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BNP and EDL in Hyde, Manchester
25-02-2012 15:16
Ken o' Keefe at Israel Apartheid Week
25-02-2012 12:32
From Bristol with Love #17
25-02-2012 08:11
From Bristol with Love is a showcase for local music, local news and new forms of local thinking.Nin's 1937 testament discovered (En,Ru), overcoming label politics in Class War
25-02-2012 07:14
Provoked by the film Tierra y Libertad on working-class militancy 1936/37and Nin's party POUM, we decided to make available this revealing letter to English, French and Russian readers.
Reclaim the Fields Spring Gathering 2012 - details & updates
24-02-2012 22:11
The first Reclaim the Fields Gathering of the year will be taking place this March 9th- 11th at the Wilderness Centre in the Forest of Dean.Chicago Factory Occupiers Face 'Serious' Challenge
24-02-2012 21:27
Historical moment for the welfare of fish
24-02-2012 18:18
Anonymous & Antisec Take Down GEO Group
24-02-2012 18:05
Anonymous have struck a blow against the Prison-Industrial Complex and eliminated the online presence of prison for profit scumbags GEO group from the face of the internet...Hinkley Barnstormers need you!!
24-02-2012 17:28
Great British Circus drag tigers back on the road
24-02-2012 16:55
The Great British Circus are now calling themselves 'Big Top Productions', with a different website and are the only circus to still use tigers in their shows. They are likely to be in Nottingham soon.
The 'great' british circus opens today in Louth, Lincolnshire with demonstrations at 4.30pm and 7.00pm.
Protests continue on Saturday and Sunday - check times and see [MapLink] on the Animal Rights Calendar at http://www.veggies.org.uk/arc.php#1976
We urge the public to choose cruelty-free circuses rather than this circus based on animal captivity. Cameras hidden inside the elephant tent of the Great British Circus in 2009 showed animals being hit with a metal hook, a broom and a pitchfork. A groom is seen deliberately twisting an animal's tail and the elephants are shown crying out in distress and retreating in fear from their handlers. See http://www.youtube.com/animaldefenders#p/a/u/2/vL3_ni-geUU
Martin Lacey, the owner and ringmaster of the Great British Circus, assaulted a BBC Radio Nottingham reporter, during an interview at the circus which was in Newark at the time. The unprovoked verbal and physical onslaught began after the reporter referred to a camel being tethered. It's amazing - see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JVU7VBzLSY
After Louth they may be in Grimsby; then possibly Newark, Skegness, Leicester, Nottingham, Sutton Coldfield, then down to London, projected from last years tour dates at http://www.veggies.org.uk/page.php?ref=332#gbc . When they arrive in Nottingham details will be posted at http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=86 where pictures from previous demos may be found.
It is interesting to note that for the first time they are not giving advance notice of venues, so it is even more important that if you spot circus posters that you contact info@captiveanimals.org and arc@veggies.org.uk. Tweet @AnimalRightsUK
Naturally we are all concerned about the dangerous flyposting of the Great British Circus, however if you see any, do not be tempted to take them down, instead, let us know of their exact location, so that planning enforcement action may be taken, forcing them to be removed at the circus's expense.
For more information please contact: info@captiveanimals.org or call Emily at CAPS on 0845 330 3911 / 0161 869 0020
or the AR Calendar./ Veggies/NottmAR on 07870 861837
Circus adaptation of story is in bad taste says CAPS
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
http://www.captiveanimals.org/news/2012/02/adaptation-of-childhood-story-is-in-bad-taste-say-animal-campaigners
Natalie Haynes: They call it the Great British Circus but other adjectives came to my mind
Watching tigers jump through a hoop or clamber on to a stool isn't exciting, it's just unpleasant
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/natalie-haynes-they-call-it-the-great-british-circus-but-other-adjectives-came-to-my-mind-2279799.html
SDL claiming St Enoch Square Glasgow Saturday 24th afternoon
24-02-2012 16:17
SDL claiming St Enoch Square Glasgow Saturday 24th afternoon:Smash EDO's Summer of Resistance: some confirmed dates
24-02-2012 13:44
We have got quite a few things coming up, including some confirmed dates for the Summer of Resistance
http://smashedo.org.uk/1 so read on and get involved!
