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offsite link Kneecap Should Play Glastonbury Thu Jun 26, 2025 15:00 | Laura Perrins
Of course Kneecap should play Glastonbury, says Laura Perrins. Yes, they're morons. But morons deserve free speech too. One member may be on trial, but only for a summary offence. As long as we don't have to listen.
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offsite link Watch: Electric Mercedes Worth ?50,000 Explodes After ?Battery Fault? ? Destroying Two Cars Nearby Thu Jun 26, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
A security camera has captured the moment an electric Mercedes worth ?50,000 exploded in Sheffield due to a ?battery fault?, destroying two other cars parked nearby and trapping the owner in his house: "I could have died."
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offsite link Benefits Bill Will Rise by ?8 Billion Even if Starmer Defeats Rebels, Warns IFS Thu Jun 26, 2025 11:12 | Will Jones
Britain's benefits bill will rise by a further ?8 billion even if Keir Starmer defeats Labour rebels on his flagship welfare reforms, the IFS has warned. Not really a cut, then, more a slightly slower rise.
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offsite link The Cancellation of Professor Norman Fenton: Climate and Covid Dissident Thu Jun 26, 2025 09:00 | Tilak Doshi
The treatment of one of our leading mathematicians over his evidence-based dissident views on climate and Covid would have Galileo spinning in his grave, says Tilak Doshi.
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offsite link An Empirical Study Shows That AI Will Destroy Human Critical Capacity Thu Jun 26, 2025 07:00 | James Alexander
An empirical MIT study has found that ChatGPT and other similar AI systems erode students' capacity to read, write and think critically. This should be obvious, says Prof James Alexander, but we have been warned.
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offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

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Slideshow/Soundtrack-Celebrating 30 Years of Plowshares Actions & Anti-Nuclear Resistance

category international | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Wednesday August 25, 2010 09:43author by Plowshares Report this post to the editors

On September 9th. 1980 the Plowshares 8 entered the General Electric factory at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA and began to disarm first strike nuclear weapons components under construction.

The folks at Nuclear Resister have put the following slideshow/soundtrack together to mark the 30th. anniversary of the Plowshares movement, Nukewatch and Nuclear Resister. It is a very inspiring and uplifting presentation. Makes ya wanna get off the bench and back into the fray.......

Music & Slideshow - "Celebrating 30 Years of Anti-Nuclear Resistance" (18 minutes)

http://vimeo.com/14103255

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author by Plowsharespublication date Wed Sep 01, 2010 14:12author address King of Prussia, PA, USAauthor phone Report this post to the editors

PEACE DEMONSTRATION TO CELEBRATE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF ‘PLOWSHARES 8’
LANDMARK ANTI-NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACTION IN KING OF PRUSSIA, PA, USA

Area peace and anti-nuclear activists, organized by the Brandywine Peace Community, from throughout the region and other places on the East Coast will on Sunday, September 5, celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the “Plowshares 8” with a peace demonstration and ceremony of rededication to justice and peace. The peace demonstration and ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. in front of the Lockheed Martin building complex, located at 230 Mall Boulevard (Mall & Goddard Boulevards) in King of Prussia, PA, directly behind the King of Prussia Mall.

On September 9, 1980, eight peace activists – The Plowshares 8 (including two Catholic priests and a Catholic nun)—entered a General Electric plant (now Lockheed Martin) in King of Prussia and hammered on nuclear warhead casings. The following spring in the Montgomery County Court in Norristown, PA, all eight were tried and found guilty of burglary, conspiracy, and criminal mischief. The eight, who included legendary activists Daniel Berrigan and his brother, Philip,

Continued on link.......

http://www.phillyimc.org/en/king-prussia-sunsept-5-peac...kheed

 
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