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UK Public sector cuts Newswire Archive

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Mayday come to Portsmouth

10-04-2011 16:53

As the government proposes to ban the Mayday bank holiday, plans for marches are popping up all across the country and Portsmouth is no exception.

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Support the NHS picket in Cambridge, 09/04/2011

10-04-2011 15:52

Yesterday (Saturday April 9th, 2011) a small but significant group of activists gathered in Cambridge Market Square to lodge their disapproval of the government's current proposals to all but privatise the NHS by devolving funding to local GP practices - a bizarre idea by anybody's standards.

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Eviction resistance @ Social Centre Plus this Tuesday!

09-04-2011 20:43

Social Centre Plus, the occupied Job Centre on Deptford High Street, faces an attempted eviction by bailiffs this Tuesday morning and we want YOU to help us defend it!

We need people to demonstrate against the would-be closure of the space outside the front entrance from 10AM ONWARDS.

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Lampeter wakes up against the Cuts

08-04-2011 16:33

The incredible 'Progress' Sound System: don't get in its way!
On 6th March staff, students, and townsfolk gathered at Lampeter – home to Britain’s smallest university – for a Carnival against the Cuts.

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Report launch: political protest and the police

07-04-2011 12:31

5PM TODAY. POLITICAL PROTEST AND THE POLICE: YOUNG PEOPLE IN BRIGHTON A REPORT ON STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN BRIGHTON, 24TH AND 30TH NOVEMBER 2010

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Who is publishing latest starvation figures for Britain?

07-04-2011 11:22

CONDEM’s Osborne gloats that Portugal's bailout plea proves that the CUTS policy in Britain is the 'right way'. Does this mean that everything is honkey dory and no one is starving in Britain?

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Black Blocs: Masking up saves incarceration

07-04-2011 03:01

Without being overtly judgemental, the 16 faces police released on April 2nd (who they say are involved in criminal damage, scuffles with police on March 26th) are not 'sterotypical black blocers' - ie those who dress the part. No doubt it's great they joined our cause, but it goes to show that wearing BLACK trousers, hoodies AND covering faces with a bandana, scarf or balaclava avoids further questions by police about your identity. Not to mention keeping it on at all times and only 'dressing down' away from any action.

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War on Kleptocracy

05-04-2011 13:59

Nice youtube footage by Queuepolitely

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More Proof the Protests are Working

03-04-2011 12:27

NHS reforms are being put on hold for 3 months due to overwhelming public opposition

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UK Uncut need to think about data security

03-04-2011 10:56

The arrest in Fortnum & Masons shows the police gathering data as ever. Activists should learn from this.

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Dissident Island Episode 79 April Fools: DOWNLOAD NOW!!!

03-04-2011 09:27

Dissident Island Radio April Fools: DOWNLOAD IT NOW

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Operation Brontide: Met target anticuts protesters

03-04-2011 01:33

Police are calling for information on people whos images they obtained from 'a range of sources, including CCTV' during anticuts protests on the 26th of march.
I for one reckon I saw ed milliband and boris johnson throwing a breeze block through the windows at the ritz and will be sure to explain this, at length, on the phone. I hope other upstanding citizens will follow suit.

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Protest Outside The Daily Mail – Stop the Defamation – Stop the Lies - April 14

02-04-2011 14:09

Thursday, April 14 · 2:00pm – 5:00pm

Daily Mail Headquarters, Young Street (off Kensington High Street), London W8 5TT

As part of the third National Day of Action Against Benefit Cuts a protest has been called outside the Daily Mail’s head office in Kensington on 14th April 2011.

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Lying Brent Council

01-04-2011 15:37

Charteris sports centre in Kilburn NW London stolen from the people by Brent council

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Economist likens ConDem cuts to conditions which Hitler rode to power on

31-03-2011 00:45

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ConDem austerity measures or 'cuts' for short are compared by Oxford Economist Martin Summers to the conditions that brought Hitler to power. Plus, is the symbolism in Tolkein's Lord Of The Rings about a coming World War?

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My march for the alternative

30-03-2011 19:54

Last Saturday up to 500,000 people joined the TUC's March for the Alternative. Many hundreds, if not thousands, of other people protested against the Con-Dem cuts in different, spikier, ways. Here's my story and reflections.

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Arrested at the Anti Cuts demo March 26th? Defendents Meeting

30-03-2011 15:47

Defendants' meeting - Saturday 2nd April - 2pm - University of London Student Union, Malet Street, WC1E 7HY

Were you either charged with an offence or bailed to return to a police station soon? We know it's a worrying time and information can be difficult to come by. We also know from previous experience that it can be isolating and intimidating. The best way to deal with this is to meet others in the same position as yourself and stick together.

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You’re talking a lot, but you’re not saying anything – more thoughts on March 26

30-03-2011 12:18

A few thoughts on the condemnation (no pun intended) of the "violent minority" and the idea that the black bloc damaged our image.

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National Day of Protest Against Benefit Cuts - 14th April - latest info

30-03-2011 10:44


Millions are set to be affected by savage cuts to housing, disability, sickness and welfare benefits. People with disabilities, illness, the unemployed, single parents, carers the low waged, part time students, volunteers, homeless people and college students are all likely to see a devastating drop in disposable income with many slipping even further below the poverty line.
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