UK Newswire Archive
Now Then: George Monbiot Interview - Never one to shy away from a thorny issue
14-02-2011 19:19
George Monbiot is an award-winning investigative journalist with a regular column in the Guardian, has published several books and a screenplay to boot. His writing spans topics such as the environment, political corruption, corporate misdeeds and the ideologies behind current economic thinking. Perhaps his most insightful work describes the complex webs connecting these concepts. A tireless campaigner, advocate for human rights and never one to shy away from a thorny issue or controversial argument, we were happy to catch up with him ahead of his upcoming debate tour.Mansfield anti-cuts meeting on 16 February
14-02-2011 18:03
On 16 February there will be a ‘Fight the Cuts!’ meeting in Mansfield.A Short Legal History of the Credit Crunch
14-02-2011 17:30
A critical legal analysis of the credit crunch, the banks' tactics for survival and the roll out of these tactics as part of the cuts agenda.Bristol: occupied homeless centre faces eviction
14-02-2011 17:23
Homeless people in Bristol have occupied a former homeless advice centre recently closed down by the council. They are now facing eviction by notorious bailiffs Constant & CoBe The Media!
14-02-2011 17:22
A promotional video for Northern Indymedia and the soon-to-be-launched http://www.bethemedia.org.uk UK radical news aggregation site.
Uploaded as a test of the Northern Indymedia sites new ability to support high definition x264 video and html5 video. This means that if you are using a modern browser, you no longer have to rely on a poor quality and proprietary flash video player to watch videos. Better still, it means we can push the free format OGG alongside corporate formats with an equal playing field.
Any comments, suggestions or if you want to get involved with the Northern Indymedia project, contact imc-northern@lists.indymedia.org
BE THE MEDIA!
New Shift Article - "No Messy Politics Please, We're Anarchists!"
14-02-2011 17:13
“No Messy Politics Please, We’re Anarchists!”SHIFT provides a space for those of us defining as anarchists and based in the UK to ‘constructively’ critique ideas and movements. As the participants from the No Borders network referred to by Dariush Sokolov in his article Cochabamba: Beyond the Complex – Anarchist Pride (printed in Shift issue #9), who took part in the First World People’s Conference on Climate Change (CMPCC), we want to engage with the dialogue opened in #9. We agree with several of the points made, particularly the calling out of “economies based on the same model of petroleum, industrial agriculture, extraction, and growth before everything”. However, we reject a simplistic notion of relishing ‘our’ minority anarchist status. Here we reflect on the chasm we see between maintaining ‘purity’ of ideology and the reality of actually doing politics.
Ed Woollard support website launched
14-02-2011 17:02
Supporters of Edward Woollard have launched a website, Support 4 Ed Woollard after receiving an “overwhelming” number of messages of support for the 18-year-old student serving a “disproportionate” 32-month sentence for violent disorder.Palestine Today 02 14 2011
14-02-2011 16:55
The Revolution Will Be Televised
14-02-2011 15:30
The website Indymedia, is a hub for activists who are organising direct action protests, and social networking sites, blogs and email lists are widely used in communicating information to and in between activists. I have also heard of plans to make laptops mini portable internet hubs, so information can be communicated amongst demonstrators, even when the authorities close down the regular internet and mobile phone provision in areas where protests are taking place.Guerrillas Of love & Saint Valentine
14-02-2011 15:18
Guerrillas Of Love & Saint ValentineBudget of Government 'anti-snooping' agency is slashed
14-02-2011 12:49
The Government is planning to dramatically cut the budget of its surveillance watchdog despite pledging to protect the public from Big Brother-style snooping.Justice on trial – the case of Mumia Abu Jamal - film show 20 Feb
14-02-2011 11:43
Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! invites you to a free showing Justice on trial – the case of Mumia Abu Jamalon Introduced by a speaker from the Free Mumia Abu Jamal Defence Campaign UKSunday 20 February 7pm at The Compass, 58 Penton Street (corner of Chapel Market) London N1 (nearest tube Angel)
Shrewsbury march against the cuts on 19th February
14-02-2011 10:11
On 19th February there will be an anti-cuts protest in Shrewsbury.Bike-powered Protest Occupies Shell Forecourts In Bristol
14-02-2011 09:22
Yesterday Saturday 12th February, Bristol and Bath Rising Tide and friends went on a bicycle tour of Bristol’s Shell petrol stations. The ride was in protest at Shell’s activities in Co. Mayo where they are laying a high pressure gas pipeline; and in solidarity with the courageous local resistance to the project.
The 30 cyclists - and an escaped stegosaurus - occupied the forecourts at the petrol stations on Muller Road, St Philips Causeway and York Road, circling the pumps and handing out flyers to customers. They then dismounted and danced to the accompanying sound system. As a result the Muller Road petrol station was closed for a while. Lots of people were interested and asked questions about the action. The police were ‘in attendance’ but did not intervene. Two cops on bikes joined the ride as they saw how much fun we were having.
In Rossport, County Mayo, Shell have just been given planning approval to lay the final section of the high pressure Corrib gas pipeline, ignoring massive local opposition. The planned pipeline would run close to people's homes, up the centre of the beautiful Sruwaddacon estuary (a Special Protected Area and Special Area of Conservation) and over an unstable peat bog. Due to courageous resistance by the local community the project has so far been delayed for a decade and is 3 times over budget - impressive for a rural community fighting one of the biggest multinationals in the world. Throughout, the Irish Government has colluded with and supported Shell while ignoring the interests of its own people. The project as it stands will endanger their health, livelihoods & local environment; all for the profit of Shell. At a global scale it will also contribute to climate chaos.
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This is just one example of Shell’s operations destroying communities and wrecking the environment: from oil extraction in the Niger Delta to the tar sands in Alberta, Canada. People all over the world are resisting by defending their communities and environment against Shell.
Bristol and Bath Rising Tide plans to keep up the pressure on Shell: come and get involved! We meet fortnightly at the Kebele Social Centre on Robertson Road, Easton. The next meeting is on Monday 14th February at 7.30 pm.
Professor Colin Blakemore in Animal Rights Zone
14-02-2011 07:16
The animal rights social network and advocacy website Animal Rights Zone (ARZone) announces a groundbreaking interview with British neurobiologist and University of Oxford1 Professor Colin Blakemore Ph. D. to take place at 10pm GMT on Saturday February 19, 2011.Still time to make your voice heard locally!
14-02-2011 04:34
With Oxfordshire County Council set to vote through its budget cuts at the County Council meeting on Tuesday 15th February, you have the right to make your views known.
