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Occupy history: Luddite uprising began in Nottingham 200 years ago last night

Friday Drivetime | 05.11.2011 13:00 | Occupy Everywhere | Analysis | History | Technology

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The Luddites - mp3 7.1M


02:00 – Hilary Burn from Stop Bristol Airport Expansion.
13:00 – 200th anniversary tonight of the first Luddite machine breaking action which took place in Nottingham, technology must be our servant not our master, land rights and social justice movements such as Diggers Levellers, Chartists and Occupy Bristol and London LSX.
41:00 – From privatisation of land to creeping fascism & the privatisation of war. Money Idealism, Compromise and Ego (MICE) spies’ persuasion techniques and the privatisation of intelligence work with former MI5 officer Annie Machon, Private Military Security Companies (PMSCs).
48:00 – Information Commissioner says Common Purpose blacklist is illegal, Mike doing Freedom Of Information Requests regarding ‘leadership charity’ Common Purpose, worried that their graduate may be breaking the law by ordering training from the organisation they are still a part of.
59:00 Rioting as Tunisia’s popular Petition Party election wins are anulled.

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Diggers email list posting
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Diggers350/message/3807

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