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Baroness Thatcher - have a word with the Daily Mail

09-04-2013 09:25

The Daily Blackshirt
The same newspaper that famously cried "Hurrah for the Blackshirts", and whose website praised the Nazi slogan "Arbeit Macht Frei", are advertising a form through which readers can request a state funeral for Margaret Thatcher. Have a word...

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Hundreds celebrate death of Thatcher

09-04-2013 04:55


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If They Cannot, We Can!

08-04-2013 22:55

Workers of the Viomichaniki Metalleutiki (Vio.Me) factory in Thessaloniki, Greece, a subsidiary of “Filkeram & Johnson”, stopped being paid in May 2011, and subsequently the management abandoned the factory. After a series of assemblies, the workers decided to manage the factory themselves.

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Glasgow's dancin, thatcher's dead

08-04-2013 22:46

Amid the huge outpouring of tributes and expressions of condolence, critics of Thatcherism were equally vocal in their views.

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Atos Mass Read

08-04-2013 15:55

A performance of the Atos Monologues will take place at Bonn Square at 11.30 am tomorrow. If you'd like to take part, rehearsal will be at 10.30 in the church

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Anti-fascist Pavel Krivonosov from Nizhni Novgorod needs help!

08-04-2013 13:05

Pavel Krivonosov
Last autumn, a longstanding case against Nizhni Novgorod anti-fascists was returned to investigation, and for a while it seemed like a final victory. However, in contrary to these expectations, the case returned to court this spring and things do not look too good.

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Sabotage at Powharnal OCCS

08-04-2013 12:55

At some point over the past weekend multiple items of plant machinery at an extension to the Powharnal open cast coal site in East Ayrshire were put beyond working use. High value targets including a prime mover and bulldozer were also targeted to cause maximum disruption to workings at the mine.

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Big Q On Thatcher!!

08-04-2013 12:24

Big Q on THatch

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State Funeral for Margaret Thatcher?

08-04-2013 12:20

Margaret Thatcher + serial-killer General Pinochet
State funeral for the friend and ally of mass-murderer, torturer and war-criminal Margaret Thatcher?
Should tax-payers be forced to pay for such an insult?

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Ding Dong the Witch is Dead!

08-04-2013 11:53

Maggie Thatcher's finally bit the dust!

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Loughborough - Axe the Tax

08-04-2013 08:55

Loughborough's first bedroom tax protest. 

Yesterday Leicestershire against the Cuts mounted a bedroom room tax protest in Loughborough. It started with the scurrying of the organisers whilst they built their little bedroom set-up with a good 15-20 of people massing right off the bat. Both the Socialist and the Labour party wandered on over not long after, with Labour being particularly conspicuous in this Tory Council (Loughborough being covered by Charnwood Council, also home to a lone BNP Councillor). There were several rather rousing speeches made, along with the unfortunately familiar tales of personal woe due to yet another unjust attack upon us, which garnered plenty of attention from passing shoppers on a heaving market day with many taking the time to discuss the issue, take a leaflet or sign the petition. Unfortunately there was some unpleasantness with a stallholder who threatened to burn a woman (when the police arrived he claimed he threatened to burn her leaflets) in front of her daughter when asked if she could put some leaflets on his stall. Despite this blip all in all it was an excellent demo with a well-organised demo with a fantastic turnout of local activists for a largely conservative town.

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Protest & Stall opposing the Grand National

08-04-2013 08:55

 

Saturday 6 April 2013

Saw a dozen Nottingham activists stage a peaceful protest outside Ladbrokes betting shop in Nottingham city centre, to raise public awareness about the dark side of the Grand National, and also the wider horse and greyhound racing industries. The message was that there is no such thing as a harmless flutter, as if you bet on animal racing then you are literally betting with their lives.

 

 

Campaigners were out with banners, placards and visual displays to make sure that the message reached as many passers-by as possible. One activist was dressed in a dead horse costume splattered with blood, a very shocking image designed to have a real emotional impact on the public, and to help them make connections between the bets they place and the tragic consequences this can have for horses.

 

They say:

"The Grand National is a deliberately hazardous race for 'excitement' and entertainment value. 

Since 2000, 22 horses have died on the Grand National course and, over the course of the three-day meeting, 38 horses have been killed in that same period.This year two horses sadly died in the run-up to the big race, Battlefront and Little Josh, despite changes that were meant to improve the safety of the course.

Aside from the Grand National, hundreds of beautiful animals are raced to death on British tracks each year, die in training, or are killed because they are no longer profitable. Thousands more are killed on top of this because they don't make the grade. There is an awful lot of needless suffering and exploitation going on purely for human entertainment.

On the day of the demo the betting shop staff had little to say to protesters. The response from the public walking past the demo was incredibly positive. Hundreds of people stopped to sign a copy of Animal Aid's 'Ban the Grand National' petition and to offer support for the demo."

 

You bet, they die! Grand National demo

http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/5545

 

information about the dark side of the horse racing industry over on Animal Aid's website:

http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/CAMPAIGNS/horse/

 

They also run a race horse death watch page, detailing the fatalities on British racetracks since 2007:

 

http://www.horsedeathwatch.com

 

Animal Aid

http://www.animalaid.org.uk

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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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Saturday afternoon with Occupy Nottingham

08-04-2013 08:55

 

Saturday 6 April 2013

Having spent 6 months camping in the Market Square, and then moving out after threat of eviction .... they're back.

This time, they were joined by a few passing devils!!

