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I suggest 08 April every year be an annual marking of the end of 'her'

Photos from Brixton + all police leave cancelled for Thatcher's funeral

09-04-2013 22:45 | History | London | World

All police leave has been cancelled in London for the day of Thatcher's funeral, next Wednesday. The cortege will leave Whitehall and travel via Trafalgar Square and The Strand, with the coffin being transferred to an army gun-carrier along the route, before being delivered by the Army to St Paul's. That's a long route...

Hopefully alot of miners and print-workers will be making a day of it

UG#628 - Asking Forbidden Questions (Why Do People Put Up With Capitalism?)

This week we learn how much effort has been put to making people assume that the virtues of capitalism are beyond question. We hear three Marxian commentators offering their own angles on the development of capitalism in USA, interspersed with a reprise of Noam Chomsky from episode 29 on the elite's determination to control the public mind lest the democratic state serve the wishes of the majority rather than the privilege of the few.

UG#624 - The Vast Machine To Perpetuate Hopelessness (Marxian Class Analysis 1)

As we approach the climax of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years, we begin a series of talks by Economics Professor Richard Wolff introducing Marxian class analysis.

150th anniversary / Countermotions to shareholder meeting BAYER: Company History

BAYER is staging costly celebrations to mark its 150th birthday, yet the company´s numerous crimes are not mentioned at all in the commemorative publications. Instead of acknowledging responsibility for forced labor, poison gas and fatal pharmaceutical products, the company's history is wholly ignored.
The Coalition against Bayer Dangers has introduced countermotions to the upcoming Bayer shareholder meeting to highlight the dark side of BAYER’s past

UG#621 - US Capitalism From Start To Finish (911 As Finance Capitalist Endgame)

06-03-2013 20:46 | History | Social Struggles | Sheffield | World

As we return to reading David Graeber this, we look at the origins of capitalism in USA - how the system of self-sufficient slave estates and family farms gave way to one of wage labor. Then we ask, were the events of 11 years ago the cover for a massive financial fraud? We conclude by reflecting on what these angles contribute to our understanding of 'capitalism' and the importance of personally, consciously stepping away from it.

Public Meeting: ‘50 Shades of Resistance’

The Anne Frank Trust UK is proud to present its International Women’s Day 2013 public meeting in Manchester: ‘50 Shades of Resistance’.

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A Son Of Portugal's Carnation Revolution, Forgotten 1974 Anti-Fascist Coup

He held a gun to the commander's head and said "we do not shoot civilians". Portugal's forgotten 1974 Carnation Revolution, could it happen here in the UK?
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Anne Frank +You in Manchester

The Anne Frank Trust UK is delighted to announce that their flagship exhibition Anne Frank +You, will be on display at Z-Arts in Manchester, from 25th February to the 23rd March 2013.

UG#617 - Money, Power and Sociopathy (Competition, Randroids, Economists)

18-02-2013 11:14 | Analysis | History | Sheffield | World

We start the final chapter of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years this week by going beyond the 'bad apples' line at the deeper, systemic truths which underlie the rottenness of finance capital and indeed of the idolization of competition. Gary Weiss speaks on his book, Ayn Rand Nation and entrepreneur and journalist Margaret Heffernan speaks on Money, Power and Competition.

Vegetarianism, Reincarnation, Fallibility In The Early Christian Church

Papal infallibility did not become Catholic doctrine until 1870. Long before that
vegetarian and reincarnation teachings had been quashed.

UG#614 - Granting Autonomy to The Logic of Money 1 (Capitalism, Debt & Banking)

We left off our reading of David Graeber with the statement that "The logic of money was granted autonomy. Political and military power were then gradually reorganized around it". This week we look in more detail at what that meant, focusing mainly on the USA in the 19th and 20th centuries. As well as reading more from Debt, The First 5000 Years we hear a few words from Ivan Illich and the first half of a radio adaptation of a video on the Banking Cartels and the US Federal Reserve.

UG#615 - Granting Autonomy to The Logic of Money 2 (Capitalism, Banking...)

This week is a sequel to last week's episode, again combining some hidden history of the bankers in USA with our continued reading of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years. We conclude with the audio of an introductory presentation on Altruistic Economics which Robin Upton gave at the Chaos Computer Congress in Berlin in December 2009.

