UK Newswire Archive
Occupy Glasgow! continues
18-10-2011 13:55
As of 2pm today the Glasgow occupation is continuing with up to 15 tents on the grassy verge at the side of St Georges Square. They also have four gazeebos and bigger tents with a living space, info point and hopefully a kitchen area. Plenty of discussion and activity going on at the site with biggest threat so far coming from 4 am drunks and Scottish weather.
Crystal Palace Ultras plan boycott of Ipswich match over ticket pricing
18-10-2011 13:25
Support your local occupation!
18-10-2011 12:55
Occupy Nottingham is still going strong in the Market Square. More tents arrived last night and they are getting together more materials for a field kitchen. There is a huge amount of interest from local people and loads of support being shown. If you can, get down there and hang out with the occupiers. If you can't, check out the wish list and see if you can support by giving something. Support your local occupiers! They're doing it for all of us.
Occupy Nottingham
Part of a global movement in solidarity with other occupations across the globe.
We aim to occupy the Market Square Area of Nottingham from Saturday 15th October 2011 as part of an ongoing non-violent/peaceful demonstration.
- Broadly speaking, we aim to show that we will no longer tolerate the corporate greed and Government corruption that threatens our way of life and everything we work for.
- Currently our government strips away our civil liberties and public services, all in the name of greater profit for banks & corporations who exert far too much influence and control over our supposed leaders.
- We want to encourage and inspire people to work together towards a fairer society for all, rather than the current system where the rich few get richer and the rest of us get left behind.
Ways you can help
- Join us in our occupation
- Tell friends and family about the movement
- Donate food, water, clothing, blankets, tents, anything that will make our stay more comfortable - winter is coming! [See wishlist below]
- Film us, take photos, question us - share the info with the world (the media certainly won't)
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook: @OccupyNotts & OCCUPY Nottingham for Global Change
Email: occupynottingham[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk
Wishlist for donations
Blankets / sleeping bags / camping mats
Sand bags for holding gazebos down
Rope / tarps
Lights - 12V / LED / Lamps
Food
Tents
Batteries - Car / Solar / Rechargeable
Clothes - thermals
More exposure - tell your friends
Pans (large)
Calor gas bottles / regulators
Chairs / cushions
Pens / pencils
Cardboard / laminating plastic
PEOPLE
Jarrow Marchers Coming to Bristol!
18-10-2011 12:55
Youth Fight for Jobs recreate Jarrow Crusade 75 years on to protest high youth unemploymentYouth Fight for Jobs members are marching in the footsteps of the Jarrow Crusade to highlight the issues of youth unemployment and cuts to education and youth services.
This month marchers will be stopping in Bristol and be involved in a couple of events to help raise awareness of the campaign. These include a fundraising gig on Sunday 23rd October and a public meeting on Monday 24th, details below.
As figures have been released showing record youth unemployment of nearly 1 million 16-24 year olds, campaigners have been marching 330 miles across Britain to highlight the issue. The marchers, members of the Youth Fight for Jobs campaign are following in the footsteps of the Jarrow crusade of 75 years ago.
Youth Fight for Jobs is backed by 8 national trade unions and is calling for the government to create jobs with a massive programme of useful public works. They are also calling for the scrapping of ‘workfare’ schemes and the bringing back of Education Maintenance Allowance payments.
Some of the Jarrow marchers will be visiting Bristol for 2 days to meet local people. As well as visiting local trade union branches they will be speaking at a fundraising gig and public meeting - details below.
Fundraising Gig - 8pm Sunday 23rd October, Grain Barge, Mardyke Wharf, Hotwells, BS8 4RU
Public Meeting - 7pm Monday 24th October, City of Bristol College, College Green site, St George’s Road, BS1 5UA
The end of the Jarrow march is being marked by a national demonstration in London on Saturday 5th November. A coach will be leaving Anchor Road, Bristol at 8.30am.
For more information contact Tom Baldwin on 07986951527 or tomobaldwin@gmail.com
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Term starts today: Plebs' College is back!
