UK Newswire Archive
Who is in charge: the Foreign office, Defence ministry or the Oxford Union ?
17-12-2010 06:19
Questions have been raised in UK parliament on the content of the 'private' meeting the Defence secretary had with Mahinda Rajapakse in the Oliver Messel Suite of the Dorchester Hotel in London, 1st December 2010.
NAVA Releases Damning Expose of Amerijet & The Primate Trade
17-12-2010 03:09
Bristol Anarchist Bookfair 2011
17-12-2010 00:22
all ou ever wanted to know about anarchism is here!Bristol Anarchist Bookfair – 7 May 2011
At Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3QY
10.30am to 6.30pm
In The Tradition Of May Day...Resistance and Alternatives To Cuts
For full bookfair info see http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org
For stall and workshop forms see http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org/?page_id=993 - book your stall before 1 February 2011 and pay 2010 prices. Cost goes up after that date, but book early before we fill up.
Here is the first Bookfair Callout - December 2010:
The 2011 Bristol bookfair is coming at you 4 months earlier this year. It will happen at the end of a week that includes an outrageously expensive royal wedding, local elections and a referendum on the latest parliamentary elections voting scam. It will happen shortly after the budget cuts of the national LibDemCon government, and local councils, will be known; whilst the job losses and cuts inherent in the austerity drive to bail out capitalism will be kicking in. The anarchist bookfair will be the perfect antidote to all this misery and displays of wealth inequality.
We keenly anticipate that 1 May 2011 will see large demos across the country, as the resistance kick-started by students and school kids spreads. In the tradition of May Day we intend to provide testimonies of struggles past, alongside discussion and analysis of the theory & practice of the struggles today.
We invite anarchists, radicals, friends and comrades, workers and the unemployed, students and youth, to participate as equals at the bookfair.
We invite groups, networks, campaigns, distros and individuals to apply now for stalls (get the early booking rate!). We also invite you to submit proposals for workshops, ideally themed around the concepts and realities of 'resistance and alternatives to cuts'. For 'resistance' we anticipate theoretical or practical discussions or analysis of current struggles. For 'alternatives' we hope to see economic theories mixed with practical examples in existence now
We shall once again have an Indymedia room (confirmed) showing films, and holding discussions on media related topics and issues. We hope again to host a Radical History Zone (to be confirmed) considering the histories and providing critiques of struggles past. Plus an all day vegan cafe, and kids space, and who knows what else!
Collectively we believe the bookfair will offer opportunites to gain a better understanding of the different strands of anarchism and similar ideas and practices; to act as a venue for developing discussions, ideas and campaigns; and be a launchpad for new initiatives and the strengthening of old and new relationships. Whilst the attacks by the government, corporations, capital, and state agencies intensify, our collective resistance remains fertile, inspiring, and inevitable. The future can be whatever we want it to be.
We return to the same venue as in 2010, but with a different layout that we hope will provide a little more space and easy access, along with a few other minor changes.
Booking forms for stalls and workshop proposals are here http://www.bristolanarchistbookfair.org/?page_id=993. Publicity will follow soon. Get involved. Start spreading the word – Bristol Anarchist Bookfair, 7 May 2011.
solidarity & love
The Bristol anarchist bookfair collective
December 2010
Audio from Screening "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo"
16-12-2010 21:54
UK Uncut: Challenging dominant frames
16-12-2010 21:51
Public service “waste”, public sector cuts and “deficit reduction” are being conflated. In some ways this is testament to the ability of capital to dictate the very terms and frame through which the public at large are encouraged to understand and talk about politics and economics. The neo-liberal ideologues have captured the territory and frames for understanding. How has this happened? And how is this representational ‘trick’ performed?Slum N Bass - RiotStep Round 2
16-12-2010 20:24
Edinburgh : A4e invaded on Anti Welfare Cuts Day of Action
16-12-2010 20:22
Supporters of Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty invaded a4e’s Edinburgh office on 15 November to distribute leaflets urging the unemployed people attending the Flexible New Deal provider to stand up for their rights. The action - organised as part of the Britain-wide Day of Action against Welfare Cuts – was in resistance to A4e’s refusal to recognise Edinburgh Claimants representatives and to the whole workfare system. These compulsory work-for-your-benefits schemes are set to be intensified by the ConDem's "Work Programme".
