UK Newswire Archive
Right to Work Demonstration at the Tory Party Conference
10-09-2010 09:22
Tell Cameron Stuff Your Cuts, We Won't PayThe Right to Work Coalition has called a demonstration outside the Tory Party Conference in Birmingham, Sunday October 3rd.
Right to Work has called a national demonstration outside the Tory Party annual conference on 3 October in Birmingham. We will assemble at 12 noon and, after a rally, the march will set off at 1pm.
The demonstration is supported by:
The PCS, NUJ, UCU and CWU, the Labour Representation Committee and many local trade union and campaign bodies.
Speakers include:
John McDonnell MP, Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the PCS, Romayne Phoenix of the Green Party, Dr. Jacky Davis from Keep Our NHS Public, Birmingham Respect councillor, Salma Yaqoob, Linda Burnip, campaign co-ordinator Local Housing Allowance Reform Group, a Greek trade unionist and Portuguese Left Bloc MP, Jorge Duarte Costa.
This protest can be a massive demonstration to Con-Dem cuts and austerity.
We will have coaches going from Bristol at 9am, tickets are £5 and are in high demand so please book ahead. For transport call Anne 01179556198 or Tim 07866660335.
Right to Work is an organisation aimed at uniting local and national anti-cuts campaigns, and all workers, trade unionists and unemployed workers who are resisting the Tory government.
We are launching a Right to Work group locally. For more information, or if you would like to get involved, call 07866660335 or email tnelson86@gmail.com
Mideast talks a cover for US war preparations
10-09-2010 07:55
Christians must match Pastor Terry Jones by burning Bibles
10-09-2010 07:28
Make Peace not War.Traveler sites across Europe are facing eviction from their homes in a wave of m
10-09-2010 06:31
If anyone was in any doubt about whether we live in a fascist country (and I would have thought by now that very few people do) then the ethnic cleansing at Dale Farm by Basildon Council scum removes all doubt!Pastor Terry Jones and Qur'an burning (by Latuff)
10-09-2010 06:14
Report of TP Summer Gathering
09-09-2010 23:56
Trident Ploughshares held a summer gathering recently (2nd-6th Sept) near AWE Aldermaston.Green Guide To Leeds Ver. 5
09-09-2010 23:23
This booklet has been designed and written by students at Leeds University. Through it we hope to help you to understand the impacts that our day-to-day lives are having on the planet, and we offer some possible solutions to the problems we are contributing to.
Alternative Vegan Festival, London
09-09-2010 23:02
Can't afford to be vegan? Think again... veganism isn't a privilege for the rich!The Alternative Vegan Festival is a DIY, grassroots event which will show how being vegan doesn't have to cost the Earth.
Protest the Pope LSE debate another "over capacity" crowd.
09-09-2010 22:26
Every Protest the Pope event has so far exceed capacity. Following the overflow crowd at the Conway Hall debate, the LSE debate also was an overwhelming success.afghan vote in parliament
09-09-2010 22:22
today, with little media attention, and little protest apart from a courageous banner drop in parliament grounds, MPs voted to continue the occupation of afghanistan, as is.
business as usual.
an hour and a half later than planned (due to the andy coulson media frenzy), this afternoon MPs had the chance to debate "afghanistan', and in particular whether the uk should continue to deploy troops there.
it is significantly the first time that MPs actually have had a chance to vote against the eight-year long war, although it is a backbench debate, actually sparked by a motion drawn by the 'backbench business committee'.
despite the obvious importance of the debate, both to british soldiers and their families, and to the enormous numbers of afghan civilians affected, not to mention injured or killed, by the continuing occupation, which lest we forget used 9/11 as its sole raison d'etre, only about half of our MPs bothered to attend.
the mainstream peace movement of britain didn't even turn up either, despite some publicity for a 'stop the war coalition' protest at noon.
