UK Newswire Archive
Palestine Today 04 26 2011
26-04-2011 16:13
Workers’ Memorial Day Thursday 28th April 2011
26-04-2011 13:51
Workers' Memorial Day is to remember all those killed at or by work, & to strengthen our resolve to reduce risks and protect people from injury in the workplace.Online Petition: Fair pay for Royal cleaners
26-04-2011 13:49
Cleaners working for the Royal Household in London are paid £6.45 per hour even though the London Living Wage is set at £7.85. Cleaners in the House of Commons and House of Lords are paid at the rate of the London Living wage.Offmarket new Access Codes
26-04-2011 12:22
OffMarket has moved to a new location just 5 doors away from the old place. The new address is 121 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney, E5 OPN. Here are the access codes for our new building.
Accesibility and Access Codes
#Doors#
Reading Room Door: 189cm x 79cm
Door leading to Kitchen and Toilet: 189cm x 79cm
Toilet Door: 189cm x 79cm
Doorless Doorway leading to Kitchen and Toilet: 201cm x 85cm
Stairs Archway: 206cm x 96cm
Front Door: 201cm x 98cm
#Stairs#
Narrowest Point: 92cm
Height of Stairs: 21cm
#PUBLIC TRANSPORT#
One bus-stop is 70 feet from our front door (via a zebra crossing, in a side street). Bus 242 stops here en route to Homerton Hospital.
Another bus-stop is on our street but on the other side (via a zebra crossing), 20 feet from our front door. Buses 48, 55, 106, 253, and 254 all stop here en route to Cambridge Heath.
Finally there is a bus-stop on our side of the street, 130 feet from our front door. Buses 38, 48, 55, 106, 253, 254, 425 and 488 all stop here en route to Clapton Roundabout.
The zebra crossing is 6 feet from our front door.
Nearest train stations are Clapton and Hackney Central, each are at least 15 minutes walk or a short bus ride to our front door.
#ENTRANCES#
Main entrance is a shop front door, with a 13cm high step. Please see below for further details.
#DOORS#
Front door step is 10cm high. Front door is 79cm wide and 201cm high, and opens into the shop.
This takes you straight into the main space. A smaller room, used as a reading room, to the rear is accessed through a door which is 79cm wide and 189cm high.
Also at the rear is a door leading to both the kitchen and toilet which is 79cm wide and 189cm high.
There is a doorless doorway to the kitchen and the toilet which is 85cm wide and 207cm high. However this entry is obstructed by the kitchen sink and is at its narrowest is only 72cm wide.
The door to the toilet is 79cm wide and 189cm high. The toilet is 220cm from this door, which opens into the toilet room. The toilet seat is 40cm high. The light switch is in the external corridor and is 134cm high. There is a small sink on the left of the toilet, 230cm from the door and is 81cm high.
#INSIDE BUILDING#
We are entirely on the ground floor of the building. There are steps leading to the basement which is not used, as well as the step at the front door.
#ROOM DIMENSIONS#
The main room at the front is 520cm x 1000cm. The reading room is 193cm x 495cm. The toilet room is 265cm x 212cm. The kitchen (excluding cupboards) is 157cm x 71cm.
#FLOOR SURFACES#
There is a central laminated floor leading through the main room which is otherwise carpeted, there is carpet in the reading room and in the kitchen with linoleum flooring in the toilet.
#LIGHTING#
Lighting is currently patchy but quite bright, via florescent and bulb lights in the ceiling.
There are large, shop-front style, windows at the front of the building/main room. The reading room is lit by bright florescent lights The kitchen is lit by a bulb light. The toilet has a large window which allows some light, but is also lit by a bulb.
Anti-nuclear camp / Chernobyl 25th anniversary at Sizewell - pics
26-04-2011 11:42
http://stopnuclearpoweruk.net staged a four-day anti-nuclear camp on the beach beside Sizewell nuclear power station in Suffolk, eastern England from 22-25 April 2011. Campers marked the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, the world's worst ever nuclear accident, on 26 April 1986, and sent out a clear message: 'No' to nuclear greenwash, 'Yes' to sustainable alternatives. More images here:
http://tinyurl.com/62j3qc6 All images Copyright (c) 2011 Stop Nuclear Power Network. They may be reproduced free of charge if credited to Stop Nuclear Power Network. For high resolution versions, please e-mail.
US Struggles To Contain 'Arab Spring'
26-04-2011 11:27
Cut Cake Not Services Guerrilla Picnic
26-04-2011 11:20
A group of local Telford residents will be hosting a guerrilla picnic themed 'Cake Not Cuts' at the Telford Town Park Amphitheatre on Monday 1st May from midday onwards.Toby Young, the EDL and the Rally Against Debt
26-04-2011 11:12
A nasty little bunch of right-wing chancers are organising a Rally Against Debt to show public "support" for public service cuts, scheduled for 11am to 2pm at Old Palace Yard, Westminster, London, May 14 -Clegg visiting Bristol 26/04/11
26-04-2011 10:56
Unconfirmed reports of Nick Clegg visiting Bristol today, see below for detsGlasgow May Day: Carnival Against Cuts
26-04-2011 10:22
Glasgow, May 1st, 2011: International Workers' Day
Social Centre Plus
26-04-2011 10:22
Local residents who occupied the old Job Centre on Deptford High Street with the aim of "converting it into an anti-cuts space for the community" have responded to a legally binding eviction order for this Tuesday by announcing a series of events, culminating in a "mass meeting of anti-cuts activists" the night before. The collective - who go by the name of Social Centre Plus - also plan to bring the local community together against the government's budget cuts, with spoken word concerts, children's days, film showings and market day cafés.
