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Shut down the Spy Bases! Protest Saturday

By: Unknown
Published: Thu 1 May 2008 09:49 AM
Shut down the Spy Bases! Protest Saturday
There will be a rally and march THIS Saturday starting at 12 noon at Manners Mall going to the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) calling for the immediate closure of the Waihopai and Tangimoana spy bases and the unconditional release of the three activists arrested for deflating the dome covering one of the satellites at Waihopai.

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