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Oppression and Fashion

24-05-2012 12:46

Abour the mainstream fetish of consumerism and fashion

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Old Age Pensioners Anti Monarchists

21-05-2012 09:37

Three old age pensioners asked to leave cafe for refusing to stand for the Queen of England.

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Undiscovered artists 2012

18-05-2012 19:59

ED GREENS EAT YOUR GREENz
This is about the changing face of the media. The tactile engine of the media, is designed to properly coerce individuals into truly believing that we are nothing but a commidity. This commidity fetishism has been translated through the face of music. Basically music has turned to a fetish instead of a representation of soul, Therefore we must search for something experimental bordering on anarchy, whereby the individual seeks to liberate himself from the shackles of the oppresive broken record persay. So read article to find out who are the undiscovered artists of 2012. This century revolution a hunter with whom we are akin.

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The Wobblies - Free film - Wednesday at the Cowley Club, Brighton

15-05-2012 07:50

Poster
Wednesday, May 16th at 7:30pm there will be a screening of the 1979 documentary “The Wobblies”, about the IWW, the radical anarcho-syndicalist trade union.

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Invisible Forces

11-05-2012 13:29

Dr Hairy In..., Edward Picot, since 2010
\\An exhibition about why contemporary life is so difficult for so many\\

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Join the Equity & ICAF (the International Committee for Artists Freedom) demonstration

10-05-2012 09:44

Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AH

THURSDAY 10th May 6-7.30pm

This Thursday the Bloomsbury Theatre hosts a performance by the Belarus National Theatre.
However, in reality, going to the theatre can be a crime in Belarus.

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Rock Out!

05-05-2012 08:59

Don't Miss This!

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Wrecsam Gig for Bradley Manning concludes Welsh Solidarity Tour

03-05-2012 07:59

gig poster in Saith Seren's window
Report from the gig for Bradley Manning held at Saith Seren Welsh cultural centre in Wrexham on Sunday 29 April.

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Celebrate 40 years of Black Power media - tune in May 5-6 to Uhuru News live

02-05-2012 14:59

Uhuru News invites listeners and readers worldwide to tune in for 2 days of special programming during its 2012 Spring Radiothon. For over 40 years, The Burning Spear newspaper has served as the voice of the international African revolution. The oldest Black Power journal in continuous publication since the 1960s, The Spear is now available online at UhuruNews.com, along with live radio and video broadcasts from throughout the world.

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Pro Hare Coursing accessories withdrawn from sale on Amazon!

01-05-2012 12:20

One of the pro hare coursing accessories withdrawn from sale on Amazon
Symbolic victory for anti-blood sports campaign as “I Love Hare Coursing” accessories intended for UK and Irish markets withdrawn from sale!

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Catholic Priest living rent free as Anglican Community member

28-04-2012 10:34

A Brother in an Anglican Religious Community who has converted to Roman Catholicism continues to remain a brother in that Anglican Community and to live completely rent free in property bought for him and owned by that Community, despite being now a working member of a church which rejects Anglican beliefs and despite the Anglican community being in financial difficulties.

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Protesters take to the stage at RSC over BP sponsorship

23-04-2012 21:02

Chief Player (photo by Zoe Broughton)
Members of the “Reclaim Shakespeare Company” jump on stage and perform an anti-BP “guerilla Shakespeare” skit in front of theatre audience.

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National Gallery Complicit in Arms Trade - Disarm the National Gallery

23-04-2012 16:19

Our National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London
On 31st March 2012, Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) & Stop the Arms Fair (STAF) launched a campaign to ‘Disarm the National Gallery’ in Trafalgar Square, London. A video of this action including never seen before footage of protests & discussions inside the National Gallery and an interview with BBC correspondent & Channel 4 reporter Paraic O’Brien at Stop the Arms Fair 2011 can be viewed here -  http://youtu.be/r-sf68oEB6wP

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The forgotten anti-fascist Olympics Games

23-04-2012 08:51

Barcelona’s forgotten Olympics – 6000 athletes from 22 countries went to compete in an alternative 1936 Olympics to Hitler’s fascist games. The day before the opening ceremony the Spanish military coup was set in motion, triggering the beginning of the Civil War, and the Peoples Olympiad was cancelled.

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Liverpool Antifascist Fundraiser

22-04-2012 20:55

Liverpool Antifascists held a successful fundraiser at Next To Nowhere on Saturday 21st April, with bands Reaper, The Visitors and The Probes providing a range of folk rock with some harder edged rock music.

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From Bristol With Love #19

22-04-2012 09:04

From Bristol with Love is a showcase for local music, local news and new forms of local thinking.

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We'd Love to turn you on to Cycling!! Day Seven of Brigton Bike Fest

22-04-2012 07:54

Brighton Bike Fest Day Seven

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Daily Mail openly supporting Fascism

21-04-2012 20:01

Daily Mail supporting the National Front
The Daily Mail, the newspaper that famously supported Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists, has published an article openly supporting French Fascist candidate Marine Le Pen. In an article that appeared beside a photo of child-killing mass-murderer Anders Breivik, despite admitting that Le Pen’s economic policies "are both foolish and futile", Richard Waghorne claims that "the only responsible vote in France... is a vote for Marine Le Pen", because the National Front "has highlighted the country's right to defend its national identity".

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Reprise of Sgt.Brighton Bike Fest Band Day Six

21-04-2012 06:12

Farewell lovely cyclists of London to Brighton crew and today's Menu...

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More Cake!! And Bikes!! aka Day Five of Brighton Bike Fest

20-04-2012 07:39

You can have your cake and eat it at Brighton Bike Fest!!

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Day Three Brighton Bike Fest

18-04-2012 06:54

So another cake is eaten keeping the bonk at bay and so it's onto Day Three of the all lovin Brighton Bike Fest...

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Week of Resistance

17-04-2012 01:22

sticky collage fun
St. Andrews will be home to a Week of Resistance at the end of April in the run up to May Day. Come join us for a multitude of free events. Crash space available on demand. If too demanded, you should really join couchsurfing.

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Reasons to come to Brighton this week

14-04-2012 20:36

Brighton has many things going for it – sunny weather, a world famous (albeit slightly stoney) beach, a large LGBT scene, a vibrant squatting community ( https://network23.org/snob/), the world's greatest free anarcho newsheet ( http://www.schnews.org.uk) and much more. However this week there are even more reasons to head south with bikes, fascists & punk all vying for your attention.

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Radical Anthropology Talks

13-04-2012 15:06

Seal mask
Symbolic culture began emerging in Africa some 100,000 years ago, in a social revolution which has lessons for us today....
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