Contemporary Anarchist

Strike against SOPA and PIPA

2012-01-18T02:48:00.004+02:00

Today, we are striking against censorship. Join the largest online protest in history: tell Congress to stop this bill now! Write Congress Now! Not In The US? Petition The State Department. I am writing to you as a voter in your district. I urge you to oppose the Senate version of S. 968, the PROTECT IP Act. The PROTECT IP Act is

Thank You, Anarchists

2011-12-21T02:35:00.003+02:00

The Nation | Nathan Schneider | December 19, 2011 The anarchists’ way of operating was changing our very idea of what politics could be in the first place. This was exhilarating. Some occupiers told me they wanted to take it home with them, to organize assemblies in their own communities. It’s no accident, therefore, that when occupations spread around the country, the horizontal assemblies

Netanyahu decided to close Channel 10. So they showed the Israeli public how IDF kills Palestinian protesters

2011-12-18T17:02:00.005+02:00

http://news.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=853671Cut and paste this code, and spread it far and wide as you can.http://news.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=853671

Monumental Failure

2011-11-03T21:50:00.002+02:00

North East Anarchists report: Saturday 29th Oct was not a particularly good day for the Left, or for the unions or for anti-fascists. It certainly wasn't a good day for the Newcastle Occupation, as the consequences of the collective failure of all the above-named were visited on them in the form of a horde of brick-throwing nazis.Saturday was meant to have been Rise Against Islamophobia - "

Countering Conspiracy Theory Nonsense and Racism In The Occupy Movement

2011-10-23T12:22:00.002+02:00

From speaking to activists over the past few days, it is interesting, and slightly concerning, to note some news emerging from the Occupy movement.Spreading from Occupy Wall Street, a series of similar occupations have occurred internationally. In the UK this has included an attempt to occupy the London Stock Exchange, and events in regional cities like Norwich and Birmingham. Opposition to the

A Riot Laugh!

2011-08-14T03:56:00.000+03:00

By ‘Malatesta’ For Sale: Flat screen TV. Slight fire damage. Offers? Crivvens! Britain burns, Dave dithers and Boris bumbles through but luckily the English Defence League are on hand to help! Phew! It’s not really been going too well for the EDL over the last few weeks what with the media fingering them over connections to Norwegian killer Anders Breivik, the continuing fallouts with the Jewish

EDL member complains that mosques are out of keeping with local architecture.

2010-07-03T23:52:00.008+03:00

EDL's 'Max' complained:12.12.2009 00:57speaking on the switzerland mosques.....theire architecture isn't really inkeeping with the surrounding area. I doubt they would have got planning permission anyway (and they shouldn't of - why should a mosque be allowed to be built, yet other buildings can't?)"MaxLocal Mosque"How exactly is this mosque not in keeping with the local architecture?Unless you

Books: Contemporary Anarchist Studies

2010-06-28T12:31:00.006+03:00

Review"Contemporary Anarchist Studies comes at precisely the right moment in history. From anarchist theory and pedagogy in the academy, to the practices of anarchists in the streets, this book collects the insights of many of the most well known names in the field, and provides both a cogent analysis of our present as well as a hopeful direction for our future."-- Dr. Corey Lewis, Humboldt State

EDL at Wythenshawe Forum

2010-06-27T17:09:00.010+03:00

Bakunin said:"would be even funnier if someone added the Benny Hill music"So here's our DIY version:Mute the EDL video (top) by clicking the 'volume'.Click play on both videos, then click'full screen' on the EDL video...

Whitechapel United Against Division: Reflections on the Anti-EDL Mobilisations on Sunday.

2010-06-22T02:35:00.003+03:00

Anarchists Versus EDL/UAF June 21, 2010A controversial few weeks on the streets of Whitechapel culminated on Sunday with a complete no-show by the EDL (not surprising given that their “leadership” had spent the last week urging their members not to attend Sunday after the cancellation of the UK-IC conference at the Troxy). However, there was a strong turn out from local people prepared to defend

Whitechapel Anarchist Group on the English Defence League (EDL), the UAF and Islamist bigots

2010-06-19T14:00:00.009+03:00

The UNITED AGAINST FASCISM (UAF) political machinery will storm ahead this Sunday 20th June marching against… erm… well no one… From the outset the UAF stitched up the Tower Hamlets mobilisation, a great write up from the AWL gives you a taster of exactly how, and they themselves can be accused of stirring up fear and hysteria within the local community. The morally bankrupt Left would sooner

A very un-English Defence League

2010-06-17T14:37:00.090+03:00

17/06/2010 - by Luther BlissettThere's nothing English about the English Defence League, apart from the poor saps who are manipulated into supporting this American-based lobby group.The extreme right-wing Islamophobic and violent street army, the English Defence League, is led and fed ideologically by America's far-right network of Islamophobic bloggers, charity-exempt political NGOs and

EDL Leader Tommy Robinson unmasked

2010-06-17T14:35:00.011+03:00

Exposed! Tommy Robinson EDLTommy Robinson unmasked"Leader" of the English Defence League and muppet puppet of ICLA exposed, most likely by Malta-based loony ex-leader puppet Paul Andrews Cinato Ray, aka Lionheart (below). Update: EDLs Tommy Robinson - Real name revealed.

