More Proof the Protests are Working
Pablo , 03-04-2011 - 12:27
NHS reforms are being put on hold for 3 months due to overwhelming public opposition
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Support For Ed Woollard - 26/03/11
The Judge , 25-03-2011 - 19:53
Show your support for a victim of politicised sentencing
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26 March: Cut the war not our education! Rome/London
UniCommon , 25-03-2011 - 16:58
The Faculty of Arts University of La Sapienza -Rome is now occupied in solidarity to London struggle! Moreover on the 26th of March italian students will be in London, to block the city together with English students.
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Letter to Male Activists
Sisters of Resistance , 21-03-2011 - 13:36
This letter arose from a specific set of experiences in the activist community and we are aware of the fact that many men will find it difficult to read. However, we publish it here in the hope it will provoke some critical self-reflection among those who need it.
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In London On 26/03? Remember Ed Woollard!
The Judge , 21-03-2011 - 13:02
Don't forget the victims of politicised sentencing.
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NUS elections: interview with left-wing candidate Mark Bergfeld
Shift Magazine , 20-03-2011 - 09:19
Ahead of the National Union of Students elections in April 2011, we publish here an interview with the left-wing candidate Mark Bergfeld, as well as two short replies by students involved in education campaigns.
“I doubt Bergfeld has the strategy to win”, says Patrick Rolfe, Really Open University
“Let’s critically support Mark”, says Jess Bradley, Students for Sensible Drug Policy
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The Animal Liberation Archive: AL-archive.lnxnt.org
AL , 19-03-2011 - 12:28
The Animal Liberation Archive: AL-Archive.lnxnt.org collects and distributes material concerned with animal liberation and the animal liberation movement. Currently over 120 documents are online of which some reach back to the early 90s.
http://AL-Archive.lnxnt.org
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Facebook Generation’ to Thank for Egyptian Uprising
William J Watkinson , 18-03-2011 - 12:38
Ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak has the so-called ‘Facebook generation’ to blame for the end to his 30-year reign as president of Egypt.
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POVERTY: Sound The Alarm!
Hussein Al-alak , 17-03-2011 - 17:37
The worrying consequences of cuts on Britain's most vulnerable
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Academies Talk hosted at Impington VC, Cambridge, 14/03/2001
Cameraboy , 15-03-2011 - 16:59
On Tuesday night (14-03-2011) Councillor Peter Downes hosted a talk at Impington Village College on the subject of Academies.
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Cambridge University Students Occupy Senate House Lawn.
Cameraboy , 14-03-2011 - 15:36
On Friday March 11th, students from the local activist group Cambridge Defend Education occupied the front lawn of Senate House, part of the admistrative centre for Cambridge University.
This was in response to the Vice Chancellor deciding to ignore students and employers to save Bursaries, which financially support students with their studies and allow them to continue attending Cambridge University.
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Video of Tax Haven talk shows There *IS* an alternative to cuts
Uncutter , 14-03-2011 - 11:07
A Stroud District Councillor (1) has just put together 6 short videos of a presentation given by John Christensen of the Tax Justice Network (2) in Stroud recently. 'The Rise and Rise of Britain's Tax Haven Empire' was an event held in Stroud’s Subscription Rooms attended by over 100 people, organised by Stroud Communiversity (3). During the presentation, John Christensen made clear that the Government’s plans to cut services were unnecessary and argued that the focus should instead by on tax collection.
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Yorkshire Student Assembly
Anon , 14-03-2011 - 00:29
More detailes about the conference
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UG#538 - Outing School 1 (Unmasking US Tax-Exempt Foundations' "Philanthropy")
Robin Upton , 11-03-2011 - 18:19
The show this week features two friends from different generations who dish the dirt on the US forced schooling system and the tax-exempt foundations which engineered it. Our main interview is Norman Dodd, chief investigator of the 1953 'Reece Committee' on Tax Exempt Foundations, set in context by a reading from John Taylor Gatto's Underground History of American Education. Next it is Charlotte Iserbyt, ex-senior policy advisor in US Department of Education, followed by the first half of a 2004 Radio Free School interview with John Taylor Gatto.
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UG#539 - Outing School 2 (Scientific Management as Religion)
Robin Upton , 11-03-2011 - 17:53
This week we continue to examine the details of schooling as a social control mechanism. First, a section from John Taylor Gatto's Underground History of American Education, followed by the conclusion of his Radio Free School interview and an excerpt from a speech on the scientific management of children. In hour 2, Peg Luksik of the Pennyslvania Parents' Commission asks Who Controls The Children?, focusing on increasingly sophisticated efforts by the schooling system to establish, log and 'correct' US students' attitudes.
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UG#540 - Outing School 3 (Teaching for Money v. Learning for Love)
Robin Upton , 11-03-2011 - 17:51
This week we conclude our series on forced schooling, with a range of voices on its inter-relation with commercial organisations, including a radio adaptation of the Canadian film, "Corporations in The Classroom", an interview with Maia Szalivitz on the 'troubled teen' industry, and an interview with Dayna Martin on the emerging 'partnership' style of parenting known as radical unschooling.
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Sizewell Camp 2011.
Twiddle , 09-03-2011 - 21:38
Sizewell Camp 2011 Skill Share, Networking and Protest Power for the People-Not Profits for the Few Friday 22rd – Monday 25th April Spend Easter weekend camping on the beach at Sizewell and show your opposition to new nuclear power and the need for sustainable energy solutions. This weekend also marks the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster. The weekend includes a protest at the nuclear power station entrance, A public meeting, workshops and skill shares, woodland and beach walks, vegan grub and networking.Now is the time to take action against new build – come join us to say ‘Nuclear power – No thanks!’
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"Sprout your Mind" - Week of Skillsharing
Sprout your mind! , 09-03-2011 - 18:57
The spring is coming. Time to shake off winter cobwebs, meet some folk, germinate some new ideas together, to plant the seeds of creation and collapse.
So we are inviting you for a week of workshops and gathering from the 4th to the 10th of April!
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Yorkshire Student Assembly
Anon , 09-03-2011 - 01:43
An event to bring all student groups from around Yorkshire together to create stronger links between the groups which will hopefull be mutually beneficial.
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LCE Architects (in Libya) and their relationship with Studioearchitects and ARK
Caz , 04-03-2011 - 18:02
Minutes from the Brent Youth Parliament meeting, 22 July 2008, relating to the ARK Academy in Brent, is distributed to LCE Architects, who build schools in Libya
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Sheffield Trade Union Rally Against Council Cuts
Chris , 04-03-2011 - 15:45
On 4th March 2011, the day that Sheffield Council was meeting to formally set it's budget, trade unionists held a rally outside the Town Hall to oppose the proposed job losses and cuts in services.
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