UK UK Newswire Archive
Drone info stall in Wrexham 11 Dec: report and photos
12-12-2012 11:32
We held another drone information stall yesterday in Wrexham.
See also this indymedia report and photos from a previous stall and this recent protest at RAF Waddington from where British armed Reaper drones will be controlled.
Travellers celebrate “step in the right direction” as Basildon approve planning application for a 15 pitch Traveller site
12-12-2012 08:05
Yesterday evening Basildon Borough Council’s planning committee finally passed a planning application for 15 pitches to accommodate some of the most vulnerable homeless Gypsy and Traveller families in Basildon. This is the first site approved by the Council since official planning needs assessments in 2006 stated the need for between 157 and 163 pitches for Gypsy and Traveller families in Basildon by 2011.[1]Are you equal in a democracy?
12-12-2012 01:59
In a remarkably inspiring book (A History of Democracy) Prof. Dunn (Cambridge) has called attention to two problems in democracy: it seems that one "equality" is that all ideas and arguments are equally doubtful and that equality of voting needs to be supplemented by regular referenda. But there are mathematical problems.Private consultants reap rich rewards from UK National Health Service privatisation
12-12-2012 00:55
Help with planning appeal signatures needed for sustainable smallholding
11-12-2012 21:52
My parents are appealing against a rejection for planning permission. They live on 5 acres of land near Baydon, Berkshire on a mobile home (hence the reason for rejection). They have built a sustainable smallholding, which is producing eggs and meat for the local community.ATH Resources in last minute plead for deregulation and to be allowed to rescind on promises made to local communities
11-12-2012 20:55
Estate agents concerned as Cardiff squatters set up network
11-12-2012 20:06
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/712145 Hello, we exist now. A network of squatters, travellers, the unrooted, homeless people, and supporters.
We’re now meeting monthly and are hosting our first event, a Squatters/Travellers Workshop & Skillshare on Thursday 20th December at 3pm, venue to be confirmed. This will be an hour discussing the law around squatting, recent changes, and how to still squat legally in commercial buildings. Followed by another hour skill-sharing how to secure and occupy spaces to live in.
We are currently organising events, planning projects, plotting against further criminalisation, setting up a squatters estate agents, and creating a support network for people currently squatting and for others interested in doing so.
Contact us at
cardiffsquatters@riseup.net to get involved. Find us at www.cardiff.squat.net to stay updated.
Love & Rage!
Starbucks action in Cambridge by UK Uncut
11-12-2012 18:41
Bradley Manning Hearing: Notes from the Courtroom 11 December
11-12-2012 16:38
Witness evidence in the Bradley Manning Article 13 'unlawful pretrial punishment' motion hearing is now completed after 10 days and the hearing moves on to both sides presenting their closing oral arguments, starting with the defence (Bradley Manning represented by David Coombs). See Tweets below (which will be updated later), this report from Kevin Gosztola and this from Nathan Fuller, both with live updates.
For other court reports from this hearing, see notes from the courtroom: 10 Dec | 7 Dec | 6 Dec | 5 Dec | 1-2 Dec | 30 Nov | 27-29 Nov | Bradley Manning's Testimony.
Statement from Stop the G8 regarding the summit in Northern Ireland next year
11-12-2012 13:51
We are an autonomous group of activists who have been meeting over the past 6 months to organise a resistance to the G8 summit. We have already put out a call out for a week of action against the G8. We have decided to adopt the PGA hallmarks, and we try to organise non-hierarchically using consensus, respecting the autonomy of groups and individuals involved.Boycott Workfare Video
11-12-2012 13:47
http://vimeo.com/55231456
On Typhoon Bhopa and the Doha Conference
11-12-2012 13:41
BNP Support workers co-operatives
11-12-2012 12:59
Just like Oswald Mosely did back in the day
Victory Gardens Past & Future
11-12-2012 05:04
If you eat food, maybe you've noticed groceries costs more and more. Well stock up now, food inflation is just ramping up. It's not just the extra 200 million mouths to feed on the planet next year. Climate change is already re-arranging your food bill. Learn how cities can start feeding themselves - in just one year! from Lamanda Joy in Chicago.Remembering the dead in Gaza this Wednesday at EDO
11-12-2012 02:38
www.smashedo.org.ukAnti-workfare protest at Superdrug and British Heart Foundation stores in Leith
11-12-2012 00:00
Protestors blockaded and occupied both British Heart Foundation and Superdrug in Edinburgh on Saturday 8 December, in opposition to their participation in the government’s workfare schemes.