We opposed EDL in Newcastle. We held the Toon

2010-05-30T16:17:00.000+03:00

Published: Sunday 30 May 2010 16:17 by Gerrybeee | ShareTagged as: social_struggles Neighbourhoods: Report of anti-racist activity in response to EDL march in Newcastle 29th May 2010, from North East Against Racism.We showed them racism would not go unchallenged! EDL confined to Bigg Market. Anti-racists the dominant presence in toon.Thanks to everyone who took part today - on all the anti-racist

Anti fascist Action from the early 90s.

2009-12-15T12:33:00.000+02:00

Documentary from the 1990s on Anti fascist Action.

Revealed: English Defence League Really ARE Scottish!

2009-12-11T10:14:00.000+02:00

"/>We owe the English Scottish Defence League an apology. We thought that they were just a bunch of racist football hooligans who wanted to see some rain and hills, so transplanted their wannabe-race war to Glasgow last month.We thought the fact that their SDL hoodies have the English St Georges Cross on them was proof that they had no links here.However. The photo here proves us wrong. It shows

London council proposal to ban soup runs

2007-11-02T03:02:00.000+02:00

email from LCAPAll London Councils are proposing a new, tenth London Local Authorities Billwhich would make giving out free food, to the homeless and others, a criminal offence in London!see text of proposal:Distribution of free refreshments ProblemFree refreshments and food are regularly distributed on public land, particularly by organisations wishing to assist the homeless. The unfettered

Storm over new 'snooping law'

2007-10-28T18:36:00.000+02:00

icWales.co.uk: Oct 28 2007 by Matt Withers, Wales On SundayA WELSH MP has blasted controversial new powers which allow public bodies to scrutinise anybody’s mobile phone records.The powers permit nearly 800 UK organisations, from the police down to the smallest councils and most obscure quangos, to see phone records of anyone without having to ask their permission.Signed off by the Home Secretary

Movement for the Civil-isation of Israeli Society

2007-10-28T14:00:00.000+02:00

Charter[By: New Profile]We, a group of feminist women and men, are convinced that we need not live in a soldiers' state. Today, Israel is capable of a determined peace politics. It need not be a militarized society. We are convinced that we ourselves, our children, our partners, need not go on being endlessly mobilized, need not go on living as warriors. We understand that the state of war in

2007-08-21T04:22:00.000+03:00

Which brings us to another debate, raging in activist circles - The Violence/Non-Violence debate:The ethos under which this blog was set up was to resist the FIT teams by whatever means people feel are necessary. These could be very non violent and legal or very militant and illegal.Whilst this obviously leads to a discussion of tactics, and for some this may be useful, it may be good to keep

Climate Camp has begun

2007-08-14T04:39:00.000+03:00

Keep up to date with Climate Camp 2007 on Indymedia UK.Over the weekend, a field close to Heathrow airport site was occupied by several hundred people, the first wave of setting up the 2007 Camp For Climate Action. Yesterday, there have been reports of two arrests and police copying data from mobile phones during searches. By now, the kitchen is functioning and first meetings are being

More on Heathrow Climate Camp

2007-08-14T00:34:00.000+03:00

For an event as big as Climate Camp, you'd expect to see more coverage on Indymedia? Sadly indymedia was a casualty of the heavy, illogical and indiscriminate policing operation surrounding Climate Camp, and Sipson village in particular. The satellite truck and its power supply were caught up in a massive and pointless traffic jam.Full report and pictures from Indymedia.

Heathrow Climate Camp

2007-08-13T04:27:00.000+03:00

BBC - Heathrow protestors set up campA "mass direct action" is scheduled for next Sunday and a website supporting the camp has promised acts of "civil disobedience". Organisers say that a "temporary eco-village" has been set up near the villages of Sipson and Harlington - between the M4 motorway and the airport's northern perimeter. Protesters claim that the growth in air travel is a major factor

The Black Sites

2007-08-07T02:00:00.000+03:00

This nine page article in the next edition of The New Yorker takes a look inside the C.I.A.’s secret interrogation program. In the war on terror, one historian says, the C.I.A. “didn’t just bring back the old psychological techniques—they perfected them.”KeywordsMohammed, Khalid Sheikh; Secret Interrogations;Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.); Al Qaeda; Torture; Pearl, Mariane;Pearl, Daniel

Anarchy Alive!: Anti-authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory

2007-07-27T16:57:00.000+03:00

To be published in November 2007, by Pluto PressAbout the AuthorUri Gordon has been tear-gassed in several major European cities. An Israeli activist and journalist, he wrote his PhD on anarchist politics at Oxford while organising with the Dissent! network, Indymedia, Peoples' Global Action and Anarchists Against the Wall.About the bookAnarchist politics are at the heart of today's most vibrant

Heathrow puts up legal barricades to keep away protesters

2007-07-27T11:36:00.000+03:00

If you're a member of the National Trust, the RSPB, the Woodland Trust or Friends of the Earth, then you could be banned from Britain's biggest airport. And the Piccadilly line. And parts of Paddington station. And sections of the M4. All because the authorities want to halt a protest against climate change...By Martin Hickman, Consumer Affairs CorrespondentPublished: 27 July 2007Five million

