UK Newswire Archive
Anti-Nuclear Activists Protest Arrival of First Astute Submarine at Faslane
20-11-2009 16:16
Trident Ploughshares Press Release20 November 2009 - For immediate release
Anti-nuclear activists held a banner which read "Disarm the Seas" on the Rhu Spit as the first nuclear-powered Astute Class submarine sailed through the Rhu narrows on the west coast of Scotland at 10:45am this morning (20 November, 2009). Rainbow peace flags and a colourful CND banner fluttered in a brisk wind to greet the crew of HMS Astute, who stood at attention on the deck of the brand new hunter-killer submarine as it sailed into Faslane Naval Base for the first time. The demonstration was organized by Helensburgh CND and Trident Ploughshares.
Reminder: Mainshill weekend of action and workshops
20-11-2009 16:00
Sat 28th Nov - Tues 1st DecRESIST new coal! Stop climate chaos!
With signs that the eviction may happen any minute, Mainshill Solidarity Camp need all the support they can get (see
http://coalactionscotland.noflag.org.uk for current details). Monbiot on Peak Oil: If Nothing Else, Save Farming
20-11-2009 14:29
George Monbiot's latest article on peak oil is introduced thus: "It’s probably too late to prepare for peak oil, but we can at least try to salvage food production."Of course governments are doing nothing to transition to the production of food without fossil fuels -- what little is happening is coming from the grass roots, see for example the Soil Associations pages on community supported agriculture:
http://www.soilassociation.org/Takeaction/Getinvolvedlocally/Communitysupportedagriculture/tabid/201/Default.aspx The following article was published in the corporate media and the role that the tiny number of voices like that of George Monbiot play in the bigger picture is considered in the latest Medialens alert:
A Comparative Review of Flat Earth News and Newspeak
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2009/11/442004.html For more background on peak oil and food and what it means, essentially the end of industrial civizilation, listen to this talk by Nafeez Ahmed from last year:
Food Crisis & Peak Oil
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2008/11/413658.html
It’s Xmas – Welcome to Manchester Plc
20-11-2009 14:21
Businesses in the centre of Manchester must wish it could be Christmas every day. Or to be more precise, that the Christmas shopping period came more frequently. They got an early present of their own this week, when the Council proudly announced it will be providing city-centre shops with a free marketing campaign worth £600,000.Freedom for Political Prisoners Fundraising Calendar available in UK for Xmas
20-11-2009 12:36
* 2010 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar - on the theme of Indigenous Resistance *
* 42 Gorgeous Full Colour pages of art and writings by prisoners and supporters *
* See
http://www.certaindays.org/ for full details and all artwork * * Order from:
http://www.natterjackpress.co.uk/magazines/certain-days-calendar.php * A Comparative Review of Flat Earth News and Newspeak
20-11-2009 12:33
Jonathan Cook has been covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from Nazareth, Israel, as a freelance reporter for the past eight years. Before that he was a staff journalist at the Guardian and Observer newspapers. His latest books on the conflict are ‘Israel and the Clash of Civilisations’ (Pluto, 2008) and ‘Disappearing Palestine’ (Zed, 2008). His website is www.jkcook.netIn the two-part Guest Media Alert that follows, Cook attempts the truly Herculean task of dissecting and comparing the key arguments in Nick Davies’s book ‘Flat Earth News’ and our own recently published ‘Newspeak in the 21st Century.’ The results are enthralling but demanding - even hardened media analysts will require a plentiful supply of tea and biscuits throughout.
Please do not underestimate the unique nature of the analysis Cook is offering. While Davies’s book was discussed, reviewed, and applauded, far and wide in both print and broadcast media, our own book (published in September) has so far limped to just two, largely dismissive, reviews in mainstream outlets, in the Guardian and Times Higher Education (THE), totalling exactly 1,000 words. Our previous book, Guardians of Power (2006), has never been mentioned, let alone reviewed, in any mainstream national UK newspaper.
The truth is that dissident media analyses are consistently ignored in this way - it is not just us. And so Cook’s comparison of Davies’s mainstream view of the media with an analysis based on Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s “propaganda model of media control” is a vanishingly rare event. As ever, Cook’s experience as a professional journalist adds a fascinating additional dimension to his analysis.
Cook produced this mega-review - nearly 10,000 words of it - completely free of charge. It is an extraordinary act of generosity from a fine and thoughtful journalist. We would like to express our sincere thanks to him. If you would like to thank him or otherwise comment, you can write to him here:
mail@jkcook.net
Dying for Crooks: US Troops in Afghanistan
20-11-2009 12:28
Free film: 56a Infoshop, London: Our Daily Bread (Sun 29th)
20-11-2009 11:01
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29th at 5pm
OUR DAILY BREAD, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 2005 (92m) + short
at 56a Infoshop, London
Fruit of the Loom Campaign VICTORY! - Honduran Union sign historic agreement
20-11-2009 10:39
Response to Obama "Guantanamo Not to Close by January 2010!"
20-11-2009 10:12
Justice Delayed, Justice DeniedWitness Against Torture Responds to Obama’s Statement that Guantanamo
Will Not Close by January 2010.
National Day of Black Consciousness (by Latuff)
20-11-2009 09:39
(Source: BRAZZIL - News from Brazil)
In the cartoon, cop says: Zumbi my ass, hands to the wall, nigger!
Originally published in Contraponto, bulletin of Sindicato dos Servidores das Justicas Federais no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, SISEJUFE.
Gary Sudborough RIP
20-11-2009 09:08
Gary Sudborough, one of my favorite writers has died suddenly from a heart attack on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.In his memory, I’m reposting an article he wrote last year that was published on several Indymedia websites.
Vestas Event tomorrow (sat): Push the Green Button-the Revolution is ON!
20-11-2009 08:31
The Vestas Occupation and continuing campaign caught the imagination of many labour and environmental activists. With Copenhagen coming up, the campaign is bringing together it's disparate elements... Gather in St James Square, Newport, Isle of Wight with friends, colleagues & family. Meet like-minds, swap ideas, and forge new connections for the challenges ahead. At 12 noon ex-Vestas workers who occupied their factory in July, lead the countdown and PUSH THE GREEN BUTTON as we declare the REVOLUTION... ON!BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create "Pirate Finder General"
20-11-2009 01:01
BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create "Pirate Finder General" with power to appoint militias, create lawsCory Doctorow writes on BoingBoing about tomorrow's proposed amendments to the Digital Economy Bill that will grant draconian powers to the Secretary of State, civil servants and "rights holders".
White, English, from Essex NOT a racist.
19-11-2009 23:12
A new type of stereotype has emerged, The white, working class, East London /Essex racist. They have short cropped hair they talk with a cockney accent and they eat, wait for it, Pie 'n' Mash. The most sinister type of hot meal favoured by all the biggest bigots.10 months inside without trial
19-11-2009 22:31
N30 Global Day of Climate Action / 10 yrs since Seattle!
19-11-2009 22:29