18-10-2011 12:12
Plebs' College is open for the new term.Occupy Wall Street Marks One Month
18-10-2011 11:18
#OccupyLSX - Day Three Report + 53 QuikPix
18-10-2011 10:55
#OccupyLSX - Day Three Report + 53 QuikPix
Dateline: The London Occupation, West Courtyard, St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 17:00-18:30 - Since even the mainstream media have been full of reports all weekend about the global ubiquity and huge scale of the #OccupyTogether uprisings, I really didn't need much of a push to carry me back to the site of Saturday's successful #OccupyLondon General Assembly (see '#OccupyLSX - Day One Report + 75 QuikPix'). So when the call came in for some serious speech amplification, I charged up, labelled up, and delivered my 70Wrms street sound system to the newly erected Media/Tech hub in their Big Blue Tunnel, the better to facilitate communication and consensus decision-making during General Assemblies (which role it fulfilled so well on during Saturday's Occupation creation events). From an amorphous and homogenous sea of citizens two days ago, the London Occupation has transformed itself into a well-structured intentional community encampment, as you can see for yourself in the following photographs.
WITH “GOD” ON OUR SIDE
As a militant atheist (and part-time worshipper of the One True Trinity of the Aten, Ceiling Cat, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster ;-), I fully failed to anticipate how fortuitously world-changing events can gain the benefit of having God on our side. Since the panicked revocation of public access to the pubic space of Paternoster Square, where resides the much loathed London Stock Exchange (target of the London Occupation), we citizens choose instead to hold our General Assembly next door, on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral. One of twelve the working groups our people's assembly decided to create was tasked with liaison with the folk of the Cathedral, and boy has that paid off big time: on Sunday morning, the Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, Dr Giles Fraser, spoke to the citizens of the London Occupation.
“People have a right to protest and it's been very good natured. Church went down well this morning. There were no problems. We had no problems getting people in. People were very helpful. I haven’t seen any trouble. I understood there might have been some, but I haven’t seen any trouble. The police were trying to protect the building for us, which was very good of them. Earlier this morning I asked them if they’d leave, because I didn’t feel that it needed that sort of protection. We'll see how it goes. We're taking one day at a time, and it's really good to see it's all worked out well for us today.”
~ Dr Giles Fraser, Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral
VOX POPULI
“The reverend came out this morning and asked the police to leave the steps of the cathedral, and said he didn't mind protesters being here, that he supported the democratic right to protest. He said there was no issue and that people were treating the site respectfully, and he was happy for it to carry on. He was asked if the services would still be carrying on and he said yes, they would carry on as if there was no problem happening. The response from protesters was very positive - everybody likes to feel that the community around us are helping out.”
~ Ben Doran, 21, music student from the Midlands
“I’m here today because I can’t see why you wouldn’t be, and I feel that this is one of the few moments in history where it’s not a protest, it’s an actual movement that’s taken root. We’re trying to challenge this myth that there are not enough resources to go around.”
~ Lorena Fentes, 27, charity worker, hailing from Vancouver, Canada
“We want as many occupations as possible, to spread the message that we can make a change. We’re peaceful and very organised.”
~ Tarek Von Bergmann, 36, German chef, Swindon
“I’m sick of talking about the state of the country, so I thought I’d do something about it.”
~ John Dean, 21, chef, Milton Keynes
“I was made redundant two months ago. I’ve come to show my anger at the Government about bank bailouts and not helping the people.”
~ Tristan Woodwards, 28, ex-IT support worker, Basingstoke, Hampshire
“Inflation is growing, prices are going up, but my income is not only frozen but going down. There’s a minority causing these problems for the majority.”
~ Virginia Lopez Calvo, 30, women’s rights worker, from Hackney, East London
“I lost my job in April because of the cuts. But now I’ve got the best view in England from my tent. I could stay here for ever.”
~ Carl Buckland, 51, social worker, Hastings, East Sussex
GRATITUDE DUE, FOR FRIENDLY FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE
We're very grateful to Dr Giles Fraser and the folk of the Cathedral for their amicable pro-democracy intervention. By dismissing the intimidatory police presence as unnecessary, they’ve help to ensure that the atmosphere of the London Occupation is dramatically improved, now resembling that of joyful free festival of music, poetry, revolutionary ideas, and world-changing direct democracy. Now that we're no longer hemmed in by a gang of armed-&-armoured thugs in uniform, in the pay of the 1% plutocrats, interfering with our fundamental human right to Freedom of Assembly, we 99% citizens of the Occupation and our visitors can move around freely, free from the obstructive intimidation of the rozzers.
