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14-12-2007 14:44
Since early Friday morning about thirty people, amongst them a dozen cyclists, blockaded the main road to the NATO summit in Craigiehill, in between Edinburgh and South Queensferry. There were no known arrests, but a heavy police presence including mounted police and dogs.
Quick report of short, small and sociable anti NATO protest:
Since early Friday morning about thirty people, amongst them a dozen cyclists, blockaded the main road to the NATO summit in Craigiehill, in between Edinburgh and South Queensferry. There were no known arrests, but a heavy police presence including mounted police and dogs.
14-12-2007 00:06
NATO Hotel infiltrated - "We know where you live."
NATO big-wigs flew in today and yesterday for the upcoming conference near Edinburgh tomorrow. They are staying in the Edinburgh (Caledonian) Hilton, Lothian Road (you can tell, its the one with all the cops and Special Branch outside). Protestors preparing for the counter-demo tomorrow decided to pay them a visit.
13-12-2007 23:19
Trump, Alex Salmond and the Scottish National Party’s scramble for investment
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond’s intervention in support of US billionaire Donald Trump’s proposed golf and leisure resort is a rich illustration of the Scottish National Party’s pro-big business agenda.
13-12-2007 03:57
Reality Celebrities?
the article is a light hearted look at the new phenomenon of internet celebrities, people who have become famous through mediums such as You Tube etc
12-12-2007 19:36
You're Fired !
An Aberdeenshire councillor whose committee recently rejected a Donald Trump mega-development on an environmentally sensitive site has just been fired. This news carefully overshadows the embarrassing news that Alex Salmond met with Trumps flunkys the night before Scottish Government broke precedent, was probably illegal to subsequwntly take a disallowed project back into consideration.
12-12-2007 16:24
Celebrating the successes of the Scottish financial services industry in 2007, Mr John Campbell, Chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE), held a reception for members-only, at the Jacobite suite of Edinburgh Castle last night (11th December). Promised a private viewing of the Scottish Crown Jewels, other things were on their mind too….by invitation of one evicted Welsh Family of seven.
Scottish Financial Enterprise “Houseboat Picton Was Everything We Ever Had!"
Celebrating the successes of the Scottish financial services industry in 2007, Mr John Campbell, Chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE), held a reception for members-only, at the Jacobite suite of Edinburgh Castle last night (11th December). Promised a private viewing of the Scottish Crown Jewels, other things were on their mind too….by invitation of one evicted Welsh Family of seven.
12-12-2007 00:25
What Better Time? Issue One out now!
What Better Time? is a free news sheet from the Scottish Climate Activist Network. Issue one is out now, get em while they're hot (actually after the demo on Saturday they're a bit wet and soggy).
11-12-2007 13:29
Guantánamo Britons To Be Released: A Mixed Result
Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison, explains why news that four British residents are to be released from Guantánamo provides grounds for cautious celebration, but also points out that two British residents will not be coming home.
10-12-2007 19:19
Pity the poor CIA. What use is a secret service that can't keep a secret? Agents of other secret services should be aware the the loose lips and poor tradecraft of the Americans put the foreigners at risk of arrest and worse.
Irish Allies of US Stoptorturenow Show: CIA Can't Keep A Secret
Pity the poor CIA. What use is a secret service that can't keep a secret? Agents of other secret services should be aware the the loose lips and poor tradecraft of the Americans put the foreigners at risk of arrest and worse.
Just some photos of a rainy march in Glasgow
07-12-2007 22:27
Student activists took to the high-street this week to expose the truth behind Top Shop's fashion. People & Planet members from all over the country protested against the Arcadia group's purchasing practices, sweatshop conditions and tacit support for child labour from the factory to the cotton field.
Students Target Top Shop to Redress Fashion
Student activists took to the high-street this week to expose the truth behind Top Shop's fashion. People & Planet members from all over the country protested against the Arcadia group's purchasing practices, sweatshop conditions and tacit support for child labour from the factory to the cotton field.
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07-12-2007 16:19
Amidst an apparent blackout of world corporate media, Indymedia Scotland has learned that the NATO meeting will take place on the 14th of December, at Craigiehall. The meeting will be attended by defence ministers from 8 NATO countries, and other senior political and military officials who will be discussing the current situation in Afghanistan. This is the summit they wanted to keep secret.
EXCLUSIVE: NATO meets in Edinburgh 14th December
Amidst an apparent blackout of world corporate media, Indymedia Scotland has learned that the NATO meeting will take place on the 14th of December, at Craigiehall. The meeting will be attended by defence ministers from 8 NATO countries, and other senior political and military officials who will be discussing the current situation in Afghanistan. This is the summit they wanted to keep secret.
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07-12-2007 12:58
IWW launches second phase of fight against blood service centralisation plans.
IWW Launches Second Phase of National Campaign
IWW launches second phase of fight against blood service centralisation plans.
05-12-2007 06:21
The postal workers dispute and the role of “left” groups in the CWU
A ballot of postal workers over the deal negotiated between Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail recorded a 64 percent acceptance on a 64 percent turnout.
05-12-2007 04:56
Rememberance & condolences to Christine West's family who was found at home by one of her children at Brookfield Avenue, Sutton-in-Ashfield on 19 November,2005. Christine suffered 37 stab wounds to her neck & abdomen after returning the eternity ring of Garry Marshall BNP candidate. The BNP a PC party for nazi bigots minorities get a platform from Oxford Union on free speech, not indymedia, who had equipment seized in the UK by the FBI for free journalism. But if bastions of the establishment courts nazis, should we be suprised?
