To Sea protesters in Ireland against Shell's planned gas refinery and offshore pipeline at Rossport, Right wing forces in Bolivia are attempting a 'civil coup' against socialist President Evo Morales, and more
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Issue 646, Friday 12th September 2008
All The Precedent's Men
A historic court ruling finds protesters at Kingsnorth Coal Power Station not guilty of criminal damage, the first time 'preventing the greater crime of climate change' has been successfully used as a legal defence.... plus, On the anniversary of 9-11, we remember that other 9-11 – the violent coup in Chile in 1973 which installed General Pinochet, and saw the death of thousands, Fox hunting is now illegal in Britain – but that doesn't stop it still happening., and more.
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Issue 645, Friday 5th September 2008
Unconventional
Mass demonstrations against this year\'s Republican Convention – held this week in St Pauls, Minnesota – were met with aggressive policing.... plus, While SchNEWS is not pro-Obama as such in the forthcoming US election, it is clear that the McCain/Palin ticket would be the least sane choice, Protesters battling Shell\'s plans to build an offshore gas pipeline and refinery at Rossport, on the west coast of Ireland, are now up against the Navy, and more.
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Issue 644, Friday 29th August 2008
Peak Spoil
Peak Oil theory is seen by environmentalists as the reality which will stop the oil industry. But could it be that the real problem isn't that we're going to run out of oil, but that we aren't?..... plus, as the Democrat and Republican parties have their party conventions in the lead-up to the presidential elections, mass demonstrations are making a come-back in the country, independent aid boats beat Israeli aggression to give much needed supplies to Gaza, the persecution of animal rights activists in Austria continues, and more.
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Issue 643, Friday 22nd August 2008
Going Overboard
Shell To Sea activists set up a new Rossport Solidarity camp, to stop the building of Shell's gas pipeline and refinery at Rossport, County Mayo, Ireland..... plus, Smash EDO campaigner Glenn Williams is arrested for playing a protest song outside the gates of EDO-MBM/ITT in Brighton, Anti-coal protesters are finally evicted from tunnels ? as the Bodge House squat comes to an end, Kurdish asylum seekers held at Campsfield Immigation Detention Centre end their nine day hunger strike, and more.
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