As you can see from last post at: http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/5532 they are trying to make this a regular thing again.....

 

 

Well, not with the camp you understand.

But members hope to regularly be about in the Square and Speakers Corner, to continue the dialogue with the public about the cuts, horrible bankers, workfare ..... oh, and the all rest!

They say:

"We are displaying solidarity with the thousands of other occupations across the globe.

Our aim was, and still is, through peaceful protest; highlight corporate and individual greed, inequality, war, tyranny, corruption, persecution, suffering, & hardship around the the globe, and here in Nottingham.

Join Us! Show you disagree with a world run by banks, are annoyed with the lack of concern for environmental issues or pick any number of things that are wrong with the world today. Stand for change!"

Please drop by and support their efforts if you can.

Occupy Nottingham: the end of the beginning? [Feature with collected links of the progress]

http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/2549

 

Collected Occupy Piccys: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tash/sets/72157628985609873/

Occupy Love https://www.facebook.com/occupy.love.35

Occupy Nottingham http://facebook.com/occupy.nottingham

Twitter http://twitter.com/occupynottm

http://occupii.org/group/occupy-nottingham

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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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Fight the Bedroom Tax – Local Meetings

08-04-2013 08:55

After last Saturday’s successful Bedroom Tax protest it was agreed to hold meetings across Edinburgh with the aim of establishing local groups to fight back against the Bedroom Tax. The meeting details are as follows;
EDINBURGH WEST:      Tuesday 9 April at 7.00pm Gorgie Dalry Church, 190 Gorgie Road.EH11 2NX.

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Don't Pay Council Tax Stall

07-04-2013 16:55

Street camapigning for withholding Council Tax payments

People responded positively to the ‘Oppose Cuts, Don’t Pay Council Tax’ campaigning stall held at Bulwell on Saturday, 6th. April.  Around two hundred leaflets were handed out and there was little dissent.  Contact details were gathered from people interested in further action on this issue.

Many people in Bulwell on low incomes already are not paying Council Tax because they can’t afford it. Some have been summonsed to court for non-payment.  (These people should be supported by pickets at the Magistrates’ Courts.)

There is widespread awareness of the incoming bedroom tax and much opposition to it.  Some passers-by recalled the successful Anti-Poll Tax Campaign and as a result are seriously considering withholding Council tax payments.  (Leaflets were available which spelt out the consequences of not paying.)  If you are liable for Council Tax then as an individual you can take action now by cancelling your payments.

This was an encouraging start to the campaign and there will be a follow-up stall at Hyson Green (near the market) at 11.00 on Saturday, 13th. April.  Come along and help get some effective opposition to the cuts off the ground.

 

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You bet, they die! Grand National demo: Nottingham

07-04-2013 16:55

Saturday 6th April saw a dozen Nottingham activists stage a peaceful protest outside Ladbrokes betting shop in Nottingham city centre, to raise public awareness about the dark side of the Grand National, and also the wider horse and greyhound racing industries. The message was that there is no such thing as a harmless flutter, as if you bet on animal racing then you are literally betting with their lives.

Campaigners were out with banners, placards and visual displays to make sure that the message reached as many passers-by as possible. One activist was dressed in a dead horse costume splattered with blood, a very shocking image designed to have a real emotional impact on the public, and to help them make connections between the bets they place and the tragic consequences this can have for horses.

The Grand National is a deliberately hazardous race for 'excitement' and entertainment value. Since 2000, 22 horses have died on the Grand National course and, over the course of the three-day meeting, 38 horses have been killed in that same period.This year two horses sadly died in the run-up to the big race, Battlefront and Little Josh, despite changes that were meant to improve the safety of the course.

Aside from the Grand National, hundreds of beautiful animals are raced to death on British tracks each year, die in training, or are killed because they are no longer profitable. Thousands more are killed on top of this because they don't make the grade. There is an awful lot of needless suffering and exploitation going on purely for human entertainment.

On the day of the demo the betting shop staff had little to say to protesters. The response from the public walking past the demo was incredibly positive. Hundreds of people stopped to sign a copy of Animal Aid's 'Ban the Grand National' petition and to offer support for the demo. Campaigners noted that the response was even more positive than last year's demo and that far fewer people were going into the betting shop that in previous years. The implication is that the message is getting across and that people are seeing through the glamorous facade of the Grand National to the ruthless exploitation and careless disregard for horses lives that lurks beneath the surface.

You can find out lots of information about the dark side of the horse racing industry over on Animal Aid's website:
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/CAMPAIGNS/horse/

They also run a race horse death watch page, detailing the fatalities on British racetracks since 2007:

http://www.horsedeathwatch.com/

If you'd like to join Nottingham Animal Rights in their regular campaigns against animal suffering then the next fortnightly meeting is on Thursday 18th April from 8pm at the Broadway Cinema, Mezz Bar on the first floor, in Notthingham city centre,

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Leaks reveal secrets of the rich who hide cash offshore

07-04-2013 06:34

Millions of internal records have leaked from Britain's offshore financial industry, exposing for the first time the identities of thousands of holders of anonymous wealth from around the world, from presidents to plutocrats, the daughter of a notorious dictator and a British millionaire accused of concealing assets from his ex-wife.

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Nazi "Infidels" to march on Brighton, 21st April 2013

07-04-2013 01:17

NWI supporting MFE visit to Brighton
Nearly 200 Brightonians were murdered by the Nazis during the Blitz - 21st April 2013 they're coming back