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| | Tucker/The Funding of Scientific Racism. Chapter 3 |
 | | Carto's trusted associate, Kuttner appeared as a representative of the Liberty Lobby before a House Subcommittee in 1963 to testify against impending civil rights legislation, accompanied by an attorney for the lobby, who added that the zoologist was also president of the IAAEE. | | | This extensive involvement on Weyher's part in so many different projects, not to mention the extraordinary deference paid to him by all the other participants in the campaign against civil rights, is understandable only if he had the keys to the safe—if he was, as George so succinctly put it, the "attorney for... | | | As the APFC's attorney, Avins submitted a response, noting that only "unreasonable" discrimination was offensive to public policy; the refusal to rent an apartment was an example of racial discrimination both "reasonable" and "desirable," according to the attorney. |
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| | Press kit: Issues - Multi-ethnic States and the Protection of Minority Rights - World Conference Against Racism |
| | In extreme cases, the Committee implements early warning measures to assist Governments to prevent problems from escalating into conflicts and identify cases where there is a lack of an adequate legislative basis for defining and criminalizing all forms of racial discrimination. | | | The reporting guidelines ask State parties to describe the ethnic characteristic of the country and the legislative, judicial, and administrative measures being taken up on behalf of minorities. | | | As the only United Nations instrument that specifically addressed the special rights of minorities, the Declaration can be viewed as a point of reference for the international community. |
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| | Tribunal on Racism & Sexism - U of M |
| | With the Justice for Maureen Johnson campaign we have begun that fight. | | | A central part of this tribunal will be devising perspectives and a plan of action. | | | Only after Maureen retained a lawyer did the administration move to buy out Calabria's contract. |
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| | Less than 30 states had sent letters of protest, and it was significant that the various "blocs" had been unmovable, even on such an issue. | | | III c) is manifested by whomsoever" For fuller documentation, see AWE's written statement (E/CN.4/1999/NGO/4: The 1948 Genocide Convention and the struggle against racism). | | | Aside from Israel and the US, only 3 other representatives of states spoke out against this calumny, a total of 5 out of 25 participating states. |
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| | Students across the country are linking up with the huge opposition to top up fees in parliament, trade unions, academics and the voting public. | | | The mass lobby of parliament on the 31st March is your chance to tell your local MP either near uni or at home that they MUST vote against top-up fees. | | | City University Student Union has policy to defend students against all fees including top-up fees and graduate tax and believes there should be grants that fully cover living expenses. |
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| | CARD - Links: Anti-racist and human rights sites |
| | Campaign and take action against the growth in imprisonment, the increasing influence of the prison industry on public policy, the deterioration in prison conditions, and the use of imprisonment by the immigration service. | | | Campaigns against human rights abuses, including arbitrary imprisonment without trial, and for refugee rights. | | | Campaigns against racism, for justice for the victims of racist attacks, and against racist laws and policing. |
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| | The Patrin Web Journal - Timeline of Romani (Gypsy) History |
| | On May 26th, The Law to Legalize Eugenic Sterilization is introduced by the National Socialists (Nazi Party) in Germany. | | | This law gives the police the legal hold it needs for thorough-going action against this constant danger to the security of the nation." | | | Gitanos in Spain are forbidden to appeal against the sentences of the courts. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Paris/5121/timeline.htm
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| | Kit-World Conference against Racism |
| | Examples are requirements for identity and official documents and the narrow definition of family. | | | It maintains power by silencing opposition by laws, polices and practices, by control over activities through financial funding criteria, by media attention or who is allowed to voice opinion. | | | Ensure also an independent and impartial complaint mechanism can provide redress (compensation) for torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. |
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| | The Country of Palestine |
| | The United Nations General Assembly requested (Dec., 2003) that the International Court of Justice issue an advisory opinion on the barrier, and in July, 2004, the ICJ termed it illegal, in part because it encloses Palestinian territory. | | | An Israeli court decision in June, however, ordered the wall partially rerouted because of the hardship it would cause. | | | Gaza Students Campaign for Academic Freedom For Gaza students studying in the West Bank, education is a crime |