Reminder: Target Barclays tomorrow, 1pm, Brighton
24-02-2012 13:31
Target Barclays, Saturday 25th February, 1pm, 139-142 North Street, BrightonFor enquiries contact
brightontubas@gmail.com or smashedo@riseup.net
Rare habitat under attack, Forest of Dean.
24-02-2012 13:22
Rare habitat under attack, Forest of Dean.Join us for a nature walk, Saturday 25th from the Wilderness Centre Car park!
Ministry of Defence HQ marked on Ash Wednesday in resistance to Nuclear Weapons
24-02-2012 12:53
Seven Catholic Workers, a Quaker, a doctor and a priest were detained and searched following the marking of the M.O.D. Buiding in Whitehall in an anti-nuclear weapons action on Ash WenesdayOccupy London Stock Exchange, not Palestine - School of Ideas today @4
24-02-2012 12:39
‘Existence is Resistance’ – The ethnic cleansing of the Jordan Valley with Fathe Kdirat and Itaf Njoum KarmaSchool of ideas - 4 - 6pm
more info at
http://schoolofideas.org.uk/events/existence-is-resistance-the-ethnic-cleansing-of-the-jordan-valley/
SYRIA: “Human Rights” Warriors for Empire
24-02-2012 12:16
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are swigging the ale with their fellow buccaneers. These “human rights” warriors, headquartered in the bellies of empires past and present, their chests shiny with medals of propagandistic service to superpower aggression in Libya, contribute “left” legitimacy to the imperial project.
EDF Energy attempts to shut down peaceful protest
24-02-2012 10:55
The Stop New Nuclear alliance [1] has reacted with outrage at EDF Energy’s attempts to restrict peaceful protest against a proposed new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset.
The French firm is seeking an injunction which would limit current and future protests at the controversial site, which has faced fierce local and national opposition. The move comes ahead of major demonstrations planned for 10-11th March, which Stop New Nuclear have said will still be going ahead.
For the last eleven days anti-nuclear activists have occupied a barn on the site proposed for two new mega-reactors. This injunction is being sought to remove these campaigners, but it is simultaneously designed to restrict future demonstrations. The Orwellian language even prohibits campaigning groups from ‘encouraging other persons’ to protest at the site.
The Fukushima catastrophe is just the most recent example of the dangers of nuclear power, and public opposition to nuclear new builds is on the rise. While the UK and France are planning the next generation of nuclear power stations, states like Germany are leading the way in forging a nuclear-free future.
Speaking on behalf of the Stop New Nuclear alliance, Kate Hudson from CND stated “It should be inconceivable that private companies could restrict basic civil liberties in this way. They are not the arbiters of the nuclear debate, nor the guarantors of our freedoms. We will fight to ensure the rights of future generations to peaceful protest and to preserve essential democratic principles.”
“In November last year two EDF executives went to jail for spying on anti-nuclear activists and the company had to pay £1.3m in compensation. Then they were accused of trying to influence government policy through civil service secondments and high-level lobbying. If all of that wasn’t enough, now they are trying to dismantle the right to peaceful protest.”
These criticisms were shared by Katy Attwater, a spokesperson for Stop Hinkley Campaign in Somerset, who stated: “It’s extraordinary that a French company with senior executives in prison for criminal activity is using British law to try and limit the right of British people to protest against their company’s activity.”
Nancy Birch from Kick Nuclear added: “EDF has already started to trash land when it hasn’t even got permission to start construction. This is wanton vandalism and shows that the new power station has been given tacit consent by the government even though a huge amount of taxpayers’ money is being spent on a public consultation.”
Protestors will be assembling at 10am on Monday 27th February outside the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) [2] prior to the injunction hearing at 10.30am.
For further information please contact:
Kate Hudson – 07739 184335
Nancy Birch – 07980 509 986
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Notes to Editor:
[1] Stop New Nuclear - http://stopnewnuclear.org.uk - is an alliance of anti-nuclear organisations including: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, CND Cymru, Stop Nuclear Power Network UK, Kick Nuclear, South West Against Nuclear, Shutdown Sizewell, Sizewell Blockaders, Trident Ploughshares, Stop Hinkley, and Rising Tide UK
[2] High Court of Justice Chancery Division, Court 10, 7 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1NL, (map)