2nd Anniversarry of mums brutal murder by Kirkby Notts"freeSpeech"BNPcandidate
Rememberance & condolences to Christine West's family who was found at home by one of her children at Brookfield Avenue, Sutton-in-Ashfield on 19 November,2005. Christine suffered 37 stab wounds to her neck & abdomen after returning the eternity ring of Garry Marshall BNP candidate. The BNP a PC party for nazi bigots minorities get a platform from Oxford Union on free speech, not indymedia, who had equipment seized in the UK by the FBI for free journalism. But if bastions of the establishment courts nazis, should we be suprised?
04-12-2007 16:57
Iraq War Funding- Bush Pressuring Democrats
The Democrats are now within one year before the 2008 General Election and since the 2006 Mid-Term Election the Democrats have done nothing to fulfill the promises they made to the American people to bring our troops back home. Instead the Democrats have given Bush more money to expand his war and brave soldiers continue to die in a war that began with a lie.
02-12-2007 22:43
Tenants in high flats across Glasgow have been left without working washing machines.
To do a wash, their machines have to be filled by hand with water. Glasgow Housing Association know about the problem, and know how to fix it. But shockingly, GHA are stalling with the fixes.
Washing Machine Misery
Tenants in high flats across Glasgow have been left without working washing machines. To do a wash, their machines have to be filled by hand with water. Glasgow Housing Association know about the problem, and know how to fix it. But shockingly, GHA are stalling with the fixes.
02-12-2007 12:09
Animal Advocates all dressed up to make Edinburgh Fur-Free
Edinburgh-based animal rights group has launched a campaign to make Edinburgh fur-free and is organising demos against shops selling fur in Edinburgh on the 15th and the 22nd of December.
02-12-2007 12:07
International Animal Rights Day Candlelight Vigil, Edinburh 10th December
Celebrating the 10th International Animal Rights Day, Edinburgh the Fur-Free City (EFFC) and 1World Scotland are organising a candlelight vigil outside the Scottish Parliament.
28-11-2007 17:34
By Turbulence
At the beginning of 2007, the Turbulence collective commissioned 14 articles from around the global 'movement of movements', asking authors: "What would it mean to win?" We edited their responses into a newspaper and printed 7,000 copies, most of which were distributed at the mobilisation against the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, in June. A few months later, we want to return to the question of winning.
As we resume our search it's no surprise that we keep coming across the problem of visibility. When we think about winning, our eyes are drawn to things that are highly visible or easy-to-measure, such as institutional or legislative change, the opening of a social centre or an increase in membership. That's where the light is. But we also need to assess victories in the less tangible though just as real realm of possibilities. Winning in this realm may involve increased potential, changes in perception or patterns of behaviour. Yet these seem to exist at the very edge of the luminous zone.
This problem leads into another: our experiences create their own luminosity and consequently their own areas of darkness. When we think about winning we are drawn to movements, people and events that are familiar to us; and we have expectations about how things should turn out if they are to constitute a victory.
So how can we overcome our night-blindness once we move beyond the familiar?...
To download the new Turbulence booklet, "Move into the Light?", as a PDF go to:
http://www.turbulence.org.uk/Resources/postscript_1107.pdf
To help distribute the booklet, or to offer a translation, please write to:
editors@turbulence.org.uk
A web-banner linking directly to the article can also be downloaded from: http://www.turbulence.org.uk/Resources/banner_234x60.jpg
Copies of the booklet can be ordered via our website, www.turbulence.org.uk
And, as ever, we're keen for comments, criticism and feedback on the text.
The Editors
www.turbulence.org.uk
editors@turbulence.org.uk
Move into the Light?: Postscript to a turbulent 2007
"Move into the Light?: Postscript to a turbulent 2007"By Turbulence
At the beginning of 2007, the Turbulence collective commissioned 14 articles from around the global 'movement of movements', asking authors: "What would it mean to win?" We edited their responses into a newspaper and printed 7,000 copies, most of which were distributed at the mobilisation against the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, in June. A few months later, we want to return to the question of winning.
As we resume our search it's no surprise that we keep coming across the problem of visibility. When we think about winning, our eyes are drawn to things that are highly visible or easy-to-measure, such as institutional or legislative change, the opening of a social centre or an increase in membership. That's where the light is. But we also need to assess victories in the less tangible though just as real realm of possibilities. Winning in this realm may involve increased potential, changes in perception or patterns of behaviour. Yet these seem to exist at the very edge of the luminous zone.
This problem leads into another: our experiences create their own luminosity and consequently their own areas of darkness. When we think about winning we are drawn to movements, people and events that are familiar to us; and we have expectations about how things should turn out if they are to constitute a victory.
So how can we overcome our night-blindness once we move beyond the familiar?...
To download the new Turbulence booklet, "Move into the Light?", as a PDF go to:
http://www.turbulence.org.uk/Resources/postscript_1107.pdf To help distribute the booklet, or to offer a translation, please write to:
editors@turbulence.org.uk A web-banner linking directly to the article can also be downloaded from:
http://www.turbulence.org.uk/Resources/banner_234x60.jpg Copies of the booklet can be ordered via our website, www.turbulence.org.uk
And, as ever, we're keen for comments, criticism and feedback on the text.
The Editors
www.turbulence.org.uk
editors@turbulence.org.uk
