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Unmissable! Michael Albert in Nottingham
31-10-2010 18:25
Dear all,
Ceasefire Magazine would like to invite all students, activists and community members to attend a series of talks and workshops by the legendary Michael Albert.
Michael Albert is a world-renowned writer, activist, author of ‘parecon: life after capitalism’ and co-founder of ZNET, one of the world's greatest alternative media organisations.
All events are free and open to the public. The visit will include three seminars on different topics, plus one big lecture where Albert will deliver his vision for an alternative to market capitalism.
The details are as follows:
TOMORROW - KEYNOTE TALK - VISION FOR A SANE ECONOMY: An Alternative to Market Madness
Nottingham University, B63, Law and Social Sciences Building
Monday, November 1st, 18:00
TODAY - Media and Activism (welcome seminar/discussion + teas and biscuits)
Location: Lee Rosy's Tea Shop, 17 Broad Street, Nottingham
Sunday, October 31st, 18:00
TOMORROW - Parecon, Activism and Latin America (seminar/discussion)
Nottingham University, Club Lounge, University Staff Club
Monday, November 1st, 12:00-14:00
TOMORROW - On Znet and Alternative Media: why we need independent, radical media, and how we can help build it (seminar/discussion)
Nottingham University, Club Lounge, University Staff Club
Monday, November 1st, 14:00-16:00
These events are hosted by Ceasefire Magazine , as part of its ‘Ceasefire Sessions’ season of talks, in partnership with the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) at the University of Nottingham.
Next Ceasefire Session Speaker: Norman Finkelstein
For info please email: sessions@ceasefiremagazine .co.uk
Visit the Ceasefire Sessions website for updates: http://ceasefiremagazine.c o.uk/category/events/the-c easefire-sessions/
The event's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144753435570400
See you there and please forward this message to other friends and mailing lists
Ceasefire Magazine
Bristol's Transpersonals: fighting Lady Ga-Ga's occult music industry
31-10-2010 16:53
St Pancras out of control
31-10-2010 16:22
The demonstration eventually made it to Kings Cross, and it quickly moved into the Eurostar terminal. It kept moving around the terminal until it eventually made its way to the check-in desks and border control. A group of people managed to go throgh the check in and into the border area, which provoked a quick, and quite freaked-out, response from the security personnel. After a while people decided to leave the terminal in a group, at which point the Transport Police turned up. One protestor got arrested.
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Critical spook bike ride
31-10-2010 14:23
The critical mass in Leeds celebrated Halloween on Friday. The monthly celebration of cycling round had a good number of cyclists who braved the mass of cars to make a mass of bicycles. The atmosphere was friendly with a few drivers asking, "What are you protesting about?", to which the mass replied that we were just riding our bikes.
Vodafone actions across UK
31-10-2010 13:25
On Wednesday, activists in London blockaded Vodafone's flagship store on Oxford Street, in protest against the company's avoidance of a £6bn tax bill. This action has inspired campaigners throughout the country and sparked off a wave of anti-Vodafone actions. But nothing yet in Nottingham.
On Thursday, campaigners in Leeds managed to shutdown all 3 of the company's stores in the city. On Saturday, a day of action saw stores targetted across the UK including Glasgow, Edinburgh, central London, Brixton, Hastings, Manchester, Worthing, Bristol and Brighton.
Vodafone has been targetted after it emerged that an agreement reached with Her Majesty' Revenue and Customs (HMRC) had allowed the company to avoid a tax bill, which Private Eye estimates is around £6bn, which could go a long way to defraying the £7bn benefits cuts pushed by the coalition govenment.
Even if the £6n figure is a vast overestimate, this doesn't get them off the hook, the company has admitted in its annual report that it had provisioned against £2.2 billion "in respect of the potential UK corporation tax exposure" at 31st March 2010, suggesting that even they think the £1.25bn they've agreed to pay is a vast underestimate.
So far, despite a burgeoning anti-cuts movement in the city, Vodafone hasn't received any hassle in Nottingham, which is a surprise as protesters are hardly short of targets. Nottingham has 3 Vodafone stores:
- Ground Floor Unit 43 No 156 The Victoria Centre Nottingham, NG1 3QF
- "Nottingham Experience," 8-10 Clumber Street, Nottingham, NG1 3GA
- 2-4 Albert Street (opposite St Peter's Church), Nottingham, NG1 7DA
Elsewhere in Nottinghamshire, there are further 2 stores:
- Worksop, 68 Bridge Place, Worksop, S80 1J
- Mansfield, 44 The Square (unit 47). Four Seasons Centre, Mansfield, NG18 1SU
Let's not let the bastards think they've got away easy here. We are currently witnessing an assault on the poorest and most vulnerable sections of our society, waged by a government of public schoolboys and millionaires who are at the same time giving their millionaire buddies get tax breaks. They only call it class war when we fight back. So what are we waiting for?
Screening of Sanjay Kak's 'Jashn-e-Azadi' on Kashmir + film-maker QnA
31-10-2010 11:33
Super-Campaign for people power / more democracy
31-10-2010 11:32
The time seems ripe for a broadly-backed effort to introduce partial direct democracy in the UK and its countries.Moving our countries, cities, towns and districts towards real "democracy-by-the-people" is not a party-political issue.