but at the front of parliament, after scaling the fences and scaffolding yesterday afternoon, and staying on a tiny platform overnight, two peace protestors who actually did give a damn, remained on their vigil with large visible banners for peace and 'troops home'.
meanwhile, inside the house, while british opinion polls regularly put at 75% the support for ending the occupation of afghanistan, this translated in our motherfucker of parliaments into a 310 to 14 vote to continue deployment of uk armed forces in afghanistan.
even an amendment calling for "a more realistic strategy" only garnered 5 votes against 311.
what planet do these spineless politicians live on? let them go and fight in aghanistan if they are so gung-ho about it. it might really begin solving a few problems if the politicians themselves faced being maimed and killed.
i'm waiting for confirmation, but protestors, maria and seamus, were planning to visit the roof once more before giving up their vigil and handing themselves over to the police at end the end of the debate, earlier this evening.
Polish democracy is gone. Time for illiberal façade.
09-09-2010 20:47
Many Poles are moving to settle in Britain. Why? Some year ago Slawomir Sierakowski, Polish left-wing activist, described in the weekly "Przekroj" our Polish political system as "concrete-fenced" for new entrants. The 4 dominant parties receive state subsidies that allow them for large-scale political campaigns. Their opponents are nearly not visible, or glue their posters illegaly, facing penalties.Who pays for the loss of life in Iran?
09-09-2010 20:23
U.S. Aim in "Peace Process": Liquidation of Palestinian struggle
09-09-2010 20:13
"In his opening speech, Obama again called the current situation unsustainable. U.S. leaders urgently want to reach some kind of settlement, not due to any concern for the plight of the Palestinian people, but because they recognize that the current situation is intensifying anger in the entire region against the U.S.The real aim of Washington in these talks remains what it has been since the U.S. first openly entered into negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1991: the liquidation of the Palestinian struggle as part of a drive to pacify and dominate the Middle East as a whole."
Victory for Queens Market!!
09-09-2010 19:54
Cancel Cunning Council Cuts!
09-09-2010 19:22
Protect the B&NES Youth Services!Rather unsurprisingly, there are cuts planned for all sorts of things in B&NES. The Youth Service being one of them.
We intend to register our discontent with the Council's policy of closing down our youth Centres; one of the only safe spaces for young people. They're somewhere we can go that doesn't annoy anyone else, provides information and education and gives the impression someone listened to what we need. Let's try and save some of them in B&NES, shall we?
Come, bring your placards, let them know we won't stand for service and job cuts.
Already savaged in previous rounds of spending cuts, the Youth Service is once more being targeted as a "soft option" for cuts. I think the Tory council should know that young people won't let their services go under, and the workers in them aren't going to surrender their jobs without a fight.
The protest will take place outside an Overview & Scrutiny panel meeting, so make some noise! Also, if you've got any bright ideas for giving it more impact, get in contact.
This crisis was not of our making. It should not be down to us to pay for it.
Activists Occupy Parliament
09-09-2010 17:22
Two activists have occupied the houses of Parliament with banners calling for an end to the war in Afghanistan, and also a section 6 legal warning banner. They intend to stay for as long as possible.
09/09/10
Skywarrior from the PetroSiege squat, in solidarity with the peace strike campaign, has today occupied the Houses of Parliament with several banners. He intends to make this his home for as long as possible. He hopes that this direct action will inspire others to rise up and challenge the current political system. This is a signal of resistance to unjust, illegal wars being carried out undemocratically, without consent of the people, in America, the UK and other global powers.
Skywarrior today said: “This afternoon at 4:30pm, I took my life in my hands for the future of my children, and the children of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. Not in my name!”
We at PetroSiege resent and reject the current austerity measures, which in fact, are nothing more than a war tax. We echo the words of the honourable Tony Benn, and call for open revolt against the attack on the welfare state to pay for these atrocities, that are being carried out without our consent, in our name.
No Pasaran!
