21-05-2005 12:16
Chief Constable David Strang, President of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, and Tayside Police Chief Constable John Vine, the officer in charge of policing the summit, have both denied that Taser guns will be deployed against G8 protestors and have attacked the press for being sensationalist, accusing The Scotsman of a "dangerous form of journalism".
Scottish Police Attack Sensationalist Press Over G8 Taser Gun Deployment
Chief Constable David Strang, President of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, and Tayside Police Chief Constable John Vine, the officer in charge of policing the summit, have both denied that Taser guns will be deployed against G8 protestors and have attacked the press for being sensationalist, accusing The Scotsman of a "dangerous form of journalism".
09-05-2005 16:44
200 t of highly deadly plutonium have leaked out of a pipeline.
The level for plutonium to be deadly is said to be in the area of milligrams.
Tis news come at a time when the British government is planing to expand the nuclear programm.
Accident in Sellafield
According to Radio Z, quoting The Guardian and The Times a part of the Sellafield nuclear plant had to be shut down after a acident.200 t of highly deadly plutonium have leaked out of a pipeline.
The level for plutonium to be deadly is said to be in the area of milligrams.
Tis news come at a time when the British government is planing to expand the nuclear programm.
04-04-2005 05:28
follows:
audio + link to public consultation.
audio entitled: lords criticise governments nuclear waste management policy. consultation begins 4th april runs till 27th june, Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM)
nuclear waste consultation
follows: audio + link to public consultation.
audio entitled: lords criticise governments nuclear waste management policy. consultation begins 4th april runs till 27th june, Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM)
20-03-2005 19:53
bio-warfare (biotechimc) re-posted 4 uk
this is a good article. i thought it deserved a re-posting..
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
15-02-2005 12:16
Sowing the Seeds of Dictatorship
An excellent, well-researched overview of current intellectual property laws as they relate to agriculture in Scotland and India. Farmers in both countries are coming under attack from huge agricultural multinationals that are trying to make it illegal to follow the normal farming practice of saving seed for next year's crop.
27-09-2004 23:49
xtra invest 4 recycling in scotland:-)
below is a random news stream and comment, mostly drawn from the bbc, covering the last six months progress etc... big up
31-05-2004 22:59
Free Software - Free Society! Interview with Richard Stallman (+ transcript)
Transcript of an interview with Richard Stallman that took place at the School of Informatics, Edinburgh University, on 27th May 2004. Full audio Interview (ca. 8 MB - 22 min.) available in ogg- vorbis audio format under
29-05-2004 10:21
Free Software - Free Society! Richard Stallman talks in Edinburgh.
Pictures of Richard Stallman's talk at Edinburgh University, Informatics Colloquium. He is the author of the GNU General Public License (GPL), which is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software -- to make sure the software is free for all its users.
25-02-2004 13:24
Filmscreening in Edinburgh about a pirate radio station
Join us for the Edinburgh premiere of "Bedroom Radio", Fri March 5th @ 7.30 and 9pm in Nicol Edwards, 29-35 Niddry Street, Edinburgh.
Filmed over a period of 18 months, Bedroom Radio is a story of Pirate radio broadcasting, Love, Life, and Death on a different Scottish frequency.
16-02-2004 18:26
Creative and technological practices including visual and software art, science and design projects, moving image, experimental music and performance are featured in various scales and stages of development ranging from documentation of prototypes and exploratory installations to fully operational systems.
In 2003 there were 128 submissions featured in Machinista plus offline events in Moscow and Perm in the Urals.
Call for submission for Glasgow Open Source tech and art event
Machinista is a yearly unmediated open-submission online exhibition.Creative and technological practices including visual and software art, science and design projects, moving image, experimental music and performance are featured in various scales and stages of development ranging from documentation of prototypes and exploratory installations to fully operational systems.
In 2003 there were 128 submissions featured in Machinista plus offline events in Moscow and Perm in the Urals.
03-10-2003 09:44
The Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) are organising a series of protests and public meetings called Site Unseen throughout 2003 to raise awareness of the arms trade and to highlight BAE Systems' role in it. Here are some events planned in Glasgow.
CAAT campaign against Arms Trade in Glasgow: forthcoming events
Site Unseen - Exposing the Arms TradeThe Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) are organising a series of protests and public meetings called Site Unseen throughout 2003 to raise awareness of the arms trade and to highlight BAE Systems' role in it. Here are some events planned in Glasgow.
05-09-2003 14:00
Here is a picture report about the anti-software-patenting protests in Brussel.
http://segert.net/epatents/index.php
picture report about the anti-software patenting protest in Brussel
Here is a picture report about the anti-software-patenting protests in Brussel. http://segert.net/epatents/index.php
19-08-2003 01:23
Help Big Oil! Join Anti-Smoking Crusade.
By ignoring Big Oil's tobacco pesticide residues in typical cigarettes...the plant (tobacco) is allowed to take the fall. Other corporate criminals benefit as well. AND...Big Cig, the ostensible target, gets off easy. If you like cannabis prohibition, you'll love the tobacco version.
18-07-2003 16:22
On 7th of june, the second "Frock On" Festival took place in Glasgow.
See: http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/scotland/2003/06/273081.html and
http://www.frockon.org for more info.
At this event several campaigns were having stalls and handing out information.
Here is an interview with an anti-gm protester.
Anti-gm audio interview from FrockOn festival, Glasgow, 7th of june 2003
On 7th of june, the second "Frock On" Festival took place in Glasgow. See:
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/scotland/2003/06/273081.html and http://www.frockon.org for more info. At this event several campaigns were having stalls and handing out information.
Here is an interview with an anti-gm protester.
04-07-2003 13:41
Document 1 : International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
19th-21st of September 2003
The U.G.C, Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Scotland
Spirit Aid in collaboration with Variant are hosting Glasgow's first International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival.
First International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Glasgow, September
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSDocument 1 : International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
19th-21st of September 2003
The U.G.C, Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Scotland
Spirit Aid in collaboration with Variant are hosting Glasgow's first International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival.
23-03-2003 22:48
Demonstration against the use of Depleated Uranium
Demonstration against the use of Depleated Uranium in Iraq and Galloway.
07-11-2002 15:06
Nuclear submarine runs aground - ITV news
The submarine was involved in the first wave of attacks against Afghanistan last October
31-07-2002 16:25
A nine minute video (in realvideo) of an anti-GM convoy and demonstration at DEFRA. Bags of GM taken from 17 trial sites around the country were dumped on DEFRA's doorstep to make clear that the public do not want GM crops.
Convoy - Messages to DEFRA
A nine minute video (in realvideo) of an anti-GM convoy and demonstration at DEFRA. Bags of GM taken from 17 trial sites around the country were dumped on DEFRA's doorstep to make clear that the public do not want GM crops.
