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RBS funds nuclear arms production

by Janet Fenton | News | May 2012

Royal Bank of Scotland finances 16 companies that are heavily involved in the manufacture, modernisation and maintenance of US, British and French nuclear forces.

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West Bank Freedom Flytilla

by Margie Haig | News | May 2012

Around 1,300 supporters of Palestinian human and national rights planned to arrive in Israel’s Ben-Gurion international airport on 15 April.

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Glasgow asylum seekers face destitution

by PN | News | May 2012

Up to 140 Glasgow asylum seekers are to be evicted by their landlord, Ypeople, in the next few weeks. They will be left with no home as well as no access to work, benefits or any state support.

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Peace plinth heads to LA

News | May 2012

A ‘Peace Plinth’ that has been the centrepiece of Peace Strike’s round-the-clock vigil in Parliament Square for over two years has been transported to the US....Read More

Riseup servers seized by FBI

by Emily Johns | News | May 2012

On 18 April, US federal authorities seized a server in New York belonging to Riseup, a radical internet service provider....Read More

AWPC still going strong

by PN | News | May 2012

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483 arrests at NATO

by David Polden | News | May 2012

UK activists join demo in Brussels

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Success of nonviolence conference delights organisers

by PN | News | May 2012
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A ‘Bradford Spring’

by Gabriel Carlyle | News | May 2012

Prominent anti-war activist George Galloway won a sensational byelection victory in Bradford West on 29 March, receiving 56% of the vote on a Respect ticket.

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‘Afghanising’ the occupation

by Gabriel Carlyle | News | May 2012

'Withdrawal' of US and UK troops from Afghanistan will not end harsh detention regime.

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