Squall 14

News and Other Busyness

page 5.
Masonic Judge Called In For Exodus Case - brought out of retirement for an unbiased hearing
Cannabis Writer Released - Mick Marlow released
Squatting In Ulster - families forced from their homes due to attacks increases squatting in Northern Ireland
Jail Tensions Rise - inhumane conditions in Belmarsh Prison raising tensions to 'desperate' level

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Briefs: Britain's Boot Camps | Breach Of The Peace | Disabled Campaigner Fined | Freebirds
Arms Exhibitor Drops Libel Action - peace campaigners win court case against Copex
Greenham Cancer - inquiry around high incidence of leukaemia around the air base
Watchdog Slams Shell's Lies - Shell called out for its lies about its role in the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa
BAe Protesters Reluctantly Jailed - two jailed for action in support of the women who smashed the Hawk jets
British Firms Equip Indonesian Police - British weaponry used to quell riots in Jakarta

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Bookshop Libel - Housemans and Bookmarks threatened with libel for stocking anti-fascist magazine Searchlight
European Court Blow For Travellers - gypsies lose right to live on their own land in European Court of Human Rights
Exodus Dread Cleared Of All Charges - core member of Exodus cleared of all charges court following bogus murder charge
Giant Crispbread Eats Famous Landmark? - plan to flog London's most famous landmarks for advertising

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Briefs: Benefit Grass Up Line | Smart Card Tricks | European Grouse | Losing The Plottery | Animal Rights United | Benefit Helpline Cut
Benefit Fraud - social security offices and other public buildings to be flogged off to friends of the Tory Party
Stiffer Sentences For Dealers- govt white paper to make punishments for drugs and other offences much harsher
McDonald's At Stonehenge? - yes McD's are applying to construct the new visitors centre
Benefits To Be Privatised- benefits system to be flogged off
JSA Staff Fear For Safety - dole workers in two-day walk-out over worries about violent attacks on staff
NFU Condemn Countryside Movement - National Farmers Union in conflict with right-wing land-owners movement

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Special Branch Help McDonald's - McLibel trial brings up information about Special Branch's surveillance on protesters and collusion with McDonald's.
McLibel Trial Latest - now officially the longest court battle in British history - comes back from summer recess

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Police Expo On Security Hardware - an inside look at a secret trade show held in Manchester in July
Special Branch Attempt To Infiltrate Ploughshares - ex-police woman asked to spy on her friends in the Ploughshares movement
Prison Exercise Abolished - EU rules on prisoner's rights broken as British prison restrict exercise time
More Prison Works - building programme to keep up with hike in prison inmate numbers

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Exodus In Zurich - Exodus invited to one-week cultural event
No Prosecution For Police Assault - Manchester police get away with attacking an Asian student Amer Rafiq who lost an eye in the assault
CS Spray Given Go Ahead Despite Concerns - over 40 police forces in UK will carry CS spray from next year, but some are voicing concerns
Big Mike & Fries - Michael Portillo lines up for McDonald's photo opportunity while historic building in his constituency gets flogged to McD's.

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Exodus Defend Community Farm - police raid Long Meadow Community Farm while Exodus are in Zurich

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Manchester Pansies Sieze Job Centre - activists take over job centre in protest against Job Seekers Allowance

Road Rage

page 54.
Twyford Compensation - Hampshire police agree to large payout to two women wrongfully arrested at Twyford Down
One Hundred Year Slaughter - the centenary of the first ever fatal car accident
Highways Agency Yobbo - Highway Agency in M11 Link Rd PR shocker

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Cow Discharged: Bomber Innocent - Newbury protester acquitted for petrol bomb
Hunger Striker Victory - Newbury protester wins court battle over repressive bail conditions
Injunction Threat To Protest Rights - more injunctions served on Newbury protesters
Militant Anarchist Cyclists Arrested - following Critical Mass in support of tube worker's strike

International Squall

Zapatista! - update from the jungles of Chiapas
Pirating The Airwaves - pirate radio making waves against oppressive regimes
- page 57

Killing Without Question
A succession of governments and corporations have used the people of Bougainville as profit fodder. Neil Goodwin reports on the battered history of a Pacific Island and the involvement of British mining company RTZ.
- page 58

Organise, Invade, Produce!
Tired of having no land, no food and no rights, community activists in Brazil have turned to squatting. Simon Lewis visited their cultivated occupations to speak with them.
- page 60