12-03-2007 14:54
The Square in Harlow is a venue subsidised by Essex County Council (ECC), which has run cultural programmes, "rock school", art projects and even a "film school", for years. It regularly has visitors from the surrounding counties, London, and even further afield. The Council are instituting new policies which will lead to its closure.
Local youth venue with community role in danger
The Square in Harlow is a venue subsidised by Essex County Council (ECC), which has run cultural programmes, "rock school", art projects and even a "film school", for years. It regularly has visitors from the surrounding counties, London, and even further afield. The Council are instituting new policies which will lead to its closure.
16-02-2007 17:24
Remembering Slavery
Two hundred years ago the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act was passed by British parliament. There has been much debate in the media about how to commemorate this event. I want to recommend several books that bring to light some of the horrors of that awful trade, the legacy of which still stains the society in which we live today...
20-12-2006 03:29
BNP member arrested in Ipswich on suspicion of murder
BNP member Steve Wright is identified as second person arrested in Suffolk of killing of five sex workers. The 48 year old fash was arrested in a dawn raid on his home in Ipswich's red light district, where he regularly took in prostitutes while his wife was at work.
01-12-2006 22:33
In praise of shoplifting
I recently came across the following piece and liked it. It makes use of ideas from "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" which is never a bad thing. See what you think...
20-11-2006 17:09
St Edmunds Day 2006: A year after the curse
Last November 20th 2006 the Knights of St Edmund formerly laid the ancient curse of St Edmund upon the Cattle-Market Development at Bury St Edmunds to prevent the construction of an 11.5 acre shopping mall, which has been rejected by three democratic and independent ballots of the towns people. So what happened next?
13-11-2006 09:16
Thetford based charity launches the first Portuguese newspaper to be fully edited and produced in the UK, hoping to reach the 500,000+ Portuguese nationals in the UK. Distributing in 600 places, mainly focussing on East Anglia and London. From an idea by META, a Keystone Equalities project.
READ ALL ABOUT IT – UK-Portuguese newspaper launched in Thetford, Norfolk
Thetford based charity launches the first Portuguese newspaper to be fully edited and produced in the UK, hoping to reach the 500,000+ Portuguese nationals in the UK. Distributing in 600 places, mainly focussing on East Anglia and London. From an idea by META, a Keystone Equalities project.
22-10-2006 16:40
Cambridge has long needed an Anarchist Cheerleading Squad and now Arts Council funding has been secured, the fun work of recruiting can begin.
Cambridge Anarchist Cheerleaders! Recuiting Now!
Cambridge has long needed an Anarchist Cheerleading Squad and now Arts Council funding has been secured, the fun work of recruiting can begin.
28-08-2006 14:55
Hundreds of police from 5 counties bravely disperse 600 kids partying
Does it really need 300+ police officers in full riot gear, dogs and helicopters to disperse a few hundred youngsters in a field?
20-08-2006 15:17
Paperback, 307 pages. London: Harvill Secker, 4 May 2006. Original title: Ensaio sobre a Lucidez
Book review: Seeing by Jose Saramago
Paperback, 307 pages. London: Harvill Secker, 4 May 2006. Original title: Ensaio sobre a Lucidez
10-07-2006 22:41
On Saturday (8th July 2006) the third annual Open Boat Day took place near Jesus Green Lock.
Open Boat Day 2006 Pictures and Story
On Saturday (8th July 2006) the third annual Open Boat Day took place near Jesus Green Lock.
Join a BETA test of the Internet TV Revolution.
29-06-2006 09:16
Anarchism in Outer Space (book review)
Ursula Le Guin's 1974 book "The Dispossessed" has been re-released as part of a series of "Science Fiction Masterworks." And thank goodness for that, or I might never have picked it up. Thank goodness too for my mate Manos whose recommendation was sufficient to over-rule my instinctive aversion to all things Sci-Fi.
13-06-2006 21:40
Cambridge needs Democracy Now!
How to hear Democracy Now! on 209radio when it goes out on FM early next year?