International Barbie-in-a-blender Day

2007-07-27T08:44:00.000+03:00

July 27 is National Barbie-in-a-Blender Day. Send freeculture.org a picture of your Barbie (or Ken) in a blender and they will add it to their gallery. The day is being organised to celebrate the court victory of artist Tom Forsythe who was sued by Mattel for his series of Barbie pics. Only pity is that freeculture.org fell into the US-centric trap of calling it the National (rather than

AATW: Palestinian protestor shot in the head with a rubber bullet

2007-07-27T06:20:00.000+03:00

On Friday 20th July 2007, in Bil'in village at the weekly demonstration against the Hafrada (separation) wall (fence) a Palestinian was protestor shot in the head with a rubber bulletAATW reports: Bil’in’s Friday protest saw over 300 Palestinian, Israeli and international supporters march towards the Israeli Apartheid Wall. As soon as the protesters were in sight of the Israeli soldiers, the

FIT Watch

2007-07-27T05:46:00.000+03:00

Coming hot on the heels after the troubles in USA between dissidents and state surveillance and brutality, comes fitwatch.blogspot.com - "set up for all those who have suffered harassment from the Forward Intelligence Teams" and asking for activists to "share ideas for action, experiences, requests for information" including "any information and photos you have on the FIT teams". Their aim is to

Vigil tonight for Anarchist slain by Russian Neo-Nazis

2007-07-26T20:11:00.000+03:00

Thursday, at 7PM in London UK, outside the Russian Embassy, 13 Kensington Palace Gardens (nearest tube Notting Hill Gate: walk along Notting Hill Gate and it is the second road on your right). (Map)Statement from Siberian IndyMediaOn 21st of July dawn at 5 am our sleeping camp was brutally attacked. Some scumbags suddenly tumbled down our tents, burned down and stole our things, beat us sleeping

Urgent Call For Donations

2007-07-26T19:11:00.000+03:00

Dear friend,The mounting legal cost of the joint Palestinian-Israeli struggle against the occupation is forcing us to send this urgent appeal for funds. We are asking for your support to continue the work of the Israeli group www Anarchists Against the Wall (AATW).For the past four years, the group has supported the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation and specifically against Israel's

Civil Rights, Liberties and Disobedience: Alternatives to Governance in the 21st century, Loughborough University, July 27th-28th, 2007

2007-07-25T14:08:00.000+03:00

Anarchist Studies NetworkCivil Rights, Liberties and Disobedience: Alternatives to Governance in the 21st century, Loughborough University, July 27th-28th, 2007For some the “War on Terror” is a necessary defence of liberty in the face of a real, major and present threat: for others it portends the extended curtailment of civil liberties, the repression and criminalisation of protest and the

Victory for Dutch & Belgian EarthFirst!

2007-07-21T16:25:00.000+03:00

For two years GroenFront! - Dutch & Belgian EarthFirst! - have been fighting with the local community in Schinveld, in the southeast of the country, to preserve a forest that would be destroyed for the sake of the NATO airforce base across the German border. A direct action camp was evicted in January, and 15 acres were destroyed, but 35 acres saved. GroenFront! was preparing to reoccupy the

Saving Iceland's latest action as part of the Summer of Resistance to the aluminium industry in Iceland

2007-07-19T16:12:00.000+03:00

from Earth First! Action ReportsGRUNDARTANGI – Saving Iceland has this afternoon closed the single supply road from Highway 1 to the Century/Nordural smelter on Hvalfjordur and the steel factory Elkem – Icelandic Alloys. Saving Iceland opposes the planned new Century smelter at Helguvik and the expansion of the Icelandic Alloys factory. Activists have used lock-ons (metal arm tubes) to form a

Podcast: First ever The F-word podcast

2007-07-09T16:15:00.000+03:00

The F-word PodcastGive it a listen!

Civil Rights, Liberties and Disobedience - Alternatives to Governance in the 21st Century

2007-06-17T00:25:00.000+03:00

Where: Loughborough UniversityWhen: July 27-28, 2007In conjunction with: The Centre for the Study of International Governance, Loughborough University; the PSA Anarchist Studies Network; Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC); Trident Ploughshares/Faslane 365;NASPIR; the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, The curtailment of our civil liberties, the repression and criminalisation

Enough! Enough! Enough!

2007-05-25T10:51:00.000+03:00

National Demonstration and Rally in London, June 9th 20079 June 2007 is the international day of action to mark the 40th anniverary of the Six Day War and Israel's military occupation of Palestine.We want tens of thousands of people to join us for the primary international event of the year in support of the Palestinian people.To take part in this historic event, meet at 1.30pm on Saturday 9 June

The Disney Trap. How Copyright Steals Our Stories

2007-05-07T04:51:00.000+03:00

Imagine you could chat online with Molly Bloom, Joyce's Ulysse's heroine... What would she think about copyright? Find it out in this short film produced by Monica Mazzitelli, www.iQuindici.org Immaginatevi di poter chattare con Molly Bloom, la protagonista dell'Ulisse di Joyce.. Che vi potrebbe dire sul copyright? Scopritelo in questo corto sottotitolato in italiano, prodotto da Monica

