UK UK Newswire Archive
Disrupt the arms trade - anti-BAE action, 3rd Nov.
27-10-2010 14:23
On the 3rd November (next Wednesday), the lovely lads from BAE will be enticing Oxford grad students into a career of death-dealing!The benefit? £24,000 - £28,000, bonus (discretionary), welcome payment, pension scheme, 25 days holiday
The cost? Working for a company that sells killing machines indiscriminately, corruptly and illegally!
Fight war, not wars!
Bristol Council's preference for cars over people
27-10-2010 14:22
An example of how they couldn't care less for the blind and partially sited.Despite all of it’s policy statements, advisors and alleged political correctness,
Bristol City council shows us it’s true colours .
Whilst out for a cycle for once I hade a camera with me so I took these photos. This place has been bugging me for a long while and here’s one reason why:
Imagine you are either blind or partially sighted. Getting around a busy city, perhaps on your way to the train station is bound to pose one or to challenges. Therefore you might think the community conscious local authority which is paid to enable citizens, in this concrete maze we call home, get around the place with the minimum of harassment.
Unfortunately this is not the case.
One minor item that may have been of use in the preservation of life and limb – like a pavement has been ignored with large immobile tin boxes taking precedence,
others have been known to labels these selfish items (in cities anyway) as automobiles.
But on a more serious - NO ANGRY - point. The council takes great heed to claim it supports minorities, regardless of class, age, gender or race and rightly so but apparently NOT to disability.
Pavements are not only important but could also be argued as essential to the blind so on a relatively new build where are they?
And what has taken there place? Green space maybe? No, a fucking car docking point.
Then of course there’s small children, parents with push chairs and other vulnerable pedestrians that may benefit.
The only good point of this lay out is that if some commuter, late for his/her train, parks too close up to an apartment front door it can’t be used.
So I’m thinking what a selfish place this is…
Hence the last few pictures of some real quality wall painting.
Cheers for reading this, I just hope you are a council planner.
Campaign against 100% Somerset Arts funding cuts
27-10-2010 14:22
Against the cutsArts supporters are being asked to meet at 9.15am at Somerset College on Monday 1st November to show their support for the arts. Somerset County Council will be considering a proposal to cut the arts budget by 100% at their cabinet meeting which will start at 10.00am.
Arts organisations across Somerset accept that measures to make savings are needed but believe that the arts budget should take a 26% cut in line with overall cuts... in local authority spending. Arts organisations who provide services across Somerset believe that the consequence of the 100% cut will have a far greater impact on local communities than any contribution this cut will make to overall savings.
For a full statement regarding the funding cuts please visit http://takeart.org/news/entry/arts-organisations-to-cam...by-1/
5 Days to go to the Devonport Blockade, Plymouth
27-10-2010 13:57
Vodafone Oxford St CLOSED, close yr local this Sat
27-10-2010 13:46
The welfare cuts announced on 20.10.2010 are in the region of £7bn.
Osborne cut corporation tax.
Vodafone's Oxford St. Store was forced to close today, after an occupation. Protest continued outside
Vodafone Oxford St Occupied! We want our £6bn back
27-10-2010 13:22
Vodafone's flagship store on Oxford Street has this morning been occupied by people protesting at it's avoidance of a £6bn tax bill having routed money through a Luxembourg subsidiary. At a time when the country is facing savage cuts it's clear there's one law for the rich and corporate and another for the rest of us. Resist the cuts! Join us.
More actions are planned - expect to see more especially this saturday!
Follow: Action Against Cuts http://twitter.com/ukuncut
http://twitpic.com/photos/UKuncut
Hashtag: http://twitter.com/search?q=%23UKUncut
Some background: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/oct/22/vodafone-tax-case-leaves-sour-taste
Photos from:
http://twitpic.com/photos/youandifilms
http://twitpic.com/photos/chris_coltrane
http://twitpic.com/photos/UKuncut
Anti Cuts Action event on Fckbk: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118522394874856
US Activists demonstrate outside Home of ITT CEO
27-10-2010 12:58
A coalition of US activists demonstrated in the home neighbourhood of ITT chief executiveve, Steven Loranger, last week. US campaigners are targetting ITT, the owners of Brighton's EDO MBM, because of their involvement in the design and manufacture of drone technology and their pro-war lobbying activities. One of the participants in the 40 strong demonstration said of Loranger, "We're here today to inform his neighbors about how his personal ambitions impact all of our lives,"report on which European businesses giving cash for US climate blockers
27-10-2010 12:09
Saw this report - useful if you're short of a place to go when you want to visit Dr EvilA few comments on the shac sentencing
27-10-2010 11:36
http://netcu.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/some-comments-on-the-shac-sentencing/
Next Rising Tide Meeting
27-10-2010 11:22
The next meeting of Bristol and Bath Rising tide will take place on Monday 8th November 7.30 pm at Kebele, Robertson Rd.All welcome to come and join in taking action against the root causes of climate change.
