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Final statement from the Ratcliffe defendants
06-01-2011 18:23
Final statement from the Ratcliffe defendants: post sentencing
We are twenty of the 114 who were part of the biggest pre-emptive arrest in British history as part of the increasing legal drive which priorities the protection of polluting business, and not people. As the UN Climate talks in Cancun produced embarrassingly inadequate legal responses, it's time for people to stand up and take action. We planned not only to stop carbon emissions from Ratcliffe but to be part of a much wider movement for global social justice.
We know the road to a sustainable future will not be easy. Today its hard to ignore the impacts of runaway climate change. Post sentencing we still feel our actions are a reasnable response to the irrational destructive situation we are in. Its a story which has been repeated time and again but in 2011 the show must go on. We will have to see huge shifts in the legal system to make the British judicial system set a global example – by redirecting their attention to the real criminals, the profit hungry fossil fuel industries. Dealing with climate change means looking at its root causes and we need to question why the profits of corporations such as e.on are being prioritised over people on the front line of our changing climate and the protection of our children's futures.
This scheme requires long term commitment and increasingly staunch political will – through creative direct action and other methods people can change the story of humans future. This is not an exercise in abstract science lessons - it requires us to stare hard into our communities and start joining up the dots. It’s the same energy companies that cling to coal who force pensioners into deadly fuel poverty. It’s the same government who fails to invest in green jobs that cut the UK flood defence budget. There are many avenues for making the links and connections and we are ever more determined to do all we can to stop emissions. As erratic weather patterns create more disasters, as people continue to choke on fumes and see their houses engulfed in floods – taking action on climate change is no longer an option – its a necessity. We want to reiterate our support for everyone everywhere fighting for climate justice.
http://ratcliffeontrial.org
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ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email: tash@indymedia.org
Web: http://digitaljournalist.eu
Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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Save EMA - student protest central London Jan 11th
06-01-2011 17:07
There’s not long to go until 11 January, and it’s early in the New Year, but let’s mobilise the biggest possible protest movement to stop the Tories in their tracks and save EMA.Save EMA, Walkout and Protest [2]
06-01-2011 16:22
The vote on tuition fees passed, but thanks to our protests, almost didn't. Scrapping EMA is far more controversial than scrapping tuition fees - we can stop this happening, all we have to do is make some noise and show that we care. Assemble with us at 11am by the fountains, and show this government that Bristol will not be silent when the rich threaten our education!Update - planning taking place on HMG Ministry of Resistance discussion tab, so it can be more democratic. Please post ideas and suggestions there!
Note - some groups have reported that there is a vote parliament about EMA on this day (http://anticuts.com/2010/12/23/save-ema-parliament-vote...uary/). This is not the case. New applications for EMA have *already* been stopped. There will be protests in London on this day, and there will be debates/questions about it in parliament then and in the next few weeks. MPs won't speak against it unless they have our voice behind them!
Time Tuesday, January 11 · 11:00am - 2:00pm
Location The Fountains, Bristol
Petition to cut military spending not education!
06-01-2011 15:53
Want to take a stand in protecting education and condemning wasteful military spending? SIGN THE PETITION HERE!Target the bosses who have ‘snouts deep in the trough’
06-01-2011 15:26
Time to escalate the anti-cuts protestsJewish Defence League Toronto Sponsors 'Support Rally' for EDL
06-01-2011 14:38
Toronto's Jewish Defence League has announced a 'support rally' for the EDL. at the Toronto Zionist Centre, Tuesday, January 11, at 7:00 PM. 'JDL Supports the EDL' said JDL spokesperson Meir Weinstein. The event has alarmed many in the city who plan strong protests against both organizations.Resistance Bulletin issue 128 December 2010 - January 2011
06-01-2011 13:22
DECEMBER 2010/JANUARY 2011 RESISTANCE is out. THE SPARK (Student movement takes off), Analysis of the growing student movement, actions against government plans regarding tuition fees, the struggle of asylum seekers in Glasgow, council disrupti
Wikileaks: a Political-Economic History
06-01-2011 13:22
Despite blanket media coverage of Wikileaks and Julian Assange, there has been little discussion of the fact that Assange is merely one leader within a large and complicated social movement.
3 Catholic Workers in Newbury Court Charged under SOCPA for Aldermaston Break-In
06-01-2011 12:48
"Hurry and Wait" for Catholic Workers at Newbury Court House today!Ploughshares activists Chris Cole, Sr. Susan Clarkson from St. Francis House/ Oxford Catholic Worker and Fr. Martin Newell from Giuseppe Conlon House/ London Catholic Worker are presently in Newbury Court for a plea hearing. They are charged under SOCPA legislation with "criminal damage" and "criminal trespass".
International Resistance - OCCUPY MONACO
06-01-2011 12:43
We'll give Capital Flight a whole new meaning. 1st August 2011EDL Nonce Division
06-01-2011 12:42
Wikileaks: 1990 cable details crucial meeting on eve of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
06-01-2011 11:39
A previously secret US diplomatic cable from 1990, published by WikiLeaks on New Year’s Day
http://www.wikileaks.ch/cable/1990/07/90BAGHDAD4237.html , provides a detailed account of a crucial meeting between the US ambassador to Iraq and Saddam Hussein on the eve of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
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Wikileaks are now Wikidrips?
06-01-2011 11:09
So far this year there have been 12 Cablegate cables released in six days (based on the deoxy rss feed, 8 cables released on 2nd January and 4 on the 4th January 2011) at this rate it won't take 35 years to leak them all it will take 350 years...
Wikileaks cables reveal how US and UK sought to plunder Zimbabwe’s resources
06-01-2011 10:55
The US diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks contain revealing details of how the United States and Britain sought to further their commercial interests in Zimbabwe.Poles are often sentenced by their conservative administration
06-01-2011 09:40
We are Polish Ras Tafari Family. It happened already several times, that members of our community who were found in posession of cannabis, were sentenced without any court and any proper trial. It is very typical for recent Polish judical system, that cases do not make even to the courts, and public is disinformed about human rights for an impartial judge in the court. Instead, they are judged by the member of the ultra-catholic administration.Protests as Clegg holds secret town hall meeting
06-01-2011 00:19
Black Fish Ocean Defence Info Night
05-01-2011 23:22
Info night with a former Sea Shepherd crew member who worked on several campaigns beforelaunching the Black Fish..
Wednesday 26th January, 730 at the Smiling Chair info shop, 40 Stokes Croft
The Black Fish is a European based conservation organisation that takes action on the
issues of whaling, industrial fishing and marine animals in captivity.
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Net cutting at the Taiji dolphin hunt.
Stopping overfishing and extinction in European waters.
Attack on the whaling industry, especially in Norway and Iceland.
Campaign for closing dolphinarium in Münster.
Campaign to release captive orcas.
THE CUTZ: city council redundancy announcement shambles
05-01-2011 23:22
With staff redundancies now just a couple of months away, here's how senior Bristol City Council officers explained proposed staff redundancies coming in April to elected councillors tonight.This is taken from a budget document 'HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE - Revenue budget monitor' presented to Bristol City Council's Resources Scrutiny Commission for discussion this evening.
Have councillors agreed to an unknown level of redundancies in the city's Adult Community Care Department?
Kraft Closes Cadbury Plant
05-01-2011 22:44
