UK Other Press Newswire Archive
Decline of Local Media and the Need for Alternatives
08-08-2009 12:39
Salford Star's Stephen Kingston on local media decline for Mule...Guardian uses activist news to sell Heathrow jobs
07-08-2009 00:50
Some activists think it's a good thing that mainstream media outlets like The Guardian carry news about protests. They should think again, as this example of on-line advertising illustrates.Woodstock 2009: A Slow Learning Curve?
06-08-2009 01:03
One generalization, that unfortunately holds true for “many” musicians and rock bands is, despite the fact they often have potentially huge audiences (the marketer’s dream), is that they often have little, if anything, intelligent and insightful to say about social and political issues. But more specifically, they will not likely assert the likelihood—that U.S. sponsored torture of Islamic prisoners has probably rendered “zero” results of quality or worthwhile intelligence (save perhaps what “Israeli” objectives might have wanted).Villagers stage Oldbury anti-nuclear protest
04-08-2009 08:57
Direct action by local residents against new E.On / RWE npower nuclear power plant planned in Oldbury, Gloucestershire.The Times: Iran awaits Ayatollah’s nod for nuclear bomb
04-08-2009 08:19
Camps and criminals - Peace News camp report
03-08-2009 11:31
Journalist Bibi van der Zee reports in the New Statesman on the recent Peace News Summer Camp in Oxfordshire.Protest Mediators: A Plan To Make Protest Even More Benign
03-08-2009 07:49
What is the point of protest?
To create change. I would have thought that was obvious; it is the only rational response to the question. So why has so little change happened as a result of protest in the Western world in the last 30 years?
Innocent man sent to prison for life by the Irish High Court.
02-08-2009 23:28
The Irish State wants to force this married man to allow them to break up his marriage, but he will not agree with their unlawful directions.Honduras (via the USA)
02-08-2009 23:06
Apart from the few blogs on Honduras that we've all been scouring, I think it is of great interest and importance how the argument is being portrayed in the minor US media. You certainly get more facts and coverage in the minor US media than the entitre UK media outlets which are still only reporting two deaths, if you search hard for that detail.Latest EF! Action Update bursts forth
01-08-2009 20:48
Car tyres deflate in the night, diggers halted in their tracks, buildings and MPs covered in slime...airports plagued by crazy golf, picnics, city gents and hostage-taking...eco-villages and other autonomous spaces sprout, as others are under threat...tree-sits, banks evicted, fake phone-masts and whaling ships sunk....it must be time for another Earth First! Action Update, bringing you a concentrated quarterly blast of inspiration and contacts to get out there and take direct action against the bastards threatening this planet and its inhabitants.Dodging the Evidence - Leukemias and Nuclear Power Plants
31-07-2009 10:39
One of the many issues concerning nuclear power that the British government, the nuclear industry and their agents would rather ignore: the irrefutable evidence of an increased rate of leukaemia in children living close to nuclear power plants.Wanted: computer games expert to help develop nuclear weapons
30-07-2009 15:18
This is an excellent job opening for anyone who likes violent computer games and wishes to contribute to defending the realm from North Koreans and aliens. The British nuclear deterrent is certainly safe in AWE's hands.USA: Declassified Docs Reveal Military Operative Spied on Peace Groups
29-07-2009 05:50
Newly declassified documents reveal that an active member of Students for a Democratic Society and Port Militarization Resistance in Washington state was actually an informant for the US military. The man everyone knew as “John Jacob” was in fact John Towery, a member of the Force Protection Service at Fort Lewis. The military’s role in the spying raises questions about possibly illegal activity. The Posse Comitatus law bars the use of the armed forces for law enforcement inside the United States. The Fort Lewis military base denied our request for an interview. But in a statement to Democracy Now, the base’s Public Affairs office publicly acknowledged for the first time that Towery is a military operative. “This could be one of the key revelations of this era,” said Eileen Clancy, who has closely tracked government spying on activist organizations.MP3:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/democracynow/dn2009-0728-1.mp3
Football fans do a 'G20' on RBS
28-07-2009 11:41
Eight Hinkley nuclear workers contaminated after radiation incident
27-07-2009 11:37
Press reports state that eight workers at Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset had to receive radiation decontamination treatment last week following an incident. http://www.stophinkley.org/NewsPages/News090723.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/8166557.stm
Hillary Clinton is a fascist
25-07-2009 11:33
The British mainstream news coverage of Honduras has been non-existent. The CNN coverage has been biased, covering up facts that are well known in the rest of the americas and employing right-wing commentators like Robert Armstrong and the Council of Americas ( a US business organisation) while ignoring ALBA, the OAS and even the UN. Even independent english-language coverage has been poor, inaccurate and lacking.Banks Exploiting Extra Credit/Debit Card Fee Loophole
23-07-2009 22:18
BANKS EXPLOITING EXTRA CREDIT/DEBIT CARD FEE LOOPHOLE, Ryanair credit / debit card charges / feesTwitterers paid to spread Israeli propaganda
23-07-2009 07:53
a splendid evening of local food 7 local musicians
22-07-2009 13:10
After much demand we are proud to announce the first YOMA presents... this month featuring “It's easy to fall in love with girls with guitars”.Honduran coup sponsored by Chiquita
22-07-2009 12:38
Chiquita UK are based in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, so you don't need to travel to the Honduran embassy in London to protest this corporate coup.