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| | Mandatory Student Assembly Stirs Controversy [Free Republic] |
| | All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works. | | | Unfortunately, the US Supreme Court upheld those regulations. | | | According to Vasser, groups wishing to host a student assembly must make their case to the Leadership Class, a scheduled for-credit class of students who play a large part in setting the school's assembly schedule. |
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| | Sudbury Valley School • Online Library. Student Life |
| | I had a lot of exposure to what oppression was even before I was out of grammar school, specifically around racism and civil rights issues. | | | The alternative of the students not being the ones who decide who works at Sudbury Valley would undermine one of Sudbury Valley's main points, which is that the students decide what's good for them. | | | She said "I'll be the secretary," and then we generated these notes into a newspaper for which one of the churches donated a mimeograph machine, paper and ink; and we handed them out at their school. |
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| | TAP: Vol 6, Iss. 22. Devil in the Details. Jonathan Chait. |
| | This interpretation changed only slightly after the courts upheld the ACLU's challenge. | | | The Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) unanimously passed a resolution demanding that the regents "pursue legal recourse" against Steiner. | | | Students now widely, however wrongly, associate these measures with liberalism. |
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| | Speak out against racism - defend asylum seekers statement |
| | We join the Churches, the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees representative in Britain and Bill Morris the General Secretary of the Transport and General Union in condemning the way in which both government and opposition have tried to out-bid each other in the intolerance of their statements about asylum seekers. | | | The campaign is seeking support on the basis of the following statement: | | | We reject as unacceptable the way in which the Conservative Party sought to exploit the fate of asylum seekers for electoral advantage. |
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| | World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerence |
| | Thus we must ask if racist attitudes represent only the surface manifestations of much deeper human developmental problematics which the right to self-determination attempts to address through distributive and restorative justice. | | | The question of finding a solution to the problem of racism is intensely involved with humankind's search for justice, development, protection and liberation as well as for economic and politico-military power, domination and exploitation. | | | Many such states wishfully take great pride in their melting-pot assimilationist policies or traditions as proof of their commitment to non-discrimination against minorities. |
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| | nusonline.co.uk |
| | The British National Party (BNP) is considering legal action against a | | | The modern face of fascism in the UK is the BNP - the British National Party. | | | Join the student delegation who will call on the Council to organise a public hearing on the impact of the Race Relations Act. |
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| | Student unions and the fight against racism |
| | Trade unions can restrict access to their facilities without endangering anyone's freedom of speech or assembly. | | | Most have been cases of right-wing unions using such tactics against the left. | | | So, unlike student unions, a trade union is under no obligation to offer its facilities and resources to anyone other than its members. |
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| | lgf: Michigan Student Assembly Votes Against Divestment |
| | Wonder if the dissenting students will get expelled or otherwise punished? | | | The overwhelming margin against the resolution — 11 representatives voted in favor, while 25 voted no — came as a surprise to many MSA officials and observers, who had said in the lead up to the vote that they expected a close outcome. | | | G-d bless the ones who voted against divestment. |
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| | Black Students Committee |
| | Get your campaign badge from the ISC office! | | | The Committee encourages the organisation of campaigns - the Black Students' Committee supports family-oriented campaigns in particular. | | | We believe that aspects of the treatment of Assylum Seekers has contributedto the atmosphere of racism against them. |
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| | Student Broad Left - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Student Broad Left (SBL) is a factional grouping operating within the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom. | | | Many of the founders of the group, including all of its elected members, have been closely linked to Socialist Action, and the group supports the same campaigns as Socialist Action, for example the Student Assembly Against Racism, Unite Against Fascism, and Student CND. | | | In most years, Student Broad Left forms a slate with the Campaign for Free Education and Socialist Workers' Student Society, to increase the number of socialist candidates elected. |
