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Rage Against Murdoch - NOTW Demonstration this Sunday 2PM.

Matthew Smith | 09.07.2011 01:23

Myself (branch president at Kingston GMB) and another trade unionist have initiated this  https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176382859093148 for Sunday 2pm:

A protest outside of the headquarters of News International to show disgust at the Murdoch empire, the sacked journalists, clerical staff, cleaners and admin staff who are being made to pay for the errors of a grotesque billionaire and his disgraceful editor.


Come and say goodbye to this right-wing rag for good.
Let's show the extent of our disgust at what the NOTW (and it's sister paper The Sun) stood for. Whether it's xenophobia, homophobia, sexism, migrant baiting, union busting, war mongering, celebrity obsession culture, lies about Hillsborough, or the BSkyB takeover and monopolisation of the media.

Maybe we could burn an effigy of Murdoch (a 'Guy Fox').

 http://maps.google.co.uk/m​aps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q​=Printing+Works%2C+Wapping​%2C&aq&sll=51.509016%2C-0.​064824&sspn=0.004027%2C0.0​13078&ie=UTF8&st=111962455​527842713054&rq=1&ev=zi&sp​lit=1&filter=0&radius=0.34​&hq=Printing+Works%2C+Wapp​ing%2C&hnear&ll=51.509016%​2C-0.064824&spn=0.004027%2​C0.013078&z=17&cid=6581796​874879390591&iwloc=A

From 2pm, closest London Overground/DLR Shadwell, contact me here or on 07795190036.

It would be fantastic if you would be be able to share info and come to the event. With all the media attention happening, a small demonstration today ( http://www.demotix.com/news/748985/demonstration-against-rupert-murdoch-and-news-international) getting such favourable and widespread coverage, it's important to keep the pressure up.

Comradely, Matthew

Matthew Smith
- e-mail: matthewsmith157@hotmail.com
- Homepage: www.facebook.com/bubzification

Comments

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Newspaper my arse - just another hate rag

09.07.2011 09:13

Journalists???

Those porno peddling war mongering shits. Good they are out of a job.

Working for the evil empire. Lets hope the rest of the Wapping scum follow them.

Who else would I like to see out of a job - soldiers holding up the evil empires post colonial war, the royal family, the cops, border guards, landlords ( land thieves ), ad and marketing men ( Bill Hick still relevant - fuck of and kill yerselves ), welfare to work providers, pimps, poverty pimps,stockbrokers, bankers,estate agents, arms dealers, Monanto workers, westminster civil servants, corporate lawyers, and George Monbiot.

The idea of jobs for jobs sake, like economic growth for growths sake is quite insane and unsustainable.

Unions out of touch...I think so...

BTW. How come Blunkett hasn't been touched yet...They rewarded him with a job at the Sun after being home secretary when the bungs were revealed....

long term unemployed ex cleaner etc.


NOTW hacks are scum

09.07.2011 09:19

Personally I couldn't give a shit about Murdoch journalists - they were happy to stab their own colleagues in the back during the Wapping dispute and they've grown rich propping-up a totally corrupt establishment, because Murdoch's even worse than they are doesn't mean they deserve any sympathy

Alligator


Britian's Watergate, victory for on-line activists!!!!

09.07.2011 09:33


The NOTW advertisers didn't pull out spontaneously, they did so because ordinary people contacted them and asked them to pull out. The result is serious damage to one of the most powerful right-wing media outlets in the UK. Some Indymedia readers pour scorn on on-line activism (obvlivious to the irony of how posting on Indymedia is itself a form of online activism) but this campaign WORKED.....

 http://politicalscrapbook.net/2011/07/news-of-the-world-ad-boycott/

 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/laurence-durnan/how-social-media-helped-b_b_893108.html?ir=UK

 http://politicalscrapbook.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/notw_times_online_protesters1.jpg?f2cf33

Now turn your attention to the Tories.....

 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/06/481463.html?c=on

Mash Up


Remember to mask up well and wear black!

09.07.2011 12:27

Remember to mask up well and wear black. Remember the riots on the 26th of March at the TUC anti-cuts demonstration. We can do it again! Lets show the News of the World how much they are hated - let the battle of Wapping begin! The revolution starts tomorrow outside the News International Offices.

Black block anarchist


NoWt goin on ere

10.07.2011 09:29

I propose, that the reality is, the press has been working hand in hand with the police and the law and the politicians, to obtain information illegally, pass on to authorities and release exclusives, that this has been happening for a lot longer than mobile phones and probably goes back to the days of hijacking the Pony Express.
Scum press, let em eat rice.

Viva la Indymedia !!!

gutted press


Just the one hymn sheet.

10.07.2011 17:00

my only concern is that this is an engineered scenario with the sole purpose of clamping down on independent media like this, maybe the interwitter also. I suspect a few more scenarios to take place in the coming year, BSB in Sept.

Well played so far, T.