UK Culture Newswire Archive
System Xchange Social Centre
14-01-2010 19:07
Hammers, War Coma and the Autonomads: Sounds from the other Manchester
12-01-2010 11:42
Today ‘Manchester’ is an international brand designed to attract students and tourists, young professionals and enterprises, footballers and musicians with big ambitions. Punk has become part of this branding exercise. Allegedly, it was a Sex Pistols gig in June 1976 that kick-started the Manchester music scene. And thanks to them, a grey, impoverished, post-industrial wasteland was transformed into the hip and hedonistic second city of Britain.Royal Mail honours anarchist artist
11-01-2010 13:07
The Skill Shares are Back!
09-01-2010 19:12
The Sumac Skill Share is back, and this time it’s three times a week.In collaboration with the Nottingham Free School and the Sumac Skill Share collective is taking Skill Shares to the Square Centre, and adding a weekly idea share into the mix.
The Rolls-Royce exec and the oak tree
27-12-2009 07:52
A Rolls-Royce executive has cut down an ancient oak tree to improve access to his house.Human Rights Activists Celebrate 2009's Many Wins Against Scientology Cult
24-12-2009 03:43
Prince William should not come to Australia on Australia Day
16-12-2009 19:54
Rage Against The Machine for UK Christmas No.1
14-12-2009 03:14
A massive grassroots campaign has begun on Facebook to make Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name the UK No.1 this Christmas. The main group currently has over 700,000 members.New alternative media & news platform in Southampton
11-12-2009 19:32
The Dolphin’s Blowhole, Southampton’s new alternative media platform for residents, students and activists, has now been launched!
Save King George's Hospital!
09-12-2009 23:16
The recent results of the NHS inspections from around the UK make for worrying reading. NHS institutions are being poorly run all over the UK. But it seems the residents of East London and Essex seem to be getting hit the hardest, with the lingering possibility of King Georges Hospital in Goodmayes, Essex closing.Vegan Food Festival Returns
09-12-2009 02:28
Nobody seemed sure whether this was the fourth or the fiftth vegan food festival in Liverpool, but they agreed it was the most successful. It was held again at Lark Lane Community Centre, which also hosted the festival last year.Jobbik fascists meeting in Kentish Town, North London
07-12-2009 12:57
Yesterday, the extreme nationalist Hungarian party Jobbik made in roads inattempting to influence the Hungarian community in London.
Chomsky as Chávez’s Clown
05-12-2009 19:02
'Moodle', 'Sloodle' and virtual worlds in classrooms, limited parental access.
03-12-2009 23:48
If you ask for your child to bring home his exercise books you will likely be told that according to 'guidelines' this is not permitted. However, your local school may suggest that you go to the school to see your child's work, where a teacher will explain what is in their books to you. My suggestion is that exercise books may be phased out, and students will get their 'education' inside virtual worlds. 'Moodle' is already in place.Video - Royal Park Reclaimed! (occupied community space in Leeds)
03-12-2009 18:25
Video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgQgHnBNZSc Leeds, UK, November 2009. A short about the occupation of Royal Park Primary School and its brief rebirth as a community-run space.
Digital Economy Bill: Enclosure of the digital commons
03-12-2009 16:41
The Digital Economy Bill moving through parliament seeks to place heavy penalties on file-sharers. In this short article I look at how artists in the digital age are creating a culture of free art, and how the business establishment hope to re-establish their right to profit from all culture.TOMORROW NIGHT: Class Evening - the radical labour union social
02-12-2009 18:50
DATE: 3 December, 8pm til late
VENUE: Lamp Tavern, 157 Barford Street, Digbeth B5 6AH
PROGRAM: Film ‘Bread and Roses’ and Discussion