Do please come on down to the London Occupation, for just an hour, or a day, or a week, or as long as it takes. You can discover for yourself how powerful it feels to begin giving up illusions in bourgeois representative democracy, while starting to exercise your political power DIRECTLY, in concert with other citizens of the Occupation. Once we've re-discovered how to govern ourselves - through the direct democracy of our General Assemblies - we'll be able to withdraw our consent from the corrupt and corrupting Parliament, by which the 1% capitalist plutocrats lord it over us, and enjoy the spectacle of the Palace of Westminster collapsing like a house of cards in a direct democracy earthquake.
Before visiting or joining the London Occupation, please take a look at its collective needs and wants, and see if there are practical and material ways in which you could deliver your support too:
• Donations webpage at Occupy London
» http://occupylsx.org/?page_id=192
LINKS
• Occupy London
» Website - http://occupylondon.org.uk
» Facebook - http://facebook.com/occupylondon
» Twitter - http://twitter.com/occupylsx
• Hashtag - #occupylsx
• Occupy Together
» Website - http://www.occupytogether.org
• Hashtag - #occupytogether
• United for #globalchange
» Website - http://15october.net
• Hashtag - #occupytogether
• Occupy London, Global Day of Action #15Oct - further coverage
» Indymedia London Aggregate Article - http://london.indymedia.org/articles/10420
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Up the Revolution,
Tim Dalinian Jones
PS: For the sake of topicality (and coz my beloved MacBook Pro is still away at the menders) I'm uploading these photos as soon as possible, without the photo-editing and captioning that normally characterises my Indymedia Action Reports.
Footnotes
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Dale Farm fundraiser at the Sumac
18-10-2011 10:07
Shocking video of cop kicking handcuffed woman in head
18-10-2011 06:27
A SHOCKING video of a cop brutally kicking a handcuffed female protester in the head has emerged on the internet.Interview with an Anarchist at Dale Farm
18-10-2011 01:25
A self written interview by group of anarchists currently involved in the Dale Farm struggle. The interview attempts to answer some basic questions about anarchism in order to explain our position and reasoning for being at Dale Farm; attempting also to solidify the Dale Farm struggles place in the broader class war.Occupy Birmingham: a camp has started
17-10-2011 23:29
Occupy London Stock Exchange 17.10.11
17-10-2011 22:56
I visited the St Pauls occupation site around 10am Monday morning for an hour or so with my daughter. The police were around of course, a few of them milling about being 'nice', while a number of identikit TV reporters were making banal commentaries about the goings on around them, Actually things were quite quiet - there were a couple of meetings going on here and there, and some discussions with a representative of the Cathedral about moving people temporarily to enable cleaning of the steps and areas around St Pauls. It did start getting a wee bit busier when I decided to leave for lunch.
It will be interesting to see how things progress in the coming days and weeks.
Occupy London Day 2 - pics
17-10-2011 22:56
Sunday 16 October 2011 - Second day of the anti-capitalist and anti-austerity protest camp in front of St Paul's Cathedral - adjacent to the London Stock Exchange - in the City of London, the financial heart of the capital.
All images are Copyright (c) 2011 D. Viesnik. They may be reproduced free of charge for non-commercial use if credited. For larger high resolution versions, please e-mail.
#Occupylsx - Exclusive videos
17-10-2011 22:56
St. Paul's Cathedral Wandsman - War, debt and Jesus Christ - Occupy the London Stock Exchange
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ6UzTr2rFE
Sceptic grills protester - a passer-by has his say - Occupy the London Stock Exchange
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0daxNcDSpYc
General assembly - provisional demands - Occupy the Stock Exchange - London
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmOO04eAQ9s
Discussing police barriers - Occupy the London Stock Exchange
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q8sJwIPZh8
What are we here for? - Occupy the Stock Exchange - London
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNXrBExZphA
www.youtube.com/justiciayauk
Peace!
Exclusive vidoes from the #occupylsx demonstration.
Audio Recordings from the Sheffield Free School
17-10-2011 22:47
#occupylsx working group updates 17th oct
17-10-2011 20:56
Notes from the general assembly held this evening with updates from some of the working groups.