MAYDAY 2007 - Suited and Booted

2007-04-23T12:46:00.000+03:00

After a workshop held at Reclaim The Future, it was realised that there was a fair demand for a different type of mayday than an anarchist block on a march. The following is not an attempt to tread on toes, but there's always room for more on Mayday. So if you fancy something a bit more varied, come and play...MAYDAY 2007 – Suited and BootedWe want to relaunch the Mayday protests with a new

Protestors demonstrate against new asylum centre

2007-04-23T02:43:00.000+03:00

BBC reports:Protestors have staged a demonstration against the building of a second asylum detention centre in Gatwick.More than a hundred people took to the streets of Crawley, Sussex, on Saturday to call for an end to the holding of asylum seekers in secure units.Tinsley House, which is situated at Gatwick, currently holds 135 people. The Home Office plan to open a new 420 bed detention centre

The Art of Flight - Documentary on Sudan, Darfur Refugees

2007-04-13T05:13:00.000+03:00

Nomads Land Films 1 hr 9 min 7 sec - 05-Jan-2007 www.nomadsland.com"..a harrowing and introspective documentary... an act of redemption..." - The Los Angeles Times "...a terrific-looking, polished exposé..." - Variety World Premiere - International Documentary Competition - AFI International Film Festival, Hollywood International Premiere - First Appearance Competition - International

Zine Fest!

2007-04-12T12:39:00.000+03:00

Saturday 12 May 2007, 12pm-4pm, FreeThe Women’s Library, Old Castle Street, Londonwww.thewomenslibrary.ac.ukProgramme: A hands-on introduction to zine making; Grrrly Show film screening, featuring interviews with some key women zinesters from North America; panel discussion about DIY culture and feminist publishing with Teal Triggs; exhibition of women’s zines from the 1970’s to now; zine distros

Global Warming Swindle Swindle

2007-04-12T00:13:00.000+03:00

Excellent examination by Chris Merchant, University of Edinburgh of Martin Durkin's (ex-Revolutionary Communist Party/Living Marxism) awful documentary 'Great Global Warming Swindle' which bears a remarkable resemblance to his previous lambasting of environmentalism and global warming Against Nature, broadcast 10 years ago in 1997. The presentation has a scratchy narration in parts, but bear

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE YET TO THE SOCPA LAWS!

2007-04-10T23:57:00.000+03:00

On the 5th of April Mark Thomas and a group of regulars at the Mass Lone Demos arrived at Charing Cross police station armed with 1,184 requests for demonstrations in the SOCPA zone. The demos will take place on the 21st of April. The aim is for people to carry out 20 demos each in the SOCPA zone in one day and to get as many people as possible to do so.<< 1,184 forms!The designated area that the

We are dreamers...

2007-04-09T23:48:00.000+03:00

An excerpt from Statement of OccupationOccupying ourselvesSo the reality we found was one of carefully speculated abandon and ruin. The water pipes were open leaving water to run through two floors. Everything was soaked and stained with mould. The toilets and shower were smashed. The wiring was ripped out and walls were smashed. No-one cared about the place. There was only one thing they cared

Stop shopping ... or the planet will go pop

2007-04-08T18:11:00.000+03:00

Watch UK Channel 5. Tuesday 10th April 2007 7.15 – 8.00 pm Big Ideas that Changed the World – ConsumerismThis programme sees Jonathon Porritt examine consumerism. Porritt argues that consumerism a subject that is never far from the headlines today, has a dark and destructive side and is in danger of destroying the planet.This thought provoking mainstream article from The Observer interviews

Anarchism?! By Michael Albert

2007-04-07T13:11:00.001+03:00

from http://www.zmag.org/anarchism.htmLike most social movements anarchism is diverse. Most broadly an anarchist seeks out and identifies structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination throughout life, and tries to challenge them as conditions and the pursuit of justice permit. Anarchists work to eliminate subordination. They focus on political power, economic power, power relations among men

Irrepressible!

2007-04-06T17:06:00.000+03:00

Irrepressible Adj. 1) Impossible to repress or control.Chat rooms monitored. Blogs deleted. Websites blocked. Search engines restricted. People imprisoned for simply posting and sharing information.The Internet is a new frontier in the struggle for human rights. Governments – with the help of some of the biggest IT companies in the world – are cracking down on freedom of expression.Amnesty

Anarchists against the Veil?

2007-04-05T13:42:00.000+03:00

Excellent critique from Angry White Kid:March 26, 2007Anarchists against the veil?Last week, a statement from the Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group (MACG) was blasted out into the internet ether entitled "No to racism and the veil." It was noted this article was published in the first edition of "The Anvil," MACG's newsletter.I know little about the MACG aside from the brief announcement of

Anarcha-feminist festival in Zagreb, which will be held on the 13th, 14th and 15th of April

2007-04-05T12:49:00.000+03:00

You're invited to actively participate in the first anarcha-feminist festival in Zagreb (Croatia) that will be held in April, 2007. The program is imagined to contain a number of lessons, discussions, video projections, workshops, exhibitions, presentations and performances that introduce, describe, fulfill, expand and define the term and the idea of anarcha-feminism.The festival is scheduled to

ARTIST FACES 20-YEAR CHARGES IN POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CASE

2007-04-04T23:55:00.000+03:00

For his master’s thesis project, artist Joshua Kinberg devised a “wireless bicycle” equipped with cellphone, laptop and spray tubes that could squirt messages received over the Internet onto the sidewalk or street. In 2004, artist Steve Kurtz was accused of bioterrorism. Steve Kurtz's wife Hope died of a heart attack May 11. Steve, an associate professor of art at University at Buffalo, called

City of Seattle Agrees to Pay WTO Protesters $1 Million

2007-04-04T15:29:00.000+03:00

Ciy of Seattle has agreed to pay WTO Protestors $1 million in compensation to around 175 people who were wrongfully arrested during a peaceful World Trade Organisation protest in 1999. $800,000 has already been paid out after more than a dozen WTO lawsuits and claims from people whose constitutional rights were violated during the Seattle World Trade Organisation protests of 1999. This is the

Fight the Pipe!

