UK UK Newswire Archive
LAON's Review of English Opencast Site Applications for March 2013
02-04-2013 14:14
This review highlights recent developments affecting new opencast site applications in England. it includes news that the first Health Impact Assessment for a new opencast site in England for 4 years is underway in Wakefield for the Deanfield Site. The Judicial Appeal over the Halton Lea Gate decision makes progress and coal extraction by surface methods could return to Walsall as part of the process of reclaiming and remediating the Phoenix 10 / IMI Coppper Works site.Dublin Alternative G8 Summit 17th & 18th June
02-04-2013 13:33
Dublin Alternative G8 Summit 17th and 18th JuneTheme of Summit: Resistance to Imperialism
Monday June 17th: Day of Lectures, Seminars, and Anti-imperialist Discussion, with national and international guest speakers. Night of Revolutionary Dance and Song.
Tuesday June 18th: Mass Demonstration in Dublin Center in Commemoration of the 1913 Dublin Lockout and to protest the presence of the world’s most dangerous war criminals holding their G8 summit on Irish soil.
The Master Race Goes to the Pub [again]
01-04-2013 16:55
Saturday 30 March, Derby Road, Nottingham
Far right activists, led by Casuals United and Tony Curtis of the English National Resistance, had announced a demonstration against a Muslim conference in Nottingham at the weekend.
Originally arriving on the Nottingham University campus, a sizable police operation became apparent. On grounds opposite the East Midlands Conference Centre, two large marquees had been erected to accomodate officers. The approach to the Conference Centre was controlled by the universities own security personal [personally, I didn't know they employed that many!] Anyway, they didn't like me photographing on the campus, and was removed ..... twice!
Those involved in their demonstration got no where near the Conference Centre of course, and not even getting past the campus gates. I first met them being escorted down the road, away from the western entrance of the university. The police were escorting the 10 - 20 folks the short walk, directly to the pub, a Toby Carvery on the Derby Road.
While I took some photos, a local resident came and asked me what was going on. I explained and he said he was just going in there himself. Since when the group had initially gone in, I noticed many of the customers, some with children, leaving. I asked him if he would ask the pub manager why they were being served, semingly at the expense of his regular customers.
EMAF Said: "In spite of national call outs and attendances by the North West Infidels, Paul Pitt of the South East Alliance, Casuals United, the English National Resistance, Nottingham EDL and the EVF, barely a dozen people bothered turning up for Tony Curtis’ demo at Nottingham Uni yesterday. After plotting up at a nearby Toby carvery the pitiful crowd weren’t even allowed onto the campus and had to stand around in the road outside listening to Tone the Moan. Casuals United reckon they go where they want but as usual they meekly went exactly where the police wanted them. They didn’t get close to the event they were supposed to be protesting or speak to the general public so the whole thing was a waste of time."
East Midlands Anti-fascists http://emaf.noblogs.org
Far right humiliated in Nottingham http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/5511
Far right demonstration in Nottingham on Saturday http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/5503
Scottish independence would be good for the English left
01-04-2013 12:55
No Labour government has relied on Scottish MPs to get into power. They have, however, relied on Scottish MPs to get right wing policies through.
The former point may be surprising – we are forever hearing that independence will leave the rest of the UK with perpetual Tory governments. But look historically and this simply isn’t the case.
Herding unicorns : “West of Scotland Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation”
01-04-2013 12:55
Yesterday there was a march in Glasgow about one of the most rousing, galvanising issues for years; a few thousand people quick stepped from Glasgow Green to George Square along back streets to oppose the bedroom tax.The New European Pension Credits!!!
01-04-2013 12:55
Today is a mighty achievement for Cameron and Osborne
01-04-2013 12:55
Beware a young man with something to prove. That, surely, must be the lesson of today. As the next round of the government’s assault on the people of Britain comes into force, it is important to consider how much of an achievement this is for the Conservative party.
Daylight Robbery In Cyprus.
01-04-2013 12:11
The article considers some implications of the recent sequestration of bank deposits in Cyprus. It points out that this 'heist' demonstrates capitalisms continuing self-destructive tendencies which have implications, not only for jobs and welfare services, but also for the future functioning of towns and cities.Family hardest hit by benefit cuts from 1 April.
01-04-2013 10:55
A family living in the UK who have been receiving state benefits all their lives will be faced with abject poverty as a result of government cuts in benefits from 1 April 2013.Get off your high horse
01-04-2013 07:12
Anti-Cuts Campaigners Heckle Iain Duncan Smith in Edinburgh
31-03-2013 22:55
Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, was called a 
Video: Policing in the UK - Brutality, Corruption and Lies?
31-03-2013 22:35
Video: Policing in the UK - Brutality, Corruption and Lies?
31-03-2013 22:29
Summer action camp against Shell
31-03-2013 21:00
Whether you've been to Rossport before or this is your first time, this is the week to come.
Check website for updates & more information.
london 'bedroom tax' protest - report, pics and analysis
31-03-2013 15:48
Zoo Awareness Weekend: Hidden England Animal Right
31-03-2013 14:55
On good Friday, as part of the Captive Animal Protection Society's zoo awareness weekend, activists from Hidden England Animal Rights fielded the Equinox project (a pop up cinema) in the town centre of Grantham.
On good Friday, as part of the Captive Animal Protection Society's zoo awareness weekend, activists from Hidden England Animal Rights fielded the Equinox project (a pop up cinema) in the town centre of Grantham.
It was bitterly cold and consequently the streets were not overly busy, but the response from those of the public that passed and stopped to watch a moment and take a leaflet was consistently positive.
Many people do not realize the animal suffering inherent in Zoos and Aquariums, where animals used to forests, seas and the sky are trapped in cages, concrete enclosures and glass tanks where there routinely go mad from boredom, frustration and the absence of the natural environment they have evolved to depend on.
Zoos may claim to contribute to conservation, but in reality only a small percentage of Zoo animals are endangered and only an even smaller percentage of those are successfully released back into the wild. Meanwhile they divert funds away from where the real effort is needed - habitat conservation.
Don't be fooled by the marketing, the purpose of Zoos is to make money for shareholders and they do so at the animal's expense.
For more information on Zoos and CAPS' valuable work, see http://www.captiveanimals.org/