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Open Letter from TPTG

06-10-2011 20:43

Open Letter to the British internationalist/anti-authoritarian/activist/protest/street scenes (and to all those concerned with the progress of our enemies)

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The Wrong Kind of Riot

06-10-2011 20:13

Audio The Wrong Kind of Riot
Sheffield anarchobass label serves up it two penneth on the UK summer of rage...


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Abrupt Climate Change - Has Is Started?

06-10-2011 19:19

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Sure it was great at the beach in October. BUT science shows the climate can shift as much as 4 degrees C in less than a decade, with violent weather. Has this already begun? Learn about abrupt climate change, and what we might do to survive it, from Dr. Alder Stone Fuller, in this two part Radio Ecoshock interview.

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European Bank Fantasy - Ilargi

06-10-2011 19:09

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Debt can never solve more debt! Popular financial writer "Ilargi" from The Automatic Earth on the European banking mess - and the blowback to America.

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Occupy Britain - Join the 99% for positive change

06-10-2011 18:33

For anyone who is not familiar with this movement or the events taking place all over the world, we would like to try and provide an introduction….

Here are a number of reasons why one might feel compelled to get involved in the Occupy Britain movement.

In 2008 the global recession was felt worldwide, and although the media reported ‘recovery’ there has not actually been one, in fact, what has held off the, what appears to be an inevitable global financial collapse thus far, is a process called ‘quantitive easing’ and the selling off of national institutions, such as the NHS, with job losses, redundancies, cuts to vital services, school closures, unreasonable welfare reforms, increase in the cost of living, banking institutions requiring bail outs, and the tax payer footing the bill and paying for the mistakes of others.

People are now recognising that there is a split in fairness and equality, we see bankers bonuses increasing, media tycoons controlling and withholding information that they should be reporting, in the public interest, systemic corruption of our police force, politicians and quite possibly our prime ministers, the introduction of, an ever increasing amount of legislation and statutes to further restrict our ability to speak out against them.

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The Return of Marx - 1 (Capitalist Crisis)

06-10-2011 17:30

The article, the first of a short series, deals with the current international economic and financial crisis. It argues that the present volatile government debt cycle and bond market instability cannot be properly understood without a knowledge of the economic analysis of capital made by Karl Marx. The second part, The Return of Marx - 2, will distinguish between Marx and 'Marxists' who deny Marx's concept of self-activity and seek to subordinate revolutionary developments to the dictates of a party.

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Thomson protesters strip to reveal the Naked Truth about biofuels

06-10-2011 15:16

3 protesters disrupted the launch of Birmingham airport’s first
biofuel powered flight by stripping to reveal slogans opposed to the
controversial new departure.

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5th Nov - Barry Horne memorial march & rally @ HLS

06-10-2011 15:01

On November 5th, it will be exactly 10 years since Barry Horne died aged 49. Please join us for a memorial march in Huntingdon and a rally outside HLS.

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From Bristol With love 8 (Radio Show)

06-10-2011 14:11

From Bristol with Love is a showcase for local music, local news and new forms of local thinking.

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Solidarity action, Bristol

06-10-2011 13:37

Attack against police in Bristol.

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Pics from Hinkley anti-nuclear mass blockade, camp and demo, Somerset

06-10-2011 13:19

Camp at Hockpitt Farm, Nether Stowey
Images from the Stop New Nuclear alliance's Hinkley action weekend: camp in Nether Stowey (30 Sept to 4 Oct), march and rally in Bridgwater town centre (Sat 1 Oct) and 9-hour mass blockade of Hinkley Point nuclear power station (Mon 3 Oct), all in West Somerset, south-west England.

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Occupy the London Stock Exchange

06-10-2011 12:41

Occupy the London Stock Exchange - World Revolution Day 15th October

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10 Years of Afghan War: Guantánamo-related events to mark anniversary (London)

06-10-2011 12:40

Friday 7th October marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan on 7th October 2001. Before there was Guantánamo, there were black sites and torture prisons in Afghanistan where such practices continue to be carried out today. Nearly all the prisoners held at Guantánamo had been "processed" and held at the prisons at the Bagram Air Base, Kandahar and the Dark Prison in Kabul before being taken to Guantánamo Bay.

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SQUASH: This is where it starts getting lively

06-10-2011 12:38

In light of Crisis’ new research[1] into squatting and homelessness the government’s proposals for the criminalisation of squatting seems increasingly misguided and wrong. Yet the ‘consultation’ process has magnificently failed to acknowledge the vast majority of groups who will be affected by the proposed legislation. Instead the consultation has been directed and addressed only to those who already consider squatting to be a problem. This demonstrates the government’s shocking lack of understanding in regard to the very issue it is proposing to legislate against, and equally -if not more – disturbingly, a straight-up lack of concern for for those who would be adversely affected by the legislation.

[1]  http://www.crisis.org.uk/news.php/302/true-plight-of-squatters-exposed-by-research

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Police clamp down on young Cambridge arsonists

06-10-2011 12:32

An outbreak of wheelie bin fires in Cambridge has led to young arsonists facing action from police.

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Slutwalking Bristol 2011

06-10-2011 10:55

slutwalkers_with_banners.jpgOpinions and ideas from the slutwalkers
The first Bristol Slutwalk on the kicked off at 3pm on 1st October 2011.

About 150 people, many dressed in and gloriously suggestive clothes, marched through Bristol, then attended talks on College Green. Demonstrators protested victim blaming in rape cases, and for the right to dress in a provocative manner with assumptions being made about sexual complicity.

The video was put together from interviews before and during the walk, revealing show Slutwalk as a strong and coherent movement.

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Take action against companies profiting from workfare!

06-10-2011 10:12

1pm, Wed 19th October 2011 outside the annual Welfare to Work Conference at the Business Design Centre, Upper Street, Islington, N1 0HQ

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The 99 Percent Occupy Wall Street

06-10-2011 08:01

(Photo courtesy of Flickr.com/AdrianKinloch)

The entrapment and arrest of 700 peaceful Occupy Wall Street (OWS) activists on the Brooklyn Bridge has created a huge wave of support for their movement. The number of daytime occupants in Liberty Plaza doubled or tripled from 100 the week prior to 200-300 this past Monday and Tuesday. These people are the core who maintain the occupation of the plaza, making it possible for several hundreds and sometimes thousands to hold rallies in the late afternoon and participate in the open mic speakouts and General Assembly meetings in the evening.

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Countries with No Water

06-10-2011 07:39

Imagine living in a country that has no fresh water? Well, it's happening in the Pacific. Some countries there have run out of fresh water.