2007-04-04T00:09:00.000+03:00

Please sign this petition!A short film about resistance to the pipeline, including footage from various protests and Brecon Tree CampResistance is growing to the 200mile gas pipeline that National Grid is building through Wales. Construction sites have been occupied, roads blockaded and a tree camp established on the route of the pipeline. With eviction at the camp looking imminent, campaigners

Nothing is what democracy looks like: Openness, horizontality and the movement of movements by Rodrigo Nunes

2007-04-02T10:27:00.000+03:00

Originally published in www.shutthemdown.orgNetworked, horizontal forms have been at the centre of many of the political debates of the last ten years, and often been treated alternatively as the limit (by its enemies) and the solution (by its proponents) to the problems of organisation of resistance to global capitalism. This has unfortunately meant that critiques carried out ‘from the inside’ –

No peace yet for earthly remains of an anarchist

2007-04-01T17:13:00.000+03:00

Liberate anarchist brain!Giovanni Passannante did not achieve much in life. The Italian cook turned anarchist failed in 1878 to kill the king with a kitchen knife, then went insane in solitary confinement on Elba.Now his brain, still pickled in a glass box in Rome's crime museum, is at the centre of a row over whether to give him some peace, dragging in his home town mayor, actors, writers and

Revolutionary Insults

2007-03-31T12:32:00.000+03:00

A look at the revolutionary Left's lexicon of insults with Marc Fischer of the Communist Party of Great Britain: Listen to mp3Stalinism was back into the news this week thanks to the words of a former mandarin, who aimed it as an insult to Gordon Brown. We investigated the somewhat confusing world of the Left Wing Revolutionary insult and found that workers of the world are still not united on

The Milky Way

2007-03-30T22:05:00.000+03:00

Directed by Luis Buñuel, 1969Rated PG, 1 hr 45 minsReviews from Rotten Tomatoes"More witty than Dogma and more aesthetically refined than the original Bedazzled, the film is affectionately irreverent and adventurous storytelling.""This comical film will make any viewer question his beliefs -- from religious fanatic to rabid atheist.""I doubt such an unrelenting challenge to the Christian faith,

5th April - World Naked Bike Ride Meeting, British Museum, London

2007-03-30T21:35:00.000+03:00

The next WNBR London 2007 meeting will take place at 6:30pm on the evening of 5 April 2007 at the British MuseumWe will meet in the Great Court on the Main Floor of the British Museum (map and floor plans) at the large cafe tables nearest the Enlightenment Gallery (on the east side, formerly known as the King's Library). We'll have WNBR things out, so it will be easy to spot the meeting.Get in

US Police Spied on Protesters before RNC rally

2007-03-29T08:29:00.000+02:00

Watch 25th March 2007 report from Democracy Now!"The New York Times has revealed that undercover New York City police officers traveled around the country, Canada and Europe to spy on protesters planning to attend the 2004 Republican National Convention. We host a debate with NYPD spokesperson, Paul Browne and civil rights attorney, Jethro Eisenstein. We also speak with one of the hundreds of

Space Hijackers protest outside Whitechapel Starbucks

2007-03-28T09:26:00.000+02:00

Fine photographs of the Space Hijackers protest outside Whitechapel Starbucks, last Saturday 25th March 2007, from ww.urban75.org and a report on BBC London

Save the Square

2007-03-28T06:58:00.000+02:00

Update from Save The Square@myspace blogThe Public Meeting 23rd March 2007Last night at the public meeting with Bill Rammell, Councillors and Youth service Representatives, nearly all the issues were discussed. The outcome of this meeting was that the proposed changes will be reviewed by councillors, youth councillors and 5 members of save the square (yet to be decided).Bill Rammell suggested a

Conference: ALTERNATIVE FUTURES and POPULAR PROTEST

2007-03-28T00:51:00.000+02:00

12th International ConferenceManchester Metropolitan University2-4 April 2007From 1995 to 2006, Manchester Metropolitan University hosted a series of very successful annual international conferences on 'ALTERNATIVE FUTURES and POPULAR PROTEST'. We're very happy to announce that the Twelfth AF&PP Conference will be held, between Monday 2nd April and Wednesday 4th April 2007.The Conference rubric

The Nine Dot Problem by D. Perleman

2007-03-26T11:05:00.000+02:00

"The problems that we have created as a result of the level of thinking that we have done thus far cannot be solved at the same level of thinking at which we created them."Albert Einstein "Without lifting your pencil from the paper, draw exactly four straight, connected lines that will go through all nine dots, but through each dot only once." (The Nine-dot Problem)Most people struggle for a long