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| | This coalition is now campaigning in Burnley to unite all mainstream opinion against the BNP and to get the majority of Burnley voters who did not vote for the BNP to turn out and vote at the May local elections. | | | Contact and co-operate with the local Labour Party in order to further this campaign. | | | Affiliate to the Student Assembly Against Racism at a cost of £10 for which anti-racist campaigning materials will be provided. |
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| | Student Assembly Against Racism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The student wing of the United Kingdom National Assembly Against Racism set up to combat both the rise of the BNP in the United Kingdom, but also to deal with institutionalised racism on a broader level. | | | Their recent campaigns have included a drive for anonymous marking, in support of student asylum seakers and against the British Police stop and search laws which disproportionately affect those in minority communities. | | | The NAAR has strong links to Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London and has recieved a large amount of financial assistance from the Greater London Authority. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_Assembly_Against_Racism
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| | LSE Students' Union: Home pageRepresentation |
| | The Returning Officer oversees the Students' Union elections in week 5 of Michaelmas and week 8 of Lent terms and is elected at the Lent Term elections. | | | Last year, the LSE Students' Union held a referendum on whether to remain affiliated to the NUS. | | | The Students' Union is here to serve, but also to represent you and at the LSE, have a long tradition of democratic representation. |
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| | Black information Link: |
| | Tackling racism in education, employment and the criminal justice system | | | His family’s quest for justice highlighted the depth of institutional racism in the police and forced other institutions to examine their practices when dealing with black communities. | | | Four years on, the government needs to pursue the agenda of the Report, which began with the Race Relations (Amendment) Act. |
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http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=1619&mid=&grp=13&cat=61
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| | Put ethics before corporate sponsorship - Tess Kingham MP |
| | The call for Met chief Paul Condon's resignation was reaffirmed. | | | It was agreed to campaign against the government's asylum and immigration proposals. | | | Guest speakers Sukhdev Reel, mother of murdered student Ricky Reel, and Marcus Walters and Francisco Borg of the Butetown Three, spoke of their fight for justice. |
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| | smiths online |
| | The increase in tuition fees was made easier by the fact that students are less likely to vote. | | | Students have always played a major role in opposing war: the National Union of Students was set up in 1922 to organise students against another horrific war, and opposition to the Vietnam war was student led. | | | To represent students to the college, to aid student representation locally and nationally, to local councils and the Government. |
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http://www.smiths.gold.ac.uk/magazine/student/page1.php?id=399_0_28_0_C
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| | The Executive |
| | This portfolio covers educational issues at both a local and national level, from dealing with tuition fees and education funding to concessions, course reps, structure of the academic year and academic complaints from students. | | | In the past it has campaigned against the Asylum and Immigration Bill and affiliated to the Student Assembly Against Racism. | | | These are smaller teams within Exec which deal with a specific field of competence, and the issues relating to it, eg: Anti-Racism, Environment, Welfare. |
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| | The motion was narrowly carried, but with a large number of abstentions, so that only a minority of those present voted to censure her. | | | War Against Iraq, by Student CND and Student Stop the War Coalition where a representative of Iraqi Democrats Against War and Sanctions spoke. | | | Another short motion was on tightening up the methods by which Unions calculate the amount they pay to affiliate to NUS. |
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http://www.liverpoolguildsocieties.co.uk/group8/stwc/misc/nus.html
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| | Weekly Worker 530 Thursday May 27 2004 - By any means necessary |
| | Ditto in the Labour Party: the parliamentary Labour Party is of course in favour of the constitution - while the left and the majority of constituency activists are dead against it. | | | So swiftly that no other representative of the democratic opposition will be able to get on the group either. | | | The prosecution was duly outraged: "There is no way that we can have somebody like that in an ESF position," fumed Louise Hutchins (officially representing the National Union of Students). |
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| | Student Broad Left |
