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Bilbao revolutionary assembly - an eyewitness account

22-05-2011 10:10 | Culture | Free Spaces | Social Struggles | World

An eyewitness account of the revolutionary assembly now taking place in Bilbao. No apologies for writing the account in the form of a poem, this is just the way it happened. I read this last night in the assembly (I was very nervous, there were thousands of people there.)

Testimonio de un testigo presencial de la asamblea revolucionario actualmente pasando en Bilbao. No pido disculpas por presentarlo en forma de poesía, así es como ocurrió. Leí esto anoche en la asamblea (estaba muy nervioso, había miles de personas ahí.)

Just Do It - World Premier - June the 9th - Sheffield

Just Do It will be premiering at Sheffield Doc Fest on Thursday June the 9th at 6:35pm

http://bit.ly/jJ6ryI

Don't miss out on the World Premier of this groundbreaking doc, book your tickets here

http://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/justdoitqanda

Interview with David Edwards from Media Lens

Media Lens is a media analysis organisation set up by David Edwards and David Cromwell in 2001 to highlight the shortcomings of mainstream media reporting in Britain. Sending out regular email alerts to its subscribers, it questions the coverage of key topics by ‘impartial’ sources like the BBC, as well as traditionally liberal publications like the Independent. Ultimately, it hopes to encourage members of the public to challenge journalists and editors over the way they report. After publishing a couple of Media Lens alerts in Now Then in the past few months, we spoke to David Edwards about the venture and how it got off the ground on the month of its 10th anniversary.

New Banksy Fundraising Print at The Bristol Anarchist Bookfair

04-05-2011 01:25 | Culture | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The Bristol Anarchist Bookfair was contacted on Tuesday by Banksy's associates advising that he has produced a poster to be exclusively sold at the Bookfair - as a fundraiser for local groups in the Stokes Croft/Bristol area who support local art, squatting and those arrested & harassed as a result of the recent Stokes Croft disturbances.

Update on situation of Rote Flora in Hamburg and squatting actions

02-05-2011 16:41 | Culture | Free Spaces | Social Struggles | World

Last weekend, a bigger demonstration in hamburg took place with 4000 to 6000 people for support of Rote Flora squat and against commercialisation of the city.
The media attention was high, as there had been lots of discussions in the last weeks about the Rote Flora squat and also about gentrification in generell.
Another bigger event was taking place last weekend, as several people squatted a house in the district altona, demanding a social centre "autonomes centrum altona bahnhof (acab)" and staying inside the former building of the fiscal authorities.

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Bristol.. Oops we did it again. Stokescroft/ St Pauls riots again

29-04-2011 02:44 | Culture | Health | Social Struggles | World

The helicopter's still up, so it must still be rocking out there at 3.20am . I got in a while back because im working in the morning..... but i saw..

UG#545 - Linguistic & Cultural Hierarchy (Reel Bad Arabs/Translation in Wartime)

Language is a technology that reflects our thinking on a deep level, yet most of us use it without a thought. Similarly, many people watch commercially produced movies without noting how they support an ideological agenda. First this week we adapt Jack Shaheen's film, Reel Bad Arabs on Hollywood's Anti-Arab bias. Next, a few words from John Taylor Gatto on how Henry Ford introduced the metaphor of USA as a 'melting pot' to introduce a complex lecture by Vicente Rafael entitled Translation in Wartime on the connection between translation and imperialism.

May 7: A Bristol Anarchist Ball

19-04-2011 21:30 | Culture | Social Struggles | World

At the end of a week of meetings, film shows, gigs and communal meals, culminating in Bristol's Anarchist Bookfair on Saturday 7 May, KebeleSound will do what it does best - put on the party!

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Dissident Island Radio 15 April - ready for download

17-04-2011 18:53 | Culture | Free Spaces | Repression | World

Temporary Autonomous Art // WAG // Ian Tomlinson inquest // Counter Olympics Network // London Mexico Solidarity Group // Freddy Frog

Shell's Work Disrupted for 12 Hours in Aughoose Co. Mayo Ireland

At 7am this morning a group of people entered Shells land in Aughoose. 2 people attached themselves together using a concrete tube blocking Shells new bog mat road that runs through their compound. The blockade lasted 11 hours and was followed by a spontaneousness action that stopped work for a further hour.

Aramark Stops Selling Pate, Talbot's Phasing out Australian Wool etc.

When thousands, even millions around the world work together on
email, calling and letter campaigns, they move not mountains but mountain ranges

MET officer brags on facebook

"ALL STUDENTS ARE THE ENEMY"
"Hope it gets cold down there tonight and we keep them penned in for another 6 hours!"

The words of MacDara Conneely, an officer with the Metropolitan Police. The following transcript was taken from a facebook dialogue involving Conneely back in November 2010, during the student protests. Please spread.

Petition: SAY NO to the UK's Largest Eviction of Travellers

22-03-2011 14:41 | Anti-racism | Culture | Repression | World

A decision was taken by Basildon Council last week in favour of issuing the 28 day notice period for the eviction of resident's at Dale Farm (although there are still negotiations taking place). This is despite widespread concerns from the UN, the Children's Commissioner and a recent visit to the site from the Council of Europe. If this goes ahead it will represent the largest ever eviction of Travellers in the UK, with over 150 children affected.

Dispatches - Lessons in Hate and Violence - Islam

the very small sign of atrocity of religion ,

imagine when these kind of medieval idea rules the societies such as Iran, Pakistan, Somalia ,,etc.

Islamic Schools are gift of God for British culture ;) ,,,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ0rsUofpQM&feature=player_embedded#at=234