UK Newswire Archive
Facebook blocks accounts of Polish liberal and conservative opposition
04-11-2010 08:56
Facebook blocked recently many accounts of Polish users that were politically engaged. This move hit even me.TItnore emergency meeting
04-11-2010 07:37
The farmer who owns the Titnore woodland in Worthing, West Sussex, that may still be under threat from the developers has issued an ultimatum to the Guardians who are still living there – leave or I’ll chop the trees down. Although this may be just an empty threat we do have to take it seriously.Palestine Today 11 03 2010
04-11-2010 05:10
Sources in Gaza revealed that Namnam was recently arrested by Hamas and interrogated about his role in firing rockets at Israel. The sources said that Namnam was accused of violating understandings between Hamas and other Palestinian groups to halt the rocket attacksCry Freedom Concert
04-11-2010 03:39
Sweet Liberation (community choir), Richard Burley & Danny Ward (acoustic set), Red Notes Choir (4 part harmony), Lynda Sanderson & Pauline Setterfield (opera singer and organist).A celebration of roles played by St. Wulfstan, Thomas Clarkson and the Seven Stars pub played in gaining freedom.
Date: Thursday 25th November
Venue: St. Thomas the Martyr - St. Thomas Street, Redcliffe, BS1 6QR.
Time: 8:00pm
Price: Donations
How We Won
04-11-2010 03:39
Strikes In The 70sThe dominant idea of strikes in the 1970s is that of the 'winter of discontent' of 1979 in which workers took industrial action in support of pay claims that breached the social contract brokered between union leaders and the Labour Government.
However, the highpoint of workers' militancy was in the early years of the decade when rank and file workers led successful strikes across industry. This meeting will examine the strikes of miners, builders and dockers as well as industrial action in Bristol in an attempt to understand how the disputes of the early 70s were won.
NUM member Dave Douglass, author of The Wheel’s Still in Spin, was a pitman for 40 years in the northeast. Mike Richardson (UWE) was a print worker in Bristol in the 1970s.
Venue: Room 5A1 Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY.
Time: 2:00 - 4:30pm
Price: Donations
Speakers: Dave Douglass, Mike Richardson
"Make Them Grovel"
04-11-2010 01:23
The 1976 West Indies Cricket TourThe West Indies Cricket Tour to England in 1976 came at a time of mounting attacks and provocations on black communities both by fascist groups such as the National Front and by the institutionally racist police forces.
The West Indies Cricket Tour to England in 1976 came at a time of mounting attacks and provocations on black communities both by fascist groups such as the National Front and by the institutionally racist police forces. The situation was inflamed by the comments of England Captain and native South African Tony Greig, who before the tour claimed "I intend to make them grovel", a comment which came amid the controversy about apartheid and sporting boycotts. Includes a showing of the BBC documentary Nation on Film - The 1976 West Indies cricket tour – on and off the field.
Venue: Bristol West Indies Cricket Club - Rose Green Centre, 65 Gordon Road, Whitehall, BS5 7DR.
Time: 7:30pm
Price: Donations
From The Ford Workers' Group to Made In Dagenham
04-11-2010 01:22
Ford plants in the 1970s were epicentres of worker militancy as recently depicted in the film Made In Dagenham. Carlos was a founder member of the Ford Dagenham Workers' Group and Brian worked at the Halewood plant from 1970 till late ‘77. They will discuss the reality of life in the Ford Company, the hidden history of the equal pay disputes and the changes that have taken place since that era.Carlos (Charlie) Guarita worked at the Ford Dagenham Engine Plant from 1976 till early 1980. He was a founder member of the Ford Dagenham Workers' Group which later became part of the Ford (UK) Workers' Combine and which was probably the first autonomous rank and file organization to exist within a transnational company in the U.K. He will also talk about the ‘reality’ depicted in the Made in Dagenham film.
Brian Ashton worked at the Ford Halewood plant from 1970 till late 77. He was a shop steward for three years in the assembly plant. He will talk about that period and also the changes that have taken place in the intervening years at Halewood. He will use the analytical tool of class composition to try and explain Halewood past and present.
Includes the film ‘A Woman’s Work’: The story of the Ford sewing machinists.
Venue: The Hatchet - (upstairs), 27 Frogmore St., BS1 5NA.
Time: 7:30pm
Price: Donations
Speakers: Carlos Guarita, Brian Ashton
The Asian Youth Movement
04-11-2010 01:22
In the mid 1970s, a new generation of South Asian youth were growing up in Britain. They emerged less prepared to tolerate the racism in British society, which their parents had had to suffer. This period also saw heightened fascist and racist activity, increasing police violence and the institutionalisation of racism through discriminatory immigration laws.A racist murder in Southall was the spark for the formation of a new organisation: the Southall Youth Movement. This organisation made up of mostly young Asian but including some African-Caribbean men, took it upon themselves to defend their community against fascist and racist attacks. Using the film ‘Kala Tala’ Anandi Ramamurthy charts the rise of the SYM and how it helped to create the countrywide Asian Youth Movement.