| | Student unions and students are encouraged to circulate the NUS statement. | | | Many opponents of the bill have confused the rights to freedom of speech and artistic expression - which will remain - with a right to whip up hatred against people because of their religion, which will be made unlawful. | | | Hundreds of letters have already been written to the Israeli military authorities demanding the return of the four illegally deported Gaza students back to Birzeit University to complete their studies. |
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| | Student Broad Left- Students and the Peace Process in Ireland |
| | Churches, the UN High Commissioner on Refugees' representative in Britain and Bill Morris, the General Secretary of the TGWU have condemned the way in which both government and opposition have tried to out-bid each other in the intolerance of their statements about asylum seekers. | | | The National Assembly has launched 'Speak out against racism - Defend asylum seekers' which is a very broad coalition, including Jubilee 2000 and Amnesty International calling for restoration of asylum rights, end to racism by political parties and for legal action against newspapers inciting racial hatred (see statement). | | | Education Funding Students and the Peace Movement Students and the Peace Process in Ireland |
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| | ipedia.com: Albert Einstein Article |
| | In later life he declined an offer to become the second president of the newly-created state of Israel. | | | Einstein's views on other issues, including socialism, McCarthyism and racism, were controversial. | | | Einstein opposed tyrannical forms of government, and for this reason (and his Jewish background), he opposed the Nazi regime and fled Germany shortly after its institution. |
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http://www.ipedia.com/albert_einstein.html
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| | Weekly Worker 519 Thursday March 11 2004 |
| | Of course the French organisers of last year’s ESF in Paris received 3 million from the state and were able to start their sliding scale of entry fees with a mere 3. | | | A “resounding success” and “victory against the bureaucrats”, which “has broken the dominance of the Greater London Authority and the Socialist Workers Party”... | | | Also, the comrades often concentrate on purely technical solutions - eg, the rotation of chairs - and are amongst the most stubborn advocates of the grossly undemocratic ‘consensus principle’ (“I withhold my consensus”, thereby claiming the right of a single individual to veto decisions). |
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| | This year also sees the introduction of a new Union publication, Work and Progress which will be keeping you informed of Union and College events throughout the year. | | | This year we are running the Creative@ project to support student projects and encourage others to get involved in the artistic culture at Goldsmiths. | | | The Students’ Union will be making a submission to the QAA and we will need your help to do it. |
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http://www.smiths.gold.ac.uk/home/print/index.php?id=256_0_28_0
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| | Rise student week - Rise |
| | I am proud that so many London colleges are uniting to make a stand against racism. | | | It is also a pledge to do all we can to end racism and discrimination. | | | Student unions supporting the initiative are: Aspect College; Birkbeck; City and Islington; Queen Mary’s; Roehampton; Southwark College; University College London; University of East London; and University of Westminster. |
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| | What is the National Assembly Against Racism? |
| | The wide coalition formed around this issue was established in the National Assembly Against Racism as an umbrella of affiliates and individual members to initiate campaigns, set agendas and raise awareness on the whole range of anti-racist issues affecting British society. | | | This site has been partially funded by Citizenship 21 | | | It is therefore black-community organisation led, has a majority of black representatives on its executives, and works closely with victims and their families when taking up particular cases. |
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http://www.naar.org.uk/contact/aboutNAAR.asp
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| | Greater London Authority - Press Release |
| | MEDIA ENQUIRIES: Press information is available from the student unions of individual Universities | | | Peter Leary of Students Assembly Against Racism (SAAR) said ”With racism on the increase and the BNP attempting to gain a foothold on campus it is vital that students unions take a stand and provide a positive alternative which celebrates multi-culturalism and diversity. | | | The new initiative has been developed specifically for students, with the aim of promoting the cultural diversity that is so evident on all campuses and reinforcing the message that racism will not be tolerated in colleges. |
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http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=4529
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| | The Militant - 1/22/96 -- London Attacks Immigrant Rights |
