UK Newswire Archive
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Eastside Climate Action blockade E-on workers as part of Fossil Fools Day
01-04-2008 07:00
At 7:30 this morning 30 people blockaded the entrances to E-on's offices on Mount St, Nottingham City Centre. People covered in green paint to represent E-on's greenwash, locked onto the front entrance to E-on's office and stood in front of other entrances preventing E-on workers from getting to work.Full article | 1 addition | 1 comment
FFD:18 people shut down Ffof-y-fran Open case coal mine shut down in Wales
01-04-2008 06:57
As dawn breaks on Fossil Fools Day in the UK 18 people are currently shutting down operations at the Ffof-y-fran open cast coal mine in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.This includes a team that has climbed a rig in the mine and have hung a banner while another team is blockading the mine gates locking themselves down with with bicycle d-locks.Protestors Shut Opencast Coal Mine
01-04-2008 06:43
Tuesday, 1st April, 2008: At 7am this morning, protesters halted work at one of the biggest opencast coal mines in Europe, on the outskirts of Merthyr Tydfil. They intend to remain on the site for several days.[Brasi] Toré - Celebration and Resistance in the Central Highlands
01-04-2008 05:31
Heads-up warning - Nuclear Attack on Iran appears imminent!
01-04-2008 03:32
This heads-up wakeup call has embedded links for self-study so that the reader can affirm the truth or falsity of this warning and reach his or her own informed conclusions on the matter. The full url is
http://humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2008/03/warningamerica-nuking-iran-imminent.html Veal in Tesco
31-03-2008 22:24
Tesco is selling calves liver made in HollandEnvironmental Action at Football Association HQ in London
31-03-2008 21:55
Report From Nablus-Boomchucka Circus
31-03-2008 21:32
More inspiring words from the real clowns...we operate purely on donations..hint hint ;o)Riseup! Radio #3 The April Show - Bring it on!
31-03-2008 21:00
Welcome to another superduper action packed edition of your Riseup Radio chock full of local news, tunes & interviews. This month we've got info about the upcoming week of action for autonomous spaces and what might be going off in Nottingham; we'll be talking to Dan who's just returned from the Antartic on a whale saving mission and and we've been talking to someone from Nottingham's Defy ID group on whats happening locally on resisting the government's proposed ID card system. Also an interview about legal advice for activists, a promotion about a recently setup cooperative dealing with activist equipment and a report from those who joined the blockade at Aldermaston Nuclear Weapons Establishment near Reading from Nottingham and Leicester. Oh, and a whole load of cracking good home grown music including Idiot Joy, 3am Association and Muteqx. Enjoy :-)
Listen: #3 The April Show
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London Rising Tide kick-off Fossil Fools Day at the FA headquarters
31-03-2008 20:44
London Rising Tide played a spoof game of footballoutside the Football Association's headquarters in Soho Square with a coal ball, demanding that the FA end their sponsorship deal with E-ON.
Freeconomy Free For All in Wrexham
31-03-2008 19:24
World Against War National Rally - full report - videos, mp3s, photos
31-03-2008 17:34
Grass roots struggle for ecology in Palestine
31-03-2008 16:41
Star Hawk was denied entry to Israel and deported from Ben-Gurion airport last week. Local activists put out an emergency call for workshop leaders, and the course was able to take place. I went to Marda to speak with the participants and organisers.
South Africa: All charges against the Kennedy 6 dropped
31-03-2008 16:36
EuroMayday 2008 parade and protest: Aachen, Germany
31-03-2008 16:16
On the First of May in Aachen / Aken / Aix-la-Chapelle / Aquisgrana / Aquisgrán / Akwizgran / Ahan, ancient carolignian city, Nicolas Sarkozy will present Angela Merkel with the EU Oscar, the Prix Charlemagne. Irony of the calendar, syndicalist MayDay this year coincides with catholic Ascension Day, when the Eurocracy Awards are traditionally handed out.Jesters v's Clowns at Hastings McDonalds
31-03-2008 15:37
The Jesters of Hastings challenge Ronald McDonald in a Showdown!The Future of Multicultural Britain
31-03-2008 15:36
AntiSemitism and other forms of racism:Continuities, discontinuities,
(and some conspiracies….)
Palestine Today 033108
31-03-2008 15:21
Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday March 31st, 2008.
London Olympic Flame Route protests 6th April
31-03-2008 14:58
"Fears of violent clashes on London's streets grow as flame becomes symbol of protest over Tibet".Its a crap article from the The Observer, Sunday March 30 2008, but it highlights some interesting informational material for those who wish to join in actions against the Olympics in China, the 2012 London Olympics and the historical part Olympic Games in general have in repression and gentrification in host cities. Affinity group action opportunity!! Spread the word!!
As Basra burns, Iraq inquiry call supported by just 12 Labour MPs
31-03-2008 14:57
As Iraq’s puppet army launched its bloody assault on Basra on March 25, Britain’s parliament once again rejected an inquiry into the Iraq war.