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IMC UK Open Content License, http://www.opencontent.org 2008-11-22T19:09:05+00:00 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/10/410408.html An entirely legal demonstration in solidarity with international <a href="http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/static/demo_en.html">Freedom Not Fear day</a> was disrupted and halted in Liverpool this afternoon, and two arrests were made, provoking an astounding show of anger from the public. 2008-10-11T17:44+02:00 2008-10-11T17:44:00+00:00 Liverpool Repression Social Struggles Liverpool Indymedia en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/09/408726.html The vegan food fayre, held at Liverpool's social centre Next To Nowhere, drew the crowds last Saturday. 2008-09-14T21:54+02:00 2008-09-14T21:54:00+00:00 Animal Liberation Ecology Health Liverpool Pinkolady en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/08/406994.html Cameron visited the Wirral on 14th August for a Q&A session and "faced a dozen protesters opposing (hunting) reintroduction on the way in, and one fierce questioner on the issue within the hall." - Liverpool Daily Post 2008-08-18T15:32+02:00 2008-08-18T15:32:00+00:00 Animal Liberation Liverpool N West en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401636.html The new edition of Nerve - Liverpool's grassroots arts and social issues magazine - is out, and this time the focus is on migration. 2008-06-21T20:31+02:00 2008-06-21T20:31:00+00:00 Culture Liverpool Migration Other Press Catalyst Media en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401200.html 13 bikes, 1 man on wheels & a million angry drivers... 2008-06-15T15:44+02:00 2008-06-15T15:44:00+00:00 Liverpool feistyfingers en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/04/397763.html This week, people on Merseyside and around the world celebrated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day">International Workers' Day</a> - or May Day - an event that has been held every year since 1890. It was originally established as a strike day, commemorating the '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_martyrs">Haymarket martyrs</a>', who were framed and then killed by the state of Illinois for their part in the struggle for the eight hour working day. 2008-04-28T16:31+02:00 2008-04-28T16:31:00+00:00 Liverpool Social Struggles Workers' Movements Liverpool IMC en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/04/397174.html Greenpeace folk dressed as Orang-utans have climbed all over Unilever's London HQ and Merseyside factory to tell the company to stop destroying rainforests for palm oil. Palm oil is used in products like Dove and Persil, and the companies Unilever buys from are destroying valuable rainforest and peatland areas - bad news not only for the millions of people who depend on them for their way of life and endangered species such as the orang-utan, but also for the global climate. 2008-04-21T15:28+02:00 2008-04-21T15:28:00+00:00 Ecology Liverpool bex en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/04/396183.html Members and supporters of Wrexham Women for Peace and Wrexham Peace and Justice Forum visited the TOTAL petrol station in Hoole, Chester again last night as part of the continuing calls for TOTAL to get out of Burma. 2008-04-11T13:32+02:00 2008-04-11T13:32:00+00:00 Liverpool Repression wrexham woman en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/04/396038.html Early on the morning of April 1st, a group of Liverpool activists carried out a banner drop and distributed leaflets and dummy tickets outside Lime Street Station, telling the public that they could travel for free. 2008-04-09T18:17+02:00 2008-04-09T18:17:00+00:00 Climate Chaos Liverpool Emma Pooka en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/03/392664.html On a visit to Sefton Park looking for a location (amongst others being considered) for Merseyside CND's 2008 Peace and Ecology Festival tree felling was very obvious, logs still left around and saw dust. 2008-03-01T17:04+02:00 2008-03-01T17:04:00+00:00 Liverpool Kai Andersen en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/392383.html I recently conducted an interview with 'Shai', Liverpool's resident <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hactivism">hactivist</a>. He's organising a hactivism evening at the city's social centre, <a href="http://www.liverpoolsocialcentre.org/">Next To Nowhere</a>, on Wednesday 5th March. I talked to him about his plans for the event, his ideas for improving activists' use of technology, and asked what's so damned exciting about all those zeroes and ones anyway... 2008-02-27T00:36+02:00 2008-02-27T00:36:02+00:00 Liverpool Liverpool IMC en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/01/388788.html As the sun rises on Liverpool's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Capital_of_Culture">European Capital of Culture</a> reign, it's time to look at the positives and negatives that have come the way of people in the city since the award was made in June 2003. 2008-01-04T02:24+02:00 2008-01-04T02:24:00+00:00 Culture Liverpool Liverpool IMC en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/12/387142.html <p><a href="http://www.catalystmedia.org.uk/issues/nerve_latest_index.htm">Nerve magazine</a> introduces Liverpool’s <a href="http://www.liverpool08.com/">Capital of Culture year</a> with a Merseyside Resistance Calendar 2008.</p><p>The calendar records and celebrates the region’s rich tradition of radicalism and dissent. History is for the most part written by and for the rich and powerful and ‘official’ histories of Liverpool are no exception. But an essential part of our history are those people and groups who put themselves on the line for their communities and what they believed in and who ‘had a go’ without waiting for society’s approval.</p> 2007-12-04T19:54+02:00 2007-12-04T19:54:00+00:00 History Liverpool Social Struggles Workers' Movements IMC Liverpool en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/11/386464.html This summer and autumn, Merseyside postal workers have been on the front line of action against <a href="http://www.royalmail.com/">Royal Mail</a>'s proposed new contracts, which threaten jobs, pensions and working conditions, whilst opening the door to a sell-off of the postal service. Now they've seen the <a href="/en/regions/liverpool/2007/11/386645.html">mixed results of the ballot</a> on the <a href="http://www.cwu.org/">Communication Workers Union</a>'s sell-out agreement, and are pondering their next move. 2007-11-24T22:59+02:00 2007-11-24T22:59:00+00:00 Liverpool Social Struggles Workers' Movements Liverpool IMC en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/09/381102.html <p>At 7pm on Saturday 15th September, the door was unlocked at <a href="http://www.liverpoolsocialcentre.org">Next To Nowhere</a> in Bold Street, and Liverpool's new social centre was 'officially' opened, although there weren't any mayors or anything like that. However, there was a whole week of great events, starting with a party and ending with a film night.<br/></p><a href="/en/regions/liverpool/2007/09/381223.html">Opening night gig and party</a>|<a href="/en/regions/liverpool/2007/09/381287.html">Oaxaca Info Night</a>|<a href="/en/regions/liverpool/2007/09/381341.html">Conspiracy Evening</a>|<a href="/en/regions/liverpool/2007/09/381430.html">Liverpool IMC Info Night</a>|<a href="/en/regions/liverpool/2007/09/381659.html">Introduction To Anarchism</a>|<a href="http://dreaming-neon-black.blogspot.com/2007/09/boy-who-dropped-egg-on-world.html">The Boy Who Dropped An Egg On The World</a>|<a href="http://dreaming-neon-black.blogspot.com/2007/09/free-screen-osama-and-walkout.html">Free Screen</a> 2007-09-14T19:59+02:00 2007-09-14T19:59:00+00:00 Culture Free Spaces Liverpool Social Struggles UK Liverpool IMC en Text text/html; charset=UTF-8