Taunton UK Tek 6 Benefit: Anarcho Folko / Knew Eyes / Subgenerates / Mrs Gavra
31-10-2010 11:22
Anarcho Folko / Knew Eyes / Subgenerates / Mrs Gavra @ The Winchester Arms, TauntonBENEFIT GIG FOR THE STOP HINKLEY POINT CAMPAIGN
http://www.stophinkley.org/
THURSDAY 25TH NOVEMBER @ THE WINCHESTER ARMS, TAUNTON
£3 ENTRY
ANARCHO FOLKO (Yabasta Records) ---- Bristolian folk fused anarcho punk
http://www.myspace.com/anarchofolko
KNEW EYES ---- Conscious hip hop with live DJ from Bristol
http://www.myspace.com/kneweyes
SUBGENERATES ---- Taunton's favourite alternative punks
http://www.myspace.com/subgererates
MRS GAVRA ---- Taunton based blues rock outfit
http://www.myspace.com/mrsgavra
A share of the door takings will go to the Stop Hinkley Point campaign.
Free & tasty vegan food as per usual!
Psywar screening tonight in East London
31-10-2010 10:55
The Rotten Borough of Brighton and Hove.
31-10-2010 10:52
How the Tory scum on Brighton and Hove City Council conduct themselves and use public funds for their own vendetta.Public Shut Two Vodafone Shops in Brighton (7 arrests)
31-10-2010 10:43
America threatens Iran: The anti-war movement's trojan horse
31-10-2010 10:30
After a period in which defending Iran hasn't been very high on the agenda of most U.S. anti-war activists, there are now two petition campaigns opposing war and sanctions against Iran.One effort is led by a New York City-based organization more known for defending Cuban “dissidents” who openly take U.S. money to try to undermine the Cuban Revolution. The other was launched by an independent Tehran-based organization formed to promote Iranian solidarity with Cuba, Venezuela and other progressive countries in Latin America.
Curiously, it's the first campaign that seems to be getting the most support.
Radio Interference: September 24th 2010
31-10-2010 09:23
4th episode of the Radio Interference programme, broadcast on the 4th Friday of each month at 8pm
Beating The Fascists Review
31-10-2010 09:10
Is the controversial book as controversial as expected?EDL Amsterdam Washout!
31-10-2010 07:25
The EDL were humiliated in Amsterdam yesterday and rejected by all and sundry! Good.York Activists Shut Down Vodafone Stores
31-10-2010 02:39
As part of the UK Uncut day of action against the cuts, York activists took to the streets today to close down not one, but eventually two Vodafone stores. Whilst their friends in the HMRC high command are quite happy to let the bill go unpaid, recent reports have shown how Vodafone owe £6billion in taxes - one rule for the rich, one for the poor...
A full story and pictures appear on the York Stop the Cuts website.
Demo Connecting Border Regime & Surveillance: pics
31-10-2010 00:22
Following a call from London NoBorders, a second 'Life Is Too Short To Be Controlled' demonstration started in Piccadilly Circus this afternoon. Around fifty people gathered under the constant sight of hundreds of CCTV cameras to "connect two locations in London which are symbolic places of both the border regime and surveillance". After a cuple of speeches, people started marching through central London streets all the way to Kings Cross' Eurostar terminal. The sound-sytem kept playing tunes for the while journey and the crowd sticked together throughout, even though several cars - specially taxi-drivers - tried to drive through the demonstration several times. Police weren't on sight for the whole time.
The demonstration eventually made it to Kings Cross, and it quickly moved into the Eurostar terminal. It kept moving around the terminal until it eventually made its way to the check-in desks and border control. A group of people managed to go throgh the check in and into the border area, which provoked a quick, and quite freaked-out, response from the security personnel. After a while people decided to leave the terminal in a group, at which point the Transport Police turned up. One protestor got arrested. Here there are some pics ...
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Revelations of “systemic” torture by British military
30-10-2010 23:30
The Guardian newspaper has obtained access to training manuals that detail the interrogation techniques used by British military personnel in Iraq. In an exclusive report published Monday, the newspaper quotes from the documents, which are described as an “Introduction to Interrogation and Tactical Questioning”.Michael Albert talk in Bradford
30-10-2010 23:23
Michael Albert, activist, Z Communications founder and co-founder of Participatory Economics theory delivers a talk on a participatory left response to our "economic crisis".
Brixton Anti-Cuts March & Vodafone Protest
30-10-2010 23:22
The march and rally that took place in Brixton to protest about the imminient cuts in social spending attracted around 200 local people. At midday the rally strated at the Brixton Oval, where representatives from Lambeth Save Our Services, Lambeth Pensioners Group, the local branches of UNISON, GMB, NUT and UCU unions, and workers from the Lambeth One O'clock Clubs gave speeches about how the imposed cuts will be afecting the local sercvices. Then, a rather ritualistic march started around central Brixton and into the market area, to end back at the Oval. It wasn't exactly an expression of anger as seen in onther parts of Europe, but it may, at least, represent the start of a local mobilisation.
Once the march ended, and as part of a UK-wide campaign, a group of people made its way to the Vodafone store right next to Brixton tube station to protest against the company's avoidance of a £6bn tax bill, effectively shutting it down for most of the afternoon. See pics below ...
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