Film Night - Climate Of Hope
27-10-2010 11:22
Bristol and Bath Rising Tide will be showing a film titled Climate Of Hope about the Nuclear Power Industry.Climate of Hope is a 30 minute documentary created to demystify climate change and nuclear energy. While the threat of climate change is now widely accepted in the community, the potential for a host of nuclear power stations has raised questions about the best trategy to move to a low-carbon economy.
This animated documentary takes viewers on a tour through the science of climate change, the nuclear fuel chain, and the remarkable energy revolution that is under way.
The UK Govt has agreed on an agressive investment for the expansion and building of Nuclear Power Stations throughout the UK, please join us on Sunday 28th November from 18.30 onwards for great vegan food, film screening and discussions.
http://stopnuclearpoweruk.net/
http://www.stophinkley.org/
Toxic Brew: The Tea Parties
27-10-2010 10:26
The Tea Parties didn’t arise spontaneously: they were boiled up by big business.Demo against the Cuts (Hackney Town Hall 6.00pm Tonight 27/10/10)
27-10-2010 10:25
Sick of boring speeches, putting you asleep? Then let's have some real class anager and action tonight.Kebele intro and consensus decision making skillshares [2]
27-10-2010 10:22
Kebele will be holding regular introductions to Kebele, consensus decision making and meeting facilitation skills for volunteers, activists and anyone interested! The first one is on Saturday 6th November and will include the following:Kebele introductions:
Practical, useful information on the workings of Kebele from how to host a cafe to how to have a say in decision making.
Political context and discussion: why we do it, what we believe and where we come from.
Consensus decision making:
Why do we use consensus decision making? What’s it all about? How can it make our meetings much better and a reflection of the world we want to see? An introduction to the politics and practicalities of effective consensus decision making.
For lots of useful information on consensus, facilitation and getting organised see www.seedsforchange.org.uk
The next info/skillshare in December will focus on facilitation skills for meetings.
If you’d like to come and take part, please respond email kebelesocialcentre@riseup.net or sign up on the sheets in the front cafe and events room at Kebele.
for collective learning and liberation!
Kebele intro and consensus decision making skillshares [1]
27-10-2010 10:22
Kebele will be holding regular introductions to Kebele, consensus decision making and meeting facilitation skills for volunteers, activists and anyone interested! The first one is on 6th November and will include the following:Kebele introductions:
Practical, useful information on the workings of Kebele from how to host a cafe to how to have a say in decision making.
Political context and discussion: why we do it, what we believe and where we come from.
Consensus decision making:
Why do we use consensus decision making? What’s it all about? How can it make our meetings much better and a reflection of the world we want to see? An introduction to the politics and practicalities of effective consensus decision making.
For lots of useful information on consensus, facilitation and getting organised see seedsforchange.org.uk
The next info/skillshare in December will focus on facilitation skills for meetings.
If you’d like to come and take part, please email kebelesocialcentre@riseup.net or sign up on the sheets in the front cafe and events room at Kebele.
for collective learning and liberation!
WikiLeaks reveals private security contractors killed Iraqis with impunity
27-10-2010 09:39
WikiLeaks’ release of nearly 400,000 US military documents from operations in Iraq between 2003 and 2009 brings to light new evidence that private security contractors killed civilians with impunity.Spending Review Hits North Hardest
27-10-2010 09:23
The comprehensive spending review announced last week will have a worse impact on people with below-average income. Now it's been shown that people living in the North of England will be hit worse that the South.
Ongoing Iran War Preparations? Arabian Sea: Center Of West's 21st Century War
27-10-2010 07:07
The West, America and its NATO allies, are escalating military operations across the area, from Asia to Africa to the Middle East.
US firms behind Afghan terrorism, says Karzai
27-10-2010 05:20
AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has said US private security firms, including Xe Services LLC, formerly known as Blackwater, are behind terrorism in the country.The SHAC Trial - Political Sentences Are Good for You!
27-10-2010 00:10
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”