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Demonstration against UK Coal at High court
05-06-2013 15:25
Today desperate Coal Company - UK Coal sought to over-rule the community, Durham Council and the Secretary of State’s Inspectors to be allowed to mine over half a million tonnes of coal from rural County Durham.
65 Years of Ethnic Cleansing: Apartheid Israel Rebuked
05-06-2013 15:04
http://youtu.be/WpiRO14SClI
Solidarity demonstration with Dutch hunger strikers
05-06-2013 14:31
Dutch embassy men seem nice-until you know what's really happening!
#J11 Carnival Against Capitalism mass action
05-06-2013 10:21
The #J11 Carnival Against Capitalism mass action will start at 12 noon on Tuesday June 11th, the meet-up points will be:North, Oxford Circus click here for directions -
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/stations/1000173.aspx South, Piccadilly Circus - click here for directions -
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/stations/1000179.aspx the action will finish with a ‘street party’ at 5:30pm, the location will be announced on the day.
This action will only be as effective as the people participating in them. We have not negotiated with the police and we will not be controlled. If we look after each other, stay mobile, don’t get caught in kettles and are ready to make quick decisions about what to do next we can make the most of the day
see you on the streets
Week of Action against DSEI 7th - 14th September
05-06-2013 10:14
The government is welcoming the world’s worst human rights abusing regimes to shop for weapons in London. WHAT WILL YOU DO?Take part in a week long series of events and actions aimed to hinder the arms fair and reject its legitimacy!
Stop the Arms Fair day of Direct Action Training 17th August
05-06-2013 09:29
Saturday 17th August, 11am - 5pm, 173 Euston Road, NW1 2BJCome along to a day of training designed to give you a head start in the on going struggle against the arms trade and offers a chance to improve skills and confidence!
Glasgow: Info + Protests against Intersex Genital Mutilators
05-06-2013 02:47
legal aid protest at ministry of justice - pics and words
04-06-2013 23:09
Bradley Manning solidarity in south west Wales as trial begins
04-06-2013 19:09
On the final leg of my five day Bradley Manning solidarity tour of Bristol and south Wales, I headed west from Cardiff early Sunday morning, through Carmarthen and on to Haverfordwest, where members of Bradley's family still live. My aim was to have a solidarity presence in Haverfordwest as Brad's trial begins in the US. See previous reports from: Bristol | Bristol/Cardiff. This report covers Sun 2 and Mon 3 June, with a few photos of banners etc. to illustrate.
support for Taksim and Turkish people in London
04-06-2013 10:50
Last night hundreds of people gathered in Trafalgar Sq to show their support for the people of Turkey as they face the onslaught of state repression.Peace activists in Lincoln court after planting peace garden at RAF Waddington
04-06-2013 10:41
North East EDL supporter makes shocking claim over Lee Rigbys murder
04-06-2013 09:17
Bill Weir, an EDL supporter from the North East has made a shocking admission.Weir, who spoke at the EDL’s Newcastle demonstration last saturday has admitted that the flagging EDL has gain from the death of Drummer Lee Rigby.
"We did in fact benefit from the murder of Lee Rigby, but it was not our wish or doing......"
join the challenge to iain duncan smith - sign the pettion on his £53-a-week lie
04-06-2013 06:51
The Mail on Sunday has hired the Rightwing "insider" from the even more Right-wing SPECTATOR. Their boast this past weekend was that IDS would never budge on hisferocious attack against the poor and the have-nots..
Greens: a middle-class party? Think again
04-06-2013 00:55
Josiah Mortimer is a student and Green Party activist based in York. Follow him at @josiahmortimer
How to deal with tear gas
04-06-2013 00:55
It is riot season again.
Here is some advice on how to keep yourself and your buddies safe should you happen to find yourself in the middle of a riot.
If you’re going to a protest where tear gas (or pepper spray) may be used, these are the street medic recommendations:
Prevention is far better than cure!
Cardiff Against The Bedroom Tax - Join The People's Picnic
04-06-2013 00:18
We will have a people's picnic outside City Hall against the bedroom tax and hopefully a barbecue and maybe even music too. We invite councillors to 'talk to us, not about us'. Maybe we can discuss a no evictions policy and reclassifying homes to help defeat the bedroom tax over a burger!