For note the wish list of supplies is currently sturdy folding tables, lighting + solar lighting, sand + sandbags, marker boards, tents, pavilions, power generation equipment, food, drinks, cutlery, butane gas, rings, saucepans cups, washing up stuff, kettles, buckets brooms, sanitaries, chairs, hammers and nails, wood, ropes, blankets, tarps, gazebos, rope, cushions, cardboard, sleeping mats, waterproofs, bin liners, tape, gaffa, stationary.
And people who can help transport kit with vehicles.
Report backs:
Kitchen: closing in 1 hr to relocate to big tent - location still tbc.
Recycling: Make sure you use the right bags to separate out different types of recycling and waste. Make sure to compact cans and so on. If you're going home please take a bag away with you to recycle.
Legal Update: Started more training to enlarge team for legal observing workshop at 9pm tonight.
From weekend there were 8 arrests, 6 charged and 2 bailed. Those charged are appearing at city of london magistrates court soon - Oct 21st if you want to show solidarity. If youwitnessed any arrests pls call / contact green black cross. 6-7pm every night is know your rights session - big marquee.
Media Update: Press feedback very positive. Want volunteer spokespeople. Media training scheduled. Volunteer reporters wanted - get in touch at media tent. Create Indymedia - create our own media so we don't have to rely on the mainstream press.
Extra: 420 people watching livestream now! New radio PA system in place. In process of getting solar panels brought in. Donations coming in fast.
People's health care update: We have an area for help, esp if you are cold - come and get blankets. Volunteers with skills welcome. Remember to wash your hands or use antibacterial gel :)
University committee starting lessons tomorrow (marquee hopefully going up tonight).
Meeting continues with breaking into smaller groups for discussions...
Occupy London Day3
17-10-2011 20:56
A time line pulled togther from comments, texts and twitter.
Read other round-ups of today here: by Lucy
[14:25] After the success of the weekend the numbers are down as people start to leave to return to work, family needs etc so we are down to about 300-400 of us however we are not down hearted and morale is good.
We are surprised at the attitude of the police which seems to be one of ignoring us now after their violence at the weekend perhaps in the hope we wil get bored and leave.
We believe the employees of banks etc have been told to ignore us because attempts to engage with them are met with silence. Settling in now for a colder night
[16.00] Direct action workshop still on today @ 4pm behind black RBS banner
[17.00] Kitchen needs canisters of Butane Gas (7KG+) for cooking equipment! - Old canisters can be collected/refilled, or new ones donated.
[17.30] 179 tents counted
[17.50] Media skill share meeting at 6 in the newly constructed media tent: happening now!
[18.00] We are in need of: Blackboard Paint, Lights (desk lamps, torches, etc)
Please donate: Tables, chairs, gazebos, tents, sleeping bags, roll mats, socks lights, lighter gas, markers/pens, tarps, gaffa tape, batteries and wooden supports.
Media+Tech group need: Lighting for tent and a windproof Microphone for Live Streaming - Cheers for your support
We have enough kitchen/toilet rolls, Tupperware, washing up liquid, sponges, and bread.
[18.35] Live stream reporting now at 6.35pm that big marquee is going up and more on way - sandbags are required to weight down structures against wind. More power is being sourced for the occupation.
[19.00] OccupyLSX General Assembly at 19:10
[19.35] The General assembly has just started with a big cheer saying "It's the third night and we're still here - brilliant!"
[19.30] General Assembly: Organisers ask crowd to get in small groups and talk about what we want and how we get it. And people are actually doing it!
Finance working group is responsible for distributing money, anything over £150 has to be agreed by all at the GA.
Rome 15 october Protest
17-10-2011 20:54
After years of protests against a corrupt and bungling Italian political system (whose Prime Minister makes laws for his own benefit) some of the protesters in Rome last Saturday apparently felt that walking through the capital with banners and slogans was a waste of time and energy.Worldwide Declaration in Support of the Zapatista Support Bases of San Marcos Av
17-10-2011 20:11
The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Centre and the Movement for Justice in El Barrio, The Other Campaign, New York, have written the following declaration with the goal of collecting signatures of support.
Thomas Blak Moved
17-10-2011 19:11
Antifascist prisoner Thomas Blak has been transferred.