Anandi Ramamurthy is Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the University of Central Lancashire.
Venue: Easton Community Centre - Kilburn Street, Easton, BS5 6AW.
Time: 7:00pm
Price: Donations
Speaker: Anandi Ramamurthy
Grunwick
04-11-2010 01:22
The End Of An Era?The two-year strike (1976–1978) over trade union recognition at the Grunwick Film Processing Laboratories in Willesden, North London is iconic in left wing history.
During a decade of industrial unrest, the Grunwick dispute became a cause célèbre of trade unionism and labour relations law, and at its height involved thousands of trade unionists and police in confrontations. The total of 550 arrests made during the strike was at the time the highest such figure in any industrial dispute since the General Strike of 1926. This meeting includes excerpts from the films Stand Together (1977) and The Great Grunwick Strike a History (2007) introduced by film director Chris Thomas, as well as eye witness accounts of the pickets by supporters of the strike.
Venue: Room 5A1 Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY.
Time: 7:30pm
Price: Donations
Speaker: Chris Thomas
Spies, Lies And The Coup
04-11-2010 01:22
State Repression In The 70sThe rise of militancy in the workplace, universities and the new left in the early 1970s Britain generated a reaction by the ‘secret state’.
A major campaign was launched by Special Branch and MI5 to infiltrate and destabilise these arenas, which culminated in a plot to overthrow Harold Wilson’s Labour government in the mid 1970s. Investigative researcher Larry O’Hara will give an overview of the period, looking at the tactics and strategies of the secret state.
Musheir Al Farra speaks at the Sheffield Humanist Society Meeting
04-11-2010 00:21
Conflict in the "Holy Land".
Musheir Al Fara, Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign
What is the reality of the situation in Israel/Palestine? How did the ongoing ‘troubles’ come about and to what extent is
religion responsible for the conflict affecting the "Holy Land"?
Defending the state? Welfare cuts and the social wage
04-11-2010 00:19
Second Night of No Deer Kills in Richmond Park
03-11-2010 23:29
Yesterday evening, anti-hunt activists were again patrolling Richmond Park in London with the aim of preventing any deer being shot in the proposed cull.Foreword 2010 Pakistan Decapitation Papers – A Report on the Banality of Evil
03-11-2010 23:10
Noriwch demo against Vodafone's tax evasion
03-11-2010 22:40
Stop corporate tax evasion costing your public services
Brookside Anniversary article
03-11-2010 21:57
Brookside has 2 Anniversarys this week, its 28th since starting back in 1982 & its 7th Anniversary since it ended in 2003.Time for David to tell MI5 to take a step back
03-11-2010 21:49
David Cameron says the Government's review of counter-terrorism powers is "heading for a f*****g car crash." It's his job (or should be) to avert the crash by telling MI5 to get its hands off the wheelFreeskilling - no freeskill next week (9 Nov). Next freeskill - 16 November
03-11-2010 19:22
Tuesdays 7pm, Better Food Company, Sevier Street, St Werburghs, BristolHi,
Freeskilling is taking a break next week (9 November).
It will be back on 16 November with an Introduction to Shamanism, with Kat Demeter
The principles of Shamanic practices can attune us to the Powers and Energies of Life in a way understood by our Ancestors and still woven into the daily lives of many Indigenous Peoples. Please bring a small item that has meaning for you, eg feather, stone, crystal, picture. Please bring another small item to be given away, eg chocolate, feather, home made bread, crystal etc.
NOVEMBER - DECEMBER PROGRAM
23 November Russian, French & Welsh Conversation
Want to say a few words in Russian? Or French? Or Welsh? Meet our trio of linguists and try out some words and phrases in small, informal groups. With Rachel Miller, Charlotte Rimaud and Bryn Davies
30 November How to be Successful in Life
Identify what success means to you and how you can achieve more of it in your life. The session will look at what it is to be successful and how to get there. With James Hodgkinson
7 December Conscious Communication – How to say what we really want
Look at how we speak and listen based on what we feel and need. Learn how to adapt our language patterns to communicate more honestly, effectively and connectedly. Works immediately! With Laurel Pyne
14 December Laughing through Christmas
Need a safety valve this Christmas? Want to get ready with good strong laughter muscles? Want to enjoy the seasonal festivities? If so, this session has your name on it. With Joe Hoare
Freeskilling be taking a break over Christmas and resuming on 4 January 2011. To share your skill, please contact the Freeskilling team at freeskilling@gmail.com
Dublin students demo rows with cops and attacks Dept of Finance
03-11-2010 19:11
Riot police attacked students in Dublin today with dogs, armoured vehicles and horses after the students protesting against government cuts occupied the Department of Finance and threw eggs at the Dail.
