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- US Unemployment
- by bushytailedfox
- in bushytailedfox.blog.co.uk
- 7 days old
- I'm sitting here, planning a trip to Detroit. Why Detroit? Because the bus goes there, and I get an excuse to hum Motown tunes on the way... Detroit is a city with (as of June 2008) an unemployment rate of 9.7%. That's almost one in ten people of working age that are currently unemployed. Now, I have (briefly) lived in towns with higher... more
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- What I did on my holidays
- by cassandra05
- in memory-hole.blog.co.uk
- 25 days old
- Wednesday was a not a bad day for action against the coal industry. The acquittal of the Kingsnorth six paved the way for further actions and served as a searing indictment of government energy policy. And a couple of other goings on are worth mentioning ... From John Vidal, The Guardian: “Some groups could not even wait for yesterday’s verdict.... more
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- greenpeace!
- by HelenAJ
- in obligaterebel.blog.co.uk
- 52 days old
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- What to expect
- by cassandra05
- in memory-hole.blog.co.uk
- 64 days old
- As someone who underwent a brief but very effective “loonyfication” at the hands of the Murdoch press during last year’s Climate Camp, and in the wake of the post below, let me be the first to warn readers not to believe everything they read or watch about the protest over the course of this week. If you are thinking about going to the Climate... more
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- “A bunch of idiots gathered in a field today …”
- by cassandra05
- in memory-hole.blog.co.uk
- 64 days old
- This year’s Camp for Climate Action is now underway (check it out), and, extraordinarily, the “tree hugger” count has just reached at least 1 - courtesy of Sky News: Tree Huggers United Against Plant More than 1,000 environmental protesters are expected at a week-long ‘climate camp’ at Kingsnorth in Kent in protest at Government plans to replace... more
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- A line in the sand
- by cassandra05
- in memory-hole.blog.co.uk
- 68 days old
- A great little film produced by the Ecologist, on the growing movement taking action against climate change in the UK, and the ways in which its opponents in government and business circles are attempting to undermine and subvert it (hat tip to the fine people at The Coal Hole). more