The Abolitionist Spirit - Understand-Redress-Eradicate

2007-03-25T03:15:00.000+02:00

from www.antislavery.orgSunday 25 March 2007 marks 200 years since Britain abolished the Transatlantic Slave Trade. At least 12 million people are in slavery today. Seize the abolitionist spirit:Tens of thousands of ordinary people signed petitions as part of the campaign to abolish the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Today slavery affects millions of people around the world. By signing the

An Anarchist's Story: Ethel MacDonald

2007-03-23T20:31:00.000+02:00

s p o i l e r Ethel MacDonald was born in Bellshill, West of Scotland, in 1910 the free-spirited daughter of a large working class family,but from such humble beginnings often come extraordinary stories. At the time of our story Ethel is 27 years old. She is determined - almost to the point of obsession. She is confident of her values and her abilities and is completely fearless. As an Anarchist

I bike MCR

2007-03-23T11:45:00.000+02:00

I bike MCR is an exhibition and festival to celebrate the bicycle, taking place from Friday 30th March to Friday 20th April. It is a grassroots festival that has been organised by cyclists for cyclists. This is the first one but we hope to make it an annual event.Everyone is welcome to participate in every event, whether you have a top of the range bike or an old shopper, it doesn't matter. It's

Against the Grain podcast: Horizontalism - voices of popular power

2007-03-22T14:39:00.000+02:00

Listen to the Against the Grain podcast, 20.3.07Against the Grain interviews Martina Sitrin on social movements in Argentina: autonomy, mutual aid, self-organisation, and horizontalism. Marina travelled extensively throughout Argentina working with the autonomous popular movements and developing an oral history of the movements for a book entitled "Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in

Save the Square

2007-03-22T10:30:00.000+02:00

HistorySince the 1960s, The Square in Harlow has provided a much cherished community space, not only serving Harlow's youth needs, but also as a music venue. Over the years, this modest council centre has hosted bands such as the Buzzcocks, The Price, Mega City 4, Senseless Things, as well as serving as a incubator of local musical talent, holding Battle of the Band events with people of all ages

4th Anniversary of Iraq War: Peace Projection at Ground Zero

2007-03-21T16:14:00.000+02:00

from: http://www.glassbeadcollective.org/On March 20th GBC executed a Guerrilla projection project that consisted of a candle light vigil in front of Ground Zero accompanied by a Guerrilla projection light show on the surrounding Buildings.

PAN - Planetary Alternatives Network - Towards an Anarchist International

2007-03-21T08:30:00.000+02:00

There has been a proposal made by various people who are active within the anti-capitalist, anti-globalisation or alternative globalisation movements for a non sectarian anarchist international. This proposal has been discussed in various contexts and we include here a draft text for comment and discussion. This proposal is at a very early stage and may yet flourish or fall by the wayside, we

You risk five years in prison if you read this

2007-03-20T20:06:00.000+02:00

From this: By Alex ThomsonOnce upon a time there was a power station. And a lake. And a village next to the lake.One day, the men in charge of the power station decided they had to do something with all the ash produced by burning so much coal at the power station."I know," they said, "let's fill in the lake with half a million tons of ash. OK - so it contains arsenic, but not that much. I'm sure

Electricity giant Npower has obtained an injunction to stop protests and filming at the site of a proposed ash dump.

2007-03-20T19:59:00.000+02:00

from channel4 news:Electricity giant Npower has obtained an injunction to stop protests and filming at the site of a proposed ash dump.If you don't want to risk being jailed for up to five years, avert your eyes.What began as a local environmental battle has now escalated into something a lot more serious. When the people of Radley village took on the electricity giant Npower because of its

Report from the March on Pentagon

2007-03-20T01:19:00.000+02:00

On March 17, 2007, on the 4th anniversary of the start of the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq, tens of thousands of people from around the country descended on the Pentagon in a mass demonstration to demand: U.S. Out of Iraq Now! The march was synchronous with other demonstrations in more than two dozen cities across the United States and around the world, including Washington, New York,

Trident protest at AWE

2007-03-19T21:29:00.000+02:00

report from Neil Welch, Newbury Today:A LARGE police presence oversaw protests at Aldermaston's Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) this morning (Monday).Around 24 activists from Block the Builders were demonstrating against MPs’ decision to back the renewal of Britain’s nuclear deterrent.Police said the protest was peaceful, and that no arrests were made. In a throwback to the French Revolution,

Alternativa Antimilitarista blockade Faslane

2007-03-18T16:54:00.000+02:00

The Alternativa Antimilitarista - MOC group is blockading on Saturday 17th March to Sunday 18th March 2007. This group is mobilising among MOC (Movement of Conscientious Objectors) groups in Spain. On Saturday 17 March, Alternativa Antimilitarista from Spain blockaded North Gate. The support from groups such as Alternative Antimilitarista MOC proves that Trident is not only an UK issue - Nuclear

Projectile, May 2007, in Newcastle

2007-03-17T17:32:00.000+02:00

Projectile 2007 - the third annual festival of anarchist film and culture will take place 18 - 20th May, at the Star and Shadow cinema, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.Now that the star and Shadow is up and running, Projectile 2007 will have the full cinema experience (with separate blacked out cinema + bar and meeting room).On the film side, we are still tracking down a couple of rare gems. However we’ll