PetroSiege
Arms are for linking
09-09-2010 17:22
Trident refit at Devonport DockyardDevonport Dockyard is where the Trident nuclear weapons submarines dock for a major maintenance programme. After about ten years of service, each of the four submarines arrives (unarmed) at the yard for a refit. As the Trident submarines are also nuclear powered, during this time the nuclear reactors are refuelled and a new reactor core is fitted. The old reactor core and spent fuel rods (all highly radioactive) are then transported to be stored at Sellafield.
Rolls Royce in Derby design and produce the reactors and reactor cores for these and Britain’s other nuclear powered submarines which also undergo refit at Devonport. During refit, the radioactive coolant water from the submarine's reactor is allowed to be discharged into the local river, the Tamar.
The company Babcock Marine runs Devonport Dockyard. It also services the Naval Base run by the Ministry of Defence next to the Dockyard and provides services for Rosyth naval dockyard and Faslane Naval Base where Trident submarines are based.
Obsolete nuclear powered submarines
Devonport Dockyard is also where eight obsolete nuclear powered submarines are being kept stored afloat. Plans are currently being hatched about what to do with them plus seven more obsolete submarines at Rosyth dockyard in Scotland, and the twelve submarines including Trident ones currently in service which will eventually be declared obsolete too. The problem is that the storage space at the two dockyards will be full by 2012, and any cutting up of the submarines (whose radioactive nuclear reactor compartments are the size of two double-decker buses) may release further poisonous radioactive discharges into the environment. Short term plans might mean nuclear waste from the submarines being stored at Devonport for many decades. Long-term plans for the waste to eventually end up in an enormous underground nuclear dump site elsewhere might not be viable. Such dumps have not yet been built anywhere in the world.
The radioactive risk
Devonport Dockyard is in the heart of Plymouth, which has a population of around 250,000 people. The Dockyard is close to the city centre and situated in an urban area minutes from homes and schools. The refit work and any proposal to cut up obsolete nuclear submarines there risks contaminating the local people and their environment with potentially harmful radioactivity. There have also been numerous accidents at the Dockyard further releasing radioactive discharge into the river.
CND calls for Trident to be scrapped and for no Trident replacement. We call on the government to pay heed to ever increasing local and national opposition and ensure that the city of Plymouth does not become a nuclear waste processing site or dump for obsolete nuclear powered submarines.
A city location is no place for handling radioactive waste in this manner and there is no guarantee that accidents will not occur. The government should make alternative investment into a regenerative strategy for the city, providing long-term sustainable job development; potential areas could include renewable energy projects like wave and wind power.
In November 2008 an investigation was launched after hundreds of litres of radioactive coolant spilled from a Devonport-based nuclear submarine.
The liquid escaped into the River Tamar after an incident involving HMS Trafalgar.
The Royal Navy confirmed up to 280 litres of water, likely to have been contaminated with tritium, poured from a burst hose as it was being pumped from the submarine.
The submarine was alongside at Devonport, after undergoing routine maintenance.
No-one was hurt in the incident and the vessel’s nuclear power plant was unaffected.
Previous reported radioactive spills at the dockyard include one in October 2005, when it was confirmed 10 litres of water leaked out as the main reactor circuit of HMS Victorious was being cleaned to reduce radiation.
Earlier the same year the Environment Agency had threatened legal action against former dockyard owners Devonport Management Limited (DML) after two spillages within the space of a week.
There were 10 nuclear leaks at the base between 1980 and 1998, during which 570 litres of radioactive liquid was lost. The worst incident was in 1985 when around 350 litres was spilled.
Fascist demo in Glasgow
09-09-2010 16:23
The vile Nazi dafties in the Scottish Divot League are proposing a demo in Glasgow on November 6th.
If anybody can access the fascist forum via the English Doughnut League there are postings aiming to stir up moslems and catholics.
Organisation Scottish Defence League
Date of Procession Saturday 6 November 2010
Start Time of Outward Route 11:00 AM
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