| | The Student Assembly is building a national CAIAB demonstration against the Immigration and Asylum Act in London February 24. | | | The new regulations apply to all refugees seeking asylum after they enter the country. | | | The remaining 70 percent enter on temporary tourist, student, or business visas and apply for asylum once they are in Britain. |
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| | Specialist and local groups of NAAR |
| | This site has been partially funded by Citizenship 21 | | | SAAR is the student wing of the National Assembly Against Racism and exists to ensure students are active in the fight against racism on campus and in the community. | | | The NAAR has many different regional and local groups, the campaign against racism in specific areas. |
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http://www.naar.org.uk/contact/localgroups.asp
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| | :::Sheffield Black Students Committee::: |
| | We also support Student Assembly Against Racism in their campaigns against the British National Party (BNP). | | | The Black Students' Committee (BSC) promotes the awareness of issues specifically pertaining to black students from entertainment to more serious issues such as lack of union representation. | | | This can vary from discrimination from other students to institutional racism. |
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| | Public Meeting: How should the Police combat Racism? |
| | Prominent officers who have challenged racism in the police have been victimised. | | | Goldsmiths College Student Union, Student Assembly Against Racism | | | Former police officer, Michael Forde, recently revealed Lewisham police failings over the tragic case of ten year old Jevan Richardson who took his own life after racist bullying three years ago. |
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| | Put ethics before corporate sponsorship - Tess Kingham MP |
| | Union of Jewish Students respresentative Michael Kissman, Brooks Duke of the National Black Students Alliance and NUS black students' chair Alison Angus, joined NUS President Andrew Pakes, who stated that the creation of the black officer position on the NUS executive was 'essential'. | | | Students from Sunderland to Southampton joined a lively discussion at the Student Assembly Against Racism and the National Black Students Alliance dayschool on 22 November. | | | Put ethics before corporate sponsorship - Tess Kingham MP NUS President pledges support for black student officer |
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| | Mary Robinson -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Appointed by the secretary-general in a regular rotation of geographic regions and approved by the General Assembly, the UNHCHR serves a fixed term of four years with the possibility of renewal for an additional four-year term. | | | In 1997 Mary McAleese became the eighth president of Ireland. | | | On December 9, the 50th anniversary of the international convention against genocide, the General Assembly for the first time listed anti-Semitism as a form of racism. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9126239
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| | ACT! AGAINST RACISM |
| | Themes: individual case representations of victims and witnesses of racism, racism and economics... | | | Themes: racism, community radios against discrimination, migrant women, law and migrant rights, sports against discrimination... | | | Themes: racism and intolerance issues in Lithuanian society... |
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http://www.united.non-profit.nl/pages/act05arw.htm
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| | Liverpool Students Union : Error Page |
| | This page is published and regulated by Liverpool Students' Union. | | | If you wish to comment, congratulate or complain please contact the Union here: Students Union |
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| | Mobile Ed Productions, Inc. - Education Through Entertainment |
| | It has been used extensively across the United States to educate students about geographic as well as environmental issues. | | | Two different Earth Dome units are available: A 22 foot diameter by 19 foot high globe that the students can venture inside of, as well as a | | | Straight from the creators of your favorite line of educational school assembly programs comes a variety of exciting home experiment kits. |
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http://www.mobileedproductions.com
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| | national-lists: [usas] Cornell - Organizing Against Racism |
| | Student and Academic Services, Student Assembly, Women's Studies | | | University level, race and racism come to the forefront of debate on issues | | | racism, and together propose solutions to the common challenges we face. |
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http://www.vaxpower.org/~toups/national/0112.html
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| | Welcome to the National Assembly Against Racism |
| | Flores Sukula, a student at Bolton 6th form college, is to address a parliamentary meeting organised by NAAR. | | | Demonstrate against the fascist BNP in Leeds on 2nd Nov & in Keighley 5th Nov More | | | Monday 17th October 2005, 7pm, Committee Room 11, House of Commons, St Stephens Entrance. |
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