Forcing pre-abortion peek at ultrasound

2007-03-16T18:02:00.000+02:00

from www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/16/abortion/index.htmlThanks to a new bill, women in South Carolina may soon be forced to view an ultrasound image of their fetus before having an abortion. The state's "informed consent" law already requires that women receive a lecture on fetal development and abortion alternatives and then take an hour to consider the information before they can have

The Road to Guantánamo

2007-03-16T15:50:00.000+02:00

In this docudrama, the 'Tipton Three' narrate their own experiences in the hands of the US-backed Afghanistan National Alliance at the Shebargan prison in Afghanistan before being handed over to the U.S. Military and transferred to Camp Delta at Guantánamo, Cuba - described by Amnesty International as 'the gulag of our time', and which still holds 470 men never convicted of any crime.Directed by

550 March to Save Radley Lakes

2007-03-12T03:16:00.000+02:00

500 men, women and children* attended a rally outside the Guildhall in Abingdon and marched to the Radley Lakes to protest about the plans by RWE npower to fill Thrupp Lake with 500,000 tonnes of fuel ash from Didcot 'A' Power Station. About 40 cyclists, who joined the march along its route, and a contingent of Greens dressed as frogs took part in the event, which was organised by Save Radley

Trident vote set for Wednesday 14th March

2007-03-11T19:38:00.000+02:00

Trident vote set for Wednesday 14th March.The government has announced that a House of Commons debate and vote on Trident replacement will happen on Wednesday 14th from 12-7pm, despite promises of prior consultation (see EDM 579). CND is organising a rally in Parliament Square, London from 6-8pm.CND suggests to contact your MP now if you can meet them during the debate.There is also an

Police Brutality Mars International Women's Day Celebration in Montreal

2007-03-10T02:35:00.000+02:00

http://mostlywater.org/police_brutality_mars_international_womens_day_celebration_in_montrealSubmitted by blackandred on Fri, 2007-03-09 22:12. Québec | Security apparatus | Women | Press Release*Please circulate widely to contacts and media here and elsewhere*For Immediate ReleaseMontreal 9 March 2007Police Assault Women at International Women's Day MarchYesterday, as Montrealers, along with

The Wobblies

2007-03-09T04:27:00.000+02:00

from Christie Books Channel at Brightcoves p o i l e rThe Wobblies. A film by Stewart Bird and Deborah Shaffer "Solidarity! All for One and One for All!" With that slogan, the Industrial Workers of the World, aka the Wobblies, took to organizing unskilled workers into one big union and changing the course of history. Along the way to winning an eight-hour workday and fair wages in the early 20th

1857 - 2007 INTERNATIONAL WOMENS' DAY - 151 YEARS

2007-03-09T01:56:00.000+02:00

1 5 1 Y E A R S1 8 5 7 - 2 0 0 7 I N T E R N A T I O N A L W O M E N"I am all women, I am every woman. Wherever women are suffering, I am there. Wherever women are struggling, I am there. Wherever women are fighting for their liberation I am there."~ CWLU founding conferenceB A C K G R O U N DMarch 8, 1857 - women textile workers in New York were fired on by the army while demonstrating for a

IWW - Save Crichton Campus - the campaign continues - SOLIDARITY REQUEST

2007-03-09T00:00:00.000+02:00

Save Crichton Campus - the campaign continues - SOLIDARITY REQUESTSubmitted by intexile on Thu, 03/08/2007 - 3:51pm.Fellow workers,Glasgow University IWW Job Branch and the Save Crichton Campus campaign in Glasgow are calling another phone lobby on the success of last week’s event, which saw the University implement a telephone protocol for complaints about Crichton and lay on extra staff to deal

'Defend the NHS' National Day of Action

2007-03-07T20:35:00.000+02:00

Saturday, 3rd March, saw a national day of action to defend the National Health Service (NHS), called by NHS Together, an alliance of health service unions and staff associations together with the TUC. Demonstrations and rallies took place across the country, in Birmingham, Cambridge, Hackney (London), Leeds, Preston, Sheffield and other places. The aim of the protests, according to the

Childrens books banned for mere hint of sexuality

2007-03-06T11:22:00.001+02:00

First this: The New York Times reported this saddening news that a children's book that won the prestigious Newbery Medal is now being banned in many public schools in the USA for its use of the word, "scrotum": "The inclusion of the word has shocked some school librarians, who have pledged to ban the book from elementary schools, and reopened the debate over what constitutes acceptable content

Protest the proposed closure of Crichton Campus

2007-03-06T10:38:00.000+02:00

Glasgow University is proposing to close its campus at Crichton in Dumfries and Galloway. This campus has been really important in widening access to higher education, particularly amongst mature women. All its students have or are really enjoying the experience and feel really good about what it has done for them. There is overwhelming support from the local community and massive anger at the

' Vortex' London Social Centre evicted

2007-03-06T10:30:00.000+02:00

The Vortex Social Centre was evicted this morning at 5.00am by high court bailiffs and 3 van loads of police. The 8 or so people staying were escorted out of the building without incident. No arrests were made. We managed to retrieve most of our equipment and plan to resume social centre activities in the area as soon as is possible. Thank you to all those people who contributed in making the