13-06-2006 16:57
http://leninology.blogspot.com/2006/06/wanted-loyal-natives-to-discuss-empire.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/starttheweek.shtml
PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY TO INTERESTED PARTIES
Open Letter to Andrew Marr, Presenter, Start the Week on Radio 4, the BBC
Dear Andrew,
This is an open letter that I am going to ask the people--many of whom are
prominent academics-- I have copied in to circulate as widely as possible,
to draw the attention of people to the egregious manner in which you dealt
with the follow-up this morning's show on 'The Legacy of Empire'. I am
appalled and shocked at your biased introduction to the evening phone-in.
You use dismissive words like 'blarney', 'aggressive', and 'too much heat'
to describe an impassioned discussion of a painful and traumatic legacy
that didn't fit the genteel upper-class British converation over 'tea and
cucumber sandwiches'model. This then set the tenor for the phone-in that
followed.
Racism and Imperial Nostalgia at the BBC: an open letter to Andrew Marr
http://leninology.blogspot.com/2006/06/wanted-loyal-natives-to-discuss-empire.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/starttheweek.shtml PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY TO INTERESTED PARTIES
Open Letter to Andrew Marr, Presenter, Start the Week on Radio 4, the BBC
Dear Andrew,
This is an open letter that I am going to ask the people--many of whom are
prominent academics-- I have copied in to circulate as widely as possible,
to draw the attention of people to the egregious manner in which you dealt
with the follow-up this morning's show on 'The Legacy of Empire'. I am
appalled and shocked at your biased introduction to the evening phone-in.
You use dismissive words like 'blarney', 'aggressive', and 'too much heat'
to describe an impassioned discussion of a painful and traumatic legacy
that didn't fit the genteel upper-class British converation over 'tea and
cucumber sandwiches'model. This then set the tenor for the phone-in that
followed.
18-05-2006 15:01
9/11 - Loose Change
Loose Change Second Edition, a film about the events of Septemer 11th 2001, has become a net phenomenon — it currently (18th May 2006) holds the 1st, 4th and 26th places on the Google Video top 100 and this is in competion with lots of very short titillation clips (eg Webcam Girls Go Wild) and dubious humour clips (eg funny clips baby fart).
Loose Change is the most popular 9/11 "conspiracy theory" film, no doubt due to its slick graphics, soundtrack and editing — for an amateur movie it is impressive. However it's not the most accurate movie of its type — see the discussion on indybay and the detailed Sifting Through Loose Change — The 9-11 Research Companion.
Loose Change Second Edition on Google Video
Read on for a brief guide to some better 9/11 videos that deserve more attention...
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09-05-2006 15:26
LGBT Network Community Fair
Find out what's happening in Cambridgeshire and surrounding areas. There will be stalls, talks and information from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans community groups. 7.30pm, Wednesday 31st May 2006, at the Centre at St Pauls, Hills Road, Cambridge. No charge.
24-04-2006 14:18
Amnesty International Festival Cambridge 10th to 30th May
Big busk in city centre plus lots of fundraising gigs at various venues.
01-04-2006 13:38
Words As Weapons - the Poet as Anarchist
A talk about anarchism and poetry as part of the Cambridge Conference of Contemporary Poetry 16
20-02-2006 23:35
Well, my official disclaimer before covering this story is that I shall make no pretences towards BBC style impartiality, mostly due to my being involved in the project, but also because I still feel very strong emotions about it all. So, if I start the eqiuivalent of emotional 'gushing' in word from, please forgive me for my journalistic sins!
209radio: A Fly's Eye View...
Well, my official disclaimer before covering this story is that I shall make no pretences towards BBC style impartiality, mostly due to my being involved in the project, but also because I still feel very strong emotions about it all. So, if I start the eqiuivalent of emotional 'gushing' in word from, please forgive me for my journalistic sins!
02-02-2006 23:43
Objections can be placed before tomorrow (Friday) by emailing
env.health@cambridge.gov.uk .
Arts Picture House threatened by Wetherspoons
Wetherspoons on Regent Street (Cambridge) is applying for a music license so it can turn into a Lloyds bar, which will render one auditorium in the arts cinema unusable. The arts cinema shows lefty stuff occasionally and lets groups put on their own films at certain times, and is generally a better thing than a bigger chain pumping out horror.Objections can be placed before tomorrow (Friday) by emailing
env.health@cambridge.gov.uk .