latest EF! Action Update on the streets
16-12-2010 19:39
The latest EF!AU came out for the Anarchist Bookfair, we've just been a bit slack about getting it out there. Go to the website and subscribe, to ensure you get it in your inbox hot off the press!BBC close Jody McIntyre blog
16-12-2010 18:11
The BBC are so afraid of discussion of their activities that they have now closed the blogCPS blunders led to 'travesty of justice'
16-12-2010 17:51
A litany of mistakes by Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) lawyers in a work-related death case amount to a gross miscarriage of justice, campaigners said today.Palestine Today 12 16 2010
16-12-2010 17:11
Peoples Convention Feb 12 | Open Planning Info
16-12-2010 15:58
Subject: [United Left] Fw: Join Together to Build Resistance - 12 Feb conferenceJoin Together to Build Resistance
Guerrilla Orchestra - Birmingham musicians & students protest against cuts
16-12-2010 15:55
Smash EDO: Xmas update and some reports
16-12-2010 14:47
This has been a heavy week for Smash EDO with events at the factory every day.We will now take a break over xmas and the next noise demo will be the FIRST WEDNESDAY IN JANUARY, on the 5th.
Pro student letter in todays Northern Echo
16-12-2010 13:51
In response to the right and far right polutting newspaper letters pages and message boards with anti student crap its time we took them on.Support Assange? Support PFC Manning too.
16-12-2010 13:26
Londoners are to be congratulated for their support of Wikileaks and for Mr Julian Assage. But I beg you to note and to help Private First Class Bradley Manning who is suspected by the regime here in Washington of being the source of the secret government cables which have brought to Mr Assange and his organization all of this notoriety.
Londoners are to be congratulated for their support of Wikileaks and for Mr Julian Assane. But I beg you to take not of and to help Private First Class Bradley Manning who is suspected by the regime here in Washington as the ultimate source of the secret government communications which have been published by Mr Assange and his colleagues.
Mr Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com has written this day of the odious and abnormal conditions of severe solitary confinement under which PFC Manning is being held in the US Marine Corps Brig (Prison) at Quantico, Virginia, hard by Washington. I urge all to refer to Mr Greenwald's article for the gory details which include solitary confinement for many months now, deprivation of everything, including blankets and pillows, and of course no human or humane contact at all.
All the world should know the Brig's Internet information is easily attainable through Google. Some relevant telephone numbers are:
Commanding Officer: 703 784 6870
Supervisor: 703 784 6873
First Sergeant: 703 784 4241
All these people need to know what the whole world thinks of them and of their treatment of PFC Manning. But there is another interesting telephone number listed in their website:
Special Quarters 703 432 6156
Perhaps here is where special prisoners are confined. There may be a creature named Lieutenant Villiard associated with this operation. He needs to hear from you as well.
The treatment meted out to PFC Manning contravenes the European Conventinon on Human Rights and every other form of law in civilized countries. But it is quite routine in the USA for all prisoners of political note. This is why Mr Assange should never be extradited hither. Prisons are what we do here in the USA and since the death of Stalin there has been nothing to compare.
Regards to all,
Chris Herz
Day X3 student protests UK: My eyewitness account
16-12-2010 13:19
I've tried to keep to what I saw rather than why it might have happened (except where I can't resist). It's in sections so you can scroll to what you want to know about. You may wish to make a cuppa - I know I did. Comments, clarification and reposting all very welcome. All timings are very approximate (I have no idea where 7pm went, for example) and certain details have been changed to protect the innocent!The Emperor Wears No Clothes
16-12-2010 12:53
We are writing this statement in support of democracy.Since Sunday, November 28th, WikiLeaks and five major newspapers from around the world (The Guardian, The New York Times, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, El Pais) have been publishing redacted versions of leaked US Diplomatic Cables in an ongoing story that has become known as "Cablegate." The identity of the original leaker is - as yet - unconfirmed
Call to Action - Phone and email blockade of Venere.com - December 17-20th
16-12-2010 12:25
please forward widely...