Members of the Social Centre Plus collective were in Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday 30th March to hear the Judge accept the argument of Paul Jackson from Victory Land, the owners of the site on 122 Deptford High Street, and rubber-stamped an order that allows Jackson and bailiffs to forcefully evict the occupation. "They've notified us that they'll arrive this Tuesday morning," Nasser Khan said. "So we've got a raft of activities to keep us busy in the meantime, and we're calling on the local community to come down and participate. It's your space, so we want to hear your ideas!"
When asked what the SCP Collective had planned for after the eviction, Khan replied that they hadn't discussed the issue. "What's important now is that we all work together to use the space as an effective space to counter the brutal cuts being implemented both by the Tories and Lib Dems in Westminster, and the Labourites running Lewisham Council," Khan continued.
YOUTUBE(11 mins) CatholicWorkers Blockade DowningSt for Brad Manning-End the War
26-04-2011 09:26
11 minute edited youtube video of 3 Catholic Workers40 min "Free Bradley Manning" Good Friday blockade, stand off and arrest
at 10 Downing Street, London
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pFCQthlxgg
Smash EDO Press Release - For Immediate Release
26-04-2011 08:59
Anti Arms Trade campaigners shut down arms factory in solidarity with Gaza
For details contact Andrew Beckett or Chloe Marsh on 07526557436 or
smashedopress@riseup.net Follow updates on Twitter (with more photos): @smash_edo
Early this morning three activists locked themselves to the Brighton arms
factory EDO/ITT, in solidarity with the people of Gaza.
Mayor rides to Reach Fair
26-04-2011 08:25
The Mayor of Cambridge will cycle the 12 miles from the Guildhall Cambridge to the village of Reach to open the historic 800 year old fair. She'll be riding with an expected 500 other riders who will set off from 9:30am on Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May. It is the first time a mayor has done the journey on a bike to open the fair."Beyond Borders", May 21st
26-04-2011 08:17
Social Centre Plus
26-04-2011 01:24
Local residents who occupied the old Job Centre on Deptford High Street with the aim of "converting it into an anti-cuts space for the community" have responded to a legally binding eviction order for this Tuesday by announcing a series of events, culminating in a "mass meeting of anti-cuts activists" the night before. The collective - who go by the name of Social Centre Plus - also plan to bring the local community together against the government's budget cuts, with spoken word concerts, children's days, film showings and market day cafés.
Members of the Social Centre Plus collective were in Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday 30th March to hear the Judge accept the argument of Paul Jackson from Victory Land, the owners of the site on 122 Deptford High Street, and rubber-stamped an order that allows Jackson and bailiffs to forcefully evict the occupation. "They've notified us that they'll arrive this Tuesday morning," Nasser Khan said. "So we've got a raft of activities to keep us busy in the meantime, and we're calling on the local community to come down and participate. It's your space, so we want to hear your ideas!"
When asked what the SCP Collective had planned for after the eviction, Khan replied that they hadn't discussed the issue. "What's important now is that we all work together to use the space as an effective space to counter the brutal cuts being implemented both by the Tories and Lib Dems in Westminster, and the Labourites running Lewisham Council," Khan continued.
Police Attempt to Disrupt Benefit Gigs in South London
25-04-2011 23:30
On Saturday 23rd of April and Sunday 24th of April, the Metropolitan Police attempted to harass and intimidate the management of two established and fully licensed venues with intelligence gathering - or 'fishing' - exercises. The two venues, both in the Borough of Lambeth in South London, were set to host benefit parties for FITwatch and London Student Solidarity Campaign respectively.North London Strike at Tindle
25-04-2011 21:22
North London and Herts NUJ on strike over non-replacement of staff by owners Tindle Newspapers Limited. Week 1: April 19, 2011, to April 21, 2011.
some background: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/apr/15/tindle-group-downturn
Heckler & Koch armed Bahrain regime
25-04-2011 20:23
With security forces in Bahrain attacking protesters and dragging doctors from their beds, it has emerged that Nottingham-based arms company Heckler & Koch has supplied 13 000 rounds of small arms ammunition to Bahrain. The ammo was for H&K rifles and submachine guns, which have been used by Bahraini police against the democracy movement in the last few weeks.
Although the sale took place before the current wave of unrest began, H&K cannot have been unaware of the repressive nature of the Bahraini regime. In 2009, the year the ammo was supplied, both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reported that Bahraini police were carrying out abductions, torture and beatings of political activists.
By arming repressive regimes such as this, H&K is complicit in their human rights abuses. The company has an international sales office in Nottingham, which has been the target of numerous protests in the four years since it was discovered.