Dr Azzam Tamimi – The Arab Uprising and its Effect on Egypt & Palestine

11-02-2013 21:16 | Anti-racism | History | Palestine | World

Dr Tamimi, a British Palestinian academic and political activist delivered his opinion on the Arab Uprising and its effects on Egypt and Palestine on Sunday 10th February 2013 in Peterborough, UK. A video of his presentation can be viewed here -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCeh7uk37rc&feature=share&list=UU7XhMItxEJ2mNmwSoflTHLQ

UG#613 - Economic Disposal of The Worthless (Hidden History of Eugenics in USA)

This show examines the history of eugenics in USA. Robert Whitaker tells how WASPish business magnates took up the idea of racial purity and aggressively promoted eugenics, leading directly to forced sterilizations and lobotomies across USA, and indirectly to Nazi Germany's Final Solution.

UG#612 - From Conquistadors to Opium Wars (Debt & the Great Capitalist Empires)

This time we look at the grim consequences of the logic of imperialist exploitation for profit since the Middle Ages. As a specific example of the general principles we read about in Debt, The First 5000 Years we hear Frank Sanello on the Opium Wars between Britain and China.

BBC South East News 28th Jan 2013 Re: Combe Haven Defenders

Video of the Camp Decoy Eviction and opinion from News Readers and public....

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UG#611 - Money as Powerlessness(Economic Parasitism,MMT,Debt in the Middle Ages)

Does money really empower people, or does it trap them in a zero-sum game in which >99% will come out as losers? A two-parter this time on money and debt. In our first hour, two speeches from the first conference on Modern Money Theory in Rimini, Italy. In the second, we continue reading from David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years.

Uri Davies - Britain's Legacy in Palestine Conference 2013

22-01-2013 09:37 | History | Palestine | Terror War | World

Uri Davies talks about 'Reversing the Political Zionist Interpretation of Britiain's Colonial Legacy in Palestine' at the Britain's Legacy in Palestine Conference held in London on 19th January 2013. A video of his presentation can be viewed here -

http://youtu.be/_vmhzOmUkuI

UG#610 - From Enclosure to Privatization (Luddism, Magna Carta & Debt)

We start with Peter Linebaugh on Luddism and the multifaceted enclosure movement in UK. Then, a report on prison privatization in Canada. We conclude by starting chapter 10 of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years on the decline of the Axial age empires and social systems in India and China.

World History Newswire Archive

8 April every week Witch is Dead DAY

Photos from Brixton + all police leave cancelled for Thatcher's funeral

UG#628 - Asking Forbidden Questions (Why Do People Put Up With Capitalism?)

UG#624 - The Vast Machine To Perpetuate Hopelessness (Marxian Class Analysis 1)

150th anniversary / Countermotions to shareholder meeting BAYER: Company History

UG#621 - US Capitalism From Start To Finish (911 As Finance Capitalist Endgame)

Public Meeting: ‘50 Shades of Resistance’

A Son Of Portugal's Carnation Revolution, Forgotten 1974 Anti-Fascist Coup

Anne Frank +You in Manchester

UG#617 - Money, Power and Sociopathy (Competition, Randroids, Economists)

Vegetarianism, Reincarnation, Fallibility In The Early Christian Church

UG#614 - Granting Autonomy to The Logic of Money 1 (Capitalism, Debt & Banking)

UG#615 - Granting Autonomy to The Logic of Money 2 (Capitalism, Banking...)

Dr Azzam Tamimi – The Arab Uprising and its Effect on Egypt & Palestine

UG#613 - Economic Disposal of The Worthless (Hidden History of Eugenics in USA)

UG#612 - From Conquistadors to Opium Wars (Debt & the Great Capitalist Empires)

BBC South East News 28th Jan 2013 Re: Combe Haven Defenders

UG#611 - Money as Powerlessness(Economic Parasitism,MMT,Debt in the Middle Ages)

Uri Davies - Britain's Legacy in Palestine Conference 2013

UG#610 - From Enclosure to Privatization (Luddism, Magna Carta & Debt)

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