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The Times: Police set to step up hacking of home PCs

Just when you thought the attacks on privacy couldn't get worse... If you still need a reason to switch to Linux then read the following extracts from a Sunday Times article:

Culture Secretary: "There is content that should just not be available"

Some extracts from an article from todays Torygraph follow...

Free Software Community Project needs Hardware

Manchester Free Software are looking to replace a low-spec server which powers a free software suite at the Marbella Cafin Manchester, and is used to provide zero-cost Internet access and as the basis for education and training projects.

aktivix and other tech collectives statement on 11 Oct 08

As part of a Day of Action Freedom not Fear, radical tech collectives from Europe and beyond have come up with the following statement which summarises what their position on privacy rights is.

DFEY Meeting :: Digital Freedom in Education and Youth

DFEY-NW[1] (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West) is a group focusing on young people and issues of freedom in the digital world, based in the Northwest of England at the moment.

Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West :: First Meeting

DFEY-NW[1] (Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West), the North West of England's first group focusing on young people and issues of freedom in the digital world is looking forward to it's first meeting EVER in August.

G8 and The War Against Torrentism

Today's news: Virgin Media are sending out letters advising people not to download content from peer-2-peer torrents.
Coming next: the G8 bring on the "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" (ACTA).
Could this be the end of the interwebs as we know it or the start of the real war on the G8?

Manchester Free Software Talk: Richard Rothwell, M6-IT, 20th May 2008

Manchester Free Software present a talk by Richard Rothwell from M6-IT Community Interest Company - "Software Freedom for the Education and Voluntary Sector" on Sustainable Education Solutions, at MDDA at 7pm on Tuesday 20th May 2008.

Biofuels and the Rise of Nationalistic Environmentalism

The rapid expansion of biofuel production worldwide has paralleled a dramatic rise in food prices. The expansion of biofuels has been supported by a wide spectrum of people, from environmentalists looking for "sustainable" energy to conservatives wanting to reduce U.S. dependency on foreign oil. With food riots spreading, the U.S. remains committed to an expansion of biofuel.

Biofuels are part of a larger movement toward green capitalism, the idea that we can scale down our energy use through technologies that improve the efficiency of the consumer society. Biofuels are emblematic of the dark side of green capitalism, which is focused almost entirely on the well being of the global upper class. Biofuels are a form of nationalistic environmentalism that is creating a foundation on which more extreme nationalists will try to wed the racist tools of yesterday with a version of "sustainability" that will include the destruction of the global poor.

Real solutions are both impossibly difficult and simple. The cooperative societies in which most humans have always lived are capable of supporting a high standard of living with far less resources than the individualized, consumer society. Enlightened political leadership would be helpful, but we can create a sustainable society without it. Indeed, we have to.

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Free software revolution in Latin America

The stronghold for the free software revolution has migrated to Latin America. All throughout Central & South America, socialistrevolutionaries have been taking power and one of the tools in their revolutionary arsenal is free software and free knowledge.

Audio: Sheffield Community Renewables - Public Launch

Chris | 30-04-2008 22:59 | Climate Chaos | Technology | Sheffield

Attached is a recording from the public launch meeting of Sheffield Community Renewables which was held on 30th April.

1 may Day of Climate Action

1 MAY: DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION
Invasion of the climate snatchers!
Only one week to go!
Contacts, resources and ideas for action, and public actions.

NSPM: Climate Change Solutions Conference a Sucess

Despite the last minute cancellation of the centre for alternative technology as a key note speaker, Nottingham Student Peace Movement sucessfully hosted the first Annual Climate Change Solutions Conference at Nottingham University.

Climate Change Solutions Conference

A day of talks and workshops on climate change solutions.

Sunday, February 10, 2008
10:00am - 6:00pm
Portland Building, Nottingham University Campus

Oil Price Touches $100 a Barrel; Signal of Pending Oil Shortages Ignored

The price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil touched $100 on January 2, 2008, a new milestone. According to TheOilDrum.com, WTI oil price has been giving a very clear signal of pending shortage for over five years now, and in breaching the symbolic $100 a barrel mark, continues to do so. Those driving the world economy have steadfastly ignored this red warning light. In doing so, they are steering the world toward an energy disaster characterized by shortages, high energy prices, inflation, growing inequity, civil unrest and famine.

Ebola outbreak kills two doctors, causing panic in East Africa

The Baltimore Sun is reporting: KAMPALA, Uganda — Health workers, including two physicians, are among the dead in an Ebola outbreak in Uganda, spreading fear among doctors and nurses needed to help treat victims of the highly contagious disease, officials said.

What Will We Eat as the Oil Runs Out?

Our global food system faces a crisis of unprecedented scope. This crisis, which threatens to imperil the lives of hundreds of millions and possibly billions of human beings, consists of four simultaneously colliding dilemmas, all arising from our relatively recent pattern of dependence on depleting fossil fuels.

Oil Production Peaked in 2006

A report from the Energy Watch Group,

http://www.energywatchgroup.org/Erdoel-Report.32+M5d637b1e38d.0.html was reported in The Guardian today:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/oil/story/0,,2196435,00.html it's conclusion follows. Of course long before the MSM started to pick up on the key issue of Peak Oil it was reported here:

http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi?Gw=%22peak+oil%22+site%3Aindymedia.org.uk

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Biofuels talk and protest planning on 26th Sept 8pm @ Sumac

In advance of a protest at a corporate biofuels conference in Newark on 17/18 October, there will be a presentation by Biofuelwatch on the pros and cons of biofuels, followed by a discussion of campaigning possibilities.

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Hand Built Wind Turbine Course 20-22 July, Lincs/Notts

Course: Hand Built Wind Turbines
Dates: 20th-22nd July
Location: Hill Holt Wood, Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire border.
cost: £200, discounts available on request.

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Sheffield Technology Newswire Archive

The Times: Police set to step up hacking of home PCs

Culture Secretary: "There is content that should just not be available"

Free Software Community Project needs Hardware

aktivix and other tech collectives statement on 11 Oct 08

DFEY Meeting :: Digital Freedom in Education and Youth

Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West :: First Meeting

G8 and The War Against Torrentism

Manchester Free Software Talk: Richard Rothwell, M6-IT, 20th May 2008

Biofuels and the Rise of Nationalistic Environmentalism

Free software revolution in Latin America

Audio: Sheffield Community Renewables - Public Launch

1 may Day of Climate Action

NSPM: Climate Change Solutions Conference a Sucess

Climate Change Solutions Conference

Oil Price Touches $100 a Barrel; Signal of Pending Oil Shortages Ignored

Ebola outbreak kills two doctors, causing panic in East Africa

What Will We Eat as the Oil Runs Out?

Oil Production Peaked in 2006

Biofuels talk and protest planning on 26th Sept 8pm @ Sumac

Hand Built Wind Turbine Course 20-22 July, Lincs/Notts

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