Shutdown of Warfare Robotics Facility

2007-03-04T10:49:00.000+02:00

Pittsburgh Organizing Group (POG) reported:March 2nd saw a blockade of NREC's front gate involving a lockdown and a tripod; a blockade of NREC's back entrance on 43rd St. that resulted in 14 arrests; and a banner drop on the 40th street bridge. There was also a banner drop on CMU's campus the day before.As of 4am, Saturday, March 3, all 14 arrestees have been arraigned and released. They are

Word Plague by Clerk Kant

2007-03-03T12:11:00.000+02:00

The graffiti artist is a cultural transgressor.Street(s)crawl with krylon colours; giant schizoid letters and blown-up comic book figures are the marks of the craft.The letters on a page (or screen) are employed in eye-connotastic (sic0 action: illicitly sprayed on concrete canvasses, larger than life. This recontextualization is in itself a semiotically subversive act. The symbols of the system

Store Wars

2007-03-03T01:05:00.000+02:00

Free Range Studios presents - Store Wars: Supermarket SecretsThe following documentary is in two parts, and was first screened on Channel 4. The first part deals with Factory Farming, chickens, and general quality of supermarket food. This second part deals with Cows milk, food standards, food waste, pesticides, food globalization, and loss of quality of our produce. Journalist Jane Moore

Anarchism in America (1983)

2007-03-03T01:03:00.000+02:00

s p o i l e rEmmy and Guggenheim Award-winning filmmakers, Steven Fischler and Joel Sucher take a road trip from rural Atkins Bay, Maine, to cosmopolitan San Francisco in order to map anarchism as a distinctly American tradition, starting with the premise that Americans embody anarchist principles of freedom and independence. Along their journey, they interview a diverse cast of characters: from

Slavery – The Hidden History

2007-03-01T17:33:00.000+02:00

March 2007 is the 200th anniversary of the parliamentary abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire. The ‘celebration’ of the abolition is controversial for several reasons. As a school kid I was taught that William Wilberforce was the ‘conscience of the nation’ reforming the worst excesses of the Empire for the benefit of all. I was taught nothing of the politics, economics or military

The Truth Game

2007-02-28T02:01:00.000+02:00

"Secrecy and propaganda ought not to control what we think" said John Pilger in his classic 1983 documentary, 'The Truth Game'. Protect and SurviveFeaturing a clip from the farcical British Government's civil defence propaganda that contained do-it-yourself instructions on how to survive a nuclear attack in your own home if a Nuclear Attack to become a reality. Jingles of WarA new type of

Update: Radley Lakes battle: new inquiry

2007-02-26T12:05:00.000+02:00

By Gordon Rogers of The Oxford TimesCAMPAIGNERS are celebrating following a decision to hold a public inquiry into a proposal to protect Radley Lakes.Oxfordshire County Council said an inquiry to look into an application to grant the lakes, near Abingdon, Town Green status would be held in April.RWE npower has already begun work at the Thrupp Lake site, which it wants to use as a dump for 500,000

Two Years of joint Israeli-Palestinian protests in Bil'in

2007-02-23T21:25:00.000+02:00

Friday, 23rd February saw the second anniversary of the non-violent demonstrations held by Israelis, Palestinians and Internationals at the village of Bil'in, whose farmers are being subjected to forced confiscations of their land to enable Israel to erect a barrierwhich it says will prevent suicide bomber infiltrations.Over 1,000 people, including many Israelis and foreign nationals, gathered,

Sacco e Vanzetti (1971)

2007-02-23T19:31:00.000+02:00

23rd August 2007 marks the 80th anniversary of the state-execution of the Italian Anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, for murders they did not commit, amidst a backdrop of rising anti-immigrant sentiment in the USA. Following Guiliano Montado's powerful film, and exactly fifty years later, on 23rd August 1977, Michael Dukakis, then Governor of Massachusetts, issued a proclamation

Anarchy in the Balkans: Andrej Grubacic in conversation with FreedomFight

2007-02-23T10:55:00.000+02:00

Excerpt from: Anarchy in the Balkans: Andrej Grubacic in conversation with FreedomFight, Z Net, 20/2/2007FreedomFight is an anarchist, alter-globalist movement created in Serbia in 2003. Beside work on alternative web-based media project at www.freedomfight.net, Freedom Fight movement promotes necessity of opposing neo-liberal ideology. But that’s not all, we are not just reaction to the unjust

On the dark side of history ~ The Great Conspiracy

2007-02-22T13:22:00.000+02:00

Excerpts from: Carlo Ginzburg talks to Trygve Riiser GundersenGinzburg dismisses the prevailing relativism of historical truth as intellectually, politically, and morally lazy, and argues against equating history with "mankind's collective memory". Instead, history must serve a sense of historical justice, whereby the past – however selective our memory may be – is acknowledged and truth is

Human faces of Lebanon

2007-02-21T22:09:00.000+02:00

Charlie Pottins reports:WHAT is really happening in Lebanon, after the devastating Israeli war? We hear a fair amount from the media about what this or that party leader or foreign power might be up to. We hear that someone has been killed, and may even get a mention of people still getting blown up by those cluster bombs scattered liberally by Israeli forces, thanks to the largesse of Uncle Sam